New-York daily tribune., 1858-11-19


wore hold front we should hardly get Of alive a.
many of the Indians said "ki them, and let the
whites know that they cannot come into our country
Gas they choose" TIE debate became more and i'o'e
excited. and in short time some Of the lesser cne'S
,,o,, on. and returned with their arms. few mo-
men,s after the old chief Seal Hault, advanced and
81, y, ,ho bs,ds and tod IA not to be afraid that
A. .,d ,,o,cc, ma .s long as he was able, but above
all that we must show no sig's ol 'ea'' "a"e'er
,n;oL, o,c,r He then seated himself by side
I'll it came his turn to spsaS' lie .ueh s'eppel iof
81 .,d .noke as follows; Ny children, you have
:. h..Sto,.d 10 my voice well nigh sixty Sum mner.
n and sball it now be said that your oldest Brave has
Z. los, tie control Of his people shall it be said that
.. ae great Spokane nation butohered five white men
who came to their camp to hold couneil' Some
4" arno,g, rs say that the Foxs brother Msior Owen
bss been Cur great friend since be has lived here
Have you all forgotten that the Bsld-head Major
Osen is the great Medicine Of the Flat.Hsad tribe
and that If we kill him. could not pass through
their country to 10 after the Buffalo for they would
kill oil that bore our name; and think you that the
Bald head would see his brothers killed and not tell
F" bis people to avenge their death. No. ny children,
" the Bald-head would say to his people. See, there
" is blood upon the hands Of the Spokane, blood
upon my head, for took four Of my brothers to my
big council and where are they now 60, ask the
[" Spokane Aud what could you say You would
"ssy we thought them enemies, and no We killed
them. Then would the blood of the Spokane and
the Flai-Ifead flow like water and for what Be-
" cause our eyes were blind aud our hearts bad,
- that we could not tell our friends. As for me, the
" Bsd.head is my friend; these whites his friends,
" ard so mine, and if my young men harm a hair
d" upon their heads viii keep dark eye upon them.
" Seal Hault has spoken
The Fools Son followed TO the same effect. While
b was speaking, number of Indians all armed,
gathered around that part Of tie Lodge in which We
were seated, and seemed quietly surrounding u.s. Al
though evident that old Seal IIault was direct
ing their movements it was some time before could
make out what they intended. / could not get q
glance out of the door, for every time that it shook
before opening, some OF them would completely block
up 10 that we could neither be from the
outside. At length the appeared, for caught
glimpse of the sunshine and at the time sgimpse
of something not quite so pleasing as sunshine namely
the faces OF crowd of Indians painted black, with
4 be red bar the face, which means blood. At the
sane instant they caught sight of me- and such howl
they sent mp to the sky never heard before, and
God grant may hear again. We now under
stood the actions of the friendly Indians for they were
keeping guard over u.s. and we could not be reached
unless over the bodies of their chiefs, and we were
safe as long We were thus cared for For eighteen
hours We were thus kept in suspense, not knowing
whether friends would succeed in keeping of our
enemies. At length the club was passed around and
the greater number passed it in silence, thus sign
flying e those that struck upon the ground voting
fr our death. The feeling Of relief that succeeded
can only be imagined by who has been in similar
situation but did not yet feel free from danger for
we had some fifteen miles to ride before reaching our
camp up the river. While we in the council
Lodqe the Indians outside had had fight among
tlsmseves in which four killed and several more
wounded and several times the balls whstled in very
dissgreeable proximity to our heads.
After waiting till the excitement died away and the
damp had become comparatively quiet, the Indians
chat had guarded us marched with for about mile
rom the camp and there found our horses, as well
"A others for our guard. We mounted, and in less
than an hour were at our own camp The frat order
was to strike the tents and raise camp. We soou
found however that the animals had all been sent up
the mountain, By order Of Seal Hault and could not
be had till The next morning. We now began to recall
the stories We had heard Of the treachery OF the In
ans and 10 think that tho sending away our animals
Indicated purpose of killEg us that night But ia
this thought we wrongsd the noble old chief. Seal
Aaut himself, with body of men, stood guard over
" all that night In the morning we found the ami
mails all in camp, with the exception of ono mule-the
one tha, had been brought into the council and gam
bed away before eyes. At nine O'Clock IN the
morning we started from camp, and before night had
travelled forty miles, but still at the mercy OF the
Indians. The next day we came within five miles OF
Clsrks fork OF the Columbia River, but for want OF
grass did not 90 any 1t was down this rver
that Dr. George Sukely went in bull boa, IA boat
made OF buffalo hides sewed together, stretched over
q light frame and then gummed over, In the depth
OF Winter with only two white men ana one indah IN
his company-perhaps the widest exploit that any
sane man ever attempted. The river sul OF rapids,
falls and distractions Of all kinds, aud hc was short OF
provisions and half sick.
When we pitched our camp in the evening, the
horses were sent off a. usual in charge OF the guard
and in the course of the night Colvile chef named
Quill Oui Long rode into the band, picked out seven
Of the finest horses we had and rode of with them
saving that he liked good horses. He then came up
TO our camp and demanded payment for the trouble he
had had in conducting safely through his country and
keeping his men from stealing our animals. He had
air, adv received 500 from Major Owen for act
inc as horseguard and must say that he did the best
he could to retain tho privilege of selecting the finest
for his own use We finally paid him s25 for stealing
seven Of our horses and he left We were not exactly
satisfied w,hou bargain but glad to be rid OF him
even that rate The next morning the Spokane Indians
le u.s. and we crossed the river under the protection
of the same chief Of the Pend dOreles, who so kind
ly received Clark in 1884, when he made his explora
ton of this branch of the Columbia River.
THE REV. THEODORE PARKERS SER