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Robert Stuart July 2, 1812 Campsite

Historic Campsite in Coast Ranges near Kalama, OR

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Rollins approximates the Astorians camped near the outlet of Deer Island Slough (1935, 31, 41-42 notes 42 and 45).

That night, John Day continued to display increasingly irrational behavior, which sadly resulted in an attempted suicide.

Irving described the tense night with John Day as:

On the evening of the 2d of July he became absolutely frantic, and attempted to destroy himself. Being disarmed, he sank into quietude, and professed the greatest remorse for the crime he had meditated. He then pretended to sleep, and having thus lulled suspicion, suddenly sprang up, just before daylight, seized a pair of loaded pistols, and endeavored to blow out his brains. In his hurry he fired too high, and the balls passed over his head. He was instantly secured and placed under a guard in one of the boats. (1836, 2: 112)

— Irving

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The preceding summary for the approximated July 2, 1812 Robert Stuart Campsite location is used with thanks for the public domain source of Irving 1836. Additionally, appropriate parenthetical citations are used with thanks and credit in specific summary passages and quotes for sources that are not in the public domain Rollins 1935. Errors regarding unintended and improper copyright usage will be corrected immediately following notification.

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Irving, Washington. Astoria, Or Anecdotes of an Enterprise Beyond the Rocky Mountains. Vol. 2. Philadelphia: Carey, Lea, & Blanchard, 1836. https://www.google.com/books/edition/Astoria_Or_Anecdotes_of_an_Enterprise_Be/t6k-AQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0.

Rollins, Phillip A., ed. 1935. The Discovery of the Oregon Trail: Robert Stuart’s Narrative of His Overland Trip Eastward from Astoria in 1812-1813. Bison Book Edition reprinted from the original 1935 edition by Edward Eberstadt and Sons. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1995.

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Robert Stuart July 2, 1812 Campsite