The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1867-01-19

DR.. wHITMAS's SERVICES To THE EMI-
GRANT ROUTE
This vastly important emigrant route
thus established by the personal sacrifice.
and hazards ofthose two devoted mission
aries, was saved Ia our country as it vas
about to be extingu she'd by the false rcn:
resolutions aud wiles II the lIud .on BAY
Company, by the pcr-oual hazards ani
hardships Of that devoted missionary,
DR. Whitman, in tho California noun
tains in the winter of 1872 and '43.
Those two missionary heroines. with
DR.. Whitman, DIR. Gny and myself.
crossed the mountains IN 1886. bringing
the first CATTLE and wagons. IN 1893 tour
lady mistionaries-Mrs. Smith, EeIls aud
Walker, from New England, and Mrs.
Gray. from New York--and their hus.
bands. and Mr. Rogers from Cincinnati.
crossed, bringing cattle. but no wagons.
Two lady missionaries crossed in 1883
Mrs. Griffin aud Mrs. Miugcr, from New
York. and their husbands In 1910
three missionary lnIies from New York
Mrs. Smith, Clark aud LittIejohn. aud
their husbands, and the first 'en,iigrahi
lady, Mrs. Walker and her husband
crossed the mountains, aud brought their
wagons; but on reaching Fort Hall they
were compelled to abandon their wayons
by the representations Of the Hudson Bay
Company, who DECLARED that wagons never
had passed and could not pass lhroush h
the Snake country and the Blue Noun.
taius to the Columbia. This Mrs. Walk.
er and her husband went from Oregon TO
California in l84l-the first American
lady in California
In 1871 no missionaries crossed, but
several emigrant families, bringing wag.
ons. which on reaching Fort Hall suffered
the same fate with those of 1910. In
1912 considerable emigration moved for
ward with OK teams aud wagons. but on
reaching Fort Hall the same story was
told them. and the teams were sacrificed
and the emigrant families REACHED DIR.
Whitnap's station late 10 the fall. in very
destitute circumstances. ABOUT this time,
as events proved. that shreYd English
diplQpatist. Coy. Simpson, long resi-
dent on the Northwest coast. reached
Washington, after haying arranged that
an English colony OF some $50 souls
should leave the Selkirk Settlement, on
the Red river of the Lakes. in the spring
Of 1912. and cross the Rocky Mountains
by the Saskatchewan Pass.
DIR. wHITMAN's WINTER JOURNEY, 1913.
The peculiar event that aroused DIR.
Whitman and sent him through the
of New Mexico during that
terrible winter of 1913, to Washington,
just in time to save this, now so valuable
country. from being traded off by Web
ster to the shrewd Englishman fora s'eod-
g. hery" down east,. was as follows: In
October Of 1912 our mission were called
together on business at Waiiatpee-Dr
station-and while in session
DR.. w. was called TO Fort Walla WalIa
to visit sick man. While there the
: Brigade" for New Caledonia, fifteen bat
teauE. arrived at that point, on their way
up the Columbia, With Indian goods for
the New Caledonia or Frazer river eopn-
Try. They were accompanied By some
IF the r. B. Co., and Bishop Demois.
who bad crossed the mountains from Can
ida in 183g-the first Catholic priest on
his coast; Bishop Rlapehett came at the
same time. While this great company
we're at dinner, an express arrived from
Fort Colville, announcing the (to tbem)
glad news that the colony from Red river
had passed the Rocky Mountains and
we're near Colville. An exclamation Of
Joy burst forth from the whole table, al
irst unaccoqntable to DIR. Whitman, till
] young priest. perhaps not SO discreet as
tha older and not thin kinn that there uas