, 1866-02-16

hocky mountains and burning deserts for ie-
males, but because more desirable field than
the Nez Perees on many accounts--neArer the
sea board and nearer supplies, and also because
undoubtedly the fheater Of white settlements al
no distant day. Mark here the hand Of the
Lord, witch holdetli the heart not OF the king
only, butof all men, aud "as the rivers of wa
ter he tarneih itwhithersoeyer it he will. Had
Mr.. Lee, after ALL adheredto bis original pur-
pose 70 establish his Mission among the Flat
Head and Nez Perces tribes, Doctor Whitman
would not have turned back from Greene River
but would have pushed on with Mr. Parker to
the coast, would have done as Mr. lee actually
Old, selected the, Naltnomah valley as bis field, /,
returned by the Sdndwigi -...,d llnnb
Wbald iiayk t.iissnia out mission help BY sea. Our
mission fields Woaid have been changed, the
Nez Perees, ETC., would have been occupied by
the Methodist Board and the coast by the Ameril
can Board. Indeed this was the original iuten-
ton Of both. AS was observed by 4 Methodist
brother, to one Of our member, ''You have got
our held and we have got yours
At all events the opportunity Of presenting
the offer Of crossing the Rocky mountains to the
only lady heroi0e who was found willing, in the
United States to undertake the fearful work
exceys the intended wife of the Doctor, would
have passed by, as she was then on her way to
the Usage Indians. And the Emigrant Road
! by the South Pass would have remained indef-
| nitely, it had remained, impossibiHy.-
But God, as events have shown had determined
that the gold should be dug out and by the
agents be il actually employing. lie must have
the emgraut route in The. first place. Therefore
he delayed the Doctor and his associate the first
year, allowed Mr.. Lee to come on, meet the Nez
Perces Nation and to change his mind as to his
future mission-6eld from the Rocky mountains
TO the coast. This left the Doctor at liberty to
change his proposed feld, aud also to select the
Nez Perces and Flat Head Nations, which he did
al once on reaching Greene river, meeting those
tribes and learning what Mr.. Lee had done, and
this gave him the opportunity of returning TO
the States the sane year, thus savings year
and gave the opportunity Of presenting the offer
of crossing themountaius to the only lady her
oine found willing in therUnited States, besides
Mrs. Whitman, to undeftake the fearful work.
The next year she would have been in the Usage
Missioni all of%hch will appear.
The same Spring, 1884 that Mr.. Lee started
from the States Doctor Whitman, and the Rev.
John Dunbar, of Mass, were appointed by the
American Board of Commissioners for Foreign
Missions, at Boston, aud sent forward. But by
losing their horses 10 a ERE at St. Louis, and by
other detentons, they were too late for either
of the five Caravans to the Rocky mountains
that year. The next year, 1885, Mr.. Dunbar
having undertakes mission among the Pawnee
Indians OF the Nebraska or Platte river, Doctor
New York, and they reached the frontiers in
season for the Caravan of the American Fur
Company, aud ihr,eiatelF put themselves un-
der its convoy. The leaders and men of this
Caravan would have preferred men Of any other
eiiitGss rifl.r AiissiJuarigs. end they were not
backward in making their preferences known by
fthe cold shoulder aHd br direct attacks upon
Missions in general. And the two Missionaries
made mp their minds that they had cold jour
ucy before them.
Bu; Gai had not only the hearts Of :he Nez
PeTces v Fiat Head Indians in his hand, but al
so the arrows OF death; and the Caravan mad
oniy got fairly out on the Plains whcn lie sent
among them tue Asiatic Cholera and in very
short time three men were dead and several 9TH
erS very sick. The whole company were terri
fed aud about to leave, each man for himself,
leaving the packs upon the prairie. ThiswOuld
Nave been most disastrous to the Fur Company.
The Caravan would have been broken up for
that year. The goods would have failed to
reach the mountains that year, and the 200 or
300 mountain trappers who were depending upon
them, and consequently the annual return of
furs from the mountains to the Company would
have failed. But God had another important
work for this Company to do while they were
attending to thrir fur trades and that was to af-
ford safe convoy to his missionary servants to
and from the mountains that year and safe
and pleasant protection, and "bulfalo humps I
and ribs the next year, to the two women lie
bad chosen to cross the mountains and establish
the desired emigrant road, and He took His own
way to get that kind of work out Of them, IN
/ spite Of their cold shoulders, very much as he
made the hard -hesrted Egyptians more than
willing to help the IsrGites to start their cattle
/ and sheep at the dead hour of midnight. As
koon as the fearful fact was apparent that the
3cholera was in the camp and they could get to
tmber, Doctor Whitman, most skillful physi-
/ clan, and of untiriag energy, threw off nls coat,
had the camp kettles filled with boiling water
/ and arranged with sticks, and the patients upon
! these and blankets over the whole, so AS to pro-
duce immediate and profuse perspiraton at the
same time administering double doses Of usual
/ medicines God blessed the means and the fear
/ full disease was arrested as suddenly AS It had
| appeared. Confidence was restored amOug the
] me- and in few days the caravan WAS moving
1 again. From that day the face Of things changed.
/ Doctor Whitman was "the man" and the mis-
sionary work great and noble work. - Every
/ favor and facility were afforded the missionaries
TO and from the mountains. The Doctor per-
Ftormed SEVERN port-rrIt -siaAl apAEatnns in
the mountains for men connected with the Com
/ pany. lie cut a long arrow point from the back
| of Mr. Bridger, which he had received in con-
! test with the Blackfeet. The point had strnc *
the backbone and bent around, fastening to a
portion of the sinew, to which il clung, or
hooked with great obstinacy after every other
part was loosened with the kuife. Those only
who were acquainted With the good Doctor can
imagine with what frmness he held on to that
cold iron hooked firmly around the great tendon
| of the mountaineer's back-who was suffering
terribly, the Doctor using words of kindness and
confidence until by his own device he unlocked
the deadly missile.
He received the kndest regards and the frank
assurance of the propretors Of the Company in
the mountains, and also again at St. Louis that
their Steamer to Council Blnffs the next year
\ and their Caravansto the mountains should be
at his service most freely should he return with
his wife aud associates for the Rocky mountains.
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TEAcHER.-" How many kinds of axes
are there2"
Boy" Broad axe, narrow axe, post axe,
\ axe, Of the Legislature, axing price, and axe
Of the Apostles"
Teacher" Good! go to the head of the
class"
"What fool" said Patty Prim, when
she heard Of the capture of JEFF Davisj " ol
/ course the men would all run after him if be