Arrival at American rendezvous.--An Indian procession.-- Indian curiosity to see white women.--Captain N. Wyeth.-- McCleod and T. McKay.--Description of mountain men.--Their opinion of the missionaries. Page 121
Missionaries travel in company with Hudson's Bay Company party.--The Lawyer's kindness.--Arrival at Fort Hall.--Description of the country.--The Salmon Indians.--The Hudson's Bay Company's tariff. Page 130
An explanation.--Instructions of company.--Their tyranny.--Continuation of journey.--Fording rivers.--Arrival at Boise.--Dr. Whitman compelled to leave his wagon. Page 136
Arrival at Fort Wallawalla.--Reception.--The fort in 1836.-- Voyage down the Columbia River.--Portage at Celilo.--At Dalles.--A storm.--The Flatheads.--Portage at the Cascades. Page 142
Fort Vancouver in 1836.--An extra table.--Conditions on which cattle were supplied to settlers.--Official papers.--Three organizations. Page 150
Settlers in 1836.--Wallamet Cattle Company.--What good have the missionaries done?--Rev. J. Lee and party.--The Hudson's Bay Company recommend the Wallamet--Rev. S. Parker arrives at Vancouver. Page 154
Arrival of Rev. Mr. Beaver and wife.--His opinion of the company.--A double-wedding.--Mrs. Spalding and Mrs. Whitman at Vancouver.--Men explore the country and locate stations.--Their opinion of the country.--Indian labor.--A winter trip down Snake River. Page 162
The French and American settlers.--Hudson's Bay Company's traveling traders.--The Flatheads.--Their manner of traveling.--Marriage.--Their honesty.--Indian fight and scalp dance.--Fight with the Sioux.--At Council Bluffs. Page 169
Re-enforcement to the Methodist Mission.--Re-enforcement to the mission of the American Board. Page 175
Arrival of Jesuit missionaries.--Toupin's statement about Rev. A. B. Smith.--Death of Mrs. Jason Lee.--First express.--Jesuits at work.--The first printing-press.--The Catholic tree. Page 180
Independent missionaries arrive.--Their troubles.--Conversion of Indians at the Dalles.--Their motives.--Emigrants of 1839.--Blubber-Mouth Smith.--Re-enforcement of the Methodist Mission in 1840.--Father De Smet.--Rev. Harvey Clark and associates.--Ewing Young.--Names of missionaries and settlers. Page 185