Oregon
(Sir James Douglas era) Extent of district, 56-57; origin of name, 56-57; arrival
of ships Convoy and Owyhee, 1829, 136; first missionaries, 136-142;
coming of the settlers, 138-142; provisional government, 143; John
Gordon sent to report on its value, 183; incident of his salmon fishing,
183-184; question of ownership, conflicting views of Great Britain and
the United States, 62-64. =Bib.=: Bancroft, History of the North-West
Coast; Nicolay, Oregon Territory; Foster, Bibliography of Oregon in
Mag. of Amer. Hist., vol. xxv.