The Sunday Oregonian., December 13, 1903, PART FOUR, Page 37, Image 37

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EN yETVRS OF CREGON
SOME OF THE INDIAN CHARACTERISTICS AND
CUSTOMS ARE SET FORTH
THT SnypAY ORrcooftJAN, PORTLAND, DECEMBER IS, 1003.
i
1 T4r is from "Ten Tears of
,. rel DanJel Lee and J. H.
'T04st missionaries to Oregon,
Publks34.
I m m m J
apter XVI.
Mr. DLjIe naa charge of Oregon
Mission ke abscnce of Mr. J. Lee
His houLd3ioriOU8 revival of re
ligion atLiamet station One of tho
converts iHappy deaths Death of
Mr. Cyru and extract from a let
ter WltlmMr, and Mrs. Perkins
return tohjs station Farming oper
ations Si by aencrai Jackson De
scription L, character and custbms.
LEAVL Dalls for a time, the
wrM now proceed to notice
somi occurrences at the "Wal
amet statlthe absence of Mr. Jason
Lee. Mr. lLeslle was in charge of
the affalri Oregon Mission. In the
month of Lr he was called to sus
tain a hei, in the burning of his
house. Vjtie was saved not a
change of i f0r his wife and three
daughters. .Leslie's health was also
very feebl loss which was caused
by this disias made up to Mr. Les
lie by the $f Missions, under whoso
patronage & sent forth. Since the
departure qason Lee to the States,
Mr. Leslie 1-ainlstered the ordinance
of baptism k adults pnd nine chil
dren. In thion school at the Wal
amct occuri. deat, that of a little
girl, 10 yeahge, b Cqlapooya. She
had been in Usiof family two years,
and gave lene of a change of
heart. The fhss now also to record
to the praiscldthc account of a glo
rious revival! AValamet station, the
first in Oregyis work of God com
menced at alcted meeting held in
connection watchnlght, and began
on Saturday W, December 29. Mr.
Shepard, writ me, Janunary 4th,
says, "Our prjd meellng began last
Saturday eveilth a prayer meeting
(I give the si of his letter); there
was nothing M Sabbath morning
a lovefeast wd The children, neigh
bors and Indfcsent partook of tho
bread and I then Mr. Leslie
preached, an word took effect in
some bearts-PS O'Neal, an Ameri
can, who wejhe country with Cap
tain Wyeth, ijfelt the arrows of con
viction plenp Inmost soul. Two
children weipzed Mr. Beers' son,
Joseph, and Ipard's daughter, Anna
31aria Lee. jommunlon was a very
precious seaKt prayer meeting the
awakening EP God was present; and
Charles RojO'eal and Deportes
M'Kay rosepy61"3-
Monday, 3eting continued through
the day, folfby a 'watchnighL Those
convicted aoPressed desires and res
olutions to 7ra the wrath to come!"
Meeting elf half-past 12 o'clock.
New Year'plnSt J- O'Neal, being
alone In pri" the hanks of the river,
his burden ?Ifc was removed, and he
found peae" God. At the close of
the watchr mission children ap
peared unv" careless. On Tuesday I
began to tatan trembled. Some of
the largef particularly Ozro and
Samson, Wicominonly rude; and only
Charles' artone were willing to at
tend prayfthe evening. Thfe meeting
commence continued with power.
Campbell Edmunds were deeply
wrought yand cried aloud, almost in
an agQnysPalr- The scene was aw
ful. Pc?c fl3 1 ne was Just falling
into hp with the greatest earnest
ness brft iiie prayers of all present.
