, 1875-05-15
r,. ,,s,boa,st Mission Claim.

V-7-r,R SrarTs,saN In y0C- ISSUE OF aaH lS''
ls-s. an a-tie,e appears coPei ron the Ne" io-K
,,,s,.;s, rrrro-.in. 20 te a trief history OF the
carly settlement Of Oregon and Washington 4erTi-
, which IN mart Is incorrect Being one OF the early
settlers feei It NY duty and duty owe TO others,
N correr surh ujssAtements FIrst, the article OF
the y,thodis, states that the Hudson Bay Company
bsS extended their trading ports throughout the
country, and occupied It By their agents ana en-
ployees, who we're regarded as encouraging Diilish
influence AMI disssurasing American immigration
Now the facts Of the case simply ti7e tha' 'he
Immigration of the years 1913 and 1874, were met al
the D-Iss Of Columbia with bOdts sent by the HuG-
son Bay Company loaded with PROVISIONS ior the
irEIuignts and took them down To ' ano'uEer "nsre
they were supplied with prUvisi1ns, clothing Hnc
beiaing sufficient to do them IN some cases ior SIX
months without heinz. asked for one cent IN money,
Their name, being merely taken down with the view
that At some future tine they would pay ior the
same It was found afterwards by "A settieiiieht Dc
tween Governor simpson, Of the Hudson bay C'th-
r4uy and Dr. Mclaughlin, Chiet Factor that tle
Company had 80 furnished Immigrants eiShty l4on-
sand dollars worth OF supplies, and III man! cases
furnished mich COWS TO families AMI seed wheat,
only e4cII after term OF years theoFlSihiL st"ck,
less the increase furnished the saneo oi the wheat
The article further states, "a the solution OF the
problem was not wholly pur, the active antSon!srn
between the British on the one hand and the Ameri-
cans On the other, tended discourage and prevent
American Immigration, AMI prejudice the Indlans
garIust the missionaries AMI drive them tOm the
country Their efforts, it l. alleged, - bore their
fruits November 18th 1911, when the Indians, with
few OF the Hudson BAY Companys men. fell upon
the station OF the American hoard at Wulatpu,
where Dr. Whitman was murdered, rs were fourteen
others, men, " aoinen and children"
Now. Mr.. Editor any one wishing to know the
truth in the case 10y searching the reorls Of the L
;. District Court held by Judge Pratt, at Oregon
City, IN 1850 10 try the murieIeIs Of Whitman and
Others. wiu dnI tIs.t oaIy the Inlr,;,s assisted ly
one 10 Lewis who "A lrslt brecl InIian AMI was
at TINT time and hal heen for some considerable
length Of time IN employee at DR.. Whtuans, AMI
he never hayinr b,en an employee of the Hudson
Bav COMPANY, ooucuctel and carried into execution
the massacre, anl Tor the Hudson Bay Company
encouraging my thing Of the kind, It is false ON the
other hand. they done everything 10 Iissuale thern
fr as early rs 1915, the Indians planned general
urs,arrcs uf al the Aucridus, and being few in
numbers and goJrly arIucl, it wOull have becn crsy
for them 10 cirry into execution their plans. The
fart becoming known 10 the Chief Factor Of the
Hudson Bay Company, he put 4 stop 70 It by telling
them they might succeed in killing Whit few were
here but the Government at Washington would
send sOlers 10 kill all Of the Indians that hui any
thing to 10 with it; the Americans ON the other sle
of the mountains being as numerous Is the leaves on
the trees.
Now, 70 return 10 the scene after the massacre. On
the receipt Of tie news ly Mr.. Ogden, then Chief
Factor at Vancouver, Ire manned III, boats and pulled
night and day until he reached Wallula, then Fort
Wali W.lla and Immediately sent for the chiefs TO
bring in the csrp,iyeS whirl, WAS done they
eut the word and they we're paid for By the Hudson
Bay Company, and safely delivered along with Mr..
Spaullng an. family to ,.ir friends on the WI
lAInet;e river, the Indian chiefs stating Mr. Ogden
IT the tiae that he WITS the only man t. whom they
would surrender Tie cipuy~.
The article OF TIA" Ec,fofi2 further states. " tia.
the provisional government g;s wholly American in
interest, which continued to exercise all the functions
of government over the territory and its SIX 20 eight
thousand inhabitants until the erection OF the Terri
tory OF Oregon by Congress, by the tct of lSlS."
Now, wish to say in regard 10 that that the Hud-
I.y Company participated IN the election Of Off
OF the PROVISIONAL government, tlt every white
the a.,c Of = Years, whether British ur
Auleri=pn WAS allowed tn vote Governor Aber-
nrthy's opponent III the Tor Governnr, Dr.
Bailey, wsi> a British subject. Dr. To!uiy, Chief
Trader of the Hudson bay Company, and also
british subject, member ~ the legislature from
the district uf lu,-: Sound Oregon aud Washington
workel ami lIvei LaIIuuuIOUSly together. l. Tor
one shall itf grateful "a the Hudson BAY Com
iimy Tor the many fivors EXTENDED - the early set
tiers OF the Pacific Clrt>t. NuES IL. FEUT.