Oregon Historical Quarterly/Volume 6/Accessions

ACCESSIONS.

For quarter ending September 30, 1905.

PAMPHLETS.

Native Shrubs and Plants Along the Trail and in Macleay Park, Portland. 8vo, 8 pp. March, 1905.

Historic Buildings of New England, Halliday's Catalogue of Photographs of. 16mo, 50 pp. Illustrated. Boston, 1895.

Bunker Hill Monument, Guide to Views from. 32mo, 16 pp. Charlestown, Mass, 1900.

Mineral Resources and Mineral Industries of Oregon for 1903. Compiled by Department of Chemistry, University of Oregon. 8vo, 120 pp. Eugene, May, 1904.

Bloomington, Ill., Semi-Centennial of the Founding of, May 10, 1900. 8vo, 8 pp. Illustrated.

Birth of Oregon, The. Poem by Charles Grissen, McMinnville, in honor of the Lewis and Clark Centennial. 8vo, 16 pp. Copiously illustrated. Presented by the author.

Rare Books in Library of Pacific University, Catalogue of, exhibited at the Lewis and Clark Exposition. Prepared by Miss Mary Frances Farnham, Professor of English Literature. 8vo, 24 pp. Illustrated.

Lewis and Clark's Journals, Story of. By Reuben Gold Thwaites, Secretary of Wisconsin Historical Society. 8vo, 26 pp. Washington, D. C., Government Printing Office.

Bostonian Society, Annual Meeting of, January 14, 1902. View of part of Boston with British troops landing, 1768. 8vo, 68 pp. Boston, 1902.

—— Annual Meeting, January 13, 1903. Boston Massacre, March 5, 1770. 8vo, 80 pp. Boston, 1903.

—— Annual Meeting of, January 12, 1904. Map of Boston Harbor, 1689. 8vo, 88 pp. Boston, 1904.

—— Annual Meeting, January 10, 1905. State Street, Boston, about 1842. 8vo, 96 pp. Boston, 1905.

Year Books of the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities, 1901-1904. 8vo, 100pp. Illustrated. Richmond, Va.. 1905.

Valentine Museum, The, Richmond, Va., Annual Report of, December 31, 1904. 8vo, 16 pp.

Maine Genealogical Society, Reports of Annual Meetings of, 1903 and 1904. 8vo, 78 pp. Illustrated. Portland, Me., 1905.

