Petropavlovsk, Bering's expedition leaves, 16-17; returns to, 30-3.
Pushkareff, his diabolical treatment of Aleuts, 38-9.
Quadra, Don Juan Francisco, 58; represents Spain in the Nootka Conference, 68-9, 70.
Quesnel, Jules, with Fraser's expedition, 90, 104.
Ross, Alexander, his Oregon brigade, 117, 119-21.
Russia, and the fur trade on the Aleutians, 39, 43; her interest in the Pacific Coast, 44, 53-4, 70. See Cossacks.
Sandwich Islands, Cook's tragic death on, 49-52.
Simpson, Sir George, governor of the Hudson's Bay Company, 124, 129-30.
Smith, Jedediah, befriended by M'Loughlin in Oregon, 125-126.
Spain, her supremacy in the South Seas and in the Pacific, 1, 12, 53-4, 55-6, 65, 74; her treachery at Vera Cruz, 2, 55; the Nootka Affair, 59-60, 66, 67-9; her explorations on the Pacific Coast, 61, 62-65, 70, 74.
Steller, George W., with Bering's second expedition, 18, 21, 27, 28.
Stuart, John, with Fraser in New Caledonia, 88-90.
Thompson, David, his search for a river to the Pacific, 101-106; his descent of the Columbia, 104-9, 112-13, 114, 125.
Thorn, Captain Jonathan, massacred at Clayoquot, 109-111.
United States, enter the struggle for the control of the Pacific, 53-5, 67, 70, 86, 124; the Louisiana purchase, 86; send an expedition to the Pacific Coast, 86; the 'joint occupancy' agreement with Britain, 115-16, 125; and Oregon, 125-8.
Valdes, Don Cayetano, explores the Pacific Coast, 64, 67-8.
Vancouver, Captain George, 46; his exploring expedition to the Pacific Coast, 66-8, 69-70, 74, 84, 96; represents Britain in the Nootka Conference, 68-9.
Vancouver Island, 48-9, 67-8; colony founded on, 128-9, 130, 131.
Waxel, Lieut., with Bering's expedition, 19, 24, 25.
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