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COLUMBIA: Summer 1999; Vol. 12, No. 2
Table of Contents
From the Editor 2
History Commentary 3
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Self-destruction: Meriwether Lewis's final act of "ultimate courage."
By Dr. Reimert Thorolf Ravenholt
A Celebration of Tradition and Community 7
A look at sumo, the Japanese national sport, as practiced
in the Pacific Northwest up to World War II.
By Joseph R. Svinth
Following Fortune 15
An entrepreneur of unsurpassed daring, Jedediah Smith plunged into the heart of the frontier that was the American West.
By James C. Auld
Historic Fort Steilacoom 22
Founded 150 years ago this summer as the first American
military installation on Puget Sound.
By Steve Dunkelberger and Walter Neary
Rivers of Ice 24
Mount Rainier's glaciers embrace its flanks like the
"icy tentacles" of a "frozen octopus."
By Ruth Kirk
History Album 31
Potlatch Day in Seattle.
The Olympia Letters of D. Ellis Willes 32
An image of early Washington Territory emerges from this
Episcopal missionary's correspondence.
By David E. Shawver
From the Collection 39
New York to Seattle in 31 hours.
Puget Sound's Mosquito Fleet 40
Remembering the days when passengers, mail and commercial goods
traveled the inland waters aboard steam-powered taxis.
By Carolyn W. Callaghan
Correspondence & Additional Reading 44
Columbia Reviews 46
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