East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-09-21

woman with the Hunt expedition is
unnamed and unSung, while the priva-
tions she underwent were ten times
greater than those of Sacaiawe4. 'Thc
tparty spent New Years day with tn"
Indians, feasting on horse and cor
meat and celebrating tn" lay in the
best manner possible uuIer :he ciT-
lcumstanccs.
The following day the party strucl
out to cross the Blue nountains pass
ring near the present lucaton IF In
mountain, ,,.os ,.or,, ,I'rri. - ,,,d ,o.
dious the snow heinz ,yoist deen nd
the wnather vorv roId
l'matiIIa River IsracTrd.
The child Of Pierre Dor'on died on
the trip across the mountains. ON
January &. the camp of S"intogas on
the Eu-O tal-la or GmatilIa was
reached, which was near the present
site of Pcndlcton.
These Indians had brass Kettles,
axes, tea kettles and other Implements
showing that they had communication
with white traders
| Here horses and dogs we're bought
| for food. A blanket, n knife or II half
pound of blue beads bought horse.
| These Indians did not cat horse flesh
but feasted ON elk and deer meat, b.
| they asked such high price for it
that the white men were forced to
content themselves with Il bit Of horse
and dog meat.
| The tmatilla abound"d With oca-
! yer and the Indians w"r" induced 10
trap this animal, as It's SKIN could DO
easily sold to the white traders.
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lhc l'"riN pressed on ahl lca'ii"I
'''e y tu,.''." /" o,' '"n""iS So az
pU'hl ~, wen '"e i'.'"''i ~ tl!e tn'a-
Wv" an" 'ne ilou'h oi 'he "ait'h-
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tN"' .'tp i"'''"''o !'u''" tnere' 1t''J
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S"t' we parry hop'S 'Hat Mc'N"''"'N
ana Mc''ehi'ah ana party ma pdsSed
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"5t tribes
among 'he '''St 10 greet tne'" was
lteed, McLenhlll ana Mcl\eh"'' l'u"'
"honl 'oeH ma" p'''' S'p"'"'eu 't. 'no
'alurou lNhh' near Wnat ~ now i"'"
rams Ih'5e men hau Slort'u o"'
from thc CaIdfoh Linn 10 l'"u ro"'c
ana naa come toScther uC W""' |,ieS
oall'd 'h' beNil HCu''lc llolc anu -
near what we cal the seven DeN"S
country. Ihcy ioloWed the SNAKE Oh
down |" the CoIuhpla ana 'hc'''t
down I" ASTORIA Where theE arrived
Il month ahead OF Mr' liuht Inc aus
tame" travelled by the HUNT party was
about 3ooO miles, thouEh the actua'
distance from St. Louis TO Astorla Is
only $500 miles.
TIL" following day was given over l"
rejoicing over tn" safe arrival OF the
party. The colorS were ho'Strd' guns
were fired, and there VAS l iVn't OF
beaver fish and Nenison which was
welcome version from horse and cog
flesh which the party hHd supSlStcu
m for So long. The festivities ended