. An illustrated history of the state of Montana, containing ... biographical mention ... of its pioneers and prominent citizens. MONTANAS FIRST FIRST STORE IN BUTTE 186-^ IIIHT0R7 OF MONTANA. the early owners of a claim on Alder creek;but he decided that the mines were too deepto pay for working, having taken lessons inmining mainly in the shallow placers ofFlorence; and so he gave up his Alder Creekclaim for a song, returned to Eugene, Oregon,to try and bid his parents good-by, and followmy elder brother away to the Civil war. Suchwere the uncertainties attending mining in theearly
. An illustrated history of the state of Montana, containing ... biographical mention ... of its pioneers and prominent citizens. MONTANAS FIRST FIRST STORE IN BUTTE 186-^ IIIHT0R7 OF MONTANA. the early owners of a claim on Alder creek;but he decided that the mines were too deepto pay for working, having taken lessons inmining mainly in the shallow placers ofFlorence; and so he gave up his Alder Creekclaim for a song, returned to Eugene, Oregon,to try and bid his parents good-by, and followmy elder brother away to the Civil war. Suchwere the uncertainties attending mining in theearly days in Montana, and such was the incapa-city of the gold miners to look below the sur-face. At the same time it should be concededthat this boy brother was, perhaps, carriedaway by the excitement of war. He never I take the following from page 120 of Mr. Stuartsjook. Let it not be entirely despised, for the time was,and not so long ago, when every man, woman and child,red, black or white, in Montana, knew and talked thisJargon. ENGLISH. CHINOOK JARGON. Good morning, \ Good evening, v friend, Kla-how-iam six. Good day, ) Come here Chah-co yock-wah
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