Chapter V

Old Fort Colville.--Angus McDonald and his Indian
Family.--Canadian _Voyageurs_.--Father Joseph.--Hardships of
the Early Missionaries.--The Coeurs d'Alene 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'Alene.--Battle of Four Lakes.--The Yakima Chief and the
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