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the USBGN at the suggestion of J. Neilson Barry, of Portland, to honor Major-General Oliver Otis Howard (1830-1909), who graduated from West Point in 1850 and served with great distinction in the Civil War and throughout the Indian uprisings. He was not only brevetted for gallantry at the battle of Ezra Church, but received a vote of thanks of the Congress for heroic valor at the battle of Gettysburg, and the coveted Congressional Medal of Honor for distinguished bravery at the battle of Fair Oaks, where he lost his right arm. He was in command of the Department of the Columbia at the time of Chief Joseph's uprising in the Wallowa Valley, and took the field in person against that famous Indian, driving him into Montana. He was accused of dilatory tactics, but time has had the effect of establishing General Howard's reputation as a sol. dier. See Howard's My Life and Experiences, and Scott's History of the Oregon Country, volume II, page 332. Mount Isaac, Douglas County. Mount Isaac is about a mile west of Riddle. George W. Riddle of Roseburg informed the compiler that the mountain was named for Isaac Flint, a nearby pioneer settler of 1852.

MOUNT ISABELLE, Jackson County. Mount Isabelle, elevation about 4500 feet, is ten miles south-southwest of Gold Hill. The peak was named for Isabelle Smith, daughter of a pioneer settler, Jakey Smith. He was an old squawman, who had squatted on a little ground on the east side of the mountain. In 1946 it was reported that there were some remains of the old Smith cabin and possibly a few apple trees in the clearing.

MOUNT JEFFERSON, Jefferson, Linn and Marion counties. This is the second highest peak in Oregon and has an elevation of 10,495 feet, according to the USGS. It was seen by Lewis and Clark on Sunday, March 30, 1806, from a point near the mouth of the Willamette, and it was named by them in honor of Thomas Jefferson, president of the United States. Since it was already named for a president, Hall J. Kelley did not attach a new name to it when he rechristened the Cascade Range Presidents Range and tried to change the names of the individual peaks. Kelley's geographic position of Mount Jefferson was in error, and so was Farnham's in his Travels in the Great Western Prairies, but the latter mistake in text is possibly due to a typographical error in notes, "441/2" being misprinted "411/2." See under Cascade Range for details of Kelley's scheme. Mount Jefferson is really in north latitude 44° 40' 28". The compiler has been unable to find that it has been called by any other name, although it has been said that it was at one time called Mount Vancouver by the British. While it is true that Thornton in his Oregon and California mentions the fact that the British used the name Mount Vancouver for Mount Jefferson, he gives no reference, and the compiler has been unable to find any. Thornton's geographic information is not entirely accurate and he may be wrong on this point. It is important to note that David Douglas uses the name Mount Jefferson in his Journal Kept by David Douglas under date of April 19, 1825, and again on October 5, 1826, thus indicating that he, at least, did not know the mountain by the name Mount Vancouver. Douglas does, however, use the name Mount Vancouver in his journal on October 13, 1826, referring to a snowy peak south of Mount Hood, but it seems obvious from his text that he never saw such a mountain and mentions it only by hearsay. It is not clear just what mountain he refers to. The best available information about Mount