The quarterly of the Oregon Historical Society, Vol. 4, March, 1903-December, 1903Oregon Historical Society
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The quarterly of the Oregon Historical Society, Vol. 4, March, 1903-December, 1903
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The History of Nevada, Colorado, and Wyoming, as already noticed, was
written by Mrs. Victor, with the exception of the first two chapters
on Nevada, which were by Bancroft. Mrs. Victor's statement of her work
includes these also, perhaps by inadvertence. It is possible that she
rewrote them, however, as Mr. Bancroft had admitted that they were out
of proportion.
In the work on the Northwest Coast, we again see Bancroft's
predilection for early voyages. The first half of Volume I, including
the Spanish explorations of the coast, belonged to Oak's field, and
was written by him. Bancroft wrote most of the remainder of the two
volumes, which included the maritime fur trade, the Lewis and Clark
expedition, the Astor enterprise, the Northwest and Hudson Bay
companies, and the later American fur trade.
A hundred pages on the "Oregon Question" written by Mrs. Victor for
Oregon were incorporated in the second volume of the History of the
Northwest Coast. She had taken the American side of the case, a view
with which Mr. Bancroft was not in sympathy. By his order, Mr. Oak
rewrote the subject from an English standpoint. He added chapter
fifteen, but to some extent made use of her work in preparing chapter
sixteen. Mrs. Victor always claimed that he merely altered it, Oak
himself that he rewrote it. The remainder of her manuscript was
retained and printed as chapter eighteen.
The volume on Washington, Idaho, and Montana, was written wholly by
Mrs. Victor, a task for which she was fitted by her work on early
Oregon history.
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