CONTENTS
| PAGE | |
| [PART I.]—THE HISTORY | |
| [CHAPTER I] | |
| The Land where the River Flows | [3] |
| [CHAPTER II] | |
| Tales of the First White Men along the Coast | [33] |
| [CHAPTER III] | |
| How All Nations Sought the River from the Sea and how they Found it | [43] |
| [CHAPTER IV] | |
| First Steps across the Wilderness in Search of the River | [69] |
| [CHAPTER V] | |
| The Fur-Traders, their Bateaux, and their Stations | [98] |
| [CHAPTER VI] | |
| The Coming of the Missionaries to the Tribes of the River | [136] |
| [CHAPTER VII] | |
| The Era of the Pioneers, their Ox-Teams, and their Flatboats | [159] |
| [CHAPTER VIII] | |
| Conflict of Nations for Possession of the River | [179] |
| [CHAPTER IX] | |
| The Times of Tomahawk and Firebrand | [202] |
| [CHAPTER X] | |
| When the “Fire-Canoes” Took the Place of the Log-Canoes | [234] |
| [CHAPTER XI] | |
| Era of the Miner, the Cowboy, the Farmer, the Boomer, and the Railroad-Builder | [249] |
| [CHAPTER XII] | |
| The Present Age of Expansion and World Commerce | [265] |
| [PART II.]—A JOURNEY DOWN THE RIVER | |
| [CHAPTER I] | |
| In the Heart of the Canadian Rockies | [273] |
| [CHAPTER II] | |
| The Lakes from the Arrow Lakes to Chelan | [290] |
| [CHAPTER III] | |
| In the Land of Wheat-Field, Orchard, and Garden | [313] |
| [CHAPTER IV] | |
| Where River and Mountain Meet, and the Traces of the Bridge of the Gods | [332] |
| [CHAPTER V] | |
| A Side Trip to some of the Great Snow-Peaks | [352] |
| [CHAPTER VI] | |
| The Lower River and the Ocean Tides | [374] |
| Index | [399] |
ILLUSTRATIONS
| PAGE | |
| St. Peter’s Dome, Columbia River, 2300 Feet High | [Frontispiece] |
| Copyright, Kiser Photograph Co., 1902. | |
| Mount Adams from the South | [74] |
| Photo. by W. D. Lyman. | |
| Capt. Robert Gray | [76] |
| The “Columbia Rediviva” | [76] |
| Mount Hood from Lost Lake | [82] |
| Photo. by E. H. Moorehouse. | |
| Eliot Glacier, Mt. Hood | [84] |
| Photo. by E. H. Moorehouse. | |
| Astoria in 1845 | [116] |
| From an old print. | |
| Astoria, Looking up and across the Columbia River | [116] |
| Photo. by Woodfield. | |
| One of the Lagoons of the Upper Columbia River, near Golden B. C. | [120] |
| Photo. by C. F. Yates, Golden. | |
| Saddle Mountain, or Swallalochort near Astoria, Famous in Indian Myth | [120] |
| Photo. by Woodfield. | |
| Steamer “Beaver,” the First Steamer on the Pacific, 1836 | [124] |
| Portland, Oregon, in 1851 | [124] |
| From an old print. | |
| Grave of Marcus Whitman and his Associate Martyrs at Waiilatpu | [210] |
| Photo. by W. D. Chapman. | |
| Cayuse Babies—1 | [212] |
| Copyright by Lee Moorehouse, 1898. | |
| Cayuse Babies—2 | [212] |
| Copyright by Lee Moorehouse, 1898. | |
| Col. B. F. Shaw, who Won the Battle of Grande Ronde in 1856 | [222] |
| By courtesy of Lee Moorehouse. | |
| Fort Sheridan on the Grande Ronde, Built by Philip Sheridan in 1855 | [224] |
| By courtesy of Lee Moorehouse. | |
| Tullux Holliquilla, a Warm Springs Indian Chief, Famous in the Modoc War as a Scout for U. S. Troops | [228] |
| By courtesy of Lee Moorehouse. | |
| Hallakallakeen (Eagle Wing) or Joseph, the Nez Percé Chief | [230] |
| By T. W. Tolman. | |
| Camp of Chief Joseph on the Nespilem, Wash. | [232] |
