Governor Joseph Gale and His Indian First Lady

The life and times of Joseph Gale and the founding of Oregon's First Provisional Government.

Book Index


A
A Reminiscence of Mountain Life 113
A.T. Smith and Clark 40
Aberdeen, Lord 46
Abernathy, George 40, 42
Able, William 110
Ada County, Idaho 154
Ah Wah & Hang Yiek Kee 122
Ah-Yah-To-We-Non-Mai 104
Alden, Benjamin Leonard 135
Allen, Mr. 54
American 1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 19, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 38, 41, 42, 43, 45, 46, 50, 52, 55, 56, 63, 64, 70, 72, 76, 87, 89, 93, 103, 113, 121, 125, 150, 158
American Board of Missionaries 56
American Continent 50
American flag 11, 22, 26, 28, 93, 158
American Fur Company 6, 55
Americans 5, 9, 10, 11, 19, 25, 26, 37, 38, 40, 41, 42, 50, 55, 64, 90, 92, 105, 113, 121
Americas 50
ammunition 8, 9, 15, 102, 116
Amor Patrice 119
James Anderson 7
Anglican 41
Appaloosa 114, 115
Applegate Wagon train 50
Applegate, Lindsay 48
Arcouette, Amable 42
Armstrong, Pleasant 20, 28, 33, 42
Army 8, 74, 76, 81, 87, 91, 98, 101, 102,
116
Ashata 17
Ashby, Bill 155
Ashby, Bleadon 155
Ashby, Charley 155
Ashby, Charlotte 155
Ashby, Fanny 155
Ashby, Frank 155
Ashby, George 155, 162, 183
Ashby, Lizzie 153, 157
Ashby, Lizzie Ewing 136, 153, 157
Ashby, Maude Holcomb 155
Ashby, Nellie 155
Ashby, Newton 155
Ashby, Vaden 159, 183
Ashby, Wanden 183
Ashby, Wilbur 159, 183
Ashley, General William H. 5, 6
William H. Ashley 6
Association of Ministers 61
Astor, John Jacob 6
Athena, Oregon 130, 135
attack 4, 15, 39, 98, 100, 101, 116
Atwood, Dr. James P. 123, 148, 124, 136
Atwood, Doctor J. P. 148
Atwood, Dr. 123, 124, 136
Aubichon, Alexis 42
Aubichon, Jean B. 42
Auburn 82, 111
Auditor 85
Australian 74
B
Babcock, I.L. 42
Babcock, Doctor Ira L. 39, 42
Bailey, W. J. 50
Baker 33, 34, 82, 83, 87, 109, 111, 113, 114, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 125, 126, 127, 129, 133, 134, 135, 136, 147, 148, 149, 153, 156, 157, 159
Baker and Eakin 129
Baker City 82, 109, 111, 113, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 126, 135, 136, 147, 148, 149, 153, 159
Baker City Herald 148, 149, 159
Baker County 82, 83, 87, 114, 118, 122,123, 125, 149, 156, 157, 159
Baker, J. F. 127, 133, 134
Baker, Thomas 82
Baker’s Field 82
Baker’s Bay 33, 34
Bakersfield 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 144, 159
Baltimore 21, 32
Bamberger, Herman 122
Bargas, Julian 7
Barter town 6
battle 15, 87, 90, 91, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 116
Battle of Bear Paw 99, 101
Bavaria 122
Baxter Springs 104
Beam, Eliza 136, 148
Beam, Lee 136
Beam, Lester 136, 145, 147, 148, 151
Beam, Mr. L. R. 148
Bear Claws 16, 17, 18
Bear Flag Revolution 63
Bear Lake 14
Bear Paw 99, 101, 103, 160
Bear River 14
beaver 7, 14, 15, 17, 41
Beaver, Rev. Herbert 41
Beck, Joseph 127, 128, 129
Beckwith, J. S. 148
Bedrock Democrat 17, 111, 113, 118, 119,
121, 126
Beers, Alanson 40, 41, 42, 43, 45, 47, 48,
150
Belaque, Pierre 42
Bellamy, G. W. 41
Bernabe, Joseph 42
Bernier, Francis 42
Bible 93
Bidwell Party 43
Big Hole 98, 160
Big Spring Hollow Creek 135
Bill of Complaint 147
Binns, Mable Wilson 157
Birney 33
Bitterroot Mountains 89
Bitterroot Salish 56
Black Bear Lake 14
Black, S. M. 109
Blackfeet 14, 15, 87
blacksmith 12, 90
blacksmithing 22
blankets 9, 15, 102, 103
Blue Mountains 87, 112, 130
Board of governors 150
Bohna, Christian 81, 83
Bohna, Frederick 82
Boise 82, 114, 116
Boivers, Louis 42
Bolon, A. J. 91
Bonanfont, Antoine 42
Bonneville 8, 9, 76, 90
Bonneville, Captain 9, 90
Book of Common Prayer 142
Boston 8, 10, 36
Bowen, Martha 154
Bozorth, Owen 58
Bozorth, Squire 58
Bozorth’s claim 49
Bridger, Jim 5, 6, 13, 14, 15, 56, 87, 117,
125
Bridges, J.C. 42
brig 23, 34, 53, 68, 73
Brig Henry 53
Brig Raymond 68
brigade 5, 14, 15, 56
Briscbois, Alexis 42
Briscbois, Oliver 42
Bristol, England 109, 143
Britain 5, 45, 46
British 1, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 26, 27, 33, 37,
38, 41, 44, 46, 47, 48, 50, 56, 90, 91, 150
Brown, Grandma (Tabitha) 61
Brown, Jim and Rocky 153
Brown, Lavina 51
Brown, Orus 51, 52, 60
Brown, Pleas 153
Brown, Pleasant 152, 153
Brown, Tabitha 60, 61
Brown, Tabitha Moffatt 60, 62
Brown, Zona 153
buffalo 14, 92, 114
buffalo robes 14
Burford, Mr. 86
Burford, Nellie 142
Burnett, Peter H. 72
Hugh Burns 42, 66
Burnt River 114
Butterfield 75, 80, 81, 82
Butterfield Overland Mail 80, 81
Butterfield Overland Mail & Express
Company 80
Butterfield Overland Stage 82
Butterfield Overland Stage Stop 82
Butterfield Stage 75, 80
Butterfield Stage Overland Mail 75
Butts, Jacob 60
Butts, Lois 60
Butts, Mary Ann 60
Buxton, Henry 57, 73
C
Cache Creek 26, 27
Cache Valley 14
Cadborough 33
Calapooya River 60
California 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 19, 23, 25, 26, 27, 28, 33, 36, 37, 39, 53, 54, 61, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 80, 81, 82, 83, 131, 132, 135, 144, 151, 159, 160
California gold rush 53, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74
Calpooia 60
Camas Meadows 99
Camas Prairie 116
Camel Experiment 76
camp 14, 15, 16, 36, 72, 91, 95, 97, 98,
100, 101, 102, 103, 113, 116
Camp Bendire 116
Camp Stevens 91
Campo, Charles 42
Canada 99, 101, 102
Canadian 19, 22, 41, 99, 150
Canadians 19, 41, 42
Canan, John 20, 21, 28, 29, 33
Canyon City, John Day 87
Canyon City, Oregon 154
Canyon Creek 99
Canyon Creek Battle 99
Cape Disappointment 34
Captain 7, 8, 9, 13, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 29, 30, 34, 35, 36, 53, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 73, 74, 85, 87, 90, 95
Careon, Moses 7
cargo 53, 54, 74
Carmichael, Lawrence 10
carpenter 21, 28, 57, 151
Carson, Kit 5, 15, 87
Carter, Glenda M. I
Cascade Mountains 52, 119
Cascades 19, 86
Cash Creek 36
Casha, Dr. 141
Cason, Fendal C. 48
Catherine, Loyola and Mary 71
Catholic 7, 40, 50, 130, 160
Catlin, George, John, and Robert 60
cattle 10, 19, 20, 23, 25, 26, 27, 28, 36, 37, 40, 49, 56, 76, 77, 80, 83, 97, 98, 123, 153, 154
Cavalry 84, 87, 95, 96, 98, 99, 100, 101
Cayuse 59, 91, 119
census 40, 51, 121, 135, 160
Central America 74
Chalifoux, Andre 42
Chamberlain, Adolph 42

