INDEX tions involved in the acquisition of the
narrow gauge system by him, 157. Rainier, the name of Mount, 221.
Pacific Railway dates, 221. Governor J. H., outlines to Pelly, George Canning basis of British claim to Oregon Country, 27-33. PIONEER, THE, 231-3; letter to Board of Regents of University of Oregon requesting designation of spot for erection of monument as memorial to Oregon pioneers, 231-2; expression of admiration of genius of Sculptor A. Phimister Proctor, 232-3. Pioneer, The, Mr. Teal's, 224. Pioneers, Oregon, death lists of, 139, 229, 303-4-
PIONEERS,
heads William, company of Scotch buyers of "Yamhill" railroad,
Reid,
145; large financial and promotion activities of, in Oregon, 147.
s School enterprises in Oregon in
QUALITIES OF THE OREGON,
POLK AND OREGON
WITH A PAKENHAM LETTER, 301-2; expression of the views of the "49 men" and of "54-4o' the
relative
strength
1-23;
portrayal of conditions incident to its discovery by Meriwether Lewis, 1-2; William Clark names it Lewis River, 3; the name "Snake," that of the Indians inhabiting its basin, supplants the name Lewis, 3; versions as to why the tribe was so named, 3; Jefferson's statement of loss suffered in Lewis' death, 4; the prehistoric roads of the region, 4-5; David Thompson erects first building in what is now the state of Idaho, 6; Andrew Henry established Fort Henry on the Snake, 6-7; adventures of three hunters in Henry's
235-242; experience and training of type of people who became founders of Oregon, 235-8; occasions on which their qualities have been demonstrated, 238-41; the statue as symbolizing and immortalizing these qualities, 241-2.
men" and
1855,
109.
SNAKE RIVER IN HISTORY, THE,
of
these in Congress, 301-2. Portland and prospects in 1854, 99.
company, Edward Robinson, John Hoback and Jacob Rizner, 7-8; they lead the Wilson Price Hunt party through to Fort Henry, 8-9; Donald McKenzie
sent out to establish post among Nez Perces, 9; John Reed returns to cache at Caldron Linn, 10; Reed's second visit to Snake River country and first Indian masacre in the Snake River valley, 10-11; scenes of tragedy on the Oregon trail along the Snake, 11-14; complications from differing marriage customs of white and red race, 14-15; history of Fort Boise, 15-16; the massacre of the Vanorman
HISTORY OF THE NARROW GAUGE, IN THE WILLAMETTE VALLEY,
RAILROAD,
141-58; transportation situation in the
Willamette Valley in the latter 705, 141 ; plans for the extensions of the system, 142; its transportation effects, fate under Villard and the final disposition of it, 142; its initial financing, bankruptcy, reorganization and later finances, 143; conditions leading to promotion of the Dayton-Sheridan line, 144; details of its early finances, 145; becomes property of Scotch buyers organized as Willamette Valley Railroad Company, 145; equipment of the road, 146; a progressive period of railroad construction in the Pacific Northwest, 146; extensions of narrow gauge mileage on east and west sides in early '8os, 148; lines of traffic operated, 149; great scheme of junction at Winnemucca with Central Pacific line, 149-50; Villard wins control to protect the Oregon and California from competition, 150-1; institutes policy to make leased lines feeders to Oregon and California railroad, 151; ruined road finally taken over by Southern Pacific Railroad, 151-2; law over suits lease, repudiated 152; restoration of road and Dundee and Portland extension, 153-4; gravitation to Southern Pacific, 154; Ray's Landing bridge project, 155; public levee of Portland seized for terminal, 155; Huntington's large projects in the early '905, 156-7; financial transac-
train, 16-17; the acquisition of horse, the recession of the buffalo the Oregon trail, 17; pioneers gold seekers as state makers, 18; new factor making history in
Snake River
The The
the
and and the the
valley, 19-23.
Cascades, 102, 104, 127.
Dalles, 1854, 103; mines on the upper Columbia cause importance of, 124.
u
University, Territorial, removed Corvallis to Jacksonville, 107.
Villard,
Henry,
large
activity
from
of,
in
railway construction and operation in the Pacific Northwest, 146.
Yreka as large as Portland
[405]
112-3.
in
1855,
