THE 



HISTORY 



OREGON AND CALIFORNIA, 



AND THE 



OTHER TERRITORIES 



NOBTH-WEST COAST OF NORTH AMERICA; 



ACCOMPANIED BY A 



GEOGRAPHICAL VIEW AND MAP 



OP THOSE COUNTRIES, 



AND A NUMBER. OF DOCUMENTS AS 



PROOFS AND ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE HISTORY. 



BY 



ROBERT GREENHOW, 



TRANSLATOR AND LIBRARIAN TO THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE OF THE UNITED STATES ; AUTHOR 



OF A MEMOIR, HISTORICAL AND POLITICAL, ON THE NORTH-WEST COAST OF NORTH AMERICA, 



PUBLISHED IN 1840, BY DIRECTION OF THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES. 



" THE POSSIBLE DESTINY OP THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS A NATION OF 

 A HUNDRED MILLIONS OF FREEMEN, STRETCHING FROM THE ATLANTIC TO THE 

 PACIFIC, LIVING UNDER THE LAWS OF ALFRED, AND SPEAKING THE LANGUAGE 

 OF SHAKSPEARE AND MILTON, IS AN AUGUST CONCEPTION." 



COLERIDGE'S TABLE TALK. 



SECOND EDITION, 



REVISED, CORRECTED, AND ENLARGED. 



BOSTON: 



CHARLES C. LITTLE AND JAMES BROWN. 

 LONDON: JOHN MURRAY. 



1845. 



