The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1917-08-17
PIONEER SECTION OF THE RECORDER
EARLY HISTORY COMPILED ~ JOHN e. RES

wisds OF Oregon, their goal and OBJ
ieet. Here they were but birds OF pas
sage. For decades thereafter the sol.
itndes were silent, save for the pow.
vows of the redmen and the poetic
rumors OF nature. Then came the
colony from Dessert. Nanderln
inland until they actually arrived ON
the grassy fringes Of the Lemhi.
They built their fort here. plotted
their acres of wheat. ehanneleu "a,
water 10 the millraee and the thirs-
y burrows. locked logs into cabins,
provided smithy. granary and a
mud-eemented Enclosure for their
stock. the walls % which stiil stand
all these sixty years and more. But
there il one stranger thing. Lewis
w. Shurtlin, your honorary CUES.
was one OF that original band OF set
tiers. He was present when Idaho
was wrapped In it's swaddling
clothes. and he's has lived 10 see i
Is christened and placed among the
sisterhood OF Columbia
Therefore. friends. II Il commen-
dable that you should seek to record
the events and preserve the birth
place OF Idaho. PosteFity will honor
YOU for this. Think how we turn now
TO the land OF Ayr. where stands the
birth-house of Burns. the Scott
bard who sang sympathy into the
hearts OF meni Think Of the cabin
where Lincoln nrEt saw light So
grateful II the country which he serV.
ed that II has been enAhrined IN q
marble palace and = fragrant park
which hreathes the esteem OF Amer.
lea. Think OF Mt, Vermont Think Of
Stratford on Avon ana the pictn
rescue cradle OF Shakespeare tt
tFinkets and relics which have been
preserved by loving folks like you
are there to enrich the world. n the
native hAunts OF men can be so hon
ored, how shall we honor the birth
ground OF n sovereign state like Idaho,
the theater In which millions OF men
will have their exits and entrances
As ! look back woadef how
the world this colony ever survived,
away cut here among the scAlperH.
This was the rendezvous OF the
Snakes. the Bannocka, the nlackfeet
and the NeE perces, TO say nothing
Of plotting renegadeA. Here the red.
man was rich. every one. To use
the mournful language Of a big chief.
There was plenty deer. plenty ante
iope. plenty ash. plenty grass. Now
white man rich, iniun poorl" II was
the happy gathering ground where
they could race and gamble. hunt and
ash to their hearts content Salmon
by the ton were caught and dried,
with that ease which suits the
per OF the aboriginee. And now this
primeyal abundance IL 20 be invaded
by the white man, whose avaTice
they Understood. They watch the
White man rear his stockadd and
plant his grain. without molnMtation.
The hour had come for the birth ~
idaho and the advent of the overload.
but they knew Il not. Il came 20 mod
estly The lowering clouds were not
seen. Old snaK, the friendly warrior,
smiled and smoked the pipe Of peace.
Had he frowned. the colony could
have been wiped out before a log.
pine had been hewn. A. II was. no
hostilities occurred until the settlers
were wen entrenched. Blood was
shed then. but by good fortune u was
limited 10 the least price which
might be paid by states like this,
MT Andrews, who has Just spoken
as the very voice of the soil Of Lem.
HI took occasion. as he should, 20 en-.
toll the merits Of the Indian. He men
toned Tendoi To this good chief.
your friend. you have just erected .
statue. and you have set II uD"r
bill. where. with arohed eyes. Tendoi
may look far over the happy hunting
grounds. which he gave over into
your hands with Ench loving reiue-
lance You should be thankful for
this deed II bareH your hearts. You
pioneers know the odds your red
brother suffered. The land was hia,
but u became yours. You took the
grass. the deer. the fish. finally the