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X7X. The Red Box

HE Indian War of 1855-56 brought great anxiety to Cathlamet. There were a few more white men there then, but the preponderance of the Indian was still overwhelming, and when it became whispered about that the Klickitat Chief Kamiakin, the head and front of the war, had messengers at Cathlamet, there was fear everywhere, but the native Indians stood up manfully for their white friends, who had helped them, and Mrs. Birnie and her husband held them with a steady hand.

Here was one of the great advantages to the Hudson's Bay men of having Indian wives. No plotting could go on without their knowl