[56] _Transactions_ of the Oregon Pioneer Association for 1887, p. 16. [57] _Transactions_ of the Oregon Pioneer Association for 1888, p. 134. [58] _Transactions_ of the Oregon Pioneer Association for 1888, pp. 135, 136. [59] For further opinions of contemporaries of Dr. McLoughlin, see Document S. [60] Greenhow's _History of Oregon and California_, pp. 323-325, 467-476 (second edition, 1845); Martin's _Hudson Bay Territories and Vancouver's Island_, pp. 151-165; Bryce's _The Remarkable History of the Hudson's Bay Company_, Chapters XXIV to XXIX. [61] This copy of the Shortess petition is made from the United States Senate Document as printed by its order of February 7, 1844. It is Senate Document 105, 28th Congress, 1st Session. One copy of this original Senate Document is in the possession of Milton W. Smith, Esq., of Portland, Oregon. By his courtesy the foregoing copy was made from said Senate Document. The purported copy of the Shortess petition in Gray's _History of Oregon_ and in Brown's _Political History of Oregon_ are not true copies. [62] See Document N. [63] Bernard's Heirs v. Ashley's Heirs, 18 _Howard_ (U. S. Supreme Court) 43; Hot Spring Cases, 2 _Otto_ (U. S. Supreme Court) 698, 706. [64] Rev. Gustavus Hines, _History of Oregon_, Chapter x. [65] See Document J. [66] Mrs. Frances F. Victor, _The River of the West_, pp. 359, 360; _History of Oregon_, Bancroft's Works, Vol. I, p. 223. [67] See Document L, where this injunction by Thurston, written on the copy of his letter, is set forth in full. [68] Hall v. Russell, 101 _U. S._, 503. [69] This correspondence was also published in full in the _Western Star_ (published at Milwaukee, Oregon), in its issue of April 10, 1851. [70] See Document F. [71] _Transactions_ of the Oregon Pioneer Association for 1876, p. 18. [72] Col. J. W. Nesmith was a Captain of Oregon volunteers in the Cayuse Indian War of 1847; and also in the Rogue River Indian War of 1852, and was Colonel of the First Regiment of Oregon Mounted Volunteers in the Yakima Indian War of 1855. He was a United States Senator and also a Representative to Congress from Oregon. [73] _Transactions_ of the Oregon Pioneer Association for 1876, p. 58. [74] _Transactions_ of the Oregon Pioneer Association for 1879, pp. 29, 30. [75] _Transactions_ of the Oregon Pioneer Association for 1875, p. 51. [76] _Transactions_ of the Oregon Pioneer Association for 1882, p. 26. [77] _Transactions_ of the Oregon Pioneer Association for 1886, pp. 25-27. INDEX Abernethy, General George, 65, 66, 109, 116, 122, 126, 134, 135, 187, 209, 211, 223, 235, 240, 243. Abernethy Island, 102, 103, 107, 108, 110, 114, 116, 117, 122, 126, 130, 134, 135, 141, 142, 143, 153, 200, 214, 228, 235, 236, 237, 239, 242, 262. Academy, Wesleyan, 112 (_see also_ Schools). Acapulco (Mex.), 144. Act, Organic, 67; of 1848, 114; trading, 177. Adams, Thomas (an Indian), 185. Agriculture, 85, 258.