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  THE PIONEER BOYS OF THE COLUMBIA

  OR: IN THE WILDERNESS OF THE GREAT NORTHWEST

  THE YOUNG PIONEER SERIES

  BY HARRISON ADAMS

  ILLUSTRATED

  THE PIONEER BOYS OF THE OHIO, Or: Clearing the Wilderness $1.25

  THE PIONEER BOYS ON THE GREAT LAKES, Or: On the Trail of the Iroquois 1.25

  THE PIONEER BOYS OF THE MISSISSIPPI, Or: The Homestead in the Wilderness 1.25

  THE PIONEER BOYS OF THE MISSOURI, Or: In the Country of the Sioux 1.25

  THE PIONEER BOYS OF THE YELLOWSTONE, Or: Lost in the Land of Wonders 1.25

  THE PIONEER BOYS OF THE COLUMBIA, Or: In the Wilderness of the Great Northwest 1.25

  THE PAGE COMPANY 53 Beacon Street Boston, Mass.

  "THE TWO BOYS HAD TO . . . START UPON THE LONG JOURNEYINTO THE NORTHWEST" (_See page 148_)]

  The Young Pioneer Series

  THE PIONEER BOYS OF THE COLUMBIA

  OR: IN THE WILDERNESS OF THE GREAT NORTHWEST

  By HARRISON ADAMS Author of "The Pioneer Boys of the Ohio," "The Pioneer Boys of the Missouri," "The Pioneer Boys of the Yellowstone," etc.

  Illustrated by WALTER S. ROGERS

  THE PAGE COMPANY BOSTON MDCCCCXVI

  _Copyright, 1916, by_ THE PAGE COMPANY

  _All rights reserved_

  First Impression, May, 1916

  PREFACE

  DEAR BOYS:--

  The time has at last arrived when we must say good-bye to our pioneerfriends, the Armstrongs. You will remember how we have followed theiradventurous careers down the Ohio, along the Mississippi, then up thegreat Missouri to the wonder country of the Yellowstone; and now,between the covers of the present volume, are narrated the concludingincidents in the story of "Westward Ho!"

  Our country is deeply indebted to the class of pioneers typified by theArmstrong boys. Restless spirits many of them were, always yearning forricher lands where game would be more plentiful. It was undoubtedlythis desire that led them further and further into the "Country of theSetting Sun," constantly seeking that which many of them never found;until at length the Pacific barred their further progress.

  Bob and Sandy Armstrong, together with their sturdy sons, Dick andRoger, are but types of the settlers who opened up the rich territoryof the Mississippi Valley, as well as the Great West. Their kind is notso numerous now, at least in our own country, since the need for suchadventurous souls has become less acute. In many places, however, likethe Canadian Northwest, they can still be met with, forging the linksthat will bind the wilderness to civilization.

  If you boys have found one half the enjoyment in reading of theexploits of our young pioneers that the task has afforded the authorin writing of them, his aim, which has been to instruct as well as toentertain, will have been accomplished.

  HARRISON ADAMS.

  May 1, 1916.