The price of sea otter furs has…
May 1792 CE
The price of sea otter furs has increased dramatically since the late 1780s, and Gray is one of a number of captains who decides to use force to acquire furs, ordering several other attacks during the 1792 voyage.
Following a breakdown in trading negotiations in May, Gray orders an attack on a Chicklisaht Nuu-chah-nulth village in Esperanza Inlet or Nasparti Inlet north of Nootka Sound, killing seven and seizing the natives' sea otter furs.
The Chicklisaht take their wounded to the Spanish post at Nootka Sound and ask the commandant, Bodega y Quadra, to punish Gray.
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Haida people
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Nuu-chah-nulth people (Amerind tribe; also formerly referred to as the Nootka, Nutka, Aht, Nuuchahnulth)
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New Spain, Viceroyalty of
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Spain, Habsburg Kingdom of
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Chinese Empire, Qing (Manchu) Dynasty
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Britain, Kingdom of Great
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British North America
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United States of America (US, USA) (Philadelphia PA)
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