Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1839-07-05
(Fr0m me A. Y. .Journai of CommcTee.)
npEcnS TERRITORY


The American Board and the Methodist Missionary
Society," have eaeh established mssion IN the oregon
Territory having for its object the Chr,suanza"h Oh
the Indians From the days OF Saint raul un'ii now
missionaries have been bold pioneers; but we may sale
" saw that none of them traversed broader vii
derness than that which lies between lhe tfoh'efs OF
civilization in the West, and the Pac'hc ocean mol
men only but women, have performed tins wonderful
achievement ne annexed ieh' 20 'oi 'ns 'A'
sonsry Herald for July: 80
The reinforcement, consisting OF Messrs EMS, om'h'
and Walker with their wives and Mrs Gray (Mr Gray
having yiousy been connected with the mssion ar.
rved 81 wallawaa on the 29h of August, having len
the Western frontier of the State OF Missouri on The 20
of April, and spent four months and seven Gays 10 IRA
versinp the intervening wilderness The heallh OF me
whole company was good and having been improved oy
The Journey AT meeting Of the mission, 1t was de.
cided that Mr. Smith should occupy the station win
Doctor Whitman among the Cayuses, near Wainwalla,
Mr.. Gray join Mr.. spalding among the Nez ferces,
while Messrs Ellis and Walker should commence ne "
station near Coville one Of the posts of the Hudson
Bay Company, Clark river the North branch Of le
Columbia, and about 500 miles from Waliawniu
The desire Of the Indians for instruction, and their
kind und doce disposition, remained The same and The
prospect OF in the missionary work seemed 10
be as fair as heretofore represented On the 22d OF
September MIR. Gray states that their school tor the
Neg Perces 10 open the next day for l0O children
and as many more adults.
Doc, Whitman states on the 30th OF October, that
the season had highly favorable for vegetation, and
that the mission families had raised an abundance oil the
necessary articles OF food Tor themselves ana inc
families Of the reinforcement Many Indian families
had also had good crops at least sufficient 10 teach them
how much more comfortably they might live, with a
moderate amount of labor by Ing the earth, than by
following the hunter life. Much greater numbers were
expecting TO prepare and plant fields the next Spring
Nlessrs. Ellis and Walker having selected site ior
their station Coville and partly prepared houses
for themselves, returned TO spend the winter with d.
Whitman
One Indian and his wife had been baptized and recev.
ed into the church,
The establishment Of these missions will have an I'M
porant influence in inducing early settlement OF the
territory Already number of men in one OF the west
States have associated for The purpose of emigrang
thither and the time is when hundreds and thou
sands will follow them, The question OF organizing
Territorial Government and establishing military post
there has several times been moo,ed in Congress, and
very soon the will be adopted The climate OF
Oregon very mild much more SO than in the same Ia
ttude the Eastern coast Of America and the country
is healthy Many parts of it extremely fertile; at
any rate it further West than any other portion oil
the country, and that alone is enough 10 commend II 10
the attention of our people. "All things OF heavenly
origin. like The glorious sun, move Westward