The message below came through the seldom-used BRIDGER list. I am sharing it here (as well as sending a cc to the posting person). Leslie (Bridges) Kohler -- Original Message -- From: "Rose Terry" <[email protected]> > Book "Thunder Over the Ochoco" Vol. 1, by Andrew Gale Ontko, 1993. This > BRAND NEW softcover (deluxe paperback) book has 426 pages, is INDEXED, > ... > > In the country called Oyer'ungun (Oregon), home of the proud & fierce > Shoshoni people, and their brave but doomed struggle to hold their land > against the successive assaults of Spanish, French, British and American > invaders. This lifetime authors work spanning 40 years combing > historical records and interviewing dozens of descendants of pioneer > settlers and Native Americans who shared oral traditions that have been > passed down through generations! A history never been told before, of > conquistadors and fur trappers, of merchants and missionaries. > > This is the history of those first settlers of the Ochoco - men, women, > and children - who were left to wander... Large index, bibliographic > references throughout, accounts of mountain men who trapped the Ochoco: > Peter Skene OGDEN, Jedediah SMITH, Jim BRIDGER, Joe MEEK, ... Early > Astoria when prostitution and slavery were rampant. When buffalo roamed > Eastern Oregon and horses were the wildest thing around. See it at; > > http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=514985871