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F 597 .O96 vol.1
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The journals and letters of Major John Owen, pioneer of the Northwest, 1850–1871, embracing his purchase of St. Mary's mission; the building of Fort Owen; his travels; his relation with the Indians; his work for the government; and his activities as a wes
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Owen, John
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1927
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The journals and letters of Major John Owen, pioneer of the Northwest, 1850–1871, embracing his purchase of St. Mary's mission; the building of Fort Owen; his travels; his relation with the Indians; his work for the government; and his activities as a western empire builder for twenty years. Transcribed and edited from the original manuscripts in the Montana Historical Society and the collection of W. R. Coe, Esq., by Seymour Dunbar: and with notes to Owen's texts by Paul C. Phillips, professor of history in the University of Montana. With two maps and thirty plates. Numerous references in both volumes to Mormons, particularly the Salmon River Mission and his visit to Salt Lake City, volume 1, p. 127, 129, 132–33, 186–87, 189, 192, 258; volume 2, p. 131, 151, 158–61, 173.