The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-07-16
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4 6orvivoP ~ tho Whsswan Maeaanre
feals sAe sessy - sAe Antaess.
CoGSAx. July la-fSpee1al -A thrillire nar.
s1nvo of u whisnsa 1assaese. which took
placs Ave miles vest ct walla walia.
NcvDnber -. IsE. vas related today ey
MA Csthastns Prtasls, Of Spokane. an
80 witness ~ The historic sraeo.y ana
TIE sdoptsa daughter al Dr. whitman.
H. vas tsseifying 70 lossss sustained in Indiaa
depssoaticns. The evidence of which IL being
taken hsfcee Gnited States Commissiousr E,ls-
vcftA and AtsDrney Hubbard. Of shs insesioe
1epaStment The ease Of Perrin whisman.
nephew Of d. whitman. vas up foe eoasidss-
attoa.
.Tsll all you know. MrA Prinsie." said Assor.
MY Hubbard. ''soacafntng the whitman mass-
eers and the property iossss which Perrin Whit
man suffered from Il" To this Nra Pringis
ssspoodsd:
Il sxeftes me YET, ana almost drives ne Wild
@ talk or think Of that horrible massacso.
Esefything had been peaceable fof sovsrsl
ices unusually friendly. suddsoiy one morn.
tng ue heard the crack Of . rife, but took no
alarm. thinking foe the inssant that the stove
.sps bee i,iiss. ous looking ffom the vindovs.
ana nutiissios. il which Mn. wSisnsa
ssd she children vsrs shot, perfectly .riddled
Fushod at Dr. Whitman, and cut him into shrede
with somahawka That l. the vay b W.
killed. AZ nearly - can rsmeohef no shoss
Mn. Prinsls and Perrin Whitmsn
into captivity, drove or ali the stock.
vhlsh sunss1eA 100 head oi hosses. ana
In the whisman ssatioa, leaving uothinr sisnd-
lag bus The adobe walls. They opened Dr. What
mans medicine eaoo fikhs before nv oyea from
which one buck took bottle that aashed frs
the Indians terribly. ! knew q vas phos-
pboruA but could mos tell them % Tor ffi9ht
They took that Goesle ten miles away and
ground.
Another important wftness was Tokai LaksAa.
. iuiEbsocd Indian. now silveTy- haired and
stooped with ag& He was DR.. whitmsn's 49,
want Tokai Laksha speaks perfect Engiish and
hes Is.r education.
.whas h your oceupstionr' asksd Attosnsy
Hubbard.
The Indian replied:
:. Attendins @ my trees. % my stock and 10 my
llteio farm. had been at the Whitman misaion
nve pears when Perrin arrived. In 1854 I r.
member veil ali that pasoed at the time Of the
massacre. Perrin had nearly 100 head Of horses
ana divided among the iaktmas aud Cayusss.
He laughed - hs told how Perrin ussd to cav
o. the violin. he initiating the motions. and the
ladtans took that violin and smashed Il
aSainse treA Perrin also owned soddles and
brides and clothing. and the property that
could not b taken away from the mission vas
burned.
"Did the indians divide up the horses and
cattle. or did they permit them 70 continue %
run on the rangs?' was aaked
''The beef cattle were kept - common prop
eftys Of which the Indians could kill one as any
time but the horses were divides up among
tho braves" replied the witness.
This evidence II being effected By authority
Of An oct OF congress passed In 1901. Mrs Prirgls
ana Perrin Whitman had not met bsfofe for
thisty-ave yeara They were held cap
uvss eight yeaA aft1f the whitman
massacre. being reoeued By United States
troops near the scene OF the most iamous
Indian massacre in the history Of the United
StAt1A Perrin whitman rsstdss In Northern
Idahos hily miles east Of Colfsx, and 10 s. yeass
old. Nr& Pnneie makes Gpokano her home,
an4 The y pa9s4ng through the evening Of liSe.
but ssill retains the reGnemeut eainsd under
the care OF her immortal foster father Is
viii b rsmsmbsrsd that d.. whitman was
the nrst missionary who came from the East
70 Christianise the Indians west Of the Rocky
mountains, when the territory which now com.
prtsss Washington and Oregon was In dispute
between England and the United etatss, and
Unole Sam was about to abandon the region.
supposiug IL TO b barren waste Dr. Whit
man rode TO washtnzton City on horseback In
ls42 and prevented abandonment by Informing
the Federal authorities Of the vast resources
aud wonderful climate OF this Fl Dorado.