An Imperial Tribe -- Heart of the Beaver -- Along the Communication -- A Strange New Thing -- Ill wind in the Rye Grass -- Ride a Pale Horse -- Bloody Cayuses -- The Cayuse War -- Wanted for Murder -- ...
The Umatilla River once served as an important meeting ground for the Cayuse and their Nez Perce allies to the east. A large Cayuse settlement near Thornhollow kept hundreds of horses in the vicinity.