McLoughlin and Old Oregon

by Eva Emery Dye

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

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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

I.

AN AMERICAN ON THE COLUMBIA ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

9

II.

THE COMING OF THE WHITMANS ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

19

III.

THE WEDDING OF JASON LEE ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

32

IV.

DR. McLOUGHLIN GOES TO ENGLAND ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

40

V.

THE LONDON COUNCIL ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

48

VI.

RIVAL FUR COMPANIES ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

54

VII.

MCLOUGHLIN'S EARLY HISTORY ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

60

VIII.

DR. MCLOUGHLIN'S RETURN ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

74

IX.

THE BANQUET ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

84

X.

EARLY EVENTS AT FORT VANCOUVER ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

89

XI.

BACHELORS' HALL ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

97

XII.

THE BRIGADE TO CALIFORNIA ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

104

XIII.

DR. MCLOUGHLIN AT HOME ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

109

XIV.

AT OLD CHAMPOEG ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

114

XV.

CHRISTMAS AT FORT VANCOUVER ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

122

XVI.

RETURN OF JASON LEE ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

129

XVII.

THE BRIGADE FROM ERASER'S RIVER ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

134

XVIII.

DEPARTURE OF THE BRIGADE ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

142

XIX.

DR. WHITMAN AND HIS CAYUSES ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

146

XX.

THAT WAGON ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

154

XXI.

A TRIP TO SITKA ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

157

XXII.

ERMATINGER GUARDS THE FRONTIER ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

166

XXIII.

AN AMERICAN EXPLORING SQUADRON ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

175

XXIV.

" THE STAR OF OREGON " ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

187

XXV.

MCKINLEY AT WALLA WALLA ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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