“Mr. Slattin returned ten minutes ago, sir,” reported

front of the confederation was represented in the person of old

Cammiackan, chief of the Spokanes.

The regiment moved from Fort Vancouver by boat, March 25, 1856, and

landed at the small town called the Dalles, below the mouth of the

Des Chutes River at the eastern base of the Cascade Range, and just

above where the Columbia River enters those mountains. This

rendezvous was to be the immediate point of departure, and all the

troops composing the expedition were concentrated there.