White River (Washington, USA)
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White River runs through present-day Washington State, and its headwaters feed from glaciers on Mount Ranier.1
In this 1855 despatch, Douglas remarks on the tragic events detailed in the Puget Sound Newspapers on the apparent attacks on American Settlements on the White River by local Indigenous groups.
  • 1. White River Watershed Facts, King County.
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Douglas, Sir James

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The Colonial Despatches Team. White River (Washington, USA). The Colonial Despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871, Edition 2.0, ed. The Colonial Despatches Team. Victoria, B.C.: University of Victoria. https://bcgenesis.uvic.ca/white_river.html.

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