Prayer UP an( shouts of praise fol
lowed, e soul &1 prisoner was
soon rJd About 9 o'clock several of
the bold Elrls came rushing into tho
room, upon their knees, and began
crylngjd for mercy. There was unit
ed, au agonizing prayer, that could
be' heA8 Abbott says, "a great way
off." jdmunds found peace. He and
CampM'ere Americans. So did Sam
son "Vf- Here are the names of sev
eral belonged to the school. This
boy the Sasty Indians, who inhabit
south he Walamet Valley; and Elijah
Hedd son of the first chief of the
"Wall! dlahs. Also Antolne Bingham,
of th lapooya nation; and Ozro Mor
rill, ills sister, Harriet Newell, Che
nooks other and sister to "William
Brool irho was taken to the United
States Mi. Jason Lee, where he also
embn religion, and some time after
died 1: $ City of Now Tork. Mary Sar
geant found pardon. These contin
ued hr In the divine favour." Such
was ttyate of the work, that meetings
contintto be held for some thne, and
the intce extended to many hearts.
Severmore of the mission children
were jfled, and some more of the
whitesJne of these was Mr. Smith",
roentiol In chapter 12. Ho was then
living fhe west side of the Walamet,
near Cbllm. He had long felt his need
of justtig grace, and had just beard
of the 'k at the mission. At this time
Mr. PJns, who had witnessed the
blessed irk at that place, called on him,
being his way to Port Vancouver.
Plndlngm "not far from the kingdom,"
ha urgthlm to an instant surrender of
his wheheart to God, nothing doubting;
I and wb they engaged in prayer, the
' blesslngj God filled his beflevlng heart."
The jo: of Mr. and Mrs. Leslie was
crownem the conversion of their ihree
little danters. Several others were also
sharers i this merciful visitation. Of
the frul 27 were received into society;
but sev6l more It was believed had also
tnsted dthe good word of life, and felt
the save crace of God. His name be
praised S Henceforth It shall be said,
""What ith God Wrought!" since he thus
vlslttfd la p6ople, and the gentiles in
these 4s of tne earth, with his salva
tion." '
The ippy -state introduced At the mis
sion bthis merciful visitation continued
for mly months; but, after a time, sev
eral tfned away, and there came a sea
son ojfa"ial, and the love of many waxed
cold. But the llame of love that had
beenfindled continued to burn In some
heart! and was revived in others, and
somewho nad wandered away had again
retuijed at different times, and been re
claintd from their back-slldlngs. One of
the injects of this revival was a youth
namfl George Stotenburgh. He was from
NewXork State, and taken to Oregon by
Dr. Thlte, in whose family he lived most
ly tij his death, which took place on the
16th K August, 1SC9. He was crossing the
rlveij on horseback at a ford about a
mllejbelow the mission, when the current
swearing his horse into the deep water be
low he ford, he was drowned. His body
wasjswept down several miles, where, af
ter Several weeks, it was found by some
Indians, and, being brought up to the mls
slonj was burled. The sabbath before ho
was ht the sabbath school, and seemed to
take an unusually deep Interest in the
exerdses, as the writer learned from Mr.
Shepard. We trust there was good reason
for hepe in his death. He was a lad in
understanding in advance of his years,
and had he lived would likely have been
above tho middle grade of men in good
or in evil. But the Lord hath done as
it pleased him, and he is too wise to err,
and too good to do eviL
Another death was that of Thomas Pe
kah, about 10 years old. He died August
22. His father was a native of the Sand
wich Islands, and his mother was of the
Chenook tribe of Indians. He had been in
the mission about two years, and most of
tho time was a subject of painful scrofu
lous disease. He shared In the revival,
was remarkably' patient in his sickness,
and died ip peace. One or two clrcum
. stances "of his short and dying life I will
mention. Being at tho Walamet on the
sabbath, some months before he died, the
writer took him out to walk a little way
along the bank of the river, when. In a
point of woodland near us wo overheard a
larger boy engaged in earnest prayer. We
knew his vofce, and, sitting "down, waited
in silence till we should know the result
of his Importunate wrestling at a throne
of grace. He was acknowledging his back
slldlngs, and crying unto God for pardon.
