Eleven Years in the Rocky Mountains and Life on the Frontier Also a History of the Sioux War, and a Life of Gen. George A. Custer with Full Account of His Last Battle

CHAPTER XXVIII.

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Difficulty of Collecting Taxes--A Ponderous Currency--Dr. McLaughlin's Ox--An Exciting Year--The Boundary Question--"Fifty-four-forty or Fight"--War Vessels in the Columbia--Loss of the Shark--Meek Receives a Salute--Schenck Arrested--The Color-Stand of the Shark--"Sunset at the Mouth of the Columbia," 320