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Slaughter County (proposed), iv, 18. Slave River, The, i, 228.
Slavery, among the Indians, i, 421.
Negro, prohibited by Oregon laws, ii, 277. Slavery question as related to organization of Oregon and Washington terri- tories, iii, 195-197, 210.
Sloat, John D. (U. S. N.), ii, 289. Slocum, Mrs. L., iv, 113.
Smalley, Captain, in the Indian war, iii, 440.
Smalley, Eugene V., iv, 225.
Smith, Almaran, settler, iii, 132.
Smith, A. B. (Rev.), missionary, ii, 101, 124-125, 127, 133, 139, 185. Smith, Alvan T., pioneer and mis- sionary, ii, 23, 108, 269, 274.
Smith, Captain, commander of the "Isaac Todd", i, 371.
Smith, Charles, captive, ii, 339. Smith, Charles H., associated with Simmons, ii, 450, 454.
Smith, Colonel, friend of Ledyard, i, 250.
Smith, Cordelia J., ii, 454.
Smith, Edwin, captive, ii, 339.
Smith, G. W., in the Indian war, iii, 366.
Smith, H. A. (Dr.), settler, iii, 127, I28.
Smith, Hannah (Mrs.), captive, ii, 339.
Smith, Henry, iii, 484.
Smith, Isaac W., acting territorial secretary, iii, 483.
Smith, Jacob, settler, iii, 97.
Smith, J. C. (Sergeant), settler, iv, 73; gold prospector, 76.
Smith, J. C., member of legislature, iv, 374.
Smith, J. L. (U. S. A.), iii, 77.
Smith, J. W., of Oregon, ii, 282.
Smith, James R., settler, iii, 163. Smith, Jedediah S., pioneer leader,
i, 463-465, 473, 490. ii, 10-12, 63, 81, 247.
Smith, John F., iv, 211.
Smith, Joseph, captive, ii, 339.
Smith, Joseph S., settler, iii, 97. Speaker of the house, iv, 16; 19, 181.
Smith, L. A., settler, ii, 448. Arrest of, iii, 484.
Smith, L. P., settler, ii, 444.
Smith, Levi Lathrop, settler (part- ner of Sylvester), ii, 435-436, 452. Member of legislature, iii, 64.
Smith, M. J. (Miss), missionary, ii, 106.
Smith, Mary, captive, ii, 331, 339. Smith, Mortimer, captive, ii, 339. Smith, Nelson, captive, ii, 339. Smith, Persifor F. (U. S. A.), ii, 448. Smith, Royal C., settler, ii, 444.
Smith, S. D., settler, iv, 74, 210.
Smith, Sidney W., of Oregon, ii, 274.
Smith, Silas B., of Oregon, i, 431. Smith, Solomon Howard, of Ore- gon, i, 431. Pioneer, ii, 16, 22; part in organizing civil govern- ment, 275.
Smith, T. J., iv, 91.
Smith, Victor, customs collector, iv, 166-176.
Smith, William, of the " Albatross" i, 317.
Smith, William P., settler, iii, 129.
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Smith's Cove, iii, 115, 127. Smith's Express, iii, 126.
Smithers, E. M., settler, iii, 128. Smithfield and Smithter, early names of Olympia, ii, 439, 452. Smyth, Alexander, and the Oregon question, ii, 70.
Snake Indians, The, i, 392. ii, 25, 503. iv, 108.
Snake River, The, Lewis and Clark's journey, i, 281-285; 313; Astor party, 362, 365; visits of the early traders, 320, 394, 397, 456-457. ii, 9, 50; 122, 225, 296; 359-360, 469; sufferings and dangers of the pioneers, 481, 484-489. iii, 14, 19-20; 298, 333, 373, 463. iv, 21, 23, 24, 92; desired as the boundary by Oregon, 97-98; early navi- gation, 211; 291, 292.
Snohomish County, iv, 155, 156, 328, 344.
Snohomish Indians, The, ii, 41I. Snohomish River, The, ii, 450. iii, 277. iv, 106, 360.
Snoqualmie Indians, The, i, 421. ii, 440, 458, 462. iii, 72, 94; Stevens's treaty, 277; 325, 441- 442.
Snoqualmie Pass, The, ii, 401. iii, 217, 224, 328, 440. iv, 223- 224, 232, 305, 314. Snow, Judge, settler, iv, 92.
Sohns, Lewis, iv, 210, 386.
Sohon, Gustave, soldier, iii, 308. Soil, The, early misrepresentations. i, II. Wilkes on, ii, 509. Jeffer- son Davis on, iii, 248-249; the Indians' use of, 257-258. The hill lands, iv, 80, 92.
Soto, half-breed, i, 435, 436. South Channel, The, ii, 503.
South Pass of the Rocky Moun- tains, The, i, 378. ii, 8, 10, II, 247.
South Tacoma, iii, 183.
Southwest Fur Company, The, i, 328.
Sowle, Captain, of the "Beaver", i, 367, 369.
Spain. Discoveries and possessions on the Pacific coast, i, 23, 28, 31, 37-81, 109, III-112, 119. ii, 32, 39; Florida treaty, ceding terri- tory north of 42°, 43, 47-48, 373- 374, 380-381.
Spalding, Captain, of the "Laus- anne", ii, 107, 200.
Spalding, Eliza, captive, ii, 339; 443.
Spalding, H. H. (Rev.), missionary, i, 473. ii, 22, 77, 101, 108, 120- 121, 122, 124-125, 131, 133-137, 238; sets up the first printing press, 293; 303, 308-309, 321, 332-335, 338, 341, 396, 433. iii, 75.
Spalding, Mrs. H. H., i, 473. ii, 120, 123, 129, 131, 338.
Spanaway Lake, ii, 389. iii, 38, 401.
Spangberg, M., Russian navigator, i, 126-127.
