Index
315
252-254; sectionalism in, 301.
Indian affairs, White sub agent for Oregon, 140. War. Cayuse, causes of the Whitman massacre, 1912; the rescue of prisoners, 192-3; declaration of war, 193; effect on Congress, 194-196; Rogue River War, 21516; other wars, 216-218; effect on emigration to Inland Empire, 221-2.
Indians, Northwest, trade with Cook's men, 15; with Gray, newly found Indians best customers, 23 n.; character of, in Western Oregon, 119; in interior, 122; response to missionary effort, 122-3. See Fur Trade, Missions, and Indian Wars.
Inland Empire, Chap. XVI.
Iowa, emigrating companies formed in, 146.
Irrigation, practised by missionaries, 124; revolutionizes land values, 265.
Irving, Washington, "Astoria " referred to, 78 n.; "Adventures of Captain Bonneville," 109; Isaac Todd, ship of Northwest Company, arrives in Columbia, 79; brings first cattle, 83.
Jackson, President, sends Slocum to Pacific Coast, 127. Davis, fur trader, 107, 108. John R., settles between
Cowlitz and Puget Sound, 171.
Jackson Creek, gold discovered on, 214.
Jacksonville, founded in 1851.
Jefferson, Thomas, sources of his interest in the west, 31; what he knew of western geography in 1782, 31-33; scientific interest, the "big bones," 33-4 and n.; connection with Ledyard, 35-6; with Michaux, 36-7; interest in Mississippi, 42; the special message suggesting a transcontinental exploration, 42-44; political motives, 44-46; his instructions to Lewis, 49-50.
John, Chief, 217.
John Day's River, gold mining on, 222; packing to, 224.
Johnson, Elvira, missionary, 119 n.
Joint-occupation, treaty of, 92.
Kamiah, mission station, 123 n.
Kamiakin, Indian chief, 217.
Kamtschatka, 35.
Kamloops, Fort of Hudson Bay Company on Eraser River, 82.
Kansas River, traders from, seen by Lewis and Clark, 52.
Kelley, Hall J., agitates Oregon question in Boston, no n.; influences Wyeth, no.
Kendrick, Captain John, 22.
Kenton, Simon, 145.
