Indbz.
Mississippi Valley, recoUectlons of earlj
life in upper, 246-8. Murphy, John Miller, obituary of, 143-5*
Oregon, first formal action in Congress with regard to, 20; proceedings in twentieth Congress, idaS, affecting,
20-2.
Oregon and Washington contrasted, a6o- 70.
Oregon, Old, expansion of British agri- cultural activity in, $7-%; pioneer American fanners in. «8-p.
Oreson, introduction 01 different breeds of hogs into, 63-^; beginnings of live- stock industry in, 61 3; growth of sheep industry in, 63-4: improvement of horse through breeding in, 65-6; introduction of harvesting machinery into, 66-7; orifi^n of fruit industry in, 67-8; conditions that led to slow development and slip-shod habits of farming^ 68-9.
Oregon pioneers, forty-fifth annual re- union of, 229-30.
OsBCON Progress, thb Piohesr Char- acter OF, 245-o; the character of Oregon a resultant of pioneer life, 245-6; Oregon migrations as part of westward movement, 246; develop- ment and character of public opinion in early Oregon, 248-50; social cus- toms of the pioneers. 250-1; Indian missionary work in, 251-2; the ap- pearance of the mercaqtite element, 252-3; reception of the news of Ore- gon's admission as a state, 254-5; the Oregon constitution. 255-6; the simple life in Oregon, 250-7; Oregon's loca- tion on the Pacific, 258-9; the pioneer spirit in Oregon, 259-61; the slug- gish Willamette Valley, 261-^.
Oregon, geographical description of, 282-8.
Oregon Historical Society, officers of, 300-1; work of, 301; death roll of, 301-3.
President's range (Cascade mountains) named by Hall J. Kelley, 214-15; 282-3.
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Saint Helens, circumstances and date
of naming of, 240; 298-9. Sheep raising industry in Oregon,
growth of, 63-4. Slicum. William A., confers with
Charles Bulfinch and Hall J. Kelley
at Boston in 1837, 168. Spokane, history workers at, 221.
Teal, Joseph N., presents weapons to
museum, 229. Trimble, Will J., researches of, 228.
Vancouver, Captain Georfl[e, sails into and explores the Columbia river, 236- 7; extracts from "Voyage," 238, 9, 40, I, 2.
Vancouver, Fort, early agricultural ac- tivity at, 56-7.
Vancouver. Where Is Point, 73-82; reasons that make exact determination of location important, 73-4; causes of lack of knowledge of. 74-5; iden- tification of location of, 82.
Virginia colonv, eaHy projected, for settlement of Oregon, 15-16.
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Wheat raising, beginnings' of, in Ore- gon^ 56-7: extension of. into outlving sections from the Willamette valley. 59-60; wheat the favored product of the pioneer farmers, 60.
WlLLAlfETTB VaLLEY SoIL RePAIR LxS-
SONS IN, ^5-69; problem of continuous soil rei>air in, <5; the restorers of humus in its soil, 61. Withycombe, James, as governor exem- plifies state's need of attention to
soil repair, 56. ' • B., «
, _ ritings, 193.
Wyeth, Nathaniel J.,^ the influence of
Wyeth, John B., comment of on Hall J. Kelley *s writinas, 193
Kelley upon, most important, 44; rea- sons for drawing away from Kelley expedition, 51-3; results of his expedi- tions. 53-4.
Yakima picmeers, movement of, 2
