The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-04-22
DEATHS.
Donald Mex ny.

PFSDLFToN. or. April 2I.-Donald
Mckay, probably the most famous lnaia1
scout iB al TIE Northwest country. 3.ed
az the Umatilla Indian agency $estefday.
Today he was buried M the Catholic In
dian mission. twelve miles from Peuoieton,
AT the foothills of the Blne mountains. Rev
Father Chanale officiating.
In referring io MCKAY rs the most ia
nous Indian scout Of the Northwest coun~
Try. IL - bat 10 repeat what al. cd Sc
tiers ana pioneer military men nave a.
WAYS asserted He was the only brat1e-
o. Dr. W. 6. Mckay, who died here IN
1sas
The brothers were sons Of Thomas NJ
KAY. who with his father. Alexander Nc
Kay came 20 Oregon tn 1911 with me
As,or expedition w5en the American Fur
Company first gained a f9o'hold or ne
ard Il few weeks later Alexander Nc Kay
was mastered by the Indians. who board
Ell the ship pretending 10 2. friendly Ths
had been left az Astoria. hts Me VAS
spafsa soon thereafter Re entered ihe en-
pi0y Of the hudson Ray Company and be-
came widely known fer Zig influence
among the Indians He was an early set
tier in 'he Willamette valley. ana was
captain 81 a company of men IN the kIa-
math Indian war
man rs whom was born Dr. Mckay. ard
bis second wife Esvuse Indan woman.
the mother q Donald Mckay. po0ald NJ
Kay gained his name a scout assisting
the governments; IN several wars and Tend.
eftng invatuabis service tie was a man n
courage. intrepid, o. steady nerve. tho
roughly devoted 20 the cause Il the whites.
ard was e; times Amos. me only reliance
upon whom the commanders depended for
the CARRYING - DISPATCHES He knew TIE
states 81 oregon. Washington. Montana
and f3ahs, "a A man knows hsS own door
yard ard was familiar with every tribe
ana - customs au3 pecwIisrlt-es. He spoke
RG }he languages from, the seacoast 10 the
Rocky Mountains. and up - the time ne
received severe in iuries 70 his hip. render
ing him partial criop'e. he was one -
the most naryeloGsiy hardy men in all the
country.
In f>s4 he commanded a company ~
Warm sariuxs Indians IN The war against
the Shes ZONES. t}anOockS and 0theT fTsesS.
When the treaty Mss na5e with The kla-
suaths MCKAY waS fhe interpreter.
Il MS ~ the Me&oc VAR 10 gained his
greatest distinction. Swing as a guide,
scout sns interpreter. He assisted IN the
capture - the notorious CAPT. lack
In 1884 v3ts hSs brother Dr. MCKAY
f,sual3 want 70 tse East With a troop II
Warm Springs Tnaars and gave exbihs-
tl0rs on ne WiiA IVES; orler- Wae1 seF
company disb4as2ed he fosned another ana
tcax~leA III Europe f3v several years. M
KAY was remarkably sxrfTt II me sAAa II
ihe 'asso and rice, ant ~as ! fns horse,
before rsanv - the crowned heads. In
e'tslirg TIE Frirce ~ Wales,
sever years aSo 30 returned - Pen3,e-
20. anE yar tne past .hrsa years has beF1
the nFsfc al interpreter ~ the insttIsa fn-
stan agency Agent wi,kln~ he4s hsus 81
very high rexari. ara al haFe di@ie9.ty
~ n~ss~S s. rSan Mn whom - ~ MS
ptsrv Nrkav beSt3es speak.ng F1gii~A
ans 81 eae f0sffan languages. was & au@n.
speaker - Fremrh-
stEsenx ~ fhs gisGeer - T1jEssE who
wreste8 lS.s region from sAe srssp - saw
axevy sNere - scarcely or hat 5!s more
sham hAs the Mckay family. Asxso.ier
Mckay he Sr2rifs, neT. EAFe Mss Ase -
RrnSass savage trTAcaery Thomas Nj
Kay ~ss f0r wears pste-. fastc~ n t~e
stftsts-~nt - difference Pc Nee1 the
wAi.es sns re natives. anf ssafA TsE NJ
KAY a-f pcss14 were active alwayN = al
49, events q TIRE cary fsws.
Years aga posa'f bad inja~tes - rs
RIG. &nH weat aa1s1t crtr1&@. TIE 0tAsr
dav Ae!nE csi'ey; fer 81 IS sof1se a. th~
agency re "a rsa 70 she door without he
care th3s has h@ruuea NECESSARY fu~ + y
"a ass fr 3kf-E ffe lost sgtS ~ nee
fe'f - sft~ Eroun3 Rnt wSe- AIKEN gp n.s
thssh VAS sesas5 - - broken. q com
~essgrs fracture rrssa tA8f -reraszt se
knew - s-ssss7s act receiver sd .rTsnzsa ate~
" ztassgstsss as R~ssrs - aeFrtc - taxing
s~.ha fosx frzs& wsta messages - fNe 0the-
varA TIE 50 scout. II ths tHssas@ SUI
ferns ih&t was eroGxa; 60 ny sae acc.-