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About Weekly Chemawa American. (Chemawa, Or.) 189?-198? | View Entire Issue (Dec. 23, 1910)
COeekly gfeemaa American VOL.13 DECEMBER 23, 1910 NO. 24 DeatK of WasKingt on Napoleon Bonaparte said: "Posterity will ,alk of Washington with reverence, as the founder of a great empire when my name shall be lost in the vortex of revolution." Like so many other of the prophecies ; of the great Napoleon, it is becoming ; more apparent every day of its truth, and on this date, December 14, 111 years ago, Washington died at Mount Vernon J at the age of 68, after an illness of only : 24 hours. The month of December, 1799, found Washington in the employment of excel lent health. His nephew, Major Lewis, writing of him as he appeared to himself and a friend at that time says: . "The cletr and healthy flush on his cheek and his aprighily manner brought the remark fiom both of us, that we ha-d never seen the general look so wll." On Thursday. December 12, the general rode out to his farms about 10 o'clock, and did not return home until half pas. o. !-oon after he went out the weather became very bad, rain, hail, snow fall ing alternately, with a cold wind. In the evening he showed evidence of hav ing taken a cold and complained of a sore throat. He went out the following day, however, to mark some trees. Upon his retiring it was noticed that he had grown quite hoarse. Between 2 and 3 o'clock on Saturday morning of the fatal day, he awoke Mrs. Washington and told her that he was very unwell, and had had a chill. She observed that he could scarce ly speak, and, breathed with difficulty. He refused to have the hou?ehold aroused until morning, when Dr. Craik was sent for, who was very much alarmed at the general's condition, and advised a con sultation with several other neighboring physicians. They administered to him, but the medicine seemed to take no effect. To the respectful and affectionate inquiries of an old family servant, as she smooth ed down his pillow, how hs felt, he an swered, "I am very ill." To Mrs. Wash ington he said: "Go to my desk, and in a private drawer you will find two papers bring them to me"' They were brought. Upon looking at them he ob served: These are my wills preserve this one and burn the other;" which was accordingly done. He grew gradually worse. About 5 (Continued on page 8.)