Champoeg 10, 22, 27, 29, 39, 41, 42, 43, 125, 143, 150, 160
Champooick 44
Chandler, Eli 127
Chapman 102
Chehalem Valley 10
Chenamus 23, 34
Chesapeake Bay 1, 2, 21
Cheyenne 102
Chiefs

  • Homili 17, 9, 10
  • Lawyer 92, 93
  • Looking Glass 92, 93, 102, 103
  • Old Joseph IV, 16, 88, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 114, 140, 141
  • Ollokot IV, 95, 96, 97, 98, 00, 101, 103, 141
  • Peo Peo Mox Mox 17, 91, 92
  • Sitting Bull 101, 103
  • Timothy 90
  • Toohoolhoolzote 96, 97, 103
  • White Bird 98, 102
  • Yellow Wolf 97, 101
  • Young Joseph IV, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 114, 115, 116, 141

Chila’s party 36
Chinaman 121
Chinese 119, 122
cholera 68, 69
Christian 18, 49, 81, 82, 83, 90, 91, 92, 103
Christian Indians 91
Christian Missionaries 90
Christianity 57, 90
Christians 91
Christensen, Doc I, 159
chuck wagon 83, 139
Cimarron River 6
Circuit Court 145, 151
Civil Authorities 71
Civil War 82, 87, 154
Clackamas 44
Clapp, Captain 36
Clara 10, 61, 67, 68, 70, 71, 74, 81, 83, 107, 109, 110, 118, 121, 130, 131, 132, 133, 135,
136, 137, 138, 144, 145, 147, 148, 151, 152, 153, 155, 156, 157
Clark 16, 40, 42, 49, 55, 56, 57, 58, 60, 61, 62, 65, 68, 69, 70, 90, 141, 160
Clark and Littlejohn 55, 56, 57
Clark, Harvey 42, 55, 56, 57, 58, 60, 62
Clark, Harvey and Emeline 55, 58
Clark, Ransom 69, 70
Clark, Reverend Harvey 42, 49, 55, 56, 60, 61, 62
Clark, Satira 61
Clark’s 49, 56, 57, 58, 60, 61
Clarks 56, 57, 58, 60, 99
Clarks Fork Canyon 99
Clearwater 56, 90, 98, 116
Clearwater River 56, 90
clipper 21, 32
Coastal Range 52
Cockstock 47
Colorado River 7, 17
Columbia 5, 11, 13, 19, 22, 23, 25, 27, 28, 31, 32, 44, 46, 47, 52, 56, 57, 64, 85, 90, 91, 92
Columbia Plateau 91
Columbia River 5, 11, 19, 25, 31, 46, 47, 52, 57, 64, 85, 90, 92
Columbia River Fishing and Trading
Company 11
Columbus 35
Colville 91, 104, 105
Colville gold fields 91
Colville Indian Reservation 105
Comanche Indians 6
Commander In Chief 48
Commissioners 91, 95, 124
Commodore 30, 31, 33, 158
compass 2, 22, 31, 33
Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation 91
Congregational Church 55
Connecticut 41, 43
Constable 66
constables 44
constitution 42, 43, 44, 48, 87, 121, 150
Continental Divide 5, 8, 44, 87
Contreras, Ina Fern III
Contreras, Ina Simpson 159, 161, 183
Convent of Visitation, 86
Cook, Amos 42
Coombs, Mr. A. B. 148
Cooper, Sidney 7
cooper’s shop 12
Coppei 108, 112
Coppei Creek 108
Corning, Jack 107
Cornoyer, Joseph 42
Coronel, Maria Antonia 76
Costa Rica 74
Couch, Captain 23, 34, 64, 65, 67, 68
Couch, John H. 64
County Assessor 85
County Commissioner 85
Cox, Edna 135
Cox, Eula 135
Cox, James R. 135
Cox, John 51
Cox, Katie Darling 135
Craig, A. C. 129, 130, 132
Craig, Judge A. C. 129
Craig, William 5, 9
Crawford, Medorem 42
crime 64, 72
Crosby, L. 60
Crow 8, 14, 87
Cuddy 78, 79, 80, 131, 132, 144, 159, 161, 162
Cuddy, Daisy Cuddy 159
Cuddy, Hannah Theresa 79
Cuddy, James 79
Cuddy, John 78, 80, 132
Cuddy, John F. 78, 79, 161
Cuddy, John Fletcher 78
Cuddy, John Fletcher, Jr. 79
Cuddy, Joseph "Don" 79
Cuddy, Julia Gale 79
Cuddy, Laura Eliza 79
Cuddy, Marcus Fletcher 79
Cuddy, Margaret Gale 78, 79, 132, 144
Cuddy, Margaret Josephine 79
Cuddy, Martha 79
Cuddy, Mary Agnes 79, 162
Cuddy, Robert Charles 79
Cuddy, William Henry 79
Cummings, Jessie Sullivan 183
Cummins, Donna 159
Curry, Captain George B. 87
D
Dacre, May 11
Daily, Nathan 9
Dalcourse, Jean B. 42
Daly 107, 116, 125
Daly Creek 107, 116
Daly, Henry S. 125
Daly, Joe 107, 125
Daly, John and Irene 107
Darling 84, 88, 108, 111, 112, 121, 122,
130, 131, 135, 161
Darling, Carol 161
Darling, Carrie 112, 122, 130, 131, 135
Darling, David 88, 108
Darling, David W. 111, 112, 130
Darling, Eddie 112
Darling, Grace 112, 121, 130, 131, 135
Darling, James 112, 130, 131, 135
Darling, Katie 112, 122, 130, 131, 135
Darling, Nellie 112, 122, 130, 131, 135
Darling, Ray 161
Darling, Susan 84, 131, 135, 112

