re the burden shall be lifted and the heartache shall
cease; where all the love and hope that slipped away from us here
shall be given back to us again, and given back forever.

_Via crucis, via lucis._

* * * * *

Transcriber's note:

Variations in the spelling of the Molalla Indian tribe have been
retained.

Missing or extra quotation marks and minor inconsistencies of
punctuationwere silently corrected. However, punctuation has not
been changed to comply with modern standards. Inconsistency in
hyphenation also has been retained.

Footnotes have been renumbered consecutively and placed at the end
of each chapter.

Illustrations have been moved where necessary so that they are not
in the middle of a paragraph.

All missing page numbers were intentionally omitted in the original
publication.

Archaic and variable spelling has been preserved as printed in the
original book except for the following changes:

List of Illustrations: Multomah's changed to Multnomah's
(Multnomah's Death-canoe)

Page 137: that changed to than (No one knows this better than
Multnomah.)

Page 261: or changed to on (To the funeral pyre on _mimaluse_
island.)

Illustration facing page 264: Multomah's changed to Multnomah's
(Multnomah's Death-canoe)

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