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Oregon, page 23).

1821.--RUSSIA claims by public decree all of the Pacific Coast north of lat.i.tude 51. This claim was disputed by the U. S.--(Barrows' Oregon, page 24).

1812.--Russians established at Bodega Bay.--(Barrows' Oregon, page 23).

1820.--Russians establish a fort forty miles north of Bodega Bay.--(Barrows' Oregon, page 23).

1766.--Russian Fur Companies organized to operate in America.--(Barrows'

Oregon, page 23).

1824.--Russia withdraws to 54 40'.--(Barrows' Oregon, page 25).

1824.--Russia withdraws from California at the request of the U.

S.--(Barrows' Oregon, page 26).

1697.--RYSWICK TREATY FORMED.--(Barrows' Oregon, page 1. American Cyclopedia, vol. 14, page 245).

1842.--SADDLE MOUNTAIN.--Called by the Indians "Swallalahoost." Named by Wilkes, "Saddle Mountain."--(Oregon and Its Inst.i.tutions,--Hines, page 21).

1805.--SANDY RIVER.--Called by Lewis & Clarke, "Quicksand River."--(Pacific States, vol. 23, page 48).

1741.--ST. ELIAS, MT.--Discovered by Behring, July 18th.--(History of the Willamette Valley, page 58).

1792.--ST. HELENS, MT.--Named by Vancouver for His Majesty's amba.s.sador at Madrid, October 20.--(Vancouver, vol. 2, page 399).

1831.--In a state of eruption.--(Oregon and California,--Thornton, vol.

1, page 256).

1843.--In activity November 13.--(Fremont, page 193).

1846.--Known among Americans as Mt. Was.h.i.+ngton.--(The Oregon Territory,--Nicolay, page 109).

1843.--Described when in a state of eruption.--(History of Oregon,--Wilkes, page 109).

1846-8.--Known also as Mt. John Adams.--(Oregon and California,--Thornton, vol. 1, page 256).

1852-4.--An active volcano.--(Three years' residence in W. T., Swan--page 395. Canoe and Saddle, page 48).

Known among Indians as "Lou-wala'-clough," meaning Smoking Mountain.

Located in lat.i.tude 46 11' 52.3". Longitude 122 12' 37".

1805.--SAUVIES ISLAND.--Called by Lewis and Clarke, Wapato Island, because of an abundance of wapatos found there. It subsequently acquired its name from Jean Baptiste Sauve, a French Canadian, who established a dairy there after the abandonment of Ft. William.--(Pacific States, vol.

23, pages 48 and 598).

SEATTLE.--Named for an Indian.--(Harper's Monthly for September, 1870, page 490).

1846.--SHASTA, MT.--Called Pitt by the English, Jackson and Monroe by the Americans, and Shasta by the trappers.--(The Oregon Territory,--Nicolay, page 109). (Oregon and California,--Thornton, vol 1, page 257).

1788.--SHOALWATER BAY.--Discovered and named by Captain John Mears, July 5th.--(Mears' Voyages, vol. 1, page 263).

1852.--First surveyed by Lieut. Com. Alden.--(Narrative of 1853, vol. 1, page 263).

1792.--SKAGIT HEAD.--Named by Vancouver.--(Life on Puget Sound, page 156).

1836.--SLAc.u.m, WM. A.--An agent of the State Department, in the guise of a private citizen, visited the Columbia and Willamette Rivers.--(Pacific States, vol. 23, page 602).

SPAIN'S FIRST CLAIM TO OREGON.--(Barrows' Oregon, page 12).

1795.--Spain withdraws from Oregon.--(Barrows' Oregon, page 14).

Spaniards coveted a position in the East Indies, but the Bull of Pope Alexander III precluded them from sailing eastward, round the Cape of Good Hope, hence their attempts to go by way of the Pacific.--(History of Oregon,--Twiss, page 50).

1800.--Spanish territory west of the Mississippi conveyed to France.--(Barrows' Oregon, page 210).

1814.--Spanish claims conceded to the United States through France and acknowledged by Great Britain.--(Barrows' Oregon, page 208).

SPELYAH PRAIRIE.--An Indian name, meaning Cayote.

SPIRIT LAKE.--Near Mt. St. Helens. Indian name, Che-wa-tum, meaning Spirit.

1499-1500.--STRAITS OF ANIAN.--Supposed to have been discovered by Gaspar Cortereal, who explored the coasts of Labrador, and named by him.

The name possibly signifies Brother. Cortereal had two brothers with him. In the earliest maps the northwest part of America is called Ania.

Ani, in the j.a.panese language, signifies Brother.--(History of Oregon and California,--Greenhow, page 47).

1592.--Purchas claimed in the seventeenth century, in his "Pilgrims"--a narrative--that a Greek pilot, called Juan de Fuca, in the service of the Spaniards, had informed Michael Lock, the elder, whilst he was sojourning at Venice, that he had discovered (1596) the outlet of the Straits of Anian, in the Pacific Ocean, between 47 and 48, and had sailed through it into the North Sea.--(History of Oregon,--Twiss, page 18.--History of Oregon and California,--Greenhow, page 87).

1841.--SUNKEN FOREST in the Columbia described.--(Wilkes' Narrative, vol. 4, page 381.--Burnett's Recollections of a Pioneer, page 136.--The Oregon Territory, Nicolay,--page 137.--Fremont, page 195).

1841.--SURVEY OF PUGET SOUND finished.--(Wilkes' Narrative, vol. 4, page 479).

TACOMA, MT.--Ta-ho-ma is the Indian name for the Great Spirit who dwells on the mountains.--(George Baily, in the Overland Monthly for Sept., 1886, page 268).

1853.--Called by the Indians, Tacoma, a generic term also applied to all snow peaks.--(Canoe and Saddle,--Winthrop, page 44).

TACOMA THE SECOND.--See Mt. Adams.

Tamanous is the name of the Great Spirit supposed to dwell on this mountain.--(Canoe and Saddle, page 131). Tacoma the Less--(Canoe and Saddle, page 280). Each fiery Tacoma.--(Canoe and Saddle, page 286). The eruptions of the Tacomas.--(Canoe and Saddle, page 287). Tacoma, the Nouris.h.i.+ng Breast. Tahoma, almost to Heaven.--(Life on Puget Sound,--Leighton, page 39). Red Tamahnous, Love.--(Life on Puget Sound,--page 41), Black Tamahnous, Hate, Anger.--(Life on Puget Sound, page 114).

1841.--TENINO MOUNDS.--Described.--(Wilkes' Narrative, vol. 4, page 415).

1848-9.--TERRITORIAL GOVERNMENT.--Granted, covering all the original Oregon.--(Barrow's Oregon, page 335. Encyclopaedia Britannica, vol. 17, page 825. General Laws of Oregon, page 52).

THE DALLES.--Stone pavement, or trough, or gutter.--(Pacific States, vol. 23, page 44).

1788.--TILLAMOOK BAY.--Known as Murderers' Harbor and Quicksand Bay.--(Pacific States, vol. 22, pages 188 and 198).

1806.--TILLAMOOK, OR KILLAMOOK HEAD.--Called by Clarke, Clarke's Point of View.--(Pacific States, vol. 22, page 164, and vol. 23, page 58).