The Portland daily press., 1893-04-29
COVERED BY REFUSE.
Dead Body Of a Beautiful Woman
Found in the Woods.

Bancher's Remarkable Discovery Re.
calls an Interesting Story of the Dauga.
| Territory.
The body of young girl was found
last week In the northern part of Walla
Walla county in the eastern part of this
state by a rancher while clearing up a
small piecs Of land In the vicinity Of his
barn. The body was frstseen lying About
two feet under ground near thereof of
a tree as the stump was being grubbed
out. 1t Is generally supposed to have
laid there for nearly 90 years. II has
been identified as the body Of Eneide de
Valhere, the daughter of a Frenchman
who settled in that section abouta quar-
ter of century ago. The finding Of the
body has brought to light remarkably
interesting story.
The appearance Of the land and the
position In which the body was found
have led to che belief that it was never
buried by mortal hands, but it must In
all probability have been covered from
view by the continual drifting Of earth.
dried leaves and the many decayed SUBJ
stances that undoubtedly accumulated
ct the base of the tree during the years
that have passed since the girl disaueear-
ed from her home.
The body was removed to the cabin of
she rancher, where it was washed and
thoroughly dried, when 1t became as
white and as smooth as the purest mar
Bile. It was removed to the residence of
a physician in Idaho, where it now is.
There is not flaw or scar visible to mar
the symmetry Of the graceful proper
tions Of the figure or the beauty of the
phenomenal coloring of the lips and
cheeks, which has aroused the interest of
the few physicians that have been per-
mitted to gaze upon it. The coloring,
strange as it may appear, comes and
goes with the rising and setting of the
sun.
On dark, rainy days the face remains
as.pallid as an ordinary piece of marble.
just at sunrise this flesh tint of healthfu1
repose is seen to settle upon the features,
giving the face the appearance Of quiet
slumber, but which Immediately disap-
pears as the shades of night begin to
fall. AS the sun begins to disappear
over the western horizon the lifelike
form gradually changes, the whiteness
reappears, and the body is again in the
icy clasp Of death and becomes cold and
clamny.
When the body was found, it was per-
sfectly nude. There was, however, a
tiny gold chain encircling the neck with
little star attached, upon which were
the initials sE. de v" These initials
gave the first clew to the identity of the
body. When it became known that the
body was that of Eneide de Valliere,
few Of the old settlers IN that section re-
called the parents of the girl and how
they had worked and lived in that part
Of the world on their little piece of land.
The Indians that inhabited eastern
Washington, Idaho and the neighboring
country 40 years ago had not learned the
power Of the government of Uncle Sam
or that the whites were beginning to be-
lieve Davy Crockett's statement-th
the only good Indian was dead one.
They made frequent raids upon the few
white men who had the courage to in
wade that section either in search of
gold and other minerals or to till the soil.
One Of the earliest settlers who dared
brave the dangers that threatened every
white man who ventured into eastern
Washington was Jean de Valliere, an
old Frenchman. He was accompanied
by his young wife and a little girl. He
built himself little log cabin and
turned farmer. Years passed away, and
the little girl grew to be magnificent
looking woman. She made peace for
her father with the Indians, and soon
she and her parents were on unusually
friendly relations with the red men.
The Beautiful Lily, as the girl was called
by the Indians, played and frolicked
with the children of the old warriors,
and as she budded into magnificent
womanhood she was courted by the
young men in the different tribes.
Eneide was scarcely IS years of age
when she first manifested symptoms of
weak mind. During the hours of the
day she was blithesome and gay, but at
nightfal she.became istless and melan-
choly. She would stroll from her fa-
theirs cabin and wander aimlessly about
the great forests, needing no one and
acting like a poor idiotic child.
One night she walked out on the track
and disappeared. AS she did not return
her father went in search of her, but she
was never found. Her mother had died
in the meantime, and the loss of his
daughter worried the old Frenchman SO
that he finally broke down, and after
brief illness died.-Tacoma Cor. Chicago
Times.
Ingchious1y Made of Coins.
N. Kersten has a rather unique and
remarkable specimen of his handiwork.
This is bell glass, which covers 20 cop