cooperation. The author in acknowledging help from many sources says: "To Professor H. Morse Stephens of the University of California and to the generous order of the Native Sons of the Golden West I am indebted for the rare opportunity of two years of foreign residence and research in the various archives of Spain." Proceedings of the Thirty-first Annual Session of the Washington State Grange. (Tumwater: FRED W. Lewis, Secretary. 1919. Pp. 168.) The annual session was held at Port Angeles, on June 3-6, 1919. Besides the proceedings the book contains lists of granges and their officers. One fine expression of purpose is found in the annual address of the Master of the Washington State Grange, William Bouck: "Let us not forget that above all money, or profit or loss, we are for the development of men and women first, last and all the time." Review of Historical Publications Relating to Canada. Edited by GEORGE M. WRONG, H. H. LANGTON and W. Stewart WalLACE. (Toronto: University of Toronto Press. 1919. Pp. XIII and 203.) This periodical volume in the University of Toronto Studies is of immense value and importance to all who are interested in the history of Canada. The Dominion and the United States are such close and cordial neighbors that there is much overlapping in the historical literature. This gives the book a distinct value on this side of "the longest undefended boundary on Earth." Readers in the Pacific Northwest will find proof of this friendly overlapping of interest by turning to pages 115 to 136. There will be found careful and scholarly reviews of literature, produced in the years 1917-1918, relating to the Province of British Columbia. A number of Canadian and American volumes are noted. Nine articles in the Washington Historical Quarterly receive attention as do five of the important overlapping articles in the neighboring Quarterly of the Oregon Historical Society. The criticism. and appreciation expressed are eminently fair and cordial. British Columbia was part of the Oregon Country in the old days of "joint occupancy" and it is now a delight to find in history a field for such friendly and effective international cooperation. It is interesting to note that among those whose work is men tioned are six of the contributing editors of the Washington Historical Quarterly as follows: Mr. Clarence B. Bagley, of Seattle; Mr. T. C. Elliott, of Walla Walla; Professor Frank A. Golder, of Pullman; Judge F. W. Howay, of New Westminster and Mr. O. B. Sperlin, of Tacoma. OTHER BOOKS RECEIVED BRIGGS, JOHN ELY. William Peters Hepburn. In Iowa Biographical Series, edited by Benjamin F. Shambaugh. (Iowa City: The State Historical Society of Iowa. 1919. Pp. 469.) BUFFALO HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Publications. Volume XXII. (Buffalo: The Society. 1918. Pp. 437. $4.00.) CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Collections. Volume XVII. (Hartford: The Society. 1918. Pp. 402.) HOLT, LUCIUS HUDSON and CHILTON, ALexander WHEELER. A Brief History of Europe from 1789 to 1815. (New York: The Macmillan Company. 1919. Pp. 358. $2.75.) ILLINOIS STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Transactions. XXIV. (Springfield: The Society. 1919. Pp. 216.) Volume INDIANA HISTORICAL COMMISSION. The Indiana Centennial, 1916. (Indianapolis: The Commission. 1919. Pp. 441.) KANSAS STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Twenty-first Biennial Report, 1917-1919. (Topeka: State Printer. 1919. Pp. 71.) MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Proceedings, October, 1918June, 1919, Volume LII. (Boston: The Society. 1919. Pp. 356.) PUGET SOUND Conference OF THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH. Journal and Yearbook. 1919. (Sequim, R. C. Hartley, Secretary. 1919. Pp. 293-377.) WASHINGTON STATE BANKERS ASSOCIATION. Martin, Secretary. 1919. Pp. 158.) Proceedings of the (Ritzville. W. H. WILNER, MERTON M. Popular History of the War. (Buffalo: Buffalo Historical Society. 1919. Pp. 36.) Journal of Indian Treaty Days. The University of Washington Library has been enriched by the gift from William S. Lewis, Corresponding Secretary of the Eastern Washington State Historical Society, of a substantially bound typewritten copy of the original journal kept by James Doty who was secretary of the Indian treaty-making commission organized by Governor Isaac I. Stevens. He received that appointment on December 7, 1854, and entered upon the duties with enthusiasm. Young Doty inherited a love for such work. His father, James Duane Doty, was an early settler of Michigan and in 1820 went with a party under General Lewis Cass, traveling 4000 miles in canoes, exploring the upper lakes and making treaties with the Indian tribes of that region. He was a judge in Northern Michigan and in 1830 was one of a commission to lay out a military road from Green Bay through Chicago to Prairie du Chien. As a member of the Michigan Legislature in 1834 he introduced a bill which led to the division of Michigan and the creation of Wisconsin and Iowa Territories. He was one of the founders of Madison and secured its adoption as the capital of Wisconsin. He served the Territory as Delegate in Congress, 1837-1841, as Governor, 18411844, and as a member of the constitutional convention. He served two terms as Congressman from the new State, 1849-1853. As that service was