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Fort Nez Percés
Fort Nez Percés (or Fort Nez Percé, with or without the accent), later known as (Old) Fort Walla Walla, was a fortified fur trading post on the Columbia River on the territory of modern-day Wallula, Washington. Despite being named after the Nez Perce people, the fort was in the traditional lands of the Walla Walla people. Founded in 1818 by the North-West Company, it was after 1821 ran by the Hudson's Bay Company until its closure in 1857.
==North West Company==
During David Thompson's 1811 voyage down the Columbia River he camped at the junction with the Snake River on July 9, 1811, and erected a pole and a notice claiming the country for Great Britain and stating the intention of the North West Company to build a trading post at the site. North West Company managers during an annual meeting in Fort William, gave instructions for a fort to be created near the mouth of the Walla Walla River.
Began in July 1818 under the direction of traders Donald MacKenzie〔(Donald MacKenzie ); URL last accessed April 10, 2006.〕 and Alexander Ross, 95 employees began building the fort.〔Ross, Alexander. (''The Fur Hunters of the Far West.'' ) London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1855, pp. 171-179〕 Daily provisions for the laborers was acquired by trading with visiting Nez Perces.〔 The surrounding area lacking a forest, timber was cut and sent down river 100 miles to the site.〔 Relations with the Nez Peces quickly deteriorated as construction continued, as Ross recalled. "Soon after our landing the tribes began to muster rapidly; the multitudes which surrounded us became immense, and their movements alarming. They insisted on our paying for the timber we were collecting. They prohibited our hunting and fishing. They affixed an exorbitant price of their own to every article of trade, and they insulted any of the hands whom they met alone. Thus they resolved to keep us in their power, and withhold supplies until their conditions were granted."〔
The NWC employees erected an enclosure, the remaining laborers being 38 Iroquois, 32 Kanakas (Hawaiians) and 25 French-Canadians.〔 Negotiations were commenced by the company men with Nez Perce elders to avert an outbreak of violence. The tribal leaders at first insisted that all present members of their tribe be given gifts, though a less expansive settlement was adopted, ending "many anxious days and sleepless nights".〔 Ross soon became the first chief factor of the fort.〔University of Montana: ''(Establishment of Fort Nez Percés )''; URL last accessed April 10, 2006.〕
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