Yess, if they let McLaughlin alone, they would haf a civilization on the Columbia, and not a fur-trading post.

Then they could oppose your civilization there.
That iss what he preaches.

Simpson preaches otherwise.

Simpson loses Oregon to England, it may be." "You know much about affairs out in Oregon," I ventured again.

"Now, I did not happen to be present at the little meeting last night." "I heard it all," he remarked carelessly, "until I went to sleep.