Chapter I: Preface: The Editor 9

I

OREGON; OR A SHORT HISTORY OF A LONG JOURNEY FROM THE
ATLANTIC OCEAN TO THE REGION OF THE PACIFIC, BY LAND;
drawn up from the notes and oral information of ...
one of the party who left Mr. Nathaniel J. Wyeth, July 28th,
1832, four days' march beyond the Ridge of the Rocky Mountains,
and the only one who has returned to New England.
_John B. Wyeth._

Author's Motto 20

Text 21

II

NARRATIVE OF A JOURNEY ACROSS THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS, TO
THE COLUMBIA RIVER. _John K. Townsend._

Copyright Clause 112

Publisher's Advertisement 113

Author's Table of Contents 115

Text 121

ILLUSTRATIONS TO VOLUME XXI

Facsimile of title-page to Wyeth's _Oregon_ 19

"Hunting the Buffalo." From the London edition (1840) of
Townsend's _Narrative_ 110

Facsimile of title-page to Townsend's _Narrative_ 111

"Spearing the Salmon." From the London edition (1840) of
Townsend's _Narrative_ 259