ACCESSIONS. 333 Idaho, State of, 1905. Official Publication containing reliable in- formation concerning the Institutions, Industries, and Resources of the State. 8vo, 284 pp. Copiously illustrated. Boise, Idaho. Yaquina Bay Descriptive Booklet. 12mo, 20 pp. Illustrated. Portland, 1905. What to See and How to See It. 12mo, 128 pp. Illustrated. Contains important historical, descriptive, and commercial data. Issued by Portland Chamber of Commerce, 1905. Statistical Abstract of the United States, 1904. 27th number. 8vo, 666 pp. Washington, D. C., 1905. Chronological List of Missouri and Illinois Newspapers, 1808-1897, in the St. Louis Mercantile Library. 12mo, 22 pp. University of the Pacific, San Jose", Cal., Golden Jubilee of. San Jose", 1901. 8vo, 16 pp. Illustrated. Annual Report of Chamber of Commerce, Pensacola, Fla., 1903. 16mo, 32 pp. Register Pacific University, Forest Grove, Oregon, 1901-1902. - 1903-1904. - 1904-1905. Souvenir of Western Women, The. Edited by Mary Osborn Douthit. Portland, Oregon, 1905. Royal 8vo, 200 pp. Illustrated. Evolution, Racial and Habitudinal. By Rev. John T. Gulick. Pub- lished by the Carnegie Institution, Washington, D. C., 1905. Royal 8vo. Maps, beautifully colored plates. (Mr. Gulick lived one year in Oregon City, 1848-49, and afterwards resided in the Sandwich Islands many years.) Descriptive literature issued by the following counties for general distribution during the Lewis and Clark Exposition: Baker. Douglas. Linn. Tillamook. Benton. Harney. Malheur. Umatilla. Clackamas. Jackson. Marion. Wallowa. Columbia. Josephine. Morrow. Wasco. Coos. Lane. Polk. Washington. Crook. Lincoln. Sherman. Yarnhill. Crossing Plains in 1846. A rhyme by William Phillips, a pioneer of that year. 16mo, 32 pp. Oregon Medical and Surgical Reporter, Vol. 2, No. 2, July, 1871. Issued quarterly at $3. 00 a year, legal tender." Salem, Oregon, Frank A. Cook, publisher; E. M. Waite, printer; E. R. Fiske, M. D., H. Car- penter, M. D., E. Y. Chase, M. D., editors. 8vo, 114 pp. First Congregational Church, Portland, Oregon, directory of, 1904. 16mo, 30 pp. Washington, State of, 1903. Issued by Bureau of Statistics, Agri- culture, and Immigration, Olympia, 1903. 8vo, 256 pp. Illustrated. Map. 334 ACCESSIONS. Origin of Freemasonry. By O. A. Bearing. 8vo, 24 pp. Illustrated. Corvallis, Oregon, 1904. West Shore, An illustrated western magazine. February, 1887. 8vo. Illustrated. - April, 1887. Illustrated. (Mutilated. ) May, 1887. Illustrated. June, 1887. Illustrated. (3 copies.) - August, 1887. Illustrated. February, 1888. 4to. Illustrated. (2 copies.) January, 1889. 4to, 64 pp. Contains article on "Genealogy of Oregon;" also numerous illustrations relating to Salem. Memoir of the life and works of Dr. Antoine Franyois Saugrain, the first scientist of the Mississippi Valley. By William Vincent Byars, 1903. Benj. Von Phul, St. Louis, publisher, grandson of Dr. Saugrain. 8vo, 18 pp. Illustrated. Contains autograph of publisher and reduced facsimile of passport of Dr. Saugrain, 1790. Western Trail, The. Vol. 1, No. 2, December, 1899, Seattle, Wash. Large 8vo, 74 pp. and cover. Illustrated. State, The. Vol. 5, No. 6, 1890. Contains address by Allen Weir before Washington Pioneer Society. "Louisiana Purchase," by Col. James O. Broadhead. Missouri Historical Society Bulletin, No. 13. Published by the society, 1897. 8vo, 44 pp. Twin Territories, The Indian Monthly. Vol. 6, No. 4, Muskogee, Ind. Ter., May, 1904. 8vo, 64 pp. Pioneer Lawmakers' Association of Iowa. Reunion of 1902, held at Des Moines, February 12-13, 1902. Eighth biennial session. Published by State of Iowa, 1902. 8vo, 132 pp. Illustrated. British Columbia, Annual Report on the Library of the Legislative Assembly, 1900-1901. 8vo, 20 pp. Map of south western part of British Columbia, 1905. Report of the Delegates to Ottawa, 1903. 8vo, 60 pp. Ilakawinn, The. (Eagle of the Night.) Published by Pendleton High School, March, 1903. Vol. 1, No. 4. 8vo, 32 pp. Illustrated. - Vol. 2, No. 1, October, 1903. Columbia River Basin Journal, The. Issued by Portland Board of Trade, July and August, 1902. 8vo, 46 pp. Illustrated. (Duplicate.) Kansas Historical Society. Fourteenth biennial report, July 1, 1902, June 30, 1904. 8vo, 148 pp. Club Journal, The. January, February, June, November, 1903. Dakotan, The. A Monthly Magazine devoted to Dakota History. Published at Aberdeen, South Dakota. Vol. 5, Nos. 9, 10, 11, 12, Jan- uary, February, March, April, 1903; Vol. 6, Nos. 