Pittman, Anna Maria, 58.
Platte River, 184.
Plows, 263.
Polk (County), 243.
Porpoise (ship), 195.
Portage, 236.
Porter, J. M. (Secretary of War), 136.
Portland (Ore.), 16, 17, 25, 75, 158, 159, 162, 196, 209, 278, 281, 284, 285.
Portland General Electric Company, 102.
Prairies, 193.
Prices, 33, 43, 44, 45, 46, 49, 77, 118, 201.
Priests, Catholic, 22, 61, 189, 191.
Protestants, 100, 133, 146, 147, 190, 238.
Puget's Island, 195.
RACCOON (British sloop-of-war), 20.
Rae, William Glen, 24, 25, 69.
Rafts, 70 (see also Ships).
Rapids, 70, 102, 103, 114, 119, 136, 191, 200, 201, 202, 213, 224, 235, 236, 242.
Red River Settlement, 265, 269.
Rees, Hon. Willard H., 274, 278;
opinion of McLoughlin, 274-276.
Rekener, J., 205.
Revolution, Cromwellian, 100.
Richmond, Dr. —, 188.
Ricord, John (attorney), 107, 212-218, 220, 222, 223.
Rivière du Loup (a parish), 22.
Robb, J. R., 205.
Robertson, James, 83.
Rocky Mountains, 19, 20, 49, 53, 94, 97, 124, 162, 176, 177, 183, 185, 200, 210, 259, 261, 265, 272, 275, 276 (see also Stony Mountains).
Rogue River Indians, 274.
Rome (Italy), 161.
Roosevelt, Theodore, Winning of the West, cited, 84.
Roy, Charles, 205.
Russell, —, 251.
Russians, 201.
ST. GREGORY the Great, Knight of, 161.
St. Lawrence River, 22.
Salem (Ore.), 56, 111, 113, 115, 119, 138, 159, 163.
Sand Island, 35.
Sandwich Islands, 29, 187, 189, 204, 220.
San Francisco (Cal.), 25, 69, 135.
Saratoga, battle of, 23.
Savages, 26 (see also Indians).
Sawyer, —, 128.
Schoolhouses, 30.
Schools, 98, 99, 133, 192, 238 (see also Seminary).
Scott, Harvey W., 279.
Seminary, 238 (see also Schools).
Senate Document, 209.
Sevier, John, 83.
Shadden, Thomas J., 205.
Shark (ship), 135.
Shawnees (Indian tribe), 74.
Sheep, 28.
Shepard, Cyrus (teacher), 55.
Ships, 33, 35, 36, 38, 45, 47, 48, 51, 58, 59, 61, 63, 68, 103, 105, 113, 115, 135, 181, 182, 183, 186, 194, 195, 196, 222, 223, 258, 267.
Shortess petition, 104, 116-119, 148, 175-209, 210, 212, 253, 254.
Shortess, Robert, 116, 119, 196, 204, 206, 208, 209, 211, 255.
Simpson, Sir George, 90, 96, 270.
Sitka (Alaska), 29.
Skinner, A. A., 122.
Slacum, —, 202.
Slocum, W. A., 28.
Smith, A. D., 205.
Smith, Jedediah S. (furtrader), 33, 35, 36, 38, 74.
Smith, Milton W., 209.
Snake country, 47.
Snelling, Vincent, letter to McLoughlin, 262-264.
Sonoma County (Cal.), 25.
Spalding, Mrs. Henry H., 54.
Spalding, Rev. Henry H., 54.
Staats, Stephen, 82.
Stanstead (Canada), 112.
Stark, —, 222.
Starrs, —, 222.
Statesman, cited, 262.
Stikeen (Fort), 24.
Stony Mountains, 175, 176, 178, 180 (see Rocky Mountains).
Straits of Juan de Fuca, 193.
Sublette, — (furtrader), 33.
Sue, Eugene, 254.
Sumatra (a ship), 58.
Superior (lake), 24.
Sutton, William C., 119, 205, 210.
Sweet Water River, 185.
TAXES, 67.
Teachers, missionaries as, 193.
Tennessee (state), 83.
The Dalles, 69, 70, 72, 73, 77, 82, 91, 111, 197.
Thing, Captain —, 182
Thomas H. Perkins (American ship), 32, 194.
Thomas, Captain —, 36.
Thompson, L. S., 153.
Thornton, J. Quinn, 247, 248, 254;
History of Provisional Government of Oregon, cited, 61, 62, 276, 277.
Thurston (county), 170.
Thurston, Samuel R., 119, 121, 122, 123, 229, 230, 231, 233, 234, 237, 238, 239, 241, 242, 243, 244, 245, 246, 256, 261, 262, 263;
his letter, 123-140;
protests against him, 137-140;
acts approved, 139;
acts not endorsed, 140;
death, 144;
career and death, 144-146;
illtreats McLoughlin, 148, 149;
false statements by, 152, 161;
excerpts from speech, 210, 211, 246-256, 258, 259, 260, 261, 262.
Timber, 201, 235, 236 (see also Lumber).
Tolmie, Dr. F. W., 236.
Tongue Point (Ore.), 52.
Tonner, A., 205.
Town, —, 128.
Townsend, John K., Narrative of a Journey across the Rocky Mountains, cited, 49, 50.
Trade and commerce, 95, 191, 192.
Trade licenses, 177, 178, 179, 180.
Traders, American, 33, 45-52, 81.
Trading act, 177.
Trading Companies, 95, 96, 176-179 (see also Hudson's Bay Company, and Northwest Fur Company).
Trappers, 191.
Treaties, 19, 20, 21, 39, 68, 86, 87, 128, 129, 131, 141, 142, 216, 253, 254 (see also Conventions).
Tualatin Plains, 203, 204, 210.
Turner, John, 205.
Turnham, Joel, 205.
UMPQUA, 184.
United States, 19, 20, 26, 28, 32, 33, 38, 39, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 71, 72, 85, 88, 90, 95, 100, 101, 104, 105, 111, 112, 113, 120, 121, 122, 123, 125, 128, 136, 143, 147, 148, 150, 151, 156, 157, 159, 164, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 184, 185, 186, 189, 198, 201, 210, 215, 216, 220, 221, 225, 227, 232, 233, 235, 239, 240, 248, 250, 257, 260, 265, 266, 267, 274, 280, 282, 286.
United States Senate, 104, 105, 119, 120, 202, 260.
University of Oregon, 119, 141, 142, 143, 150, 160, 272, 278.
VANCOUVER Barracks, 28.
Vancouver (Fort), 24, 27-34, 35, 36, 37, 39, 41, 43, 45, 46, 47, 48, 50, 51, 53, 54, 55, 57, 58, 59, 67, 68, 70, 71, 72, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 82, 89, 91, 92, 93, 95, 98, 99, 110, 113, 152, 170, 171, 180, 181, 182, 183, 185, 190, 191, 195, 197, 199, 200, 201, 202, 204, 206, 208, 236, 253, 255, 257, 258, 268, 275, 276, 281, 285.
Vancouver Island, 24.
Vancouver, Point, 28.
Varney, Captain —, 32.
Vavasour, Lieutenant and Captain —, 91, 94, 270.
Venison, 43.
Victor, Frances Fuller, 226, 270;
The River of the West, cited, 97, 110, 219, 227, 271.
Victoria (Queen of England), 131, 233, 250, 267.
Virginia (state), 84.
WAIILATPU (Wash.), 54.