Compare Ross’s account of the Hawaiian Islands with that of Franchère, especially notes 22–34.—ED. Footnote 12: Compare the following account with that of Franchère, particularly notes 36, 37, 40, 41.—ED. Footnote 13: Compare Ross’s description of the building of Astoria with that of Franchère, particularly notes 42, 44, 61.—ED. Footnote 14: The tribes of the Pacific coast were numerous, and their classification varies. For the Chinook, Clatsop, Wakiacum, Cathlapotle (Cattleputles), Tillamook (Killamux), Multnomah, and Chehalis (Chickelis), see Franchère, notes 39, 40, 45, 52, 53, 65, 67. The other tribes cannot positively be identified, except the Katlamat (Cathlamux), who were a branch of the Upper Chinook, giving name to the town of Cathlamet, Washington. On the subject of the native races of this section, see Thwaites, _Original Journals of Lewis and Clark Expedition_ (New York, 1904), under Scientific Data: Ethnology.—ED. Footnote 15: For information concerning the wood-rat, sea-otter, and chepool, see Franchère, notes 128–130.—ED. Footnote 16: For the characteristic fish of this coast, see Franchère, notes 88, 124–126. The _ulichan_ is the candlefish, so named because it is fat enough to burn for illuminating purposes.—ED. Footnote 17: For the wappato root see Franchère, note 87.—ED. Footnote 18: Captain John Meares, born about 1756, served in the British navy, where he attained the rank of lieutenant. After the Peace of Paris (1783) he entered the merchant service, and founded a commercial house in Macao, China, to trade with the North-west Coast of North America. In 1786 he made his first voyage thither. Two years later, he formed an establishment at Nootka Sound, and explored the coast to the south— failing, however, to recognize the outlet of the Columbia as the mouth of a great river. In 1789, Meares’s establishment at Nootka was demolished by the Spaniards, which led to the diplomatic incident known as the Nootka Sound episode. His book appeared during this controversy—_Voyages made in the years 1788 and 1789 to the N. W. Coast of America_ (London, 1791). Meares finally returned to the navy, became commander in 1795, and died in 1809.—ED. Footnote 19: For brief account of Vancouver, see Franchère, note 2. Port Discovery, on the northern coast of Washington, was named for Vancouver’s ship. Desolation Sound was farther north in the Gulf of Georgia.—ED. Footnote 20: For the appearance of these flattened heads, see Clark’s drawings of the Chinook, in _Original Journals of Lewis and Clark Expedition_.—ED. Footnote 21: