CHAPTER XXIX.

"The Adventures of a Columbia River Salmon"--History of the Immigration of 1846--Opening of Southern Route to the Wallamet--Tragic Fate of the California Immigrants--Sufferings of the Oregon Immigrants--Tardy Relief--Celebrating the Fourth of July--Visit to the Ship Brutus--An Insult to the Mountain-Men--The Indignity Resented with a Twelve-Pounder--Dr. McLaughlin Interferes--Re-election of Meek--Large Immigration--Failure of the Territorial Bill--Affray between Immigrants and Indians at the Dalles--Meeting of the Legislature--Falling of the Thunderbolt, 325