The whole
city of Boston was on the wharf to cheer him home, and the explorer
walked up the streets side by side with Atto, the Hawaiian boy,
gorgeous in helmet and cloak of yellow plumage. Governor Hancock gave
a public reception to Gray. The _Columbia_ went to the shipyards to be
overhauled, and the shareholders met.
Owing to the glutting of the market at Canton, the sea-otter had not
sold well. Practically the venture of these glory seekers had not
ended profitably. The voyage had been at a loss. Derby and Pintard
sold out to Barrell and Brown. But the lure of glory, or the wilds, or
the venture of the unknown, was on the others. They decided to send
the _Columbia_ back at {230} once on a second voyage. Perhaps, this
time, she would find that great River of the West, which was to be to
the Pacific coast what the Hudson was to the East.
[Illustration: Map of Gray's two voyages, resulting in the discovery of
the Columbia.]
Coolidge and Ingraham now left the _Columbia_ for ventures of their own
to the Pacific. Haswell, whose diary, with Gray's log-book, gives all
details of the voyage, went as first mate.
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