Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-02-21
DR.. nARCrs wHrTHAs AVID THh
EMIGRATION 90 ist3.


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When Or. whitman #snt Eas', "a
1870 onn obsecs vhioh he bad - Vses
- 10 ipdrns ~ raaay people 80 peSsl-
~ =, come 70 Oregon. Ne US espe-
eiSllv auxSous fer Cbristisn families -
SOM. A. be believed they wOald beip
hoth the N isziou and she Immigration
who vere 70 come 10 the near tutare, vet
be- vo,ked earnestly 20 indsee all Skon
b. eoaId persuade 20 do 70 10 issa The
immigration ,...-s
Sone uriters claim that three things
ds4errniss vhat nation stall ps'asts- any
nrgv eountry; priority OF disooFFFF' tA&
m. t,,,oasI ,,ossesssiOn, AID ssiuih setsls-
raeut s~psalsiIy she hEst and is's. ne
sr~t va disuated poiRs bsi Stta t1fes1
Rsi,aIn ard tue Gated STATS ~ vs.
h..,v,rir,oT r,lair,, thsfefore, o. ~ sne tAss,
~. sc,usI s~ttlsHisnt. Vas % ds'slae ibS
nnsa,ioo- The English ssw y and we're
,so<kIr0 for IL. A far A. srsds vas COZ
os,nsd ne Hudson Bay ComIany na1
sst.sd the victory. and bsd driven ifoih
6-.Ouu every American company wh'da
had nftss. pted 90 engage 10 the iat psihs
80 Rat they kDe~ that fnr Traders
wonId MOI hold Oregon. Actual sett1eis
Woold do far more than they emo 90.
A s.ttIespenl, begun By the Mstboo'ss
,nisa,or,Artea and increased BY frse h+p-
Tx,ra and a few others, vas crossing ~
n the Willamette valley, The Hadson
Eav Cotnuany could DOT drive them Vof
Ly anv means which could posfoly De
rscoenized a. legal, ~ they bad TIE i1i
aor,,rs.ntes. II vAH necessary u fe-Ott
IL osber tacsica. They reaIiz,-d tnas me
os.is vay 10 overcome tbs infiusnees o.
this setfIsnens vaa 20 bring enough on
th.ir ovu p,,ople 10 oGtnuniDef the
A,,svinana- IL uAs not very die3ealt Ia
do this At that Iiene. c-,-
In tue fail OF ist). according y Gray
Hissory of Oregon, there ~ere i5s Amer
ics,ns in the country, including mission,
ayi.a ssttlefs, women aud children, and
sayIy In lsl2 the number was not Tar
fram the same. At tbs sane bIae thefe
weIe IS Canadians. exclusive OF those
VINO were directly Ia the employ OF the
Hrds n BAy Company. henc1 i would
not REQUIRE a great increase OF BRUSH
gnhiect. 70 outnnnber the Americans.
s.rsoialIy when we consider what usr
might have been made OF the persona
dirrotIv CONNECTED wiih the Company
N vbom there were more than tive nan
dr,d west Of the Rocky mountains. 40
eosdinely In ls4I an immigration oil
ahs,uf siahty persons W4s br0uIh from
Ia Red River sesileRent 81 hgnitobat
and there IL good re son TO believe that
h ,gaa the mention % the Con pany IL
bring another immigration year % twt
IatmrI AT least that IA the testinsOny oil
one Of the immigrants Of lstl; bai thsS
we're 40 Dissatisfied gith their treatment
by the Com pany after their arrival tha'
the colony scatiered, and 80 no more la
migrants came from THAI place.
IN Isll-12 the same Company adopted
almllar policy 20 on. OF the trade OF
ana French North Rtst Fur Compiny
and the Red River settlement. directly
in the line of their trade, wss the re-
salt
ur. Whitman realized these facts eva
IDENTIFY more clearly than any olhei
American on the coast. A favofile idet
with Senator Benton WA that she oes
way 10 settle tue OfeRok question wal
10 plant thirty thousand rifles Ia tbs
Willamette valley. These, he Thought
would hold the country. But 10 do TIN
was mot very praotloable. as it wOnie
involve ASTON by 10. Government, whiei
81 best 10 usually allow, and wnieo Souls
alao look as II tus Uuited states inleHd
cd 90 take military possession Of th'
country, which wound be an tafraotioI
of the treaty then existing, ALLOW inI
j0int occupation.
