Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-04-09

SEATTLE D,
duced BY the same aflliction Of which
complained before / left the United
States. After taking medicine for two
weeks. and feeling somewhat relieved.
was called to see a sick man at Wal.a
Waila- Ma Whitman went with me.
We stayed two nights. In the morning
We found the water had risen 50 that ON
returEing it was most difficult to cross.
Mrs Whitman was on . strong horse,
and by having her saddle set up high
and putting on one of my boots, she
came across safely. Unfort 1nate.y l
chose a tail but weak horse. and set my
SELF with both feet on one side of the
horse, 70 try and keep out of the waie-,
bot in crossing the beast rolled and
tumbled until she threw me into the
water, and the current sOon took me
down into swimming water. and I had
10 swim some rods 70 the shore. / had
on a great many clothes 70 keep me
from exposure. as had been taking
blue pills for nearly three weeks. 1t
was the last Of December. Some Ind :
aus In passing At the same time were
there, and had q fire, and rendered Us
very important assistance. We were
yet twelve miles from home, bat by
| means of two blankets, winch we had
kept dry. | was enabled to wrap mp and
keep comfortable, while my clothes were
80 far dried rs to enable me to come
back by subetltutinga blanket for my Goa
and overcoat. But the seconl day after
found myself SO much worse that
| was obliged to be bled, and for some
| weeks l kept my bed and room, and
from that time to this / have not re-
covered. nor do even expect fully ~
do 10. am. however, now in comtOr..
able he attn, but unit for bodily labor.
! have no idea that You know how hard
have worked in this country, besides
all my Care, both of my family and tLe
Indians, and the labor of acquiring the
language and teaching the people and
going at the calls of the mission"
Tue following letter from Mr.. p. ,.
Whitman, nephew of DR.. " hitmah.
of Lapwai. Idaho. dated February IN,
1852, has reference to the trip Of the
Doctor to Washington, in 1873. This
nephew came to this coast wish the
Doctor on his return in 1874, and lived
with him until few months before the
death Of the latter, in 1917, when he
Was sent to The Dallea to take charge
of that station, temporarily. IN cOnnec-
ton with Mr.. A. Human. That station
had just been purchased from the Meth
odist mission. This nephew is certain
~ qualified to testify on that subject:
II cane across to Oregon with my
uncle, DIR. Marcus Whitman, in 1S43. l
heard him SAY repeatedly on the jour
ney, and after We reached his mission,
Maiilatpu. NOV Whitman's station In
Walla Waila,t that he went to the States
in the winter Of 1923 for the sole pur-
poe Of bringing an immigration with
wagons across the plains to Oregon.
He was called dom to old Fort
Walla Walla, (now Wallula) then u
Hudson Bay COmpany's trading post,
on sick call, about the last days
Of September, 1872. While there aud
dining with the trader in charge Of the
post. Archibald Mckinley, Esq, the
Hudson's Bay Company's express from
the north came in, and reported that
would be at Walla Walla as early the
next summer az they could possibly ar
rive, to settle probably in the Yakima
valley. There WAS a general Outburst
Of rejoicing over the news by tho Jesuit
priests, Oblates. fort employees, ETC.,
who were at that time there. all shout
ing, the country is ours, the AshburtOn
treaty has of course been signed The
Doctor, pushing his chair back from
the table, and excusing himself, said he
would 10 home ito waiilatpu) that af
ternoOn-2j miles-and start immedi
ateiy to the States overland.
''he then and there told the trader,
Mr.. Mckinley and his guests, that dur
ing tho next summer he would bring
overland ten American immigrants for
every one that would come from Can
ada.
HE returned home that afternoon,
as he said he would, and with but little
preparation, except to have good horses,
started ON the perilOus journey on the
third Of October. 1872, with Hon. A. Il.
Loyejoy as travelling companion.
They reached Fort Hall, another
Hudson Bay COmpany's trading post, in
Just eleven days and a half from Vail
iatpu They were advised there not to
go through by the route uncle wished
To 70, but to 70 d WIN through New
Mexico. His route was southeast from
Fort Hall, down the Uintah river, via
laos and Santa Fe, in New Mexico and
to Bents' fort, on the Arkansas river,
thence up to Independence, Missouri,
where he left his animals till We came
out III the spring. think he reached
Washington ON the twelfth day of Feb
ruary, 1913.
secretary Webster received him very
coOlly, said he almost 'snubbed' him,
but the President, Mr.. Tyler, treated
him and the possibility of a wagon
road across the plains to tho Columbia
river with just consideration.
HIS visit to the American Board of Com
missloners for Foreign Missions, Cat
BOSTON, think was after he had been to
Washington. At any rate. he told me,
as Also hls aged mother and other rela-
tlves in the State Of New York, that the
Board censured him in very strong
terms for leaving his post Of duty on n
project 80 foreign to that which they
mad sent hun out to perform; also IL
formed him that they had no money to
spend III the opening up of tho western
country To settlement. ! am quite sure
hc bore his own expenses. be always
alluded TO bis visit 10 his mother and
the boar Of Missions AZ secondary
consideration for making the winter
trip. He only visited his mother ana
relatives three days. aud he and N.Y.
SELL DdOo tuctu S0OO usc 0uu os>AA ~
for Oregon ON the 18th of April, 1913.
- When uncle reached the
frontier of Missouri, he in many ways
informed the public of his intention ~
pilot any and all immigrants who
might wish to go to Oregon. 1t WAS ar
ranged for them to rendezvous at or
in tine vicinity of Westport and lnde-
ie lCo ace, Missouri.
II will be seen that ia one point this
statement differs from the one common
" received in regard to what was said
at old Fort Wallis Walia, IN Isl, when
Dr. Whitman was thore. IL has been
commonly reported That the express
which arrived SAID that the Red river
Inning ration Was over tue npuntains,
and consequently the jubilans express
sivns were made by those at the Fort.
hon. Elwood Evans and others have
objected to this NJ not true. because, 40
cor,i,ny to the statement Of Mr..
Mckinley that immigration had arrived
in 1871. On tins point, Governor Evans
IL correct. As / have letters from
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