Darling, Tommy 112
Davis, Burrell 49, 51
Davis, George 20, 22, 28, 30
Davis, Lieutenant B. F. 81
Davy Jones’s locker 32
Day, Benjamin 7
Day, William 7
De Bonneville, Captain Benjamin Louis 8
Deady, Judge Matthew 121
Delaney, Matilda Sager 59
deLord, Pierre 42
Democrat Herald 156
Densley, Aaron G. I, III, 159, 183
Densley, David Gene I, 159
Densley, Doyle Glenn III, 161
Densley, Glenn 161, 183
Densley, Lillian Cummings I, 183
Dent, Joseph 7
Dequire, Baptiste 42
DeSmet 19
Despart, Joseph 42
Dielman, Eloise I, 159
diphtheria 111, 117, 136, 137
distillery 6
Dixie cemetery 112
Dodson, Doctor O. M. 148
Dodson, Dr. 136
Donation Land Claim 59, 61, 114
Dorsett, James A. and Sarah 82
Dorsett, Martha A. 82
Doty, William 29, 42
Doughty, William 19, 42, 43
Douglas, James 33
Doupierre, David 42
Dragoons 75, 78
Drake, John M. 87
Drew, Lieutenant-Colonel Charles 87
Drips, Andrew 55
DuBois, Andre 42
DuCharme, Jean 42
Dug Bar 97
Dupot, Pierre 42
Dupuis, Mrs. J. B. 141
Job F. Dye 7
E
Eagle Cap Wilderness 94
Eagle Creek 106, 107, 108, 109, 114, 117,
118, 146, 149, 162
Eagle District Justice of the Peace 110
Eagle Valley 28, 107, 108, 110, 112, 114,
115, 116, 117, 118, 120, 123, 124, 125, 127, 128,
130, 132, 133, 136, 137, 138, 139, 145, 146, 149,
152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 159, 161, 162
Eagle Valley Canning Company 154
Eagle Valley Cemetery 125, 127, 133,
136, 145, 146, 155, 156, 157, 159
Earth-Chief 96
earthquake 76, 77
East Oregonian 148, 149, 150, 151
Eastern Oregon 88, 91, 112, 114, 115, 119,
120, 125, 135, 137, 151
Eastern Oregon Republican 137
Ebberts, George W. 29, 42
Edmonds, John 52
Edward 25, 49, 53, 54, 60, 65, 67, 68, 70,
71, 76, 77, 83, 153
Edwin 109, 110, 112, 122, 130, 138, 139,
141, 143, 144, 145, 158
Eels, Mr. and Mrs. 61
Egbert, Major 116
El Paso 80
Elijah 39, 40, 47, 52, 91
Eliza 16, 18, 19, 50, 51, 54, 56, 58, 60, 62,
68, 74, 78, 79, 81, 83, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94,
95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105,
106, 107, 108, 110, 111, 112, 114, 121, 123, 129,
130, 131, 134, 135, 136, 138, 139, 140, 141, 143,
145, 148, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 161, 162
Ellen 17, 22, 23, 49, 53, 54, 58, 60, 61, 62,
68, 71, 73, 74, 77, 84, 86, 130, 131, 135, 141,
142, 147

Ellen, Frances 17, 142
Emigrant Gulch 115
emigrants 26, 27, 87
emigrated 43
English 19, 25, 90, 101, 102, 112, 159, 161
English, Alice Edwards III, 159, 161
English, Michael 159, 161
English, Jeanie 159, 161
Englishman 25
Episcopal Church 86
Episcopalian 2, 74
EPITAPH 126
Ermatinger, Francis 19
estate 39, 40, 44, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131,
132, 133, 134, 141, 149, 152, 153, 156
European countries 50
Evans, Robert 11
Ewing, Catherine Elizabeth 153
Ewing, Jim 152
Ewing, William A. 152, 153
Executive Committee 44, 45, 47, 48, 49,
50, 125, 142
executive council 150
explorer 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14,
18
Ezekiel, Elisha 10
F
Fairhaven Cemetery 135
Felise, Antoine 42
ferry 80, 81, 82, 144
Fewel, Benjamin F. 107
fight 15, 46, 97, 98, 101, 103, 150
Figueroa, Jose 10
finger rings 14
First Dragoons 75
First Regiment Oregon Cavalry 84, 87
First Street 136
Fisher, Preacher 66
Fitzpatrick, Thomas 6
FitzGerald, Emily 96
Flathead 8, 92
Flathead Indians 8
Flatheads 56
Fletcher, Francis 42
Flora 138, 144
Forcier, Felice Louis 42
Ford, John 42, 48
Forest Grove 57, 58, 60, 62, 142
Forsythe, B. W. 107
Fort Boise 114
Fort Hall 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18,
19, 20, 56, 114
Fort Lapwai 96, 97
Fort Leavenworth 103
Fort McHenry 1
Fort Moody 115, 116
Fort Tejon 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81,
85, 144
Fort Vancouver 5, 10, 11, 23, 32, 41, 57,
85
Fort Walla Walla 56, 57, 77, 84, 85, 86,
87, 88, 95, 96, 109
Fort William 11, 43
Fraeb, Henry 6, 56
Frances, Edward 17
Francis Young’s boarding house 136
Franciscan monk 25
Frank, Bamberger and 122
Frazier, George 9
French Canadian 22, 41
French Canadian Metis people 22
French Prairie 22, 39, 40, 50
Frenchman 36, 76
Front Street 135
fur trappers 4, 14, 125
fur trade 2, 5, 6, 17, 19, 160
fur traders 5, 11, 14, 17, 58
fur-bearing 7, 14, 17
furs 8, 14, 17, 30, 54

G
Gagnon, Luc 42
Gale Homestead 110, 152, 156, 157, 161,
162
Gale, Captain 23, 24, 25, 26
Gale, Clara 74, 109, 131, 132, 133, 135,
136, 145, 147, 148, 151, 152, 153, 156
Gale, Clara C. 133, 155
Gale, Edward 49, 71, 76, 77
Gale, Eliza IV, 16, 58, 74, 78, 110, 111,
112, 123, 129, 130, 131, 134, 135, 138, 139, 140,
141, 143, 145, 156, 161, 162
Gale, Ellen 22, 23, 58, 60, 61, 62, 71, 73,
77, 141, 142
Gale, Joseph II, III, IV, 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9,
10, 11, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 25,
26, 27, 28, 31, 33, 37, 38, 39, 40, 42, 45, 46, 47,
48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 58, 59, 61, 63, 64, 65,
66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78,
80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 87, 88, 106, 107, 108, 109,
112, 113, 114, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123,
124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133,
134, 137, 140, 141, 142, 145, 146, 148, 149, 150,
151, 152, 153, 154, 156, 157, 158, 161, 183
Gale, Lavinia 54
Gale, Lucretia 74, 81, 109, 110, 141, 143,
144, 145, 159, 161
Gale, Margaret 50, 78, 79, 132, 144, 161,
162
Gale, Maria Antonia Lucretia 74, 109
Gale, Mary 54, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131,
132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 145, 153
Gale, Sabina 71
Gale, Susan 19, 50, 111, 112
Gale’s Ferry 81
Gale’s Station 80
Gale’s mill 50
Gale’s Peak 124, 125
Gales Creek 49, 50, 51, 52, 57, 58, 124,
125, 142
Gales’ Telegraph Station 81
Gales’ Station 81, 82
Gallatin Fork 15
Galway County, Ireland 77
Gardners Fork 14
Gauthier, Pierre 42
George Gay 42
Geiger, Mr. 61
Geiger, William and Elizabeth 59
General Land Office 87
General Store 10, 65, 109, 154
General Vallejo 26, 36, 63
German 25, 81
Gervais, Joseph 41, 42
Gervias, Jean 6
Giant Sequoias 9
Gibbon, Colonel John 98
Gila 7
Gilman, W. T. 140
Glass, Chief Looking 92, 93, 98
Glennville, California 83
Godey, Alex 9, 76
Gogue, Joseph 51
gold 53, 54, 61, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69,
70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 76, 77, 83, 87, 88, 91, 93, 107,
108, 109, 110, 112, 123, 132, 133, 152, 162
goods 6, 9, 11, 12, 13, 15, 49, 56, 61, 64,
66, 70, 74, 91, 108, 122, 154
Gordon, Aneas 80
Gover, Samuel 153
Gover, Walter 153
Gover, William 153
government 26, 27, 30, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42,
43, 44, 46, 47, 48, 49, 51, 71, 74, 76, 80, 91, 93,
95, 96, 98, 103, 104, 105, 120, 124, 125, 130,
143, 147, 150, 158
governor 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14,
15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28,
29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 39, 40, 41, 42,
43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 56,
57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70,
71, 72, 73, 74, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 85,
86, 87, 88, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99,
100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 107, 108, 109, 110,
111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120,
121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 128, 129, 130, 131,
132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141,
142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151,
153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 162
Governor Gale 50, 147, 148, 149, 151
Governor Lane 110, 157
Grace 112, 121, 130, 131, 135
Grand Ronde 56
Grand Ronde Valley 56
Grande Ronde River 96, 97
Grant County 109
Grant, President Ulysses S. 95
Grapevine 74, 75, 76, 77, 80
grave 62, 69, 93, 94, 101, 105, 107, 125,
137, 141, 145, 157
Gray, Mrs. 135, 136
Gray, William 42, 43
Gray, William H. 41, 42
Gray, William Henry 48
Great Falls 88
Great Salt Lake 8, 9
Great Spirit Chief 93
Green River 8, 15, 17
Green, Cal and William 60
Green, Calvin B. 58
Green, Cambridge “Turkey” 7
Green, Jacob 20, 28, 33
Green, James 7
Greenhorn 82
Greer, Mrs. W. Mc 148
Gregoire, Etienne 42
Griffin, John 41
Griffin, Rev. J.S. 42
Griffin, Rev. John Smith 60
gristmill 10, 50, 51, 52, 56, 90
guernsey frock 14
Guerre, Baptiste Du 52
Guijas, Padre 25
gunfire 15
gunpowder 14
gunsmith 32, 43
H
Haines, Judge I. D. 82
Haines, Oregon, 82
half breed 121, 149
half-breed 19, 40, 60, 121
Half-Breeds 121
Hallalhotsoot, Chief Lawyer 92
Harris, Moses 52
Harvey Clarks 56, 57, 58
Hastings 26, 27, 42
Hastings, L.W. 42
Hatch, Peter H. 42
Hathaway, Felix 21, 28, 29, 40
Hauxhurst, Webley 10, 42
Hauxhurst, Webley John 48
hawser 22, 31
Hayes, U.S. President Rutherford B. 104
Hazel 136, 137, 145, 147, 156
Head, Mark 9
Healy, L. M. 156
Helm, Elizabeth Sager 59
Henratta, Francisco 81
Henry, Major Andrew 5
Hensley, Jim 153
Higans, John 7
Hill, David 42, 43, 45, 47, 48, 150
Hillsboro 58, 114
Hines, Rev. Gustavus 42
Holcomb Family 136, 145, 155, 159
Holcomb, Billy 155
Holcomb, Clara 137, 157
Holcomb, Clara Gale 136, 145, 147, 151,
153
Holcomb, Corinthia 155
Holcomb, Earl 155
Holcomb, Eliza Keeney 155
Holcomb, Georgia 155