Sparks, Jared, biographer, i, 246. Sparks, J. G., iv, 210.
Spencer, Indian, murder of, iii, 461-462.
Spencer, W. D. (Captain), Civil war, iv, 107, 108.
Spinning, Dr., pioneer, iii, 18.
Splawn, Charles A., settler, iv, 93, 94.
Spokane, iv, 29; settlement, 96-97; fire, 282; growth, 294-296; fruit exhibits, 298; 315, 379, 386, 387.
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Spokane and Idaho Railroad, The, iv, 296.
Spokane and Northern Railroad, The, iv, 296.
Spokane College, iv, 378.
Spokane County, iv, 87, 88, 89, 95, 97, 265, 294, 295, 313, 387.
Spokane Falls, ii, 432. iv, 96-97, 313,378.
Spokane Indians, The, i, 423. ii, 293. iii, Stevens's council, 429- 430, 437, 465, 474. iv, 19-20, 31. Spokane River, The, i, 25, 350, 368,
371. Wright's fight with the Indians, iv, 28-29.
Spotted Eagle, Indian chief, iii, 297. Sprague, iv, 294.
Sprague, John W., iv, 90, 218, 219, 325.
Sprague County (proposed), iv, 90. Squak Valley, The, iv, 320-321. Squally Hook, i, 289.
Squaxon Indians, The, iii, 449.
Squaxon Island, iii, 276, 408.
Squire, Watson C., governor, iv, 280-281, 307, 323-324, 327-329, 333, 337, 343. Stablet, Mrs. M. S., iv, 113. Stampede Pass, The, iv, 305. Standifer, B. P., iv, 210. Stanley, David, settler, iii, 128. Stanley, of Olympia, iii, 218.
Stansfield, Joe, half-breed, ii, 307, 321.
Stanton, Richard, H., proposes the name of Washington for the territory, iii, 210.
"Star of Oregon", The, vessel, ii, 194.
Starling, Edmund A., Indian agent, iii, 199.
Starr, L. M., of Oregon, iv, 228.
Statesman, The (Walla Walla), iv, IOI, 195.
Steachus, Indian chief, iii, 301, 302. Steel, James, of Oregon, iv, 228. Stehi, Indian, iv, 13.
Steilacoom, i, 211. ii, 170; early settlers, 447-448. iii, 50, 85, 86, 97, 98, 111, 112, 126, 131; rival town sites, 133; county seat, 143; 146, 147, 149, 154; first church in Washington, 156; 157, 160, 204, 214, 244, 329, 410, 440; arrest of Judge Lan- der, 487-488. Trial of Leschi, iv, 4-7; 38, 108, 151, 164, 166, 210; Balch's over-reaching act, 215.
Steilacoom Creek, iii, 46.
Steilacoom, Fort, see Fort Steila- coom.
Steilacoom, Indian, ii, 447.
Steilacoom Lake, ii, 388.
Steinberger, Justus, officer in the Civil war, iv, 104, 107, 108, 121- 122.
Steller, with Bering, i, 128-131.
Steptoe, Lieutenant-Colonel (U. S. A.), in the Indian war, iii, 452, 460, 471-474. iv, 20-23.
Steptoeville, iii, 241. iv, 74.
Sterrett, Captain (U. S. N.), iii, 392, 412.
Stevens, George W., iii, 253. iv, 138.
Stevens, Hazard, iii, 253, 271, 274, 275, 288, 308.
Stevens, Isaac I., first governor of Washington, iii, 161, 211; trans- continental railway survey, 215- 217; arrival at Olympia, 218; 221; early acts, 224-247; visit to Washington, 247-252 ; treaties with the Indians, 257-309; tri- bute to General Miller, 400; at Seattle, 414; councils with the Blackfeet and other tribes, 425-
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429; return, correspondence with General Wool, and prose- cution of the war, 429-479; proclamation of martial law, 483-511. Last message, iv, 15- 17; 49, 187-188; delegate to congress, 8, 18-19, 51; 142; Civil war record and death, 129-132; his railway work, 203-205, 223- 224.
Stevens, Mrs. Issac I., iii, 252-254. Stevens, Thaddeus, iv, 205.
Stevens County, iv, 89, 156, 265. Stevenson, George H., iv, 386.
Stevensville (Mont.), ii, 112. Stewart, A. W. iv, 203.
Stewart, Millie, iii, 18.
Stewart, Nathaniel, settler, iii, 162.
Stewart, Peter G., of Oregon, ii, 280.
Stewart, Peter S., settler, ii, 445. Stewart, Mrs. William, iii, 442.
Stewart, riot victim, iv, 340, 341. Stewart, with Joseph R. Jackson, ii, 427.
Sticcas, Indian, ii, 309, 310. ii, 357. iii, 75.
Stiles, Theodore L., iv, 387.
Stillman, H. R., settler, iii, 131.
Stone, B. F., iv, 210.
Stone, David, settler, ii, 444. iii, 73-74.
Stone, Nathaniel, settler, ii, 444. iii, 206, 516.
Stowell, E. F., settler, iv, 92.
Straight, H., of Oregon, ii, 281.
Strait of Georgia, The, i, 217.
Strait of Juan de Fuca, The, i, 28, 29, 31, 52-62, 69, 72, 77, 78, 90, 96, 98, 101, 106-107, 112- 116, 148, 152, 164, 166, 167, 170, 176-178, 188-192, 205, 208, 213, 305, 308, 402, 429, 461, 466,
497. ii, 54, 62, 72, 179, 200, 380, 451, 501, 504. iii, 94, 130- 131, 278, 519.
Strait of Mackinaw, The, i, 224, Strait of Ronquailo, i, 43. Strathcona and Mount Royal, Lord, i, 442.
Strawberry Bay, i, 214. Strickler, William, settler, iii, 128. Stringer, D., settler, ii, 444.
