Volume 1 — INDEX.
Reading edition
405
TOPICAL INDEX.
ADAMS— Proposals on the Oregon Question, 220
ASTORIA— Settlement of, 10 Restitution of, to U. S., 214
BAYLIES— Speeches of, on Oregon, 21
BENTON— Oregon policy of, 13, 16, 50, 52
CALHOUN— Opposition of, to Oregon bill, 235
CALIFORNIA— Contract labor in mines of, 281
CARVER— Use of word Oregon by, 112, 166
CHAMPOEG— Origin of name, 88 Early life in, 88, 89 Early settlement near, 173 Early manners of, 172, 176
CHOLERA— Ravages of, among immigrants to Oregon, 363
CLAY— On the Oregon Question, 221
COLUMBIA RIVER— Discovery of, 113 Proposed as boundary, 215
DOUGLAS— Interest in Oregon Question, 40
ENGLAND— Rivalry of, in Oregon Country, 6
EDUCATION— Appropriation of public land for in Oregon, 148
FLOYD— Oregon policy of, 13–17, 218
FREMONT— Work of, in Oregon, 330
GOVERNMENT— Lack of in early Oregon, 9, 10 First exercise of, 10, 11
406GOLD— Effect of early discoveries of, 103
GRAY— Explorations of, 113
INDIANS— Customs of, 77 Behavior toward white women, 82 Matthieu’s recollections of, 99 Religious customs of, 179 Legends of the, 183 Request of, for missionaries, 225, 346 First estimate of, in Oregon Country, 296 Position of women among the Oregon, 296 Funeral customs of, 300 Poor food supply of, 302 Estimate and census of Oregon Indians, 314 Language, peculiarities of, 317
JACKSON— Effort of, to acquire San Francisco Bay, 228
KELLEY, HALL J.— Visit to Oregon in 1834, 195 Work in Oregon, 224 Work of, 349
LEE— Petition of, to Congress, 28, 29
LINN— Oregon policy of, 26, 230, 235
LANDS— Cession of state claims to western, 136
LANE— Arrival in Oregon, 52
LEDYARD— Plan of, for exploring Oregon, 115
LEWIS AND CLARK— Plan for the expedition of, 120 Grant of land to, 144
LOUISIANA— Purchase of, by U. S., 147
McLOUGHLIN— Influence of, 11, 12 Notes on, 95, 96 Treatment of American settlers, 105 Domestic life of, 158 Trouble with American immigrants, 201 Hospital work of, 308
MISSIONARIES— Early settlements of, in Oregon, 194, 196, 225
MONEY IN EARLY OREGON, 102
407NOOTKA— Convention of, 125
OREGON— Original extent of, 4, 111 Primitive isolation of, 6 Territorial admission of, 52 Motives for statehood in, 53 Opposition to statehood in, 54 Constitutional Convention of, 55 Admission of, as a state, 58 Dangers of pioneer travel to, 61, 62 Characters of pioneers in, 63, 64 First use of the name, 112, 166 Spanish claims to, 122 Southern boundary of, fixed, 127 Russian claims to, 128 Northern boundary of, fixed, 127 School lands of, 154 Early American visitors to, 193 Early immigration to, 198 Dispute over northern boundary of, 215 Discussion over occupation of, 218 Character of early settlement in, 224 Fifty-four deg. 40 min. boundary of, 243 Settlement of northern boundary of, 251 Estimate and census of Indians in, 314 Condition of, in 1842, 327 Fur trade in, 329, 335 Motives for movement to, 352 Summary of negotiations for, 349 Difficulties of route to, 359 Estimate of immigrations to, 370 Character of immigrants to, 398
PARKMAN— Estimate of work of, on Oregon Trail, 342
POLK— Inaugural address on Oregon, 46 Message of, 1845 on Oregon, 47 Message of, 1847, 49
POPULATION MOVEMENT— Effect on Oregon, 8
PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT— Notices for, 32, 33 First steps toward, 33 Objections to, 34, 35 Plan of, 36 Changes in, 37, 38 Effectiveness of, 39 Indian attitude toward, 40 Lane’s verdict on, 52 Notes on organization of, 91
SAUVIE’S ISLAND— Indian population of, 310
408SLACUM— Visit of, to Oregon Country, 228
SLAVERY— Influence of, on admission of Oregon Territory, 48, 50, 51, 147 In Constitutional Convention, 56 In early Oregon, 101
SOVEREIGNTY— Occupation the test of, 123
TEXAS— Influence of, on Oregon Question, 288
TYLER— Message of, 1842 on Oregon, 41, 234 Message of, 1843, 44 Message of, 1844, 45
WASHINGTON— Territorial formation of, 53
WEBSTER— Opinion of, on Oregon Question, 239
WHITE— Appointment of, as sub-Indian agent, 31 Settlement of, in Oregon, 241
WHITMAN— Character and aims of, 41, 42 Work of, 42, 241 Character of, 61 Matthieu’s estimate of, 85 Views of, on Oregon’s needs, 351 Influence of, 381
WILKES— Work of, in Oregon, 333
WYETH— Visits of, to Oregon, 194 Settlement in Oregon, 223