INDEX
INDEX TO VOL. IV.
- Abbott, Captain, [237].
- Abbott, L. G., [365].
- Abrams, W. P., [60].
- Abrams, C., [63].
- Academy, Bishop Scott's, opened, [66].
- Academy, St. Mary's, opened, [66].
- Adair, Col. John, first collector customs at Astoria, [134], [135].
- Adams, Henry, wrote history of United States, [7].
- Adams, Emma H., [342].
- Adams, W. L., [365].
- Affleck & Gunn, publishers of Puget Sound Courier, [372].
- Agriculture in United States, table of, [118].
- Agriculture, [118]-[122]; values, table of, [121].
- Aiken, ——, [139].
- Albert, Mrs. John H., [394].
- Allen, Capt. B. F., wounded, [234].
- Allen and Lewis, [197].
- Allen, ——, [353].
- Allen, George T., [265].
- "All Over Oregon and Washington"; purpose of, [317].
- Alta California, The, [376].
- Alvarez, ——, consul at Santa Fé, [272].
- Alvarado, Governor of California under Mexican rule, [311].
- Alvord, General, [105].
- Anderson, E. K., [229].
- Angne [Augur?], Captain, [237].
- Ankeny, Captain, [196].
- American Antiquarian Society, [309].
- Applegate, Jesse, [106], [390].
- Argonaut, The San Francisco, [292].
- Argus, The Puget Sound, [373].
- Armstrong, Pleasant, [234].
- Arundel, Harcourt T., employed by Bancroft, [303].
- Astoria and Columbia River Railroad Company, [146].
- Astoria and Willamette Barge Company, [136].
- Astoria, Social and Economic History of, by Alfred A. Cleveland, [130].
- Astor, John Jacob, [8], [9], [131].
- Astorian, The, [28], [29], [30], [138]; quotation from, [141], [142], [143].
- Atkinson, John, [365].
- "Atlantis Arisen," revision of "All Over Oregon and Washington," [317].
- Augur, General, [105].
- Babcock, Doctor, supreme judge of Oregon Territory, [285].
- Badollet, and Company, [140].
- Bagley, Clarence B., pioneer papers of Puget Sound, [365], [371], [377], [378], [379]; business manager Courier, [381]; owner and publisher Echo, [382].
- Ball, John, teacher, [265].
- Bailey, Doctor, [230]; governor Oregon Territory, 1845, [285].
- Bailey, W. E., purchased the Press, [383]; purchased the Times, [384].
- Baker, Colonel E. D., candidate for United States senator, [72], [93]; elected United States senator, [94], [99]; mustered into service, [101]; reply to Breckinridge, [102]; death of, [103].
- Baker, Florence E., [84].
- Baker and Boyer, [195].
- Baker, D. S. & Company, [195].
- Baker, Dr. D. S., the pioneer railroad builder, sketch of life, [195], [196], [197], [198], [199], [200].
- Baker Mills, The, [217].
- Baltimore, J. M., [365].
- Bancroft Pacific States Publications: The origin and authorship of, A History of A History, by William Alfred Morris, [289].
- Bancroft, Hubert Howe, "The Macaulay of the West," [292]; a sketch of early life and of growth of history project, [296]; first venture as a literary man, [301]; fame as historical writer, [310]; method of collecting material, [324]; three leading objects kept in mind in preparation of histories, [328]; plan for works, [335]; not a great American historical writer, [337]; errors in works, [358].
- Bancroft, H. H. & Company, firm of, organized, [297].
- Bancroft's histories, vastness of the enterprise, [289]; not all his own work, [291]; parts written by assistants, [330].
- Barclay, Mrs. Dr., [264].
- Barclay, Doctor, [265].
- Barnes, Mary Sheldon, [362].
- Barnes, Edward, [230].
- Barron, Major, [229].
- Bates, Alfred, employed by Bancroft, [325], [363]; sketch of life, [331].
- Bausman, W., and Company, printers, of Northern Light, [372].
- Beacon, The, [382].
- Berry, A. M., first printer on the Oregonian, [370].
- Berry, Pamelia Ann, [249].
- Bent, Charles, [272].
- Benton, Senator, [91], [157].
- Bewley, F. M., [390].
- Black, Capt. H. M., [99].
- Blair, J. I., [248].
- Besserer, Charles, [365].
- Bidwell, Major, [222], [223].
- "Blue Book, The Big," name for Iowa code of laws, [188].
