CONTENTS. XV11 



CHAPTER XIV. 



1806 to 1815. 



First Establishments of the North- West Company in the Countries north of the Columbia, 

 290 — Pacific Fur Company formed at New York, 292 — Plan of its Founder, 293— First 

 Expedition from New York in the Tonquin, 295 — Foundation of Astoria near the Mouth 

 of the Columbia River, 296 — March of the Party under Hunt and Crooks across the 

 Continent, 298 — Arrival of the Beaver in the Columbia, 299 — Destruction of the Ton- 

 quin by the Savages, 300 — War between the United States and Great Britain fatal to the 

 Enterprise, 301 — Establishments of the Pacific Company sold to the North- West Com- 

 pany, 303 — Astoria taken by the British, 304 — Dissolution of the Pacific Company, 305. 



CHAPTER XV. 



1814 to 1820. 



Restitution of Astoria to the United States by Great Britain, agreeably to the Treaty of 

 Ghent, 309 — Alleged Reservation of Rights on the Part of Great Britain, 310 — First Ne- 

 gotiation between the Governments of Great Britain and the United States respecting the 

 Territories west of the Rocky Mountains, and Convention for the joint Occupancy of 

 those Territories, 314 — Florida Treaty between Spain and the United States, by which 

 the Latter acquires the Title of Spain to the North- West Coasts, 315 — Colonel Long's 

 exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, 322 — Disputes between the British North- 

 West and Hudson's Bay Companies, 324 — Union of those Bodies — Act of Parliament 

 extending the Jurisdiction of the Canada Courts to the Pacific Countries, 325 — Russian 

 Establishments on the North Pacific, 327 — Expeditions in Search of Northern Passages 

 between the Atlantic and the Pacific, 326 — Death of Tamahamaha, and Introduction of 

 Christianity into the Sandwich Islands, 329. 



CHAPTER XVI. 



1820 to 1828. 



Bill reported by a Committee of the House of Representatives of the United States, for the 

 Occupation of the Columbia River, 331 — Ukase of the Emperor of Russia, with Regard to 

 the North Pacific Coasts, 332 — Negotiations between the Governments of Great Britain, 

 Russia, and the United States, 335 — Conventions between the United States and Russia, 

 and between Great Britain and Russia, 341 — Further Negotiations between the United 

 States and Great Britain relative to the North-West Coasts, 344 — Indefinite Extension of 

 the Arrangement for the joint Occupancy of the Territories west of the Rocky Moun- 

 tains, by the British and the Americans, 354. 



CHAPTER XV 11. 



1823 to 1843. 



Few Citizens of the United States in the Countries west of the Rocky Mountains between 

 J 313 and 1823, 356 — Trading Expeditions of Ashley, Sublette, Smith, Pilcher, Pattie, 

 Bonneville, and Wyeth, 357 — Missionaries from the United States form Establishments 

 on the Columbia, 360 — First Printing Press set up in Oregon, 361 — Opposition of the Hud- 

 son's Bay Company to the Americans; how exerted, 359 — Controversy between the 

 United States and Russia, 362 — Dispute between the Hudson's Bay and the Russian 

 American Companies; how terminated, 363 — California, 365 — Capture of Monterey by 

 Commodore Jones, 363 — The Sandwich Islands, 369 — Proceedings of the Missionaries, 

 370 — Expulsion of the Catholic Priests, and their Reinstatement by a French Force, 

 372 — The Sandwich Islands temporarily occupied by the British, 374 — Exploring Expe- 

 dition of the Americans under Wilkes, 375. 



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