The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1867-11-30
For the State Rights Democrat.
tEGTtsES BY REV. 4. \. SpkUlBINE
Early Oregon MissiOns---Their Inn
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hafarFiyed dntthe Umatala on lsaturday--
The General assured him that ne would be
over to Waiilatpu on Tuesday. The Doctor
returned to-oar4eamp about suAdOwn was
much encouraged, and thou ught that we had
everything to hope from. the Bruoilette visit
on Tuesday. The severe Sickness 1t home
made it necessary for the Doctor to return
that night and altlodgh more fit for bed
of rest, from his increasing labors and cares,
bS fook hle9by tbs liand d 0dI bads ma farowelL
more hopeful than / had seen him, land
Brouiletts refers 70 hhis-=6l, thesTretch that
could create q false hope to make human an.
guish the deeper) mounted his borrowed
mule, gave whip and was ont Of sight
Eighteen years have passed away and / have
seen him no more, and shall not till / meet
him, by the grace of our Lord, IN the streets
of the New Jerusalem, where are no more
deaths and all tears are wiped away. He
had about twenty. eight miles to ride, and did
not reach his home till the dawn of the 29th
the bloody 29th of November, 1877. And
now come to the details of that and the
eight folowing bloody days. And my heart
sickens andmy hand trembles even at this
late date, as / attempt to portray that bloody
tragedy; not so much on account of the fear
fnl, terrible work of the immediate agents,
the naked, painted savages strong men,
young men, American citizens. fathers, hus-
bands, allured, hewed down and ripped open;
a husbands hearuconverted into q foot ball
In sightof a helpless wife, the terrified daugh-
ter forced into the arms of the naked savage
70 be .hissxifewho hasf just shot down her
father who lies gasping at her feet; helpless
women, young women, girls so young that
the knife had to be used, writhing in the
hands Of unrestrdnsd ,thFutalify hogs and
dogs running about with parts of human
heads and lungs in thsiF pOuthss apd-oh,
nv God has hell swallowed up the earth
with all, and, IN the midst Of AL, the priest
Of God administering the holy ordinance Of
baptism upon the blood stained children of
these bloodv sstsages. i say shudder to
attempt recital, not so much on account of
the horrible character Of the tragedy as from
the conviction that the white man was con.
oefnsd in ii 'front.' be3ihning 10 end. The de-
tails of that tragedy, which J. Ross Browne
saws involved this country in q twelve years
war. and the causes that appear to have led
to it. have received from eye Witnesses who
escaped. from emigrants, from reports of the
army. and from the trial of the FIVE Indians
who we're executed at Oregon City. Much
of this testimony is given under the oath Of
the,widogs aud daughters, WHO we're fearful
sufferers. and the few Who escaped. would
90 to an individual and take down in writing
what he or she knew, and then go before a
magistrate and the individual would make
oath to the statement. the officer certifying.
On arriving at home the DR.. and his wife
were. seen. jim tears much .sgitated. +, The
Doctor sent for Findley. Hudson Bay half
breed with a Cayuse wife, who lived in a
lodge about loo Yards distant Findley,
understand the Indians are TO XII me and
Mr. EEiaullingz do you knows thing about
It ?'' 81 !, should know, Doctor you have
nothing TO fedr there Is no danger. y
Oh, the wretch that. could thus throw them
of their guard The sayages were at that
moment in council IN his lodge. Early in
the morning an. Indian came In for ! cofin
and winding sheet and the Doctor 10 assist in
burying a child. I'VE always furnished
these, and assisted in burying the dead, if
possible.l On returning from the grave the
Doctor was much excited, and said to his
Sife - isNhat d3esJth7sme only onsIK.
dian at the grave, while multitudes are col
lected on foot and on horse 2" But a beef
had been bs0ughe in, shot down andewas be-
ing dressed, and was thonght to have been
the cause.
Il is desirable to, describe the premises,
and the number of families stopping at the
statieHto wiptersf Ths Roetor' sadobedwelI
Ing house Stood on the north bank Of Walla
Walla river, . miles from Fort WalIa Walla
and one Hal mile above The mouth Of Pasha
or Mill creek, facing west, well finished and
furnished with a good library and large
cabines Of choice specimens. Connected
with the north end was zatlarge Indian ROOM
and an ell extending from the east seventy
feet, consisting Of kitchen, Sleeping room.
school room and church. One hundred
yaEdsssststood large adobe baildings AT
at point forming triangle with the above
line stood the mill, granary and shops. A
saw mill and dwelling house Is miles up
Mill creek; Fort CoIville 300 miles north
the mission station of Reys. EelIs and Walk
er among the Spokane and Plathead Indians
40 miles north our mission at IKE Dalles,
175 miles west !, my own mission among the
Nezs PeFcez on Clearwater, at the mouth of
EzpWai, Il10. miles east There were con-
nected with or stopping at the Waiilatpu or
Whitman station, seyenty-two souls, mostly
American iuaB1igrants on their way from the
States to the Willamette Valley, stopping to
Winter digb4buted as foIl0ws,I cat the sag
mill, Mr. and Mrs. Young and 3 grown up
sons, from Missouri 3 Dir. and Mrs. Smith
and children, n,-eldest, daughter, 16-from
Qlipeis+ 4 In, the blacksmith chop Mr. Can.
fed, wife and 5 children, eldest daughter of
16s from Iowa. Z In thelaFgez buildingI Mr.
Kimball, wife and children, eldest daugh.
ter of 16, from Indiana Mr.. Hall, wife and
5. .sbild dPns eldest asdaughter of 10, from Ill
hIeis : Mr.. Saunders, wife and 5, 5cIildren,
eldest daughter of IA, from Iowa; Mrs
Hays and ehildI Mr.; Marsh and daughter;
and Mr.. Gill, tailor. In the Indian room,
Mr.. Osborne, wife and 8 children, from Or
egon, all sick. The Doctor family consist.
ed of 22VerpngSgiz: llihhssl faad wife, Mr..
Rogers, amissionary, seven adopted children
of one family by the name of Sager, whose
parents had died on the plains in 1874 8
adopted half breed chi Idren, one daughter
Of the mountaineer Bridger, one a daughter
of J. L. Meek, and a half-breed Spanish
boy Miss BeVIey-h pious young lady of %,
sick up stairs, and her brother and Mr..
Sails, both sick in the sleeping room Mr..
Hoffman, Of NJ Y; JsaStapfeld, a Canadian;
Lewis, the Catholic half sbreed two half
breed boys atdpE own daughter Eliza, 10
years ,ofages in the school room. Mr.. Marsh
was running the mill Mr. Hall, was lying
en4the floor In the c00ksr0om ;I Mr. Saunders
teaching the school, which was just taken no
for the Afternoon 5. Messrs. Hoffman,, Kim,
BAH and Ganheld were dressing the beef be-
tween the mil and blacksmith shop; Mr..
Rogers upon the river bank john, eldest
of the Sager family, and the Bridger girl.
laysins the kitchen sick the Doctor; his wife,
Catherine Sager, Is years old, in the sitting
room With ehrrs vwg sick kehildreHz
The Indians, with weapons concealed ,un-
der their bla nIzets, were ready at ali these
points, waiting q signal from j oe Lewis, who
stood atthe mouth door watching both the
Doctor and those sFithouts Mrs. Osborna.