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Title pages xvi-xvii
Relation Down The Columbia
Date 2004-08-03
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Description accompanied me in person from the mouth of the Kootenay to the mouth of the Spokane) for advice and encouragement which were very considerable factors in the ultimate success of my venture. To Mr. Forde I am scarcely less indebted for his courtesy in putting at my disposal a copy of his invaluable report to the Canadian Government on the proposal to open the Columbia to through navigation to the Pacific Ocean. Compared to the arduous journeys of the old Astorian and Hudson Bay voyageurs on...

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