[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.