This old " Stoney " told me that he once guided Mr. Rundel, the missionary, to this place, and that he lived here for many days camped in the little prairie.




The Bow River winds down the valley Hector ascended to arrive at today's famous Banff National Park. Above the "little prairie" Hector named the mountain (to the right) after the missionary -- Mt. Rundle



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