Kobaiway, Indian chief,35Konapee, story of,37-39Kooskooskie River, discovered by the Lewis and Clark party,79;navigation on, by Lewis and Clark party,81Kootenai River, character of navigation,280-281;Bonnington Falls of,294Kootenai Lake, description of,295-296;sporting on,296LLa Camas, paper mill,375Ladd, Carrie, steamer on Willamette,236Lamazee, or Lamazu, brings news of destruction ofTonquin,123Lark, wreck of,124Lausanne, Methodist mission ship,142Lawyer, Indian chief favourable to whites,214-216Le Breton, G. W., part in founding Provisional Government,192Ledyard, John, connection with Jefferson,70;comprehension of fur-trade,101Lee, Rev. Daniel, missionary to Indians,141;mission at The Dalles,142Lee, Rev. Jason, missionary to Indians,140;locating mission at Chemawa,142;in the East for reinforcements,142;death,143;connection with Ewing Young,144;memorial to Congress,144;influence,145;lecture at Peoria,163;chairman of meeting of settlers,189Lewis and Clark expedition, its inception by Jefferson,71;summary by Captain Lewis,87;mention of, by Jefferson,88Lewis, Jo, part in Whitman massacre,206Lewis, Meriwether, selection by Jefferson for leader of party,72;description of crossing Divide,75Lewiston, founding of,245Linn Senator, presenting memorials to Congress,189;his death,197Lisa, Manuel, organises the Missouri Fur Company,108Looking Glass, famous speech,215Lot Whitcomb, the steamer, on Columbia River,235Louise, Lake, beauties of,274Louisiana Purchase, significance,71MMacbeth, Miss Kate, opinion about Indians who looked for “Book of Life,”136-137Mackenzie, Alexander, expedition to Pacific Coast,71;journey to the Arctic Ocean,106;reaches Pacific Ocean,106McBean, Wm., account of Walla Walla Council,217McCellan, Robert, partner of Pacific Fur Company,89McClellan, Geo. B., assists Stevens in reconnaissance for Pacific Railroad,260McDougall, Duncan, smallpox bottle,122;marries daughter of Comcomly,122;sells out Company,124McKay, Dr. W. C., physician at Pendleton,319McKenzie, Donald, partner of Pacific Fur Company,89;leads division of party,92;sells out Company,124McKinley, Allen, building of steamer on Columbia,235McLoughlin, Dr. John, as factor of Hudson’s Bay Company,130;reception of Methodist missionaries,141;meets the Whitman party of missionaries,150;connection with buildingStar of Oregon,166;sees approaching success of Americans,167;stories connecting him with Americans,168;account of Provisional Government,195;becomes an American citizen,196;land troubles,196;sadness of old age,196;summary of character,197Maldonado, extravagant stories,46;map,48Maquinna, Indian chief,202Martinez, voyage on coast of Oregon,55Mary, steamer on Upper Columbia,235;rescues victims of Indian war,236;on her regular route,237Mazama Club, influence of,353Meares, Capt. John, English explorer,44;voyages to Oregon Coast,58;at mouth of Columbia,59-60Meek, Jo, part in founding Provisional Government,192Memaloose Island,337Miller, Joseph, partner of Pacific Fur Company,89Minto, John, account of founding of Provisional Government,190Montcachabe, Indian who first crossed the continent,70Moody, Mary, steamer, first steamer on Pend Oreille Lake,245Moody, Z. F., builds steamer,245Moorehouse, Major Lee, Indian photographer,320Morigeau, Baptiste, pioneer on Lake Windermere,283Moscow, site of University of Idaho,315Moses, Indian chief,297Mountain Buck, steamer on Columbia,236Mountaineers’ Club, purpose and location,353Mowry, Wm., report of speech by Nez Percé Indian,139Multnomah, steamer on Columbia,236Multnomah Falls,348NNekahni, Mt., location of,33;beauty of,39;the “treasure ship,”40-41Nelson, metropolis of the Kootenai,294;fruit industries of,294;mines of,295;transportation of,295Nesmith, J. W., extract on immigration of 1843,169;account of Indian guide, Sticcus,172;in Indian War of 1855,221Nez Percé Indians, origin of,21;first meeting with Lewis and Clark party,80;looking for “Book of Life,”137Nootka Sound, discovery of,51;important centre,55;as a cause of dispute between England and Spain,62North Bank Railroad,262;cost of,377;bridge,377North-west Fur Company, organisation,105;unites with Hudson’s Bay Company,107,128;in possession of Columbia Basin,125OOak Point founded by Winship brothers,110Ogden, Peter Skeen, ransoms survivors of Whitman massacre,207Okanogan, the steamer, first to run Tumwater Falls,242Okanogan Indians, story of,284-285Oneonta Gorge,347Oregon, name of,31Oregon Question, its complicated and