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JOSEPH DANIELS JllatoQ' of PIA' Iroll Maaufaeture on tkePacUle Coaat , 188

BEN BUnGUNDER Reeollectlon. of the Inland Empire....... 190, ,

NICHOLAS C. OULLINA..N ... IO_tory of tbe Seattle General PONtoalce .. :11, .\VILLIAM S. LEWIS Some Noh~. IUId OtNIe:rvatlon. on tbe

Orllrln and E"olutlOu of the Name orOregou .. ApJ,llIed to tbe Rh'er of the'Ve.t _ ".218

Document DI.17 of Wilke. In the Northwellt 223• ,\ " J. ' ~

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The Voyage of·the Hope · .. v .. ·.. ·.·············:I7· W. HowoJFrancis Heron ,Fur ';I'rader: Other Herons: ..•.. ~ Wt/ham S. LCWt$Death of E. '0. 'So Seholefield .. : , ~.' ' C. B. Bagley.Pioneer and Historical Societies of Washington , Victor J: FON'orOrigin of 'Washington Geographic Names, ," .. Edmond S. Meany

. Reopening of,the H.llssiav-Amer,icap. Cortvcntiop of 1824.. .'. Vi~t~r J. Farr,,arBegilUling pi Mission Work in AJaska _ ~IlJ!am S. I!.0lt,

'\ David Thompson's Journeys in Idaho T. C. Elhotl,John Work's Journal of a Trip from Fort COlvil1e to Fort , '

• I', Vancouver and) Return in 18,28•• WiUiqm S• .r....e'l.t/is'a~d Jacob A. Meye~sSliipbuilding in't'he Pacific Northwest. Helen D. GoodWinBekinning of Militia in Washington .........•.............. ~ .George GibbsFirst Militia Compatl;ies in Eastern Washington, T~r.ritory.William S. LewisJUdge~. P. Oliphan.t. ,1 L .....•, : ! :!am'es ,E. Ba~bBibliography of the Anthropology of the Puget Sound Indians .

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. , , ",'Authorship of th,e Anoymous Account of' Captain 'Cook's Last'V6yage. ,I \\. .. : :' , ' :.F. 'w. HOWDy

Origin' of Washington Geographic N~mes Edmond S. MeanyJoseph'Lane McDoqald and 1he lPurchase of Alaska Victor J. Far.rar-Bibliography of Railroads in, thel Pacific NorthV'l:est..' ' :·.Marian CordsFacts About George Washington J1m-ius 1'. Tunlet',BostQ!1 Traders in Hawai.ian Islands, 1789-1823...•.......... 5. E. Morison.Captams Gray and Kendrick: The Barrell Let~ers ; F. WI. HowayNaming ,stampede Pa's5 ': W. P.. BonneyThe Oregon Laws of 1845 \•.............. .' •.......•' John T. Condon ')

< VOLUME XIII ",; 1'he' Cowlitz Convention: Inception of Washington," " l

Territory .. : , :" : ! '. :'Edmond 'S. Meany·Advertising and the Klondike -o •••••••••••••••••• .Jea,mette P. NicholsThe Wreck of the St. Nicholas ' C. L. Audrews

I Origin 'of Washington Geographic Nam~s( ',' .Edmond -So MeatlY .Q-11he Loss of the "Ttmqui.n'I L : P. W. f}oumyThe Background of, the (Purchase of Alaska Victor J. FarrarA Daughter of Angus MacDonald '..•........... .Chr,is'i"a -WilliamsCrossing the Plains' : ..~ '" ., ~ .. Clarellce 'B. Bagley (' \"

~. 'Newspapers of Washington I, Te'rritory.: ............•.. .Edmond So' MeanyFinan hfcDonaJd ' , J. A. MeyersEarly Development of Railroads ·in the Pacific Northwest. C. J. Smith

,Van Ogle's Merp<?~ of Pioneer Days••, ,:., , Van Ogle l

VOLUME XIVThe Building of the Walta Walla and Columbia River

{Railroad W. W. BakerSpoka~.e,'PortlanCl ap.~ Seattle Ra:i1way r I •••••• '••• ~•••• •:L. ,C. GiIt"rHl'Newspapers' of Washtngton' Territory ~ Edmo"d S. Mro".,,Historical Services of Thomas W. Prosch Charlu ~V. SmithOrigin of. Was~ington Geograp1;lic Names v .. , ..,:Edmond S. Meany.The Orphan Railroad ,and' the B:am's' Horn Right 'of Way . .C: fl. Haiiford:Memories of White Salmon and its Pioneers : 'AJbert J. Thompsun,Introduction of Cattle into the "Pacific Northwest C. S. KingstonCa'ptain John MuHan and Ithe Engineers' Problem Samuel F. BnnisThe Mull;),n Road:\ Its Local History and ,Significance \.'.... T. C. 'Elliott 'IISenator Cole and the Purchase 'of Alaska :' .. Virtur J. FarrIJrKlickitat County: Indians of and Settlement by Whites ....Delia M. CoonCape Disappointment in Histo.ry :- : , ~ .Barbara Coit ElliottHall's Visit, to Oregon in 1839•.•...•\ •••••••••••••••••• Howard M. 'Ballou

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DONALD :8lacRAE The Cohunbla River Historical Expedition 163

JOSEPH DANIELS HIsto..,· of Pig Iron :8lanufacture on thcPacific Coast 168

BEN BURGUNDER Recollections of the Inla",1 Empire 100

NICHOLAS C. CULLINAN History of the Seattle General Postofilce .. 211

l.YILLIA:81 S. LEWIS Some Notes IftiIld Observation.. on theOrigin an,l Evolution of the Name ofOregon AI'I.lled to the River of theWe..t 218

Document..-Diary of Wilkes In the Nort~west. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 22.1

Book Reviews 230

Pa iftc Northwest AmericaDJl 238

News Department 240

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