Life At Puget Sound With Sketches Of Travel In Washington Terri
Chapter 5
Old Fort Colville.--Angus McDonald and his Indian Family.--Canadian _Voyageurs_.--Father Joseph.--Hardships of the Early Missionaries.--The Coeurs d'Alêne and their Superstitions.--The Catholic Ladder.--Sisters of Notre Dame.--Skill of the Missionaries in instructing the Indians.--Father de Smet and the Blackfeet.--A Native Dance.--Spokanes.--Exclusiveness of the Coeurs d'Alêne.--Battle of Four Lakes.--The Yakima Chief and the Road-Makers. 75