 One of the first Europeans to settle in this area was a British seaman named Richard Ough (also spelled Howe) who arrived in 1838.While working at Ft. Vancouver, he met and fell in love with Betsy White Wing, a Native American Princess of the Cascades people.Her father, Chief Slyhorse Schluyhus, agreed to their marriage as a political alliance, but he stipulated as a condition that Richard must settle down.