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10- 11, June, August, September, October, November, December, 1903 ACCESSIONS. 335 Nos. 9, 10-11, 12, January, Fbruary-March, April, 1904; Vol. 7, Nos. 1, 2-3, 4, 5, May, June-July, August, September, 1904. Hume Family. History of, and Genealogical Chart. 8vo, 200 pp. Illustrated. Great Northern Railway. Last year of the Switch-Back on, 1900. 8vo, 20 pp. Illustrated. Oregon, The Resources of. Issued by State Board of Agriculture, 1898. 8vo, 204 pp. Illustrated. Chadbourne Genealogy. Fall River, Mass., April, 1904. 8vo, 64pp. Illustrated. Montana State College of Agriculture and Mechanics Arts, Boze- man. Sixth Annual Catalogue, 1897-1898. 8vo, 112 pp. Illustrated. - Ninth Annual Catalogue, 1902-1903. Montana, University of. Annual Report of the President of, 1901- 1902. Wisconsin, State Historical Society of. Bulletin of Information, No. 15, 1901. 32 pp. Emporia, Kansas. History of the College of, with biographical sketch of the founder, Rev. John Byars Anderson. Address by Geo. W. Martin, Secretary Kansas Historical Society, June 4, 1902. 8vo, 24pp. American Historical Association to the Nova Scotia Historical Society. Address of Congratulation by Reuben Gold Thwaites at the Tercentenary at Annapolis Royal, June 21-22, 1904. 8vo, 8 pp. Illus- trated. Seattle. History of the City. By Thomas W. Prosch, Secretary Chamber of Commerce. 1900. - Souvenir of, 1899. 8vo, 24 pp. Illustrated. Almanacs, Ayers, 1854, 1855, 1874. Graefenbergs, 1856. - Jaynes, 1857, 1859. - Sands, 1858. - California Illustrated, 1859. - Bristol's, 1866. - Centaur. 1875. - Radway's, 1876. - North Pacific, and Statistical Handbook for, 1890. 8vo, 224 pp. Henry's Valuable Information, 1876. 12mo, 48 pp. Hermann, Hon. Binger. Speech of, in Congress, March 4, 1904, in favor of appropriation for Lewis and Clark Centennial Celebration. Synod of Oregon Minutes of, Grants Pass, October 14-18, 1897. 8.vo. - Albany, October 13-16, 1898. - Salem, October 12-15, 1899. Portland, October 11-14, 1900. 336 ACCESSIONS. - Baker City, October 10-13, 1901. (2 copies). - Grants Pass, October 9-12, 1902. State Water Powers, Report of Legislative Committee on, February 16, 1905, with address of W. M. Killingsworth, Portland, before Devel- opment Convention, Salem, March 23, 1905. 8vo, 12 pp. Journal of House of Representatives and Council of the First Leg- islative Assembly of Oregon Territory, Oregon City, beginning July 16, 1849, and ending September 29, 1849. 8vo, 208 pp. Printed at Salem, 1854, by Asahel Bush. Portland Public Schools. Thirty-Second Aunual Report. 1904- 1905. 8vo, 120 pp. Smith, Isaac Williams, C. E. An Oregon Pioneer of 1853-54, and Chief Engineer of the Portland Water System from 1886 to January 1, 1897, the date of his death. Memoir of, by D. D. Clarke, Portland. 8vo, 8 pp. Tongue, Thomas H. Memorial addresses on, in U. S. Senate, Washington, D. C., March 1, 1903. 8vo, 16 pp. Members of House of Representatives, United States, 57th Con- gress, February 23, 1901. 8vo, 10 pp. Clay, James B. (son of Henry Clay), speech of, on Admission of Kansas under the Lecompton Constitution, in U. S. House of Repre- sentatives, March 30, 1858. 8vo, 16 pp. Quitman, John A., Speech of, on the powers of the Federal Govern- ment with regard to the Territories, in U. S. House of Representa- tives, December 18, 1856. 8vo, 16 pp. Indians, Expeditions against the. Message of Governor Geo. L. Curry, correspondence, etc., relating to, December 17, 1855. 8vo, 68pp. State Capitol. Proceedings of Masonic Grand Lodge, in laying corner-stone, Salem, October 8, 1873, containing historical address of S. F. Chad wick. 8vo, 48 pp. (2 copies.) Sons of Temperance, constitution and by-laws of Indiana Division No. 1, Brookville, Ind., 1846. Brought to Oregon in 1847 by R. V. Short. 16mo, 16 pp. (Preceding five pamphlets donated by Mr. Short. ) Politics, Handbook of, for 1868. By Edward McPherson, Clerk of U. S. House of Representatives. 8vo, 388 pp. DOCUMENTS. Pilot's certificate issued to John Stump, to run on steamer from mouth of Sacramento River to Marysville, Cal., dated San Francisco, Cal., December 11, 1863. Presented by Mrs. L. S. Taylor, Portland, Oregon. Statement of Governor Joseph Lane relating to the good character of "Red Wolf," a Nez Perces Indian chief, dated November 8, 1849. ACCESSIONS. 