He begged and agonized and, need I say,
prevailed. His sorrow was changed to
Joy; and, in rising up, he Instantly be
gan singing a hymn o praise to God. The
heart of my littlo listener caught the
"flying Joy," when, smiling, he cried out,
"There! Antolne Is htfppyj" Tes, he knew
that his cry had been heard, and the
event filled his own heart with joy and
gladness. In the latter part of hi? "suf
fering timo" his reason was partially lost;
but his mind would dwell on religion,
and he would go often to Mr. Shepard and
desire to kneel at his 'knees and pray.
About two of the larger boys he would
say, "They are cast down, and arc not
happy"; and then talk a great deal about
praying for them. But of himself he
would generally say he was -very happy.
Tank God! he has gone where "sick
ness, sorrow, pain and death are felt and
feared no more."
One more happy death that took place
this year was that of Rora, an old do
mestic servant, a native of Otahelte. He
had lived with us from the commence
ment of our mission. He was converted
at the beginning of the year and exhib
ited the fruits of this change to the end
of his life. His disease, which was a con
sumption, confined him to his bed for sev
eral months. He was very patient, re
signed, and happy his sky always clear.
In his last wishes, expressed In a letter
from Mr. Shepard, he says to me: "I am
very sick and weak; I cough a great deal;
but It 1b good for me to bo sick, because
it Is God's will I do not expect to HVe
long; but I am happy here, and when I
die I expect to. go and see God and Jesus
Christ, and shall be sick no more". You
must pray much, and when you -die, you
will come and. meet me in heaven," and
"Good-bye!" Mr. Jason Lee was now ab
sent in the United States, and to see him
return again was all he said, that ho
desired to live for; but many months be
fore his return the happy spirit of his
ardent old friend had entered Into rest.
Josse Lea was a youth of the Clickltat
tribe of Indians, whose country lies to the
north of the Dalls. He had been with
us from two to three years, and was
among the subjects of the revival. He -endured
with much patience the protracted
sickness which terminated his life. May
we not exclaim, In view of these things,
"Verily, God hath chose the poor of this
world, rich in faith, and heirs of the
kingdom." God hldeth from the "wise
and prudent," but is made manifest "un
to babes." But the time has come wnen
we must part with a beloved brother and
distinguished fellow-laborer, Mr. Cyrus
Shepard. He had "fought the good fight,
finished his course, kept the faith." Since
his first engagement in the mission he had
employed himself In labors bej-ond his
strength, and that, too, under a load of
bodily infirmities which knew no perma
nent relief, but Increased more and moro
till thej' ended in death. Our brother
loved society, but he was happier in do
ing good. In labors he was fervent,
endeavoring to do good in every way in
his power to all around him, both to their
souls and bodies. Often did he visit the
Indian lodge with food for the hungry
and medicine for the sick. For the chil
dren. in tho mission under his care he felt
a deep and abiding Interest. To teach, to
clothe, to feed and to save them, soul
and body, was his utmost desire; and this,
with tho blessed hope of his own salva
tion, made him constantly "trample on
pleasure and pain." By many of the early
inhabitants he will long be heia In erate-
ful remembrance; but those only who knew"
mm rrom tne first can place a just esti
mate upon Jils character. His disease was
the scrofula, and In the Spring of 1S38 it
attacked his right knee. By recourse to
medical treatment, however, the danger
was averted, and for IS months some
hopes were Indulged that he would re
cover. But on the commencement of the
rainy season In the Fall of 1839 the dis
ease forced him. to take his bed, where,
after suffering greatly for about 20 days,
it became necessary, as -the only hope
of saving him life, to resort to the pain
ful process of amputation. This was
done December 11, by Dr. White, assisted
by Dr. Bailey and Mr. Wilson. He en
dured all with remarkable patience and
resignation. ,
"Through all his sufferings," said his
sympathizing and excellent wife, in a let
ter of the 23d of December, "I have not
heard a murmur to escape his lips, but In
his most trying hours he could rejoice
and sing praises to God." An opportunity
to forward the letter of which this Is an
extract not occurring till the 27th, he
wrote me a few lines la the margin, the
last his hand ever penned, which breathe
the same spirit with that quoted above.
