This disease was the terror of the Northwestern tribes.

The Cayuses caught the infection.

Many sickened and died, and Whitman was appealed to by the leading Indians to stay the disease.

He undertook the treatment of a number of cases, but his patients died.
The hunter's moon was now burning low in the sky.

The gathering of rich harvests of furs had begun, and British and American fur-traders were seeking these treasures on every hand.