| Photo. by T. W. Tolman, Spokane. | |
| Tirzah Trask, a Umatilla Indian Girl—Taken as an Ideal of Sacajawea | [234] |
| Photo. by Lee Moorehouse, Pendleton. | |
| Oregon Pioneer in his Cabin | [256] |
| Photo. by E. H. Moorehouse. | |
| Old Portage Railroad at Cascades in 1860 | [258] |
| A Log-boom down the River for San Francisco | [258] |
| Photo. by Woodfield. | |
| Lumber Mill and Steamboat Landing at Golden, B. C. | [260] |
| Photo. by C. F. Yates. | |
| A Typical Lumber Camp | [262] |
| Photo. by Trueman. | |
| A Logging Railroad, near Astoria | [264] |
| Photo. by Woodfield. | |
| Natural Bridge, Kicking Horse or Wapta River, and Mt. Stephen, B. C. | [276] |
| Photo. by C. F. Yates. | |
| Sunrise on Columbia River, near Washougal | [276] |
| Copyright, Kiser Photograph Co., 1902. | |
| Lake Windermere, Upper Columbia, where David Thompson’s Fort was Built in 1810 | [280] |
| Photo. by W. D. Lyman. | |
| Mt. Burgess and Emerald Lake, One of the Sources of the Wapta River, B. C. | [282] |
| Photo. by C. F. Yates. | |
| Bonnington Falls in Kootenai River, near Nelson | [284] |
| Photo. by Allan Lean. | |
| Bridge Creek, a Tributary of Lake Chelan, Wash. | [286] |
| Photo. by F. N. Kneeland, Northampton, Mass. | |
| Kootenai Lake, from Proctor, B. C. | [288] |
| Photo. by Allan Lean, Nelson. | |
| Lower Arrow Lake, B. C. | [290] |
| Photo. by Allan Lean, Nelson. | |
| Bridal Veil Falls on Columbia River | [292] |
| Photo. by E. H. Moorehouse. | |
| Shoshone Falls, in Snake River, 212 Feet High | [294] |
| Photo. by W. D. Lyman. | |
| Lake Pend Oreille, Idaho | [296] |
| Photo. by T. W. Tolman. | |
| Lake Cœur d’Alene, Idaho | [296] |
| Photo. by T. W. Tolman. | |
| The “Shadowy St. Joe,” Idaho | [298] |
| Photo. by T. W. Tolman. | |
| On the Cœur d’Alene River, Idaho | [300] |
| Photo. by T. W. Tolman. | |
| Gorge of Chelan River, the Outlet of Lake Chelan | [302] |
| Photo. by T. W. Tolman, Spokane. | |
| Head of Lake Chelan—Looking Up Stehekin Cañon | [304] |
| Photo. by W. D. Lyman. | |
| Cascade Pass at Head of Stehekin River, Wash. | [306] |
| Photo. by T. W. Tolman, Spokane. | |
| Doubtful Lake, Cascade Range, Washington, near Lake Chelan | [308] |
| Photo. by T. W. Tolman, Spokane, Wash. | |
| Horseshoe Basin through a Rock Gap, Stehekin Cañon | [310] |
| Photo. by T. W. Tolman. | |
| Lake Chelan | [312] |
| Photo. by W. D. Lyman. | |
| A Harvest Outfit, Dayton, Wash. | [314] |
| Sunset Magazine. | |
| A Combined Harvester, near Walla Walla | [314] |
| Photo. by W. D. Chapman. | |
| Inland Empire System’s Power Plant, near Spokane, 20,000 Horse-Power | [316] |
| Photo. by T. W. Tolman. | |
| Lower Spokane Falls | [316] |
| Photo. by T. W. Tolman. | |
| Cañon of the Stehekin, near Lake Chelan | [318] |
| Photo. by T. W. Tolman. | |
| Memorial Building, Whitman College, Walla Walla | [320] |
| Photo. by W. D. Chapman. | |
| Starting the Ploughs in the Wheat Land, Walla Walla, Wash. | [322] |
| Photo. by W. D. Chapman, Walla Walla. | |
| On the Historic Walla Walla River | [324] |
| Photo. by W. D. Chapman. | |
| Blalock Fruit Ranch of a Thousand Acres at Walla Walla, Wash. | [326] |
| Photo. by W. D. Chapman. | |
| Witch’s Head, near Old Wishram Village. The Indian Superstition is that these Eyes will Follow any Unfaithful Woman | [328] |
