# The Oregon Territory, Its History and Discovery

Author: Twiss, Travers, 1809-1897

Genre: Category: History - American

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/38942

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+Oregon+Territory%2C+Its+History+and+Discovery+Twiss&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

North-west America.--Plateau of Anahuac.--Rocky Mountains.--New-Albion.--New Caledonia.--Oregon, or Oregan, the River of the West.--The Columbia River.--Extent of the Oregon Territory.--The Country of the Columbia.--Opening of the Fur Trade in 1786.--Vancouver.--Straits of Anian.--Straits of Juan de Fuca.--Barclay.--Meares.--The American sloop Washington.--Galiano and Valdés.--Journey of Mackenzie in 1793.--The Tacoutche-Tesse, now Frazer's River.--North-west Company in 1805.--The Hudson's Bay Company in 1670.--The First Settlement of the North-west Company across the Rocky Mountains in 1806, at Frazer's Lake.--Journey of Mr. Thomson, the Astronomer of the North-west Company, down the Nor...

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER XVII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-oregon-territory-its-history-and-discovery-38942/chapters/17/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-oregon-territory-its-history-and-discovery-38942/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-oregon-territory-its-history-and-discovery-38942/chapters/18/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-oregon-territory-its-history-and-discovery-38942/chapters/15/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-oregon-territory-its-history-and-discovery-38942/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-oregon-territory-its-history-and-discovery-38942/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-oregon-territory-its-history-and-discovery-38942/chapters/16/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-oregon-territory-its-history-and-discovery-38942/chapters/13/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-oregon-territory-its-history-and-discovery-38942/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-oregon-territory-its-history-and-discovery-38942/chapters/1/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-oregon-territory-its-history-and-discovery-38942/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER X.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-oregon-territory-its-history-and-discovery-38942/chapters/10/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-oregon-territory-its-history-and-discovery-38942/chapters/11/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-oregon-territory-its-history-and-discovery-38942/chapters/14/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-oregon-territory-its-history-and-discovery-38942/chapters/12/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-oregon-territory-its-history-and-discovery-38942/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-oregon-territory-its-history-and-discovery-38942/chapters/9/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-oregon-territory-its-history-and-discovery-38942/chapters/7/index.md)