Oregon Historical Quarterly/Volume 14/Index
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INDEX TO VOL. XIV
ABERNETHY, GEORGE, characterization of, by Lieutetnant Neil M. Howison, 27. ASTORIA, 1846, 41-2; 357-6o.
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BAGLEY, CLARENCE B., introduction to Lownsdale Letter by, 213-17.
BARRY, J. NEILSON, author of Contrib- utor's Note, Journal of E. Willard Smith, 250.
BAILLIE, Captain of British ship "Mod- iste," relieves distress of Lieutenant Neil M. Howison when shipwrecked, 10; letter to Howison, 56.
Blackfeet Indian marauders pursued, 281-2.
BIGGS, fur-trader with Sublette and Vasquez, 269; 271.
British flag, presence of, in Oregon waters a source of irritation in 1846, 7.
Buffaloes, two ways of hunting, 256-7.
California draws off immigrants, 28. Canadian voyagers settled in Oregon,
1846. 24. Catholic missionaries in Oregon, 1846,
Columbia River ? conditions of bar of, in 1846, 7; sailing directions for mov- ing vessel safely into Baker's Bay, 16-18; channel of, 1846, 19; recipro- cal current with Willamette, 19.
COMAN'S ECONOMIC BEGINNINGS OF THE FAR WEST, Review of, 71-79-
Commerce in Oregon, 1846, 36-40; in- adequate means for commercial ex- change in Oregon, 1846, 39-40.
CORBETT, HENRY W., co-operates as partner of Harvey W. Scott and Henry L. Pittock in upbuilding of Oregonian, 204.
DOUGLASS, JAMES, characterization of, by Lieutenant Neil M. Howison, 31-2.
ELLIOTT, T. C, editor of Journal of John Work, 280-314; editor of Jour- nal of Alexander Ross, 366 : 88.
English residents in Oregon jealous of American advance into northern por- tion of the territory of Oregon, 7, 20.
Flour trade from Oregon to California, 1847, 13-
GATES, JOHN, chief engineer Oregon Steam Navigation Company, 349.
GRAY, J. H. D., accident to, but he continues seamanship, 342.
GRAY, W. H., an expansionist, 321-2; family of, 322-3; moves to British Columbia, 324; mines gold on the Similkameen River, 325: builds boat and conducts it down the Okanogan and Columbia Rivers to the Des- chutes, 326-7; takes cargo from Port- land to Lewiston, 330-2; builds Cas- cadilla and uses her on Clearwater and Snake Rivers, 333-5.
GRAY, CAPTAIN WILLIAM P., REMINIS- CENCES OF, 321-54; mail carrier in As- toria in 1855, 353-4; adventures of on trip from Similkameen to Fort Hope on Fraser River, 325-6; conducts his folks from Asoyoos Lake to the Des- chutes, 326-9; aids in passage up Columbia and Snake Rivers to Lew- iston, 330-2; in command of the Sarah F. Gray, 334; protects father from assault by A. Kimball, 335-6; takes raft of lumber from Asotin to W/allula, 335-8; watchman and mate on steamer John H. Couch, 340; pilot on Columbia between Celilo and Lew- iston, 341-2; in command of Beaver on the AVillamette and on the Stikeen, 343-4; is married, 344-5; in charge of the Frederick Billings, transfer boat of the Northern Pacific Railroad Com- pany, 346-7; locates at Pasco, 347-8; takes the Tohn Gates through Priest Rapids and Rock Island Rapids, 349- 54-
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HEUER, LIEUTENANT W. H., makes hy- drostatic survey of Columbia River rapid's between Celilo and Snake River, 1867, 341-2.
HOWISON, REPORT OF LIEUTENANT NEIL M. ON OREGON, 1846, 1-60; learns of formation of Peacock Spit, 4; enters the Columbia, 4-5 ; vessel is run ashore on Chinook Shoal, 5; proceeds up the Columbia, 7; vessel grounds on the bar in endeavoring to ascend the Willamette, 7; visits Governor Aber- nethy at Oregon City, and takes a week's ride through the Willamette
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Valley, 8; visits Tualatin plains, 8; high price of mechanics' labor causes ten of Shark's crew to desert, only two are returned, 8; sells Peacock's launch, 8-9; descends the Columbia, 9; suffers shipwreck in attempting to cross bar on Sept. iq, 9-10; puts up log houses for sheltering crew, 10-11; charters the Cadboro, 11-12; receives intelligence of Oregon treaty, Mexican war and occupation of California, 12; is pent up in Cadboro anchored in Baker's Bay from Nov. 17 to Jan. 18, 12-13; crosses bar and proceeds to California Jan. 18, 13; narrates role of Dr. John McLoughlin in Oregon, 21-3; comments on population and politics of Oregon, 21-35.
