Thirteen years residence on the Northwest Coast : Whidby Island, W.T. : ms., 1858-1860.

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Thirteen years residence on the Northwest Coast : Whidby Island, W.T. : ms., 1858-1860.

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Copy in three handwritings in volume with numbered pages beginning with no. 28. Preface dated Feb. 17, 1860. Description of overland journey to Oregon, 1845; explorations in Oregon and Washington; California Gold Rush experiences; life and trade with the Indians. Notes on Steven Meek, the Waller and other missions in Oregon, an Indian account of the destruction of the ship Tonquin, and a note on the Chinook jargon, included.

Originals : [330 p.] ; 28 cm.Copies : partial microfilm reel (167 exposures) : negative (Rich. 107:6) and positive.

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Waller, Alvan F., 1808-

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Alvan F. Waller, pioneer Methodist missionary, was born in Abington, Pennsylvania on May 8, 1808. In 1833 he married Elpha White, with whom he had three children. In 1840 he came to Oregon on the ship Lausanne and established a mission at Oregon City with the assistance of Hudson's Bay Company factor Dr. John McLoughlin and missionary Jason Lee. In 1844, Waller was appointed leader of the Wascopam Mission at The Dalles, succeeding H.K.W. Perkins and Daniel Lee. He was transferred to Salem in 184...

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Blue, George Verne

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Hancock, Samuel, 1818-1883.

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