Holcomb, Gideon 154
Holcomb, Gideon T. 155
Holcomb, Hazel 136, 145
Holcomb, Isabelle 155
Holcomb, J. N. 137, 148
Holcomb, James 136, 145, 154, 155
Holcomb, James L. 155
Holcomb, James N. 136, 145, 147, 151,
153, 154, 155, 156, 162, 183
Holcomb, James Nelson 153
Holcomb, Justice of the Peace, L. L. 132
Holcomb, Mary 155
Holcomb, Mary E. 155
Holcomb, Maude 155
Holcomb, Nelly Ashby 155
Holcomb, Ralph 155, 159
Holcomb, Ralph Sr. 159
Holcomb, Samuel Newton 155
Holcomb, Sarah 155
Holcomb, William 154
Holman, Joseph 42
Holstine, George 107, 127, 133, 152, 153,
156
Holstine, James and George 107
Homestead 80, 81, 82, 85, 87, 88, 107,
108, 110, 132, 152, 153, 156, 157, 161, 162
Homestead Act 81
homicide 43
Homili, Chief 17, 92, 130
horses 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 14, 15, 27, 28, 36, 40,
49, 55, 61, 76, 80, 81, 83, 90, 91, 97, 98, 100,
102, 114, 115, 128, 129, 133, 154
Howard, General 85, 95, 96, 97, 98, 102,
103, 114
Howard, John 10, 42
Hubbard, T.J. 42
Hubbard, Thomas 42, 43
Hubbard, Thomas J. 22, 32, 43
Hubbard, Thomas Jefferson 43
Hudson Bay 149
Hudson’s Bay Co 28
Hudson’s Bay Company 5, 6, 29, 30, 46,
88
HBC 5, 10, 11, 17, 19, 22, 27, 38, 41, 42,
49, 56, 59, 63, 114
Hudson’s Bay 6, 46, 87, 88
Huffman, Bert 149
Hughes, Mr. 53, 54, 70, 73
Humboldt Lake 9
Humboldt River 9
hunt 7, 13, 14, 15, 17, 92, 97, 114
hunting 7, 11, 14, 16, 25, 114
Hutchens, Isaac 48
Hutchinson, John 81
I
Idaho 18, 19, 44, 56, 62, 82, 87, 88, 89, 90,
93, 95, 102, 104, 107, 112, 115, 116, 117, 122,
130, 138, 154
Idaho Statesman 116
Illinois 55, 57
immigrants 38, 50, 51, 52
Imnaha 95, 97
Independence, Missouri 5
independent government 41
independents 56
Indian 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14,
15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28,
29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 39, 40, 41, 42,
43, 44, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 56, 57,
58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71,
72, 73, 74, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85,
86, 87, 88, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99,
100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 107, 108, 109, 110,
111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120,
121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 128, 129, 130, 131,
132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141,
142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151,
153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 162
Indians 6, 8, 13, 14, 15, 16, 19, 26, 41, 55,
56, 57, 59, 71, 75, 87, 90, 91, 92, 93, 95, 96, 98,
99, 100, 101, 102, 106, 111, 113, 114, 115, 116,
121, 132, 134
Indian Agent 39, 47, 96
Indian Census Rolls 135
Indiana 149
Infantry 101, 116
Irishman 77, 81
Ison, Luther 122
J
jackknives 14
Jackson, David 7
Jackson, David E. 6
Jacobs 61
James 7, 27, 33, 42, 43, 50, 60, 72, 73, 79,
82, 107, 112, 120, 122, 123, 130, 131, 133, 135,
136, 143, 145, 147, 151, 153, 154, 155, 156, 162
Janies, Antoine 9
Jennings, Ed 60
Jerome, David H. 95
John Day River 56
Johnson 42, 48, 61, 159
Johnson, Cindy Ashby 159
Johnson, William 42
Jorgenson, May 142
Jorgenson, Mr. 86
Joseph Band 105
Joseph, Chief IV, 16, 88, 90, 92, 93, 94,
95, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 114,
115, 116, 141
Joseph Creek 97
Joseph Gale’s 1, 2, 7, 8, 16, 18, 19, 23, 26,
28, 51, 53, 54, 58, 64, 68, 69, 76, 82, 88, 108,
109, 112, 113, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123,
124, 125, 127, 128, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 153,
156
judge 27, 39, 71, 72, 82, 121, 129, 130,
132, 148
Judson, L.H. 42
Juniper Creek 107
Justice of the Peace 44, 47, 66, 78, 110,
132, 136
K
Kamiah 56, 62, 92
Kane, Bonnie Ketterl 159
Katie 112, 122, 130, 131, 135
kedge anchor 22, 31
Keeney, Eliza 154, 155
Keeney, Jonathan 154
Keizer, John B. 48
Keizer, Thomas D. 48
Kelley, Hall Jackson 10
Kelly, Colonel 91, 92
Kent, Washington 135, 142
Kentucky 132
Kern County 74, 80, 83, 159
Kern Island 81
Kern River 77, 80, 81, 82, 83
Kern River Canyon 80
Kern River Slough 77, 81
Kiersey, Corinthia Emily 155, 156
Kilborn 10, 31, 52
Kilborn, Captain 31, 52
Kilbourne 20, 21, 22, 26, 28, 29, 31, 33,
36
Kilbourne, Ralph 20, 21, 22, 26, 28, 29,
33
King family 51, 52
knives 8, 14, 15, 53
Knoblauch, Wilhelm 133
Knotts 61
Kone, Rev. W.W. 42
Kootenai 56
Kootpahl 57
L
La Grande 107, 123, 159
LaBonte, Louis 42
LaChapelle, Andre 42
Lacomb, Oregon, 143
Laderoot, Xavier 42
Laferte, Michelle 42
Laframboise, Michael 42

