THE QUARTERLY of the Oregon Historical Society VOLUME XXV MARCH, 1924 NUMBER 1 Copyright, 1923, by the Oregon Historical Society The Quarterly disavows responsibility for the positions taken by contributors to its pages. CONTENTS Pages AMOS WILLIAM HARTMAN—The California and Oregon Trail, 1849-1860 - - -{x^^HKwS - - - - 1-35 RALPH S. 5 KUYKENDALL—James Colnett and "The Princess Royal" 36 -52 FRED LOCKLEY—Reminiscences of Colonel Henry Ernst Dosch - 53-71 GEORGE VERNE BLUE—A Hudson's Bay Company Contract for Hawaiian Labor - ^^^^^^^^^^^^M^ " " ^%' " 72-75 JUDGE PETER H. IT 'ARCY —Memorial Tribute to Governor Theodore T. Geer - ^"A^^^^SySm^ "MSKSWBWSF- 76 " 78 PRICE: FIFTY CENTS PER NUMBER, TWO DOLLARS PER YEAR Entered at the post office at Portland, Oregon, as second-class matter