CHAPTER VI. 



CONTENTS. 



EQUIPMENT OF LIEUTENANT EMMONS'S PARTY— MULTUNOMAH ISLAND— DIFFICULTIES 

 —SICKNESS— INEFFICIENCY OF SOME OF THE MEN— SETTLERS ON THE WILLAMETTE- 

 MISSIONARIES— THOMAS M'KAY— DEPARTURE FROM THE WILLAMETTE— ENCAMPMENT 

 AT TURNER'S— UPPER VALLEY OF THE WILLAMETTE— CREOLE AND IGNAS CREEKS 

 —LAKE GUARDIPH — WOLVES — MALE CREEK — ELK MOUNTAINS — ELK RIVER — FORT 

 UMPQUA— HOSTILE BEARING OF THE INDIANS — PREPARATIONS FOR DEFENCE— NEW 

 SPECIES OF OAK— DISCONTENT OF THE TRAPPERS— FIRE IN THE PRAIRIES— BILLEY'S 

 CREEK— FORD OF THE UMPQUA— ANIMALS— INDIAN SCOUTS— GRISLY BEARS — INDIAN 

 FOUND IN THE CAMP— UMPQUA MOUNTAINS— SHASTE COUNTRY— YOUNG'S CREEK- 

 PINE SUGAR— ROGUES' RIVER— IQUARE SURPRISED BY INDIANS— SCENES OF FORMER 

 CONFLICTS WITH INDIANS — FRIENDLY INDIANS — SUFFERINGS FROM THE AGUE — 

 THREATENED ATTACK — ANTELOPES— RABBITS — BOUNDARY MOUNTAINS— EMMONS'S 

 PEAK — MOUNT SHASTE— KLAMET RIVER — INTERVIEW WITH INDIANS — SHASTE IN- 

 DIANS—THEIR SKILL IN ARCHERY — SHASTE RANGE — LARGE PINES— CHALYBEATE 

 SPRING — DESTRUCTION RIVER — VALLEY OF THE SACRAMENTO — KINKLA INDIANS— 

 THEIR VILLAGE— FAILURE TO OBTAIN CANOES— FORD OF THE SACRAMENTO— BUTES— 

 FEATHER RIVER— CAPTAIN SUTER'S — RELICS OF AN EXTINCT TRIBE — THE PARTY 

 DIVIDED — RIVER SAN JOACHIM — MISSION OF SAN JOSE — SANTA CLARA — YERBA 

 BUENA— NOSTRA SENORA DE LOS DOLORES— THE LAND DIVISION REACHES THE VIN- 

 CENNES— RESULTS OF THE EXPEDITION— CLOSING SCENE. 



