The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-03-20
sPgRsrUALIsm SUSTAINED BEYOND
ANY DOUBT.
HAMILTON, March 3, 1891.

HAMIIToE, March 8, 1891.
EpiTnH IRnARoa Expires:
We have In this nelghborhood a me,
dlnn who claims 10 be actuated or III.
rected BY the spirit Of great Indian
chief, one that never saw the face of
white man.
i A few years ago saw piece In the
EXPRESS stating that the spirItuaIIsts
had "a very successful meeting at Spring
Valley Farm. AT the same meeting
they called up the spirits of a great
number of dead Indians, bnt the spirit
of the great chief appeared 10 take
hold Of only one medium, aud he II
rather small man, but the moment
that the great chief appears all the
lesser Indian spirits stop operations az
though they were paying respects TO a
hlghersbelng, one more worthy 10 EN-
tighten the Intelligent people Of the
present age. The little man rises 10
his feet, with head uncovered, arms
outstretehed, his eyes all ngleam with
light Of the eternal world, and inim-
mics all the actions Of the Indians
from the war dance down to the pres.
ent Indian ghost dance. with all the
intermediate dances of love, faith,
hope, dc.
This meeting at the Spring Valley
Farm was witnessed by John Swanson
and others who were not SpIritualIsts
and had never seen Spiritualism per-
formed, and they will substantiate the
I.sutHtauce of this article.
The history of this great chief seems
TO lse rather mystery. He came
among this tribe In his early youth
AS TO what nation or tribe he belonged
or from whence he came, no one ever
knew. lie was above the average
height of men or of any Indians on
the coast, and ef g bright copper Cslor.
He was active as a deer-could oiItrun
a horse-and very stout. He soon won
favor with his people and married the
daughter of the old chief, Seokem-
Dad. After few years Chief Seokem-
Dad died, and the tribe crowned his
son-in-iaw chief and called his name
Fatawaka, meaning, In their language,
happy valley. In one of his hunting
! expeditions ne found beautiful wo-
man that belonged To- a tribe east of
the Cascade mountains, and he mar
ried her aud returned to the William
ette Valley. In short time jealousy
sprang up with his wives that he could
not quiet. He loved them with love
divine. The wives agreed to fight
duel with dirk knives and end the dis.
pute. On the following morning at
early sunrise. I'm October, they met at
4 the time appointed, under a large Ill
tree that stands on the Spring Valley
Farm. There was no one 10 witness
the sad scene but the great chief, Tat
awaka, who pleaded with them to not
fight with those deadly daggeFs, but
to no avail, and as the sun began to
rise In the eastern horizon the young
squaws laid aside their blankets aud
made ready for the fray. They agreed
that Tatawaka might kiss them before
they fought, they being placed ON OPP
posite sides of the tree, and when he
had consuInmatcd his mission of love
10 his wives he should walk away from
the tree, which WAS the signal to eum-
inence tile bloody duel AS he walked
out from the tree his wives, bounding
around the tree with the elasticity of
Edeer, met each other, their daggers
lifted high, their eyes flashing fire, and
with all the might of jealousy, they
plunged the daggers deep iute each
others breast and sank down at the
same time, and their spirits fled TO tho
lRnd of spirits, aud they were dead
Tatawaka, when they were still, APP
preached them quietly and mournfulIy
aud found they were dead. He COM
menced weeping. He raised them up,
one In each hand, the daggers (which
had penetrated their henrtsl still stick
ing In their left breasts, their heads
ldrorped forward. He kissed them and
IHently laid them side by side, with
fflieir life-blood still flowing from the
wounds. He looked up into the clear,
this people In niy youth. I have spent
many happy days i'm this valley, but
! my pleasure Is at aH end. / will Join
my wives In the happy hunting ground
beyond He then drew the knife
frum the breast of his first wife, and,
with mighty effort, plunged il into
his own heart aud fell dead by his
wives
This history Is gathered partly from
Indians and partly from connecting
circumstances. Old Indian George,
who died at Lebanon year or 50 ago,
told part of the history To %. Jennings;
said that his father was boy at the
time and that he had heard him tell
the story and cry like child. Andy
Holdman and myself found the dag
gers, no doubt, that committed the
fatal deed, and have them vet. We
saw light under the fir tree one night
and the next morning Andy wanted
to GO to the tree and see what caused
the light; said he was bothered In his
dreams about the light, aud when we
got TO the tree there was no sign of fire,
but there lay the daggers.
j. w. Bishop says the Indians always
burn up what il mortal in their duel
ling aud never go back to the place any
more. j. X. Charlton has q relic OF
the. bloody scene ii he has not parted
with it.
And this is the great Indian chief
that controls johnny, aud he can tell
you all about Tatawaka. Squire Glea-
son has glimpse of the same Indian,
and so have several lady mediums; but
understand that Missourians will
never be approached by Tatawaka,
meaning happy valley. / may write
more of this history. II. B. NJ.
The New Discovery.