[48] Oregon Spectator, August 22 and 29, 1850.

[49] Oregon Spectator, September 26, 1850.

[50] Oregon Spectator, November 7, 1850.

[51] Western Star (Milwaukee, Oregon) February 20, and March 13, 1851.

[52] Attention is called to the correspondence of S. R. Thurston, Nathaniel J. Wyeth, R. C. Winthrop and Dr. McLoughlin, which is set forth in Document O.

[53] See Document P.

[54] House Journal, 1853-54, P. 165.

[55] See Document Q.

[56] Transactions of the Oregon Pioneer Association for 1887, p. 16.

[57] Transactions of the Oregon Pioneer Association for 1888, p. 134.