Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-10-06


gard for me, cane from great dis
tance and entered the fort, he hav-
ing no knowledge of the transaction.
| must here digress to mention
that IA few days previously Gov. Pc
ter Skeen Ogden, a Chief Factor of
the Hudson Bay Company had
passed down the Columbia river,
and my wife hal accompanied him
Fort vancouver. At The Da|les.
Gov. o. len : boat upset and he lost
two men. Five Cows had heard of
tie acci lent, and upon my asking
him upon his arrival whether he had
heard of tie occurrence, Il alluded
to the fight between Todd and the
Young Walla Walla chief he referred
80 Gov. Osden's mishap and an
5wcred h had, and commenced 10
detail the accident to my fcther-ln-
law. told him | md also heard of
that accident, bu, did not aliude to
that but meant the trouble with his
brotherin-law, Pee-peemoX-moX.
He then ex ;ressed his wish to learn
the particulars.
l referred him to the Indian for
the truth, as Indians considered the
white men liars. Upon this he
said, Did You even know ME 20 ,iUubt
your word, and 80 among Indians
listening to their idle tattle - l
answered. Now as YOU have thus
spoken, l will tell YOU" and re-
pea,ed what had trauspirel. He ex-
pressed his sorrow for what had hap
pened, said that it was a great dis
grace for a chiefs son to be whipped.
| explained to him that had my
young man got the worst of it, [
should have thought nothing of the
matter, that both of the young men
were 20 blame. To this he made no
further reply. He remained all
night in the fort attended ouly by an
Indian boy. Next morning, Five
Crows told me he would send for
Pee-pee- mox.mox, and to my sur
prise sent his boy. He said to me
that "his brother law knew he
was a peacemaker and he will not
come" CAT that time Five Crows
and Pee-pee ,mox-mox were not on
speaking terms.) Shortly after, Five
Crows left the fort, saying that he
might see his brother To-wa-to, head
chief of the Cayuses, to whom he
would give my version of the affair.
At noon To-wato accompanied by
Elijah, an elder son of Pee-pee-
mox-mox came TO the fort. This
Elijah, sometimes called Elijah
HeddinS, was n young man who
possessed considerable smattering of
English, had learned to read and
write at the Methodist Institute at
the Willamette. (He was after
wards killed in California, in 1S44).
Both were clearly dressed, full
armed with gun, pistol and sword,
(this was in my opinion more for a
show than vioience.) Having been
seated for some time, To-wa-to broke
the silence by stating the object of
his visit. to be, to see # there was
possibility, settling the difficulty.
After l had fully explained my views,
he proposed to send for the Walla
Walla chief. Pee peemox-mox at
length arrived, companied by at
least five or six hundred Indians.
If l remember correctly, all were
not armed They filled the house
and every nook and corner of the
fort, aud they crowded outside the
windows, in fact every available
space was occupied. After Pee pee
mox-moX had entered, We each made
our statements to To-wa-to. Pee
pee. mox-mox disclaimed all enmity
to me personally, but insisted that l
should at once send Mr.. Todd out CT
the country. | replied l would do
nothing of the kind, that Todd had
been sent to me rs assistant by the
Whitehead, doctor Mclaughlin,
Chief Factor of the Hudson Bay
Co., in charge of the company's
affairs west of the Rocky Mountains
was SO called by the Indians); that
Todd had committed no grave Of
fence and that l could not, nor
would not, discharge him. That
they had the strength and numbers
to kill us, but our lives would be
avenged. If his heart was not
good towards Todd. it could not be
towards me. He sprane up from his
seat, beat his breast and excitediy
exclaimed 'my heart will never be
good, and rushed out OF the door.
A few minutes of dead silence en-
sued. You might of heard pin
drop, when To-wa-to rising to his
feet sternly addressed me saying /
was fool, that wanted blood, and
l should get enough of it. Then
followed another silence us impress
sive as the last. 1t continued for
several minutes. 1t was a critical
time. After thinking a moment, l
broke the silence by asking To-wa-to
whether he was chief or not? He
sneeringly answered, Ask my young
men, l told him I knew that he
was the son of q great chief, that
his father was known among the
early whites rs q great and good
man, that no number of white men
would make him, through fear, do
wrong; that l was a chief also; that
the number who now surround me
would not make me change one iota
of what l had said. A murmuring
sound followed, the Indians con.
suited together in low tones for
some time. l observed To-wa.to
give an order which caused young
man to leave the room. Shortly at
ter, Pee-pee-mox-mo entered the
room and without any preface or
ceremony came forward ard offered
to me his hand. Asking him if his
heart was good, he answered yes,
striking his breast. l then asked
him whether his heart was good to-
wards Todd. He answered Yes,