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 . id that he hadbeen with Pu-pu-mox, and was wounded at thebattle of Frenchtown in 1855; that Hunter wasthere with the Bostons; and that they (hispeople) had confidence in Hunter and would obeyhim. General Howard responded: That is theright mind. Colonel Hunter and you will neverget into trouble with the white folks. After some further talk the council
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 . id that he hadbeen with Pu-pu-mox, and was wounded at thebattle of Frenchtown in 1855; that Hunter wasthere with the Bostons; and that they (hispeople) had confidence in Hunter and would obeyhim. General Howard responded: That is theright mind. Colonel Hunter and you will neverget into trouble with the white folks. After some further talk the council Howard went his way toward hisheadquarters, and I returned to my warehousesand home. The next morning, just as the sun was peepingover the tops of the high hills for which the lowertwo hundred miles of Snake river banks arefamous, my wife saw Big Thunder approachingwith about fifty of the head men of the Palousetribe. She called to me to get up, saying she wasfearful that there was something wrong with theIndians, judging from their number and appear-ance. Getting up, I went to the door where Imet Big Thunder, he having caused the othersto halt some distance away. I asked him themeaning of this demonstration with so many. Reminiscences of an Old Timer. 367 men. He said his people had held a big wa-wathe night before, and had made me their headchief, and that they had come over to inform meof the fact and to install me into office. He askedme if this was my heart (meaning could I actas their chief). I told him I would talk withhim and them. So they formed a circle andseated themselves on the grass, when the chiefinformed me of their wishes, saying that I waselected head chief, Big Thunder secondchief, andHoo-sis-mox-mox (or old Charley) third in asked if this was the desire of all their people,and, if so, if they would mind me, and keep badIndians away from them, or arrest and turn themover to the whites to be dealt with. To all ofwhich they responded in the affirmati
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