Wisconsin herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1846-1849, 1848-08-12
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contains Pic gieF aae9eqE OF me ia'e
81 L,,ritls massacre of nlsslonSries and. oifT
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nnbl shsI soInetme isineeag q he follow
5e.ails are eomauAicsted BY Rev Mr,
scaling Que of .lhs sqFYiving missionarie4
e he Anne lean Board ia hat terrfofys--
IT, extract a.few additional isen7 et inter-
7,,.s 4sssasre took place November 20.
Nc eS,;tb and f3plg were a ne saw Dill,
-5i ,,ieg 4;stsilt. also, Ir. Young, his wife
= .g@ss sons. Next day Mr.. Yong came
5.T IS Ire seton for proElsons. and was
49, sic Others were sent aef Mne days
Nn.. IN, hoqsbedeed, a8a their lives B'era
.,,.ss.tyad sbat they might take chQfge q
H. go,,s tnllls Bat the gasiien and cba
IA, . fhsna4hlier of As, incindipg the old
4, daughserx 81 Mr. Spalding, Alio wss a.
N. .rariopsat etha titte1 were made slaves
r. os4sae+ers md treated i'm the most
.rig and bFufal manner.
Won't davs after the FIRST massacre, 4essrs
csiis aud Balee, voting neHwho.were SEX,
..,,a des9asd fram their beds, bltchefed
ao4 ,ut t8 nieces ID the most h9gfible ugHl-
in }be, 9reseics Of the Wonderland eAl-
+rea. ana tEeirs,lead bodies lay near BE-
l.or for As hoars ia mud aud blood; and the
repfives, ane among them WAS a sister VI
p,,lee. spere compelled to pass oyerthemtor
T,aod and watsr No one was allowed to
wash and bury them till two Nez Perces
s-rivaa.0s ..s..lfe4 Ae
DIR. Whitman bad just returned from hd-
wing aa intIian child, and was engaged IN
read,n5 10 indian, to divert his tteniion
wax ID The act If Soliciting medicnle, while
another cadle tehind hinl aud with q TOM
,halek sunek him. on fhe back Of lis head
secQad blow on the top Of the head lam
n..8 uf tLa fla0F Then lilankHit q pria-
,pal chief, uho bad received unuunfefed
taro,s from the Doctor, and who Nas about
b 81 recai4ed INFO the church, e upon tille
dead BODY aud nangled il horribly eaftiag
-ha fsce aud head, taking out Tue heart, vs..
&c., iala scattering them 10 the mad. 9th
sr 1ades were treated ia The same hftt2l
manner; and the lutte captive girls were
compelled II pass over them ffequentlY 70
aruient them 'Ehey lay - hours (tfom
Monday tiii Wedhesday) scattered about
.he premises Nole were allowed to gath
erthen up 1lki. bury them Even the dis
uacted widows were not allowed 70 20 ogt
aai so1the the last moments OF their ING
husbands, some 0f whom fingered i0lis ln
the agonies Of death.
Mrs Whitman fed up stairs, whege She
received wounl 10 the breast, through the
windows Mr. Rogers joined her; bat they
We're. persuaded to,eoina down. the Indians
promising nor 10 kilt them They were
nufsdiateIv ta<en 10 rlie door pad shot,
Glrs. Whitman died Immediately. Mr. 20
gers fingered a long time.
| was at B1lila, twenty miles west OF
Naillatpu, at the lime of-the massacre; and
reraitfea fhcre, visiting theaiek and preaeh-
iaeto the ihliaiis, Till wednesday Inolnng;
al which tine left for the residence Of Dr.
Whitman. AYheni was n about three
miles of the station, met Boman Catlio-
lic priest, his Interpreter, and kaynse.
After some conversation, the ludian wheel
ed aboat, and With great speed, proceeded
toward The heGse 81 DR. " lIltnaa. when
thc,priest informed me eff what had taken
placa He Informed ne that he had arri-
we'd hero the mart befoga; thachs had tsiaf
morning bantlzed Toe cifI1tfen of the ntir-
dcror,. s4Rer Witch he had assisted two
friendly Indians III burying Hie Slain He
said that ten men and Mrs Whitman had
hvsn liilled: that the Frenehmau n'the sm-
ploy Of 7he doct0r bad beea spared, Is also
tie w6rhcn and children; th1t no trencls-
man On Hudson Bay Company's tlan World
b. harmed, but only Americas. b'- he
received from Inc Chief. Haeihg requested
hjm to takecharge 81 my puck horse, tool;
some provisions which ne hsd prepared for
Tie night and gave myself into TIE hands
% God aAlL ;urned-my horse ~ the plains.
VI 'he aifantige HE Indian ha'l rciurned
toward Dt. Whitmdn's 70 reload his pistol,
opi pait f8r me to coWe along. he bad
started with The intention - Killing me: bur
stopping 10 sni6te he bad accidentally dis
charged his pistol 81 lighting his Pipe aad
had neglected. q reload Affer Waiting q
white. he waetedn9oD 50 liis 'frack and
followed tBe priest Tbo aHd Pc vdeh4NlY
m0't great speeI aal had gone some ten
n'.ts aesHs HE lGdlau pFerto0k hlel NQt
hating ae tAere, p9r learning sfo,a me la7
ierarese what direction lad ''ken, &c Fer
,afned 4lfla O. tbs p3lnEaoi meeting aud
took NY track; but darkness soon coming
1n,aa Was stopped larlhe u.ght
Suffice 10 say. the Lord Delivered me from
my pHrsuer. / travelled nights, and lay
concealed in she day tlRes ibe second
@ walk without Iood;a mus, leareseverg
hing; even my boots, as they were TOO
snail Bur piaiseJ'be Tic name ~ God,
rhe fourth night ircashed home, without
sscal suGeapg.
Buried Alive.
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