INDEX
Abernethy, George, visited by Lieutenant Wilkes, 139.
Adams, John Quincy, memoirs cited, 89 n.; Ontario incident, 90-1; Astoria, 92; Spanish treaty, 93-4; instructions to R. Rush, 10 1-2.
Agriculture, progress of, 246268.
AlarQon, Spanish explorer, 5.
Alaska, discovered by Bering and Tchirikoff, 10; explored by Cuadra, 12; by Cook, 14; by Vancouver, 19; Russian trade of, 69; Astor's trade to, 6g, yy; Hudson Bay Company trade to, in flour, 85; treaties concerning, 94-5; recent trade development of, 28^288.
Albatross, Ship, ^7. See Hunt.
Albion, New. See Drake, Cook.
Allegheny Mountains, crossing of by pioneers, 39; communication with seaboard across, 40.
American Board of Commissioners of Foreign Missions sends Dr. Parker to Oregon, I ig. See Missions.
American Fur Company, founded by Astor, 68.
American Philosophical Society, Jefferson's connection with, and Michaux, 36.
Anson, George, his voyage in the Pacific, 8.
Applegate, Jesse, "A Day with the Cow-Column," 149154; remakes the provisional government in 1845, 165-6; draws Hudson Bay Company into it, 172; settles in Umpqua Valley, 214.
Arctic Ocean visited. See Hearne, Mackenzie.
Ashburton, Lord, negotiates with Webster, 173175 Ashley, Gen. William H., organizes Rocky Mountain Fur Company, 107; sells to Smith, Jackson & Sublette, 108.
Astor, John Jacob, plans western fur trade, 68; sends Tonquin to Columbia, 69; sends overland party, 71; sends the Beaver, y^i > partners sell Astoria, 77; his interest in its restoration, 89, 90.
Astoria, founded by Astor's party, 71; sold to Northwest Company, yy; captured by ship Raccoon,
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