History of Oregon--First discoverers--Changes of government--
Recognition as a Territory--Entrance as a State--Individual
histories--"Jottings"--"Sitting around"--A pioneer in Benton
County--How to serve Indian thieves--The white squaw and the
chief--Immigration in company--Rafting on the Columbia--The first
winter--Early settlement--Indian friends--Indian houses and
customs--The Presbyterian colony--The start--Across the plains--
Arrival in Oregon--The "whaler" settler--A rough journey--"Ho for
the Umpqua!"--A backwoodsman--Compliments--School-teacher provided
for--Uncle Lazarus--Rogue River Canyon--Valley of Death--Pleasant
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