Letter to General Lovejoy.--Call for men and ammunition.-- Yankama chief.--His speech.--Small supply of ammunition.-- Letter of Joseph Cadwallader.--Claim and a girl.--Combined Indian tribes.--Ladies of Oregon.--Public meeting.--A noble address.--Vote of thanks.--Address of the young ladies.-- Death of Colonel Gilliam.--His campaign.--Colonel Waters' letter.--Doubtful position of Indians.--Number at Fort Wallawalla.--Results of the war.--Jesuit letters.--Fathers Hoikin and De Smet.--The Choctaws.--Indian confederacy.--Last hope of the Indian.--Jesuit policy.--The Irish in the war of the Rebellion.--Father Hecker.--Boasts of the Jesuits.-- Letter of Lieutenant Rogers.--Priests supply the Indians with arms and ammunition.--Ammunition seized.--Oregon _Argus_.-- Discovery of gold.--No help for the Indian.--Withdrawal of the Hudson's Bay Company to Vancouver.--The smooth-tongued Jesuits yet remain. Page 568 CHAPTER LXIV. Missions among the Western Indians.--The Coeur d'Alêne Mission.--Protestant and Catholic missions compared.--What the American Protestant missionaries have done for the country and the Indians.--Extent of their influence, progress, and improvements.--Patriotism of Dr. Whitman. Page 593 CHAPTER LXV. Description of the face of the country.--Agricultural and mining productions.--Timber.--The Wallamet.--Columbia.-- Dalles.--Upper Columbia.--Mountains.--Rivers.--Mineral wealth.--Climate.--The Northern Pacific Railroad.-- Conclusion. Page 610 HISTORY OF OREGON. CHAPTER I. First discovery of the river.--Natives friendly.--British ship.--Brig _Jennet_.--Snow _Sea Otter_.--The _Globe_.-- _Alert._--_Guatimozin._--_Atahualpa._--Lewis and Clarke. --Vancouver.--Hamilton.--Derby.--_Pearl._--_Albatross._--First house built in 1810.--Astor's settlement.--The _Tonquin_.--Astor's Company betrayed to the Northwest Company.