337 General Order No. 27, Headquarters Adjutant General's office, Portland, February 5, 1856. Statement of Nathan Olney, Indian Agent, relating to the good character of "Red Wolf," Nez Perces Indian chief, dated Dalles, O. T., February 15. 1856. Special Order No. , from Headquarters Adjutant General's office, Dalles, O. T., February 19, 1856. Statement of Col. Thomas R. Cornelius, relating to "Red Wolf," Indian chief, dated February 28, 1856. Statement of R. R. Thompson, Indian Agent, relating to the good character of "Red Wolf," dated Dalles, April 3, 1856. Statement by Mayor G. O. Haller, relating to the good character of "Red Wolf," dated Fort Dalles, April 4, 1856. Statement by Lieut. M. Atkinson, U. S. A., relating to the char- acter of "Red Wolf," dated Fort Henrietta, April 8, 1856. (The town of Echo, Umatilla County, Oregon, now stands where Fort Henrietta was located.) Statement of Christopher Gilson relating to the good character of "Shelihee," a Nez Perces Indian, dated Bismarck, N. D., November 22, 1877. BOOKS. Oregon and California and Other Territories on the North-West Coast of North America, The History of. By Robert Grenhow. Bos- ton : Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1844. Best edition of this valuable early history of Oregon. Presented to the society by D. V. Kuykendall. Mechanic's Repository. Embracing a wide range of subjects com- mon to daily life. By James Pilkington, Philadelphia, 1841. 12 mo, Sheep, 376 pp. Supplement, 116 pp. Illustrated. Brought to Oregon from Connecticut in 1853 by D. L. Riggs. Champoeg and Other Poems. By Elias Eugene Eberhard. 12 mo, 216 pp. Chicago, 1904. Cloth. Blue Book, 1903, The Portland. 16mo, 206 pp. Leather. Spelling Book, Abridged edition of Webster's Elementary. Printed and published by the Oregon Printing Association, Oregon City, 1847. Binding by C. W. Shane. 12mo, 94 pp. Pages 7 and 8 missing. [NOTE. This was the first book printed in the "Oregon Country," so far as known, aside from the small pamphlets issued by the Mission Press, Lapwai, 1839-1845. The writer learned of its publication twenty-five years ago, and began the effort at once to secure it, but did not succeed until September of this year, when this copy was donated to the Society by Cyrus H. Walker, Albany, Oregon. The book was originally the property of Emeline Stewart, who was a student at Forest Grove in early days, and evidently gave it to Abigail B. Walker, now Mrs. Karr, Hoquiam, Wash., a sister of Mr. Walker. George H. Himes.] 338 ACCESSIONS. Philippines, The Story of the. By Murat Halstead. 8vo, 496 pp. Cloth. Illustrated. Donated by Cyrus H. Walker, Albany, Oregon. British Columbia, Year-Book of, 1903. By R. E. Gosnell, Secretary Bureau of Provincial Information, Victoria, R. C. 1903. 8vo, 394 pp. Illustrated. Missouri, State of. An Autobiography edited for the Missouri Com- mission to the Louisiana Purchase Exposition by Walter Williams. 8vo, 608 pp. Cloth. Presented by the Missouri Commission to the Lewis and Clark Exposition. 8vo, 608 pp. Cloth. Illustrated. First Maine Cavalry. History of. By Edward P. Tobie, Boston, 1887. 8vo. Half morocco, 732 pp. Illustrated. (Presented by Gen. Jonathan P. Cilley, Rockland, Maine.) Washington Territory, Reminiscences of. By Charles Prosch. Scenes, Incidents, and Reflections of the Pioneer Period on Puget Sound. Seattle, 1904. 8vo, 128 pp. Illustrated. De Riemer Family, The. A. D. 1640(?)-1903. By Rev. W. E. De Riemer. Reprint from New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, with numerous additions. New York, 1905. One hundred copies issued. Royal 8vo, Cloth, 48 pp. Portrait of author. Pope, Gen. John. Report of Virginia Campaign. January 27, 1863. 8vo, Cloth, 256 pp., with map. Valley of the Amazon, Exploration of, under Lieuts. W. L. Herndon and Lardner Gibson, by direction of the Navy Department. Executive Doc., 33d Congress, 1st session. 8vo, 418 pp. Cloth. Illustrated. Early Oregon 1850 to 1860. By George E. Cole. With portrait and autograph of author, 12mo, Cloth, 96 pp. Canoe and Saddle, The. Adventures Among the Northwestern Ri vers and Forests; and Isthmiana. By Theodore Winthrop. Boston, 1863. Cloth. 