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 Mazama Club, influence of, 353

Meares, Capt. John, English explorer, 44;

voyages to Oregon Coast, 58;

at mouth of Columbia, 59-60

Meek, Jo, part in founding Provisional Government, 192

Memaloose Island, 337

Miller, Joseph, partner of Pacific Fur Company, 89

Minto, John, account of founding of Provisional Government, 190

Montcachabe, Indian who first crossed the continent, 70

Moody, Mary, steamer, first steamer on Pend Oreille Lake, 245

Moody, Z. F., builds steamer, 245

Moorehouse, Major Lee, Indian photographer, 320

Morigeau, Baptiste, pioneer on Lake Windermere, 283

Moscow, site of University of Idaho, 315

Moses, Indian chief, 297

Mountain Buck, steamer on Columbia, 236

Mountaineers' Club, purpose and location, 353

Mowry, Wm., report of speech by Nez Percé Indian, 139

Multnomah, steamer on Columbia, 236

Multnomah Falls, 348

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Nekahni, Mt., location of, 33;

beauty of, 39;

the “treasure ship,” 40-41

Nelson, metropolis of the Kootenai, 294;

fruit industries of, 294;

mines of, 295;

transportation of, 295

Nesmith, J. W., extract on immigration of 1843, 169;

account of Indian guide, Sticcus, 172;

in Indian War of 1855, 221

Nez Percé Indians, origin of, 21;

first meeting with Lewis and Clark party, 80;

looking for “Book of Life,” 137

Nootka Sound, discovery of, 51;

important centre, 55;

as a cause of dispute between England and Spain, 62

North Bank Railroad, 262;

cost of, 377;

bridge, 377

North-west Fur Company, organisation, 105;

unites with Hudson's Bay Company, 107, 128;

in possession of Columbia Basin, 125

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Oak Point founded by Winship brothers, 110

Ogden, Peter Skeen, ransoms survivors of Whitman massacre, 207

Okanogan, the steamer, first to run Tumwater Falls, 242

Okanogan Indians, story of, 284-285

Oneonta Gorge, 347

Oregon, name of, 31

Oregon Question, its complicated and momentous character, 200

Oregon Railroad and Navigation Co. organised, 246

Oregon Short Line Railroad, 262

Oregon Steam Navigation Co. organised, 237;

development of business, 238;

its portages, 238;

sells out, 246

Oregon Transportation Co. organised, 237

Oregonian, newspaper, influence of, 386

Osborne, Mr., escape from Whitman massacre, 207

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Pacific Fur Co., organisation of, 89;

its dissolution, 125

Paha Cliffs, 336

Pakenham, British envoy, and his course in regard to Oregon, 199-200

Pambrun, Pierre, instructed Indians in Catholic faith, 137

Parker, Rev. Samuel, in Oregon to investigate condition of Indians, 145;

his traits, 146;

book, 146

Pasco, lands around, 326;

prospects of, 327

Patriot, Illinois, report of the Indians looking for “Book of Life,” 137

Peacock, ship of Wilkes Expedition lost on Columbia Bar, 165