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