INDEX
Alaska, discovered, [20-2]; Russian régime inaugurated in, [44].
Aleutian Islands, discovery of, [22-9], [37]; the hunt for furs on, [33-44].
Aleuts, their hard lot at the hands of Russian fur traders, [34-9]; take their revenge, [39-43].
Anian, strait of, [8], [9-10].
Astor, John Jacob, forms the Pacific Fur Company, [99], [100], [106].
Astoria, the fur-post on the Columbia, [108], [110]; sold to the North-West Company, [113], [115], [118].
Astorians. See Pacific Fur Company.
Baranoff, a Russian trader on the Pacific Coast, [74].
Barkley, Captain, locates Strait of Juan de Fuca, [57], [59].
Bering, Vitus, his first expedition to the North Pacific, [13-15]; his second expedition, [15-33], [45]; his death, [28], [46], [52].
Blanshard, Richard, governor of Vancouver Island, [130].
Bolduc, Father, with Douglas on Vancouver Island, [128-9].
Boston, its interest in the Pacific Coast, [55], [59]; and settlement in Oregon, [126].
Bostonnais, the ubiquitous, [54-55], [116].
Britain. See Great Britain.
British Columbia, first forts built in, [87], [89], [90]; the fear of American aggression, [129], [131]; proclaimed a British colony, [131]. See New Caledonia.
Broughton, Lieut. Robert, with Vancouver's expedition to the Pacific Coast, [70].
Carrier Indians, the, [77-8], [82], [83], [88], [92], [94-6], [98].
Chinese, their interest in sea-otter furs, [31-2].
Chirikoff, Lieut., explores the North Pacific, [18], [30].
Clark, William, his mission to the Pacific Coast, [86], [87], [90], [108], [125].
Clayoquot Sound, [60]; the tragedy at, [110-12].
Clerke, Captain Charles, in command of Cook's expedition, [52].
Columbia river, [53], [56], [92], [97]; discovered by Gray, [67], [86]; missed, then claimed, by Vancouver, [66], [69-70]; Astor's mission to, [99]; descended by Thompson, [104-9].
Cook, Captain James, his quest of a north-east passage from the Pacific, [45-9]; his tragic death, [49-52].
Cossacks, their harsh treatment of the Aleuts, [34-9]; pay the penalty, [39-43].
Delisle de la Croyère, with Bering's second expedition, [17], [18].
Douglas, James, his Oregon brigade, [117], [123], [124]; governor of Vancouver Island, [128-30]; of British Columbia, [131].
Douglas, Captain William, a Pacific Coast trader, [57-8], [59], [61].
Drake, Sir Francis, with Hawkins at Vera Cruz, [1-2]; his raid on Panama, [3]; his raiding expedition to the Pacific, [3-8]; his attempt to find a north-east passage, [8-10].
Drusenin, Alexis, clubbed to death by Aleuts, [39-40].
East India Company, its foreign commerce, [11-12].
Elisa, Spanish explorer on the Pacific Coast, [60-1], [62], [64].
Elizabeth, Queen, honours Drake, [4], [9].
England, [9]. See Great Britain.
Fort Chipewyan, [72], [73], [88].
Fort Defence, [60]; the Indian raid on, [61].
Fort George, [90], [98], [113].
Fort M'Leod, the first fur-post in British Columbia, [87], [100].
Fort St James, chief post of New Caledonia, [89], [90], [123].
Fraser, Simon, [80]; his explorations in New Caledonia, [87], [88-90], [104]; his descent of the Fraser, [90-8].
Fraser river, [63-4], [67]; Mackenzie on, [81-2]; descended by Fraser, [90-7]; discovery of gold on, [129], [131].
Fuca, Juan de, his north-east passage from the Pacific, [12]. See Juan de Fuca.
Galiano, Don Dionisio, explores the Pacific Coast, [64], [67-8].
Gamaland, the mythical continent, [12], [14-15], [17], [18].
Ghent, treaty of, and the Pacific Coast, [115-16].
'Golden Hind,' the first English ship to sail the Pacific, [4-9].
Gray, Captain Robert, his expedition to the Pacific Coast, [55], [56], [57-60], [61-2]; discovers the Columbia, [67], [69-70], [74], [125].
Great Britain, her interest in the Pacific Coast, [53-4], [113], [115], [123-4]; the Nootka Affair, [65-6]; her exploring expeditions under Cook and Vancouver, [46], [66-7]; her 'joint occupancy' agreement with the United States, [115-16], [125], [127-8]; proclaims colony of British Columbia, [129-31].
Hanna, Captain, trades on the Pacific Coast, [58], [59].
Haro, Gonzales de, at Nootka, [60].
Hawkins, Sir John, his reception at Vera Cruz, [1-2].
Hearne, Samuel, explorer, [45].
Heceta, Bruno, his River of the West, [52], [56], [58], [62], [67], [125].
Hudson's Bay Company, the, [45], [53]; interested in the Pacific fur trade, [71]; its jurisdiction over Oregon, [116-123]; its short-sighted policy, [124], [126-8]; founds a colony on Vancouver Island, [128-31].
Indians of the Pacific Coast, and Cook, [47-8]; and Gray, [56], [61-2]; and Mackenzie, [83], [84-5]; and Fraser, [88], [96-8]; and the Astorians, [110-12]; and M'Loughlin, [117], [119], [125-6], [127]; and the Oregon brigades, [121], [123]; and Douglas, [128-9]. See Aleuts and Carrier Indians.