Including all at the Dalls station, he says,
December 27th: "Dear Brethren and Sis
tersFeeling a desire to say a few words
to you this morning, Susan .has kindly
unsealed her letter to favour my purpose.
I am very feeble la body, and obliged to
lie on my back from morning till night;
excepting of late I have been permitted
to turn on my side, or to lie raised on my
bed for a short season, to relieve the
pain caused by lying in one position so
lbng. But the doctor begins to think that
even this, on the whole, is injurious, and
discourages it. I have lain from mid
night till i0 o'clock A. M.. in the same
position, and bear It very well. Dr. White
has been very attentive Indeed since my
sickness, and has done all fully to satis
faction. All the brethren and sisters
seem to take delight in exerting them
selves to manifest their sympathy and
kindness in every manner possible. I think
no person under heaven ever was more
kindly and faithfully attended to than
I have ben during my sickness. Ex
pressions of deep sympathy are pouring
in from every quarter. French, English.
Americans, nor must I exclude the poor
Indians, have given unequivocal proof of
their sympathizing love. I cannot say I
think I shall get up from this bed where
on I have gone down. God has dealt with
me in a manner which it Is ImpoBsIblo
to describe to you. Such support, such
a removal of every care, the mind con
stantly far from every anxious thought,
I could never have conceived to be pbs
sible. Under the most excruciating pain,
when at every breath It seemed impos
sible to refrain from screeching as loud as
my strength would bear, these cries were
mingled with shouts of praise! I would
say to you, such has been tho abundance
of peace given, that not a rising of im
patience or fretfulness, nor a murmur or
a complaint has ever been felt by me
during my sickness. Farewell! The God
of all peace, grace, and consolation be
with you continually." Signed, "A part of
Cyrus." Tha stump of the amputated
limb healed gradually, and strong hopes
were entertained that he would recover; J
but they proved delusive, for an abscess
formed In his hip which baffled medicine,
and so rapidly wasted the powers of life
that oh the ushering in the new year,
1340. his happy spirit, "dlsburthened of its
load," mounted upward to the abode of
bliss." Many who called to Eee him ho
warned and exhorted to repentance.
-Happy they if they lay these warnings
to heart His voice is now bushed in
tho grave. Though dead ho yet speaks
to all who knew his holy life ana godly
conversation.
Mr. Shepard was born in Phlllpstown,
Mass., August 1G, 17S9. He obtained the
blessing of justifying grade in Marlboro,
Mass., January 1, 1825; joined the Oregon
Mission at its commencement in 1S34; was
married to Miss Susan Downing, of Lynn,
Mass.. in Oregon. July 10, 1837, and died
January 1, 1S40. He left a widow and two
little daughters: but he left them a leg
acy, the divine favor, God, the widow's
husband and the orphan's father.
Thus did the Lord roaave his
from tho ranks of "his fellow-laborers; bat
their loss was only temporary, his gain
eternal. Thus docs the Lord bury bis
workmen, "and take them home to rest."
while he itm provides for and carries on
his work. January 2 the funeral rites
were performed, a sermon being preached
by Mr. Leslie. Most of the Americans
in the settlement attended to pay the
last tribute of respect in death to him
who in life was to many of them a friend
and brother. One wish filled every heart,
"Let me die the death, of the righteous,
and let my lrist end be like his." He
rests now from his labors. Tes, we may
add:
His languishing head Is at rest.
Its thinking and achins are o'er.
His quiet, immovable breast
Is heaved by" affliction no more.
