Chapter I: Front Matter

THE QUARTERLY
OF THE
OREGON HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

VOLUME I] JUNE, 1900 [NUMBER 2

CONTENTS

THE OREGON QUESTION—_Joseph R. Wilson_ 111

OUR PUBLIC LAND SYSTEM AND ITS RELATION TO EDUCATION IN THE
UNITED STATES—_Frances F. Victor_ 132

GLIMPSES OF LIFE IN EARLY OREGON—_Mrs. William Markland
Molson_ 158

NOT MARJORAM.—THE SPANISH WORD "OREGANO" NOT THE ORIGINAL
OF OREGON—_H. W. Scott_ 165

REMINISCENCES OF LOUIS LABONTE—_H. S. Lyman_ 169

DR. ELLIOTT COUES—_Frances F. Victor_ 189

DOCUMENT.—A Narrative of Events In Early Oregon ascribed to
Dr. John McLoughlin 193

REVIEWS OF BOOKS.—"McLoughlin and Old Oregon"—_Eva Emery Dye_ 207
"Missionary History of the Pacific Northwest"—_H. K. Hines,
D. D._ 210

NOTE.—A Correction 212

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VOLUME I.] JUNE, 1900. [NUMBER 2.

THE QUARTERLY

OF THE

OREGON HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

THE OREGON QUESTION.