Eight—Chinook, _sto-ken_; Spokane, _ha-en-um_. Nine—Chinook, _quoist_; Spokane, _h’noot_. Ten—Chinook, _tat-ta-lum_; Spokane, _oo-pen_. Twenty—Chinook, _tattalum-tattalum_; Spokane, _es-sel oo-pen_. One hundred—Spokane, _en-kay-kin_. HOUSEHOLD ARTICLES, IMPLEMENTS, ETC. Blankets—Calapooia, _Pas-sis-si_. Kettle—Calapooia, _Moos-moos_. Slaves—Calapooia, _El-ai-tai_. _Haiqua_ shells, used for money, a small turritella, found on the northern coast. Small _haiqua_—Calapooia, _Cope-cope_. Tobacco—Calapooia, _E-kai-noss_. Knives—Calapooia, _Eoptstsh_. Powder—Calapooia, _Poo-lal-lie_. Buffalo robe—Clatsop, _Too-i-hee_. Wagon—Clatsop, _Chick-chick_ (_ono._). High-bow Chinook canoe—Clatsop, _Esquai-ah_. Big tub Chinook canoe—Clatsop, _Ska-moolsk_. Small duck canoe—_Kah-see-tic_(_h_). Clackamas canoe—Clackamas, _Tse-quah-min_. Even from the above meager list a number of interesting inquiries might be begun, but my object at present is only to make a small contribution along what I believe will prove a profitable line of investigation, hoping that others will add theirs. In this way something will be accomplished toward reconstructing the simple life of our natives, doing them a justice, and discovering, I am sure, what will be a delight and benefit both to the present and to the coming generations of our own people. H. S. LYMAN. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ DOCUMENTS. All of the following newspaper articles were taken from a single year of the New York _Tribune_. They serve well to indicate the interest with which Oregon Territory was regarded throughout the country in 1842: [From the _Tribune_ (New York), January 18, 1842.] FROM OREGON. EXTRACT OF A LETTER DATED WILHAMET, FEBRUARY 19, 1842. I will now tell you something of the people of this country. There are about seventy-five to eighty French Canadians settled in this country, principally discharged from the service of the Hudson Bay Company; there are also about fifty Americans settled in and about this country, making, perhaps, one hundred and twenty-five to one hundred and thirty male inhabitants, who are married to Indian women. They raise from their farms, on an average, from three to five hundred, and some from ten to twelve hundred bushels of wheat, besides great quantities of pease, potatoes, oats, barley, corn, etc. The Hudson Bay Company have in their employ at Fort Vancouver about one hundred and twenty-five persons, and many in several other forts both sides of the Rocky Mountains.