In the sickness and death of .Mr. Sheph
erd the Mission School was deprived of
his valuable services as a te'acher, but a
watchful Providence supplied another
guardian in the person of Mr. William
Gelger, a. Presbyterian, who passed the
Winter there, on his way to California.
The school prospered while under his majw
agement, till the return of Mr. Jason
Lee, May, 1S40.
-Leaving other accounts of the Walamet
for the present, we will now return to
the Dalls, and after noticing Mr. Per
kins in his return to that station, lay be
fore the reader the doings there and some
account of the Indians, their history, lo
cation, character, superstition, medical
practice and means of subsistence.
Early in Dfecembe of the then present
.year. 1SCS, Mr. Perkins left the Walamet
'station to return with his -family to the
Dalls, Mrs. Perkins having the care of
her babe, only a few weeks old. They de
scended the Walamet, and reached Fort
Vancouver, in safety. Hence they, pro
ceeded up the Columbia about 20 miles.
Here a strong head wind met them, and
obliged them to encamp. The cold was so
great as to freeze the river and Interrupt
havfgatlon; the wind also blew a per
fect nalc for many days: at length, after
i much exposure, which threatened serious
consequences to Mrs. Perkins, who was n
delicate health, they turned back to Van
couver, wliere they found welcome and
comfort in the kind hospitalities of Mr.
James Douglas, the chief factor, and the
other gentlemen and ladles of the estab
lishment. Mrs. Perkins being thus pro
vided for, soon regained her vigor, so as
to permit Mr. PcrklnB to attend the pro
tracted meeting described In the proeeding
pages at the Walamet. After his return
he was detained at Vancouver, the sea
son and the ice In the river not admitting
the trip to be made to the Dalls till Feb
ruary. While here he spent his time in
preaching and in other efforts for the spir
itual good of the gentlemen of the com
pany and their hired servants. Mean
time It will be recollected that the writer
was at the Dalls station. Ddcember 23 he
had the pleasure of the company of Mr.
Pamben, pie gentleman In charge of Fort
Wallah-wallah. He had been to Van
couver, and was ascending the river with
several boats freighted with merchandise,
when the head 'wind described above com
pelled them to land. Here they waited
12 days, and their the goods and boats
returned to Vancouver, one excepted; this
was taken up "by the wind and borne a
considerable distance, and broken to
pieces In "its fall. He then pursued his
way ty land, with a few men, along 'the
snowy, Icy shores of the rock-bound river
about 60 miles In five days, to this station.
The news of the good work at the Wala
met cheered the lone Winter about this
time. And tne drrival of Mr. Paniien and
family, to which a first-born, a son, had
been added In their absence, was another
source of renewed enjoyment, welcome as
a stream In the desert to thirsty trav
elers. They returned February 13.
We now took hold of bur farming busi
ness, making fences, plowing, sowing
and planting about 20 acres. One field
of several acres we held In shares with
some of the Indians, who helped to fence
and plow It The ground being new, the
returns were small: and even these wero
partly stolen. These discouragements,
with the abundance of salmon and roots
and berries, easily obtained, prevented
them from ever again, while the writer
dwelt among them, degrading themselves
by an attempt to till the soil! Besides
some grain, some garden vegetables and
a fine crop of potatoes were produced
this year; the ground was irrigated from
the Spring. The Indians, some of them,
showed a disposition to avail themselves
of the fruits of our industry, by harvest
ing some of the potatoes without our con
sent Of this propensity we.had frequent
proofs in one form or another. So that
we were often reminded of a statement
the writer heard General Andrew Jackson
make, when Indian honesty was men
tioned as existing in a particular tribe,
"You need not tell me." said he; "In
dians will steall" Besides attending to
the farm another house was also begun,
and was so far finished as to admit the
holding of meetings in it in the Winter,
which was some Improvement on the
preceding year; when we had to meet
-without and worship in the, wind, while
the natives sat down in the show. ,
Before the revival among the Iridians
at the Dalls, and in Hs vicinity, v.hlch
took place in the Fall and Winter of 1B39
and 1840, and which, in order of time,
has Its place here. Is treated of. let mo
Introduce the reader to a more particular
acquaintance with the Indians n these
parts, and with; their character. Tenjniles
above the station at the shoots are twtf
villages, Tekin and Wiam. These are
Wallah-wallahs. At the Long Narrows
on the north side is Wishbam. hero we
first met with the Chenoolts. Next three
miles below 1b Ka-clas-ko. near which the
mission houses stand (Improperly called
Was-ccr-pam.) Ten miles you come to"
Clat-a-cut on the -north side. Fifteen mllea
further down is KlS-ml&k-aac and Kow-il-a-mow-an.
