10 CONTENTS. 



Surveying the Harbor — Dangerous situation of Mr. May and Crew — Res- 

 cued by Lieutenant Budd — The King's Schooner assists us in our Surveying 

 Duties — Return to Oahoo to fill up with Provisions — Receive an Official 

 Visit from the Governor of the Island — His connection with the Royal 

 Family. 



CHAPTER XVIII. 



Sail for the Northwest Coast of America — Description of the Villula, or 

 "little man-of-war" — Arrive off the Columbia River — Owing to bad weather 

 do not venture to enter — Steer for Puget Sound — Narrow escape from 

 Shipwreck — Loss of a Russian vessel near the same spot — Savage Charac- 

 ter of the Natives — Enter Puget Sound — Boarded by two Canoes — De- 

 scription of the Indians living along the Shores — Arrival at Nisqually — 

 Survey Hood's Canal — Celebration of the 4th of July on Shore — Serious 

 Accident — Receive a visit from Dr. McLaughlin, Chief Factor and Governor 

 of the Hudson Bay Company — Lieutenant Johnson returns from an excur- 

 sion in the Interior. 



CHAPTER XIX 



Exploration and Survey of Chickelees River — Difficulties with the Indians at 

 Grey's Harbor — Scarcity' of Provisions — Obliged to subsist on dead fish 

 picked up on the beach — Arrival of Lieut. De Haven with provisions — He 

 communicates to us the loss of the " Peacock" — Arrival at Astoria — Kind- 

 ness of Mi*. Birnie — Character of the Indian Tribes about Astoria — Receive 

 orders from Captain Wilkes to join him at Vancouver — Indian Burial 

 Grounds — Arrival at Vancouver — Observations on the Columbia River — 

 Received orders to join the Overland Expedition to California — Sketch of a 

 Life at Vancouver. 



CHAPTER XX 



Early History of Oregon, derived from the most reliable authorities — Cook — 

 Vancouver — McKenzie — Twiss — Greenhow. 



CHAPTER XXI 



Leave Vancouver to join the Overland Party to California, encamped, on the 

 Banks of the Willamette River — Rev. Mr. Cone, on his way to Vancouver 

 —His account of our party — Five Americans building a Schooner— 

 Their account of the Country — The Falls— Indian Superstition — Salmon 

 Fishery — Observations on the Scenery and Navigation of the River — 



