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CONTENTS OF THIS VOLUME.

HISTORY OF WASHINGTON.

CHAPTER I.

THE FIRST SETTLEMENTS.

1845–1853.

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Attitude of the Hudson's Bay Company — Michael T. Simmons and Associates Proceed Northward — Settle at Budd Inlet — Puget Sound — Highlands — Tumwater — Bush Prairie — Chambers Prairie — Neah Bay — Marriages and Births — The Indians Pronounce against the White Man — Effect of California Gold Discovery — The Timber Trade — Towns Laid out — Whidbey Island Settled — Occupation of the Coast Country 1

CHAPTER II.

POLITICS AND DEVELOPMENT.

1845-1853.

Public Meetings — Settlers versus the Puget Sound Agricultural Com- pany — Representation in the Oregon Legislaiure — Movements toward the Foundation of the New Territory of Columbia — Memo- rial to Congress — If not a Territory, then a State — Queen Charlotte Island Expedition — The Oregon Legislature Petition Congress for a Division of Territory — Congress Grants the Petition — But instead of Columbia, the New Territory is Called Washington — Officers Ap- pointed — Roads Constructed — Immigration 39

CHAPTER III.

ORGANIZATION OF GOVERNMENT.

1853-1855.

Governor Isaac Ingalls Stevens — His Life and Character — Railroad Surveys — Political Parties — Election — First Legislative Assembly — Its Personnel and Acts — Early Newspapers — County Organizations — Federal Courts—Land Claims and Land Titles— Roads, Mails, and Express Companies — San Juan Island — Indian Troubles — Treaties and Reservations— Stevens in Eastern Washington 70