momentous character,200Oregon Railroad and Navigation Co. organised,246Oregon Short Line Railroad,262Oregon Steam Navigation Co. organised,237;development of business,238;its portages,238;sells out,246Oregon Transportation Co. organised,237Oregonian, newspaper, influence of,386Osborne, Mr., escape from Whitman massacre,207PPacific Fur Co., organisation of,89;its dissolution,125Paha Cliffs,336Pakenham, British envoy, and his course in regard to Oregon,199-200Pambrun, Pierre, instructed Indians in Catholic faith,137Parker, Rev. Samuel, in Oregon to investigate condition of Indians,145;his traits,146;book,146Pasco, lands around,326;prospects of,327Patriot, Illinois, report of the Indians looking for “Book of Life,”137Peacock, ship of Wilkes Expedition lost on Columbia Bar,165Pearce, E. D., connection with discovery of gold in Idaho,252Pearson, express rider, rides to notify Stevens of Great Yakima War,219-220Pendleton, its industries and some of its citizens,319-320Peoria party of immigrants,163Perez, voyage of,51Perkins, Rev. H. K. W., mission at The Dalles,142Peupeumoxmox, Indian chief in war of 1855,213;leads force to Walla Walla,214;killed,221Polk, President, management of Oregon Question,199-200Poppleton, Irene Lincoln, article inOregon Historical Quarterly,237Portland developed by discovery of gold in California,251;location,381;transportation facilities,382;commerce,382-383;buildings,384;artistic character of,385;Historical Society,385-386Potter, T. J., steamer on Columbia,248Priest Rapids, character of,322;origin of name,322;power for pumping,324Provisional Government, origin of,190-192;organisation of,193;officers of,194;state house for,194Provost, J. B., at restoration of Astoria,125;agent of United States for receiving Astoria from Great Britain,182;describes Columbia Bar,182-183Pullman, site of State College,315RRaccoon, British man-of-war at Astoria,124Railroad Creek, scenery about,309-310Rainier, Mt., origin of name,32Rector, Wm., road across Cascade Mountains,176Revelstoke, character as a junction,292Rock Island Rapids,321Roosevelt, Theodore, view of Calhoun’s policy in regard to Oregon,198;reference to Columbia River,246Rooster Rock, appearance of,349-350;River below,375Rosalia, monument of Steptoe,315Ross, Alexander, adventure in Yakima country,126-127;narration of profits in fur-trade,131;on blowing up ofTonquin,203Ruckle and Olmstead put steamer on Columbia,236Russia, entrance upon American exploration,50-51SSacajawea, with Lewis and Clark party,75;sees the whale,85;finds her brother, Cameahwait,78St. Helens, Mt., origin of, in Indian myth,22-24St. Joe River, its beauties,297St. Peter’s Dome,346Salmon River, Lewis and Clark party at the head of,79Saltese, Cœur d’Alene chief,226San José, ship connected with Indian story,42Scott, Harvey, character and influence as an editor,386Sea-otter, importance in the fur-trade,100Señorita, steamer on Columbia,236Shakspere, his location of Caliban and Ariel in the Far West,47Shaw, Col. B. F., battle of Grande Ronde,222Shepard, Rev. Cyrus, missionary to Indians,141Sheridan, battle at Cascades,22Shoshone Indians, meeting with Lewis and Clark party,76-78Shuswap Indians, story of,284-285Sierra Nevada, the steamship, its cargo of treasure,239Simpson, S. L., extract from poem of,380Smith, Rev. A. B., minister to Oregon Indians,151;at Kamiah,152Smith, J. C., connection with gold mines in Idaho,253Smith, Jedediah, American trapper thought to have taught religion to Indians,137Smith, William, mate onAlbatross,109Snake River, orchards of,316;heat,317;irrigation systems of,317;Shoshone Falls of,317Snow-peaks, general group of,353;zones of,370-372Snickster, adventure in Steptoe expedition,228Sowles, Capt. Cornelius, character of,116Spain, connection with Oregon exploration,48;downfall,48-49;settlement of California,49;favouring conditions for exploration,50;conflict with England over Nootka,62;character of claims to Oregon,180Spalding, Rev. H. H., in Oregon as missionary,147;his traits of character,148;among Nez Percés,151;first printing press west of Rocky Mountains,152Spalding, Mrs. H. H., characteristics,148Speelyei, Indian god, struggle with Wishpoosh,8-9;creates Indian tribes,9Spencer Chas. D., steamer on Columbia,248Spokane, remarkable character as a city,315;water power of Falls,315;grandeur as spectacle,315;railway system,316Spokane House, location of,315Spotted Eagle, remarkable speech,223Star of Oregon, schooner built on Willamette