The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1922-04-20
Continued from last week.

river from the present site OF Hunt
ington to where Durkee now stands
and ON across the hills to the Pow
der river valley at the present site
OF Baker which was reached by the
party on December rs. The party
continued on across the valley, pass
ing the present site OF Haines and
North Powder Mount Hunt, one
OF the highest peaks IN the Baisley-
Elkhorn range was named after Mr..
Hunt.
II was in the vicinity OF North
Powder that the wife of Pierre Dor
ion gave birth to her baby. The
main party kept on while Dorion
remained with his wife and children
in their crude camp and attended
her in her sickness.
on December 80. the party ar
rived in the Grande Ronde valley
and found six lodges OF Shoshones
camped in the vicinity OF the pres
ent town OF Union. on December
31st, Dorion and his family caught
up with the main party. II is fit
ting at this time to pay tribute to
the Indian wife OF Dorion, who had
shared the hardships OF the dreary
march with as great fortitude as the
men, though she was far advanced
in her pregnancy. She exhibited a
force OF character in many OF the
trying situations faced by the party,
worthy OF one in a much higher
walk OF life.
The praises OF sacajawea, the In
dian woman. who accompanied
Lewis and Clark on their journey
across the. continent are heralded In
song and story while the patient
little Indian woman with the Hunt
expedition is unnamed and unsung,
while the prlvations she underwent
were ten times greater than those
OF sacaJawea. The party spent New
Years day with the Indians feasting
on horse and dog meat and celebrat-
ing the day In the best manner pos
sibie under the circumstances.
The following day the party
struck out across the Blue Noun
tains passing near the present To-
cation OF LaGrande. The journey
across the mountains was very diff
ficult and tedious. the snow being
waist deep and the weather very
cold.
The child OF Pierre Dorion died on
the trip across the mountain. On
January 8, the camp or Sciatogas
on the Eu-o-tal-la OF Umatilla was
reached. which was near the present
site OF Pendleton.
These Indians had brass kettles.
axes. tea kettles and other imple-
ments showing that they had com
munications with white traders.
Their horses and dogs were bought
for food. A blanket, a knife or a
half pound OF blue beads bought a
horse. These Indians did not eat
horse flesh, but feasted on elk and
deer meat, but they asked such a
high price for II that the white men
were forced to content themselves
with a bit OF horse and dog meat.
The Umatilla abounded with bea-
yer and the Indians were induced to
trap this animal, as its skin could
be easily sold to the white traders.
The party pressed on and reached
the Columbia on January 2l, at a
point between the mouth OF the
Umatilla and the mouth OF the
Wallah-Wallah rivers.
Here fish and dogs we're secured
from the Indians found there. STRAY
bits OF information from the In
dians gave the party hopes that Nc
Kenzie and McLennan and party
had passed down the river some
time before. Proceeding down the
river. the party arrived at the In
dian village OF wishram ON January
31st. sas
Wishram was located near what
is now the town of spedis, Washing
ton. a few miles up the river from
The Dalles.
This village must have been near
what we now call Cello Falls as 1t
is spoken OF as the fishing mart OF
the Indians and where the salmon
were speared as they tried to leap
the rapids.
This tribe was called the Tlak-
Luit and are described as being very
sly and thieyish.
Continuing on down the river
Mr., Hunt and his party reached
what is now called Cascade Locks
where a thieving band OF Indians
were encountered and the utmost
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