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mation about the Okanogan country, both American and Canad- ian, than any other publications, and they cite a great list of authorities.
"History of North Central British Columbia," by Rev. A. G. Modce.
"Upper Columbia River," by Lieut. Symons. This is a very accurate and scholarly work, but he undertakes to give names to places that had names attached to them long before, and his geographical names are not accepted locally in many instances.
"Parker's Journal," by Rev. Samuel Parker.
Lieut. Johnson's Report in the Narrative of the Wilkes' Exploring Expedition,
Report of Capt. McClellan's explorations east of the Cas- cades, as given by Stevens in Vol. XII. , part 1, "Explora- tions for a Railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean."
Writings of Father de Smet.
"Letters" and "Narrative of a Journey 'Round the World," by Sir George Simpson.
The Record of the Proceedings in the Matter of the Adjust- ment of the Claims of the H. B. Co. vs. the United States. This contains a great deal of valuable matter as to all the old H. B. Co. posts in Oregon and Washington.
"Astoria," by Washington Irving.
"Life on Puget Sound, with Sketches of Travel," etc., by Caroline C. Leighton.
Manuscripts
Journals of David Thompson covering his travels west of the Rocky Mountains.
"History of the Northwest Coast," by A. C. Anderson.
Journals of John Todd.
Journals of John Work. There are also several other jour- nals kept by officers of the N. W. Co. and H. B. Co. that refer more or less to Okanogan.
