In a message dated 11/7/99 10:21:54 AM Pacific Standard Time, norie@localaccess.com writes: << It looks like you have an Indian name in your family. (The Dalles was in Wasco County). My ancestor also arrived in Oregon in 1843 on that first big wagon train. Is Olney German or ? >> *****snip***** Hi Norma & any listers interested, Nathan my GGG Grandfather, is accredited as being the first white settler in the area now known as the Dalles. He is of English decent, many many books document the Olney history in detail, some from 1066 to darn near present. There are two versions of how he came to be at the Dalles, not sure where to find this info now, maybe someone here knows? The first version, & it's documented on a monument at his grave, at Fort Simcoe, White Swan, Wa. State. Not sure who put the monument there, or if it's an actual fact. It states is he was a "Member of the Barlow Wagon Train West 1843." First white-<(this is stated in a book)."settler to the Dalles 1847, Organized volunteers to avenge the Ward Massacre, protect the Immagrant Trains, & Pony Express. Intrepid leader Cayuse & Yakima Indian Wars. U.S. Agent Oregon Territory 1854 - 1859." , etc. I have pictures on CD of his original headstone, which is a plain three sided rock, his marble tombstone made by his family, & the monument. If any one is interested, email me privately & I will send you the pictures. Nathan had two wives. The first is Ahatin, she is widow to Chief Cha-la-let, Wasco tribe. Ahatin & Chief Cha-la-let had a daughter, natural name Twawy, wow.......I can't remember her full name, & will have to find it. These two have a son, Charles Olney, my GG Grandfather. Nathan's second wife was Twawy, aka Annette<(name given her by Nathan), Hallicola. These two have several children, that I will post in pieces as I get my records in order. The books I know of are "Who Are You & Who Am I", by Daniel Hoptowit Olney. I obtained it from the Yakama Heritage & Cultural Center on the reservation in Toppenish, Wa. The library may get it from the museum there & copy it for you, about a 95 page book. Their address is : YAKIMA NATION LIBRARY & CULTURAL CENTER P.O. BOX 151 TOPPENISH, WA. 98948 (509) 865 - 2800, EXT #6 OR " 865 - 5121, EXT #721 OR FAX 509 - 865 - 6101 HEAD LIBRARIAN: COLLEEN M. VEOMETT Early Rhode Island, A Social History of the People, by William B. Weeden, A. M. & A Chronicle of My Family, by Lucile R. Olney. I wish I knew where to get these books, as the later two were a gift from my distant Olney cousin. If someone is interested, email me & I will ask her send the addresses to obtain these books. I know there's more out there. That's all for now, Teresa (Spokane, Wa) ; )