the Whitman massacre; Roderick Finlayson, once in charge of Fort Victoria; A. C. Anderson, road-maker, explorer, and historian.
The journals of explorers and the narratives of travellers embody in a wilderness of useless matter much valuable information. These works are quite rare; but even if they were at hand, one could wade through them only at great loss of time. Of these, in this part of my History, I have summarized several score. British and American government documents are quite full at a later period, when England and the United States carried on their hot disputations on the subject of occupancy.
The freshness of the field has rendered it to me exceedingly fascinating; of the manner in which my enthusiasm has taken form, and of the use I have made of my opportunities, the public must judge.