▁then ▁attempted ▁to ▁expand ▁further ▁west . ▁He ▁sent ▁out ▁two ▁tra ppers , ▁Jacques ▁Rap ha el ▁Fin lay ▁and ▁Fin an ▁Mc Donald , ▁to ▁construct ▁a ▁fur ▁trad ing ▁post ▁on ▁the ▁Sp ok ane ▁River , ▁which ▁flows ▁west ▁from ▁Lake ▁Co eur ▁d ' Al ene ▁to ▁the ▁Columbia ▁River , ▁and ▁trade ▁with ▁the ▁local ▁Indians . ▁This ▁post ▁was ▁established ▁in ▁ 1 8 1 0 , ▁at ▁the ▁confl u ence ▁of ▁the ▁Little ▁Sp ok ane ▁and ▁Sp ok ane ▁rivers , ▁becoming ▁the ▁first ▁end uring ▁European ▁settlement ▁of ▁significance ▁in ▁what ▁later ▁became ▁Washington ▁state . ▁Kn own ▁as ▁the ▁Sp ok ane ▁House , ▁or ▁simply ▁" Sp ok ane ", ▁it ▁was ▁in ▁operation ▁from ▁ 1 8 1 0 ▁to ▁ 1 8 2 6 . ▁Oper ations ▁were ▁run ▁by ▁the ▁British ▁North ▁West ▁Company ▁and ▁later ▁the ▁Hudson ' s ▁Bay ▁Company , ▁and ▁the ▁post ▁was ▁the ▁headquarters ▁of ▁the ▁fur ▁trade ▁between ▁the ▁Rock y ▁and ▁Cas cade ▁mountains ▁for ▁ 1 6 ▁years . ▁After ▁the ▁latter ▁business ▁absor bed ▁the ▁North ▁West ▁Company ▁in ▁ 1 8 2 1 , ▁the ▁major ▁operations ▁at ▁the ▁Sp ok ane ▁House ▁were ▁eventually ▁shift ed ▁north ▁to ▁Fort ▁Col ville , ▁reducing ▁the ▁post ' s ▁significance . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 8 3 6 , ▁Re ver end ▁Samuel ▁Parker ▁visited ▁the ▁area ▁and ▁reported ▁that ▁around ▁ 8 0 0 ▁Native ▁Americans ▁were