1846.—Shasta, Mt.—Called Pitt by the English, Jackson and Monroe by the Americans, and Shasta by the trappers.—(The Oregon Territory,—Nicolay, page 109). (Oregon and California,—Thornton, vol 1, page 257).
1788.—Shoalwater Bay.—Discovered and named by Captain John Mears, July 5th.—(Mears' Voyages, vol. 1, page 263).
1852.—First surveyed by Lieut. Com. Alden.—(Narrative of 1853, vol. 1, page 263).
1792.—Skagit Head.—Named by Vancouver.—(Life on Puget Sound, page 156).
1836.—Slacum, Wm. A.—An agent of the State Department, in the guise of a private citizen, visited the Columbia and Willamette Rivers.—(Pacific States, vol. 23, page 602).
Spain's First Claim to Oregon.—(Barrows' Oregon, page 12).
1795.—Spain withdraws from Oregon.—(Barrows' Oregon, page 14).
Spaniards coveted a position in the East Indies, but the Bull of Pope Alexander III precluded them from sailing eastward, round the Cape of Good Hope, hence their attempts to go by way of the Pacific.—(History of Oregon,—Twiss, page 50).
1800.—Spanish territory west of the Mississippi conveyed to France.—(Barrows' Oregon, page 210).
1814.—Spanish claims conceded to the United States through France and acknowledged by Great Britain.—(Barrows' Oregon, page 208).