Note 84 — Chapter XII
J. V. (Jedediah Vincent) Huntington translation
Franchère tells us all that is known of the first three of these clerks. Ross Cox, who bore the soubriquet “Little Irishman,” entered the North West service and remained upon Columbia waters six years, ascending from its mouth nine times. In 1831, he published an entertaining narrative entitled, Adventures upon the Columbia River, compiled from the journals he had kept.—Ed.