Contents -- Tables -- Illustrations -- Prologue: Opening the Oregon Country -- PART ONE: Post Farming: Hudson's Bay Company Agriculture This Side The Mountains -- 1. Governor Simpson's Œconomy: The Origins of Post Farming -- 2. Governor Simpson's Reward: The Results of Post Farming -- 3. Physical Extremes: The Problems of Post Farming -- PART TWO: Company Farming: Puget's Sound Agricultural Company Operations On The Cowlitz Portage -- 4. Grain for Alaska and Wool for England: The Origins of the Puget's Sound Agricultural Company -- 5. Success and Failure: The Performance of the Puget's Sound Agricultural Company -- 6. Half Shares and Mean Lands: The Problems of the Puget's Sound Agricultural Company -- PART THREE: Homestead Farming: Pioneer Agriculture In The Willamette Valley -- 7. The Promised Land: The Formation of The Willamette Settlement -- 8. The "Garden of the Columbia": The Success of Homestead Farming -- PART FOUR: Mission Farming: Protestant and Catholic Husbandry on the Lower Columbia -- 9. The "Macedonian Cry": The Advent of Missionaries -- 10. The Fruit of the Faithful: The Outcome of Mission Farming -- 11. Divine Testing or Demonic Tempting: The Obstacles to Mission Farming -- 12. From Noble Savage to Sturdy Yeoman: Indian Farming -- Epilogue: Dividing the Oregon Country -- Abbreviations -- Sources for Tables -- Bibliography -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.