12mo, 376 pages. This work is a description of a jour- ney to the Pacific Northwest in 1853, and makes use of the word "Ta- coma" for the first time, applying the term to the mountain generally known as "Rainier." Presented to the society by Stewart Culin, Brooklyn, N. Y. Northern Pacific Railroad, History of. By Eugene V. Smalley. New York, 1883. 8vo, Cloth, 438 pp. Illustrated. Map. Presented by Olin D. Wheeler, St. Paul, Minn. America and Her Commentators. With a Critical Sketch of Travel in the United States. By Henry T. Tuckerman. New York, 1864. 8mo, Cloth, 460 pp. Donated by George H. Himes. Oregon in the Philippines. The Official Record of the Oregon Volunteers in the Spanish War and Philippine Insurrection. Com- piled by Brigadier General C. U. Gantenbein, late Adjutant General, State of Oregon, and late Major Second Oregon U. S. Infantry. Second edition, printed under direction of Brigadier General W. E. Finzer, Adjutant General, State of Oregon. Salem, 1903. 8vo, 648 pp. IllusACCESSIONS. 339 trated. From Albert S. Foster, of Light Battery "A, "Oregon Volun- teer Artillery. Stories of Old Oregon. By George A. Waggoner. Salem, 1905. 12mo, 294 pp. Cloth. Illustrated. Presented by the author. Code of Oregon. Prepared by Matthew P. Deady, Addison C. Gibbs, James K. Kelly, Code Commissioners. Salem, 1863. 8vo, 286 pp. Also General Laws of Oregon passed at the legislative session of 1862. 127 pp. and indices to Code and General Laws. Was the property of Judge A. J. Thayer, and bears his autograph. Military Laws of the United States from 1776 to 1858. Prepared by John F. Callan, Clerk to Military Committee, U. S. Senate. Baltimore, 1858. 8vo, i84 pp. Sheep. Contains autograph of E. M. Barnum, Ad- jutant General of Oregon Territory in 1854. Seventy Years on the Frontier. Memoirs of Alexander Majors of a Lifetime on Border. Chicago, 1893. 8vo, Cloth, 326 pp. Illustrated. Contains an account of the establishment of the Pony Express and first overland mail to the Pacific Coast. Donated by George H. Himes: Deposition of Simon G. Elliott in suit of Ben Holladay and C. Temple Emmitt, plaintiffs, u. Simon G. Elliott, et al., defendants, re- lating to the construction of the Oregon & California Railroad. Port- land, 1871. 8vo, 518 pp. Half roan. Presented by Mrs. W. F. Trimble, Portland. Contains autograph of her husband, a prominent Portland lawyer. History of the Pacific Northwest. By Joseph Schafer, M. L., Head of the Department of History, University of Oregon. Maps and Illustrations. New York, 1905. 12mo, 322 pp. Cloth. Two pre- ceding volumes presented by George H. Himes. Wah-kee-nah and Her People. The Curious Customs, Traditions, and Legends of the North American Indians. By James C. Strong, a resident of the Pacific Northwest from 1850 to 1856. New York and London, 1893. 12mo, Cloth, 276 pp. Illustrated. Two preceding vol- umes presented by George H. Himes. Yamhill, The. An Indian Romance. By J. C. Cooper, McMinn- ville, 1904. 16mo, 188 pp. Illustrated. Presented by author, with autograph. RELICS. Indian pipe (broken) made out of slate by Indians on Queen Char- lotte's Island. Brought to Portland from that island in 1848 by William Collins, and in 1853 was given by him to Mrs. William Beck, who presented it to the society. This pipe is an elaborate piece of carving. It is 9i inches long, 4 inches wide, and f of an inch thick. Old-fashioned iron kettle, 18f inches in diameter and 9i inches deep. Very much worn. Said to be one hundred and twenty years old. Was the property of Mrs. Nancy Hanks Lincoln. Given by her to a cousin of her son Abraham, and that cousin gave it to her 340 ACCESSIONS. daughter, a Mrs. Robinson, who lived in Mississippi in 1895, and she gave it to Mrs. Annie Lorenz. The latter brought it to Cove, Oregon, in 1895. Loaned by Mrs. Lorenz. Powderhorn, brought across the plains to Oregon in 1852 from Danville, 111., by David Roland. Iron work of a coffee mill. Brought by David Roland to Oregon in 1852 from Danville, 111. (The two last relics donated by Mrs. M. Worrick. ) Iron skillet. Owned a great many years by "Old John," supposed to be the last of the tribe of Multnomah Indians, who died in 1893; and was believed by all who knew him, to have been more than one hun- dred years old. He always claimed that this skillet was given him by white men long before Doctor McLoughlin's arrival in Vancouver, which was in 1824. Hence it is possible that he received it from Lewis and Clark's exploring expedition. Placed in custody of society by