Mazama Club, influence of, 353
Meares, Capt. John, English explorer, 44;
voyages to Oregon Coast, 58;
at mouth of Columbia, 59-60
Meek, Jo, part in founding Provisional Government, 192
Memaloose Island, 337
Miller, Joseph, partner of Pacific Fur Company, 89
Minto, John, account of founding of Provisional Government, 190
Montcachabe, Indian who first crossed the continent, 70
Moody, Mary, steamer, first steamer on Pend Oreille Lake, 245
Moody, Z. F., builds steamer, 245
Moorehouse, Major Lee, Indian photographer, 320
Morigeau, Baptiste, pioneer on Lake Windermere, 283
Moscow, site of University of Idaho, 315
Moses, Indian chief, 297
Mountain Buck, steamer on Columbia, 236
Mountaineers' Club, purpose and location, 353
Mowry, Wm., report of speech by Nez Percé Indian, 139
Multnomah, steamer on Columbia, 236
Multnomah Falls, 348
N
Nekahni, Mt., location of, 33;
beauty of, 39;
the “treasure ship,” 40-41
Nelson, metropolis of the Kootenai, 294;
fruit industries of, 294;
mines of, 295;
transportation of, 295
Nesmith, J. W., extract on immigration of 1843, 169;
account of Indian guide, Sticcus, 172;
in Indian War of 1855, 221
Nez Percé Indians, origin of, 21;
first meeting with Lewis and Clark party, 80;
looking for “Book of Life,” 137
Nootka Sound, discovery of, 51;
important centre, 55;
as a cause of dispute between England and Spain, 62
North Bank Railroad, 262;
cost of, 377;
bridge, 377
North-west Fur Company, organisation, 105;
unites with Hudson's Bay Company, 107, 128;
in possession of Columbia Basin, 125
O
Oak Point founded by Winship brothers, 110
Ogden, Peter Skeen, ransoms survivors of Whitman massacre, 207
Okanogan, the steamer, first to run Tumwater Falls, 242
Okanogan Indians, story of, 284-285
Oneonta Gorge, 347
Oregon, name of, 31
Oregon Question, its complicated and momentous character, 200
Oregon Railroad and Navigation Co. organised, 246
Oregon Short Line Railroad, 262
Oregon Steam Navigation Co. organised, 237;
development of business, 238;
its portages, 238;
sells out, 246
Oregon Transportation Co. organised, 237
Oregonian, newspaper, influence of, 386
Osborne, Mr., escape from Whitman massacre, 207
P
Pacific Fur Co., organisation of, 89;
its dissolution, 125
Paha Cliffs, 336
Pakenham, British envoy, and his course in regard to Oregon, 199-200
Pambrun, Pierre, instructed Indians in Catholic faith, 137
Parker, Rev. Samuel, in Oregon to investigate condition of Indians, 145;
his traits, 146;
book, 146
Pasco, lands around, 326;
prospects of, 327
Patriot, Illinois, report of the Indians looking for “Book of Life,” 137
Peacock, ship of Wilkes Expedition lost on Columbia Bar, 165
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