Three miles more, Ne-nooth-tect,
then Scal-talpe and Wah-he at the
head of the Cascades. Besides, on the
north side of the river, a short distance
Inland, were the Chlck-atat Indians, and
to the south 26 miles the village of Til-han-ne,
inhabited by the Wallah-waliabs.
The villages named along the river from
the Dalls down to the Cascades, ara the
Winter residence of many Who pass their
Summer at one or the other of these fish
eries. All these number less than 2000
of all ages. From the Dalls Indians tfce
Kinse used formerly to take an annual
tribute of salmon, alleging that the fish
ery belonged to them. Whether or not
their claims were well founded, their su
perior power in war kept their tributaries
in abject submission. These exactions
were formerly more rigorous than now;
at present they are contealed under the
show of traffic They buy at their own
price, compelling them to Bell even their
own stock of provisions, so as to have
little left to subsist on themselves. An
other cause, nearly as oppressive, which
occurs almost every year, and makes a
draft on their salmon stores. Is .the ag
gression of some of their poorer neigh
bors of the nearer Inland tribes. These
come to the fisheries after the end of the
salmon season, while the fishermen are
gone into the mountains to gather their
yearly stock of berries and rob their
salmon caches. These are cellars which
they dig In the sand where they de
posit with much care and secrecy the
fruits of their Summer's toil and their
Winter's hope. Thus pillaged, every re
turning Spring finds many of them in
abject want Formerly they had wars
with the Clam-aths and the Zwan-hi-ooks,
who inhabit the country far to the south
and southeast Some of the former tribe
they hold in slavery.
Many years ago the rich hunting ground
of the Walamet Valley attracted the
Klnse thither in chase of the deer. On
their return they were waylaid In the
wilderness, when within about 25 miles
of tre Dalls. by a party of the Chenook
race residing between this and the Cas
cades, and nearly, if riot entirely, cut
off. This bloody -conduct soon brought a
war party of the Klnse upon the aggres
sors, when a battle ensued, una the
avengers of their brothers' blood were con
querors. A disposition to take every ad
vantage of white men in their power,
by force or fraud, has been more mani
fest in the Indians here than in any other
part of the territory, from the first in
troduction 6f the traders among them.
Such was th6ir determination to" plunder,
that for many years the Hudson's Bay
Company was compelled to pass them
with a large force, and restrain them by
the dread of their arms. So late as the
year 1825. as Mr. M'Leod, a gentleman
of the company, and Mr Douglas, the
naturalist were passing there, they man
ifested hostile Intentions. Mr. M'Leot..
being apprized of his danger; ordered his
men to put their boats into the water,
on which the Indians Interfered, and as
Mr. M'Leod was pushing one of them
away from the boat another drew a bow
to shoot him. Mr. Douglas seeing this,
uncovered his piece, and aimed it at the
Indian. At this moment a Klnse chief
and three of his young men arrived, and
set the matter at rest When one of these
Indians la detected in stealing, or with
stolen property, and It Ib restored, or
taken from him, It is often the case
among themselves that the thief receives
some article of les3 value, for which ho
has the boldness to stipulate with tho
owner of the stolen property. For in
stance: One wants a shirt, he goes and
steals a horse: and when he Is found tells
the owner, "Give me a shirt, and- you
shall have the horse;" and he, preferring
to do this to having any "further trouble,
gives the thief a shirt, and feels gratified
with this good fortune. One of these
gentry who dread to-get an honest, living.
