In 1838 Jason Lee instructed Leslie Wilson to establish a house near Fort Nisqually.
[2] Support for the station also came from John McLoughlin, who ordered donations of peas and flour along with the loaning of milk cows.
[3][4] Richmond attended the celebration of the Fourth of July at American Lake held by the visiting United States Exploring Expedition in 1841.
[5] In an oration heard by the commanding officer Charles Wilkes and Duwamish chief Slugamus, Richmond stated that "The time will come... when these hills and valleys will have become peopled by our free and enterprising countrymen..."[5] Richmond began to lose interest in proselytizing by 1841, as he considered the Indigenous populations "fast sinking into the grave.
Extinction seems to be their inevitable doom..."[6] After a year and a half of residency on the Puget Sound he departed with his family back to the United States.