Lake View Cemetery 142
Lamonture, Jose’ Y. 36
Langrell family 83
Langtain, Andre 42
Lansford W. Hasting’s party 26
Lapratte, Alexis 42
Lapwai 18, 56, 60, 85, 90, 93, 95, 96, 97,
98, 101
Lapwai Agency 85, 95
Lapwai, Idaho 18, 93
Laughlin, William 66
Lavadore, Carrie Darling 135
Lavadore, Grace 135
Lavadore, Scott 135
Lavadore, Thomas 135
Lavinia 54, 68, 69, 83, 138, 139, 144
LeBreton, G.W. 42, 47
LeBreton, George 47
LeBreton, George W. 47
LeCourse, Pierre 42
Lee, Frank P. 136
Lee, Jason 10, 39, 43
Leese, Jacob P. 7, 25, 26, 36, 63
Legacy 2, 3
Legislative Committee 42, 43, 44
Legislature 44, 61, 64, 72, 85, 86, 113
Leicht, Josef Jr. 161
Leidsdorff, Captain 36
Leonard, J. K. 9
Les Schwab 153
Leslie, Rev. David 42
letter 10, 22, 27, 28, 30, 31, 39, 51, 53, 54,
65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 73, 111, 120, 121
letters 25, 33, 36, 53, 61, 64, 67, 68, 70, 80,
108, 111, 113, 117, 119
Lew Bros Tire Shop 153
Lew, Frank 153
Lew, Franklin 153
Lew, June Brown 153
Lewis and Clark 16, 90
Lewis, Reuben 42
Lewiston 56, 96, 97
Lewiston, Idaho 56
Limantour 25
Linns’ Valley Cemetery 83
Little Bighorn 100
Littlejohn 55, 56, 57
Littlejohn, Adelaide 55, 57
Littlejohn, Philo 56
Littlejohn, Philo and Adelaide 55
Littlejohns 56, 57
Littlejohns, Philo 56
livestock 7, 9, 26, 27, 28, 39, 41, 51, 52,
76, 77, 97, 106, 107, 108
Lockwood Valley 80
Lolo Trail 116
Long, I. E. 49
Looking Glass 92, 93, 98, 102, 103
Lor, Moyse 42
Los Angeles 7, 75, 77, 78, 80, 81
Lostine 93
Louis, Mary Ann, 60
Low, Thomas 7
Lower Eagle 128
Lucier, Etienne 41, 42
Lucretia 74, 81, 83, 107, 109, 110, 122,
130, 135, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 143, 144, 145,
147, 159, 161
lumber 53, 54, 66, 70, 76, 110, 134
Lynch, Judge 71
Lyons, John 88
Lyons, Patrick 88
M
Mackenzie, Donald 14
magistrate 43
malaria 81, 82
Maloin, Fabien 42
Manifest Destiny 46
map, Areas Explored and Trapped by
Joseph Gale, V, VI
Margaret 19, 50, 53, 54, 58, 60, 71, 78, 79,
80, 82, 83, 130, 131, 132, 144, 161, 162
Market Street Wharf 72
marriage 16, 18, 77, 78, 79, 85, 109, 110,
132, 133, 136, 147, 154, 155
marriages 41, 113
Martin, William 131
Martinez, Father 7
Mary 54, 57, 60, 68, 71, 79, 81, 83, 107,
121, 123, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134,
135, 136, 137, 145, 153, 155, 156, 157, 161, 162
Mason Lodge 85
Masonic 135, 141, 145
Masonic Cemetery 141
Masons 85
Masters Papers 22
Marts, Charley 20
Matte, Joseph 42
Matthieu, F.X. 42
Matthieu, Francois 42
McBride, Harry 141
McCarty, William 42
McCarty, William Brandywine 10
McClelland, D. C. 86
McCool, Alan Jr. 159
McCrary, William F. 111
McDowell, Major General Irvin 95
McKenzie, Donald 19
McLaughlin’s Livery 131
McLoughlin, Dr. 10, 22, 29, 33
McLoughlin, John 5, 11, 63
McMullen, Isaac 107
McRay, C. 42
McTavish, John George 19
Meek party 15
Meek, Helen Mar 59
Meek, J.L. 29
Meek, Joe 5, 7, 9, 15, 19, 58, 114
Meek, Joseph 15, 40, 51, 59, 113
Meek, Joseph L. 42
Meek, Stephen 9, 19
Meek, Virginia 114
Mendocino Cape 35
merchant 7, 22, 77, 122, 123
Merritt, Ezekiel 9
Methodist Ministers 19
Methodist Mission 19, 22, 28, 31, 40, 43,
57, 151
Methodists 41
Mexican 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 26, 27, 63, 64, 69
Mexicans 69
Mexico 6, 7
Michigan 154
Mil Potrero sawmill 76
Miles 8, 17, 24, 34, 35, 41, 49, 77, 79, 80,
81, 82, 84, 85, 86, 97, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103,
106, 135, 136
Miles, Colonel Nelson A. 99
Military Division of the Pacific at San
Francisco 95
Militia 46, 47, 48, 49
Mill Creek 84, 85, 87, 88
Mills, Charity 58
millwright 53, 70
miners 54, 64, 83, 87, 91, 109, 132, 133
mines 53, 54, 64, 66, 67, 76, 77, 88, 109,
137
minister 55, 57, 60
mission 9, 10, 18, 19, 22, 26, 28, 31, 39,
40, 43, 48, 50, 55, 56, 57, 59, 60, 62, 68, 71, 74,
90, 130, 151
Mission of St. Ann’s Catholic Church
130
Mission San Jose 9
missionaries 23, 40, 41, 43, 49, 54, 55, 56,
90
Mississippi River 80
Missouri 5, 7, 8, 11, 14, 51, 55, 81, 87,
151, 152, 153
Mitchell, Bob 9
Moisan, Thomas 42
Molson, Mrs. 28
Monroe Doctrine 50

Montana 19, 44, 56, 88, 89, 98, 102, 160
Monterey 9, 73
Moody, G. W. 127
Moody, George 114, 116
Moore, Robert 42, 43
Morning Democrat 133, 148
Morrison, J. L. 42, 48
Morrison, Zen 107
Morton, General Charles 86
Morton, Sabina 142
Mother Earth 93
Mount Hood 52
mountain man 4
Mountain Sentinel 131
mountain sheep 17, 119
Moreland, Mr. 54
Mox Mox,Chief Peo Peo 17, 91, 92
Mulkey 61
Multnomah 125
Munger, Asahel 56, 57
Munger, Elizabeth 57
Munger, Mary Jane 57
murder 43, 66, 73, 77, 92
murdered 59, 77, 116
murderer 77
musket 14
Muskey, Walter 51
My Legacy 2
N
Nash, W. 132
Native American 89, 113, 121
Native Americans 11, 55, 90, 105, 113
navigation 2, 20, 27, 30, 31
Navy 26, 31, 118
Nee-Me-Poo 89
Neptune 33
Nesmith, James 120
Nesmith 27, 28, 50, 120, 158
Nespelem, Washington 101, 105
Nevada 9, 87, 88
Nevada Sinks 9
New Bridge 108, 109, 110, 114, 117, 120,
121, 124, 127, 128, 129, 132, 136, 152, 153, 154,
155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 161, 162
New Englander 11, 151
New Mexico 7
Newell, Doc 39
Newell, Kitty 58
Newell, Robert 5, 7, 19, 29, 40, 42, 56, 58
Newell, Robert "Doc" 43
Newell, William and Marcus 58
newspaper 17, 52, 76, 88, 116, 118, 119,
120, 121, 129, 131, 145, 148, 150, 160
newspapers 5, 103, 110, 113, 116, 121,
148
Nez Perce 8, 16, 58, 62, 85, 89, 90, 91, 92,
93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103,
104, 105, 106, 114, 115, 116, 140, 160
Nez Perce County 62
Nez Perces 95, 96, 97
Nidever, George 9
Nobili, Father 68
non-Caucasians 19
North West Fur Company 14
Northern Rocky Mountain 6
Northwest Territory 17
Notre Dame Convent 71, 72
Notre-Dame de Namur 71
Nugent, Barbara III, 159, 161
O
O’Neil, James 42, 43
O’Neil, James A. 42
Oklahoma 101, 104, 105
Old Chief 16, 88, 93, 94, 114, 141
Old Chief Joseph 16, 88, 93, 94, 114, 141
Old College Hall 61
Old Presidio 25, 35
Olikut 103
Olive Creek 109
Ollokot IV, 95, 96, 97, 98, 100, 101, 141

