TYPICAL MOUNTAIN MEADOW, STEHEKIN VALLEY, WASH. 364 Photo. by T. W. Tolman. HIGH SCHOOL, WALLA WALLA, WASH. 366 Photo. by W. D. Chapman, Walla Walla. LAKE CHELAN 368 Photo. by F. N. Kneeland. ON THE BANKS OF THE COLUMBIA RIVER, NEAR HOOD RIVER 370 Photo. by E. H. Moorehouse. ROOSTER ROCK, COLUMBIA RIVER--LOOKING UP 372 Photo. by E. H. Moorehouse, Portland. BAND OF ELK ON W. P. RESER'S RANCH, WALLA WALLA, WASH. 374 Photo. by W. D. Chapman. OREGON CITY IN 1845 376 From an old print. FORT VANCOUVER IN 1845 376 LONE ROCK, COLUMBIA RIVER, ABOUT FIFTY MILES EAST OF PORTLAND 378 Photo. by E. H. Moorehouse, Portland. WILLAMETTE FALLS, OREGON CITY, ORE. 380 Photo. by E. H. Moorehouse. AMONG THE BIG SPRUCE TREES, NEAR ASTORIA, OREGON 382 Photo. by Woodfield, Astoria. PORTLAND IN 1908. MT. ST. HELENS SIXTY-FIVE MILES DISTANT 384 PORTLAND HARBOUR, OREGON 386 Photo. by E. H. Moorehouse, Portland. FISH RIVER ROAD IN UPPER COLUMBIA REGION, B. C. 388 Photo. by Trueman, Victoria. MULTNOMAH FALLS, 840 FEET HIGH, ON SOUTH SIDE OF COLUMBIA RIVER ABOUT SIXTY MILES ABOVE PORTLAND 390 Photo. by E. H. Moorehouse. CHINOOK SALMON, WEIGHT 80 POUNDS 392 Photo. by Woodfield, Astoria. LAKE ADELA, NEAR HEAD OF COLUMBIA RIVER, B. C. 394 Photo. by C. F. Yates. BRIDAL VEIL BLUFF, COLUMBIA RIVER, OREGON 396 Photo. by E. H. Moorehouse, Portland. BAND OF KOOTENAI INDIANS, B. C. 398 Photo. by Allan Lean, Nelson. MAPS _At End_ PART I The History CHAPTER I The Land where the River Flows Contrasts--The Two Islands--Uplift--Volcanic Action--Flood--Age of Ice--Story of Wishpoosh and Creation of the Tribes--Outline of the Mountain Systems--Peculiar Interlocking of the Columbia and the Kootenai--The Cascade Range--The Inland Empire--The Valleys West of the Cascade Mountains--The Forests--The Climate--The Native Races and Some of their Myths--Story of the Kamiah Monster--The Tomanowas Bridge at the Cascades--Origin of Three Great Mountains--The Chinook Wind--Myths of the Unseen Life--Klickitat Story of the Spirit Baby--Beauty of the Native Names.