CHAPTER IV.

Care of Great Britain for her fur companies.--Columbia Fur Company.--Astor's second fur company.--Major Pilcher's fur company.--Loss of the ship _Isabel_.--Captain Bonneville's expedition.--Cause of his failure.--Captain Wyeth's, 1832.--Indians ask for missionaries in 1833.--Methodist Mission.--Fort Hall established.--Fort Boise. Page 36