The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-06-04

= Ansexscan paSe5tA md 4<nnA Cyrus Shepard
- r- =. kovarQs HAymeua Who ucnk a their
sss.AtanfA whsn Wyesh returned % 0reeon il
- tnas party Of missionaries sces mpaalesi htrn
- 80 ~ WEN ssnpped - build Fort Hail.
zen us missionaries ken him and psoceedrd
"a neR 5ouxnfy With raxy ot Hndscn Bay
s0AReny uappcA un1ef 4 r McLeod and
ino1zes 4eAay. They reached that companyss
- ko1 Nai1z Hslaa % The Hrst day 81
sepsenoes. lssd, and continued their journey IN
ooes % tns cumpanys heaaauafs<rn n Van
ooasex. wnefe shey arrived on the dfseonsh.
Here facy received . kindly and cordial
Welcome NON Dr. John Mclaughlin. who
1 .ussse1 tnem % locate their proposed
lsszo1 IA ne Willamette valley. tn
ssea0 Ct the fiAthead country His own tessi-
ouy ca ue subject y - follows: in 1854.
s acssn Jason Lee ana Daniel Lee and Mess-A
eaAet ia e = E1wards came with Mr. Wyefh
g o<ixn mlsxsoa in the Elathxad ccnatfy.
:. Ivea e them fnsS y w1S loo dangerous for
'sem % eetsnlsn : mission there; thai 70 do
700 g Inc Indians, they must essablish them
setsss unele sncy could collect them around
.uen, ssscn taem % cultivate the ground ana
s.sc u'ofe eomfofsaoiy inAa they do by hunting.
-. = tney 90 TINS teach them religion:
Lna. sus willamette Afforded them 0ne
neses ana thai they ought 20 80 there,
- snss wosn gel the same assistance
= s.e ssttaels Iney fosiowtd my advice and
.nl @ me Willamette. ana II Is bat Justice 70
s .ness Pioneers 70 say tnas no men, Ia my opin-
Yen, could exert themselves more xealously
shan saey dio, anui 1870, when they received .
assse fean iofeement offorfy or more persons:
s s.'.9I .ns new GO ren began TO neglect their
oat'es' usseofo spranS up among them and the
mission broke up such was the statement
~ ~. AcLA0gnhn IN regard to the estSb-
-sn.nsas % tne nfss mission IN the then Distant
.has o. oregon, and sach are the recorded
sacss WIN reference % the missicn station.
Nl,ch became the nucleus OF the Willamette
sAiiey setiement, which subsequently, became
.no remained Tor many years the principal
Amel.csn scssiement IN OREGON
70 deiray the expe nses necessary for an outfit
tor u4is missionary party the sum Of 1900 was
apPtopfisaeo y tre Aetho91Ss Epsscopai caurch
~ missionary meeting In New York city, held
on tne 10Th OF October. lsSS, aud during the en-
suing snlf'een years the same society ex.
pe"ueu .f0m the voluntary contributions OF
=. rs. ms"osas over szSOo Tor the support OF
TINS ana Adjoining missions IN Oregon. before
the gov ernment OF the United States asserted
~ sutnority ever tafs region. or expended one
COLLAR ior even the care and protection of its
cAuhshs IesioinK therein. though so much in
need Oh ana 70 ricniy deserving were they OF
'nAt ere ana protection
Is perhaps proper to state in this place that
the hudson Bay Company did not oppose the
.nucuuenoh ana establishment OF mission sta
nons wisnin iss real or alleged Jurisdiction. not
snucipaanx the tact that the vicinity OF these
stations would IN time become fayorite ioca-
lions LOT American settlers. ana no doubt be
neving that the stay OF missionaries amo Nc the
inoians wsnid Dc only temporary. and
probably hoping that the habits OF the
INDIANS woaid be improved, and that
ney might become more induAtri-
Gus ana faithful servants OF the
company. because OF the iabors OF the mission
afies amongst tnem. II may De also proper 70
state IN this connection that DR.. John McLaugh-
IN, the cnief factor now. aud until the year
isio, was man OF large. noble and generous
principles ana impulses, ana that although he
was at tne head OF an organization In Oregon
wnfcn was decidedly and extremely hostile 70
the introduction OF American ideas, or Ameri-
can settlers. yet nc rendered great and valuable
services nrxt 70 tne missionarles and afterwards
to incoming settlers. oftentimes fur
nianin9 them, on credit OF with
ont cnarRe, with fosd, clothing and
transportation, ana too often they were Obliged
70 so 20 him for the care ana pfotection which
sn0eid nave peen snoroea tnem oy the govern
ment o. the uniseo State& Aeanwntie the mis-
sionafy wosA vas pfo9ressane Ia tne Eastern
states. ana II the spring OF 1919 kev samnel
fsrkss end ". Marcus Whitman. q the Freshly
seian cnufcns were oispatcned ~ the American
nosru OF commissioners ior iorc'gn MISSIONS 70
the same heid 70 examine ana report upon
iney ueveieo with party In the
employ q Inc american FUR company. "a ier
a 1reen nver. who're they conferred with
pand o. aez ierce indans, whose
desire mat miss'on DO established
amongst them appeared 10 De 50 great
that III. whitman returned TO the East to pro-
cure . suficient force for at least two missions,
and DIR. Parker continued his journey to the
Neg Perez country and thence TO Fort WAila
Waila, 1t which place he arrived on the
9Th Of October. After resting two days 1t
that place he left for The Dalles and Van
couver. where he arrived on the 10th and was
cordially received by DR. Mclaughlin. and
where he spent the winter with tie exception Of
the time occupied In visiting the Willamette
valley and the mouth Of the Columbia river for
the purpose Of obtaining information in regard
10 the country.
On the 18th OF April. 1871, he left Vancouver
for the purpose Of visiting the Cayuse. walla
Waila, the Neg Perez and other Indian tribes,
and thence journeyed East TO report the resrlt
Of his explorations. Whilst among the walla
Wallas he located the site oil the Whit
man Mission, ~ wAiiiatpu, and recommended
IL as . suitable place for mission establish.
ment DIR. Parker was amongst the first to note
the great agricultural possibilities OF the Wafla
waiIa valley, and nearly forty years before its
capacity as one OF the best wheat fields in the
world, was demonstrated by actual experiment
he wrote concerning It. "How easily might the
plough go through these valleys. and what rich
and abundant hsrvcsts might be gathered by
the hand Of industry. But even now the spon-
taneous growth OF these vast plains, intending
millions Of acres, yields In such profusson. that
not the ffticth part becomes the food of organic
life"
On the 10th of september. lss6. DR.. Marcus
whitman and wife, accompanied BY Rev. h. II.
spalding and wife. and W, H. Gray. arrived ~
Fort Waiia Walia. and shortly after, DR.. Whit
man located st the place known 50 waiiiatpu.
selected by DR. Parker, subsequently known rs