- "Blue Book, The Little," [188].
- Bigelow, Daniel R., elected commissioner to draft code of laws for Oregon, [190], [191], [192].
- Bernie, James, [132], [265].
- Blakeley, James, [74].
- Blanchet, Archbishop, [66], [269].
- Blethen, Col. A. J., purchased The Times, [385].
- Boelling, V., [22], [32].
- Boardman, John, letter from, [276].
- Boise, Reuben P., [167]; elected commissioner to draft code of laws for Oregon, [190]; elected state representative, [192], [194].
- Bonneville, Captain, [359].
- Boon, John L., [104].
- Booth, A., & Company, [140].
- Bohttink, Professor, [319].
- Bowman, Amos, employed by Bancroft, [314].
- Border Ruffians, [42].
- Bosquetti, librarian for Bancroft, [299].
- Boyer, John F., [195], [196].
- Boyle, ——, [145].
- Breckinridge, John C., nominated for president, [94], [101].
- Breitenbush, John, [248].
- Bridger, Jim, [113].
- Brotchie, Captain, [265].
- Brooks, John P., [390].
- Brosset, M., [319].
- Brown, ——, [26].
- Brown, Miss, teacher, [29].
- Brown, John, [42].
- Brown, Hugh, founder of Brownsville, [74].
- Brown, F. M., [74].
- Brown, Beriah, [365], [372]; editor Puget Sound Dispatch, [377]; publisher Puget Sound Dispatch, [379].
- Brown, J. Henry, employed by Bancroft, [314].
- Buchanan, Lieutenant Colonel, [99], [237], [238].
- Buchanan, President, [126].
- Buffalo Historical Society, [309].
- Bulletin, The, [317], [369].
- Burnett, Peter H., [11], [78], [256], [271]; letters of taken from Ohio Statesman and St. Louis Reporter, [180].
- Burnett, John, [365].
- Bush, Asahel, territorial printer, [192], [193], [365]; editor Oregon Statesman, [370].
- Burke, Thomas, [379].
- Butler, Hillory, [378].
- Butler, Henry, [104].
- Butterfield, John, [126].
- Byers, ——, founder Rocky Mountain News, [327].
- Calapooia, The Upper, by George O. Goodall, [70].
- Call and Daily Press consolidated, [383].
- California Pioneers, Society of, [294], [351].
- California material, how collected by Bancroft, [311].
- Californian, The, pioneer paper of California, [376].
- Campbell, John G., [390].
- Carey, Alice and Phœbe, [315].
- Carson, Kit, [230], [239].
- Carter, Miss Julia, [64].
- Carter, ——, [232].
- Cartwright, Charlotte Moffett, Glimpses of Early Days in Oregon, [69].
- Carey, ——, [393].
- Case, Hon. Wm. M., [244].
- Casey, General, [105].
- Cavalry, The First Oregon, recruited, [100], [103].
- Cavender, A. B., [74].
- Cavendish, McDonald and, [74].
- Cavanaugh, Thomas H., purchased Courier, [381].
- Cerruti, Enrique, employed by Bancroft, [311].
- Chamberlain, Governor George E., [12].
- Chamberlain, A., state representative, [389].
- Chapman Code, The, [186], [188], [190].
- Chapman, Hon. W. W., [186].
- Chittenden, Captain, the American Fur Trade in the Far West (quoted), [6], [9].
- Chronicle, The San Francisco, [293].
- Chronicles of the Builders of the Commonwealth, plan of, [334].
- Clark, George Rogers, proposed expedition of, [5].
- Clark, Harvey, [59].
- Clark, ——, [167].
- Clark, Ransom, [390].
- Clarke, S. A., The Montures on French Prairie, [265], [268], [365].
- Clay, Henry, [273].
- Cleveland, Alfred A., The Educational History of Astoria, Oregon, [21].
- Cleveland, Alfred A., The Social and Economic History of Astoria, [130].
- Clugage, James and Poole, located first mining claim in Southern Oregon, [229].
- Coffin, Stephen, [65].
- Columbia River, discovery of, [5].
- Columbian, The, pioneer newspaper north of the Columbia River, [372], [376].
- Colvig, Hon. Wm. H., Indian Wars of Southern Oregon, [227].
- Colvig, Dr. Wm. L., [227], [228], [230].
- Collins, John, [385].
- Commerce, [123].
- Cone, Aaron, [252].
- Cone, Anson Sterling, [251].
