Merchant career Charles William Barkley

wynee, native of owyhee, 1 of sandwich islands, engraving john meares depicting hawaiian maidservant of barkley s.

barkley , wife, frances barkley, left pacific via cape horn on 24 november 1786. stopped in hawaiian islands maidservant named wynee (winée) taken aboard. wynee became first native hawaiian, or kanaka , reach british columbia. hawaii barkley sailed imperial eagle nootka sound, on west coast of vancouver island, arriving in june 1787. @ 400 tons, imperial eagle largest ship ever enter main harbour of friendly cove in nootka sound. barkley stayed @ nootka sound month, acquired 700 prime skins, , many more of inferior quality. nootka sailed south, trading, exploring, , naming various parts of coast between nootka sound , strait of juan de fuca, including barkley sound, loudoun channel, cape beale, , imperial eagle channel. in honour of indigenous chief wickaninnish barkley gave name wickinninish sound called clayoquot sound. rediscovered strait allegedly described juan de fuca , named strait such on chart. barkley s imperial eagle first non-indigenous vessel enter neah bay, in july 1787. john meares, in feliz aventureira, stopped @ neah bay in june 1788, , charles duncan in princess royal did in august 1788. robert gray, in lady washington, entered neah bay in april 1789, , in july 1789 josé maría narváez did in santa gertrudis la magna. within next few years number of others visited neah bay , became important fur trading stop during maritime fur trading era.

after 6 members of crew killed indigenous people, on 24 july 1787, near mouth of hoh river, barkley decided set sail guangzhou (canton), china, sell sea otter pelts. arrived in macau in december 1787. trading venture resulted in profit of £10,000. barkley gave name destruction river called hoh river, after crew members killed indigenous people. name has since been transferred nearby destruction island. native hawaiian maidservant named wynee (winée) left in china. later found there john meares , sailed him homeland died of illness on 5 february 1788 during voyage , body committed deep.

he left china , sailed cargo mauritius. while in mauritius, barkley learned east india company taking legal action against owners of imperial eagle trading without license. owners, including john meares, decided avoid legal problems selling imperial eagle , breaking contract barkley. charles , frances barkley stayed in mauritius on year, had first child. sailed kolkata (calcutta), india, imperial eagle confiscated. barkley sued damages , received £5,000 loss of ten-year contract. @ same time, john meares gained possession of barkley s nautical gear , journal. frances barkley later wrote meares, greatest effrontery, published , claimed merit of husband s discoveries therein contained, besides inventing lies of revolting nature tending vilify person pilfered.