Olympia, Washington 86
Oregon 9, 10, 11, 17, 19, 21, 22, 24, 25,
26, 27, 28, 32, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44,
45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 57, 58,
59, 60, 61, 62, 64, 65, 67, 70, 71, 72, 73, 82, 83,
84, 87, 88, 89, 91, 93, 95, 106, 107, 110, 112,
113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 119, 120, 121, 124, 125,
126, 128, 129, 130, 131, 133, 134, 135, 137, 139,
140, 141, 142, 143, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150
Oregon City 22, 41, 49, 52, 61, 71, 145,
151, 160
Oregon City, Oregon 145
Oregon Country 9, 10, 19, 22, 37, 42, 44,
50, 55, 83
Oregon Institute 41, 48, 61
Oregon laws 113
Oregon Rangers 48
Oregon State Historical Society 142, 159
Oregon Volunteers 91
Oregon’s first Governor. 126, 143
Oregonian 124, 125, 148, 149, 150, 151,
160
Oregonians 64
Organic Act 44
Organic constitution 44
Organic laws 44
Osant, Louis 42
Overland route 80
Owens, Catherine and Ellen Margaret
58
Owensby, Mr. 58
Owyhee Avalanche 114
P
Pacific 5, 9, 23, 24, 32, 34, 44, 46, 52, 58,
61, 62, 95, 104, 119, 145, 150, 160
Pacific Coast 61, 145
Pacific Northwest 5, 9, 104, 160
Pacific Ocean 9, 23, 34, 44, 52
Pacific University 58, 61, 62
Page, Dewey 135
Page, Edna Page 135
Page, Elizabeth 86
Page, Ellen 84, 131, 135, 147
Page, Gale 86, 141, 142
Page, Gracie 135
Page, Grace Darling 135
Page, Grover Cleveland 135
Page, May 86
Page, Minnie 86
Page, Nellie Ellen 86
Page, Norman 135
Page, Sabina 86
Page, Sara Isabelle 86
Page, Thomas 77, 84, 86, 87, 88, 135, 141
Page, Thomas Davy 86, 142
Page, Thomas Perciful 77, 142
Painter, Joseph 61
Palmer, Joel 90
Palmer, Mrs. L. E. 148
Papin, Pierre 42
Pariseau, Pierre 42
Parker, Col. Frank J. 114
Parrish, Reverend Josiah 41
Parrish, Rev. J.L. 42
Parsons, William 140
Patriot 2, 3, 45, 46, 158
Paulson, Michelle I, 159
Paupin, Jean B. 42
pelts 7, 14, 15, 17
Pemberton, Mr. 86
Pend d’Oreille 56
Pendleton 141, 148, 149
Peo Peo Mox Mox 17, 91, 92
Peoria Party 20
Perkins and Barnett 109, 122, 123, 124,
152
Perkins and Barnett’s Sparta store 109,
123, 124
Perkins, George W. 153
Perkins, Rufus 152, 153
Perry, Cavalry Commander David 98

Peru 86
Pettygrove, F.W. 42
Pfau, Mrs. N. J. 148
Pfeffenhauser 33, 35
Pfeffenhauser, Charles 33
Pine Valley 115
Pioneer 27, 28, 85, 117, 120, 149
Pioneer Society 28
pioneers 27, 39, 43, 107, 149, 150, 159
poem 2, 113, 117
poems 113, 117
Poindexter, Miles 86
Point Adams 33, 34
Point Bass 35
Political Prisoner of War 105
Ponca Agency 104
Portland 21, 52, 54, 64, 65, 67, 69, 124,
148, 149, 159, 160, 161
Portland Tannery 52
Portland, Oregon 21, 64, 65, 161
Portneuf River 8
Postmaster 62, 85, 108, 111, 117, 124, 127
Powder River 83, 87, 107, 146
Presbyterian 43, 114
Price, John 7, 9
Price, Mr. 54
Priests 19, 50
Pringle, Catherine Sager 59
Protestant Boarding School 86
Protestant Missions 19
Provisional Government 26, 27, 38, 39,
40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 46, 47, 48, 49, 51, 125, 143,
158
Pueblo de San Jose 61, 67, 68
Pueblo of San Jose 74
Q
Quartermaster 87
Quartz Gulch 123
Quincy, Illinois 55, 57
R
Ray, Mr. 33, 36, 63
Red Napoleon 103
Red River 57, 58
Reed, C. D. 153
Remon, Augustin 42
Rendezvous 6, 8, 11, 15, 17, 36
Reservation 76, 91, 92, 93, 95, 96, 97, 98,
104, 105, 130, 131, 132, 134, 135, 137, 138, 139,
141, 149, 151, 156
Reverend Clark’s school 49
Revolution, Daughters of the American
125
Richardson 25, 123, 134
Richland 145, 149, 157, 159
Richland, Oregon 145
Ridge Route Communities Historical
Society 79
Roa, Thomas 42
Rocky Mountain 5, 6, 7, 11, 14, 15, 117,
119, 125
Rocky Mountain Fur Company 5, 6, 7,
11, 14, 15
Rocky Mountains 5, 7, 8, 9, 17, 25, 28,
44, 52, 90
Rogue River 26
Rondeau, Charles 42
Ross, Ed 60
Ross, William 108
rum 14
Rush Creek 14
Russell, O. 50
Russell, Osbourne 42
Rutter, R. L. 86
Rutter, Sally 86
S
Sabina 71, 83, 85, 86, 142
Sager, Catherine 59
Sager, Elizabeth 59
Sager, Henrietta Rosanna 59

