Whitman controversy, [65];
motives of, impugned, [66];
mid-winter ride to St. Louis, [66];
early life history of, [68];
on Oregon question, [69];
guiding party of 1843, [70-74];
letter to secretary of war, [75];
philanthropies of, [77];
treaty of 1846, his work, [78];
ministering to Indians, [79];