- Cone, Philander J., [259].
- Connelly, Dr., [272].
- Connelly, Owen, [66].
- Cook, Captain, off the Oregon coast, [4].
- Cook, Francis H., [366]; publisher The Echo, [381].
- Cooper, Frank, [248].
- Coquille Guards, [238].
- Corbett, H. W., [63], [64]; senator, [196].
- Cornelius, Thomas R., appointed colonel, [99], [101], [135].
- Corvallis and Eastern Railroad, [247].
- Couch, John H., [390].
- Courier, The Puget Sound, [372], [380]; the daily, first appearance, [380].
- Courtnay, Mrs. Agnes B., [74].
- Courtnay, Isaac B., [75].
- Coues, Dr. Elliott, [6].
- Cowles, Captain R., [100].
- Cox, Anderson, state representative, [389].
- Craig, D. W., [365].
- Crawford, Medorum, [390].
- Crawford, P. V., [71], [167].
- Crawford, Samuel C., [372].
- Crawford, Samuel L., [378]; city editor Post Intelligencer, [379].
- Creighton, Captain, [237].
- Crooks, General George, [239].
- Crosby, Captain, [59].
- Culver, Samuel, [229].
- Cunningham, ——, [234].
- Currey, Captain George B., [100].
- Curry, Governor George L., [238], [368].
- Cushing, William, [390].
- Cushing, ——, minister to China, [274].
- Dall, Captain W. L., appointed lieutenant in navy, [104].
- Damon, John F., [365], [371]; editor The Northwest, [373].
- Daniels, Travers, publisher Port Townsend Register, [372].
- Daniel, ——., [377].
- Davenport, T. W., An Object Lesson in Paternalism, [33], [244], [247], [248].
- Davenport, Miss Orla, [249].
- Davis, ——, secretary of war, [157].
- Davis, H. W., appointed captain volunteer company, [61].
- Davis, A. L., [63].
- Davies, Griffith, [378].
- Deady, Judge M. P., [352], [353]; contributions to Oregon Pioneer Association, [391].
- Deakins, William, [280].
- Dean, N. C., [229].
- Deardorff, J. D., and wife, [26], [27].
- Degrett, Phillip, [389].
- Dement, William C., [390].
- Dempsey, Thomas H., publisher Times, [384].
- Dennison, A. P., [99].
- Denny, Mrs. O. P., [261].
- Dent, Captain F. T., [99].
- Depot, Peter, [269].
- Derby, George H., [296].
- Devlin and Nygant, [140].
- Dilley, ——, [231].
- Dispatch, The Puget Sound, [377], [379].
- Dixon, Hepworth, [327].
- Doane, Rev. N., [65].
- Documents, [78]; Oregon material taken from a file of an Independence, Mo., and Weston, Mo., paper for 1844 and 1845, [270], [395].
- Dodge, Hon. A. C., [78].
- Douglas House Bill of 1846, [90].
- Douglas, Stephen A., candidate for president of United States, [94].
- Douglass, ——, [265].
- Downing, George S., [244], [247].
- Draper, Doctor, [34].
- Draper, Mrs. Sarah, [264].
- Drew, C. S., Major First Oregon Cavalry, [100].
- Dryer, Thomas J., [64], [93], [365]; first editor of Oregonian, [370].
- Duncan, L. J. C., [229].
- Duncan, Alexander, [266].
- Dunlap, John A., [75]; representative, [76].
- Duniway, Mrs., [365].
- Dunn, Pat, [229], [232].
- Dyar, ——., [234].
- Dyer, E. S., publisher Northwest, [373].
- Dyson, George, [74].
- Eberman, N., [132].
- Eccleson, Col. E., [247].
- Edison, Thomas A., [39].
- Edwards, Edward, [232].
- Ely, Lieutenant, [232].
- Ematinger, Frank, [390].
- Emigration of 1843, experiences of, [177].
- Evans Creek, battle of, [233].
- Evans, Mr., constructed a ferry on Rogue River, [229].
- Evans, General Elwood, [314], [352].
- Everett, ——., [43].
- Expositor, The Western, [74].
- Express Advance, The, [74].
- Faber, J. G., [234].
- Failing, Josiah, [63].
- Fairweather, H. W., [199].
- Fessenden, Mr., [102].
- Ferguson, Mr., [272].
- Ferry, Elisha P., first governor of Washington, [380].
- Ferry, James P., published Times, [384].