Stringer, John, settler, ii, 444.
Strong, James, and the Oregon question, ii, 74.
Strong, Solomon, settler, ii, 444. Strong, William, settler, ii, 445. Associate-justice, iii, 67, 156, 190; commissioner to draft laws for Washington, 237-238; 379; officer in the Indian war, 344, 380. iv, 17, 140, 142, 203, 368. Strout, A. D., settler, iv, 92.
Struve, H. G., iii, 157. Member of legislature, iv, 150; member of congress, 154.
Struve, W. H., iii, 229-232.
Stuart, C. W., settler, iii, 131.
Stuart, Charles E., Hudson's Bay man, captain of the "Beaver", iii, 190, 191.
Stuart, David, Astorian, i, 333, 335, 340-341; establishes post on the Okanogan, 350-351, 366. Stuart, George H., iv, 269.
Stuart, Robert, Astorian, i, 338; commands return expedition, 368; discovers the South Pass, 378. ii, 7, 8.
Stuart, with Fraser, i, 232-233. Stuart Lake, i, 232.
Stuart River, The, i, 30, 454.
Stuck Junction, iv, 309.
Stuck River, The, iii, 106, 149, 404. iv, 301.
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Sturges, D., settler, ii, 444.
Sublette, Milton, fur trader, ii, 10. Sublette, William, fur trader, ii, 8-12, 16, 18, 63, 81, 236, 247. Suckle, Dr., iii, 7.
Sullivan, E. H., iv, 387.
Sullivan, James, iv, 279.
Sullivan, P. C., iv, 387.
"Sultana", The, vessel, ii, 15. Sumner, iii, 404.
Sumner, Charles, on the acquisition of Alaska, iv, 153-154.
Sumner, Clement W., settler, iii, 95. Sunday Island, i, 294.
Superstitions of the Indians, i, 404. ii, 294. iii, 324.
Supreme Court, first organization, ii, 263.
"Susan Sturges", The, vessel, iii, 153. Sutter, Captain, ii, 303.
Sutter's Fort, ii, 302, 304.
T ABLE Mountain, i, 74. Table Rock, i, 294.
Tacoma, iii, 276. iv, 13; earliest settlement, Commence- ment City, 194, 216; railway terminus and name, 226-230, 249-254; laying out of, 246-247; incorporated, 264; 300, 301, 304-305, 308; first train, 312; growth, 313-315; Chinese dis- turbances, iv, 320-328; 378. "Tacoma", The, vessel, iv, 303. Taftson, Martin, settler, iii, 95. Tahawai, Indian, iii, 72.
Talbot, C. B., pioneer, iii, 10, 15. Talbot, W. C., iv, 353. Tallapu Indians, The, i, 434.
Tallentire, Thomas, settler, iii. 99, Tamahas, Indian, trial and execu- tion, iii, 74-76.
Tammanous of the Indiaas, i, 405.
Swan, Dr., first physician in Ore- gon, i, 388.
Swan, James G., i, 58, 79. iii, 124; settler, 131; 285, 287.
Swan, John (Fox Island), iii, 408. Swan, John M. (Swantown), ii, 446. Swan, John P., captain of the " Cad- borough", i, 456.
Swantown, ii, 447.
Swartwout, Captain (U. S. N.), iii, 507-508.
Sweetwater River, The, ii, 8, 10, 469.
Swindall, Captain, in the Indian war, iii, 440, 447, 450, 490.
Swinomish Flats, The, iii, 507.
Swuckhulst, Indian game, i, 406. Sydney, Sir Henry, i, 40.
Sylvester, Edmund, settler, ii, 435, 438, 440, 452. iii, 64, 154, 161, 218. iv, 14, 349.
Sylvester, E. W. (Miss), iv, 375. Synd, Russian navigator, i, 135.
Tamsuky, Indian chief, ii, 357. Tappan, Benjamin, and the Oregon
question, i, 33. ii, 43, 225, 230. iii, 30-31.
Tappan, William H., settler, ii,
444. Indian agent, iii, 224; member of council, 230.
Tapteal River, The (Yakima River), i, 286.
Tarbell, Frank, iv, 273.
Tarbell, George, iv, 273.
Tarbell, John, iv, 273.
Tatam, Indian, iii, 72.
Tatem, T. Brown, iv, 210.
Tatooche, Indian chief, i, 116.
Tatooche Island, i, 189, 190.
Tatoutche Tesse River, The (Fraser River), i, 229, 230, 232.
Taylor, Captain (U. S. A.), iv, 22, 32.
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Taylor, John W., and the Oregon question, ii, 70, 74.
Taylor, Joseph, immigrant, ii, 454. Tchirikoff, Alexis, Russian naviga- tor, i, 126, 128-129, 132.
Te-i-as, Indian chief, iii, 464.
Tekaleet, iv, 353.
Telau-ka-ikt, Indian chief, ii, 317, 357, 359. Trial and execution, iii, 74-76.
Teller, Henry M., iv, 302.
Tenalquot Prairie, iii, 401.
Tenino, iv, 22I.
Tepees of the Indians, i, 413. Terry, C. S., iii, 517.
Terry, Charles C., settler, iii, III, 126, 127, 128. iv, 211, 354, 369.
Terry, Lee, settler, iii, 109, 110, 113, 124, 127.
Terry, W. J., settler, iv, 74, 210.
Texada Island, iv, 314.
Texas, annexation of, ii, 368, 369. Thacher, A. C., iii, 154.
Thibault, settler, ii, 444.
"Thirty thousand settlers and rifles", i, 33. ii, 230. iii, 31, 35, 91.
"Thomas. H. Perkins", The, vessel, ii, 202.
Thomas, Jesse B., and the Oregon question, ii, 149.
Thomas, J. M., settler, iii, 108, 387- 388.
Thomas, Nancy (Mrs.), iii, 10.
