XIV CONTENTS. 



HISTORY OF OREGON AND CALIFORNIA, ETC. 



CHAPTER I. 



to 1543. 



Preliminary Observations, 45 — Efforts of the Spaniards to discover Western Passages to 

 India — Successive Discoveries of the West Indies, the .North American Continent, the 

 Eastern Passage to India, Brazil, and the Pacific Ocean, 46 — Search for a navigable Pas- 

 sage connecting the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans — Supposed Discovery of such a Pas- 

 sage, called the Strait of Anion, 47 — Discovery of Magellan's Strait and the Western 

 Passage to India, 48 — Conquest of Mexico by Cortes, who endeavors to discover new 

 countries farther north-west, 50 — Voyages of Maldonado, Hurtado de Mendoza, Grijalva, 

 and Becerra, 54 — Discovery of California — Expedition of Cortes to California, 55 — Pre- 

 tended Discoveries of Friar Marcos de Niza, 59 — Voyages of Ulloa, Alarcon, and Cabrillo, 

 60 — Expeditions of Coronado and Soto, 61 — The Spaniards desist from their Efforts to 

 explore the North-West Coasts of America, 65. 



CHAPTER II. 

 1543 to 1608. 



The Spaniards conquer the Philippine Islands, and establish a direct Trade across the Pacific, 

 between Asia and America, 66 — Measures of the Spanish Government to prevent other 

 European Nations from settling or trading in America, 68 — These Measures resisted by 

 the English, the French, and the Dutch — Free Traders and Freebooters infest the West 

 Indies, 70 — First Voyages of the English in the Pacific, 72 — Voyages of Drake and Cav- 

 endish, 73 — Endeavors of the English to discover a North- West Passage from the Atlan- 

 tic to the Pacific, 77 — False Beports of the Discovery of such Passages, 78 — Supposed 

 Voyages of Urdaneta, Maldonado, and Fonte, 79 — Voyage of Juan de Fuca, 86 — Expedi- 

 tions of Sebastian Vizcaino, 90 — Supposed Discovery of a great Biver in North- West 

 America, 93. 



CHAPTER III. 



1608 to 1768. 



The North-West Coasts of North America remain nearly neglected during the whole of this 

 Period, 96 — Efforts of the English and the Dutch to find new Passages into the Pacific — 

 Discovery of Hudson's Bay and Baffin's Bay, 97 — Discovery of the Passage around Cape 

 Horn — Establishment of the Hudson's Bay Trading Company — Endeavors of the Span- 

 iards to settle California unsuccessful, 98 — The Jesuits undertake the Beduction of Cal- 

 ifornia, 99 — Establishments of the Jesuits in the Peninsula, 100, and their Expulsion from 

 the Spanish Dominions, 106. 



CHAPTER IV. 



1769 to 1779. 



First Establishments on the West Coast of California founded by the Spaniards, 108 — Dis- 

 pute between Spain and Great Britain respecting the Falkland Islands, 111 — Exploring 

 Voyages of the Spaniards under Perez, 114, Heceta and Bodega, 117, and Arteaga and Bo- 

 dega, 125 — Discovery of Nootka Sound, Norfolk Sound, and the Mouth of the Columbia 

 River, 120 — Importance of these Discoveries, 124. 



