Ships, 33, 35, 36, 38, 45, 47, 48, 51, 58, 59, 61, 63, 68, 103, 105, 113, 115, 135, 181, 182, 183, 186, 194, 195, 196, 222, 223, 258, 267. Shortess petition, 104, 116-119, 148, 175-209, 210, 212, 253, 254. Shortess, Robert, 116, 119, 196, 204, 206, 208, 209, 211, 255. Simpson, Sir George, 90, 96, 270. Sitka (Alaska), 29. Skinner, A. A., 122. Slacum, --, 202. Slocum, W. A., 28. Smith, A. D., 205. Smith, Jedediah S. (furtrader), 33, 35, 36, 38, 74. Smith, Milton W., 209. Snake country, 47. Snake River, 27, 196. Snelling, Vincent, letter to McLoughlin, 262-264. Sonoma County (Cal.), 25. Spalding, Mrs. Henry H., 54. Spalding, Rev. Henry H., 54. Spies, 91, 97. Staats, Stephen, 82. Stanstead (Canada), 112. Stark, --, 222. Starrs, --, 222. _Statesman_, cited, 262. Stikeen (Fort), 24. Stony Mountains, 175, 176, 178, 180 (_see_ Rocky Mountains). Straits of Juan de Fuca, 193. Sublette, -- (furtrader), 33. Sue, Eugene, 254. Sumatra (a ship), 58. Superior (lake), 24. Surveyors, 224, 237, 251. Sutton, William C., 119, 205, 210. Sweet Water River, 185. Taxes, 67. Teachers, missionaries as, 193. Tennessee (state), 83. The Dalles, 69, 70, 72, 73, 77, 82, 91, 111, 197. Thing, Captain --, 182 Thomas H. Perkins (American ship), 32, 194. Thomas, Captain --, 36. Thompson, L. S., 153. Thornton, J. Quinn, 247, 248, 254; _History of Provisional Government of Oregon_, cited, 61, 62, 276, 277. Thurston (county), 170. Thurston, Samuel R., 119, 121, 122, 123, 229, 230, 231, 233, 234, 237, 238, 239, 241, 242, 243, 244, 245, 246, 256, 261, 262, 263; his letter, 123-140; protests against him, 137-140; acts approved, 139; acts not endorsed, 140; death, 144; career and death, 144-146; illtreats McLoughlin, 148, 149; false statements by, 152, 161; excerpts from speech, 210, 211, 246-256, 258, 259, 260, 261, 262. Timber, 201, 235, 236 (_see also_ Lumber). Tolmie, Dr. F. W., 236. Tongue Point (Ore.), 52. Tonner, A., 205. Tonquin (ship), 24, 285. Town, --, 128. Townsend, John K., _Narrative of a Journey across the Rocky Mountains_, cited, 49, 50. Trade and commerce, 95, 191, 192. Trade licenses, 177, 178, 179, 180. Traders, American, 33, 45-52, 81. Trading act, 177. Trading Companies, 95, 96, 176-179 (_see also_ Hudson's Bay Company, and Northwest Fur Company). Trading posts, 27, 28. Trappers, 191. Treaties, 19, 20, 21, 39, 68, 86, 87, 128, 129, 131, 141, 142, 216, 253, 254 (_see also_ Conventions). Tualatin Plains, 203, 204, 210. Turner, John, 205. Turnham, Joel, 205. Typhus fever, 285, 286. Umpqua, 184. Umpqua River, 34, 35, 36.