CHAPTER XLII. The Start. Making Camps—Out on the Trail—Centralia, Wash.—Chehalis, Wash.—Jackson's—Toledo, Wash.—Portland, Oregon 246 CHAPTER XLIII. The Dalles, Oregon. Quotations from Journal—Shoeing the Oxen—Out from The Dalles—Pendleton, Oregon—The Blue Mountains—Meacham, Oregon—La Grande, Oregon—Ladd's Canyon—Camp No. 34—Baker City, Oregon—Old Mt. Pleasant, Oregon—Durkee, Oregon—Huntington—Vale, Oregon 255 CHAPTER XLIV. Old Fort Boise—Parma, Idaho—Boise, Idaho—Twin Falls, Idaho—American Falls, Idaho—Pocatello, Idaho—Soda Springs, Idaho—Montpelier, Idaho—The Mad Bull—The Wounded Buffalo—Cokeville, Wyoming 266 CHAPTER XLV. Independence Rock. The Rocky Mountains. Pacific Springs—Sweetwater—Split Rock—The Devil's Gate 271 CHAPTER XLVI. Fish Creek—North Platte—Casper, Wyoming—Glen Rock—Douglas, Wyoming—Puyallup, Tacoma, Seattle—New Changes 280 CHAPTER XLVII. Fort Laramie, Wyoming. Scott's Bluff—The Dead of the Plains—The Lone Grave—Chimney Rock—North Platte 289 CHAPTER XLVIII. Death of Twist. Gothenberg, Nebraska—Lexington 298 CHAPTER XLIX. Kearney, Nebraska. Grand Island 303 CHAPTER L. From Indianapolis to Washington—Events on the Way 306 CHAPTER LI. Return Trip. Leaving Washington—Out West Again—From Portland to Seattle 320 CHAPTER LII. The End 328 CHAPTER LIII. The Interim and Second Trip. Good Road Movement—The Overland Outfit in the Interim—Yukon Exposition—The Trip of 1910-'11—Hunting for the Trail—Dedication of the Wagon and Team to Washington—A Bill for Surveying "Pioneer Way"—The Author's Plea Before the House Committee on Military Affairs 331 CHAPTER LIV. Conquest of the Oregon Country. (1) Exploration, by Robert Gray, Lewis and Clark and Jonathan Carver—Naming Oregon. (2) Exploitation, by John Jacob Astor, the Hunt Party, Hudson Bay Co.—Ashley, Bonneyville and Wythe—(3) Missionary; "White Man's Book of Heaven," Lee, Parker, Whitman and Spaulding as Missionaries—Tribute to Pioneers. (4) Home builders; American Settlers Outnumber English—English give up Joint Occupancy, Withdrawal and Ashburton's Treaty—Establishment of the Oregon Trail 1843—Emigration of 1852—Conclusions 343 CHAPTER LV. Pioneer Life in Puyallup. The Cabin—Stilly a Typical Pioneer—Stilly's Cabin Becomes The Author's Home—The Ivy Vine—Dedication of the Cabin as "Pioneer Park"—The Author's Phonographic Address 352 CHAPTER LVI.