Mrs. C. A. Benson, Cleone, Oregon. Hudson Bay Company's Bowl. Secured from an Indian at mouth of the Columbia River, near Port Stevens, in 1900. Indian claimed that he had owned it more than fifty years, and that he got it from the wreck of a vessel. Donated by G. Tufty, Cathlamet, Wash. Crowbar used by Peter H. Hatch about 1844 in building a road along the bluff between Oregon City and Canemah. Used by Mr. Hatch up to the close of v his life in 1898. Steelyards. Bought at the Allan, McKinley & Co. Store, Oregon City, in 1847 by "Doc" N. K. Sitton, a pioneer of 1843, and used by him more than fifty years on his farm near McMinnville, Yamhill County. Donated by Mr. Sitton. . Hudson Bay Company's plow. Very peculiarly shaped. It is a cast plow, nearly three feet long, and cuts a furrow eight inches wide. The words "Wedlake Patent" are moulded on parts of the plow. It was probably sent to Fort Vancouver from England, between 1830 and 1840. Secured in May, 1905, by Ezra Meeker, on the Cowlitz Farms, near Winlock, Wash. Three brick tile, twelve inches square by two inches thick. Brought to Fort Vancouver by the Hudson Bay Company, and sold to Guy Hayden about 1850-1851, to be used by him in a new house he was then building. Placed in the custody of the society by Mrs. Hayden. Cannon ball, 12-pound, brought in ballast from Manila to Portland late in 1898 in a vessel which came to load with lumber. The ballast was taken from the ruins of an old fortification which was destroyed by Admiral Dewey's guns. Sheath knife, picked up on the Custer battlefield, Wyoming, in 1882. (Both articles loaned by R. Mills, Portland.) ACCESSIONS. 341 Broadaxe. Brought from Missouri to Oregon in 1844 by Joseph Parrot, Sr. He caused it to be made in New York some time in the thirties, and used it for hewing timbers for the Erie Canal at Lock- port. It was taken to Frankfort, Ky., in 1839, and used on the same kind of work. In 1841 it was removed to Missouri. In 1845 it was used for hewing the timbers for the Catholic Church, Oregon City. In 1849 it was used at Ft. George (Astoria), and in 1850 Mr. Parrot used it at Oregon City in getting out the timbers for Doctor McLough- lin's granary and the first courthouse in Clackamas County. Donated by Joseph Parrot, Jr., Glenwood, Washington. Piece of whetstone schist from ballast brought into the Columbia River by Hudson Bay Company's vessels, and deposited on the Columbia River beach at the site of the first sawmill in the "Oregon Country," built by Dr. John McLoughlin in 1827-28, six miles above Vancouver. This contained black tourmalines and red garnets, and probably came from the coast of Japan or China. Powderhorn made in Rowan County, North Carolina, in 1789, by William Henly. Brought to Oregon in 1870 by his grandson, R. S. Henley, by whom it was placed in the custody of the Historical So- ciety. Kentucky Rifle. Originally a flint-lock. Was bought of Benjamin Cornelius, Buchanan County, Mo., early in 1844, by Joshua McDaniel, and brought by the latter across the plains to Oregon that year. In 1848 it was carried in the Cayuse war by Mr. McDaniel. and in 1849 was taken by him to the gold mines in California. It was also used in the Rogue River Indian war in 1853. Mr. McDaniel was a skillful marksman and an intrepid hunter. While crossing the plains he killed seven buffalo, and in Oregon many bear, deer, and elk. It was changed to a percussion gun in 1850 by John Edes in Polk County. The pet name of this famous gun is " Betsey Baker." Powderhorn and bullet pouch accompanying the gun. The former was found early in 1848 at the site of the Whitman Mission, six miles west of Walla Walla, Wash., where the famous massacre of November 29-30, 1847, was perpetrated; the latter was brought across the plains in 1844. (The three foregoing articles placed in the keeping of the society by Joshua McDaniel, Rickreall, Oregon.) Kentucky Rifle. Made in Perry ville,Md., in 1835, by W. H. Brown for W. B. Partlow to kill prairie chickens with. Taken to Indiana in 1840, and brought from that State to Oregon in 1852 and used by Mr. Partlow as a hunting gun in Clackamas County for many years. Loaned by Mr. Partlow, Oregon City. Brass Kettle. Bought at Smith's Ferry, Pa., in 1847. Brought across the plains to Oregon in 1853 by John and Mrs. Amanda Barnes, and used constantly up to 1903. Loaned by Mrs. Amanda Barnes-Dee.

Drum Sticks. Belonged to a drummer in the Confederate army in Mississippi. Picked up on the battlefield of Jackson, in that State, on July 7, 1863, by Captain R. A. Frame, Company B, Seventh Illinois Infantry, and brought by him to Oregon in 1883. Donated by Captain Frame, Portland.

Sword. Carried by Major John P. Gaines in the battle of Thames, October 5, 1813, when the noted war chief Tecumseh, was killed. Major Gaines was one of the Kentucky volunteers under command of General Isaac Shelby. Gaines carried this sword in the Mexican war, serving under General Zachary Taylor, and was appointed by President Taylor the second governor of Oregon Territory in October, 1849, and arrived at Oregon City August 18, 1850. Sword donated by a son, Abner P. Gaines, Portland.

Needle Book, or "Housewife," owned by George Shannon, a member of the Lewis and Clark exploring party, and used by him on their memorable journey to Oregon in 1804-6. Loaned by Mrs. J. P. Farmer, Portland, a granddaughter of George Shannon.

Writing roll, pens, inkstand, beeswax, pins, thread, buttons, and thimble, brought across the plains to Oregon in 1832 by John Ball, who taught the first school in American territory west of the Rocky Mountains, beginning in November, 1832, at Vancouver, and closing in February, 1833. He was also the first American to raise a crop of wheat in the region referred to that was in the year 1833.

Piece of a cloak, which was spun and woven by Mrs. Sarah Nevins Ball, mother of John Ball, before the Revolutionary war.

Silk handkerchief. Carried by John Ball when he was a young man.

(The foregoing articles loaned by Mrs. Katie Ball Powers, a daughter of John Ball, Whittier, Cal.)

Hammer. Brought to Oregon by Frederick Thomas, who landed at the 'Site of Portland, October 16, 1845. It was an old tool in 1798, and was used in drawing the edge of scythes in sharpening them, as there was less waste of steel by that method than by grinding. Donated by Williams N. Thomas, Gates, Oregon.

Cartridge of a Gatling gun, and two steel-covered bullets taken from the body of a Spanish captain at the battle of San Juan Hill, May 3, 1898, and a number of Spanish bullets picked up the same day. Deposited by Lieut. L. H. Mendall, U. S. A.