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 Smith, J. C., connection with gold mines in Idaho, 253

Smith, Jedediah, American trapper thought to have taught religion to Indians, 137

Smith, William, mate on Albatross, 109

Snake River, orchards of, 316;

heat, 317;

irrigation systems of, 317;

Shoshone Falls of, 317

Snow-peaks, general group of, 353;

zones of, 370-372

Snickster, adventure in Steptoe expedition, 228

Sowles, Capt. Cornelius, character of, 116

Spain, connection with Oregon exploration, 48;

downfall, 48-49;

settlement of California, 49;

favouring conditions for exploration, 50;

conflict with England over Nootka, 62;

character of claims to Oregon, 180

Spalding, Rev. H. H., in Oregon as missionary, 147;

his traits of character, 148;

among Nez Percés, 151;

first printing press west of Rocky Mountains, 152

Spalding, Mrs. H. H., characteristics, 148

Speelyei, Indian god, struggle with Wishpoosh, 8-9;

creates Indian tribes, 9

''Spencer Chas. D.'', steamer on Columbia, 248

Spokane, remarkable character as a city, 315;

water power of Falls, 315;

grandeur as spectacle, 315;

railway system, 316

Spokane House, location of, 315

Spotted Eagle, remarkable speech, 223

Star of Oregon, schooner built on Willamette River, 166;

trip to San Francisco, 167

Stark, Benjamin, in steamboat business, 236

Statesman, Washington, extracts in regard to Idaho mines, 255-256

Stehekin River, cañon of, 303;

Rainbow Falls of, 305;

Horseshoe Basin of, 306

Steptoe, Col. E. J., dissension with Stevens, 223;

fort at Walla Walla, 224;

disastrous expedition to Spokane, 225 et seq.

Stevens, Hazard, account of Walla Walla Council, 215

Stevens, I. I., appointed Governor of Washington, 213;

makes treatise, 213;

Council at Walla Walla, 214;

goes to northern country to make treaties, 215;

describes Kamiakin, 216;

makes treaty with Flatheads, 218;

returns to Olympia, 221;

organises volunteers, 222;

second Council at Walla Walla, 222;

trouble with Steptoe, 223;

trouble with Wool, 224;

battle at Walla Walla, 224;

reconnaissance for railroad in 1853, 260

Sticcus, Indian guide of immigrants, 172;

tries to save the Whitman Mission, 206

Stuart, David, founding of Fort Okanogan, 121

Stump, Capt. T. J., on first steamer down Tumwater Falls, 242

Sturgis, profits of fur-trade, 103

Sutter, Captain, connection with discovery of gold, 250

Swan, data on income of furs, 103

Swift, Jonathan, placing of Gulliver near the coast of Oregon, 47

T

“Takhoma, Mt.,” origin of name, 32

Tallapus, Indian deity, 33

Tamahas, part in Whitman massacre, 206, 212

Tamsaky, in Whitman massacre, 206;

killed, 212

Taylor, Captain, part in battle of Pine Creek, 226

Telaukait, part in Whitman massacre, 206

Tenino, the steamer, value of its business, 239

Tetons, Three, first seen by Hunt party, 81

Thompson, David, crossing the continent, 106;

at Astoria, 121;

remains of his fort on Lake Windermere, 282

Thompson, R. R., builds steamer Colonel Wright, 235