LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

VOLUME X

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William Clark.

From the painting by Charles Willson Peale,
now hanging in Independence Hall, Philadelphia
Meriwether Lewis. From the painting by Charles Willson Peale,
now hanging in Independence Hall, Philadelphia.
Father Junipero Serra, founder of the missions in California.
After the painting by Don Christoval Dia, in the Hall of
California Pioneers, San Francisco.

Title-page of the original Hartford edition, printed in 1783, of
Ledyard's account of Cook's Last Voyage to the Pacific Ocean.
From an original in the Memorial Museum, Golden Gate
Park, San Francisco .

Moll's map of 1709, showing California as an island.
copperplate in the collection of Robert Barrie .

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John Floyd. From a print in the collection of Colonel Durrett, of Louisville, Kentucky

Launch of the North West America at Nootka Sound, being the first vessel built in that section of the globe. From the engraving by R. Pollard after the drawing by C. Metz, in the New York Public Library, Lenox Branch .

Dr. John McLoughlin, governor of Vancouver.

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guerreotype in the library of the Leland Stanford, Jr.,
University, California

General Joseph Lane, first governor of the Oregon Territory.
From the original in possession of the Oregon Historical
Society.

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George Abernethy, governor of Oregon under the Provisional Constitution, 1845-1849. From a photograph in possession of the Oregon Historical Society.

James Willis Nesmith, United States Senator from Oregon, 18611867. From a photograph in possession of Clifton Nesmith McArthur, Esq.

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Cœur d'Alêne mission, west of the Rocky Mountains. From
the lithograph after the drawing by C. Sohon, published by
the Government Printing Office, Washington, in 1863
Two portraits of Pio Pico. From originals in the Hall of Cali-
fornia Pioneers, San Francisco.

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Sterling Price. From a painting in possession of the Missouri
Historical Society.

Lewis Fields Linn. From a painting in possession of the Missouri
Historical Society.

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Christopher (Kit) Carson. From a probably unique daguerreotype
in the Hall of California Pioneers, San Francisco
Robert Field Stockton. After the engraving by H. B. Hall from
a painting on ivory by Newton, London, 1840

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John Charles Frémont .

Part of a page, dated January 24, 1848, from the journal of
Henry W. Bigler noting the discovery of gold, and one
dated January 28, 1848, from Sutter's journal relative to
Marshall's discovery. From the originals in the Hall of
California Pioneers, San Francisco.

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The "Bear" flag, probably the identical flag raised by the Cali-
fornia revolutionists at Sonoma, June 14, 1846, and lowered
July 11th to make place for the flag of the United States.
From the original in the Hall of California Pioneers, San
Francisco

Certificate of membership in the Committee of Vigilance. From
the original in the Hall of California Pioneers, San Francisco
John White Geary, first postmaster and first mayor of San Fran-
cisco. From a photograph in the collection of the author and
in the Hall of California Pioneers, San Francisco

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George Henry Williams, United States Senator from Oregon, and
United States Attorney-general under President Grant. From
a photograph in the collection of the author and in the Hall
of California Pioneers, San Francisco .

David Colbreth Broderick, United States Senator from California.
From a photograph in the collection of the author and in the
Hall of California Pioneers, San Francisco

First and last pages of the treaty, dated March 13, 1867, for the
cession of the Russian possessions in America (Alaska).
From the original in the Department of State, Washington.
Typical town hall in the Klondike region

Street view in Sitka, Alaska

The summit of Chilcoot Pass, showing packers and the Peterson trail..

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