Thomas, with Captain Pattle, iii, 129.
Thompson, C. C., settler, iii, 108. Thompson, David, Northwester, i, 350-352, 388, 390. ii, 236. iv, 95.
Thompson, George F., stage line, iv, 79.
Thompson, J. Edgar, iv, 207.
Thompson, L. F., member of legis- lature, iii, 232.
Thompson, R. R., settler, iii, 61, 29I. iv, 21I. Thorn, Captain, of the "Tonquin", i, 336-347, 369, 389. Thorndike, J. R., mill, iv, 357.
Thorndyke, J. K., settler, iii, 97.
Thornton, J. Quinn, Indian agent, ii, 462, 463. iii, 71, 72, 74. Thornton, James, settler, iii, 104- 105.
Thornton, Leyburn, with Simmons, ii, 426.
Thorp, Fielding Mortimer, settler, iv, 93.
Thorp, Willis, iv, 94.
Three Tree Point, i, 296.
Thurston, Samuel R., delegate to congress, iii, 77, 79, 143; and the McLoughlin claim, 179, 517-518.
Thurston County, iii, 5, 14, 99, 142, 143, 203, 220, 230, 231, 240, 243,
244, 270, 440, 449, 489. iv, II, 155, 215, 222, 238, 266, 357. Thwaites, ReubenGold, ii, 99.
Tibbetts, Calvin, of Oregon, ii, 22, 176, 275.
Til-au-ka-ikt, see Telau-ka-ikt.
Tilcoax, Indian chief, iv, 20, 30. Tillamook Bay, i, 149.
Tillamook Indians, The, i, 421. ii, 356. Tillamook Rock, i, 298.
Tilton, James, surveyor-general, iii, 250, 379; adjutant-general, 398, 426, 490, 498, 500, 501. iv, 140, 144, 224, 234.
Times, The (Spokane), iv, 295.
Timothy, Indian, ii, 131. iii, 294. iv, 21.
Tinkham, A. W., surveys, iii, 224, 246, 248.
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Tip-pee-il-lan-oh-cow-pook, Indian chief, iii, 301.
Tipping, Captain, English naviga- tor, i, 101.
Tleyuk, Indian chief, iii, 285, 286. Tlo-hon-nipts, Indian name for white men, i, 434.
Tobin, H. H., iii, 108. iv, 222, 360. Todd, William, i, 490-491. iii, 72. Tolmie, William Fraser, Hudson's Bay official, ii, 93, 172, 380, 386, 396, 398, 405, 407, 413, 415, 429, 430, 438, 447, 448, 450, 454 ; pro- test of the settlers, 456-458, 507- 509; 461. iii, 51, 62, 63; mem- ber of provisional legislature, 64; 71, 72, 79; and the U. S. revenue laws, 80-87, 513-515; 112, 142, 183, 184; character and personality, 186-188; 190- 191, 330, 403, 409, 503. iv, 5, 8,37,50.
"Tonquin", The, ship of the Astor expedition, i, 155, 335-350, 352, 357, 367, 389, 462, 477.
Torquemada, i, 62, 63.
Torrence, postal agent, iii, 196.
Toscanelli, i, 37, 38, 59, 60.
Tothilliets, James E. D., Civil war, iv, 108.
Totonteac, mythical city, i, 49.
Touchet River, The, i, 301. ii, 358, 359, 361, 365. iv, 73, 74.
"Toulon", The, vessel, ii, 380.
Townsend, John K., with Wyeth, ii, 17.
Townsend, merchant, iii, 159. Trade winds of the Pacific, i, 51. Transcript, The (Olympia), iv, 195. Transportation, early conditions, i, 12, 13, 16. iii, 451-452. iv, 167.
"Traveler", The, vessel, iii, 508.
Treaties with the Indians by Gover- nor Stevens, iii, 257-305.
Treaty of Aranjuez, The, i, 119. Treaty of Ghent, i, 4, 25, 397. ii, 35, 36, 38, 48, 56.
Treaty of Tordesilas, The, i, 85. Treaty of Utrecht, The, ii, 31.
Treaty of 1846, The (Oregon bound- ary), i, 3, 5. iii, 518-519.
"Tribune", The, English naval vessel, iv, 53, 56-57, 61, 64.
Trimble, David, and the Oregon question, ii, 70.
Troup, Mrs. E .J., iv, 113.
Trumbull, Lyman, and the Oregon question, ii, 149.
Trumbull, Susan (Mrs.), iv, 113.
Trutch, J. W., iii, 154.
Tshimakain (Walker's Prairie), mis- sion station, ii, 126, 131, 135, 182, 293, 433.
Tsla-la-cum, Indian chief, ii, 170. Tualatin Plains, ii, 273.
Tucannon River, The, ii, 356, 357, 359. iii, 134. iv, 24.
Tucker, Egbert H., captain in the Civil war, iv, 108; sheriff, 166. Tucker, George, and the Oregon question, ii, 64, 65.
Tulalip Indians, The, i, 422.
Tullis, James, officer in the Indian war, iii, 380, 383.
Tumwater, ii, 199, 427, 433, 453. 454. iii, III, 158, 204. iv, 215.
Tumwater Falls, iv, 349.
Turnbull. Mary (Mrs.), iv, 113.
Turner, George, associate-justice, iv, 276, 387.
Turney, James, appointed associate justice, iii, 66.
Turney, L. Jay S., territorial secre- tary and acting governor, iv, 105, 140, 144, 148, 149, 193.
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T'Vault, William G., editor, ii, 347. Tyee Dick, Indian, iii, 274.
Tyerall, E. R., iii, 274.
Tyler, Dr., of the "Decatur", iii, 407.
U LLOA, Francisco de, Spanish navigator, i, 47. Ultimatum, Clay's, ii, 215, 225.
