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 vid McLoughlin, son of the Doctor, then living at Port Hill, Idaho, as follows: "The Indians called him Pee-kin—the White Headed Eagle of the Whites.” Whether the Indians of the lower or of the upper Columbia are referred to the writer does not know. (The name does not appear in Chinook dictionaries). But during research of the last forty years he has had occasion to read a great many letters written at Fort Vancouver by associates of Dr. McLoughlin there, and also reports by visitors there, official and otherwise, and has no recollection of seeing this name mentioned therein. It seems reasonable to assert that such designation was not in common use during the fur trade period and has found place in Oregon literature only during late years.