CONTENTS. 11 



— Breakfast -with the cslebrated Mr. McKoy — His Wheat Crop — Cana- 

 dian Settlement — American Settlement — Observations on the Soil and 

 Produce of the Willamette Valley— Methodist Mission— Divine Service 

 at JVIr. Leslie's residence — Break up the Camp — Drawbacks — Mr. Tur- 

 ner's place, and his present to the party — Loss of some of our Horses — 

 A visit from a party of Calipnya Indians — Mr. Emmons leaves for Fort 

 Umpquoa — Unfavorable report regarding the Indians — Mr. Emmons' 

 return to the Camp — Put the Arms in the best fighting condition — 

 Cross the North Fork of the IMpquoa 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 — Archery 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 Mahommedan Mosque — Malay Character — The 

 Parsees — Their Language, Wealth and Religion — Observations on Com- 

 merce and Currency — Sail for the Island of St. Helena. 



