[1] In September 1834, the Wyeth party reached Fort Vancouver, the Hudson's Bay Company premier station in the Columbia Department.
[4] In the subsequent trial overseen by Wyeth's friend, naturalist John Kirk Townsend, Hubbard was found not guilty as the death was ruled justifiable homicide.
[1] The fight that lead to the death had been over a Native American woman named Mary St. Martin, whom Hubbard married on April 3, 1837, with the Reverend Jason Lee presiding.
[5] In 1843, Hubbard participated in the Champoeg Meetings, where he served on several committees and voted for the creation of the Provisional Government of Oregon.
A fellow traveler aboard, Gustavus Hines, complained that Hubbard and other passengers were neither "wise nor virtuous" for spending their time playing backgammon and card games.