The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1886-12-03
Warm Springs.

aud pleasant dag TO us all here. The I
sun rose clear aud bright, the day Was
fine and warm, thermoneter indicating
Coz above zero.
The school was adjourned by the j.
Superintendent for Thanksgiving. All /
happy and chuck full Of good beef, bread,
potatoes and divers other good things.
They eli went forth for the day in Joy
fol glse.
The irst event OF the day was the
catching Gre Of one Of the principal
dwellings of the tawn. The propIie.
tors name Ii Wa-kam-ah. She Ii an |
old and famous woman, whose history |
We have Aot time or spaoe to give. Saf-
lioe u to say, she 10 celebrated and fA-
NOUS. am unable, at this writing,te
learn whether she carried an insurance
or not on the property. She owes the
rescue OF her property 70 several per-
sons. Rey. Mcbride, (if | am ingolm-
ed rightlv,an / do not wish to mistate
anything about the matter tho facts
and the facts only are whas | am en-
deavoring to give the pnhIic,) saw the
6rst FIRE and perhaps the ! st. | am
not sure upon that point. Rev. Buch.
anan,of the u. p. Church, visiting Rev.
Mcbride from the state of 0hio,ca the
irst water upon the fls, at least ho
claims 10 have done so, aud thus far
have not heard it disputed. Agent
Wheeler cried ERE and rang the Gre bell
like they do in Albany, Ia times Of Gre.
Then the school hoys ran up aud pulled
of few pieces of bark and an old mat
Or two, and the Gre was out and the old
lady's house, with the exception Of few
pieces Of mating and bark, was again
all right She was financially as solid
as eTer.
The next thing on the program was
TO put in "a appearance at Agent
Wheelers TO take THANKSGIVING dinner,
by special request Of our whole-sonIed
Agent and lady. We came. aud were
present ell Of the employees, aud 10 our
midst at the feast were two ministers
from Ohio visiting tho Mission Home,
bssng conducted under the supervision
OF Rev. MoBtide, whose names were
Dr.. Ovens aud Rev. Bnchanan, one Of
the aforenamed men Ia the Wa-kam-ah
ERE.
4 We ell cot in our respective places
in Mrs Whssler's comfortable parlor,
and were waiting fog the appointed hour
for dinner 20 arrive, to-wi,, | o'clock
p. M, when 70 the entire surprise Of
ali, except the preachers, ,the door OPEN
ed aud, instead Of the words "come in
to dinner" Dir. Cyrus II. Walker
stepped forward with Miss Mary +.
Wheeler leaning on hts cru, and before
any Of us conld recover they were nriI-
ed by Dr.. Ovens a. husband and wife.
After the usual subsequent foolishneas
on such occasions, we turned eur attau-
tion TO things that morv particularly
concerned us individually and that was
one Of the most magnificent dinners
ever set and eaten in any country. The
door 10 tho dining room swung on les
hinges and Mrs. Elder, another aud the
only girl the Agent has LETT, announced
In her merry welcome voice, scotne 10
to dinner" and II was dinner rarely
to be eaten 10 any cline. Mrs Elder
and Mary ars tho girls to prepare we'd
ding dinners or any other kind
| The next turn We made was Cor SUIT.
Holmes house, where wa all trirped
the light fantastic until late bed time,
| 10 or ] | O'Clock, asd then So aii felt
truly thankful for the good tune and
good things We had and receivrd on the
day, aud committed ourselves 10 The
God Of rest.
Agent Whsslsr Is making many sal-
provements and important changes. Hr
has obtained i.hihg rights 70. the Tn-
dians at the Cascades instead Of those
that were stolen from them by Hunt
ington as Cello. He hasobtainrd an-
thority 70 retraca and resnfvey aud -
establish corners on the old origlual
survey Of the Reservation, and now bAs
Samuel j. Newsom Operating the work.
Sam got his spoon in on the dinner, toe.
| had not forgotten him but overlooked
him, a. perhaps be wsS not preacher.
he has completed a fine large school
building at Simmssho for Enpt. Bunk
and bis wild Warn Springs. He de-
signs bridging Warm Spring River be-
tween this and the spring and also dur
ing the coming summer TO build large
school building here sufficient for the
accommodation Of all that need it, to-
lgsther with other improvements for the
comfort Of the employees Of ths Agency.
Sdpt. Holmes has over 90 scbolsrn in
school. Brunk not 80 many at present.
Hasn't got them caught. Will take
thsm the 6rst tracking snow that falls.
Bill is an expert on wild Indians. The
Inspector, Maris A. Thomas, Of Md,
has just left ug, and, as far "A We could
tall maftefad W. al hor,n ea !. fmart