- Field, Justice Stephen J., [351].
- Fielding, ——., [234].
- Fields, Thomas, [75].
- Fillmore, President, [187].
- Finance, [126].
- Findlay, John, [75].
- Finlayson, Mr., and wife, [28].
- Finley, R. C., [70], [71], [72], [74].
- Fisher, Walter M., [299]; sketch of life, [300].
- Flavel, Captain George, [32].
- Flemming, John, printer Oregon Spectator, [368].
- Foard and Stokes Company, [143].
- Ford, Mark, [390].
- Foster, Phillip, [390].
- Fowler, W. W., [232].
- Frazer, Thomas, [63].
- Fremont, Captain, [11], [78]; colonel, [157], [158], [230]; general, [239], [245].
- Fur and Trading Company, [80].
- Fur Company, The American, [274]; The Northwest, [130], [137]; The Missouri, organized, [8]; The Pacific, [8].
- Furth, Jacob, [378].
- Gale, James N., [366].
- Garfield, Selucius, defeated for congress, [380].
- Gary, Rev. Mr., [276].
- Gatch, Prof. T. M., [249].
- Gay, George, [230].
- Gazette, The Marine, [31], [138].
- Gazette, The, published first dispatch coming by wire to Seattle, [377]; first paper in Seattle, [375].
- Gervais, Joseph, [243], [244].
- Gibbs, Addison C., was governor of Oregon, [108], [214], [217].
- Gibbs, A. C., editor Oregon Weekly Times, [368].
- Gibbs, ——., [232].
- Gibson, George R., [273].
- Gilliam, Colonel Cornelius, [243].
- Gilmore, S. M., letter from, [284].
- Gilpin, Mr., [271].
- Glass, Robert, [72].
- Gold, discovery of, in California, prices of products in Oregon, [49], [60].
- "Gold Beach Guards," [238].
- Goldschmidt, Albert, employed by Bancroft, [304].
- Goodall, George O., the Upper Calapooia, [70].
- Goodall, Captain James P., [233].
- Grace Church Parish School started, [23], [27].
- Grant, General, [105], [109], [239].
- Grant, Frederick J., [378].
- Gray, Captain, sent to North Pacific Coast, [5], [9], [131], [205].
- Gray, Chesley, [229].
- Green, Wm. O., [196].
- Greenwood, Mary, [161].
- Griffin, Lieutenant Burrell, [233].
- Griffin, George Butler, sketch of life, [348].
- Gunn, E. T., newspaper man, [380].
- Gunn, Affleck &, [372].
- Gwin, Senator, plan for slave-holding republic on Pacific Coast, [105], [106].
- Hall, Peter D., [259].
- Hall, Edwin O., [367].
- Hall, Ike M., [381].
- Hally, C. F., [280].
- Hamilton, S. M., [67].
- Hamilton, Louis, reference to, [190].
- Hand Book Almanac, [297].
- Hanford, Thaddeus, [374], [380].
- Hanley, Mrs. John A., [235].
- Hanthorn & Company, cannerymen, [141].
- Harding, Captain E. J., [100].
- Harding, Benjamin F., quartermaster First Oregon Cavalry, [100].
- Harding, Senator, [214], [217].
- Harding, John R., killed by Indians, [233].
- Harger, Mrs. Harriet, [264].
- Harker, Charles, [104].
- Harris, Captain T. S., [100].
- Harris, David, [235].
- Harris, Mary, [235].
- Harris, ——, [252].
- Harris, George W., [378].
- Hathaway, Major J. S., [135].
- Hawthorne, Doctor, [61].
- Hays, Judge Benjamin, [312].
- Hazen, Captain, [105].
- Helm, George, "Lion of Linn," [73].
- Hensill, Mrs. Mary J., [66].
- Herald, Puget Sound, [372], [381].
- Herald, The Cleveland, [315].
- Hewitt, Miss, teacher, [24], [29].
- Hewitt, Randall H., [365]; publisher Pacific Tribune, [374]; published Echo, [381].
- High School, The Astoria, [31].
- Higgins, David, [366].
- Hill, Mrs., [26].
- Hill, W. Lair, [365]; editor Oregon Weekly Times, [369].
- Hill, Homer M., purchased Chronicle, [383].
- Himes, Geo. H., [375].
- History of the Preparation of the First Code of Oregon, by James K. Kelly, [185].
- History of the Early Indian Wars of Oregon, [318].
