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The Columbia River

by William Denison Lyman

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  1. 1Dedication
  2. 2Epigraph
  3. 3Preface
  4. 4Part I — The History
  5. 5Chapter II — Tales of the First White Men Along the Coast
  6. 6Chapter III — How All Nations Sought the River From the Sea and How…
  7. 7Chapter IV — The First Steps Across the Wilderness in Search of the…
  8. 8Chapter V — The Fur-Traders, Their Bateaux, and Their Stations
  9. 9Chapter VI — The Coming of the Missionaries to the Tribes of the River
  10. 10Chapter VII — The Era of the Pioneers: Their Ox-teams and Their Fla…
  11. 11Chapter VIII — Conflict of Nations for Possession of the River
  12. 12Chapter IX — The Times of Tomahawk and Fire-Brand
  13. 13Chapter X — When the Fire-Canoes Took the Place of the Log-Canoes
  14. 14Chapter XI — Era of the Miner, the Cowboy, the Farmer, the Boomer,…
  15. 15Chapter XII — The Present Age of Expansion and World Commerce
  16. 16Part II — A Journey Down the River
  17. 17Chapter II — The Lakes From the Arrow Lakes to Chelan
  18. 18Chapter III — In the Land of Wheat-field, Orchard, and Garden
  19. 19Chapter IV — Where River and Mountain Meet, and the Traces of the B…
  20. 20Chapter V — A Side Trip to Some of the Great Snow-Peaks
  21. 21Chapter VI — The Lower River and the Ocean Tides

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