Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Abbreviations -- 1 Early Patterns: British Unassertiveness and Sovereignty on the Northwest Coast -- 2 The Stikine River Incident -- 3 The Crimean War and the British Northwest Coast -- 4 U.S.-Russian Understanding and a New Balance Of Power -- 5 "The War-Clouds Lowering" -- 6 1878 -- 7 The Russian Menance and Colonial Defencelessness: The 1880's -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- NAME INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- PLACE INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- SHIP INDEX.