| By courtesy of Lee Moorehouse. | |
| Cabbage Rock, Four Miles North of the Dalles | [330] |
| Photo. by Lee Moorehouse, Pendleton. | |
| Eagle Rock, just above Shoshone Falls in Snake River | [332] |
| Photo. by W. D. Lyman. | |
| Stehekin Cañon, 5000 Feet Deep | [334] |
| Photo. by W. D. Lyman. | |
| Steamer “Dalles City,” Descending the Cascades of the Columbia | [336] |
| Memaloose Island, Columbia River | [338] |
| Photo. by E. H. Moorehouse. | |
| Horseshoe Basin near Lake Chelan, Wash. | [340] |
| Photo. by T. W. Tolman, Spokane. | |
| Castle Rock, Columbia River | [342] |
| Copyright, Kiser Photograph Co., 1902. | |
| The Lyman Glacier and Glacier Lake in North Star Park, near Lake Chelan | [344] |
| Photo. by W. D. Lyman. | |
| Hunters on Lake Chelan, with their Spoils | [346] |
| Photo. by W. D. Lyman. | |
| A Morning’s Catch on the Touchet, near Dayton, Wash. | [346] |
| Sunset Magazine. | |
| Oneonta Gorge—Looking in | [348] |
| Photo. by E. H. Moorehouse. | |
| Cape Horn, Columbia River—Looking up | [350] |
| Photo. by E. H. Moorehouse, Portland. | |
| Looking up the Columbia River from the Cliff above Multnomah Falls, Ore. | [352] |
| Copyright, 1902, by Kiser Photograph Co. | |
| Spokane Falls and City, 1886 | [354] |
| Photo. by T. W. Tolman, Spokane. | |
| Spokane Falls and City, 1908 | [354] |
| Photo. by T. W. Tolman. | |
| In the Heart of the Cascade Mountains, above Lake Chelan, Wash. | [360] |
| Photo. by T. W. Tolman, Spokane. | |
| Birch-Tree Channel, Upper Columbia, near Golden, B. C. | [362] |
| Photo by C. F. Yates, Golden. | |
| Typical Mountain Meadow, Stehekin Valley, Wash. | [364] |
| Photo. by T. W. Tolman. | |
| High School, Walla Walla, Wash. | [366] |
| Photo. by W. D. Chapman, Walla Walla. | |
| Lake Chelan | [368] |
| Photo. by F. N. Kneeland. | |
| On the Banks of the Columbia River, near Hood River | [370] |
| Photo. by E. H. Moorehouse. | |
| Rooster Rock, Columbia River—Looking up | [372] |
| Photo. by E. H. Moorehouse, Portland. | |
| Band of Elk on W. P. Reser’s Ranch, Walla Walla, Wash. | [374] |
| Photo. by W. D. Chapman. | |
| Oregon City in 1845 | [376] |
| From an old print. | |
| Fort Vancouver in 1845 | [376] |
| Lone Rock, Columbia River, about Fifty Miles East of Portland | [378] |
| Photo. by E. H. Moorehouse, Portland. | |
| Willamette Falls, Oregon City, Ore. | [380] |
| Photo. by E. H. Moorehouse. | |
| Among the Big Spruce Trees, near Astoria, Oregon | [382] |
| Photo. by Woodfield, Astoria. | |
| Portland in 1908. Mt. St. Helens Sixty-Five Miles Distant | [384] |
| Portland Harbour, Oregon | [386] |
| Photo. by E. H. Moorehouse, Portland. | |
| Fish River Road in Upper Columbia Region, B. C. | [388] |
| Photo. by Trueman, Victoria. | |
| Multnomah Falls, 840 Feet High, on South Side of Columbia River about Sixty Miles above Portland | [390] |
| Photo. by E. H. Moorehouse. | |
| Chinook Salmon, Weight 80 Pounds | [392] |
| Photo. by Woodfield, Astoria. | |
| Lake Adela, near Head of Columbia River, B. C. | [394] |
| Photo. by C. F. Yates. | |
| Bridal Veil Bluff, Columbia River, Oregon | [396] |
| Photo. by E. H. Moorehouse, Portland. | |
| Band of Kootenai Indians, B. C. | [398] |
| Photo. by Allan Lean, Nelson. | |
| Maps | [At End] |