The Magazine of History, with Notes and Queries: Extra number, Броеве 29–32W. Abbatt, 1914 |
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9th Infantry Abraham Lincoln ALLAN PINKERTON Allen arms arrived Baltimore battalion battle BOOTH British camp Captain Keyes chief Coeur d'Alène Coeur d'Alène mountains Colonel Steptoe Colonel Wright command crossed DAVIS encamped enemy fight fire force Fort Vancouver Fort Walla Walla Fort Wayne four friends ground guard guns Harrisburg hill horses hostile howitzer Hudson Bay Company hundred Indians joined the Confederate Kamiaken killed Lake land large number Lieut Lieutenant Mullan Lieutenant White Lincoln Major Grier Malden miles morning mountains Nez Percés night Ninth Infantry o'clock officers Owhi party passed PAYNE peace Pelouze Philadelphia plain prisoners Qualchien reached rear regiment returned rifle River Raisin scalped sent September Sergeant Seward shot side Snake river soldiers Spokan chief Spokan river squaw Steptoe's SURRATT Third Artillery timber to-day told took train tribes troops Walla Walla warriors Washington Winchester woods wounded
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