INDEX ing of a statue of John Frank Stevens in Marias Park, 279. Museum Association of Oregon formed and incorporated, 58. Museum notes, 62-3 . N Native Sons and Daughters of Oregon organized at Hillsboro, 57. Necoxie Lake, 6. Newspapers of Oregon, the, 1846-70 , 229-62; the press in the pioneer era of Oregon, 229-30; the Oregon press sit- uation during the Civil War, 230; the influence of Asahel Bush during this period, 230; newspapers as sources of history, 230-2; Oregon newspaper history, 232; Albany newspapers, 232- 4; Astoria newspapers, 234; the Baker newspaper, 235; the Coos Bay newspaper, 235; the Corvallis news- papers, 235-6; the Dallas newspapers, 236; the Empire City newspaper, 236; the Eola newspapers, 237; the Eugene newspaper, 237-9; the Forest Grove newspaper, 239; the Jackson- ville, newspapers, 239-40; the Klam- ath newspaper, 240; the Lafayette newspaper, 241; the La Grande news- paper, 241; the McMinnville news- papers, 241; the Milwaukie newspaper, 241-2; the Monmouth newspaper, 242; Hhe Oregon City newspapers, 242-7; the Portland newspapers, 247-55; the Roseburg newspapers, 255; the Salem newspapers, 255-9; the Scottsburg newspaper, 259; The Dalles news- paper, 259; the Tualatin Plains news- paper, 260; the Umatilla newspapers, 260-1; the Union newspaper, 261; bibliographv of Oregon newspapers ante-1870, 261-2 . Odell Lake described, 5. Olallie Lakes described, 6 . Oregon Country, History of the, by Har- vey W. Scott, reviewed by F. G . Young, 53-5; the plan and constituting ma- terials of this history, 53-4; how the original presentation of this material had functioned in the Pacific North- west, 54; the rise and scholarship of the Editor, 54-5; the changes in which he participated that appealed most to him, 53-6 . Oregon, the Creation of, as a State, 281-308; Oregon as a territory per- sistently aspires to statehood, 281; transition from provisional government to territorial effected during the Polk administration, 281-3; Gov. Lane calls for a general election, 283; return of Oregonians from California mines, 283; the population of Oregon, 283; either statehood or the election of governor and secretary by the people, 284; the absence of division on party lines brought to an end, 284-6; Gov- ernor Gaines and Secretary Hamilton, whig appointees, arrive, 285-6; Lane becomes territorial delegate, 286; con- troversy over the location of the capi- tal, 286-7; the securing of statehood again attempted, 287; the principal newspapers during the territorial per- iod, 287-9; movement for statehood gets as far as the people but defeated by popular vote, 289-90; Congress memorialized for an enabling act, 290-1; arguments urged for and against statehood, 291 -2; movement for the creation of Jackson territory out of southern Oregon and northern California, 291 -4; the matter of state- hood gets attention in party councils and in both the Legislature and Con- gress, 294 -6; the difference of opinion as to desirable eastern boundary for the state delays progress, 296-7; democratic support of the re-submis- sion of question of statehood and the Oregonian's opposition, 297-9; the Statesman's grounds for favoring, 299- 300; Lane's bill for an enabling act meets much opposition in Congress 300-1; the governor and the legisla- ture speed the holding of an election for a constitutional convention which carries, 301-3; the question of slavery and free negroes come to the front, 303; discussion in Congress of an Oregon bill, 307 -8 . Oregon Geographic Names. See Geo- graphic Names. Oregon Provisional Emigration Society and statements of its objects, 180-1 . Paulina Mountains and the lakes and scenery of, 7-8 . Pend d'Oreilles, ear pendant Indians, 27. Ponsett, Secretary of War, reports esti- mates of costs of an Oregon expedi- tion, 181-2 . "Princess Royal," Some Additional Notes upon Captain Colnett and the, 12-22; reference to paper by Ralph S. Kuy- kendall on James Colnett and the "Princess Royal," 12; the hiatus of a year in that account, 12; letter of Joseph d'Anduaga disclosing data of Colnett's arrival at Nootka, 12; nar- rative of John Hoskins on the fate of part of Colnett's crew at Esquot be- tween Clayoquot Sound and Nootka Sound, 13-14; voyage to Macao Via Sandwich Islands traced, 14; the dam- age suffered by the Princess Royal in her trips during 1790 and 1791 and tender in damaged condition refused and her sale, 14-15; subsequent settle- ment effected, 15-16; certificate of cost of Princess Royal, 17-18; cor- respondence relating to sum of in- demnification in settlement of British claims, 18-22 . Russell Lake at the foot of Mount Jef- ferson, 5 ., [452]