Spokane dwellings in front of Tshimakain Mission (near Spokane Washington), in engraving made 1853

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Photograph of engraving of men building a lean-to near several reed-matting covered huts, not far from the mission buildings Caption on image: Chemakane [sic] Mission Image from U.S. War Dept.'s Reports of explorations and surveys to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean, 1860, v. 12, pt.1, pl.39