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difficulties that confronted us, and had been compelled to go into

Meanwhile valuable time had been lost, and the Indians, with their

families and stock, were well on their way to the Okenagan country, a

region into which we could not penetrate in the winter season. No

other course was therefore left but to complete the dismal failure of

the expedition by returning home, and our commander readily gave the

order to march back to the Dalles by the "short" route over the

As the storm was still unabated, it was evident our march home would