. Early Okanogan history. Gives an account of the first coming of the white men to this section and briefly narrates the events leading up to and attending the establishment of the first settlement in the State of Washington under the American flag, an event which occurred at the mouth of the Okanogan River, September 1st, 1811. I R R 90. 5^ Gives an Account of The Fir^ Coming of the White Mento this Sedion am Briefly Narrates the Events Leading up to and Attendingthe E^ablishment of The Fir^ Settlement in the State of Washington Under the American Flag An Event Which Occurred at the Mouth o/t
. Early Okanogan history. Gives an account of the first coming of the white men to this section and briefly narrates the events leading up to and attending the establishment of the first settlement in the State of Washington under the American flag, an event which occurred at the mouth of the Okanogan River, September 1st, 1811. I R R 90. 5^ Gives an Account of The Fir^ Coming of the White Mento this Sedion am Briefly Narrates the Events Leading up to and Attendingthe E^ablishment of The Fir^ Settlement in the State of Washington Under the American Flag An Event Which Occurred at the Mouth o/the OkanoganRiver, September I ^, 1811. OF THE OKANOGAN INIjEPUNDENT. OKANOUAN, \VASHIN(;T0N V](^ ^^t 7 -^, o ^ ^/ >V ~^^ CHAPTER I. THE COMING OF THE NORwESTERS. /jQNE HUNDRED years ago this summer the first white men^-^ came to this section. The first to come was David Thompsonand his party, making a dash down the Columbia river in July,1811, in the interests of the Northwest Fur Company. Thompsonis unquestionably entitled to the honor of being the first white manthat traversed the Columbia from its headwaters to the sea. Lewis& Clark had been before him from the mouth of the Snake down tothe ocean, but no explorers or traders were on the Columbia abovethe mouth of the Snake in advance of David Thompson. He is there
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