Pearce, E. D., connection with discovery of gold in Idaho, 252
Pearson, express rider, rides to notify Stevens of Great Yakima War, 219-220
Pendleton, its industries and some of its citizens, 319-320
Peoria party of immigrants, 163
Perez, voyage of, 51
Perkins, Rev. H. K. W., mission at The Dalles, 142
Peupeumoxmox, Indian chief in war of 1855, 213;
leads force to Walla Walla, 214;
killed, 221
Polk, President, management of Oregon Question, 199-200
Poppleton, Irene Lincoln, article in Oregon Historical Quarterly, 237
Portland developed by discovery of gold in California, 251;
location, 381;
transportation facilities, 382;
commerce, 382-383;
buildings, 384;
artistic character of, 385;
Historical Society, 385-386
Potter, T. J., steamer on Columbia, 248
Priest Rapids, character of, 322;
origin of name, 322;
power for pumping, 324
Provisional Government, origin of, 190-192;
organisation of, 193;
officers of, 194;
state house for, 194
Provost, J. B., at restoration of Astoria, 125;
agent of United States for receiving Astoria from Great Britain, 182;
describes Columbia Bar, 182-183
Pullman, site of State College, 315
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Raccoon, British man-of-war at Astoria, 124
Railroad Creek, scenery about, 309-310
Rainier, Mt., origin of name, 32
Rector, Wm., road across Cascade Mountains, 176
Revelstoke, character as a junction, 292
Rock Island Rapids, 321
Roosevelt, Theodore, view of Calhoun's policy in regard to Oregon, 198;
reference to Columbia River, 246
Rooster Rock, appearance of, 349-350;
River below, 375
Rosalia, monument of Steptoe, 315
Ross, Alexander, adventure in Yakima country, 126-127;
narration of profits in fur-trade, 131;
on blowing up of Tonquin, 203
Ruckle and Olmstead put steamer on Columbia, 236
Russia, entrance upon American exploration, 50-51
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Sacajawea, with Lewis and Clark party, 75;
sees the whale, 85;
finds her brother, Cameahwait, 78
St. Helens, Mt., origin of, in Indian myth, 22-24
St. Joe River, its beauties, 297
St. Peter's Dome, 346
Salmon River, Lewis and Clark party at the head of, 79
Saltese, Cœur d'Alene chief, 226
San José, ship connected with Indian story, 42
Scott, Harvey, character and influence as an editor, 386
Sea-otter, importance in the fur-trade, 100
Señorita, steamer on Columbia, 236
Shakspere, his location of Caliban and Ariel in the Far West, 47
Shaw, Col. B. F., battle of Grande Ronde, 222
Shepard, Rev. Cyrus, missionary to Indians, 141
Sheridan, battle at Cascades, 22
Shoshone Indians, meeting with Lewis and Clark party, 76-78
Shuswap Indians, story of, 284-285
Sierra Nevada, the steamship, its cargo of treasure, 239
Simpson, S. L., extract from poem of, 380
Smith, Rev. A. B., minister to Oregon Indians, 151;
at Kamiah, 152
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