The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-09-12

Airs. Almira Raymond waF born In West
Troy. New York. In Nj ahc united with
tho Methodist denomination at thr age
~ i5 Married W " Raymond In sep'
lrmhcr ~ 80 aud with him Joined tho
Methodist mission. then forming In Now
York city for the purpose ~ sending mis-
nionarioa io the Indians Of Oregon. The
Lausanne WIS chartered. ana u families
aud nvo single women sailed IN her. On
the sith uf September. n Aft"r long
and stormy voyage " 4 months. during
which MrH Raymond waa souHick almost
continuously. they crossed the Columbia
river bar In Mny Of a. The Lausanne
passed up the river 20 Fort Vancouver.
reaching there 10 June, From there tho
missionary party went VI The Willamette
In tanoos and settled at Salem where Mrs.
Hnymonds nrHt child was born a little
sirl that died at birth,
From SALEM Mn Raymond removed
to Tbs Dallcs c,hen wascopuml whrrc
her second daughter Martha was born
In e. Mrs Raymond returned 20 Salem
tn q and rrmniRcd there untl 'is Dur
linz this time two more daughters were
horn The third died at birth. the fourth
Aurulia, born IN "a.
The winter Of % and 20 was especially
severe Mrs Raymond passed this winter
In tent Tho snow had TO be cleared from
IN" roof nf tiSr tent every few hours. It
'ril no fast The principal part oi their
i'", was dried pas
In the spring ~ &c they removed to
Clat.pp plains, wh~rc Mrs, Raymond lived
until % ON the plains two children We're
born. her drpt son william. In 90 ana
tho rfth daughter Annie. In 'ts
In 80 Mrs Raymond removed TO Upper
Astoria. and was living thcrc when the
silvia dc GrasHr was wrecked There
SECOND son. Nathan. was born In Janu-
ary ~ ~.
Late the next spring or early In the
summer. Mp Raymond moved TO Tnnsy
point, where she resided unln "a Al
TanEy point two children were born
Jamr- In ~ Zilpha In % while Mrs
Raymond lived at the Point pr Dart
made Tho famous treaty with the Claisor
luiilur al Tanzy point and during this
time the Indians had the small rox which
carried m 40 many Of them. one camp
lTrrwontrj had every one down at once.
and not scrap Of anything To eat They
worv ng allowed to So near any house.
and were dying Of starvation as much as
the disease ono Of the Indians got into
canoe ana came to Mrs. Raymond for
help Mrs. Raymond took the half Of all
her proviHlons and put thom on the hank
by tho canoe FOR him The Indian got
hack TO his camp with them. bu, died thn,
night
In - Mrs. Raymond moved 10 Tilla-
nook, This was during the Indian war.
and Mrs. Raymond aud her children with
all the other settlers IN Tillamook were
shut up In Trask's fort. awaiting an at
tack THAI never came. While In Tilla-
nook In 70 another Son was born. Louis
In - Mrs, Raymond moved To the In
dian reservation known as the Grand
Rundo reservation. and wns there when
the hostllrr. under chief Llmpy and Old
John were brought there, and II was
there her last child was born. n little
url who lived to be four years and some
monthT old. The next year Mrs. Ray
mond spent In travelling going TO The
pnllcH for a Few months. back TO Clatsop.
down To Tilhmook ngain, and remained
rillumook until November. 1855 then hack
overland TO clRtsop. AZ It ruincd the
ontIro trip and Mrs, Raymond was swept
from her horse by the surf In rounding
enc OF the cnpcs of the short sand beach
and nearly drowned. this was one Of tho
most disagrecahc OF her iournoys As
however, the trip 0t that soason was en-
urcly her own wish she could not well
complain,
Mrs Raymond lived ut Tangy point
unil 'G2, when she moved TO Astoria. In
% she procured divorce from her hus-
band She then returned to the Point for
time and thcn went back to Salem
While In Salem she sold her half OF
Tanzy point (now FlaveD to John
Loomus her son-ln-law. who promised
to pay her 5000 and provide her with n
home during her life. However she re-
colved but 500. This money she soon
spent In church work and then went In
debt. Her daughter paid her mothers
debts many times, Finally. not being able
to collect the remaining 5000. she went
to live with her daughter, Mrs. Martha
Loomls Mrs. Raymond hated trouble
OF any kind. She took no thought Of the
morrow. but put her trust In the Lord"
and got cheated In all her transactions
Mrs. Raymond was a very pIous woman,
who thought taking care for the future
showed want OF trust In the Lord. and
was therefore sin. An instance OF this
was given when the new Methodist
church was built at Salem. Aurelia sent
her mother every month ten dollars ex-
pressly for the rent-sometmes more but
always that much. And when Aurella
went TO Salem she asked What was her
mother owing?" and found among other
debts was nifty dollars for rent. "why.
mother how Is that? | sent you the
rent money every MONTH" Mrs. Ray
mond said a man had promised to give