Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-02-10

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ior ct what .l.l b en- recen Iy don.
th'' row til were even.
Neither Ache kial or To.w,,o
ba much t" say. Z lwarl, the sou
OF Ielau-k tikt, made the clo,in.
speech, jus'lfyin@ the Causes and
arra'Sn'nS lfr. Whitman for poison
ing the Indians, pretrndin.. TO- credi,
5he statement of joe l. w ). and the
alleged dyi ~ d"cr,'ion o. Mr.
Rogers. A p lei ,era,ion, the
Cayuses REQ ed bishop Blancl 4
10 send /. nelr name to Gov
Aberne y &c following mantle SO:
= The 1pu chiefs OF the Cav
naes. j. rolnCl as ,cnbled, state:
/ nat young Indian doe Lewis
Who under tand4 En4lish and who
slept in DR.. Whi' na-'s room, heard
j the Doctor, his W fe " Spa!d-
ing express heir de,i. 81 80 D..
i',5 the lam and an IDS OF ...v ia
dams; that lie stael also that Mr..
! Spaldtng s? ! % the ID ictur, Hurry
giving medicines to the Indians that
they may soon die; that the same
Indian told tie CAyuses, If YOU 10
not Kill the Doctor soon, you will all
be dead t-:".c SPRING; that they
buried six la1Asa> On Sunday, No
vembel II h, and three the next day;
that the st4opl:naStor, Mr.. Rogers,
stated TO item before he died, that
the Doctor, lis wife and Mr.. Spald-
ing, poisoned tie Indians; that for
several years past they had to de-
pioie TIE death Of their children,
and that according to these reports
they were led TO believe that the
whites had undertaken to kill them
all, and that these were the motives
which led item to kill the Ameri-
cans. The same chiefs asked at
present
1st, That the Americans may not
so 10 war with the Cayuses.
u, That they (the Americans)
may forget the lately committed
murders, as the Cayuses will forgot
the murder OF the son of the great
ch ct of the Walla Wallas, comm =
te,! in California, Ut may be wei
to reDark that this refers to th'
killing of Elijah, son of Pue-pue
mox-mox in 1874, by Californians.
La the Spring of 1S47, band O.
Cayuses and Walla Wallas, went t,
California to avenge his death, bu
finding the Americans too strong to
proceed to extremties, they returned
without striking blow, thus leav-
ing, according to the Indian view,
the matter unsettled. AS they re-
turned early in the fall, several of
the party died from sickness; such
unfortunate termination of their
expedition added fuel to the fame,
and only intensified their hostility
to the Amei;cans.)
81, That two or three great men
may come up and conclude peace.
4th, That as soon as these great
men have arrived and concluded
peace, they may take with them all
the women and children.
9Th, They give assurance that
they VIII hot harm the captives be-
fore the arrival of tuese two or three
great men.
9Th, They ask that Americans
may not travel any more through
their country, as their young men
might do them harm.
This document was signed by
Telau-Eaikt who led the murderous
gang at Waii'atpu, Camaspelo, To-
wa-to and Ache-kiah five crows the
wretch who api ropriated Miss Bew-
lew as his share Of their triumph.
In the letter accompanying this
manifesto, Bishop B;anchet states:
= After an interview with the
chiefs separately, l succeeded in
assembling ihem III council, which
WAS held yesterday, aud lasted four
houis and 4 half. Each of the chiefs
delivered Il speech before giving his
opinion. The document which ac-
companied the present will show you
the result. 1t is sufficient to state
that all these speeches went to show
that they hul been instituted by the
whites; thai they abhorred war, and
that the tragedy Of the 10Th Novem-
bor had occurred from an anxious
do4irc OF self-preservation, and that
II was the reports made against the
Doctor and Others which led them to
commit this act. They desired to
have tie past forgotten, and to live
IL peace as Before. Your Excellency
has 10 judge IL! me document which
i Lave been requested to forward to
you. Nevertheless, without having
the least intention 10 influence one
Way or the other, l feel myself
obliged 10 tell you that by going to
Wa with the Cayuses you will I'm.
doubted!y have all the Iniiirs of
the country against you. Would il
be to the interest of young colony
to expose herself? But that you
will decide with your council"
TO BE CONCLUDED.