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Of particular interest to Salish and Kootenai history are Bond's biographical sketches of Jacques Raphael Finley, Finan McDonald, Peter Jean DeSmet, and Joseph Joset.

In 1840, Pastor Allen Hartman leaves behind his church in New York, and the woman he hopes to marry, to serve as a missionary to Indians in the Oregon Territory. On his westward journey, he is plunged into the dark end of spiritual warfare. His mettle is further tested when he's asked to stay in a village of Arapaho already contending with a malevolent witch doctor. Arapaho medicine man Two Rivers knows one thing - the Great Spirit is sending White...

First Sergeant Emmett Bell (jeff Chandler) faces off with Apache chieftan Kamiakin (Michael Ansara) in this nuanced portrayal of racial tensions between Native Americans and white settlers in 1860s Oregon Country. Bell must lead his men and civilian charges on a mad dash to federal sanctuary. --from container.

The quiet, skilled cook Otis "Cookie" Figowitz has traveled west into Oregon with a group of aggressive fur trappers. While living in the territory, Cookie finds develops a frienship with the Chinese immigrant King-Lu, who's also come to Oregon to seek his fortune. Soon the two collaborate on a successful business of selling baked goods in their frontier outpost--but Cookie and Lu's business plan is dependent on stealing milk from the first cow imported...