Umatilla Indians, The, i, 421. ii, 307, 331, 347, 349, 372.
Umatilla mission, ii, 297, 308, 309, 321, 333. iii, 357.
Umatilla Rapids (Columbia River), 286, 295.
Umatilla River, The, i, 366. ii, 352, 353, 355, 357. Umpqua Indians, The, i, 393. ii, 107.
Tyler, John (President), and the Oregon question, ii, 58, 143, 145, 148-150, 203, 220-225, 366, 368-371.
Tyler, R. O. (U. S. A.), iv, 121.
Umpqua River, The, i, 456, 463, 464, 490.
Umtrets, Indian chief, iii, 325.
Unalaska, i, 136, 137, 246, 306. Union, The (Walla Walla), iv, 195. Union Flat, iv, 91.
United Brethren, The, iv, 378.
University, The, iii, 250. iv, 14, 158, 368-373.
Upshur, A. P., ii, 369.
Urdanata, Spanish navigator, i, 40, 51, 52, 458.
Utsalady, iv, 354, 357-359.
Utter, Ira W., settler, iii, 128.
Utter, William, settler, iii, 129, 130.
V ACA, Alvar Nunez Cabeza, Spanish adventurer, i, 48- 49.
Vail, C. C., settler iii, 130.
Vail, John, settler, iii, 131, 132.
Valdez, Spanish navigator, i, 28, 78, 192, 216, 306.
"Valdora", The, vessel, iii, 78.
Van Alman, Henry, settler, ii, 444. Van Asselt, Luther M., settler, iii, 50, 104, 105, 107, 113.
Van Bokkelin, J. J. H., officer in the Indian war, iii, 400, 440. Cus- toms inspector, iv, 169-170.
Van Buren, James (President), and the Oregon question, ii, 213- 215.
Vancouver (City), i, 219, 294, 300. Post-office, iii, 144; 146, 160, 166, 344, 440. iv, 107-108, 112- 113, 130, 131, 147, 158; the
capital contest, 159-165; news- paper, 195; railways, 205, 210; fire, 282; 315, 316, 378, 379, 386. "Vancouver", The, Hudson's Bay ship, i, 475, 477. ii, 386, 387, 400, 457.
Vancouver, George, i, 8, 29, 56, 76-77, 78, 96, 118-119, 130, 139, 149, 152, 154, 163, 164, 166-168, 171, 176-179; discoveries and explorations, 183-219; 238, 306, 308-309, 412, 414, 429. ii, 51, 62, 381.
Vancouver County, iii, 61, 62, 64, 68, 69, 144.
Vancouver district, The, iii, 60. Vancouver, Fort, see Fort Vancou- ver.
Vancouver Island, first circumnavi- gated by Kendrick, i, 31, 156; first called Island of Quadra and
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Vancouver, 78; 96, 102, 115, 178, 343, 349. ii, 54, 215, 287, 370; the question of title, 380- 382; 501, 502. iii, 84; Hudson's Bay headquarters removed to, 186; 508, 509, 519. iv, 67.
Vancouver, Klikitat and Yakima Railroad, The, iv, 315.
Vancouver's Cascade Canal, i, 229. Van Ogle, Lieutenant, in the Indian war, iii, 446.
Van Syckle, J., iv, 210.
Varennes, Pierre Gauthier de, i, 223.
Vashon, Captain, of the English navy, i, 21I.
Vashon Island, i, 211. ii, 280. iii, 106, 511.
Vavasour, Lieutenant, of the Eng- lish army, iii, 171.
Vendovi, Fiji Islander, ii, 196.
Verendrye, i, 223.
Vespuccius, i, 38.
Victor, Frances Fuller (Mrs.), iv, 272.
Victoria (Vancouver Island), i, 394. ii, 399, 414, 450, 451. iii, 79, 80, 83, 137, 186. iv, 41, IIO, III.
Villabos, Ruy Lopez de, Spanish navigator, i, 50.
Villard, Henry, iv, 289-290, 298- 306, 313.
"Vincennes", The, U. S. naval vessel, ii, 178, 181, 198, 202. Vincil, Dr., ii, 98.
Vining, G. L., iv, 272.
Vinton, Major (U. S. A.), ii, 448. Viscaino, Sebastian, Spanish navi- gator, i, 62, 63, 67, 125.
Volunteers, The, in the Indian war, iii, 477-479.
Vonhinkle, Augustus, settler, iv, 74. Von Hoorn, Schouten, Dutch navi- gator, i, 123.
Von Resanoff, Russian official, i, 140, 14I.
Voorhees, delegate to congress, iv, 307.
W AHKIAKUM County, iii, 239, 243. iv, 155, 156. Wahkiakum Indians, The, i, 421. iii, 267.
Waiilatpu (now Walla Walla), Whitman's mission station, ii, 122, 126, 129-131, 135, 140-141, 144, 146, 182, 247, 253-255, 293-297, 301, 307, 316, 321, 327-329, 333-334, 338, 340, 348, 354, 356, 461, 490. iii, 74, 134, 241, 373.
Wait, S. M., iv, 268.
Waitsburg, iv, 81, 289, 378.
Waitsburg Academy, The, iv, 378. Waldo, Daniel, of Oregon, pioneer, ii, 244, 280. Waldron, with Wilkes, ii, 183.
Walker, Charles, iv, 210.
Walker, Courtney, N., missionary, ii, 101, 103.
Walker, Cyrus, son of Rev. Elkanah, ii, 433. iv, 353, 354, 357.
Walker, Elkanah (Rev.), mission- ary, with Whitman and Eells, ii, 124-126, 131, 134-138, 293, 309, 342, 433. iv, 373. Walker, John, settler, iii, 162.
Walker, killed by the Indians, iii, 329. Walker, R. M., capitol commis- sioner, iv, 162.
