American Colonization Society, 356 American Fur Company, 202, 307, 352, 538 _American Notes_, Dickens's, 246 Analco, 459 Anderson, Jeremiah G., 319 Andrews, President Israel Ward, 24 Angelenos, the, 661 Antoinette, Marie, 144 Anza, 651 Apache Cañon, 476 Arapahoe County, 442 Archer, Mr., quoted, 223 Arguello, 580, 654, 664 Arkansas, Pike goes up the, 430 Armel, Olivier, 240 Armijo, Gov., 468, 469, 472 Armour Institute, 229 Arndt, Charles C.P., 246 Ass at the Coeur d'Alene, 523, 530 Astor, John Jacob, 202, 351; establishes Astoria, 536-544 Astoria, colony of, 536-544 _Astoria_ quoted, 539 Atchison, Kansas, 385 Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fé Railroad, 386 Atherton, Gertrude, 615 Auraria, 436 Aurarians, the, 425, 437 Ayuntamiento, the, in California, 658 _ff._ B Bailey, Dr. John R., 140, _note_ Baker, Col. E.D., defends Cora, 592 Baker, Jim, 434 Baker, R.S., 672 Balboa, 616 Baltimore, founding of, 88, 90 Bancroft, George, quoted, 4 Bancroft Library, 613 Barstow, Wm., 248-250 Bartlett, Washington, 581 Bashford, Coles, 248-250 Bates House, 166 Bates, Judge, 101-105 Baugenon, Marie, 337 Beaubien, Mark, 209 _Beaver_, the, 542 _Bee, The Omaha_, 420 Beecher, H.W., 614 Beechy visits Mission Dolores, 577 Behring, Capt., 627 Belcher visits San Francisco Bay, 580 Belle Isle, Detroit, 108, 111, 118 Belmont, 236, 238 Benavides, 453, 454, 456 _Ben Hur_ cited, 478 Bent, Gov. Charles, 434, 468, 473 Benton, U.S. Senator T.H., 353 Berger, Pierre, 337 Berkeley, California, 610 Bierce, Ambrose, 615 "Big Thunder," 70 Bird, Capt., 100 Bissot, 172, 173 Black Hawk, 206, 236, 305, 357, 358, 521 _Blackwood's Magazine_, 274 Blaine, Mrs. Emmons, 230 Blennerhassett, Harman, 19-22 Blennerhassett, Mrs. Harman, 21 Blennerhassett's Island, 22 "Bloody Island," 353 Bohemian Club of San Francisco, 613 Bolce, Harold, on Spokane, 509-533; on Monterey, 617-644 Bolles, Peter, 220 Bolton, Sarah Knowles, 51 Bonaparte, Napoleon, 617 Bonhomme, 205 Bonneville, 431, 432 Boone, Daniel, 63, 84, 111 Boscana, Geromino, 656 Bottineau, Pierre, 272 Bourget, Paul, quoted, 278 Bovard, Dr., 682 Braddock, 338 Bradstreet, Col., relieves Detroit, 109 Brandt, 15, 61 Brandywine, battle of the, 5 Brannan and _The San Francisco Star_, 582 Brazil, Father, 324 Brice, Henry W., 380 Bridger, Col. James, 434, 480 Brier, Rev. J.W., 674 British, acquire Canada, 175; in the Northwest, 173, 176, 184, 190 Brock, Gen., Gov. Hull surrenders to, 115 Broderick, duel with Terry, 596 Broisbriant, 173 Broughton, Lieut., 537, 539