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mon school fund, 225; discussion of the proposal to strike out the pro- vision for a state university, 226-7; the board of school land commission- ers, 227; Mr. Marple's minority re- port, 227-8; estimate of the conven- tion's work on education, 228-9.

Edwards, Philip L., work at the mission and later life, 81-2; joins Methodist Mission as lay member, 232; assists in establishing mission on the Willam- ette, 234; plans to leave for the U. S. but owing to the necessary departure of Daniel Lee, postpones his leaving, 237-8; begins teaching school at Campment Du Sable, 239; returns east with Jason Lee, 259.

Ermatinger, Edward, Letters of Dr. John McLoughlin to, 365-71.

Ford, Nathaniel, The Case of Robin Holmes vs., 111-137.

Gelston, Captain, recommends that Ore- gon Institute be not re-purchased by Methodist Missionary Society, 163-4.

Gervais, Joseph, at house of, first Sab- bath meetings held by Jason Lee, 235.

Gibbs, George, believed that land prob- lem was hack of whole trouble with the Indians, 26-7.

Goddard, James Stanley, lieutenant in the party sent out by Major Robert Rogers from Mackinac in 1766, 58-9; copy of instructions and orders given him by Major Rogers appointing him secretary of detachment under com- mand of Captain James Tute for the discovery of the River Ourigan and the Northwest Passage, 64-5.

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Haswell, Robert, troubles as third mate with Captain John Kendrick, 295-6.

Holmes, The Case of Robin, vs. Nathaniel Ford, 111-137; charge that three children are detained as slaves, 112; answer that in accordance with agree- ment with parents they are held as wards, 113-4; General Joseph Lane, the witness relied upon to prove the truth of this agreement, 115-6; per- sonal history of Robin Holmes and his wife Polly and denial of agreement with Ford that ho was to keep minor children, 117-8; Robin Holmes accom- panies Nathaniel Ford's son Mark to gold mines of California to share in gold that they might dig, 117-8; con- tinuation of case freeing children, Ford paying costs, 118-36.

Holmes, Jenny or Mary Jane, Roxanna and James, children of Robin Holmes, detained by Nathaniel Ford, 112 et seq.

Indians of Southwestern Oregon commit offences, 2 ; conflicts with Rogue river

Indians, 2; Federal authorities report whites responsible, 2; Indians between Cascades and Rockies irritated by en- croaching settlers and whiskey dealers, 3; courts and military department fail to inspire Indians with fear so as to prevent attack, 3.

Japanese youths, three, wrecked on coast

attend school at Fort Vancouver, taught

by Cyrus Shepard, 307. Johnson, Amanda, ex-slave in Oregon,

111. Johnson, Benjamin, ex-slave in Oregon,

111.

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Kendrick, John, and His Sons, 277-301; bases of interest in the story of John Kendrick for the people of the United States and for the people of Western Canada, 277; unpublished sources re- lating to, 277; printed sources, 278; the Kendrick family, 278; early life and services of John Kendrick, 278; his sons, John and Solomon, 279; the first voyage of the Columbia Rediviva and Lady Washington, 279-80; Has- well's account of the dilatory sailing, 280-1; the Columbia remains inert at Nootka Sound, 281; Kendrick con- tinues in the good graces of the Spaniard Martinez, 281-2; hands over command of the Columbia to Gray, 282-3; Kendrick's cruise northward in the Washington after the departure of Gray for China he does not circum- navigate Vancouver Island, 283-4; his trouble with the Indians in Barrell Sound (Houston Stewart Channel), 284; on his route to China becomes interested in the sandalwood of the Hawaiian Islands, 284-5; spends a year and two months in China in dis- posing of his furs and in altering the rig of the Washington, 285; treatment of him by the Chinese, 286; return voyage to' Northwest Coast, entering a harbor of Japan and later discover- ing group of Water Islands, 286; reaches Queen Charlotte Islands, In- dians retaliate for indignity suffered on first visit and are slaughtered, 286-7; sails southward to Nootka Sound, forbidden to trade by Spanish commander in charge, 288; purchases parcels of land, 288-9; trades and establishes himself at Clayoquot, 289; offer to Harkness, 289; returns to China via Hawaiian Islands and again stations sandalwood collectors there, 289-91; Kendrick is slow in disposing of his second cargo of furs in China and his vessel in starting to return is disabled by typhoon, 291; move- ments by Kendrick during the years 1793 and 1794, 292; intercedes in behalf of Don Bias Gonzales with Thomas Jefferson, 292; Kendrick acci- dentally killed in the firing of a salute

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