Walker, Robert J., and the Oregon question, ii, 218. Walker, William, letter to Mr. Disoway, ii, 88-89, 91, 117, 236.
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Walker's Prairie, iv, 95. Walla Walla, derivation, iii, 241. Walla Walla. Stevens's treaty with the Indians, iii, 287-307; events of the Indian war, 400, 452, 470-474. Founding of the city and early history, iv, 74- 88; 108, 109, 130, 151, 195; railway, 210, 239-245; constitu- tional convention, 268-270; 283, 290, 367, 374-375, 379, 386.
Walla Walla County, iii, 240, 241, 243. iv, 21, 74, 80, 87, 97, 112,
155, 156, 222, 233, 265, 290, 315, 357, 375.
Walla Walla, Fort, see Fort Walla Walla.
Walla Walla Indians, The, i, 300, 392, 421, 423. ii, 243, 300, 302, 333, 352, 356, 359. Stevens's treaty, iii, 294-307; in the Indian war, 361-375. iv, 20.
Walla Walla Railroad Company, The, iv, 210, 233.
Walla Walla River, The, i, 301, 391.
ii, 25, 249, 298, 355, 356, 358, 359. iii, 134, 161; Kelly's fight with the Indians, 360-375. iv, 73,74.
Wallace, Bob, pioneer, ii, 487, 489. Wallace, Edward, settler, iii, 162. Wallace, H. H., iii, 219.
Wallace, Leander C., settler, ii, 436; killed by the Indians, 459; 462, 463. iii, 68, 70-73. Wallace, Lewis, settler, iii, 162.
Wallace, V. M., settler, ii, 444.
Wallace, William, Astorian, i, 333. Wallace, William, of Whidby Island iii, 95.
Wallace, William H., iii, 379; cap- tain in the Indian war, 393-396, 404, 407; 484, 488. President of council, iv, 16; 17, 18; ap-
pointed governor, 104-105, 140; delegate to congress, 131, 140;
141, 142; governor of Idaho, 87. Wallace, with Father Blanchet, ii, Waller, A. F. (Rev.), missionary, ii, 107, 185. Controversy with McLoughlin, iii, 174-178. 163.
Wallula (formerly Fort Walla Wal- la), i, 391. ii, 490. iv, 79, 232, 239-240, 289-290, 292.
Walton, William, with Bering, i, 117.
Wanch, George, settler, ii, 426, 429, 435. iii, 49, 132.
Wanch, Mrs. George, iii, 8, 9.
Wapato Island (Sauvies Island), i, 294. ii, 19, 186.
War of 1812, The, and the Astoria enterprise, i, 370-379.
Warbass, E. D., settler, ii, 446. iii, 159,204.
Warbass, U. G., iv, 203.
Warbassport, iii, 148, 154, 158, 160, 167, 208.
Ward, Ira, member of legislature, iii, 231.
Ward, Robert, and family, killed by the Indians, iii, 5-6; 289, 333. Ware, Miss, teacher, ii, 107. Warner, of Spokane, iv, 295.
Warre, Lieutenant, of the English army, iii, 171.
"Wasco", The, Columbia River steamer, iii, 453, 454.
Wascoe Indians, The, i, 421. ii, 106.
Wascopam, mission station, ii, 106. "Washington", The, ship com- manded by Gray, afterward by Kendrick, i, 31, 58, 76, 117, 147-152, 165, 166, 175, 305, 493, 494.
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Washington, The State of, original- ly included in Oregon (q. v.), i, 3; first known landing of white men, 70; first name given to any part of, i, 187; com- pletion of coast discovery, 223; entrance of Lewis and Clark, 281; native inhabitants, 401- 426. The missionaries, ii, 117- 172; Whitman massacre and Cayuse war, 293-361; Fort Nis- qually, 385-415; earliest settlers, 419-499. Oregon territorial government, iii, 59-87; progress of settlement, 91-134; creation of counties, early post-offices, development of trade, enforce- ment of laws, etc., 139-191; separation from Oregon and organization of Washington Ter- ritory, 195-225; the name, 210; beginning of territorial govern- ment, 229-254; treaties with the Indians, 257-309; Indian war, 313-5II. End of the war, iv, 3-33; the gold rush, 37-45; San Juan dispute, 45-69; settlement of eastern Washington, 73-99; Civil war, 101-133; Stevens's successors, political events, and general development, 137-195; coming of the railways, 201- 254; Governors Ferry, Newell, and Squire, 257-283; comple- tion of the transcontinental rail- way, 287-316; Chinese distur- bances, 319-345; lumber indus- try, 349-364; schools and col- leges, 367-379; admission of Washington State, 383-390.
Washington, George, discovery of the Columbia River during his presidency, i, 8; Meriwether Lewis related to his family, 261.
Washington, George, settler, iii, 243.
Washington Academy, The (Hunts- ville), iv, 378.
Washington Historian, The, iii, 412. Washington Historical Quarterly, The, i, 470, 491. ii, 99.
Washington Historical Society, The iii, 56.
Washington Islands, The (South Pacific), i, 154.
Washington Islands, The, Gray's name for Queen Charlotte Is- lands, i, 152.
Washington Pioneer Association, The, ii, 149. iii, 158, 229.
Washington Standard, The (Olym- pia), iv, 145, 195, 229.
Washington Statesman, The (Walla Walla, iv, 77, 78, 81.)
Washougal, iii, 132.
Washougal River, The, i, 294, 300.
ii, 423, 425, 431.
Waterhouse, L. P., iv, 295.
Waters, James, officer in the Cayuse war, ii, 347-360.
Waterville, iv, 92.
Watkins, killed by the Indians, iii, 455.
Watt, pioneer, ii, 427; with Joseph R. Jackson, 486.
Watts, Charles, trial and execution, iv, 68-69.
Way, William, iv, 210.
Weapons of the Indians, i, 414-416. Webber, Henry, customs inspector, iv, 47.
