424 Index Lands, Agricultural College, 152-3. Lands, internal improvement, 153-4. Lands, Sale of Oregon's, 121-161. Lands, school and university, sale of, 138-152. Lands, state, reservation of impractica- ble, 133. Lands, swamp, 154-9. Lands, tide, 159-160. Lane County, 33-4. Lane, General Joseph, 34. Lincoln County, 63-4. Linn County, 31. Mc McCarver, General M. M., 18 1-6. McDonald, Finan, first to reach the Klamath country, 201-2. McKay, Thomas, movements of in charge of divisions of Snake expedi- tion, 1826-7, 206-222. McLoughlin, Dr. John, what I know of, and How I Know it (John Minto), 177-200. McLoughlin, Dr. John, arrival of in Pacific Northwest, 24-7. McLoughlin, Mount, 35-6. M Malheur County, 60-2. Marion County, 33. Matthieu, Mr., account by, of the vot- ing on the formation of the Pro- visional Government, 23-4. Modoc War bonds, 409-410. Montana, early conditions in, 172-5. Morrow County, 57-8. Multnomah County, 42-9. Multnomah Indians, 43-5. Multnomah River, 45-9. N Nesmith's previous question, 28-9. o Ogden, Peter Skene, Fur Trader, 229- 278; the Ogden family, 230-3; youth of Peter, 234-5; at Fort Isle la Crosse, 236-9; wives of, 239, 245; at Fort George and vicinity, 240-1; ac- quires interest in Northwest Company, 241; visits father in England, 242-4; Work journal as source of informa- tion on Ogden's movements, 244-6; apointed Chief Trader in the Hud- son's Bay Company, 247; takes charge of Snake Expeditions, 249-250; ex- plorations give his name to natural features around northerly and west- erly end of Great Salt Lake, 250; visits California, 250-1; appointed to form establishment at Nass, 251; has an affair with Russian officials at mouth of Stikeen River, 253-4; pro- motion to position of Chief Factor and assigned to Fort St. James on Lake Stuart, 255; annual visits to Fort Vancouver, 256-9; Lieut. Charles Wilke's narrative of meeting with, 256-9; takes leave of post in Western Caledonia, 259-260; enjoys year's leave of absence, 260; returns in charge of Warre-Vavasour party, 260-1 ; making duplicate purchase of Cape Disappointment, 261-2; courte- sies of "Governor" Ogden at Van- couver to American dignitaries, 263- 5; domestic relations of, 266-7; con- tributions to literature, 267-9; starts for Montreal, 269; returns and is shipwrecked near San Francisco, 271; natural shrewdness displayed, 271-2; death and burial at Oregon City, 273-4; corrections, 397; Ogden's Hole, River and Valley, 358-9; Ogden's journeyings while on Snake expedi- tions of 1827-8 and 1828-9, 355-9; Ogden's trouble with trappers under Gardner, 355-6. Ogden, Peter Skene, Journals of Snake Expeditions, 1827-8 and 1828- 9; 361-396. Ogden, Peter Skene, letter to Elkanah Walker, 399-400. Oregon's colonization, sources of, 327-8. Oregon Spectator, its relation to political life of community, 350-4. Oregon War debt bonds, 41 1-3. P Pacific Coast Branch of American His- torical Association, sixth annual meet- ing of, 119-20. Political alignment in period of Pro- visional Government, 348-350. Polk District or County, 28-30. Provisional Government, history of political parties in period of, 321-354; organization of, 337-9; enlargements and amendments, 339-344. Public Expenditures, social signifi- cance of, 286-9; tendencies in, 289- 290; growth of in Oregon, 291-8; sal- aries, fees and perquisites of officials, 298-306. R Relief bond issue, 407-9. Rocky Mountain Fur Company trappers' canoe, desertion of 23 of Ogden's men, 248. Ross, Alexander, is succeeded by Og- den in charge of Snake Expeditions, 247. s Scott, Harvey W., Board of Directors of historical society appoints commit- tee to express tribute to memory of, 314. Selection, process of, in colonization of Oregon, 328-9. Settlement, political basis as found in, 323-333. Sherar's Bridge, the first, 205. Sherman County, 63.