Sager, Louisa 59
Sager, Matilda Jane 59, 61
Sager, Naomi and Henry 59
sail 20, 22, 28, 34, 35
sailing 2, 20, 26, 27, 28, 64, 65, 68, 74, 151
Salem Journal 148, 149, 150
Salinas Valley 10
Salmon 8, 97, 98, 106, 114, 116, 118, 123
Salmon River 8, 97, 98
Salt River 7
San Diego 7
San Emigdio Creek 76
San Emigdio Peak 76
San Fernando 6, 7
San Francisco 7, 9, 20, 25, 26, 35, 53, 63,
64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 77, 80, 81,
83, 95
San Francisco bay 9, 83
San Joaquin Valley 75
San Jose 9, 61, 67, 68, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74,
76, 144
Sanders, John 42
Sandwich Islands 34
Santa Ana, California 135
Santa Barbara 76
Santa Clara 10, 61, 67, 68, 70, 71
Santa Clara County 67, 70
Santa Clara Mission 10, 68
Santa Clara Valley 61, 68
Santa Fe 6, 7
Saskatchewan 102
Saunders, Eliza Jane Gover 153
Sauvie 11, 29, 43
sawmill 10, 22, 52, 53, 56, 76, 90, 124
Saxton, Joseph Charles 52
scalped 92
scalping knives 14
Scarborough, Capt. 33
Schaber, Marvin 159
Schellworth, Charles 82
Schoeningh, Debby I, 159
school 10, 23, 40, 49, 50, 51, 53, 54, 55,
58, 59, 60, 61, 68, 70, 71, 86, 90, 109, 112, 149,
158, 162
schoolhouse 58
schooner 21, 23, 25, 26, 32, 33, 36, 40, 53,
120
schooner Julian 36
Scott, Harvey 60
Scott, Jim 153
Scrimsher, Daisy Simpson 144, 156, 157,
158
Scroggin girls 61
sea 2, 3, 22, 25, 27, 28, 30, 31, 34, 35, 65,
68, 74
seaman 2, 20, 30
Seattle 86, 141, 142
Seattle, Washington 142
Sebring, William 58
Semrau, Terrese Semrau 159
Semrau, Terri III, 161
Senator 27, 28, 86, 120, 158
Senator Nesmith 27, 28, 120
Sencalle, Gedereau 42
Servas, Jean 42
settlement †1, 5, 9, 10, 19, 20, 22, 25, 27,
29, 38, 47, 57, 60, 63, 95, 114, 117, 132, 134,
152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158
settlers 19, 22, 26, 32, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41,
42, 44, 47, 48, 51, 57, 58, 81, 82, 87, 91, 95, 97,
107, 108, 115, 116, 120, 124, 132, 150, 151, 162
Shakespeare 39, 112
Shambo, Louis 101, 160
sheep 15, 17, 26, 27, 36, 40, 76, 80, 83, 119
sheriff 51, 66, 73, 131, 153, 156
Ship Barnstable 36
shipbuilding 20
ships 22, 46, 64, 65
Shortess, Robert 20, 42, 43
Shoshone 8, 88
Shoshone Falls 88
Sierra Nevada Mountains 9

Sierras 9
Silver Dollars 7
Simonis family 114
Simpson ranch 138, 139
Simpson, Clara 110, 118, 138, 144
Simpson, Daisy 110, 138, 139, 140, 144,
156, 157, 158, 161
Simpson, Edgar 110, 138, 144
Simpson, Edwin 109, 110, 112, 122, 130,
138, 139, 141, 143, 144, 145, 158
Simpson, Ethel 138, 144
Simpson, Flora 144
Simpson, Gale 141, 143, 144, 145, 159,
161
Simpson, Gale Edwin 138
Simpson, George 11
Simpson, Harold 138, 144
Simpson, Ina 144, 159, 161, 162
Simpson, Ina Fern 138
Simpson, Lavinia 138, 139, 144
Simpson, Lucretia 110, 135, 139, 140,
147
Simpson, Lucretia Gale 141, 143, 144,
145, 159, 161
Simpson, Pauline 138, 144
Simpson, Rova 138, 144
Simpson, Tonia 131
Siskiyou Trail 64
Sisley Creek 82
Sitting Bull, Chief 101, 102
Sitze, Noah 153
skinned 92
Slacum 10
Slater Act 130, 134
Smet, Divine Father Pierre Jean De 56
Smet, Father De 71
Smith 6, 7, 22, 23, 39, 40, 42, 47, 49, 50,
51, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 64, 65,
66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 73, 74, 120, 134, 159
Smith, A. T. 40, 42, 47, 51, 57
Smith, Abigail 23, 51, 54, 55, 57, 58, 60,
62, 71
Smith, Alvin 22, 47, 49, 50, 51, 53, 54, 55,
56, 57, 58, 61, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 73,
120, 159
Smith, Alvin T. 47, 53, 64
Smith, Asahel B. 56
Smith, Jedediah 6
Smith, Rachel 60
Sidney Smith 39, 42
Smiths 49, 53, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 71
Snake 5, 8, 11, 14, 17, 87, 96, 97, 99, 114,
115, 116, 133, 162
Snake Country 5, 17, 87
Snake Creek 99
Snake Lake 14
Snake River 5, 8, 11, 97, 114, 115, 116,
133, 162
Snake River Country 11
Snake River Indians 8
Snake War 87
Sonoma 25, 26, 66, 83
Sonora, California 77
Spalding 18, 56, 58, 60, 61, 62, 90, 93, 101
Spalding Mission 18, 90
Spalding, Eliza 18, 56, 60, 62, 90
Spalding, Henry 58, 60, 61, 90, 93
Spalding, Rev. Henry 58
Spalding, Reverend 18, 56, 60, 90
Spaldings 56, 60
Spaniards 53
Spanish 71, 76
Isaac Sparks 7
Sparta 88, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 122,
123, 124, 136, 152, 155, 157, 159, 162
Sparta Hotel 109
Sparta Store 109, 122, 123, 124, 162
Squires, Mr. 86
St. Louis 5, 6, 8, 11, 80
St. Paul 71, 86
St. Paul’s school 86
Stage 75, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 97, 136, 144,
152
stagecoach 83
Star of Oregon 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27,
28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 120, 121
Stark & Co. 70
Stars and Stripes 23, 26, 33, 36
Station 46, 56, 80, 81, 82
Stations 80
Stevens, Governor 91, 92, 93
Stevens, Isaac 92
Stevens, Isaac I. 90
Stevens, Melia and Lizzie 61
Stevens, Territorial Governor 92
Stewart, Emma and David 60
Stewart, Gim 71
Stewart, P. G. 50
storehouses 12
Stuart, James 72, 73
Sturgill Bar 133
Sublett, Wm. L. 6
Sublette, Milton 6
Summers, James 133
Summers, Nannie Gover 153
Summers, W. E. 153, 156
Summers, William Edward 153
supplies 7, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 22, 54, 55,
57, 64, 74, 76, 97, 107, 108, 109, 123
Susan 19, 50, 53, 54, 60, 71, 84, 108, 111,
112, 118, 122, 130, 131, 135
Sutter, Captain J. A. 35
Swan Island 21, 28, 29
Swisher families 107
Swisher, Alvin 107
Swiss 25
Sworn Testimony 145, 147, 148
T
Tacoma, Washington 112, 135
Taos 6, 7, 39, 63
Tarter, Dan 107
Tarter, Daniel 128, 129
tax collector 51
Tayfoya, Maria 39
Tayfoya, Maria Josepha 7, 39
teepee 90
Teforia, Jose 7
Tehachapi Mountains 75
Tejon 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 85,
131, 132, 144
Tejon Pass 75, 76
Territorial 61, 85, 86, 92, 142, 149
Territorial Legislature 61, 85, 86
territory 5, 8, 10, 11, 17, 26, 27, 41, 44, 46,
47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 56, 64, 77, 83, 84, 87, 89, 90,
91, 92, 93, 111, 124, 131, 141, 150, 151, 158
Terwilliger, John 58
The Dalles 85
The Oregon Spectator 52, 53
Thing, Captain Joseph 13
Thompson, Frank 155
Thompson, Nettie and Frank 155
Thompson, Nettie Kiersey 155
Thompson, Pearl 155
Thunder Rolling Down the Mountain
95
Timber 32, 76
Timothy, Chief 90
To the Afflicted 117
tobacco 8, 14, 15, 123
Tobin Irrigation ditch 132
Tobin, Bill 133
Tobin, Mary 133, 135, 136, 137, 157
Tobin, Mary Gale 133, 135, 136, 145, 153
Tobin, Warren H. 107, 132, 133, 145
Tobin, Warren Henry 132, 137
Toland, John 122
Toledo Blade 110
Toledo, Ohio 110
Tolman, James C. 120
Tolo Lake 97
Toohoolhoolzote 96, 97, 103
Townsend, Dr. 68