Webber, J. B., iv, 210, 215.
Webster, Daniel, and the Oregon question, ii, 58, 74, 143, 145, 148-150, 203, 221-225, 501.
Webster, David H., iv, 342. Webster, John, iv, 369.
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Weeks, Stephen, Astorian, i, 333, 341, 349.
Weisenberger, J. J., iv, 387.
Weir, Allen, i, 320.
Weir, William, fur trader, i, 320.
Welcher, B., settler, iii, 97.
Welcher, D., settler, iii, 97.
"Wellingsly", The, vessel, iii, 102.
Wells, merchant, iii, 159.
Wenass River, The, iii, 467.
Wenatchee Indians, The, iv, 353.
West, A. J., iv, 386.
West, settler, ii, 444.
West Passage, The, i, 211.
Weston, David, of Oregon, ii, 275.
Whales, Indian methods of cap- ture, i, 419.
Whatcom, iii, 130, 144, 440. iv, 39-40, 323.
Whatcom County, iii, 239, 243. iv, 47, 69, 155, 156, 328, 386, 387. Whatcom Creek, iv, 360. Wheeler, H. Z., iv, 210.
Wheeler, settler, ii, 289.
Whidbey, with. Vancouver, i, 194, 199, 207-217.
Whidby Island, i, 206, 215, 404, 421. ii, 170, 387, 428; first settlers, 439-440, 449. iii, 49, 93-97, 112, 126, 146, 154, 225, 440, 506; murder of Colonel Ebey, 506, 510. iv, 114, 386. Whig party, The, iii, 214, 223. iv, 141-142.
Whimpey, Major, settler, iv, 95. Whipping laws, ii, 281.
Whitcom, J. H., settler, iii, 132. Whitcomb, J. L., of Oregon, ii, 178. White Captain, Indian war, iii, 440. White, Charles F., settler, iii, 131. White, Elijah (Dr.), ii, 106; leader of emigration of 1842, 146, 191; U. S. agent, 239-244, 254-256; part in organizing civil govern-
ment, 269; 279, 293, 299, 3º3- 304; lays out Pacific City, 445. Arbitrator of McLoughlin's claim, iii, 177.
White, E. S., iv, 353.
: White, James, iv, 353.
White, John, iii, 61.
White, Joseph, iv, 203.
White, R. V., secretary of Monti- cello convention, iii, 206, 516.
White Richard, iii, 142.
White, William, settler, killed by the Indians, ii, 470. iii, 442. Mrs. William, ii, 470, 476, 492. iii, 17, 442.
White, William H., iv, 279, 306, 343.
White River, The, ii, 492. iii, 105- 106; early settlers, 108, 149; White River massacre, 313, 385- 391; military operations, 338, 379, 382-383, 444.
White River Indians, The, iii, 385, 390.
White Salmon River, The, i, 293. iii, 452.
Whitehorn, with Wilkes, ii, 197.
White Horse Creek (Ida.), iii, 3. Whitehouse, L. H., iv, 295.
Whitford, John, iii, 291.
Whitley, Stock, iii, 372.
Whitman, Alice Clarissa, ii, 298, 432.
Whitman, B. F., iv, 210.
Whitman, Marcus (Dr.), i, 32, 353-
354. Missionary, iii, 22-23, 26; on the visit of the Indians to St. Louis, 98; 101, 108; mission work and visit to the East, 117- 155; personality and character, 248-252; 256, 280; the Whit- man massacre, 293-323; death, 312-313; motives of the Indians, 328, 334-336; 357, 432, 492. iii,
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52; trial and execution of mur- derers, 74-76; 241. iv, 375.
Whitman, Narcissa (Mrs. Marcus Whitman), i, 473. ii, 118-119,
121, 129, 133, 146. 254, 295, 297-299, 307-315, 318, 319, 322, 334, 432.
Whitman, Perrin, ii, 355.
Whitman College, iv, 367, 373-376. Whitman County, i, 282. iv, 90- 92, 265, 368, 386.
Whitman Mission and Whitman's
Station, ii, 25, 101, 237, 243, 252.
iii, 134, 333, 373. See Waiilatpu. Whitney, Asa, iv, 201-202.
Whitney, Mrs. C. N., iv, 113.
Whitworth, Rev. Dr., iv, 223.
Whyeek, Indian, iii, 72.
Wicanish, Indian chief, i, 156, 344, 345.
Wilbur, iv, 92. Wilbur, J. H., iv, 94.
Wiley, James W., editor, iii, 147, 148, 218, 379, 384.
Wilkes, Charles (U. S. N.), i, 57. ii, 82, 110, 128-129, 150, 171; expedition of, 175-206; 264, 293, 397, 400, 413; extracts from report, 501-503. iv, 249. Wilkeson, iv, 247, 305.
Wilkins, Amos, of Oregon, ii, 274. Wilkins, Caleb, pioneer, ii, 5, 6, 23, 108, 176, 295.
Willamette Falls, (Oregon City), ii, 25, 243, 264, 266-267, 271, 278-279. Dr. McLoughlin's claim, iii, 172-179.
Willamette mission, The (Catholic), ii, 164.
Willamette River and Valley, The, i, 68, 294; explored by William Clark, 300; 309, 321; the As- torians, 352, 367, 368; 393, 403, 12, 418, 446, 451, 457, 463,
468-469; McLoughlin's colon- ists, 483-486. American pio- neers and early settlers, ii, 6, 14, 19, 24, 27-25, 108, 117; Catholic missionaries, 159-165; 175, 178, 184, 187, 189, 193, 205, 237-239, 253, 280, 356, 409. See Oregon. Willapa River, The, ii, 435. iii, 9, 131.
Willard, G. K., iv, 203.
William I. (Germany), arbitration of San Juan question, ii, 380. iv, 62, 64.
