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The Columbia River

The Columbia River

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CONTENTS


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PART I.--THE HISTORY

CHAPTER I
THE LAND WHERE THE RIVER FLOWS 3

CHAPTER II
TALES OF THE FIRST WHITE MEN ALONG THE COAST 33

CHAPTER III
HOW ALL NATIONS SOUGHT THE RIVER FROM THE SEA AND HOW THEY
FOUND IT 43

CHAPTER IV
FIRST STEPS ACROSS THE WILDERNESS IN SEARCH OF THE RIVER 69

CHAPTER V
THE FUR-TRADERS, THEIR BATEAUX, AND THEIR STATIONS 98

CHAPTER VI
THE COMING OF THE MISSIONARIES TO THE TRIBES OF THE RIVER 136

CHAPTER VII
THE ERA OF THE PIONEERS, THEIR OX-TEAMS, AND THEIR FLATBOATS 159

CHAPTER VIII
CONFLICT OF NATIONS FOR POSSESSION OF THE RIVER 179

CHAPTER IX
THE TIMES OF TOMAHAWK AND FIREBRAND 202

CHAPTER X
WHEN THE "FIRE-CANOES" TOOK THE PLACE OF THE LOG-CANOES 234

CHAPTER XI
ERA OF THE MINER, THE COWBOY, THE FARMER, THE BOOMER, AND THE
RAILROAD-BUILDER 249

CHAPTER XII
THE PRESENT AGE OF EXPANSION AND WORLD COMMERCE 265


PART II.--A JOURNEY DOWN THE RIVER

CHAPTER I
IN THE HEART OF THE CANADIAN ROCKIES 273

CHAPTER II
THE LAKES FROM THE ARROW LAKES TO CHELAN 290

CHAPTER III
IN THE LAND OF WHEAT-FIELD, ORCHARD, AND GARDEN 313

CHAPTER IV
WHERE RIVER AND MOUNTAIN MEET, AND THE TRACES OF THE BRIDGE
OF THE GODS 332

CHAPTER V
A SIDE TRIP TO SOME OF THE GREAT SNOW-PEAKS 352

CHAPTER VI
THE LOWER RIVER AND THE OCEAN TIDES 374


INDEX 399




ILLUSTRATIONS


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ST. PETER'S DOME, COLUMBIA RIVER, 2300 FEET HIGH _Frontispiece_
Copyright, Kiser Photograph Co., 1902.

MOUNT ADAMS FROM THE SOUTH 74
Photo. by W. D. Lyman.

CAPT. ROBERT GRAY 76

THE "COLUMBIA REDIVIVA" 76

MOUNT HOOD FROM LOST LAKE 82
Photo. by E. H. Moorehouse.

ELIOT GLACIER, MT. HOOD 84
Photo. by E. H. Moorehouse.

ASTORIA IN 1845 116
From an old print.

ASTORIA, LOOKING UP AND ACROSS THE COLUMBIA RIVER 116
Photo. by Woodfield.

ONE OF THE LAGOONS OF THE UPPER COLUMBIA RIVER, NEAR GOLDEN B. C. 120
Photo. by C. F. Yates, Golden.

SADDLE MOUNTAIN, OR SWALLALOCHORT NEAR ASTORIA, FAMOUS IN INDIAN
MYTH 120
Photo. by Woodfield.

STEAMER "BEAVER," THE FIRST STEAMER ON THE PACIFIC, 1836 124

PORTLAND, OREGON, IN 1851 124
From an old print.

GRAVE OF MARCUS WHITMAN AND HIS ASSOCIATE MARTYRS AT WAIILATPU 210
Photo. by W. D. Chapman.

CAYUSE BABIES--1 212
Copyright by Lee Moorehouse, 1898.

CAYUSE BABIES--2 212
Copyright by Lee Moorehouse, 1898.

COL. B. F. SHAW, WHO WON THE BATTLE OF GRANDE RONDE IN 1856 222
By courtesy of Lee Moorehouse.

FORT SHERIDAN ON THE GRANDE RONDE, BUILT BY PHILIP SHERIDAN IN
1855 224
By courtesy of Lee Moorehouse.

TULLUX HOLLIQUILLA, A WARM SPRINGS INDIAN CHIEF, FAMOUS IN THE
MODOC WAR AS A SCOUT FOR U. S. TROOPS 228
By courtesy of Lee Moorehouse.

HALLAKALLAKEEN (EAGLE WING) OR JOSEPH, THE NEZ PERCÉ CHIEF 230
By T. W. Tolman.

CAMP OF CHIEF JOSEPH ON THE NESPILEM, WASH. 232
Photo. by T. W. Tolman, Spokane.
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