Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-01-01

SAmt94&o0. A tina
pe9oed. some q the half brooda ~ ~.
nGolans vese in0lseA - aS1oceu1 vhseA
0uISote . the Wfllamotto vnNny. 10 ~
yeaf lSo4. mia1isoasies voRe ~ ec,n~
.oe continent TO try 70 ooover1 a. In.
daans and teach them oiviiixa tion- sSh;,,,
mat came had occasionally Ieft 4 eaiIo,
o. passenger, Vho located In The ride
ne: az Q hunter or trader or aasimiIsf "a
wisn the natives. There vaa INT 4 rnsrs
naneful OF whites. Even thu emnloveas
o. the Hudson Bav Company we're can
orally half breed French or Canadisns
OIa mountainssrs from of " the plains''
ofifted this way and staid here. INIT
snere was 40 civilization, no cultivation.
no agriculture, NO factories. Captaip
bonneville made an expedition with =
hundred men in 1892. Nathaniel Wve.h
also came over in that year. and. rsturn-
ing in 1893, dispatch ed a veaeei loade,
With merchandise and Method;ss m;s.
si0nariee IN 1884. Jason Lee and
osner missionaries came overland in
tnas year. which may be considered
the c1pmencemeut Of civilization in
THAT was then the wide Territory of
Sregon, consisting of all the region of
the United States claimed vest of the
Rocky Mountains. Not being able TO
compete SUCCESSFULLY with the Hudson
bav Company. Captain Wyeth accepted
liberal offer from DR.. Mclaughlin and
sold oot TO that company in 1895. That
year the American Beard sen. out Rev.
samuel Parker and Dr.. Marcus Whit
man to explore and locate a mission.
Dr. Whitman returned and came back
in 1896 with Rev. Mr.. Spsnldinp and
their wives, and w. n. GRAY came "a
secular agent. We have now. in 1895.
the Methodist Mission, under Rev. ia
son Lee. on the Willamette, the Presby-
terrain Mission. near Walla WaIia. and
another in the Nez Perez country under
Dr. whitman and the Rev. Mr.. SpauId-
ing, and about the same time the Cath
olics also established missions.
The Hudson Bay Company was. at
this time, under charge Of DR.. John Mo
chief fact Or, and the missions
will bear witness that he treated them
kindly and considerably, and with gen.
srosity in some respects.
tndeF the combined influence of the
Hudson Bay Company and the missions
The time passed until after 1910, no
white settlement being made, and no
whites present in the country, in force.
The Hudson Bay Company, We may as
veil say here; remained powerful until
after 1850, when their influence was
crushed by the increase of settlers and
the establishments of territorial gov
ernment. The missionaries met with
successes. but not Of a religious
,ort. The missions accomplished moth
ing, and were productive of No impor-
amt results to the Indians, though they
did assist the settlement and civilization
of the country by the whites. DR.. Whit
man appeared to succeed for a while,
but the very Indians he had spent his
life to elevate, enally murdered him in
their supsrstitious fear of the measles,
which they accused him of sending upon
them. Mr.. Spaulding did good work
With the Nez Perces, and perhaps his
influence had much to do with their
general peaceful course toward the
whites. Taken as a whole, the mission
tailed in producing the good results
aimed at.
THE EARLY YMXIGRANTs.
While the missionaries may be sup
posed to have created an American
sentiment in Oregon, the arrival of the
early immiRrants-those who came in
the forties-gave the supremacy Of our
nation to the territory and decided its
late. All honor 10 due to the pioneors
who came before the gold excitement
arose, when the hope Of gain was not
prominent and the love Of country was
prominent In 1895 Nv. II. Gray says
In his history there we're fifteen whites,
besides missionaries and fur traders,
also about fifty Canadian French,
formerly connected With the fur CON-
pAny. More settled in the Willauette
In 1887. In 1889 there we're ten Pro-
testant ministers, six laymsn and thir-
teen American women and two chill
dren In the country, all connected with
the missi0ns-also two Catholic priests.
two physicians and about thirty white
settlers. In the fall Of 1910 there were
thirty six American settlers Ia Oregon
twenty-five of them with native wives |;
thirty three American women thirty
two children thirteen lay members OF
Protestant missions; nineteen minis
ters-13 Methodists and ConQrega-
doctors; three Catholic
priests, sixty Canadian French, making
outside the H. b. Co.. 1877 Americans
and 63 Canadians. We quote from
0ray's history and shall refer 10 it for
facts and dates.
In 1910 David I1eslie and others petit
toned Congress TO have Territorial
Government established. setting forth
at some length the value and import
ance of this region. In 184l an effort
was made looking to the formation OF q
Provisional Government, which result
ed In Dr.. ]. L. Babcook being appointed
Judge, with executive functions g. w.
L. Breton was Clerk of this Court /;
William johnson, Sheriff Messss. Ger
vAis, Cannon, Robert Moore and i. II.
Judoon werc Justices Of the Peace, and
LadAroot, RilIiRue and McCarty Con-
stables, which was the first republican
rule In Oregon.
IMMIGRATION OF 1912.
The Hrst immigration Of consequence
that crossed the plains was that OF 1642,
which consisted Of ton families and over
one hundred persons, Of whom fifty
were males over eighteen years Of age.
Hon. Medorum Crawford, who was one
OF the members Of this immigration,
delivered the annual address before the
Pioneers at McNinnville, June IA, 1851,
in whioh he gave valuable sketch Of
this immigration and its material. DR..
Elijah White. who had come 70 Oregon
a. Methodist missionary, had return
ed BY sea in 1871, and gave out that he
would croes the plains 10 return here in
1912. Meantime the Governments gave
him 4 sort Of rowing commission as
Sub Indian Agent to the tribes west Of
the Rocky Mountains, which Increased
lie prestige and facilitated the scheme
q EMANCIPATION he proposed. A. an old
fyioud be visited the father Of Mr..
Crawford At his home In New York
State, and the son was captivated
whh descriptions Of q nav ccun-
try, and Joined tho expedition.
thS members Of which assembled at In
debcndcpce,sou the Missouri frontier.
and ON the 10th OF May, with sixteen
WAGONS and 105 persons, including ten
fanilies. they started on the way.
Taev do not seem - have had any
trouble with Indisns, and from Fort
Hall1o the Columbia the Indians we're
q Qrtak assistance TO them 10 various
ways. No man In the company bad
ever crossed the Rocky Mountains De-
spite 0eir good outfit the journey vas
pursusl undss ersas difficulty and hard
shipa. No wagons had before journeysd
hevond Fort Laramie. Thes reached
e - -