ending his son James received appointment as a member of the exploring party under Governor Isaac I. Stevens. Later President Lincoln appointed the father, James Duane Doty, Governor of Utah Territory in 1864. James Doty was listed in the party of Governor Stevens for "astronomical and magnetic observations." As the party progressed westward he was left for the winter at Fort Benton to prepare the way for a proposed treaty with the Blackfoot Indians. Governor Stevens says: "Mr. Doty, who had won very much upon me by his intelligence, his fidelity, his promptitude, and energy of character, parted with me with feelings of hope and pride at the idea that now a field was opening to him where he could be useful to his country, and make a reputation for himself." General Hazard Stevens in his "Life" of his father speaks of those winter explorations as "remarkable and valuable." The first Indian treaty concluded by Governor Stevens was with the Nisqually and other bands and was dated December 26, 1854. Among the witness signatures is that of James Doty, "Secretary of the Commission." In that same winter he was sent to Eastern Washington with Indian Agents Bolon and Lansdale to prepare the tribes there for assembling in treaty councils. The greatest value of the present journal is its record of that mission. When Governor Stevens learned of the plot by Pio-pio-moxmox at the Walla Walla council to kill the white people, he confided the danger to only two of his party. These were the Secretary, James Doty, and the Packmaster, C. P. Higgins, who later was the founder of Missoula, Mont. Doty bore this and all other responsibilities bravely. Later, at the Blackfoot council he rode night and day far into Canada to recover stolen horses and thus to impress upon the Indians the serious purpose of the treaty commission. As the rumbles of the Indian war began, Governor Stevens appointed Doty a Lieutenant Colonel. He remained close to Governor Stevens until the latter was nominated for Delegate in Congress in 1857 and went out on the campaign, On his return he was saddened with the news that James Doty had died and was buried on Bush Prairie besides his friend George W. Stevens. The Governor declared: "I have never been connected with a more intelligent and upright man." This journal of 108 pages begins with the date of January 20, 1855, and ends with May 24, 1856. The records supplement the accounts of the Indian treaties and the transactions just before the outbreak of the Indian war. It is especially welcome in the University of Washington Library already rich in materials pertaining to the life and work of Washington's first Territorial Governor, Isaac Ingalls Stevens. Oregon Historical Society The twenty-first annual meeting of the Oregon Historical Society was held in Portland on October 25, 1919. The annual address was given by Dr. Henry L. Bates on "The History of Pacific University." The Pioneer A rugged and forceful statue by the noted sculptor, A. Phimister Proctor, was unveiled on the campus of the University of Oregon, at Eugene, on May 22, 1919. A record of the ceremonies appears in the Quarterly of the Oregon Historical Society for Sep tember, 1919. The donor of the statue, Joseph N. Teal, made a brief address giving his reasons for the desire to honor the pioneers and to place the enduring bronze embodiment of that honor in the keeping of the University of Oregon. The principal address of the occasion was delivered by Frederick V. Holman, President of the Oregon Historical Association and of the Sons and Daughters of Oregon Pioneers. The statue has a background of fir trees and stands on an uncut field boulder. The figure is that of a bearded, forward-looking man, clad in buckskin with a rifle slung from his shoulder. It is an idealized figure of a conqueror of the wilderness. Mr. Proctor, the sculptor, is represented by his work in many eastern cities and received gold medals for exhibits in a number of international expositions. Cleveland Letters Wanted Mrs. Thomas J. Preston, Jr., formerly Mrs. Grover Cleveland, has entrusted to Professor Robert M. McElroy, of Princeton, the task of preparing the authorized Life and Letters of President Cleveland. Harper and Brothers, New York, are to be the publishers. They ask that any persons having letters or papers by President Cleveland be requested to loan them to Professor McElroy for this work. Many political friends and associates have already done this and the papers in the Library of Congress and in Mrs. Preston's collection have also been made available. This additional request is made with urgent emphasis as President Cleveland wrote most of his letters in long hand and kept no copies. More McElroy Manuscripts This Quarterly for July, 1919, (pages 235-236) announced the receipt of a number of historically important manuscripts from Harry B. McElroy of Olympia. Since then he has sent a dozen more manuscripts which, like the others, are to be placed in the Library of the University of Washington. This latest gift consists of the following: A leter, dated at Walla Walla on January 13, 1862, from H. H. Spalding to B. F. Kendall, Superintendent of Indian Affairs for Washington Territory, presents in four pages an urgent plea to be appointed teacher of the Nez Perce Indians. The letter was accompanied by a petition in the following language: "The under |