HOWISON, LIEUTENANT NEIL M., U. S. Navy, record of service of, 364-5.
Hudson's Bay Company, landed posses- sions and agricultural operations of,
(2) Hudson's Bay Company factors give Lieutenant Howison friendly and considerate relief, 10; accept bills on Baring & Bros, at par, 10.
(i) Hudson's Bay Company agents har- assed by intrusive Americans, 33-4.
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Idaho, gold discoveries cause organiza- tion of territory of, 61.
Indian agent's experience in the war of 1886, 65-7.
Indian population in Oregon, 1846, 46-8.
Indian uprising of 1886, the last in the Pacific Northwest, 65.
Linn City, founded by Robert Moore, 1843, 215.
Lmnton, 1846, 42; 215.
LOWNSDALE, DANIEL H., Letter by, to SAMUEL R. THURSTON, 213-49; bio- graphical data on, 215.
LOWNSDALE LETTER, historical import- ance of, 217; urges preference be given Americans in conflicting pre- emption rights, 218; old organic law of Oregon did not grant any right to soil, 218-19; suggests wording for land law, 219-221; custom house lo- cation, 221; resume of British opera- tions in Oregon country from author's point of view, 221-4; source of "nest- of-dangers" reputation of the mouth of the Columbia, 224-6; Commodore Wilkes and his officers "taken in" at Fort Vancouver, 226-9; how the "law- yer, the judge and the general with the helpers, the former legislators," were handled, 229-30; how the insur- gency of 1846 was subdued, 230-2; the terms of the treaty and the ownership of the Hudson's Bay Company station and mill at Oregon City, 232-3; the Indians used as pawns, 224-44; trust methods used by Hudson's Bay Com- pany authorities, 242-4; "friends at court" and delegate to Congress be- come the issue, 245-9.
LUPTON, fur trader, 251-258; his fort, 261.
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MCCARVER M. M., with Peter H. Bur- nett, selected site of Linnton, 215.
McCLURE, COLONEL JOHN, has pre-emp- tion claim to Point George, 12.
MCLOUGHLIN. DR. JOHN, role of, in Oregon narrated by Lieutenant Neil M. Howison, 21-3.
MCLOUGHLIN, DR. JOHN, cost of im- provements made by, at Willamette Falls to January i, 1851, 68-70.
Methodist missionaries in Oregon, 1846,
Milton laid off at mouth of Willamette,
216. Multnomah laid off below Linn City by
Hugh Burns, 215.
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Northern Pacific Railroad Company's transfer boat, the Frederick Billings, at Ainsworth on the Snake River and later at Pasco, 346-7.
OGDEN, PETER SKEEN, characterized by Lieutenant Neil M. Howison. 31-2.
Oregon, rapid development of, in early forties causes a statistical account two years old to be out of date, 9; winds and weather affecting conditions of navigation, 14-15; portions of occupied in 1846, 21 ; people of, in 1846, 21-6; political conditions in, 1846, 26-7; wretched plight of incoming pioneers soon relieved, 28-9; Hudson's Bay Company and missionaries, through credit given and assistance afforded, lighten hardships of pioneers, 29-30; company's officials seek political in- fluence through credit extended, 30-1; strong patriotic feeling among the Americans, 32-3; commerce in, 36-40.
Oregon in 1863, 61-4; population, 61-4; political directory of, 1863, 62-3; tax-
discoveries in,
able property in, 64.
Oregon, Eastern, gold di cause filling up of, 61.
Oregon City, 1846, 43; first place se- lected as townsite in Oregon, 215.
Oregon Defenses, 54-5.
Oregon flocks and herds, 1846, 52-3.
Oregon flora, 51.
Oregon meteorology, 50.
