Hawkins, Sir John, his reception at Vera Cruz, 1-2. Hearne, Samuel, explorer, 45. Heceta, Bruno, his River of the West, 52, 56, 58, 62, 67, 125. Hudson's Bay Company, the, 45, 53; interested in the Pacific fur trade, 71; its jurisdiction over Oregon, 116-123; its short-sighted policy, 124, 126-8; founds a colony on Vancouver Island, 128-31. Indians of the Pacific Coast, and Cook, 47-8; and Gray, 56, 61-2; and Mackenzie, 83, 84-5; and Fraser, 88, 96-8; and the Astorians, 110-12; and M'Loughlin, 117, 119, 125-6, 127; and the Oregon brigades, 121, 123; and Douglas, 128-9. See Aleuts and Carrier Indians. Juan de Fuca, strait of, 12; the search for, 17, 45, 47, 53, 56; located by Barkley, 57. Kamchatka, 13; and the fur trade on the Aleutians, 31-9, 49. See Petropavlovsk. Kendrick, Captain John, his trading expedition to the Pacific Coast, 55, 56, 57-60. Kootenay Indians, the, 102, 103. La Perouse, a French explorer on the Pacific Coast, 58. Lewis, Meriwether, his overland expedition to the Pacific, 86, 87, 90, 108, 125. Lewis, an Astorian, his plucky end, 111-12. M'Dougall, Duncan, at Astoria, 108, 112. M'Dougall, James, his explorations, 87-8. M'Gillivray, Duncan, accompanies Thompson in exploring expedition, 102-3. Mackay, Alexander, with Mackenzie's Pacific expedition, 73, 76, 79; joins the Astorians, 99, 109; massacred at Clayoquot, 110-11. Mackay, Thomas, his Oregon brigade, 117, 119-21, 126. Mackenzie, Sir Alexander, 53, 71-2; his Pacific expedition, 72-3; his journey up the Peace and Fraser, 73-82; reaches the Pacific, 83-5, 86. M'Loughlin, Dr John, ruler in Oregon, 116-19, 128; his great choice and desire, 125-128; his death, 128. Maquinna, a Pacific Coast chief, 68, 69. Martinez, Don Joseph, his high-handed action at Nootka, 59. Meares, Captain John, a trader on the Pacific Coast, 57-8, 59. Mexico, pilots of, their explorations on the Pacific Coast, 62-5. Narvaez, his discoveries on the Pacific Coast, 62-4. New Caledonia, 87, 89, 122-3. See British Columbia. Nootka, Cook at, 47; English and American traders at, 57-58; the Nootka Affair, 59-60, 61, 66, 68-9, 73. 'North-West America,' the first ship built on the Pacific Coast, 57. North-West Company, the, 53, 116; and the race for the Pacific, 71, 99-101, 113. Ogden, Peter Skene, his Oregon brigade, 117, 119-21. Oregon, extent of under Hudson's Bay Company jurisdiction, 116-17; colonization in, 118; hunting brigades of, 119-23; acquired by United States, 124, 125; American immigration into, 125-7. Oregon Treaty, the, 127. Pacific Coast, exploration of, 8, 12, 46-8, 52, 62-5, 66-8, 70, 125; beginning of struggle for control of, 53-4. Pacific Fur Company, the, 71; founded, 99, 100, 109; at Astoria, 108, 109-10, 112; the Clayoquot tragedy, 109-112. Pacific Ocean, 'a closed sea,' 1, 55-6, 65; Drake's raids on Spanish treasure-ships on, 5-8; regarding a north-east passage from, 9-10, 48-9. See Pacific Coast.