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INDEX TO VOL. XIV

ABERNETHY, GEORGE, characterization of, by Lieutetnant Neil M. Howison, 27. ASTORIA, 1846, 41-2; 357-6o.

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BAGLEY, CLARENCE B., introduction to Lownsdale Letter by, 213-17.

BARRY, J. NEILSON, author of Contrib- utor's Note, Journal of E. Willard Smith, 250.

BAILLIE, Captain of British ship "Mod- iste," relieves distress of Lieutenant Neil M. Howison when shipwrecked, 10; letter to Howison, 56.

Blackfeet Indian marauders pursued, 281-2.

BIGGS, fur-trader with Sublette and Vasquez, 269; 271.

British flag, presence of, in Oregon waters a source of irritation in 1846, 7.

Buffaloes, two ways of hunting, 256-7.

California draws off immigrants, 28. Canadian voyagers settled in Oregon,

1846. 24. Catholic missionaries in Oregon, 1846,

Columbia River ? conditions of bar of, in 1846, 7; sailing directions for mov- ing vessel safely into Baker's Bay, 16-18; channel of, 1846, 19; recipro- cal current with Willamette, 19.

COMAN'S ECONOMIC BEGINNINGS OF THE FAR WEST, Review of, 71-79-

Commerce in Oregon, 1846, 36-40; in- adequate means for commercial ex- change in Oregon, 1846, 39-40.

CORBETT, HENRY W., co-operates as partner of Harvey W. Scott and Henry L. Pittock in upbuilding of Oregonian, 204.

DOUGLASS, JAMES, characterization of, by Lieutenant Neil M. Howison, 31-2.

ELLIOTT, T. C, editor of Journal of John Work, 280-314; editor of Jour- nal of Alexander Ross, 366 : 88.

English residents in Oregon jealous of American advance into northern por- tion of the territory of Oregon, 7, 20.

Flour trade from Oregon to California, 1847, 13-

GATES, JOHN, chief engineer Oregon Steam Navigation Company, 349.

GRAY, J. H. D., accident to, but he continues seamanship, 342.

GRAY, W. H., an expansionist, 321-2; family of, 322-3; moves to British Columbia, 324; mines gold on the Similkameen River, 325: builds boat and conducts it down the Okanogan and Columbia Rivers to the Des- chutes, 326-7; takes cargo from Port- land to Lewiston, 330-2; builds Cas- cadilla and uses her on Clearwater and Snake Rivers, 333-5.

GRAY, CAPTAIN WILLIAM P., REMINIS- CENCES OF, 321-54; mail carrier in As- toria in 1855, 353-4; adventures of on trip from Similkameen to Fort Hope on Fraser River, 325-6; conducts his folks from Asoyoos Lake to the Des- chutes, 326-9; aids in passage up Columbia and Snake Rivers to Lew- iston, 330-2; in command of the Sarah F. Gray, 334; protects father from assault by A. Kimball, 335-6; takes raft of lumber from Asotin to W/allula, 335-8; watchman and mate on steamer John H. Couch, 340; pilot on Columbia between Celilo and Lew- iston, 341-2; in command of Beaver on the AVillamette and on the Stikeen, 343-4; is married, 344-5; in charge of the Frederick Billings, transfer boat of the Northern Pacific Railroad Com- pany, 346-7; locates at Pasco, 347-8; takes the Tohn Gates through Priest Rapids and Rock Island Rapids, 349- 54-

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HEUER, LIEUTENANT W. H., makes hy- drostatic survey of Columbia River rapid's between Celilo and Snake River, 1867, 341-2.

HOWISON, REPORT OF LIEUTENANT NEIL M. ON OREGON, 1846, 1-60; learns of formation of Peacock Spit, 4; enters the Columbia, 4-5 ; vessel is run ashore on Chinook Shoal, 5; proceeds up the Columbia, 7; vessel grounds on the bar in endeavoring to ascend the Willamette, 7; visits Governor Aber- nethy at Oregon City, and takes a week's ride through the Willamette