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[23] For a sketch of Independence see Gregg's Commerce of the Prairies, in our volume xix, p. 189, note 34.—Ed.
[24] When Jason Lee, the Methodist missionary, went east (1838-39) for re-inforcements, he took with him two Indian youths to be educated. Meetings were held in many cities; at Peoria, Illinois, one of the lads being taken ill, was left behind. His presence continued the interest aroused by Lee's representations, so that early in 1839 a company of young men, not one of whom had ever been west of St. Louis, was organized to undertake the Oregon migration. The party consisted at first of nineteen persons. See Robert Shortess, "First Emigrants to Oregon," in Oregon Pioneer Association Transactions, 1896.—Ed.
[25] For the Mormons in Missouri consult our volume xx, pp. 93-99, with accompanying notes.—Ed.
[26] The governor of Missouri (1836-40) was Lilburn W. Boggs, for whom see our volume xx, p. 98, note 65.—Ed.
[27] Consult the references in our volume xxiv, pp. 119, 120, notes 99, 100.—Ed.
[28] See a brief sketch of Rigdon in Flagg's Far West, our volume xxvi, p. 358, note 209.—Ed.
[29] For the use of this term Indian Territory—which did not at that time correspond with our present Indian Territory—see Wyeth's Oregon in our volume xxi, p. 50, note 31.—Ed.
[30] The Santa Fé route was taken in preference to the Oregon trail on the advice of Andrew Sublette and Philip Thompson, who had just returned from the mountains. See Shortess's "Sketch," cited in note 20, above.—Ed.
[31] For this stream see James's Long's Expedition, in our volume xiv, p. 184, note 153.—Ed.
[32] This is probably the same as Round Grove, for which see Gregg's Commerce of the Prairies, in our volume xix, p. 193, note 35.—Ed.
[33] The Osage rises in Kansas south of Kansas River, and as Farnham states, flows in a general easterly course into the Missouri. The usual camping place on the Santa Fé trail was about a hundred miles out, on what was called One Hundred and Ten Mile Creek, indicative of its distance from Fort Osage.—Ed.
[34] For the Kansa, see Bradbury's Travels, in our volume v, p. 67, note 37.—Ed.
[35] On the Comanche, see our volume xvi, p. 233, note 109.—Ed.
[36] See Gregg's description of this place, and the method of forming a caravan, in our volume xix, pp. 196-203, with accompanying notes.—Ed.
[37] For the Cottonwood see our volume xix, p. 204, note 42. The crossing was nearly two hundred miles from Independence.—Ed.