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ACCESSIONS. 339 trated. From Albert S. Foster, of Light Battery "A, "Oregon Volun- teer Artillery. Stories of Old Oregon. By George A. Waggoner. Salem, 1905. 12mo, 294 pp. Cloth. Illustrated. Presented by the author. Code of Oregon. Prepared by Matthew P. Deady, Addison C. Gibbs, James K. Kelly, Code Commissioners. Salem, 1863. 8vo, 286 pp. Also General Laws of Oregon passed at the legislative session of 1862. 127 pp. and indices to Code and General Laws. Was the property of Judge A. J. Thayer, and bears his autograph. Military Laws of the United States from 1776 to 1858. Prepared by John F. Callan, Clerk to Military Committee, U. S. Senate. Baltimore, 1858. 8vo, i84 pp. Sheep. Contains autograph of E. M. Barnum, Ad- jutant General of Oregon Territory in 1854. Seventy Years on the Frontier. Memoirs of Alexander Majors of a Lifetime on Border. Chicago, 1893. 8vo, Cloth, 326 pp. Illustrated. Contains an account of the establishment of the Pony Express and first overland mail to the Pacific Coast. Donated by George H. Himes: Deposition of Simon G. Elliott in suit of Ben Holladay and C. Temple Emmitt, plaintiffs, u. Simon G. Elliott, et al., defendants, re- lating to the construction of the Oregon & California Railroad. Port- land, 1871. 8vo, 518 pp. Half roan. Presented by Mrs. W. F. Trimble, Portland. Contains autograph of her husband, a prominent Portland lawyer. History of the Pacific Northwest. By Joseph Schafer, M. L., Head of the Department of History, University of Oregon. Maps and Illustrations. New York, 1905. 12mo, 322 pp. Cloth. Two pre- ceding volumes presented by George H. Himes. Wah-kee-nah and Her People. The Curious Customs, Traditions, and Legends of the North American Indians. By James C. Strong, a resident of the Pacific Northwest from 1850 to 1856. New York and London, 1893. 12mo, Cloth, 276 pp. Illustrated. Two preceding vol- umes presented by George H. Himes. Yamhill, The. An Indian Romance. By J. C. Cooper, McMinn- ville, 1904. 16mo, 188 pp. Illustrated. Presented by author, with autograph. RELICS. Indian pipe (broken) made out of slate by Indians on Queen Char- lotte's Island. Brought to Portland from that island in 1848 by William Collins, and in 1853 was given by him to Mrs. William Beck, who presented it to the society. This pipe is an elaborate piece of carving. It is 9i inches long, 4 inches wide, and f of an inch thick. Old-fashioned iron kettle, 18f inches in diameter and 9i inches deep. Very much worn. Said to be one hundred and twenty years old. Was the property of Mrs. Nancy Hanks Lincoln. Given by her to a cousin of her son Abraham, and that cousin gave it to her