- History Company, The, [333].
- Hittell, John S., [299], [331].
- Hobson, John, [32].
- Hobson, Mr., and family, [132].
- Hodgins, ——, [232].
- Hogg, Col. T. E., [248].
- Holderness, S. M., [390].
- Holman, Joseph, Short Biography of, [392].
- Holman, George Phelps, first white child born in Marion County, [394].
- Holladay, Ben, published The Bulletin, [369].
- Home Journal, of New York, [315].
- Hood, Gen. J. B., [239].
- Hooker, Colonel Joseph, [104]; builder of military wagon road, [239].
- Hoover, Jacob, [390].
- Hopkins, Mrs. Rebeka, [259].
- Hopwood, Moses, [229].
- Hosford, Rev. C. O., opened first school in Astoria, [21].
- Houston, Sam, [151].
- Howell, ——., [232].
- Hudson Bay Company, possession of the Northwest, [9], [78], [81], [82], [83], [89]; and Northwest Fur Company consolidated, ——, ——, [132], [153], [154], [156], [242], [261].
- Hughes, W. H., [378].
- Hughes and Davies, purchased The Times, [385].
- Humason, Judge, [217].
- Hume, R. D., and Company, [140].
- Hungry Hill, battle of, [236].
- Hunt, L. S. J., [383].
- Hunter, Col. George, "Reminiscences of an Old Timer," quotation from, [97].
- Hunt's Astor party, route of, [10].
- Heisler, William, [71].
- Husted, General, [390].
- Hustler, Captain, [134], [139].
- Huston, H. Clay, [267].
- Hyde, Aaron J., [65].
- Hyde, H. H., [390].
- Hyland, Rev. T. H., [23].
- Hyland, Mrs. T. H., [23].
- Indian Wars of Southern Oregon, an address by William H. Colvig, [227].
- Indians: Umpquas, [228]; Klamaths, [228]; Rogue Rivers, [228]; Modoc, [228]; Shasta, [228]; Mollalas, [241]; Cayuses, [241], [255]; Klamaths, [242]; Warm Spring, [242]; Pawnees, [252].
- Infantry, The First Oregon, [108].
- Informant, The, [74].
- Ingalls, Rufus, [105].
- Ingalls, David, [133], [136].
- Ingraham, E. S., [378].
- Intelligencer, The Weekly, [377].
- Iowa Gazette, [78].
- Iowa Code, [188].
- Ireland, D. C., [366].
- Irish, Tom, [230].
- Irving, Washington, [358].
- Jack, D. N., elected assessor of Linn County, [76].
- Jack, Porter, [244].
- Jackson, Stonewall, [42].
- Jackson, Mrs. Helen Hunt, [326].
- Jackson, P. B., [365].
- Jackson, David E., letter of, [395].
- Jacobs, Judge Orange, [371].
- Jefferson, President, trading posts with Indians, [5], [12], [110].
- Jefferson, Delos, [65].
- Johns, James, [79].
- Johnson, Miss, [24].
- Johnson, Doctor, [38].
- Johnson, Mr., [63].
- Johnson, P. B., [365].
- Jones, Mr., killed by Indians, [235].
- Jones, Captain, [237].
- Journal, The Independence, [270], [277].
- Kautz, General A. V., [239].
- Kearny, Major Phil, [231], [239].
- Keene, Granville, [234].
- Keeney, Johnathan, [74].
- Kelley, Hall J., agitating colonization of Oregon, [9].
- Kelly, Captain William, [100].
- Kelly, James K., History of the Preparation of the "First Code of Oregon," [185]; elected commissioner to draft code of laws for Oregon, [189]; nominated and elected member of council, [192].
- Kendrick, Captain, sent to North Pacific coast, [5].
- Kenny, George L., [296].
- Kirchoff, Louis, [137].
- Kilham, E. H., [353], [358].
- Killin, Hon. Benton, [188]
- Kincaid, Mr., night school taught by, [24].
- King, Colonel William, [60], [65].
- King, Wm. H., [66].
- Kingsley, C. S., [67].
- Kinney's cannery, [140].
- Kinney, R. C., & Sons, [139].
- Kinney, M. J., [141].
- Kirk, Alexander, [74]; elected county judge of Linn County, [76].
- Kirk, W. R., [74].
- Klippel, Henry, laid out Jacksonville as a town, [230], [235].
- Knights of the Golden Circle, [73], [106], [108].