Townsend, John Kirk 43
trading center 17
trading post 10, 11, 81, 82, 83, 144, 152
trapper †1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12,
15, 16, 18, 28, 30, 43, 88, 160
trappers 4, 5, 6, 8, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 117,
121, 125
trapping 5, 7, 8, 11, 13, 14, 16, 17, 59, 88,
113, 114
trapping expeditions 7, 11, 13
treaty of 1863 93
Tri-Weekly Statesman 116
tribe 16, 17, 18, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95,
96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 130
Tribes 14, 16, 25, 56, 91, 92, 93
truce 102
Tualatin 17, 18, 19, 20, 29, 43, 49, 51, 54,
55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 71, 114, 124
Tualatin Academy †1, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58,
59, 60, 61, 62, 71
Tualatin Plains 19, 20, 29, 51, 57, 58, 114
Tualatin River 17, 49, 57
Tualatin Valley 19, 43
Tuality County 49, 51, 52, 59
Tuality County Road Commissioner 52
Tuality District 47
Tuality Plains 52, 64
Tuality, West 49, 52, 59
Tuekakas 16
Tulare County 74, 80
Tulare Lake 77
Turner, John 39
Twality 44
Twilleger, Dave and James 60
Twisted Hair 92
U
U. S. Ambassador 46, 86
U. S. Mail 108
U.S. Army 98
U.S. Exploring Expedition 22
Umatilla 56, 91, 92, 130, 131, 132, 134,
135, 137, 138, 139, 141, 149, 151, 153, 156
Umatilla County 131, 135, 139, 141
Umatilla Indian Reservation 91, 130,
131, 132, 134, 135, 137, 138, 139, 141, 151, 156
Umatilla Reservation 92, 130, 149
Underwood, Terrese Lee 161
Union 87, 107, 108, 109, 112, 116, 119,
123, 124, 125, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133,
134, 153, 156, 159
Union Army 87
Union County 107, 108, 109, 124, 125,
127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 153, 156,
159
Union County, Oregon 107, 129
United States 5, 6, 8, 22, 26, 31, 37, 38,
39, 41, 42, 47, 50, 64, 77, 78, 86, 91, 93, 98, 102,
105, 116, 121, 145, 147, 150, 151, 160
United States seal 22, 31
United States Secretary of War 47
United States War Department 39
Utah 14, 159
V
Vallejo, General Guadalupe 36
Vallejo, General Mariano Guadalupe 25
Valley of the Eagles †1, 88, 106, 156
Vance, Bob 153
Vancouver 5, 10, 11, 23, 32, 33, 41, 57, 85,
87
Vandalle, Louis B. 42
verdict 43
vermilion 14
vessel 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31,
32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 61, 64, 67, 74, 151
Vigilante Committee 71, 72, 73
Vioget, Jean 25
Vischer 25, 26
Vischer, Edward 25
voyage 22, 24, 25, 27, 32, 35, 61, 74

W
Wah 122, 134
Waiilatpu 56, 60
Wait, Frank 110
Waldo, David 6, 48
Walker, Courtney 19, 22, 29, 39, 40
Walker, Joseph R. 9
Walla Walla 17, 56, 57, 77, 83, 84, 85, 86,
87, 88, 91, 92, 95, 96, 108, 109, 112, 114, 119,
130, 131, 141, 159
Walla Walla County 85
Walla Walla Statesman 87, 88, 114, 119
Walla Walla Treaty Councils 91
Walla Walla Valley 91
Walla Walla Woman’s Child 17
Walla Walla, County 85
Walla Wallas 91
Wallamet 28, 29, 32, 36, 47
Wallamet Falls 29
Wallamet River 28
Wallamet Valley 28, 36
Wallamette Falls 51
Wallamotkin 89
Waller, Rev. A.F. 42
Wallowa 89, 90, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 101,
104, 116, 159
Wallowa Band 89, 93, 96
Wallowa Band of the Nez Perce tribe IV
Wallowa Lake 94
Wallowa River 93
Wallowa Valley 90, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97,
101, 104, 116
Wallowas 95, 97, 114
Wallula 92
Wapato 11, 29
War Chief 92, 100, 101, 102, 141
War Department 39, 95, 104
warships 46
Washington 1, 19, 44, 77, 83, 84, 86, 87,
89, 90, 91, 93, 96, 101, 104, 105, 111, 112, 115,
124, 125, 131, 135, 142, 146, 159, 160
Washington County 124, 125
Washington D. C. 125
Weatherby 82
Weed, Hampton 107
Weiser River 116
Wells, Rev. Lemuel H. 86
Western Hotel 135, 136
Western Plains 78
Weston 135, 137, 141, 145
Weston, Oregon 135, 137, 141, 145
Westport, Missouri 55
Whan-Win-Tip-Ya-La-Ka-Chat 104
wheat 10, 30, 40, 51, 53, 54, 56, 109, 118,
137
Whipple, Stephen G. 95
White Bird, Chief 98, 102
White Bird Canyon 98
white men 8, 19, 90, 93, 97, 103, 121
white women 19, 151
White, Dr. Elijah 39
White, E. B. 127
White, Elijah 39, 40, 47, 52
White, S. S. 110
Whitman 56, 57, 59, 60, 159
Whitman Mission 56, 57, 59, 60
Whitman’s mission 56
Whitmans 43, 56
wigwam 92
Wild Horse Creek 135, 137, 138, 139, 141
Wilkes, Lieutenant Charles 22
Wilkes, Captain 29
Wilkes, Commander 22, 26
Wilkes, Commodore Charles 31
Wilkes, Commodore 30, 33, 158
Wilkins, caleb 19, 29, 42
Willamette 10, 11, 17, 19, 20, 22, 23, 26,
27, 28, 38, 39, 41, 46, 47, 48, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54,
57, 59, 60, 64, 71, 83, 84, 111
Willamette Cattle Company 10
Willamette Falls 48
Willamette Mission 39

Willamette River 10, 11, 22, 23, 39, 46,
47, 54, 71, 111
Willamette Valley 10, 17, 19, 20, 26, 27,
28, 38, 39, 41, 50, 51, 52, 53, 57, 59, 60, 64, 71,
83, 84
Williams, Bill 9
Williams, Isaac 7
W.H. Willson 42
William H. Willson 41
Wilson, A.E. 42
Wilson, Elton 157
Wilson, Mrs. 61
Wind River 6, 17, 87
Winslow, George 10
Wolf Meeting 41
Wolverton, Federal Judge 148
Wood, Clark 141
Wood, Joe 107
Woods, Henry 20, 22, 28, 30
Work, John 5
World Fair in Chicago 153
wounded 14, 15, 98, 100, 101, 102, 103,
118
Wright, W. T. 131, 132
Wyeth 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 43
Wyeth, Nathaniel 8, 10, 11, 17, 43
Wyoming 56, 102
Y
Yam Hill 44, 69
Yellow Wolf 97, 101
Yellowstone 87, 99
Yerba Buena 25, 36, 53, 63
Yosemite Valley 9
Young Chief Joseph 95, 99, 105, 114, 141
Young, Ewing 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 19, 28, 39,
40, 151
Young, Captain 7
Young, I. N. 128, 129
Young, Joaquin 39
Young, Mrs. Francis 136, 148
Young, Newt and Nancy 153
Yuba County 73
Yuba River 73
Z
Zachary 61