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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