Professor O'Conner was elected chairman of the next meeting. A constitution was reported by Professor Fleming and was adopted. The name of the club is to be The Seattle History Teachers' Club. It will meet two or three times each year with a changing committee in charge of each meeting. It is also intended to urge the participation of the history teachers around the Sound. The Washington Historical Quarterly Board of Editors 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. 4 OCTOBER, 1914 _ISSUED QUARTERLY_ Contents FREDERICK JACKSON TURNER The West and American Ideals 243 T. C. ELLIOTT Journal of John Work, December 15, 1825, to June 12, 1826 258 EDWIN EELLS Elisa and the Nez Perce Indians 288 DOCUMENTS--A New Vancouver Journal 300 BOOK REVIEWS 309 NEWS DEPARTMENT 320 NORTHWESTERN HISTORY SYLLABUS 322 HISTORY TEACHERS' SECTION 325 INDEX, VOLUME V. 327 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. 4 October, 1914_ The Washington Historical Quarterly THE WEST AND AMERICAN IDEALS[245]