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 INDEX s Sacajawea, controversy over the date of the death and burial place of, 215. "Sons and Daughters of Oregon Pioneers" celebrate the 66th anniversary of the admission of Oregon, 60. State press, survey of, 59. Stratton, Judge J. A., Memorial Tribute to, 50-1. Summer Lake, description and history of, 8. Thompson, David, Narrative of the Ex- pedition to the Kootenae and Flat Bow Indian Countries, on the Sources of the Columbia River, Pacific Ocean, by D. Thompson on behalf of the N. W. Company, 1807, 28-49; journey in two divisions from Fort des Prairies to Kootanae Plain, 28-9; stay at Resi- dence, 29; summit crossed, 30; tribu- tary of the Kootanae (Columbia) de- scended, 30-3; on the banks of the Columbia building canoe, and waiting for party to bring up supplies and for Indians with whom to trade, 33; pro- ceeds to Lake, 34-5; affairs with In- dians, 33-8; the country on the upper waters of the Columbia, 38-9; ware- house located, 39-40; distress re- lieved by Kootenaes, 40; warehouse built, 40-2; Indian hostilties, 43. Thompson, David, Pathfinder and the Co- lumbia River, 191-202; first to make permanent record of the sources of the Columbia, 191; locality near Kettle Falls given his name, 191; the entry in his journal while at kettle Falls, 192-3; a bit of Indian anthropology, 192; account of trip down the river to Astoria, 193; Thompson's advance to Kettle Falls traced down the Koote- nay River from the upper Columbia lakes, to Clarks Fork, thence to Kully- spell River near Spokane River, and the trading posts established as he came on, 192-4; occasion for his voy- age down the Columbia, 194; re- turn up the Columbia traced, 194; his priority in traversing the river, 195; record of rapid traveling across the Rocky Mountains and return, 195; foiled by hostile Indians was compelled to open new route involving stupendous difficulties in the winter of 1810-11 , 196-7; his observations and records of best scientific accuracy, 197 -8; his rise from humblest origin, apprenticed to Hudson's Bay Company, later joins more enterprising Northwest Company and is assigned the region of the con- tinental divide to explore, 198; reaches the sources of the Columbia in 1807 and thence penetrates to Pend d'Oreille Lake, 198-9; a firm churchman, 199; personal characteristics of, 199 -200; in the region of present Pasco posts notice claiming country for Great Bri- tain, 200; last years of life spent in poverty and distress, 201; name linked with that of Doctor John McLoughlin as having rendered a similar measure of service and having suffered like de- grees of depreciation,, 201; the his- toric Kettle Falls, 202. Thompson, David, the Explorer, reviewed by Judge F. W. Howay, 52-3. Three Sisters, topographic map of com- pleted, 58-9. Trail Seekers or Junior Historical So- ciety receives additions, 58. Vancouver, dedication of historical mark- er at, 204. Verendrye Expeditions, The, in Quest of the Pacific, 65-82; the motives im- pelling to these adventures, 65; sour- ces of financial means, 65-6; the ar- ticles of trade, 66; Radisson and Groseillers investigate the northwest and an expedition is projected, 66-7; the chartering of the Hudson's Bay Company follows, 67; Nicollet, Du Luth, Joliet Le Seur also participate in these adventures, 67; Alloues, Hen- nepin and Marquette bring up the mis- sionary effort, 67; mode of travel, 67; fortunes of French advance fluctuate with changing circumstances in Eu- rope, 68; with posts established on the Lake of the Woods and Lake Win- nipeg the project of an exploration to the Pacific begins to interest, 68-9; information sought by Charlevoix, 68- 9; Sieur de la Verendrye takes up the quest, 69; early life of Verendrye, 69- 70; plans exploration to the Pacific, 70-1; establishes Fort St. Pierre and Fort St. Charles as outposts, 71-2; bis support fails him and he is com- pelled to turn back, 71-3; his eldest son is murdered by the Indians, 74; does not jeopardize westward explora- tion through seeking retaliation, 74-5; resumes his advance in 1738 via Fort La Reine and the Mouse River, and penetrates to Mandan villages to se- cure light on exploration to the Pa- cific, 76-7; envy and calumny hinder but do not dissuade, 77; two Ver- endrye sons with a party set out early in the summer of 1742 via Mandan villages, 78-9; they penetrate to some eastern range of the Rocky Mountains, 78-9; the panicky Indian escort com- pel return, 79; the finding of a leaden plate, the burying of which their rec- ord notes, identifies their return route, 79-80; the extent of the discoveries of the Verendryes, 80; David Thomp- son retraces their route some fifty years later, 80; the slight recompense received by the Verendryes, 80-1; the appreciation of the resources of the region and the preparation of it for settlement, the work of another path- finder, James J. Hill, 81-2. Verendrye Journals of Trips to Mandan Villages on the Missouri, 1738-9, and to the foothills of the Rocky Moun- [453]