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].