CHAPTER XXVIII.
Difficulty of Collecting Taxes--A Ponderous Currency--Dr. McLaughlin's Ox--An Exciting Year--The Boundary Question--"Fifty-four-forty or Fight"--War Vessels in the Columbia--Loss of the Shark--Meek Receives a Salute--Schenck Arrested--The Color-Stand of the Shark--"Sunset at the Mouth of the Columbia," 320