CHAPTER X. 



CONTENTS. 



DEPARTURE FROM VANCOUVER— BANKS OF THE WILLAMETTE— BOAT-BUILDERS-OAK 

 ISLANDS — FALLS OF THE WILLAMETTE — MISSIONARIES — SALMON-FISHERY — INDIAN 

 VILLAGE— FLOODS OF THE RIVER— CHAMPOOING— MR. JOHNSON AND OTHER SETTLERS 

 —THEIR DESIRE FOR LAWS— MICHAEL LA FRAMBOISE— MR. BACHELET— METHODIST 

 MISSION — DR. BABCOCK — LANDS OF THE MISSION — CONFERENCE IN RELATION TO 

 LAWS— VISIT THE "MILL" — PLANS OF THE MISSIONARIES — MR. HINES'S SELECTION 

 OF LAND — EXTENT OF THE MISSIONARY FIELD — CROSSING OF THE WILLAMETTE 

 — O'NEILL'S FARM — YAM HILLS — GAY'S RESIDENCE AND CHARACTER— FARM OF A 

 SON OF DR. M'LAUGHLIN — FLOODS — YOUNG'S FARM — CATTLE IMPORTED FROM 

 CALIFORNIA— BONES OF THE MASTODON— RETURN TO CHAMPOOING— VISIT FROM THE 

 SETTLERS-ROCKY RIDGE— DR. BAILEY'S FARM— MRS. BAILEY— INDIAN TREATMENT OF 

 THE SICK— WALKER'S FARM— BOAT-BUILDERS' CAMP— RETURN TO VANCOUVER — MR. 

 OGDEN AND HIS VOYAGEURS— NORTHERN POSTS OF THE COMPANY— ADVANTAGES OF 

 THE TERRITORY FOR GRAZING— PRICE OF CATTLE— VALUE OF LABOUR— ADVANTAGES 

 AND DISADVANTAGES OF THE WILLAMETTE COUNTRY — HABITS AND SPECIES OF 

 THE SALMON— DWELLINGS OF THE INDIANS— THEIR GAMES OF CHANCE— KLACKAMUS 

 VILLAGE — THEIR MODE OF BURIAL — THEIR MEDICINE -MEN — INDIAN PREJUDICES — 

 THEY CAUSE THE MURDER OF MR. BLACK— MR. OGDEN OFFERS A CONVEYANCE TO 

 COWLITZ— CHIEF OF AN EXTINCT TRIBE— REASONS FOR THE DECAY OF THE INDIAN 

 POPULATION — DEPARTURE FROM VANCOUVER— EMBARKATION ON THE COLUMBIA- 

 ENTRANCE INTO THE COWLITZ— ARRIVAL AT COWLITZ FARM — MR. FORREST AND 

 THE CHRONOMETER— CHICHEELES RIVER AND INDIANS— RETURN TO NISQUALLY. 



