CLARENCE B. BAGLEY, Seattle. J. N. BOWMAN, Seattle. T. C. ELLIOTT, Walla Walla. FRANK A. GOLDER, Pullman. CEYLON S. KINGSTON, Cheney. W. D. LYMAN, Walla Walla. EDWARD MCMAHON, Seattle. THOMAS W. PROSCH, Seattle. OLIVER H. RICHARDSON, Seattle. O. B. SPERLIN, Tacoma. E. O. S. SCHOLEFIELD, Victoria, B. C. ALLEN WEIR, Olympia. Managing Editor EDMOND S. MEANY Business Manager CHARLES W. SMITH VOL. V NO. 3 JULY, 1914 _ISSUED QUARTERLY_ Contents T. C. ELLIOTT Journal of John Work, Sept. 7th- Dec. 14th, 1825 163 C. O. ERMATINGER The Columbia River Under Hudson's Bay Company Rule 192 EDMOND S. MEANY Three Diplomats Prominent in the Oregon Question 207 DOCUMENTS--A New Vancouver Journal 215 BOOK REVIEWS 225 NEWS DEPARTMENT 232 NORTHWESTERN HISTORY SYLLABUS 235 HISTORY TEACHERS' SECTION 238 THE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY UNIVERSITY STATION SEATTLE, WASHINGTON Entered at the postoffice at Seattle as second-class mail matter. The Washington University State Historical Society * * * * * Officers and Board of Trustees: CLARENCE B. BAGLEY, President JUDGE JOHN P. HOYT, Vice-President JUDGE ROGER S. GREENE, Treasurer PROFESSOR EDMOND S. MEANY, Secretary JUDGE CORNELIUS H. HANFORD JUDGE THOMAS BURKE SAMUEL HILL SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF PRINTING, UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON 1914 _Vol V., No. 3 July, 1914_ The Washington Historical Quarterly JOURNAL OF JOHN WORK, SEPT. 7TH-DEC. 14TH, 1825 (Introduction and annotations by T. C. Elliot)