CALL NUMBER: T0880:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-11-07 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Chief Martin Morigeau describes the first settlers of the Columbia Valley. His grandfather, Francois, was the second man in the Columbia Valley after David Thompson. Francois quit HBC and farmed while in Washington; Martin's father did the first farming in the Columbia Valley; Martin's father and others moved to Alberta in 1904; they did threshing for the whole area; describes experiences threshing; Martin is chief of the Kootenays. TRACK 2: Chief Morigeau describes the abundance of salmon in the Columbia River before the construction of Grand Coulee Dam; Martin discovered Indian skeletons at Rocky Mountain House; captured and trained a bald eagle; he describes cougar hunting.
CALL NUMBER: T0880:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-11-07 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Chief Morigeau tells hunting and mining anecdotes. [TRACK 2: blank.]