Blethen, Col. A. J., purchased _The Times_, 385. Boelling, V., 22, 32. Boardman, John, letter from, 276. Boise, Reuben P., 167; elected commissioner to draft code of laws for Oregon, 190; elected state representative, 192, 194. Bonneville, Captain, 359. Boon, John L., 104. Booth, A., & Company, 140. Bohttink, Professor, 319. Bowman, Amos, employed by Bancroft, 314. Border Ruffians, 42. Bosquetti, librarian for Bancroft, 299. Boyer, John F., 195, 196. Boyle, ----, 145. Breckinridge, John C., nominated for president, 94, 101. Breitenbush, John, 248. Bridger, Jim, 113. Brotchie, Captain, 265. Brooks, John P., 390. Brosset, M., 319. Brown, ----, 26. Brown, Miss, teacher, 29. Brown, John, 42. Brown, Hugh, founder of Brownsville, 74. Brown, F. M., 74. Brown, Beriah, 365, 372; editor _Puget Sound Dispatch_, 377; publisher _Puget Sound Dispatch_, 379. Brown, J. Henry, employed by Bancroft, 314. Buchanan, Lieutenant Colonel, 99, 237, 238. Buchanan, President, 126. Buffalo Historical Society, 309. _Bulletin, The_, 317, 369. Burnett, Peter H., 11, 78, 256, 271; letters of taken from _Ohio Statesman_ and _St. Louis Reporter_, 180. Burnett, John, 365. Bush, Asahel, territorial printer, 192, 193, 365; editor _Oregon Statesman_, 370. Burke, Thomas, 379. Butler, Hillory, 378. Butler, Henry, 104. Butterfield, John, 126. Byers, ----, founder _Rocky Mountain News_, 327. Calapooia, The Upper, by George O. Goodall, 70. _Call_ and _Daily Press_ consolidated, 383. California Pioneers, Society of, 294, 351. California material, how collected by Bancroft, 311. _Californian, The_, pioneer paper of California, 376. Campbell, John G., 390. Carey, Alice and Phoebe, 315. Carson, Kit, 230, 239. Carter, Miss Julia, 64. Carter, ----, 232. Cartwright, Charlotte Moffett, Glimpses of Early Days in Oregon, 69. Carey, ----, 393. Case, Hon. Wm. M., 244. Casey, General, 105. Cavalry, The First Oregon, recruited, 100, 103. Cavender, A. B., 74. Cavendish, McDonald and, 74. Cavanaugh, Thomas H., purchased _Courier_, 381. Cerruti, Enrique, employed by Bancroft, 311. Chamberlain, Governor George E., 12. Chamberlain, A., state representative, 389. Chapman Code, The, 186, 188, 190. Chapman, Hon. W. W., 186. Chittenden, Captain, the American Fur Trade in the Far West (quoted), 6, 9. _Chronicle, The San Francisco_, 293. Chronicles of the Builders of the Commonwealth, plan of, 334. Clark, George Rogers, proposed expedition of, 5. Clark, Harvey, 59. Clark, ----, 167. Clark, Ransom, 390.