The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-12-17

turned in safety on the 9TH OF May. The
OF the house went on
amidst many Interruptions, and 1t was
Il lished before winter. Mr. Perkins
family occupied it long before 1t was
roofed bat as the climate was dry, and
rain seldom fell in summer, it was quite
safe. Several trips were made to Walamet
and Vancouver by water during the
wear for supplies. One journey was
made to Fort WalIah- wallah to get thors-
es and another overland to the Walamet
station, to obtain cattle. These various
journeys and voyages took us away from
tile station about five months each dur
ing the year. Immediately on our arri-
val at the station we began holding
meetings with the Indians on the Sab
bath; speaking to them in the 'jargon, "
through an interpreter. This imperfect
medium of communication sprang from
the traffic OF the whites with the In
dians, and it embraces some English,
some French, and many Indian words,
some Chenook, some Wallah-wallah,
and some Of the other tribes, and is un-
derstood more or less by individuals in
almost all the tribes beyond the noun
tans. Their behavior at worship was
very serious, and most OF them would
kneel in time of prayer. Our meetings
were held without, among the oaks, or
under pine, whose cooling shade
screened us from the burning sun. A
few scattering stones afforded seats for
some, and others sat quietly ON the
ground "a manner of sitting to which
,hey are we'll used, and which they
prefer to any other.
September 8. The writer left the
Dalls to go to the Walamet overland
after cattle, a journey OF l25 miles, TAX
ing 10 horses, owned by the Oregon
mission, and 10 others, some belonging
To the Indians who were going to assist
him, four in number, and supply OF pro-
vlsions for six days. One ofmy indians, the
oldest, probably from 40 to 30, wa blind
oi an eye, (which had been destroyed by a
violent inflammation, that nearly caused
his death. But in his extremity he tam
cied some kind of visitor from the in
visible world, who assured him that he
should recover; upon which he soon re-
yiyed, greatly to the surprise
OF his friends around him, who
viewed his restoration as mysterious.
since they had looked upon him as one
dead, and on this account he re-
ceived the name of Uk-woui-a-neete,
that is, "heart, or 'lile. He was OF
Chenook descent, and resident OF the
Dalls Another was Wallah-wallah, a
stout young man OF 25 years, good stat
ure, with fine forehead, and, what is
rare, a Roman nose. His name, which
signifies to become dry, empty or dest-
tute, was Tah-lac-e-ou-lt, and was given
HIM because once he had considerable
property which he had lost by gambling,
to which he was much addicted. One
OF the remaining two was a Chenook
with the usual features, a tlattened fore
head and wide mouth, about 20 years
old. Proud Of his skill in directing a
canoe, and OF his supposed horseman-
ship, he felt and boasted himself man.
My other, Wallah-wallah, was q
shrewd young rogue, a gamester, dis
honest to the core and besides these, a
poor cripple, with short, shrivelled,
crooked, cumbersome leg 10 help his
we'll one, he carried strong cane or
crutch, six or seven feet long, on which
he poised himself as he sprang from one
place to another, two yards or more at a
leap. Thus he was active on single
leg, even to admiration. Our horses are
now saddled I'VE mount and away. Trot-
ting is an questionable gait in Oregon.
A cloud of dust marks our course west
ward. In sight of the mission we cross
a beautiful plain of grass, half mile
wide and mile and half long, spotted
here and there with small basaltic
islands. On our right flows the Column
bla; on our left are hills 200 and 300
feet In height, ,fringed at their base with
Il narrow, heightened strip OF oak and
pine. Leaving this plain, we begin to
ascend among hills, dlverging south
westward from the river in our course.
The country for 20 miles is broken,
sparsel y wooded with yellow pine and
stlnted oak Some OF the former are large,
and may well be called the monarchs OF
the hills. A long kind OF moss grows on
themf (which the natives use as. AN arti-
Gle OF food. The grass is as dry as if Dav-
Id 5 lmprecatlon on the mountains OF
Gllboa had fallen upon the thirsty hills.
Having passed this region, we reached
the valley OF the White creek. about
noon, where we halted to bait our
horses and take dinner; water from a
cooling rill relieving our thirst.
Having mounted fresh horses, we pur.
sued our way along the elevated base OF
high hills on the LETT, and in about two
hours came to the creek which, for MANY
miles, lay far beneath on the right. 1t
was three rods wide and about three feet
deep, of milky whiteness, filled with
large, smooth stones. However, we
crossed it without disaster. Here we
entered the forest, at the base OF that
part OF the Presidents range of noun
talns lying south OF the Columbia. on
whose submits stand four ancient vol.
canoes covered with perpetual snow. On
we went, IN narrow, crooked path,
among windfalls and underbrush, dodp-
ing right and left to avoid contact with
limbs stretched across our way. At
dusk we came to spot where the hazel
and brake bore rule, permitting only a
little grass togrow up IN their shade Here
we dlsmounted, hobbled our horses and
encamped for the night. A fire was
struck, some dried salmon and lamprey
eels roasted and we sat down and make
asood, hearty Indian supper. After a
hymn and prayer,we wrapped ourselves
IN our blankets, lay down under the
bushes to avoid the dampness of the
highland rested sweetly till the dawn
OF another morning. A long days
march was before us, and we made an
early start My one-eyed man led the
way followed by the horses in two bands,
three or four to man, one bringing up
the rear. Going west few miles we
came to branch OF White creek, which
empties into it below the ford described
up this, on the south side we
Travelled several miles, and came
to rugged mountain barrier
where the water was confined in deep
ravine amid high, precipitous banks
Here the trail crossed to the other side
Our route now lay several miles over a
high hill, and then fell again upon the
stream We had le =, and descended along
It's tortuuus course, one side and the