INDEX.
V W X
YOUNG, EWING, AND His ESTATE, 171- 315; the formation of the Willamette Cattle Company at the suggestion of William A. Slacum, 171-2; the Ore- gon settlement in the winter, 1836-7, 172-5; Slacum's mediation removes the two impediments to progress, 176- 9; diplomacy, daring and sagacity in getting first cattle from California, 179-80; play of economic forces in the making of early Oregon revealed in the Ewing documents, 180-4; unity in economic interests and activities im- pel to political organization, i84 : 6; the western world of adventure in the twenties that lured Ewing Young, 186- 8; his movements in the Southwest,
189-90; in California, 190-3; the ac- cusation made against him by the governor of California threatens ruin to Young and to the American settle- ment on the Willamette, 193-5; the domesday book of record of early Oregon, 195-7; documentary records relating to Young at Taos, New Mexico, and the claimants to his es- tate, 197-205; records of the Willam- ette Cattle Company, 205-9; "day- book" record of saw mill operations and employees' supply account, 209-43 ; record of live stock interests and farm accounts during summer following his decease, 243-70; account with Fort Vancouver sale shop, 270-6; inventory and auction accounts, 276-92; separate personal accounts, 292-308; adminis- trator's accounts, 308-11; jail built with part of proceeds of estate, 312- 3; petition praying that proceeds of estate should not be used as the peo- ple of the territory would thereby be- come too deeply involved in debt, 3I3-S.