having stolen a horse from ffie" mission
here in 1838. which, he sold; and which was
afterward recovered, "when in the courts
of justice he bad to gtve up the musket
for which he had sold the horse, was
much afflicted that the whole affair was
not likely to benefit him at all. But being
determined not to steal for nothing, he
demanded a shirt of the writer, "to make
His heart good." The idea of paying a
man for stealing! Never! Not succeed
ing, the next day he renewed his demand,
bringing with him some of his relations,
having .knives and a war stone to intimi
date me to a compliance but he met with
no success; and the determined reply
he received, though it did not reform
his "heart, yet it Improved his conduct
toward the mission ever after. The war
stone mentioned above is a smooth stone
nearly round, and about two Inches In
diameter, strongly enclosed in a piece of
elk skin, which covers a handle about
15 Inches long, having the stone at one
end. A blow with this would fracture a
man's skulL
Let the reader now be Introduced to the
most Influential persons among this peo
ple. These are the medlclne men" or
conjurors, who can, it is believed, set the
evil spirit of disease at defiance, cast it
out where It has dared to enter, and make
it seize with an Unyielding, deadly grasp
the objects pf their displeasure. The peo
ple believe that they hold Intercourse with
spirits, that they can see the disease,
which is -some extraneous thing, as a
fmall shell, or a pipe, or a piece of to
bacco, or some other material substance,
which they (the doctors) describe It is
flrmiy believed that they can send a bad
"tam-an-a-was" into a person, and make
him die, unless It be cast out by some
other "medicine man." If a threat Is
made, or it Is intimated, by One of them,
that a certain person will not live long, no
sooner does he hear of it than he Is
alarmed, and feels himself a dead man.
For their services they are paid In ad
vance, and often their demands are high,
and their practice is lucrative. When
their patients die they restore the fees.
This is necessary for their own security,
for otherwise- they might be charged with
having caused his death, which would
render them the mark of revenge. If
one of the order Is his rival or enemy,
and he wishes this obstacle to his own
advancement removed, the affirmation
that he. caused the death of some person
will probably be followed with his death
by the relatives of the deceased. Sev
eral deaths from this cause took place at
the Dalls the first year after the station
was occupied, and this Is a common ocr
currence among many of the surroundl
ing tribes. Sometimes It happens that the
doctor takes all his patient has. not leav
ing a dying man his last, perhaps, his
only, garment or covering. A case of this
kind occurred at the Dalls. A young man
was in a consumption, and was in tho
writer's care. He was frightened away
to the doctor by some one who saw he
had a shirt and trousers, and shoes, and a
light blanket, which he had received in
part from me; and it was not long before
he had" stripped him of the whole, and
then left him to dl. or hastened his
death. The poor man had no friends,
and the doctor was safe.
As we shall have occasion to notice In
stances of these practices In the progress
of our work, the writer will only men
tion brieiiy the manner In which It is
sometimes performed, which will give the
reader ome idea of Its degrading na
ture. Several poles are tied together at
the ends, and from six to ten men are ar
ranged along them in a sitting posture,
each having a stick with which he beats
on the poles; and thus a loud Jarring
noise Is produced, which may he heard a
long distance. This is accompanied with
a kind of singing, in which the "medicine
man" leads, while he kneels near his pa
tient on the other side of the poles, mak
ing horrid contortions and grimaces, as if
some demoniac was raging within. The
chant is not long, and then, after a few
minutes, Is renewed again, and thus re
peated several times. The way being now
prepared, he approaches his patient, and,
after a painful and persevering effort,
with his mouth applied as a cupping-glass,
he transfers the "sko-kem," or "tam-an-a-was."
or disease, wholly or In part from
the patient to himself! In this stage of
the treatment two men approach him. and
taking hold of ropes, about his waist and
beneath his arms, free him from the pa
tient vhen he appears as one dead. Very
soon he begins to show signs of life a
limb moves, he mutters, turns, gets on his
hands and knees, rises slowly up, can
hardly stand, grows stronger, summons a
mighty effort! music, lifts, labors I makes
an unearth scream, and violently throw
ing out his arms at full length, ejects the
evil principle, and he Is now ready for a
rw onset.
