Ross, Alexander:

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ADVENTURES OF THE FIRST SETTLERS ON THE OREGON OR COLUMBIA RIVER: BEING A NARRATIVE OF THE EXPEDITION FITTED OUT BY JOHN JACOB ASTOR, TO ESTABLISH THE "PACIFIC FUR COMPANY;" WITH AN ACCOUNT OF SOME ... A book of the greatest importance to the history of the Astoria venture and the early Anglo-American struggle for control of the Oregon country. Ross was an officer of the Astoria company, and this is one of the fullest accounts of the entire venture, later supplemented by his Fur Hunters of the Far West. He also includes accounts of Robert Stuart and Wilson Price Hunt. Elliott Coues called this one of the three "synoptical gospels" of the Astoria enterprise. Howes notes that very few copies are found with a colored frontispiece; this is not one of them. The "Map of the Columbia" illustrates Oregon Territory. Contains a section devoted to Chinook vocabulary and jargon.

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