- Knight, Wm. H., Manager Bancroft Publishing Department, [297].
- Kuro-shiwo of Japan (Japan current), [39].
- La Bonte, Louis, Recollections of Men, [264].
- Ladd, W. S., [61], [63].
- Lamerick, Captain J. K., [232].
- Lampson, Roswell C., [104].
- Land Law, The Donation, [37], [38], [229].
- Lane, General Joseph, appointed governor of Oregon, [91]; nominated for vice president, [94], [95], [101], [105], [106], [233], [234], [239], [370]
- Larkin, T. N., [63].
- Larrabee, Charles H., publisher Puget Sound Dispatch, [380].
- Larrabee & Company, publishers Puget Sound Dispatch, [377].
- Latshaw, Major, [238].
- Latty, Alexander, [265].
- Lawrence, Miss, [28].
- Lawson, Peter, [257].
- Leary, John, [378].
- Ledford Massacre, [236].
- Ledger, The Philadelphia, [277].
- Ledger, The Weekly, [382].
- Lee, Jason, [265], [393].
- Lee, Barton, [390].
- Lee, H. A. G., [390].
- Leinweber, Christian, [137].
- Lewis and Clark Centennial, The, by F. G. Young, [1].
- Lewis and Clark Expedition—Relation to the Northwest, [1]; primary inception of, [6].
- Lewis and Clark, exploring expedition, [5]; the trail, [10], [12], [13], [115].
- Lewis and Clark Centennial, mission of, [2]; possibilities of, [16]; duties of its authorities, [16]-[18].
- Lewis, Mr., [9], [130].
- Lewis and Clark, [8].
- Lewis, Stephen (Etienne Lucier), [264].
- Limerick, L., [63]; appointed county school superintendent, [64].
- Lincoln, Miss Liza, [26].
- Lincoln, Abraham, [74], [97], [99], [101], [108], [370].
- Lindgren, Waldemar, [124].
- Lingenfelter, James W., [104].
- Linn, Senator Lewis F., [151].
- Literary Club, The Pioneer Lyceum, [390].
- Little Meadows, Battle of, [233].
- Lorraine, Lieutenant, [105].
- Lorrea, Doctor, [61].
- Louisiana Purchase Exposition, purpose of, [14].
- Love, George, [235].
- Love, G. M., [235].
- Lovejoy, Hon. A. L., appointed postal agent for Oregon, [192], [256], [390].
- Lownesdale, D. H., [59].
- Lucier, Etienne, [261], [264].
- Luelling, H., [59].
- Lugenbeel, Major, [99].
- Lumber Industry, The, [124].
- Lupton, Major J. A., [234].
- Lyman, Rev. Horace, [65].
- Lyman, H. S., Some Corrections, [86].
- Lyman, H. S., Reminiscences, [251], [268].
- Lyon, Colonel George G., published Times, [384].
- Madison, President, [9].
- Mail and Express, The New York, [357].
- Manufacturing, [122].
- Marshall, J. W., discoverer of gold in California, [11].
- Massachusetts Historical Society, [309].
- Massacre at Bloody Point, [232].
- Mason, Robert, & Company, [141].
- Masters, ——, [254].
- Mathieu, F. X., [167], [389].
- Matthews, Captain Wm., [100].
- Mattice, George W., purchased Pierce County News, [382].
- Maulsby, G. T., [26].
- Manson, Donald, [261], [265].
- Manson, James, [262].
- Manson, Jr., Donald, [262].
- Manson, Wm., [261], [262].
- Manson, Stephen, [262].
- Maury, R. F., Lieutenant Colonel First Oregon Cavalry, [100].
- Maxwell, Mr., [26].
- Maxwell, S. L., [366]; publisher Weekly Intelligencer, [377].
- Mead, Elwood, chief of Division of Irrigation, [17].
- Meany, E. S., [379].
- Medary, Col. Samuel, [174].
- Meek, Joseph, [85], [90]; United States Marshal, [91], [160], [316], [393].
- Meek, Stephen L., [242], [245].
- "Message, The," [373].
- McBride, Dr. James, [231].
- McCarver, M. M., [78]; letter of, [403].
- McClure, Colonel John, [132], [137].
- McDonald & Cavendish, [74].
- McElroy, Thornton F., [365], [376].
- McFadden, Judge O. B., elected to congress, [380].
- McCaw, William, elected clerk of Linn County, [76].
- McGraw, John H., [378].
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