McLoughlin and Old Oregon
McLOUGHLIN AND OLD OREGON
A Chronicle
BY
EVA EMERY DYE
Eighth Edition
CHICAGO
A. C. McCLURG & CO.
1913
COPYRIGHT
By A. C. MCCLURG & Co.
A.D. 1900
First edition April, 1900
Second edition August, 1900
Third edition February, 1901
Fourth edition April, 1902
Fifth edition October, 1903
Sixth edition April, 1906
Seventh edition July, 1910
Eighth edition June, 1913
UNIVERSITY PRESS JOHN WILSON
AND SON CAMBRIDGE, U. S. A.
TO
MY HUSBAND
WITHOUT WHOSE ENCOURAGEMENT THIS WORK WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN UNDERTAKEN
This Book
IS MOST AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED
CONTENTS
CHAPTER
PAGE
| I. |
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9 |
| II. |
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19 |
| III. |
THE WEDDING OF JASON LEE
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32 |
| IV. |
DR. McLOUGHLIN GOES TO ENGLAND
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40 |
| V. |
THE LONDON COUNCIL
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|
48 |
| VI. |
RIVAL FUR COMPANIES
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|
54 |
| VII. |
MCLOUGHLIN'S EARLY HISTORY
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|
60 |
| VIII. |
DR. MCLOUGHLIN'S RETURN
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|
74 |
| IX. |
THE BANQUET
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84 |
| X. |
EARLY EVENTS AT FORT VANCOUVER
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|
89 |
| XI. |
BACHELORS' HALL
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|
97 |
| XII. |
THE BRIGADE TO CALIFORNIA
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|
104 |
| XIII. |
DR. MCLOUGHLIN AT HOME
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|
109 |
| XIV. |
AT OLD CHAMPOEG
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|
114 |
| XV. |
CHRISTMAS AT FORT VANCOUVER
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|
122 |
| XVI. |
RETURN OF JASON LEE
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|
129 |
| XVII. |
THE BRIGADE FROM ERASER'S RIVER
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134 |
| XVIII. |
DEPARTURE OF THE BRIGADE
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|
142 |
| XIX. |
DR. WHITMAN AND HIS CAYUSES
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146 |
| XX. |
THAT WAGON
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154 |
| XXI. |
A TRIP TO SITKA
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157 |
| XXII. |
ERMATINGER GUARDS THE FRONTIER
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|
166 |
| XXIII. |
AN AMERICAN EXPLORING SQUADRON
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175 |
| XXIV. |
" THE STAR OF OREGON "
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187 |
| XXV. |
MCKINLEY AT WALLA WALLA
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194 |
XXVI. DELAWARE TOM 196
XXVII. THE HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY IN CALIFORNIA 210
XXVIII. THE FIRST IMMIGRANTS 218
XXIX. WHITMAN'S RIDE 231
XXX. A PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT 237
XXXI. WHITMAN RETURNS WITH A THOUSAND
PEOPLE 251
XXXII. MCLOUGHLIN AND THE IMMIGRANTS ... 275
XXXIII. ELIJAH 286
XXXIV. AT SUTTER'S FORT 294
XXXV. DEATH OF JASON LEE 301
XXXVI. THE BEAR FLAG AT SONOMA 307
XXXVII. " FIFTY-FOUR FORTY OR FIGHT" .... 313
XXXVIII. DR. MCLOUGHLIN RESIGNS 327
XXXIX. THE WHITMAN MASSACRE 334
XL. THE CAYUSE WAR 350
XLI. THE BARQUE "JANET" 365
XLII. THE DISCOVERY OF GOLD 369
XLIII. THE DEATH OF DR. MCLOUGHLIN .... 376