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yent of Admiral Baynes, 201-3; Amer- ican government at Washington in- tervenes and General Scott arrives, 203-6; Harney recalled and Pickett re- moved, 206-7; how a strained situation between the Hudson's Bay Company and the A_merican settlers and in- discreet action on the part of officials representing each side came so near to precipitating a war, 207-13; President Buchanan's attitude. 213-5; the issues in contention to be settled by di- plomacy, 216-22; a summary review of the matter, 222-4.

Siskiyou toll road, freighting over, 8-0.

SOUTH ROAD EXPEDITION ON THE OLD EMIGRANT ROAD INTO SOUTHERN ORE- GON, 12-45; experiences of the Apple- gate party of the immigration of 1843 in proceeding down the Columbia. 12- 14; these experiences and the control or the Columbia route by the British led to the undertaking of the opening of the south route, 14-15; member- ship of the company organized, 14; ac- count of the experiences with the In- dians and in selecting a location for the road, 14-41; expressions as to mo-

tives, 41-3; record of the membership of the company, 43-5.

Thurston, Samuel, as delegate to Con- gress, urges removal of Willamette Valley Indians to the east of the Cas- cade Mountains, 53-4.

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Whitman, Dr. W. Marcus, in Boston, March 39, 1843, makes requests of the American Board of Commissioners of Foreign Missions, 357-9.