Or. Whitman believed In the sam'
principle of posaessiou by settlement
bat had a more PRACTICAL and prac,ica
BILE plan OF carving IL ont. IL wis Il
plant few in lnsAnd settlers IN the coun
Try with sheep instead Of r1tiss.
/. hAa been denied that DIR. whitman
had any idea Of bringing AN inlnigra
ton back with him; but when some o
his Eais sionaEy companions say that b
did, ana = hen Illness history OF Oregon
when was p1biIshed as early as ls5l
and which was evidently written beiOr
DIR. Nhitmnn's death ia 1917, as it con
taina no allnsion to that event, nor eyei
contains ANY itena about Oregon late
than when Mr.. Hines left Oregon Il
1876, says that DIR. whitaaan's tnddel
departure for the East, " with the avswe'
insention If brlnginR back as many r
be S0uid enliss for Oregon was on
aause Of considerable excitemtGIt ans
uneasiness among she Indians, % tha
DIR. L. N hite vas obliged 10 make tTi
70 MallA Malla and hold A ooan0il witt
the Indians - these statOmenta mos
settle II that such was DE. whitman
intention.
IL Is not, however, true that he In
duced the whole 81 that Immigration Z
start, for other causes had been a. work
some OF thoss immigrants NJ ver hear,
OF him until they were we'll on thel
way. senator Appleton had prepared
Congressional report. which WAS read b
some people with care. Senator Linn
Of Missouri, had Rot long previously Ia
trodaced = bail into Uoueruss RIAniinl
sin hundred and forty aorss of lAIld I.
each man and QUE hundred ana SIXTY I.
each child whe should emtglaie To Ore
gon. With hls colleague. senator Ben
ton, he worked earnestly for the North
west coast. aud Il had the effect OF IN
deoing more of the people Of Aissour
10 come among the arst Immigrants thai
cane from any other Stale.
Consequently Hon. .. A. shively, let
proprietor VI Astoria, Oregon, began u
November, lSs2, 10 WORK earnestly 70
this objtOt, h0lolEe meetings in Missouri
and going TO " ashtngtan ~ fnftllcf til
cause. eenater Lfhn's bill did mol mail,
pass ~ u was ~ titst inirooucsu, bu
there was Considerable probability tha
Il would, and sh,s vAa oas means Of In
teresune Hon. 4. IA. burns,s IN ths enb
itet, who alna held nesaibes with 10
ssns object IN view. Mr.. k0bert shoE.
ess had CROSSED the plAina IN 1859. an,
he wrste testers ~ friends IN Mis.our
describing the ceuntry, which causes
ths Appls gates and souae 0shsr r. 10 d Ger
mine 10 coast. sLd By the use uf III
press they aroused Others. hut At
shottess, according 10 Rss, ]. b. lutlin
who alss came Ia lSss. wrote sSms o
his letter. irom DIR. " Asttsan's. an.
doubtless tsceivs d sslsne OF hss mi ornas
tisn tfoD TIE ueeior IL would nut b.
strange II the doctor kpav of ties
sGoFts Of Ar. nhoriess- Df. White II
lsS2 brought an Immigration Of LS5 ger
soha. ana his neits aroused osbsfs y b
could nct come that Year. kat who uls
eame IN lstA hr. JaIass Auey o
Oregon CAty and hon. J. ". Nssmlll
esss ausone those thus iahaenSsd q
eotae.
Evidently the Immigration Of 1876
~ far the largest slleh aad The a come
skessd very tlsinly the srowinR inter
ess about OEehan In The States. al ht
Df. whitman te beilsve THAI hls pss