Juan de Fuca, strait of, 12; the search for, 17, 45, 47, 53, 56; located by Barkley, 57.
Kamchatka, 13; and the fur trade on the Aleutians, 31-9, 49. See Petropavlovsk.
Kendrick, Captain John, his trading expedition to the Pacific Coast, 55, 56, 57-60.
La Pérouse, a French explorer on the Pacific Coast, 58.
Lewis, Meriwether, his overland expedition to the Pacific, 86, 87, 90, 108, 125.
Lewis, an Astorian, his plucky end, 111-12.
M'Dougall, James, his explorations, 87-8.
M'Gillivray, Duncan, accompanies Thompson in exploring expedition, 102-3.
Mackay, Alexander, with Mackenzie's Pacific expedition, 73, 76, 79; joins the Astorians, 99, 109; massacred at Clayoquot, 110-11.
Mackay, Thomas, his Oregon brigade, 117, 119-21, 126.
Mackenzie, Sir Alexander, 53, 71-2; his Pacific expedition, 72-3; his journey up the Peace and Fraser, 73-82; reaches the Pacific, 83-5, 86.
M'Loughlin, Dr John, ruler in Oregon, 116-19, 128; his great choice and desire, 125-128; his death, 128.
Martinez, Don Joseph, his high-handed action at Nootka, 59.
Meares, Captain John, a trader on the Pacific Coast, 57-8, 59.
Mexico, pilots of, their explorations on the Pacific Coast, 62-5.
Narvaez, his discoveries on the Pacific Coast, 62-4.
New Caledonia, 87, 89, 122-3. See British Columbia.
Nootka, Cook at, 47; English and American traders at, 57-58; the Nootka Affair, 59-60, 61, 66, 68-9, 73.
'North-West America,' the first ship built on the Pacific Coast, 57.
North-West Company, the, 53, 116; and the race for the Pacific, 71, 99-101, 113.
Ogden, Peter Skene, his Oregon brigade, 117, 119-21.
Oregon, extent of under Hudson's Bay Company jurisdiction, 116-17; colonization in, 118; hunting brigades of, 119-23; acquired by United States, 124, 125; American immigration into, 125-7.
Pacific Coast, exploration of, 8, 12, 46-8, 52, 62-5, 66-8, 70, 125; beginning of struggle for control of, 53-4.
Pacific Fur Company, the, 71; founded, 99, 100, 109; at Astoria, 108, 109-10, 112; the Clayoquot tragedy, 109-112.
Pacific Ocean, 'a closed sea,' 1, 55-6, 65; Drake's raids on Spanish treasure-ships on, 5-8; regarding a north-east passage from, 9-10, 48-9. See Pacific Coast.
Pelly, Sir John, governor of the Hudson's Bay Company, 129-130.
Peter the Great, his ambition to make Russia a world-power, 11-14.