The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1867-05-11
For the State Rights Demqgrnt.
LECTURES BY REV. h. 4. SPAULDlNG
Early Oregon AEissfOma---Their Im-
pOrtnncc I'm Securing the COun-
try to Americans.
lNuMDER rwENTY.

But the most heart. sickening reeitals were
those connected with tho first expedition OF
white men from the mountains across the
'sereat Basin, TO California, in 1898, under
Captain j. Walker, fitted ont by Capt Bon.
neville. ] have received the details from
Capt. d. himself, and others who wore in the
party. II geems trap was missing one
informing from where 1t had been set the
night before for beaver. 1t may, or may not
have been stolen by the "Diggers" proba.
lbly dragged into the water by the beaver
But death was declared against the first In.
dian, aud the sentence executed before night
upon an unarmed, unsuspecting, -ipnUcent
Root Digger who was fishing Ap1jn the
banks of the river; ard 80 on, for days,
wherever a lone Indian could be seen. Al
length, whom the party got well down ON
Ogden's river. one evening when they wero
taking down their packs aud stalking their
horses, the Indians, from curiosity, collected
IN great numbers, when the whites, without
any other proyocation than the missing trap,
fell upon and killed 25 on the spot The
rest fled 10 a short distance, hoTling aud ut.
tcring the most piteogs walls. The trnppers
lchased them in every direction. The peor
wretches made n0 defense, but fed in terror:
neither does ii appear from the accounts VI
the h0asied yict0rs that weapon had been
welded or launched throughout the whole
affair. We feel perfectly convinced that the
poor sayages bad no hostile intentions, but
had merely gathered together through mo.
tiyes at curiosity, as others of their tribe
had done when Captain Bonneville and his
companions passed along Snake river. lSec
Bonneville, vol. IL. page l32.
On their return from California, the next
year, they were still more destructive and
sat 4 gHasa r
iegencciess, helpless natives. hunting the
tire poor Indians like wild bcusts aud killing
them without mercy; chasing their unf0rtu.
nate victims at full speed and noosing them
Iarouud the neck with their lassocs, and thea
dragging them to death.
IL will be seen by BonneYille's Narrative
that this same tribe had shown great kind.
ness Ia him and his other parties, sometime.
dividing with them their own seanty, miser
able food of black eriekets aud rose buds.
This same tribe als0 picked ap three 0
Hunts party. in 1910, who had given oui
from starvation and frigh,fnl hardships, and
let % perish, and saved their lives, took
care Of them through the winter, and deliv
erred them. flilg recovered. To the home
bound party Of Stewart the next year. II
the spring Of 1910, Mrs. Grifin. nov o
Warrington county, Oregon. remained alone
with Snake Indians on tho hanks 0f !Shooks
pai-d nina. or PaYette river, fur 8 DAYS
, while Mr.. Griffin went to Fort Boise aud re-
turned. They did NOT modest her. or ihei,
. horses or effects, but brought wood and buil
a fire for her every morning.
Had al the strong parties of whites treat
ell this uOlc thieving tribe with the same
: shristiat, spirit of Capt. Bonneville, ttsey uu
doubsedly would have remained the same
quiet, iuoffensive people. But such bruta
outragcs as those ol Walkers party. which
have been Oft repeated, would very natural
y tend to make these savages just what the,
are. Among The first horses the Snakes re
ceived from the Spanish country were many
stolen by the whites from the Mexicans ant
2 brought and sold 10 these Indians.
D And if that most sickening murder aut
5 burning Of the Warp family be referred 10
it should be known that q few years before
, two Aricara chiefs were tied and cast into
burning log.heap, by party Of whites, an,
burned up alive in sight Of their waiiihg com
: rades, for horse and beaver stealing, il
r which the whites had outdone the Indians
I See Bonneville, vol. /, page 200.) suel
@ are the savage crueliies that white men learI
r To practice who mingle in savage life; an,
such are the acts that lead to terrible recrim
. nations ON the part of the Indians. Sucl
cases dwell in the recollection of whole tribes
: and il is point Of honor aud conscience &
s revenge them.
C And, besides, this party was headed b,
' the famous HoIhok, ono of the Cayuse muir
: dercrs of DR.. Whitman, who brandishcd hi
!. bloody knife over the heads Of the doome'
white children, and was bythem recognized
and who, in company with his fellow mur
: derers, had been made most eiieclually (
understand that they had done good deed
{ by the haptizing of their children by tn
. ''great white chief''-the priest-while th
dead badics of the slain lay yet unburic
" about him the food of wolves and dogs b
night aud Of hogs and vultures by day. Blu
5 more of this when we come to it in the mar
y alive
do not mention these things here to Jus
tify the thieyng and murders Of tic Indians
i but to call the attention of the sober. minds
! to the probable cause. The .fwhite.skins'
: have thousands Of newspapers and letter
> writers the .'red skinso have none An
: if hanging or burning alive be the penalt
e Of sealing property, let it be understood i
& the treaties. and big fire made at Washing
). ton for it will be seen, when we get to tn
: treaty with the Nez Perces, to say nothin
! of others, that while the "red skins" stea
800, the Government aud its attachea. steu
z aggrayating and eowardly than the thefts 9
/ the Indians.
fl For sometime after we arrived at rendez
!. yous, Mrs. Spalding grew weaker. The fol
:, lowing is from her Journal
:" July 8.-My illness rather increases
} but all is in the hands Of my Savior, VIII
: knows and will do what is for the best.
j am happy to sink into Ills will conccrnin
a what awaits me-
], This il the lady that President Lincoln
: adopted Brownel ProvilIct Report would rep
resent as crossing the mountains and th
, continent, in company with Mrs. Whitman
, for no other purpose than TO steal the Gallo
J horses ofthe Indians, poison them, and tax
u their lands. See said report page 27. j.
i, And whom Mr.. Lincoln represents, by hi
{ Secretary of the Interior, as turning mis-
sionary apostate and running away from he
! mission work.
: : But OH the third day Capt. Dripps, havin
Z found somewhere handful of dried apple
D and little flour, brought them to her. Go
r inlerposed Her stomach retained it. Hop
/ revived. The fever left her. The Indian
q also brought a quantity of dried Kamas roc
= biscuit, which she could eat She began t
, recover. The Indians were almost franti
: with ioy They would continually crow
2 around the tent, watching every fayorabl
Y change. -
< The fourth day myself and angel wifi
: were ready to answer the repeated solicita
i tions of the Nez Perces by pledging our
3 solves to go to their country, if our live
! were spared, and live and die with them,
? the soil of their country would allowit. Th
7 ssnermitu of Government allowed US to settl