Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1862-04-05


:. e. on the li'h Aura-;. 1875,
That it VA cc-urisd On the v.ry dnv tbs
act paS-.d. n n rluurrh ssaiis,. ,h- evid nc.
i conclusive. for on ,hs; very dav. the rszr
rizre of Juds- P,srain, naz Pr',lssfr Jalg-
of Clark roun.y, wsz sol-Inn;zsd ia the
The chapel # -. Jsrre~ Mission.
The Uuis-d STATES has r,-g,rd.d all sh.
Territory west of the Rocky Mountains n
l.-longing Co tlc Indian tiiscs. II has sysatcs
with those native tribcs for the cxiinguirh-
men; and purehas of their ,irir TO ih,. l.nds
The courts have ever treated il ~ Indian
country for the punishment Of violations ii the
lndian intercourse law-ihat law being ap-
plicahle 10 the country west Of the Rocky
Mountains by the act of Congress If June 5.
1850. There il evidence that Vancouver
was in the country claimed by the Kliki,at
tribe; that for number Of years large camps
of the Indians were in the vicinity, until they
had been thinned ont by ihs smallpox.
Judge Petran, of Clarke county, swears that
at one time from 1,500 TO 1000 We're present
at or near Vancouver, and his testimony is
corrotorated by the evidence Of Blanchet.
Barclay Harvey and Mckinlay. That Indi-
ans constantly visited the priests, to receive
instruction; that the priests went TO their
camps; that they were preached to in jargon.
and in the Indian tongue; that hundreds
were baptized and received the rites of relig-
ion annually, there is abundance Of proof;
and so far as this station is to be regarded,
missionary labor among tie Indians was their
chief occupation and preferred duty.
Indeed, this is inkeeping with hespirit and
intent of the instructions to the Missionaries
who founded and so long in person presided
over this Mission. In the letter Of the Bisll-
op of Juliopolis, on the Sth Of June, 1885,
addressed 81 to all the families established OH
the Willamette river, and other Catholic per-
sons beyond the Rocky Mountains" answer
ing the petitions for Missionaries, of July Sd,
1884, and February 23d, 1885, and regretting
his inability to comply, but assuring them
they will secure help sool-hc thus eloquent
ly writes, i" My intention is not only to pro-
cure to YOU and your children the knowledge
"of God, but also the numerous Indian tribes
"among which you live
IL cxhort YOU meanwhile to deserve bv a
"good behavior that God may bless ny under
stalking. Raise your children the best you
"can. Teach them what you know of relig-
sion. But, remember. my dear brethren, that
I" the proper means of procuring that your
"childrcn and wives, take some notion of God
"and of the religion YOU profess, is to give
them good example by life moderate and
"exempt of the great disorders which exists
among mauy of the Christians beyond the
mountains. What idea do you give of God,
"and of the holy religion you profess to the
Indians, especially who see in you, who are
scaling yourselves the servants of that Great
"God, disorder which equal aud perhaps sur
"psss their own!'' This letter goes on show
ing that the conversion Of the Indians, was a
leading if not the great idea Of establishing
the Mission. f
On the 18th of April 1888, as before seen,
the Roman Catholic Bishop of Quebec in
whose diocese was included the country west
of the Rocky Mountains, and nd r whose ju-
risdiction were the Rev. Mess,s. b anchet and
Demcrs sent forth those gentlemen as Mis-
sionaries "to Mat portion Of the diocese Ut
Quebec, west of the Rocky IMOwataixs." The
Bishop instructs these Missionaries "They
:. must consider as the first object Of their
" mission, to draw from burbaiity and the dis
" orders which follow from it, the Indian
F" tribes spread in that country"
They were from the first moment Of their
" arrival, to apply themselves to the study Of
the Indian languages, to reduce them to reg
/" ular principles, so as o be able to publish
f" grammar, &c, in said languages" !,
Numerous other instructions We're given,
but the whole letter establishes beyond a
doubt, that the Church and Bishops who rent
forth the Missionaries, who established their
station at Vancouver, long anicrior to the pas
sage of the act VI Consrcss. y ere actra.ed in
the ,s,ain. BY the idea to canvers and labor
with the I.,iian tribes then peopling Orrgou.
The Testimony addrcrd on t!,is trial, IN no
way tiiminishes the tcre- II these dorumea.s.
but ,hroughcus, frees the conyirsioa lhaa ii
even Mission ~as c<,abiizhs,d for the pm,
pose cf laborinG with an1 :naong the Indian
isibcs. poss s-ns AL the requirements o ccs'-
ssifn.e such an institution. that insssd II tlc
Nissior Il ss. Jaw~s- Frsr. slse sisnr lie fsrm-
alton Was conceived At ~. Bs,iiacr ard Que
Ice. during long years of zcrscss lsbsss ard
uninterrupted presence at one cr other II The
pri. srs { inns cf-d wish the Mission at vsrecu-
vrr lsbsing ui-h rnd iHsrussing the ~6rsies-
~ss. sither in ,he hulasble s;ssr-hease. in the
li,tlr sxiifcs dedicated ia 1si6 To the PATRON
Saint oi this Mission, doun 20 the suecess(al
charities. now an Institute q Learning. A<lig-
ION and hnrvclcner, erdissble to she ssrt
and 10 th,. Ys~riswy. fsm 6sa - ~ Il re-
saiss It's missiasary clars@eteE. snA unuuiDoak-
ably Ls.aas the imprss srd ;llsstrafss. the
,.iou. drsixls ot tn Prslai~s who establiEAed
The Caihoiic Missions a tDsegun. ~
We now have di~cw-sed The Hsvss e ths,
Nissiea of ~. Jsnsrs. iss missionary eharsc-
ter. its inarprndeaer Of The Huasan's Bay
Campany, rs claim to b. regarded IS = mir-
sicn.zy s.ssie.. among tie lsd;sn T:ih-s If
or'goa.
Other quesfio's II ever = 'norc dsiirase and
intricate character rcr' prr-rwt shrsassav~s.
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