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“ In tracing their lives he has made some assumptions unwarrantable in the eyes of an historian, such as the merging of the character of Kokome Nepeeka, one of the Indian women who preceded Thompson to Astoria, into that of Bundosh or Boudash the Kootenai woman, and the invention of the subsequent career oif Ross's priest, but these devices are acceptable as fiction or conjecture. Although his native heroine might be thought somewhat too full of simple goodness and civilized understanding, Mr. Sperlin has followed his sources closely in his representation of the lives of the Indians in general. ”

“ On the other hand, Jesse A.'s recollections recount the adventure from the stand point of a child, and in literary merit they approach the work of the uncle. Dr. Schafer's introduction dissects the two Applegates briefly but with satisfying completeness, and included is considerable valu able biographical material secured from members of the Applegate family still residing in Oregon. The book will be desired by those who want the final and complete record in a form to be kept for all time. ”

“ To this he has added color and first hand information about Indian lore and traditions which he has gathered by means of personal interviews with Indians and descendants of some of the characters who appear in the book. The tale of the Indians is fictionized, as tales of Indians must need's be, from the lack of any record of their lives, but many of the native characters have been introduced in the pages of Cox, Ross, and others. ”