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says : ' My hair -would not reach below
my waist when I commenced, using
Danderine, and it is now over five feet
in length." (Look at her beautiful
hair and judge for yourself whether or
not Ehe got the worth of her money.)
The above photograph of MUs Frances Marie
Knowlton shows what care, persistence and a good
hair invigorating tonic will do la the way of pro
ducing hair. This little girl hat had Danderine
applied to her hair and scalp regularly ever since
she was ihree months of age, with the result that
she now bos the longest and siost beautiful head
of hair ever possessed by a child of her age.
Frances Marie Is the daughter of Dr. E. W KnowU
ton, the discoverer of Danderine, 080 Garfkid bout.,
Chicago. The doctor says that her hair continues
to grow very rapidly and he is sure it will be long
enough to touch the floor when she standi erect by
the time she is four years old.
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haired lady ki the world, says: "I have used
your Danderine two years, and my hair has
grown ever an inch in length every month
since I commesced its use. It surely con
tains most remarkably invigorating quali
ties." (Miss Densmere writes us under re
cent date that Danderine had made her hair
grow three feet longer than it was 'naturally,
and is still growing.)
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The New
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Oregonian
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Date of Publication January. 1
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Eastern people have heard of Oregen.
Do hese people know that in its scenic beauty
Oregon vies with Switzerland in its attractions for
tourists?
Do these same people know that Portland, Ore-,
gon's metropolis, commands a view of distant moun
tain scenery that is unsurpassed in the world? Do
they also know that Portland is a deep-water ship
ping port of the first magnitude? (Portland, for in
stance, this season shipped the largest cargo of flour
ever cleared from any American port flour manu
factured at Portland's 'mills. This cargo was
shipped from the city's docks to the Orient direct.)
Do Eastern people know that a single county of
Oregon produces one per cent of aU the wheat grown
in the United States? Do they know that Oregon's
wealth in unfelled forests of the finest merchantable
timber alone will assure Oregon's prosperity for 30
years to come? Do they know that Oregon's fruits
took all the first prizes at the Pan-American Expo
sition at Buffalo? Do they know that Oregon's hops
are the best grown in America? Have these same
people heard of the wonderful coast dairying dis
tricts of t)regon where prime stock nibbles the green
grass blades during even the mid-Winter months?
Do Eastern people know that in the export
trade of its fish products Oregon stands among the
first of the states? Do they know that in its diversity
of products, stock, wool, metals (gold, silver, lead,
iron, etc.), fish, fruit, farm and dairy products and
timber, Oregon is the most favored state of tne
Union?
The New Year's Oregonian will tell all about
Oregon and everything about Portland. The circula
tion of this paper will reach every civilized part of
the world.
The
1905 Fair
The New Ye'ar's Oregonian for 1904 will contain
the first complete description of the National Expo
sition commemorative of the Lewis and Clark Jour
ney of Exploration and Discovery that will be held in
Portland in 1905. This Exposition received the in
dorsement of the President of the United States in
his recent message to Congress. Everybody will come
to Portland in 1905. 'Containing, as it will, a aeries of
articles from the men who have been most promi
nent in fostering the effort -to hold this Exposition,
and also articles on the Exposition itself from the
best writers on The Oregonian, the New Year's
number will command recognition from peo
ple everywhere who may be interested in this great
National event.
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