The Mountains of Oregon Part 9

1775.--HECETA, BRUNO.--Left San Blas for America March 16th. Pa.s.sed up the entire coast of Oregon, discovered the Columbia river.--(History of Oregon,--Twiss, page 567. Oregon,--Moseley, page 8).

1792.--HOOD, MT.--Discovered by Broughton October 29th, and named for Lord Hood.--(Vancouver, vol. 3, page 107.--N. W. Coast of America,--Franchere, page 112).

1846-8.--Same as Mt. Was.h.i.+ngton.--(Oregon and California,--Thornton, vol. 1, page 256).

1846.--Said to be in a state of eruption.--(Oregon and California, vol.

1, page 336).

1854.--Belden claimed to have ascended it in October, and reported it as 19,400 feet high. He claimed to have ascended as high as possible with snowshoes, then with ice hooks and spikes. When they reached a point some 18,000 feet high respiration became very difficult owing to the rarity of the atmosphere. At length the blood began to ooze through the pores of the skin like drops of sweat; their eyes began to bleed, then the blood gushed from their ears. Then they commenced their downward march. At the point where they commenced the ascent they had left their pack mules, and two men to guard them. The men went out hunting, and when they returned found that the cougars had killed two of their mules.--(Oregon and Was.h.i.+ngton,--Armstrong, page 38).

(Lying seemed to have been reduced to an art in those days).

1864.--Ascended by Rev. H. K. Hines and the summit described.--(Oregon and its Inst.i.tutions,--Hines, page 44).

Known among Indians as Pat-to, or high mountain. This was a general term for any high snow-capped mountain.

Located in lat.i.tude 45 22' 24.3". Longitude 121 42' 49.6".

1792.--HOOD'S Ca.n.a.l.--Named by Vancouver for Lord Hood.--(Life on Puget Sound, page 155).

1805.--HOOD RIVER.--Called by Lewis and Clarke, La b.i.+.c.he.--(Pac. States, vol. 23, page 45).

1670.--HUDSON BAY CO.--Chartered May 16th.--(Burrows' Oregon, page 33).

1842-6.--INDIAN TRAIL.--The first pa.s.s over the Cascades used by whites was over the southern flank of Mount Hood. Near it was afterwards made the Barlow Road, which was named for Barlow, of Barlow, Palmer and Rector, who were compelled to abandon their trains at the summit and were rescued by a relief party from the Willamette Valley.--(Pac.

States, vol. 22, page 645).

1846-8.--JACKSON, MT.--Same as Mt. Pitt of the English. In lat. 41 40'.--(Oregon and California,--Thornton, vol. 1, page 257.)

1806.--JEFFERSON, MT.--Named by Lewis and Clarke for President Jefferson.--(Pac. States, vol. 23, page 61).

1846-8.--Called by the British, Mt. Vancouver.--(Oregon and California,--Thornton, vol. 1, page 257).

Located in lat.i.tude 44 40' 26.1". Longitude 121 48' 59.9".

1810-12.--JOHN DAY.--A Virginian, accompanied the Northwest Co. to Astoria. He was 6 feet, 2 inches in height--(Pac. States, vol. 23, page 179).

1805.--JOHN DAY RIVER.--Called by Lewis and Clarke, the Lepage.--(Pac.

States, vol. 23. page 41).

1841.--JOHNSON, LIEUT.--Explores the Cascades from Puget Sound.--(Wilkes' Narrative, vol. 4, pages 418 and 424).

1787.--JUAN DE FUCA STRAITS.--Discovered by Capt. Barclay, of the Imperial Eagle.

1788.--The entrance was explored by Capt. Meares, in the Felice, and named by him.--(History of Oregon,--Twiss, p. 19.--Pac. States, vol. 22, page 197).

1805.--KLICKITAT RIVER.--Called by Lewis and Clarke, Cataract River.--(Pacific States, vol. 23, page 45).

1833.--KELLY, HALL J.--First called attention to the feasibility of settling the Pacific Coast by overland emigration. Arrived at Vancouver this year.--(Pacific States, vol. 23, page 549).

1841.--LAVA formation limited to 48 N.--(Wilkes' Narrative, vol. 4, page 457).

1792.--LEDYARD leaves Paris for America, under the direction of Jefferson, to discover the River of the West, but is stopped by the Russians.--(Miners' and Travelers' Guide,--Mullan, page 53).

1834.--LEE, REV. JASON.--Established the first Mission in the Willamette valley, ten miles below the present Salem.--(History of the Willamette Valley, page 208).

1840.--Established a Methodist Mission at the Willamette Falls.--(Pacific States, vol. 23, page 607).

1805-6.--LEWIS AND CLARKE.--Spent the winter at the mouth of the Columbia.--(Oregon,--Moseley, page 8).

LEWIS RIVER.--The North Fork was known among Indians as Wicht, and was considered the main river. The South Fork was known as Wa-co-ko, a Pike, (fish); also Yac-co, for Yac-co prairies, near Mt. St. Helens.

1789.--MACKENZIE RIVER.--Named for Alexander Mackenzie.--(Zell's Encyclopedia, vol. 2, page 264).

1793.--MACKENZIE, SIR ALEX.--Reached the Pacific overland, July 22.--(Barrows' Oregon, page 34).

1812.--MCKENZIE, DONALD.--Explored the Willamette Valley one hundred miles or more.--(Pac. States, vol. 23, page 195).

1818.--McKenzie established Ft. Walla Walla.--(Pac. States, vol. 23, page 273).

1825.--MCLAUGHLIN, JOHN..--Established Fort Vancouver, introduced live stock, fruit, vegetables, grain, etc.

Took possession of Willamette Falls.--(Pac. States, vol. 23, pages 441 and 505).

MADISON, MT.--Is the Mt. McLaughlin of the British. Lat. 43 30'.--(Oregon and California,--Thornton, vol. 1, page 257).

MARY'S RIVER.--Named for an Indian woman, wife of a white man, who had great trouble in making the crossing. Afterwards applied to Mary's Peak, because the river rises there.--(Oregon and its Inst.i.tutions,--Hines, page 22).

1788.--MEARES, CAPT.--Reached the mouth of the Columbia without discovering it, July 6th.--(History of Oregon,--Twiss, page 95).

1840.--MEEK, JOE.--Arrived in the Willamette Valley.--(Pac. States, vol.

23, page 456).

1846.--MODOC LAKES.--Discovered by Jesse Applegate.--(Pac. States, vol.

22, page 642).

1823.--MONROE DOCTRINE proclaimed.--(Burrows' Oregon, page 24).

1846-8.--MONROE, MT.--Same as Mt. Shasta--(Ore. and Cal.,--Thornton, vol. 1, page 257).

1853.--NACHESS Pa.s.s.--5000 feet above sea level.--(Narrative of 1853,--Stevens, vol. 1, page 259).

1792.--NEAH BAY.--Called by Vancouver, Poverty Cove, and by the Spaniards, Port Nunez Gaona.--(Three Years' Residence in W. T.,--Swan, page 119).

1579.--NEW ALBION.--Named by Drake, who was crowned by the natives as their king.--History of Oregon and California,--(Greenhow, page 73; also, page 53 Mountains of Oregon.)

1792.--NEW DUNGENESS.--Named by Vancouver for Dungeness, in the British Channel, because of the similar appearance.--(Vancouver, vol. 2, page 55).

1883.--NICKEL DEPOSIT in Douglas County.--(Mineral Resources of the U.