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CONTENTS OF VOLUME XXIX

I

Travels in the Great Western Prairies, the Anahuac
and Rocky Mountains, and in the Oregon Country
[Part II, being chapter v of Volume II of the London
edition, 1843.] Thomas Jefferson Farnham.

Text: [CHAPTER V] Departure from Vancouver—Wappatoo
Island—The Willamette River—Its
Mouth—The Mountains—Falls—River
above the Falls—Arrival at the Lower Settlement—A
Kentuckian—Mr. Johnson and his
Cabin—Thomas M'Kay and his Mill—Dr.
Bailey and Wife and Home—The Neighbouring
Farmers—The Methodist Episcopal Mission and
Missionaries—Their Modes of Operations—The
Wisdom of their Course—Their Improvements,
&c.—Return to Vancouver—Mr. Young—Mr.
Lee's Misfortune—Descent of the Willamette—Indians—Arrival
at Vancouver—Oregon—Its
Mountains, Rivers and Soil, and
Climate—Shipment for the Sandwich Islands—Life
at Vancouver—Descent of the Columbia—Astoria—On
the Pacific Sea—The Last View
of Oregon—Account of Oregon, by Lieut. Wilkes,
Commander of the late exploring Expedition 13


II

Oregon Missions and Travels over the Rocky Mountains,
in 1845-46. Pierre Jean de Smet, S.J.

Copyright Notice 108

Author's Dedication 109

Preface by the First Editor. C. C. P. 111

An Outline Sketch of Oregon Territory and its Missions.
Anonymous 115

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