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Obituary. 
Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
Oct.,  1918. 
were  the  first  white  people  who  had  ever  penetrated  that  country. 
It  was  during  this  expedition  that  scientists  first  observed  the  land 
of  the  Cliff  Dwellers  and  claimed  that  the  peculiar  formation  was 
due  to  volcanic  disturbance,  while  the  men  in  the  command  looked 
on  .  and  argued  "  these  things  were  made  by  human  hands,"  which  we 
all  know  was  proven  later.  Wonderful  and  numerous  were  the 
•tales  this  interesting  old  gentleman  related  of  the  primitive  American 
Indian.  As  he  always  added,  "  Still  untainted  by  the  inroads  of 
civilization." 
It  was  during  this  expedition  that  the  government  imported 
camels  to  accompany  the  command  across  the  American  desert. 
The  journey  was  hard  and  strange  and  the  men  impatient  and  often 
ugly  and  Mr.  Dunn  has  often  told  how  much  he  was  impressed  when 
early  one  Sunday  morning  they  espied  the  green  country  beyond  the 
Sierras  and  the  great  Pacific  in  the  distance.  Not  one  word  was 
spoken  but  every  man  fell  upon  his  knees  and  prayed  his  thanks 
to  the  One  who  had  safely  brought  them  out  of  that  alkali  waste. 
They  went  on  to  California  and  were  stationed  at  the  Presidio 
and  for  a  time  at  San  Diego. 
When  the  Civil  War  broke  out  Mr.  Dunn  came  to  New  York 
with  the  troops  and  was  in  the  government  employ  as  an  apothecary. 
In  1866  he  entered  the  employ  of  E.  R.  Squibb  and  Sons,  manu- 
facturing chemists,  as  superintendent  and  as  such  held  sway  until 
in  the  latter  nineties  he  became  one  of  the  firm.  He  was  an  expert 
and  an  authority  and  was  many  times  referred  to  as  the  brain  and 
pulse  of  E.  R.  Squibb  and  Sons.  About  ten  years  ago  his  eyesight 
failed,  but  he  did  not  give  up  active  work  until  five  or  six  years 
ago.  He  was  up  and  around  as  usual  the  day  before  he  died.  He 
was  smitten  with  a  stroke  on  Thursday  night  from  the  effects  of 
which  he  passed  away  Friday  morning,  August  30. 
The  deceased  was  a  graduate  of  the  New  York  College  of  Phar- 
macy, an  alumnus  of  same,  was  also  a  member  of  American  Phar- 
maceutical Association,  and  generally  attended  the  conventions,  tak- 
ing an  active  interest  in  the  proceedings  and  a  part  in  discussions, 
imparting  much  information  from  his  well-stored  mind.  The  Rich- 
mond meeting  was  the  last  annual  meeting  that  he  attended,  in  1910. 
He  was  buried  in  the  Cemetery  of  Holy  Cross,  Flatbush,  on  Monday, 
September  2:  He  leaves  a  widow,  Annie  E.,  and  a  daughter,  Mrs. 
J.  O.  Reither,  of  Lynbrook,  Long  Island. 
