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Dillon Examiner in Dillon, Montana

31 Jan 1940

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Dillon Examiner

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Dillon, Montana, United States of America

Date

Jan 31, 1940

Page

5

Ranald McDonald Visited Japan Before Perry Voyage

Ranald McDonald, son of a Scottish fur trader and a Salish mother, toured Japan about a decade before Commodore Perry’s 1853 arrival. A one time Montana resident linked to Angus McDonald of Salish House, he sailed from Astoria, Oregon in 1849, was rescued, then returned to the United States and documented his journeys. All published copies are now held by libraries and private collectors.

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Ranald McDonald Japan Perry Montana Angus McDonald Salish House Cherry Blossom Empire Astoria Ore United States Mathew Calbraith Perry William 5. Lewis Spokane Wash Najiro Murakami Department of Foreign Languages Imperial University Tokyo Ronald McDonald Christina McDonald Williams Duncan McDonald St. Ignatius Mont Washington Clintook B. C Cariboo Northwest Sayswaps Prairie Thompson River Donald Walker John Archer McBride McPherson Kamloops Archer McLean Donald Old Fort Colville Alexander Victoria Mary Christina Cow Creek Ranald Katherine Kitty Benjamin McDonald Donald McDonald Dixon Pa“cific Dona McDonald Denver Colo Archibald McDonald Glencoe Argyllshire Scotland St. Andrews Quebec Dominion of Canada Princess Sunday Chie‘ Y Asto Ore Purnaas Carcumcum Archibald A Fort Garry Winnipeg Manitoba Jane Klyne Mr. Cochrane Vancouver Oregon Yadeuys Bay Co
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Ronald McDonald the Montana Pioneer Who Taught English in Japan

A Montana frontier figure Ranald McDonald, born 1824 in a Washington state trading post, taught English to Japanese youth before Commodore Perry opened Japan. He sailed alone to Japan before 20, survived exile, and later told his story after decades, published in 1923.

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Ripley's Montana Thomas Francis Meagher Patrick Foley Arabi Pasha Egypt Ronald McDonald Northwest Japan Commodore Perry England America Far East Flathead Country Anthony Adverse Globe Ranald McDonald State of Washington Archibald McDonald Hudson’s Bay Co Princess Sunday McDonald c McDonald Angus McDonald Salish House State Historical Society Helena Pacific Ranald Forbidden Empire Nagashi Ladoga Perry Oe Oovera Pagfic
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Fisk Had Scoop On Custer Event and Courier Horace Countryman

Helena journalist Horace Countryman rode 180 miles to deliver Gen. Custer's last stand story to Horace Fisk of the Associated Press on Independence Day. Fisk hurriedly wrote the account in longhand and sent Countryman's words to AP. The dispatch described Custer's attack on a 2000 lodge Indian camp, heavy casualties, and the fate of the Seventh Cavalry.

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Andrew J. Fisk Associated Press Helena George A. Custer Battle of the Little Big Horn Fisk Montana Custer Horace Countryman Yellowstone Fish Countryman Countryman Little Big Horn
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Memoir of Ranald McDonald and North West Ventures

A lifelong trader recalls Ranald McDonald’s moves from Thompson River ranch to Fort Colville and his mining, ferry, and trail ventures in the Cariboo Horsefly and Kettle River regions. The narrative covers family ties, land pre emptions, writings gifted to Kitty, and Ranald’s 1894 death near Boundary Creek.

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Ranald McDonald Ranald San Francisco Fraser River Victoria Pacific Ocean Bennet Arm Allen Douglas Harrison Lake Lillooet Allen McDonald British Columbia St. Andrews Australia Cameron Mine Williams Creek Cariboo Bonaparte Horsefly Montreal Canada Ronald McDonald Fort Colville Northwest Territory Angus McDonald Old Fort Colville Boundary Creek Kettle River Marcus Ballarat Melbourne Cape of Good Hope Rome Paris London Hudson's Bay Co
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