Cook, Captain James, his quest of a north-east passage from the Pacific, 45-9; his tragic death, 49-52.
Cossacks, their harsh treatment of the Aleuts, 34-9; pay the penalty, 39-43.
Delisle de la Croyère, with Bering's second expedition, 17, 18.
Douglas, James, his Oregon brigade, 117, 123, 124; governor of Vancouver Island, 128-30; of British Columbia, 131.
Douglas, Captain William, a Pacific Coast trader, 57-8, 59, 61.
Drake, Sir Francis, with Hawkins at Vera Cruz, 1-2; his raid on Panama, 3; his raiding expedition to the Pacific, 3-8; his attempt to find a north-east passage, 8-10.
Drusenin, Alexis, clubbed to death by Aleuts, 39-40.
East India Company, its foreign commerce, 11-12.
Elisa, Spanish explorer on the Pacific Coast, 60-1, 62, 64.
Fort Defence, 60; the Indian raid on, 61.
Fort M'Leod, the first fur-post in British Columbia, 87, 100.
Fort St James, chief post of New Caledonia, 89, 90, 123.
Fraser, Simon, 80; his explorations in New Caledonia, 87, 88-90, 104; his descent of the Fraser, 90-8.
Fraser river, 63-4, 67; Mackenzie on, 81-2; descended by Fraser, 90-7; discovery of gold on, 129, 131.
Fuca, Juan de, his north-east passage from the Pacific, 12. See Juan de Fuca.
Galiano, Don Dionisio, explores the Pacific Coast, 64, 67-8.
Gamaland, the mythical continent, 12, 14-15, 17, 18.
Ghent, treaty of, and the Pacific Coast, 115-16.
'Golden Hind,' the first English ship to sail the Pacific, 4-9.
Gray, Captain Robert, his expedition to the Pacific Coast, 55, 56, 57-60, 61-2; discovers the Columbia, 67, 69-70, 74, 125.
Great Britain, her interest in the Pacific Coast, 53-4, 113, 115, 123-4; the Nootka Affair, 65-6; her exploring expeditions under Cook and Vancouver, 46, 66-7; her 'joint occupancy' agreement with the United States, 115-16, 125, 127-8; proclaims colony of British Columbia, 129-31.
Hanna, Captain, trades on the Pacific Coast, 58, 59.
Hawkins, Sir John, his reception at Vera Cruz, 1-2.
Heceta, Bruno, his River of the West, 52, 56, 58, 62, 67, 125.
Hudson's Bay Company, the, 45, 53; interested in the Pacific fur trade, 71; its jurisdiction over Oregon, 116-123; its short-sighted policy, 124, 126-8; founds a colony on Vancouver Island, 128-31.
Indians of the Pacific Coast, and Cook, 47-8; and Gray, 56, 61-2; and Mackenzie, 83, 84-5; and Fraser, 88, 96-8; and the Astorians, 110-12; and M'Loughlin, 117, 119, 125-6, 127; and the Oregon brigades, 121, 123; and Douglas, 128-9. See Aleuts and Carrier Indians.