Oregon Steam Navigation Company makes effort in 1864 to take steamboat through Snake River canyon to ply between Old's Ferry and Boise, 339- 40.
OSBORN, BURR, SURVIVOR OF HOWISON EXPEDITION TO OREGON IN 1846, Rem- iniscences of experiences growing out of wrecking of United States schooner Shark at mouth of Columbia, 355-64.
Pacific City, laid off by Elijah White, 216.
Peacock's launch left by Captain Wilkes in charge of Dr. McLoughlin, sold by Lieutenant Howison, 8-9.
PITTOCK, HENRY L., part, of, in the up- building of the Oregonian, 204.
Portland, 1846, 42; claims to land on site of, 215; in 1862, 333.
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ROSE FESTIVAL, WHY NOT A FOLK FESTI- VAL in the, 315-17.
Ross, ALEXANDER, Journal of, on SNAKE RIVER EXPEDITION. 1824, 366-88; ac- tivities in Pacific Northwest fur trade, 365; his books, 365-6; course traced in Snake River expedition, 1824, 367-8.
St. Helens, founded by Captain H. M. Knighton, 216.
St. John, founded by James Johns, 216.
Salem, 1846, 44.
Salmon fisheries in Oregon, 1846, 47-8; superstitious ceremonies and practices of Indians regarding, 47-8.
SCHENCK. LIEUTENANT W. S., is dis- patched up the Columbia as high as The Dalles, 8.
SCOTT, ANNE ROELOFSON, pioneer condi- tions impose "a long agony of self- sacrifice upon, 94-5.
SCOTT, HARVEY W., EDITOR REVIEW OF His HALF-CENTURY CAREER AND ESTI- MATE OF His WORK, 87-133: the Ore- gon of his youth and of his maturity and his relation to it, 87-89; external record of his life, 89-91; ancestry of, 91-92; domination of pioneer vision, temper and spirit in life of, 92-5; his self-reliance and individualism, 95-6; his first writing for the Oreeoman, 96-7; times and conditions had much to do with his spirit and methods, 97; encourages assistants in all depart- ments of Oregonian, 97-8; his interest centered in editorial page, 98; funda- mental motive was social responsibil- ity, 98; an autocrat, but dominated by demands of social conditions and fun- damental principles, 99-101; felt that he alone could pledge the Oregonian, 101-2; maintains integrity of the news, adhering strictly to commandment, "Thou shalt not bear false witness, 102-3; occasionally, however, used a "smashing headline," 103-4; loyalty to principles and abstract ideal combined with course shaped by necessities of working relations, 104-6 Oregon af- forded vantage ground for interpreta- tion of national tendencies, 107-8; championship of cause of sound money representative, 108-9; summary of his professional character, 109-10; his prodigious reading and wonderful memory, 110-12; theology his deepest interest, 113-14; his style a reflection of his mind, 114-15; delights in the literature of the imagination, 115-16; nature has profound fascination for him, 116-17; solidity the characteristic quality of his thought and expression, 117-18; his consideration as an em- ployer, 118-19; delights in companion- ship of those of understanding and sympathy, 119-20; friendships with men of native and genuine quality, 120-3; ne . w relationships formed in the East in later years, 124-5; secret of this exemplified in the Archbishop
Corrigan dinner, 124-5; has little sym- pathy with personal incapacity and its consequences, 125-6; his tenderest feeling for childhood, 126-7; the ap- peal of the United States Senate to him, 127-9; his indifference to appear- ances, 129-30; the home interest of his life, 130-1; the sentiments that were the spiritual guides of his life, 131; the large issues in which he had a leading part, 135; list of events in lief of, 133.
