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Item Chinook Jargon, from the New Gold Regions of the Northwest - transcript.(UNKNOWN, 1868) Thompson, Francis M."Used by the Indians, French and half breeds about Columbia and Frazer rivers, Puget Sound and the Caraboo country as the means of communication with the Americans."Item The New Gold Regions of the Northwest - transcript.(UNKNOWN, 1868) Thompson, Francis M."Up the Missouri or Across the Plains. Either way has its advantages but the easy navigation of the river for Fort Benton by first class boats, it seems, must make that the favorite route of reaching all the northern mines from the states at least those mines near the head of the Missouri. The miner can reach his destination much earlier than by the plains and stock can generally be obtained at the Fort, nearly or quite as cheaply as in the states especially during the scarcity occasioned by the war."