THE

HISTORY

OF

OREGON AND CALIFORNIA,

AND THE

OTHER TERRITORIES

ON THE

NORTH-WEST COAST OF NORTH AMERICA

FROM THEIR DISCOVERY TO THE PRESENT DAY.

ACCOMPANIED BY A

GEOGRAPHICAL VIEW

OF THOSE COUNTRIES,

NUMBER OF DOCUMENTS AS

PROOFS AND ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE HISTORY.

BY

ROBERT GREENHOW,

THOR OF A MEMOIR, HISTORICAL AND POLITICAL, ON THE NORTH-WEST COAST OF NORTH AMERICA, PUBLISHED IN 1840, BY DIRECTION OF THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES.

THE POSSIBLE DESTINY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS A NATION OF A HUNDRED MILLIONS OF FREEMEN, STRETCHING FROM THE ATLANTIC TO THE PACIFIC, LIVING UNDER THE LAWS OF ALFRED, AND SPEAKING THE LANGUAGE OF SHAKSPEARE AND MILTON, IS AN AUGUST CONCEPTION."

COLERIDGE'S TABLE TALK.

FOURTH EDITION,

REVISED, CORRECTED, AND ENLARGED.

BOSTON:

PRINTED OR THE AUTHOR, BY FREEMAN AND BOLLES. 1847

TO

MAJOR-GENERAL MORGAN LEWIS,

LATE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK;

THIS VOLUME IS INSCRIBED,

AS A MARK OF RESPECT AND GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE.

ROBERT GREENHOW.