Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1884-11-18
AN AFFECTING SCENE,
Neg Perce News.

ook place last Friday on the arrival Of
ie steamer from below at our wharf It'll,
brought "home again. 1daho's first born.
The meeting between this child of pioneer
birth and one Timothy of biblical ccgno-
men and barbaraus birth formed the scene.
The subject ofour sketch is Mrs. War
rem, who was born at Lapwai Nov. Is,
S37, and is daughter of Rev Spaulding,
who crossed the plains in company with
DIR. Whitman in the year 1886. Mrs. War
ren's mother and Mrs. Dr. Whitman were
the first two white women who ever cross /
ed the Rocky range The party came in
to this section Of the then wilderness, and
after remaining short time divided com
pany, Rev. Spaulding remaining at Lap
wal and DR.. Whitman proceeding to Wal
la Walla, where what is known as the
Whitman Mission was established At lap
wal Rev Spaulding soon gained the conf
dence of the Indians, and made MANY con-
verts to the Christian religion, and to-day
his good works shine forth like stars in the
armament. AT Walla Walla Dr. Whit
man established a school in connection
with his other missionary work and all
went well for a decade of years. About
this time the subject of our sketch had
grown from the prattling babe of '37 to
wi hin few steps of "bu ding woman
hood" and it was deemed best by her par
ents to send her to the Whitman school at
| Walla Walla, whittier she went, at the age
OF ten years, just prior to to the memora-
bic and blood-curdling massacre at that
place. Mrs. Warren has distinct recol
lection OF all the scenes of that horrible
butchery and relates them in detail as
though they were of occurrence within the
past few days. She goes on to relate that
when the massacre occurred some sixty or
seventy emf Grants had just arrived from
across the plains. All the men at the mis-.
sion were killed-Eot one escaping The
women and children were taken prison.
ers, with the exception of Mrs. Dr. Whit
man, who was murdered because of the
intense feeling Of the Indians against he1
husband. The prisoners were held in can
tivity for some three weeks by the Indians
living upon such fare as those inhumar
; red devils would allow them. Under such
circumstances these poor women and chill
dren mourned the loss of husbands, faith
, crs and brothers, and none near to com
fort them but the unfeeling red devils who
had ruthlessess murdered those who hac
loved and cared for them, and to better
whose fortunes they had consented to leay,
happy homes and come into the western
Wilderness At The expiration of thre,
/ weeks OF the most intense boaily aad men
tai suffering, these poor captives were res
cued, and none too soon either TO saw
: many of the little ones from death b, es
posture and illtreatment by their bruta
captors. Col. Ogden, then chief in com
mand OF the Hudson Bay Company, wen
TO the rescue of the prisoners and by pay
ing ransom succeeded in gaining The lii
erty OF all OF them, except Eliza Spaulc
/. ing, who owes her liberty to the india
: whom she came here to visit and apothe
one who IA few years since took his depar
ure for the happy hunting ground"
Eliza's father and mother, who wer
then at Lapwai, hearing of the massacr
t at Whitman Mission, and being in fear G
n their daughters fate, consulted with Tin
o othy' and Eagle" who were but too Wi
Il ing to 60 in search of their child. The
accordingly started Immediately for til
Mission, but on arriving there they TO IN
that the Indians were unwilling to let Ell
= "a go with them. Mrs Warren remeu
81 bers how Timothy plead with her captol
1T for her release, and when she would or
,e he would take her handkerchief, wipe til
tears from her eyes, and say to her, in tll
Indian. tongue, never mind, poor child.
will take you to your father and mother
These two chiefs finally succeeded in S
curing Eliza's release and seemed alno
overjoyed when they were once fairly O
he the trail, herself on the back of a cayus
of homeward bound, where they arrived son
"a three days subsequent. A few days att,
this occurrence Rev. Spaulding, with h
10 family, removed to Brownville, Linn cou
AS ty, Oregon, where he spent the afternoo