As we have followed, one after another, the steps in the genesis of political authority and of a commonwealth government in Oregon, we have seen the heroic efforts made by some who have stood out conspicuous as leaders; we have seen the no less heroic efforts of many whose names have received no mention, but whose part in the result has been as great; we have seen the influence of forces which were powerfully working with or against the efforts to achieve the result. We have seen a locality well fitted for the home of man pass out from the condition of a wilderness, through all the stages of development, to that high state of civilization where every individual enjoys the privilege of citizenship in a great nation, as well as all the liberties of local freedom. And although we have been engaged upon a theme of local history, in its unfolding we have beheld at the same time a gradual enlargement of national life, and a steady progress toward greater things. JAMES ROOD ROBERTSON. Chapter Footnotes ----- Footnote 1: Act of Parliament in appendix to Greenbow’s History of Oregon. Footnote 2: Matthew P. Deady. Footnote 3: Conversation with Dr. Wm. Geiger, pioneer of 1842. Footnote 4: Benton’s Thirty Years in the Senate. Footnote 5: Irving’s Astoria. Footnote 6: Annals of Congress and Congressional Debates are authorities used upon discussions in the legislature. Footnote 7: Hon. Francis Baylies. Footnote 8: Hon. Francis Baylies. Footnote 9: The Correspondence and Journals of Capt. Nathaniel J. Wyeth, edited by F. G. Young. Footnote 10: Thirty Years in the Senate. Footnote 11: Oregon Archives, by Grover, are the authority used on the provisional government. Footnote 12: Oregon Archives. Footnote 13: J. Quinn Thornton. Footnote 14: Conversation with A. Hinman, pioneer of 1844. Footnote 15: Messages of the Presidents, by Richardson, is authority for statements of Presidents. Footnote 16: Blaine’s Twenty Years in Congress. Footnote 17: Brief Treatise on Constitutional and Party Questions by S. A. Douglas. Reported by J. M. Cutts. Footnote 18: Congressional Globe is authority used for remaining discussions in congress. Footnote 19: Journal of the Constitutional Convention. Footnote 20: Reported in the Oregonian, 1857. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ THE PROCESS OF SELECTION IN OREGON PIONEER SETTLEMENT.