Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-01-01

this tune cen preserved. He
: pas burned in 1872, whe1
- vas sIla Walia was burned
iSH AIM assac ausetts. Afte
gents !. = fsli into the hands OF al
s:sr where the Winning wTl.ai 20" for {. it, i
y years y / wrote for 1t and !
rs snT usver received-lost IN tn
u boi ne o of this more than
Isslnds / expressed great a re
tsrs s lived it to be the OILY cop.
u Dei' sut was glad to learn tina
tsDcs. I'D Ua been read 80 much al
1ssFly WI thought best to send IL
pos 1oI heen copied. 1t was thi'
i bsa was lost. Another wal
80. an Covers sixty-two pages OF
u ~ From it and a letter
- pa sps Journey when half way
10 sne !I;"inal of which + now
ne sas the following extracts. :
1nakIb asband. Rev. c. Eells, she
per Massachusetts, March e,
Il spent the time .a until Missa aplil .b L.
hing ~ States. At New York
= O na w 2. Walker and Rev. A.
nes hss. chair wives, none Of
~ had ever seen before e.. I and
BssfJ - :. their instructions as mis-
Jssslss,ss ne indians from Rev. d.
es " w. II Judge Greene Of this
la aae Of the Secretaries OF the
- p Rsard Of Commissioners for
ssi ,,; DOTS Mr.. w. II Gray and
u G. Rogers afterwards
!. Y, 2. b Nan and these constituted
20 . nax company for the jour.
he second company OF
y We ever crossed the plains,
= W. ms,eus whitman and Mrs. h.
q s,s sa having preceded them in
i. Journey through the States
Duppp ~ .aaessiyed muck kindness from
ppa q .; nan people of which CRATE
g. ue,'ai i often made. That part
1nenlu.r-r was made by steamer,
~ ,,a;lroad. 1t was stage be-
- - nns,.tard and New Haven. From
M 70 Chambersburg, rennsyl-
w. 80 we're cars, when 1T was NO.
- 's sos;n % take the stage. and the
- s Ann there to Pittsburg occu-
~ davs, nigh. and day, with the
y. n the Sabbath. when they
II n consequence of this night
r.. "a tbs loss Of sleep Occasioned
. - - avs her feet became so swol-
!; ~ could hardly walk. After
y! n. s,sveI vas by steamer until
...ssd Independence. The rest
4 ;m,nsy WAS chiefly on horse
III first introduction to this
n travel was after dark,
ho,so on which a woman
s..sr before rode. 1t was neces-
~ the whole journey should be
~ some trading company, and
~ ,rrsnred that the first part to the
n, Maintains should be with the
IN Fur Company under Captain
~ snd the latter part with the Hud-
~ Company. While with the
s;ssn Fur Company there wero
S~i 10 men. That company had
~ 20 horses and mules. and IL carts
5sscons, while the missionary band
~ horses and mules, and one wagon
Wine. The wagons were all Gov
Tin dark oilcloth, and moved first,
= lhe packed animals and cattle.
hdies rode sometimes behind the
~ and sometimes between the hind
S9 wagon and the mules, according
1knmstances. "when We are fairly
Rway,n she says, i've have much
Srpesrancs Of large funeral pro
- in the States. Suppose the com.
" reaches half a mile. Our mode of
y something AZ follows: We get
70 half-past 3 in the morning, turn
S1zimals out to eat; then we GET our
nkfast, eat and have worship. After
i've wash and pack our dishes, our
hands catch the animals, saddle the
hes and pack the mules, each having
hlueh as two horses and two mules
Ace. This done, we generally move
lor O'Clock. and ride three. four,
md six hours. AZ may be. We have
a. many rs nine hours without
1ing. We generally stop about two
uAt noon, tarn out the animals, get
tinners and eat; then we wash the
- again, the men catch the ami
and pack them. We mount our
~ and are riding over rolling prai-
Nsf high bluffs, through deep m
= aad rivers, but through no woods.
nl0ht, when cur animals are I'M
=, the gentlemen pitch our tents,
pfead our buffalo skins first ard
d piece Of oilclcth, for our floor.
ve neatly arrange our saddles and
bose baggage around the inside
~ buuse. For eur chairs we fold
Ansets and lay thsni around, leav-
stfcle IN the center, npon which
pad tsbla cloth when we eat"
l1 she says: :Ihere is much mere
attending the journey than we
u. Since we left the States, we
lslnd ths horseback ride in imagi-
aad in reality two different
During a considerable part of
1ney we are liable tn be met by
itlss q wild Indians, and il we
sufficiently strong, our animals
= iaksn and We left to wander
s'lderiess. The frst week affer
. Independence, three Of our best
ssse stolen, which cost us 800.
speak OF the journey "a going
% land. l believe we all agree
3 psii can fully paint the reality
inss ono will understand it who
Msd It. We have had very few
ssss IN camp since VS. left Mis-.
q TANK one day IN crossing the
nser, two in crossing the North
3 me Platte, which we did in
zoe OF skins, and two ut Fort
are the only days We have no,
some distance. Before reach.
auezsous We had to travel IlN
Ut q tho western boundary oil
lamp means any place where
psny stop. Fort means a plno,
Dy the company to stop nnf
saimals and exchange il neces
.o.s William is about half wa,
nv me States and Rendezvous
sa . about half way between
- sons and WalIa Walla. Render
~ ans place where the companie,
y Wade with the Indians and viii
ees. Il is generally. IL NOT ~
E the Rocky Mountains. ~ "
aoosths have always been IN,
Jays works. This has laa ~,
~ ssn !. 70 question the duty Of 90 %,
Sc neathen in thiaxay. / "a,
now u IS consistent for ma /.
&c OF Gods positive comra,S'
~ NOT .s This you see We mus
~ WIN the company. To sto r
IN 81 a g safe. We have now tray
4. mules, and have not seem anv
s!s = house but once. 4' 's
~ vas done in kettles for tubs
sss a water, washed, boile,
- = a soe clothes in the same ket
~ s esy i rsined constantly, AMI
= SI.nuppss,sse Ct n DRY, hCt had to sleeJ