The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1898-05-17
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20 ask what the. excitement was. She
replied that the Cayuses had broken out
and murdered the Whitmans and that
Spalding's family had been taken for
safe keeping to Craigg's Mt. and that
they were making preparations to
defend their Mission. Spalding then
sold the woman that he was Spaldlng
himself. She ran back crying, "Spaid-
ing! Spaldingn' He made his way to
Lewis tent and this Indian took him III
his arms and said ''my dear friend, |
and my people will always be your
friends" The wOman's cries soon raised
the entire Mission and the expressions
Of Joy that Spalding had been spared to
them alive. mingled with the means and
groans. lamentations, walls and sObs
added to the confusion of tongues was
babel indeed. The men bound up his
burned feet, while the women prepared
nourishing broth which was fed to him
spoonful at time. As soon as the
news came that the Whitmans were
murdered and that the girls were taken
captive, Mrs. Spalding sent Tim
pthy and Eagle to Waiilatpu to treat with
Che Cayuses for Eliza's release.
Mr.. Spalding, during his return to
strength, would watch the trail coming
ever the mountain for Eliza's return.
At last he saw two horsepen, he had
expected Eliza on third, his heart
failed for he feared that she too had
been killed. He comforted himself by
saving, 'maybe she is on behind, maybe
she is too sick to ride alone and one is
holding her on before" But Levi and
Timothy came alone, the Cayuses re-
fused to trade As soon as Mr.. Spald-
ing was able to travel he and his family
left Lapwai for old Ft Walla Walla.
By January Mr.. Ogden had been able to
buy the release of the captives for four
hundred fifty dollars in blankets, ammu-
milton, provisions, etc. From Ft. Walla
Walla they proceeded down the Colum-
bia in small boats to Oregon city. At
The Dalles they met the Volunteers.
On the 50th anniversary of the settle
ment of the Mission at Lapwai, in COM
pany with Mrs. Wigle and Henry Spald-
ing visited these historic, grounds.
We were shown about by Perrin Whit
man, nephew of the doctor, and every
point of interest discussed. Perrin
Whitman was in The Dalles at the time
of the massacre.
We walked the length of the old ditch
which carried water to the -four mill.
Sn some places it was quite obliterated,
Eut much of it was still a ditch We
saw the milestone, which was hewn out
of granite boulder found on the spot,
and with our own hands Clipped relics
from it. Mr.. Spalding often said that
shat boulder was placed there by the
hand of Providence for his work for the
nearest granite ledge is forty miles dis
tant This milestone is now in the
hands of the Idaho Historical Society.
We entered the log house, now used
1S n SIdUlc, WI1lCIl WdS tiic 1OulS
of the Spaldings and the birth
place of the children. We carried away
as relics portions of the mud plaster,
still showing green and red water colors
sith which Mrs. Spalding painted the
walls with bible pictures, illustrating
the truths she wished to teach her In
dian pupils. This house was given by
Nr. Spalding, when he left Lapwai, to
a deaf and dumb Indian called Mus
t,lps-the Nez Perce word for deaf and
dumb-to be his home as long as he
should live. Dummy had always as
sisted Mr.. Spalding in the care of the
children. A year before our visit Mus
sups was still living and Mrs. Warren
and Mr.. Whitman found him lowering
ever the fire, an aged man, perhaps 80
years old. Although it had been forty
years since he had seen her, as soon as
the door was opened the look of instant
recognition was unmistakble. His dem
enstrations showing his care of the
children when they were little, to keep
them from straying into the river and
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