River,166;trip to San Francisco,167Stark, Benjamin, in steamboat business,236Statesman, Washington, extracts in regard to Idaho mines,255-256Stehekin River, cañon of,303;Rainbow Falls of,305;Horseshoe Basin of,306Steptoe, Col. E. J., dissension with Stevens,223;fort at Walla Walla,224;disastrous expedition to Spokane,225et seq.Stevens, Hazard, account of Walla Walla Council,215Stevens, I. I., appointed Governor of Washington,213;makes treatise,213;Council at Walla Walla,214;goes to northern country to make treaties,215;describes Kamiakin,216;makes treaty with Flatheads,218;returns to Olympia,221;organises volunteers,222;second Council at Walla Walla,222;trouble with Steptoe,223;trouble with Wool,224;battle at Walla Walla,224;reconnaissance for railroad in 1853,260Sticcus, Indian guide of immigrants,172;tries to save the Whitman Mission,206Stuart, David, founding of Fort Okanogan,121Stump, Capt. T. J., on first steamer down Tumwater Falls,242Sturgis, profits of fur-trade,103Sutter, Captain, connection with discovery of gold,250Swan, data on income of furs,103Swift, Jonathan, placing of Gulliver near the coast of Oregon,47T“Takhoma, Mt.,” origin of name,32Tallapus, Indian deity,33Tamahas, part in Whitman massacre,206,212Tamsaky, in Whitman massacre,206;killed,212Taylor, Captain, part in battle of Pine Creek,226Telaukait, part in Whitman massacre,206Tenino, the steamer, value of its business,239Tetons, Three, first seen by Hunt party,81Thompson, David, crossing the continent,106;at Astoria,121;remains of his fort on Lake Windermere,282Thompson, R. R., builds steamerColonel Wright,235Thorn, Jonathan, disposition as captain ofTonquin,116;tyrannical course in entering Columbia River,117-118Thornton, J. Quinn, description of Oregon State House,194Timothy, Nez Percé Indian guide to Steptoe’s command, save command,226-227Tonquin, fitting out for Astoria,117;entrance of Columbia River,118-119;destroyed by Indians,124;account of capture,203Touchet Valley, adaptability to orchards,325Trappers, two general classes of,90Treaty with England in regard to Oregon,200Trevett, Vic, tomb of,337Troup, Capt. James, skill in running rapids,242;onD. S. Bakerover The Dalles,243UUmatilla Plains first seen by the Hunt expedition,94Umatilla Rapids, singular character of,328Union Transportation Co. organised,237United States, character of claims to Oregon,181;notifies Great Britain to regain Astoria,182VValdez, circumnavigation of Vancouver Island,55Vancouver, Capt. George, as English commissioner,62;equipment for exploration,62;at mouth of Columbia River,63;meets Gray,63;at Columbia Bar,66Vancouver Island, location of important explorations,56-57Vancouver, Fort, its condition as a Hudson’s Bay post,128-129Vancouver, city of historic interest,376;scenery,377Venture, the steamer, carried over Cascades,236Verendrye, first European to enter Rocky Mountains,70Villard, Henry, first arrival in Oregon,260;railroad on Columbia River,261;financial disasters,261Vizcaino, commander of Spanish fleet of exploration,44Von Holst, opinion in regard to Calhoun’s management of the Oregon matter,198WWalker, Rev. Elkanah, missionary to Oregon Indians,151;at Tshimakain,151Walker’s Prairie, location of first church,315Walker, Wm., account of Indians who sought the “Book of Life,”137Walla Walla, Fort, arrival at, by immigrants of 1843,173Walla Walla City, historic nature of,318;appearance and surroundings,318;Whitman Mission,318Walla Walla Council of Stevens with Indians,213et seq.Wallowa Lake, beauty and historic interest of,320Wallula,328Wapatoo Island, first seen by Lewis and Clark party,86;description of,378Wapta River,277Wasco, steamer built on Columbia,235;rescues victims of Indian War,236;under new management,237Washington, State, evidences of development,314et seq.;views of, from Mt. Adams,366et seq.Washington Territory, created by Congress,212;volunteers for Indian War,222Washougal, historic interest of,375Webster, Daniel, attitude on Oregon question,186-187;inclined to yield to England,197Wehatpolitan, story of,345Wenatchee, interest as an irrigated region,314Whitcomb, Lot, builds steamer of same name,235White, Dr. Elijah, in Oregon in 1837 as Indian agent,142White, Capt. Lew, commands steamerColonel Wrighton trip up Columbia,243-244;launches steamerForty-nineon Columbia,245Whitman, Dr. Marcus, entrance upon work for Oregon Indians,145;popularity with trappers,146;return to New York,146;marriage and return to Oregon,147;