his appearance and character,147;getting waggon across continent,150;among Cayuses,151;conception of value of Oregon,153;journey in midwinter to St. Louis,154;helps organise immigration of 1843,168;guides immigrants,171;doctors Indians for measles,205;assassinated,206;connection with Dr. McLoughlin,196Whitman, Mrs. Narcissa, appearance and qualities,147;her death,207Whitman massacre,206-208Whitman College,319Whitman County, agricultural resources of,316White Salmon River and Valley,338Wilkes, Lieut. Chas., commands expedition to Columbia River,165;establishes idea of unity of Pacific Coast,165;assists in equipping schoonerStar of Oregon,160;advice to settlers about a government,190Willamette River, scenery around mouth,378;tributaries and Valley,380;apostrophe to, by S. L. Simpson,380Willamette Valley, general view,15Willamette University grows out of mission to Indians,143Williams in the Steptoe retreat,228Windermere Lake,280Winship brothers, project for trading company on Columbia River,109-113Wishpoosh, the Beaver, Indian legend,8Wool, Gen. J. E., discord with Stevens,222,224Wright, Colonel, campaign against Spokane Indians,225,229Wyeth, Nathaniel, takes Methodist missionary party across continent in 1834,141;commendation by Lowell,162;plans great enterprise on Columbia,162;builds fort at mouth of Willamette,163;attracts attention to Oregon,163YYakima Valley, productive capacity of,325Yaktana, Indian chief in adventure with Ross,127Young, Ewing, in California,160;drives cattle to Oregon,161;death of,189ZZaltieri, map of America,47