MR. SCOTT'S LIBRARY AS A GAUGE OF His BROAD SCHOLARSHIP AND LITERARY ACTIVITY, 134-9; early and continued interest in history, 134-5; large famil- iarity with ancient classics, 135; an- cient and biblical history deeply studied by him, 136; wide reading of publicists, Burke and Hamilton, 136-7; exponents of liberal thought, of meta- physics and of philosophy appreciated, 137; the fiction that stood the test of time a part of his reading, 138; an as- tounding memory of poetry, 138-9. REVIEW OF WRITINGS based on ten thousand articles written by him, 140- 204; dominating idea in his editorial
reductions individual functions and uty, 141 ; mode of life of pioneer West inculcated self-reliance, 142; senti- mental interest in Oregon history, 143; his reading and social intercourse, 144; the editor of practical affairs, of idealistic sense and of scholarly attainment, 145; belief in war as the nursery of national unity and strength, 145; has many friends among theo- logians of divergent sects, 146-7; held religious feeling to be a permanent force in nature of men, 147; his opin- ions on religion epitomized, 148-9; his perennial fight for sound money, 149; the beginning and the culmination of it, 149; though a Westerner, he com- bats financial and monetary delusions bred under Western conditions, 150-1; resists repudiation, 152-4; points out "fundamental error" in our monetary system to be "fiat money," 154-5; free coinage of silver fought as a later phase of fiat money, 155-6; mainte- nance of gold standard no more open to debate than multiplication table, 156-7; contrasts Cleveland's firmness with vacillating policy of McKinley, 159; the silver issue counted by him as gravest crisis in our industrial his- tory, 160-1; the course of history set awry by assassination of Lincoln, 162; his Nationalist idea grew with his man- hood, 162-3; indiscriminate negro suf- frage a mistake, 163-4; Southern fear of negro and Northern prejudice a nightmare dispelled, 164; the national idea the main line of demarcation be- tween the two chief political parties, 165; the tendency of democracy to subdivision, but this more than coun- terbalanced by forces making for na- tional unity, 166-7; Jefferson the "evil genius of our national and political life" and the "glory of Hamilton the greatness of America," 168-0: his in- terpretation of national expansion across the Pacific, 169-71; took issue
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with the Republican party with regard to its protective policy, but affiliated with that party because of his agree- ment with it on more serious ques- tions, 171-4; deprecates violent expul- sion of Chinese, but holds that social need of exclusion outweighs indus- trial need of Chinese labor on the Pacific Coast, 174-8; expressions evoked from him by agitations, chal- lenges and experiences in the hard times of 1894, 178-82; out of sympa- thy with progressive socialization of industry, 182-3; minimized efficacy of social legislation, placed all responsibil- ity upon home, 183-6; "industry is the first of the influences of right living," 186-9; goal that socialistic teachings would lead to pointed out, 189-90; ex- tension of governmental functions op- posed, 190-1; advocates of single tax doctrine criticised, 192; trust methods scored, 192-3; modification of Oregon system urged that representative sys- tem of law-making and of party organ- ization might be preserved, 193-8; participations in some railway rival- ries, 198-200; combatted mortgage tax, 200; influences specified that contrib- ute to high cost of living, 200-1 ; inde- pendence the prime requisite for right functioning in journalism, but legiti- mate money-making must be first object, 201-4.
TRIBUTES TO MR. SCOTT'S ACHIEVEMENTS IN JOURNALISM, 206.
Sioux Indian depredations in Rocky Mountains, 265-8; 271.
SMITH, E. WILLARD, Journal of, while with fur traders, Sublette and Vas- quez, 250-79; biographical note on, 250.
SUBLETTE, WILLIAM L., probably one of the leaders of the expedition into the Rocky Mountains, 1839-40, 250-1.
THURSTON, SAMUEL R., history of, pa- pers of, 214. Toulon, voyage of, 1847, 13.
Vasquez and Sublette expedition into the Rocky Mountains, 1839-40, course of, 251-3; in council with the Arapa- hoes, 260.
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WALKER, I. R., leader of expedition to California, 253 ; discoverer of Yosemite wonderland, 253; 268.
WILBUR, REV. J. H., experiences of, as Indian agent in 1886, 65-7.
WILKES, LIEUTENANT CHARLES, cause for criticism of, by early Oregonians, 214-16.
Willamette River freezes over at Port- land in Winter of 1861-2, 332-3.
WORK, JOHN, JOURNAL OF, ON SNAKE COUNTRY EXPEDITION, 1830-1, 280-314; course of expedition, 280-1; summary of travels and disasters during expe- dition, 314.
YOUNG, F. G., author of supplement- ary note to Lownsdale letter, 217; author of introductory note to journal of E. Willard Smith, 250-3; author of "Why Not a Folk Festival in the Rose Festival?" 315-17.