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 History of the Counties of Oregon 55 2, page 335 ; Klamet, in Appendix of George Wilkes' "History of Oregon," page 102; and Clamet, in Dr. Elijah White's "Ten Years in Oregon," page 259, and in Farnham's "Travels in California and Oregon" (1852), page 338. In Farnham's "Travels" (1843) at pages 246 and 247, the name is spelled Klamet. In many early books and reports on Oregon the name is spelled Klamet. Capt. John C. Fremont, in his exploring expedition to Ore- gon and north California in 1843-4, went from The Dalles to California overland, east of the Cascade Mountains and by Upper Klamath Lake. In his report, dated March 1, 1845, he writes of this Lake and the Indians living near it, spelling the name Tlamath. On page 196 of this report, under date of November 18, 1843, ne says: "The first of these points was the Tlamath lake, .... from which lake a river of the same name makes its way westwardly direct to the ocean. This lake and river are often called Klamet, but I have chosen to write its name according to the Indian pronun- ciation." Mr. T. C. Elliott, of Walla Walla, Washington, who has a copy of Peter Skene Ogden's Journal, has informed me that Ogden was at or near Klamath Lake in the autumn of 1826. In this Journal the name is spelled Clamitte. The Lake and Indians had been named or the name ascertained previous to Ogden's trip, presumably by Hudson's Bay Com- pany's trappers, under Finan McDonald, who were there in 1825. Report No. 31, House of Representatives, 27th Congress, 3rd Session, was ordered to be printed January 4, 1843. ^ is the report of the Committee on Military Affairs on the establishment of military posts from Council Bluffs to the Pacific Ocean. An Appendix of this Report (pages 56-61) consists of extracts from the Journal of Capt. Spalding, who was in command of the ship Lausanne, which brought to Oregon, in 1840, what is called "the great re-enforcement" to