Farnham's Travels in the Great Western Prairies, etc., part 1, May 21-October 16, 1839

Note 220 — Chapter VIII · {III}

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In Ross's time, Quahat was the great Cayuse war-chief. He also speaks of the importance of the Cayuse, and their ruling propensities—see Chittenden, Fur-Trade, i, p. 181.

For the Red River settlement, see Franchère's Narrative in our volume vi, pp. 379, 381, notes 195, 199.—Ed.

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