Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1921-12-23
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men must have impressed them that
| the white man had very classy
war-dance.
June 9th 1906. Tun-na-che- moo
toolt (Brokenarm) Miss Kate Nc
Beth said is spelled wrong. 1t. by
her, is spelled Tip-ya-lah- jah-nin,
meaning Speaking Eagle or some
times Black Eagle. The Indians Tell
me he went by both names; his Of
fetal name being Speaking or Black
Eagle, while Brokenarm was his COM
mon name. Lewis and Clark al
ways speak of him as Tun-na-che-
moo-toolt. or Brokenarm. He was
the grandfather of chief Lawyer, or
Ish- hol- ol-hoats- boats. This day he
and his band take leave of the white
men. He promised to send them
guides TO take them across the noun
tains. He and his people then start
to the rendezvous. Chief Ho-has-ti TIL
pip, Red Bear bids adheu to the
whites and he and his people start
for the council grounds. In the al
ternoon Nees-ne- pah-kee- Cut
nose. shakes hands with his white
friends and is off for the same ,plac9.
Yoom- pah-kah-tim, Five Hearts, also
sometimes spoken Of as One Eye, re-
turned to the Snake river some tims
ago
June 10, 1906. The Twisted-hair
and his band, the very much trusted
friends of the whites, now take
their leave of the white men and
they too depart for he pow-wow.
The whites round up their cayuses
pack their effects and hit the KAN
iah end of the Old Lolo Trail for
tTeippe.: where they camp at the
same place they did the year before
at the south part of the me2 dow
They speak of it as bordering d
beautiful prairie which is intersecte. 1,
by several rivulets. ard as the qua
mash is now in bloom. presents i
perfect resemblance of lakes of clear
water"
Here they camp for five days, and
successfully engage in hunting. But
they are impatient to get started
home Notwithstanding the Nez
Perce's caution not to attempt to
cross the mountains NOR nearly a
moon, on the 18th of June they
start without waiting for guides.
June 18th, 1906. They reach the
snow line and find the snow so deep,
and The trail so obscure, ana the
mountains look so much alike they
resolve to go no farther al present
They cache what effects they do not
wish to pack back, and return to
Ell Dorado creek, thinking they can
subsist on. the game of that locality
In the meantime Drewyer, Shannon
and Whitehouse are despatched to
the Indian rendezvous TO ask Brok en-
arm 10 hurry the promised guides
Lewis speaks of numerous mosqui-
toes on the Ell Dorado, and the de-
cendants are still there. This i
one clue to Identifying the creek
They could not get enough game, and
the fish they did not like SO on June
21st hey return to Weippa, and in
few days the three white men
with three Indian guides Join them
June cath, 1906. They return to
the Ell Dorado on their way back
across the mountains On the 25th
they camp on Hungry creek, now
Fish creek. On the 26 they reached
the recent cache they left near Sher-
man peak. This they repack and go
on, passing their camp of Sept. 18th
Of the year before land camp that
night on Bald mountain. on the
southern slope of which there is fair
feed for thehorses. The trail is
still covered five or six feet dee }
witho Id snow. But this they find
no disadvantage in travelling as the
horses can walk over the top ana
go much faster than they did when
the ground was bare They speak
of the Indian guides as being able
TO travel the trackless waste without
moments hesitation, and never err
in keeping the trail
June nth. 1906. They passed In
dian Grave camp and Towards camp
OF the year before. and they stop
and smoke with their Indian guides
on the top OF Indian Postoffice
mountain, and camp that night or
Spring mountain. The southern ex-
posnre here is partial}ytbare, but the
reed Is cry DOOR They d, scribe n
broad flag like blade of grass which
the horses like. 1t is woodrush and
not grass, but sometimes spoken or
os snow grass. II is tender and pal