" William Allen", The vessel, iii, 129.
"William and Ann", The, Hud- son's Bay ship, i, 465, 466.
Williams, Captain, Indian war, iii, 467.
"Williamsberg", The, vessel, iv, 358.
Williamson, Dr., of Seattle, iii, 413. Williamson, Henry, attempted set- tlement, ii, 424.
Williamson, James, settler, iii, 131. Williamson, J. R., iv, 356, 359.
Williamson, R. S. (U. S. A.), iii, 342. Williamson, with Simmons, ii, 423. Willson, W. H. (Dr.), missionary, ii,
106, 108, 274-275, 410-412.
Wilson, A. E., of Oregon, ii, 275.
Wilson, Captain, Indian war, iii, 358, 366-368, 371.
Wilson, F. A., iv, 211.
Wilson, G. W., settler, iii, 132.
Wilson, George, English officer, i, 214.
Wilson, Henry C., settler, iii, 97,
99, 101; customs inspector, 103; justice, 137; 157, 204, 517.
Wilson, James A., iv, 94.
Wilson, John M. (U. S. A.), iv, 122. Wilson, Lieutenant (U. S. N.), of
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THE RISE AND PROGRESS
the "Shubrick", iv, 170, 172- 173.
Wilson, Robert, killed in the attack on Seattle, iii, 419.
Wilton, William B., settler, ii, 448. Wind, Henry, settler, iv, 90.
Wind River, The, i, 294. ii, 10, 12. Winder, Charles S., Confederate officer, iv, 123.
Winship brothers, The, i, 24, 316- 317, 320, 370. ii, 18.
Winslow, E. H., Monticello con- vention, iii, 206, 516.
Winsor, Henry, iv, 203.
Winthrop, Theodore, i, 402. ii, 490. iii, 44-45, 98, 296. And the name "Tacoma", iv, 229- 230, 249-254. Wiseman, W. W., settler, iv, 74. Wiser, of Oregon, iv, 77.
Wold brothers, The, iv, 320.
" Wolf Meeting", The, ii, 267.
Wollery, James H., iv, 278.
Woman suffrage, iv, 269, 274-277, 307.
Women's organizations in the Civil war, iv, 113-114.
Wood, Charles, iv, 303.
Wood Creek, i, 288.
Wood, Isaac, iv, 203.
Wood, Mary (Mrs. McMullen), iv, 137.
Woodbury, Levi, and the Oregon question, ii, 225, 228.
Wooden, Ira, iv, 370.
Woodruff, Simon, in the first ex- pedition from Boston, i, 147. Woods, George, iv, 210.
Y AKIMA, iii, 354. iv, 94-95, 251, 307, 379. Yakima County, iv, 89, 93-95, 156, 233, 263, 265, 387.
Wool, John E. (U. S. A.), iii, 314, 343, 358-359, 374, 401-402, 425, 430, 432-439, 443, 450-451, 462, 464, 466-467, 471, 476, 495. iv. 4, 15, 19-20, 116.
Woolery, A. H., settler, iii, 131, 404. Wooley, Jacob, settler, iii, 61.
Work, John, Hudson's Bay man, i, 398, 455. ii, 385, 398. iii, 139. iv, 95, 252.
Worts, J. K., settler, iv, 92.
Wren, Charles, iii, 484. iv, 211.
Wren, Hudson's Bay man, ii, 459. iii, 183.
Wright, Ben, pioneer, ii, 237.
Wright, Charles B., iv, 246, 247, 378.
Wright, George (U. S. A.), in the Indian war, iii, 443, 450-452, 460-468, 470, 475-477. iv, 3, 5, 19; victorious campaign, 23- 33; Civil war record, 118.
Wright, J. H., iv, 5.
Wright, Robert, and the Oregon question, ii, 64, 65.
Wright, William, iv, 94.
Wyche, James E., associate-jus- tice of Washington Territory, iv, 165, 182. Wyckoff, L. V., iv, 278.
Wyeth, Nathaniel J., explorer, i, 31, 431, 473, 491. Leads early expedition across the Rocky Mountains, ii, 14-22, 42, 103, 176, 223, 275, 387, 419, 505. iii, 30.
Wylie, A., iii, 516. iv, 220.
Yakima Indians, The, i, 422, 423.
ii, 388. iii, 162, 231, 265, 298- . 306, 307, 442, 475. iv, 30, 250. Yakima mission, The, iii, 288.
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Yakima River, The, i, 286. ii, 198, 401, 469, 490. iii, 131, 150, 451, 463.
Yakutat Bay, i, 130, 137.
Yamhill County (Ore.), iii, 29, 134. Yantis, Alexander, settler, iii, 5-7. Yantis, B. F., member of council, iii, 230.
Yeaton, C. F., settler, iv, 97.
Yellow Hawk Creek, iv, 78.
Yellow Serpent, Indian chief, ii, 302.
Yellowstone River and country, i, 301, 320, 394. ii, 8, 97.
Yelm, iii, 149. iv, 114, 220.
Yelm Prairie, iii, 401.
Yesler, Henry, L., settler and mill owner, iii, 46, 120-122, 128, 158, 411. iv, 210, 222, 350.
Yoh-ho-tow-it, Indian chief, iii, 325.
York, with William Clark, i, 266, 269.
York Factory (Hudson's Bay), i, 397, 452, 470. ii, 189.
Young, Daniel, captive, ii, 339.
Young, Elam, captive, ii, 339.
Young, Ewing, settler, i, 491. ii, 176-177; death, 262-263, 267. Young, Irene (Mrs.), captive, ii, 339.
Young, John, captive, ii, 339.
Young, Lieutenant (U. S. A.), iii, 253.
Young, Lieutenant (U. S. N.), iii, 508.
Young Chief, iii, 293-306.
Young, Richard M., and the Ore- gon question, ii, 225.
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