The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1868-01-18


was killed, testi6es as follows, as well as /
can recollect: "I left my father and lit
tie sister at Doctor Whitman's Mission
two weeks before the massacre and went
down to Walla Walla and got work, and
while there | heard Mr.. Mclean say in
the presence Of the priest, Doctor Whit.
man and Mr.. Spalding had better leave
or the Indians will kill them, for the ia.
theirs will have those stations"
Mr.. Hinman, who had charge Of our
Mission Station at the Dalles, with PERI
Whitman, nephew of Doctor Whitman, as
Interpreter, testifcs: "On the third of
December, 1S47, after breakfast, the In.
dians came in and said a Frenchman was
down at the river. told them to call him
up. lie came and sat down to breakfast
/ asked, what news from aboveP 'All
the men arc dead at Walla Walla except
Mr. Mclean and myself, and / am in a
great hurry to get to Vancouver to have
other men come up. Can you help me TO
canoe aud Indians? Mr.. Mclean wish.
ed you would What killed him. The
measles Have you heard from Doctor
Whitman Yes; heard he was dead
'Whcn?' -Four weeks ago, but don't
believe It, well, ! have to go down
To Vancouver, and will 90 down now,
and az soon as | could get ready, wostart-
ed in my canoe with Indians. But on
reaching Cape Horn the wind stopped US
and | made camp aud lay down. But
noticed the Frenchman was much agita-
ted he would walk up and down the
river and come and look earnestly at me,
and go away and come back again
Finally he came up and fixing his eye
upon ne he exclaimed, very bad man,
me, Mr. Hinman. Big lie, / tell you.
No man dead at Walla Walla. But Doc
tor Whitman be dead. All the Ameri.
cans at Doctors dead Indians have KILL
ed them. | see them with my eyes, the
day before / start | see Mrs. Whitman
dead. Indians got all women and child
rem prisoners. take letter to Vancouv-
er f5r the Company to come quick aud all
Let American women and children, before
Indian he kill them Mr. HinHan said :
Why did you noE'tslL me at home Now
the Indians have probably GUme down and
killed my family!' Very bad man, Nh
Hinman, but the priest tell me not TO tell
you and Americans at Dalles If tell you
they no pardon my sins, but | have TO
tell you, too much terror here,-put.
ting his hand 10 his breast. Mr. Hin
man knew not whether to turn back to
save his family. or to push ahead TO
give the Company the news and the
opportunity 10 send up the sooner, but
he dashed on and reached Vancouver,
went into Mr. Ogdeu's Office and deliver.
cd the letters and reported the awful
news. Just what | expected said Mr.
Ogden, when those eight priests went up
a few weeks ago The letters being d.
rectcd to Mr. Douglas, they all walked in
to his Office and throwing down the let
tcrs, Mr.. Ogden said: "There, see what
a war iu religion has done. The good
Doctor is dead. | knew there would be
trouble when those priests went up"
"Hut, tut. Mr Ogden, don't be so hasty."
said Mr. Douglas, and opened the letters
and road Doctor Whitman is killed, Mrs.
Whitman is killed. Indisns are after
Spalding, &C., &e.. and moreover parties
are fitting out, one 70 go to the mill. one
to 60 TO the Spokane Mission to kill all
at those stations, and to go TO Clear Wa
ter and one TO g-my God, Hinman, why
are you here ITO the Dalles." "Sure
enough" said Mr.. Hinman, "why was
that Frenchman forbid to tell me aud I
only heard of il just up here at Cape Horn.
The tables were now turned upon Mr.
Douglas, who replied You must remem-
ber, that man was in trying circumstances.
Mr.. Douglas transcribed that letter 10
Governor Abernethy for the "0regon
Spectator, but that sentence was left
out, and but for Mr.. Humans providen-
tial presence, the world would not have
known that the man who was bearing a.
letter by the Dalles, containing declara-
tion that party of the savage murderers
was to start to kill the families at that
place, was forbidden to warn them OF
their danger on pain of not having his
sins pardoned, and when asked by Mr..
Hinman about the Doctor, said he did
not believe he was dead. But he was
the man, sent out to look for horses, at
tracted by a crowd about the Doctors
who rode there on Tuesday, and saw the
dead bodies lying about; saw the Doctors
BODY and Mrs. Whitman's and returned |
20 Walla Walla that evening and started
The next morning for Vancouver with the
etters. P. B. Whitman, says, in his dep
,sition before Esq. Purdy of Salem !:
about twenty-five minutes after Mr..
Hinman and the Frenchman had left for
ancouver, crowd of Indians came into
he room and set down silent for some
ime, and then exclaimed, "Why are you
lot crying?" Why? Because your
ather and mother are dead, all the Amer
cans are dead tho Cayuse have killed
hem. .'How do you know? The French
nan told us that he saw them lying dead
bout the Doctors house just before he
tarted aud he has gone to Husushuihai
White heads Vaucouver) for them to
end up more goods to purchase the many
aptive women and children. That can
ot be, replied; the Frenchman told US
hat he had not soon the Doctor, my Il
Jncle, for two weeks, and did not believe
q was dead; but that all the men at the
'ort, except himself and Mr.. Mclean,
vere dead, that he was going to Vancou. ]
er for more men to man the Post. Be-
des, we have received no letters from
yalla Walla. But if my Uncle and the !
americans at this place had been killed,
e surely would have received letters from
Ir. Mclean or the Priests" There !
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