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"the Mount Rainier National Park." Also the State Geol- 

 ogist of Washington, and the President of the Appa- 

 lachian Mountain Club. Professor McAdie, who was 

 on that ascent, remarks that all Vancouver's names "have 

 been graciously accepted and remain unquestioned save 

 one, Mount Rainier." 



Vancouver's names upon this Western Coast are part 

 of the history of geographic discovery and exploration, 

 promptly given to the world in his narrative and charts ; 

 and have been unchallenged by geographers of all 

 nationalities. 



They were adopted by the first settlers of Oregon; 

 by the Americans who first came to the Puget Sound 

 region; by the Territorial Government under Governor 

 I. I. Stevens (retired major United States Army, after- 

 wards killed at Chantilly) ; and naturally fell into use 

 by the army officers at the military posts of Vancouver, 

 Steilacoom (Tchil-i-com) and Port Townsend (Town- 

 shend) ; and by the United States Coast Survey when 

 working in the great arms of the sea from the entrance 

 of the Strait of Fuca eastward, northward, and south- 

 ward. 



Of course, they were in use by the factors and em- 

 ployees of the Hudson's Bay Company, who introduced 

 Indian names when necessary. 



Even before the advent of the American as a settler, 

 the United States Exploring Expedition under Wilkes 

 used the names Baker, Rainier, St. Helens, and Hood, 

 and they are on the published maps of 1841. 



From 1852 to 1857, both inclusive, when surveying 

 in the Puget Sound waters, we never heard names other 

 than those of Vancouver and the Spaniards. We sought 

 Indian names as shown on the Neeah Bay sheet of 1852. 



In later years, we have learned that the Indian name 

 of Rainier was Ta-gho'-ma, with a deep guttural stress 

 on the second syllable. 



In July, 1857, when Lieutenant A. V. Kautz, U. S. A., 

 was stationed at the military post at Steilacoom, he made 



