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Kentucky, early settlement of,

39. Kootenai, fur trading station, of Northwest Company, 74; mining region, 222.

La Charette, Boone's home, Astor party stop at, 72 n.

Lady Washington, Gray's ship, 22.

La Grande, 228.

Lane, General Joseph, governor of Oregon Territory, 196; sketch, 197 n.; in Congress, Washington Territory Bill, 212; prominent in Rogue River War, 216.

Langley, H. B. Fort, 82.

Lapwai, mission on Clearwater, 122. See Missions.

Ledyard, John, confers with Jefferson in Paris, 35; plans of exploration, 3536; returns from Siberia,

Lee, Reverend Daniel, missionary, assistant of Jason Lee, 117; writes "The First Ten Years of Oregon," with J. H, Frost, 117 n. Reverend Jason, founds Willamette Alission, 117; returns to the East, 138; public activity in East, 132-134; letter to Representative Cushing about Oregon, 134; brings back a colonizing party, 137-8.

tjcschi, Chief, 217.

Leslie, Reverend Daniel, 119.

Lewis, Captain Meriwether,

leader of Lewis and Clark expedition. Chap. IV; report on fur trade of the West, 62-65.

Linn, Dr. Lewis F., senator from Missouri, Oregon, report of, and bill, 131-2; presents petition from Oregon settlers, 133; Linn bill passes Senate, 146.

Livingston, Robert R-, minister to France, instructed by Jefferson to purchase Western Florida and New Orleans, 42.

Lolo Trail, Lewis and Clark follow, 58.

Lovejoy, A. L., companion of Whitman on winter ride, 189.

Louisiana, conditions in Lower, 41-42; transfer of Upper Louisiana witnessed by Captain Lewis, 51.

Lumbering on Puget Sound, advantages for, 209-10; in Northwest, 270-272; competition with South, 273-74 Mackenzie, Sir Alexander, explores Mackenzie River, also a route to the Pacific, 24-26; his plan to consolidate the fur trade of North America, 2628; views on the territorial rights of Great Britain in North America, 28; his mistake in supposing "Taco