. History of Washington; the rise and progress of an American state . a de la Palma, at the beginning ofthe Mexican war, and was with General Taylor untilafter the capture of Monterey. His regiment was thentransferred to General Scotts column, and he was inmost of the battles from the siege of Vera Cruz to thetaking of the City of Mexico, and particularly distin-guished himself at the Molino del Rev and came to the coast in 1852, and was stationed at theDalles, in 1853. His part in the Indian war and thesubsequent history of Washington is fully set forth inthe general narrative.
. History of Washington; the rise and progress of an American state . a de la Palma, at the beginning ofthe Mexican war, and was with General Taylor untilafter the capture of Monterey. His regiment was thentransferred to General Scotts column, and he was inmost of the battles from the siege of Vera Cruz to thetaking of the City of Mexico, and particularly distin-guished himself at the Molino del Rev and came to the coast in 1852, and was stationed at theDalles, in 1853. His part in the Indian war and thesubsequent history of Washington is fully set forth inthe general narrative. ^Ci^v-dUUj 6rJ^^ D PROGRESS trd so much •rtB .nrnuloo ?. jjck Secretary as acting #inSnio¥bthT murder of •^Jfl/ne Yakima, ?foa^ letter was dis- ^a^^een murdered, i coom that post, trom as he iiter with two years f the hed a second letter to Maloney had To thi> plied ion, and only regrettedto send a full companyachment. He also sentiward immediately, but d received n in talcing ed the river. I, a pack train It was directed and cooperate with V or cl^as-JULu Or^i^-^, OF AN AMERICAN STATE 335 Just as this expedition was about to start, or soon after ithad departed, an Indian brought news to the fort that a largeband of Klikitats had crossed the divide, separating theYakima from the Columbia, and were in the neighborhoodof the Cascades, or on the Salmon River, and another forceof twenty men was sent off in that direction to report proved to be unfounded, but when it reached theWillamette, and the settlements along the Columbia andCowlitz, it produced the greatest consternation. It wasapparently started by the return of the party of Klikitatsfrom the Cathlapootle to their own country, as described byGibbs, for Hallers party crossed their trail a day or two later,and supposed it to indicate that the Indians were massingto oppose them. Hallers force left the Dalles October 3d, and proceededrapidly northward. On the 6th it had crossed the divide,an
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