. 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. rative,by Gab-riel Frauchere, written about 1825. This book is in print. TheHenry and Thompson Journals, by Elliott Coues. This is asplendid new work that has just made its appearance. Chritten-dons History of the American Fur Trade. This is also a veryrecent work. In
. 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. rative,by Gab-riel Frauchere, written about 1825. This book is in print. TheHenry and Thompson Journals, by Elliott Coues. This is asplendid new work that has just made its appearance. Chritten-dons History of the American Fur Trade. This is also a veryrecent work. In Hudson Bay House, London, there is said to bethe daily journals kept by the factors at Fort Okanogan for manyyears, but these, of course, are not obtainable except at great costand expense, Conquest of the Great Northwest, by Agnes Lout;Washington Irvings Astoria, Dunns History of Oregon. Theworks of Ross, Cox, Franchere and the Henry and ThompsonJournals, by Elliott Coues, are the most valuable and should be inthe school libraries of Okanogan county that the rising generationmay become familiar with the history of this section, for it certainlydeserves attention, as it is rich in incident and had a great influenceupon the ultimate acquisition of all this section as part of the terri-tory of the United States. THE END. 3. CQ . c cr> be . o o = •y 03 »o PL, O Z P 4-> > O OJ c 2 o 0; feci o b CO n :« ;:^ Cl J3 O O M CU t^ K O Q 0; J -t-J < O (IJ C/J J= (J o -o -M (1) bx)-a c OJ 1) -C C/J y c« D ^ CO t<-i CC o JS c: o rn tn O m a Gel.
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