[5]. The word “Oregon” was not an appellation of the Spaniards, but appears to have first been employed in 1778 by the English traveller, Captain Jonathan Carver (concerning whom see J. Long’s Voyages, volume ii of our series, note 5). On the meaning thereof, see Oregon Historical Society Quarterly, June, 1900; also H. H. Bancroft, History of Oregon (San Francisco, 1886), i, pp. 17–25.—Ed.
[6]. For brief biography of these partners of the Pacific Fur Company, see Bradbury’s Travels, volume v of our series, note 4; Franchère’s Narrative, notes 9, 10.—Ed.
[7]. Concerning Mackenzie’s discoveries, see Franchère, note 4. McKay accompanied Mackenzie upon his second voyage to the Pacific, not upon his first expedition to the Arctic.—Ed.
[8]. Relative to Hunt, Crooks, McClellan, and Miller, see Bradbury’s Travels, volume v of our series, notes 2, 3, 72; for Clarke, see Franchère, note 81.—Ed.
[9]. For what is known of these clerks, see Franchère, notes 76, 84. For Robert Stuart, see Bradbury’s Travels, in our volume v, note 117.—Ed.
[10]. Compare the following description of the voyage of the “Tonquin” with that of Franchère; on the “Constitution,” Captain Thorn, and the Hawaiian Islands, see ibid., notes 18, 19, 21.—Ed.
[11]. Compare Ross’s account of the Hawaiian Islands with that of Franchère, especially notes 22–34.—Ed.
[12]. Compare the following account with that of Franchère, particularly notes 36, 37, 40, 41.—Ed.
[13]. Compare Ross’s description of the building of Astoria with that of Franchère, particularly notes 42, 44, 61.—Ed.
[14]. The tribes of the Pacific coast were numerous, and their classification varies. For the Chinook, Clatsop, Wakiacum, Cathlapotle (Cattleputles), Tillamook (Killamux), Multnomah, and Chehalis (Chickelis), see Franchère, notes 39, 40, 45, 52, 53, 65, 67. The other tribes cannot positively be identified, except the Katlamat (Cathlamux), who were a branch of the Upper Chinook, giving name to the town of Cathlamet, Washington. On the subject of the native races of this section, see Thwaites, Original Journals of Lewis and Clark Expedition (New York, 1904), under Scientific Data: Ethnology.—Ed.