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GENERAL INDEX. 



Commands an exploring expedition in 

 the North Pacific, 256. Finds Nootka 

 Sound deserted, 257. 

 JBulfinch's Harbor discovered by Captain 

 Gray, of Boston, 235. Examined by 

 Vancouver's lieutenant, Whidbey, 246. 

 Described, 22. 



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Caamano, Jacinto, voyage in the North- 

 West Archipelago, 241. 



Cabeza-Vaca, Alvaro Nunez, journey from 

 Florida to the Californian Gulf, 57. 



Cabot, John, and Sebastian, voyages, 47. 



Cabrillo, Juan Rodriguez, exploring voy- 

 age from Mexico, and death, 64. 



Calhoun, John C, his speech in the Sen- 

 ate of the United States on the bill for 

 the occupation of Oregon, 383. 



California, origin of the name unknown, 

 55. 



California, Peninsula of, described, 13. 

 Disco irered ; fruitless attempts of the 

 Spaniards to settle, 90, 98. Jesuits 

 engage to civilize the inhabitants, 99. 

 Their partial success, 100. Their His- 

 tory of California, 101. Expulsion of 

 the Jesuits, 106. 



California, Continental, or New, described, 

 15. Discovered, 58. Settled by the 

 Spaniards, 109. Claimed by Mexico, 

 317. Attempted insurrection in, 367. 

 Recent events in, 368. 



California, Gulf of, described, 12. Dis- 

 covered, 54. Examined by Ulloa, 58; 

 and by Alarcon, 60. 



Carver, Jonathan, travels in the central 

 regions of North America, 141. Pre- 

 tended discovery of a river called Ore- 

 gon, flowing into the Pacific, 142. His 

 accounts chiefly derived from old French 

 travellers, 144. 



Cavendish, Thomas, voyage around the 

 world ; takes and burns a Spanish ship 

 near the coast of California, 77. 



Cermenon, Sebastian, wrecked on the 

 coast of California, 68. 



Choate, Rufus, his speech in the Senate of 

 the United States on the bill for the oc- 

 cupation of Oregon, 385. 



Cibola, a country or city north-west of 

 Mexico, discovered by Friar Marcos de 

 Niza, 59. Supposed position, 62. Ex- 

 pedition of Vazquez de Coronado to 

 conquer it, 61. 



Clarke. See Lewis and Clarke. 



Clarke River discovered, 286. Described, 

 23. 



Colnett, James, engaged by Meares to 

 command the Argonaut, 189. Made 

 prisoner by the Spaniards at Nootka, 

 and sent to Mexico, 195. Liberated by 

 order of the viceroy of Mexico, 200. 



Columbia, American trading ship, fitted 

 out at Boston, 179. Sails under Ken- 



drick to the North Pacific, 180. Puta 

 into Juan Fernandez in distress, 181. 

 Reaches Nootka Sound, 181. Sails for 

 Canton and the United States, under 

 Captain Gray, 200. Second voyage 

 under Gray, 229. Winters at Clyo- 

 quot, 230. Discovery of the Columbia 

 River, 235. See Gray and Vancouver. 



Columbia River, (called, also, Oregon,) 

 described, 21. Mouth seen by the Span- 

 ish commander Heceta, 120. Meares 

 seeks for it in vain, and denies its ex- 

 istence, 177. Mouth seen by the Amer- 

 ican Captain Gray, 181. Gray first en- 

 ters the river, 236. Lower part explored 

 by the British Lieutenant Broughton, 

 247, who unfairly pretends to have dis- 

 covered it, 248. Head-waters discov- 

 ered by Lewis and Clarke, who trace 

 the river thence to the sea, 285. British 

 plenipotentiaries claim the discovery for 

 Meares, 178. 



Convention of 1790, between Great Brit- 

 ain and Spain, see Nootka Convention. 

 Of 1818, between Great Britain and the 

 United States, concluded, 315, 477. Re- 

 newed in 1827 for an indefinite period, 

 354. Reflections on, 389. Of 1824, 

 between the United States and Russia, 

 concluded, 341, 478. Virtually abro- 

 gated by Russia, 342. 



Cook, James, undertakes a voyage of 

 discovery in the North Pacific ; his in- 

 structions, 147. Discovers the Sand- 

 wich Islands, 150. Reaches Nootka 

 Sound, 151. Passes through Bering's 

 Straits, 156. Killed at the Sandwich 

 Islands, 157. Importance of his dis- 

 coveries, 158. Knew no particulars 

 of the recent Spanish voyages, 149 ; 

 though he knew that such voyages 

 had been made, 152. 



Coronado, Francisco Vazquez, expedition 

 from Mexico, to conquer the rich coun- 

 tries supposed to lie farther north-west, 

 61. 



Cortereal, Gaspar, discovers Labrador; 

 Strait of Anian said to have been 

 found by him, leading from the At- 

 lantic north-west to the Pacific, 47. 



Cortes, Hernando, conquers Mexico, and 

 proposes to explore the coasts of that 

 country, 50. Expeditions made by his 

 order on the Pacific, 53. Leads an 

 expedition into California, 55. Super- 

 seded in the government of Mexico, to 

 which country he returns, 56. Claims 

 the right to make conquests in America ; 

 returns to Spain, and dies, 60. 



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Dixon, George, voyage in the North Pa- 

 cific, 169. Dispute with Meares, 218. 



Douglas, William, master of the Iphige- 

 nia; voyage under Meares to the North 



