Alloway, John
The August 25, 1938 edition of the Similkameen Star, reported on the discovery of a mysterious diary that describes a June 1858 expedition led by John Alloway, in which John Allison was a member. The Star qualified the report with this caveat: “…because of the highly controversial and indeed somewhat valatile [sic] nature of the version, we can neither pass it on as history, disclose the source, or even tell the whole story…”
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References:
Similkameen Star, August 25, 1938, page 13; October 21, 1938, page 1