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Title: Reminiscences of an old timer: a recital of the actual events, incidents, trials, hardships, vicissitudes, adventures, perils, and escapes of a pioneer, hunter, miner and scout of the Pacific Northwest .., by Colonel George Hunter
Year: 1887 (1880s)
Authors: Hunter, George
Subjects: Hunter, George United States, West — History
Publisher: San Francisco: H.S. Crocker
Contributing Library: Church History Library, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Digitizing Sponsor: Corporation of the Presiding Bishop, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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n sight ofthe old fort, and saw several canoe-loads of Indi-ans crossing the Columbia. Some of the boysrushed down to the beach and fired at them.They returned the fire, but the only result waswasted ammunition, as neither the whites norIndians had guns that would carry across theriver at that point. We took a good look atthe fort, took some pickled pork and one of theiron cannons, then went up the Walla Walla river,going into camp at the mouth of the Touchet(pronounced Too-shy) river. The next morning, leaving a guard with theammunition and provision train, the commandmoved up the Touchet. After going some distanceup the stream the advance scouts (six or eightin number, and of which I was one), in crossingthe spur of a hill over which the trail led, sud-denly met six Indians. We instantly covered them with our guns, and, being so close to them,they dared not attempt to retreat, so they raiseda flag of truce, and we came up to them. Manyof us could talk the Chenook or jargon (a simple
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