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1 story matching slain
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:slavin, slaight, lain, slab, slam, slap
- The Winter War Blueprint: An 1858 Campaign to Subdue the Tribes
A field letter from the Indian war in Oregon and Washington urges the Army to occupy the Colville Valley, cut off Indigenous trade, and expel missionaries and Hudson’s Bay Company employees.