Adventures of the first settlers on the Oregon or Columbia River

Adventures of the first settlers on the Oregon or Columbia River /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ross, Alexander, 1783-1856
Other Authors: Quaife, Milo Milton, 1880-1959
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago : Lakeside Press : R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co., 1923.
Series:Lakeside classics.
Subjects:
Pacific Fur Company.
Indians of North America > Northwest, Pacific.
Indians of North America.
Indigenous peoples > Northwest, Pacific.
Northwest, Pacific > History.
Oregon Territory > History.
Astoria (Or.) > History.
Oregon.
Oregon > Astoria.
Pacific Northwest.
United States > Oregon Territory.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Historical introduction
  • Preface to original edition
  • The genesis of the expedition
  • The voyage of the Tonquin
  • The Hawaiian Islands
  • From Hawaii to the Columbia
  • The founding of Astoria
  • The natives of the Lower Columbia
  • From Astoria to the Narrows
  • From the Narrows to the Okanogan
  • The destruction of the Tonquin
  • Across the continent with Hunt and McKenzie
  • The adventures of Ramsey Crooks and John Day
  • Operations in the interior
  • Trading activities on the Spokane and the Snake
  • Stuart's return to St. Louis and arrival of the Beaver
  • The sale of Astoria
  • Warlike measures afloat and ashore
  • The end of a great adventure
  • Manners and customs of the Okanogan
  • Marriage, medicine men, and gamblers
  • Habitations, food, and other matters
  • Further manners and customs of the Okanogan.

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