CONTENTS. xiii 



WORTHY SPIRIT OF THE OFFICERS AND CREW— VASHON'S ISLAND-NEW DUNGENESS 



— THE PORPOISE JOINS THE VINCENNES — OPERATIONS OF THE PORPOISE — COM- 

 MENCEMENT BAY —PORT ORCHARD— PORT MADISON-CATHOLIC MISSION-METEOR 

 — PENN'S COVE — GOOD EFFECTS OF THE MISSIONARY EFFORTS — FORTIFICATIONS 

 OF THE INDIANS — MINERAL SPRING — PORT GARDNER — SACHET INDIANS — THEIR 

 DRESS— THEIR DISEASES— DECEPTION PASSAGE— PASSAGE INTO BELLINGHAM BAY 



— INDIAN TRIBES — FRASERS RIVER - PLANS OF FURTHER OPERATIONS — BOAT 

 EXPEDITION ACROSS THE STRAITS-NEWS OF THE LOSS OF THE PEACOCK-CHANGE 

 OF PLANS— MESSAGE SENT TO ASTORIA — VINCENNES AND PORPOISE SAIL FROM 

 NEW DUNGENESS— PORT SCARBOROUGH-CLASSET INDIANS-THEIR MODE OF TAKING 

 WHALES— DEPARTURE FROM THE STRAITS OF DE FUCA— DE FUCA'S PILLAR-POR- 

 POISE PARTS COMPANY — SOUNDINGS ON THE COAST — CAPE DISAPPOINTMENT — 

 SHIP OROZIMBO-MEETING WITH CAPTAIN HUDSON— SAILING DIRECTIONS FOR THE 

 COLUMBIA RIVER— DETAILS OF THE PEACOCK'S DISASTER-WANT OF GOOD PILOTS 

 —PERILOUS POSITION OF THE PEACOCK'S BOATS— ALL THE OFFICERS AND CREW 

 SAFELY LANDED— THEIR KIND RECEPTION BY THE OFFICERS OF THE HUDSON BAY 

 COMPANY AND THE MISSIONARIES— NEW DISPOSITION OF THE SdUADRON— PORPOISE 

 ENTERS THE COLUMBIA RIVER— VINCENNES SAILS FOR SAN FRANCISCO 477— 400 



