gon Pioneer Association have been used to some extent for material on the period of settlement principally.
From the nature of the subject, the assistance to be obtained from secondary books, has necessarily been slight. Such books as have been used for reference have been sufficiently cited in the footnotes.
APPENDIX I
The Vote on the Adoption of the Oregon Constitution, November 9, 1857.
(From the official returns published in the Oregon Statesman, December 22.)
Constitution Slavery Free Negroes Counties Yes No Yes No Yes No Benton ... 440 215 283 368 132 459 Clackamas. 530 216 98 655 113 594 Clatsop ... 62 37 25 71 25 65 Columbia.. 30 66 11 84 24 66 Coos 68 26 19 72 10 79 Curry 117 14 35 95 8 121 Douglas . . 419 203 248 377 23 560 Jackson . . 465 372 405 426 46 710 Josephine . 445 139 155 435 41 534 Lane 591 362 356 602 97 783 I inn . . 1111 176 198 1092 113 1095 Marion ...1024 252 214 1055 76 1115 Multnomah 496 255 96 653 112 587 Polk 528 188 231 484 53 584 Tillamook . 23 1 6 22 1 25 Umpqua . . 155 84 32 201 24 181 Wasco 55 89 58 85 18 122 Washington 265 226 68 428 80 393 Yamhill ... 371 274 107 522 85 521 Total ...7195 Maj'ties .3980 3215 2645 7727 5082 1081 8640 7559
