INDEX.
Fisher, 83-6; pastor of Santiam church, 1856-9, 86; takes up work at The Dalles, 1861-72, 87-90; corres- pondence describing work at Musca- tine, Davenport, Iowa, and Rock Island, 111., 91-104; correspondence describing conditions in Oregon on ar- rival in autumn, 1845, 278-81; view of importance of field he is entering upon as missionary, 280; educational situation, 281-3; statement of condi- tions and needs of his field, 284-310; population, church facilities and needs of country bordering on the Missis- sippi river in Illinois and Iowa in 1844, 379-405; organization for trip across plains and incidents en route, 405-13-
Garnett, Major, Southern sympathizer, placed in command of Fort Simcoe, 14; has charge of one of the two forces sent to punish Indians in up- per Columbia region, 22-3.
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Haller, Major, leads disastrous expedi- tion among Yakima Indians, 7.
Hogg, Colonel T. Egenton, the origi- nator of the scheme of the Yaquina railroad and the promoter of it, 229- 45; obstacles encountered in financing it, 235.
Hudson's Bay Company secures and re- tains friendship of the Indians, 2,
Indians in the Pacific Northwest, their first ideas of the white man, 1-2; their experiences with the Hudson's Bay Company, 2; apprehension caused by actions of American missionaries and settlers, 3.
INDIAN WAR IN WASHINGTON TERRI- TORY, 1-23; beginning of the reserva- tion policy in the Pacific Northwest, 4; the Sound treaties and the Walla Walla council of treaty, 4-5; effect upon Indians of gold discovery in the Cplville country, 6; first murders committed by Yakima Indians, 6; J. A. Bolon, Indian agent, killed, 6-7; disastrous Haller expedition, 7; Rain's expedition a failure, 7-8; Col. J. K. Kelly takes force to Walla Walla that encounters Indians, 8-9; losses sus- tained by whites in Sound country, Q-IO; re-enforcement to whites in Sound country, 10-11; Seattle at- tacked, 1 1 ; lesson taught the ma- rauding northern Indians, 12; block house at Cascades attacked, 12; Col- onel B. F. Shaw leads expedition through Nachess Pass, holds council with Nez Perces, 13; defeats trouble- some band at Grand Ronde, 13; Col- onel Wright traverses Indian country with force and establishes Forts Walla
Walla and Simcoc, 13-14; cost of war and how met, 15-16; Indians renew depredations upon miners in 1858, 21; Colonel Steptoe among them in Col- ville country but overwhelming num- bers compel his retreat, 21-2; Colonel Wright and Major Garnett lead forces that punish these Indians, 22-3; bru- talities of whites in this war, 23. INDIAN WORDS IN OUR LANGUAGE, 338- 42.
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Kelly, Colonel J. K., leads mounted vol- unteers up the Columbia to Walla Walla who encounter Indians, 8-9.
Lewis and Clark expedition the first white men to traverse lower Columbia, 137.
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Me Arthur, Wm. P., Lieutenant U. S. Navy, conducts Pacific Coast Survey of 1849-50, 246-74; enters navy, 246; commands vessel on expedition to Everglades, Florida, 246-7; detailed to Coast Survey, 1848, 247; navigates ship Humboldt from Panama to San Francisco, 249-50; delay in getting men to man vessel Ewing for sur- vey, 250-1; conditions in San Fran- cisco and California in 1849 described, 252-3; dilatoriness of Government dis- courages, 253-4; account of progress of survey along coast of California and Oregon, 254-60; dies on trip near Panama, 260; tributes of Professor Bache and Lieutenant Bartlett to, 260- 3; writings of, in "Notices of West- ern Coast of United States," 263-74.
McLoughlin, Dr. John, several state- ments of, relative to considerations that made participation by British element in Provisional Government advisable, 313, 320-1; letter to Sir J. H. Pelly indicates some thought of political leadership in Oregon, 321.
METHODIST MISSION CLAIM TO THE DALLES TOWN SITE, 24-32; transfer of the American Board of Foreign Mis- sions, 1847, 24-5; re-transfer to Meth- odist Mission Society, 1849, 28-9.
MINTO, JOHN, A TRIBUTE TO, BY ONE WHO LOVED HIM, 330-7; a special student of Burns and of Oregon, 33; aids in establishing Morrisons on Clat- sop Plains, 331-2; throws light on early conditions and development of Clatsop Plains region, 323-5; receives spontaneous reception at opening of 28th Legislative Assembly of Oregon, 325-6.
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Nash, Wallis, Vice-President of the Yaquina Railroad, gives estimate of sums expended on that project, 230; has charge of location of road, 236; gives explanation of conditions which
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