Juan de Fuca, strait of, [12]; the search for, [17], [45], [47], [53], [56]; located by Barkley, [57].
Kamchatka, [13]; and the fur trade on the Aleutians, [31-9], [49]. See Petropavlovsk.
Kendrick, Captain John, his trading expedition to the Pacific Coast, [55], [56], [57-60].
Kootenay Indians, the, [102], [103].
La Pérouse, a French explorer on the Pacific Coast, [58].
Lewis, Meriwether, his overland expedition to the Pacific, [86], [87], [90], [108], [125].
Lewis, an Astorian, his plucky end, [111-12].
M'Dougall, Duncan, at Astoria, [108], [112].
M'Dougall, James, his explorations, [87-8].
M'Gillivray, Duncan, accompanies Thompson in exploring expedition, [102-3].
Mackay, Alexander, with Mackenzie's Pacific expedition, [73], [76], [79]; joins the Astorians, [99], [109]; massacred at Clayoquot, [110-11].
Mackay, Thomas, his Oregon brigade, [117], [119-21], [126].
Mackenzie, Sir Alexander, [53], [71-2]; his Pacific expedition, [72-3]; his journey up the Peace and Fraser, [73-82]; reaches the Pacific, [83-5], [86].
M'Loughlin, Dr John, ruler in Oregon, [116-19], [128]; his great choice and desire, [125-128]; his death, [128].
Maquinna, a Pacific Coast chief, [68], [69].
Martinez, Don Joseph, his high-handed action at Nootka, [59].
Meares, Captain John, a trader on the Pacific Coast, [57-8], [59].
Mexico, pilots of, their explorations on the Pacific Coast, [62-5].
Narvaez, his discoveries on the Pacific Coast, [62-4].
New Caledonia, [87], [89], [122-3]. See British Columbia.
Nootka, Cook at, [47]; English and American traders at, [57-58]; the Nootka Affair, [59-60], [61], [66], [68-9], [73].
'North-West America,' the first ship built on the Pacific Coast, [57].
North-West Company, the, [53], [116]; and the race for the Pacific, [71], [99-101], [113].
Ogden, Peter Skene, his Oregon brigade, [117], [119-21].
Oregon, extent of under Hudson's Bay Company jurisdiction, [116-17]; colonization in, [118]; hunting brigades of, [119-23]; acquired by United States, [124], [125]; American immigration into, [125-7].
Oregon Treaty, the, [127].
Pacific Coast, exploration of, [8], [12], [46-8], [52], [62-5], [66-8], [70], [125]; beginning of struggle for control of, [53-4].
Pacific Fur Company, the, [71]; founded, [99], [100], [109]; at Astoria, [108], [109-10], [112]; the Clayoquot tragedy, [109-112].
Pacific Ocean, 'a closed sea,' [1], [55-6], [65]; Drake's raids on Spanish treasure-ships on, [5-8]; regarding a north-east passage from, [9-10], [48-9]. See Pacific Coast.
Pelly, Sir John, governor of the Hudson's Bay Company, [129-130].
Peter the Great, his ambition to make Russia a world-power, [11-14].
Petropavlovsk, Bering's expedition leaves, [16-17]; returns to, [30-3].
Piegan Indians, the, [102], [106].
Pushkareff, his diabolical treatment of Aleuts, [38-9].
Quadra, Don Juan Francisco, [58]; represents Spain in the Nootka Conference, [68-9], [70].
Quesnel, Jules, with Fraser's expedition, [90], [104].
Rocky Mountain House, [101] and note.
Rocky Mountain Portage, [75-77], [87], [88].
Ross, Alexander, his Oregon brigade, [117], [119-21].
Russia, and the fur trade on the Aleutians, [39], [43]; her interest in the Pacific Coast, [44], [53-4], [70]. See Cossacks.
Sandwich Islands, Cook's tragic death on, [49-52].
Simpson, Sir George, governor of the Hudson's Bay Company, [124], [129-30].
Smith, Jedediah, befriended by M'Loughlin in Oregon, [125-126].
Spain, her supremacy in the South Seas and in the Pacific, [1], [12], [53-4], [55-6], [65], [74]; her treachery at Vera Cruz, [2], [55]; the Nootka Affair, [59-60], [66], [67-9]; her explorations on the Pacific Coast, [61], [62-65], [70], [74].
Steller, George W., with Bering's second expedition, [18], [21], [27], [28].
Stuart, John, with Fraser in New Caledonia, [88-90].
Thompson, David, his search for a river to the Pacific, [101-106]; his descent of the Columbia, [104-9], [112-13], [114], [125].
Thorn, Captain Jonathan, massacred at Clayoquot, [109-111].
United States, enter the struggle for the control of the Pacific, [53-5], [67], [70], [86], [124]; the Louisiana purchase, [86]; send an expedition to the Pacific Coast, [86]; the 'joint occupancy' agreement with Britain, [115-16], [125]; and Oregon, [125-8].
Valdes, Don Cayetano, explores the Pacific Coast, [64], [67-8].
Vancouver, Captain George, [46]; his exploring expedition to the Pacific Coast, [66-8], [69-70], [74], [84], [96]; represents Britain in the Nootka Conference, [68-9].
Vancouver Island, [48-9], [67-8]; colony founded on, [128-9], [130], [131].
War of 1812, and Astoria, [113].
Waxel, Lieut., with Bering's expedition, [19], [24], [25].