CONTENTS. 1 1 



Breakfast with the celebrated Mr. McKoy — His Wheat Crop — Canadian 

 Settlement — American Settlement — Observations on the Soil and Produce 

 of the Willamette Valley — Methodist Mission — Divine Service at Mr. Les- 

 lie's residence — Break up the Camp — Drawbacks — Mr. Turner's place, 

 and his present to the party — Loss of some of our Horses — A visit to a party 

 of Calipuya Indians — Mr. Emmons leaves for Fort Umpquoa — Unfavor- 

 able report regarding the Indians — Mr. Emmons' return to the Camp — Put 

 the Arms in the best fighting condition— Cross the North Fork of the Ump- 

 quoa River — Rumors that the Indians are preparing to dispute our passage 

 — Indian Women gathering Roots — Indian Burial Ground — Cross the 

 Umpquoa Mountains — Character of the Country — Klamet Indians — Pass 

 Tootootutnas River — Sickness — Expected Attack from the Shaste Indians 

 — Variety of Game — Indian Mode of killing the Antelope — Passage over 

 the Shaste Range — Klamet Valley — Ford the Klamet River — Character 

 of the Indians of this Region — Reach the Head of the Sacramento — Arch- 

 ery of the Indians — Sacramento Valley — Klinka Tribe of Indians — Prairie 

 Butes — Feather River — Captain Sutter's place — Proceed to San Francisco 

 — Brief History of Captain Sutter — His kind treatment of our party — 

 Extent and Character of the Sacramento Valley — San Francisco — Bay at 

 the time of our visit, and after the Discovery of Gold. 



CHAPTER XXII 



General Observations on California. 



CHAPTER XXIII. 



Conquest of California by the United States. 



CHAPTER XXIV. 



Ordered to the brig " Oregon" — Sail for the Sandwich Islands — A man killed 

 on board the " Vincennes" — Leave Honolulu for the East Indies — 'Arrival 

 at Singapore — Description of the City — Opium vending and its effects upon 

 the population — Beautiful rides about the City — A Chinese Temple — A 

 Mohammedan Mosque — Malay Character — The Parsees — Their language, 

 wealth, and religion — Observations on Commerce "and Currency — Sail 

 for the Island of St. Helena. 



