THE SUNDAY OREGON! AN, PORTLAND, NOVEMBER 14, 1920
Aged Indian Woman Tells
of Lewis and Clark Visit.
Honor of Beln Only Person VTh Can
Remember oyae of Kxplorers of
Oregon Claimed by Wlhhara Squaw.
fT"lHE DALLES. Or., Nov. 13. (Spe
I cial.) The honor of being the
only living person, Indian or
white, who can remember the voyage
of Lewis and Clark down the Colum
bia river In 1805 is claimed by Spedis
Sho-noo-wa, an ancient Indian squaw
living at Wisham village. Wash. She
claims to be 120 years old, which
would set her age at 5 years at that
time. ,
Spedis Shoo-noo-wa cannot talk
Boston man's talk." the rather at
tractive young Indian woman who
acted as interpreter explained. She
talus the Chinook "jargon," however,
wnich is considered almost a dead
language at the present time, none of
tne modernized Indians speaking it.
l he first Boston men" (Lewis and
ia.TK) came down the river in boats,
when the present village of Wisham
was a "bi-i-g city," she explained
uirougn tne woman acting as inter
preter. "I only little erirl then lust
can remember. Next time white men
come they bring white women with
them. They come In big wagons
wnite tops, and awful poor.
Sometimes no have nothing to eat.
They trade with Indian for something
bao-noo-wi evidently referred to
the firet whits settlers who arrived
sn tne neighborhood of The Dalles.
Apparently the Wisham Indians did
ot hold these white visitors in very
touch respect, as they were so "poor"
they had no cheap trinkets to trade,
uch as Lewis and Clark carried for
their dealings with the Indians.
Sho-noo-wa has lived in Wisham
village all of her life, she said, and
has seen the tribe gradually grow
smaller year by year until its present
two dozen members and the few
hacks of today are all that is left of
What was once a "big city."
"She Just like little baby again, she
Bo old,'' the interpreter explained.
Sho-noo-wa displayed remarkable
agility In spite of her reputed extreme
old age, however, when approached
with a camera. Asked if she would
allow her picture to be taken, ahe
violently shook her head and imme
diately let loose a stream of invective
in T-ninooK. ms picture was mad
Dy literally "poking" the camera at
nor and snapping the exposure. She
immediately arose, without aid, from
her sitting posture on the eronnii
and beat a vitriolic retreat inside her
snack, refusing to show herself fur
ther.
Although old and senile, called by
some oi tne Indians "crazy," she still
persists in doinsr work of soma kind-
While sitting in the sun, just before
me picture was taken, she was busily
engaged In spinning a crude fiber,
somewhat resembling hemp, which is
used by the Indians in the manufac
ture or fishnets. She accomplished
this by rolling the strands of fiber
upon her bare leg with both hands,
the strands thus rolled being used by
the younger Indians as material for
a heavy cord, which was manufac
tured wits the aid of a crude home
made, spinning-wheel.
The few remaining members of the
tribe are ruled by Chief Spedis, who
Doasis or Deing "educated" in that
ne can Doth read and write the Enf
llsh language. One result of this su
perior education is a suit which has
been filed by him against the United
states government, according to
Glenn H. Rank of "Vancouver, Wash.,
who was in The Dalles recently on
""u in connection with this suit.
The suit, according to Rank, Is based
on tne alleged burning of the village
and the stampede of horses during
the Indian troubles with the Takimas
iri xeoo. . epecus owns land both in
valrfmn .....a t "IT -1 l '
...MO nuu ol i triBuani.
A curious mixture of Tnriian v t-
Darism a,nd American modernism Is to
oe noted in and about Wisham. For
instance, although the porch of their
main dwelling Is lined with modern
coo King utensils, they still persist in
carrying water Irom a stagnant
pond, green with slime, for half a
mile to their homes for drinking
purposes. They wear a curious mix
ture of "store" clothes and articles of
neir own manufacture, such as buck
skin vests, horsehair hat bands and
oucKSKin gauntlets. One one point
mcy are a.n agreed, nowever, and that
is mat store- shoes are no good. All
wear moccasins, covered with bead
worn designs and made of buckskin.
ADOut a hundred yards from the
viuage stands a curiously shaped ar
rangement somewhat resembling the
.uiuueru army -pup- tent. The Indian
i.uc.ntic. explained tnat this is a
sweat-em house," in which Indians
racked with aches and pains could
"sweat" them away. She explained
that the method of procedure was to
heat several round stones in a fire
until they were hot, roll them into
the "sweat-em house," pour water
over them and then sweat in the re
sultant steam.
These Indian sweat houses date
back for centuries, being mentioned
by Lewis and Clark upon their return
from exploring the northwest.
The Wisham Indians live almost
solely by fishing for salmon. They
spear the fish as they run upstream,
and then , dry the halves in the sun
upon the rocks. Not a single part of
the salmon goes to waste, either, an
article much prized by the Inwians,
known as "salmon sugar," being made
of the skin and offal.
VISIT WILL BE NOTABLE
Business Men Throughout State In
terested In Lee Campagln.
The interest being s.iown by busi
ness men in all parts of Oregon indi
cates that the coming of Richard H.
Lee. director of the national vigilance
committee of the Associated Adver
tising Clubs of the World, to Port
land, on November 22, will not be of
local importance only.
Many reservations have been made
for the meeting Mr. Lee will address
In the evening, when he will explain
In detail the working of the national
vigilance committee and Its 26
associated Better Business bureaus
throughout the country.
Mr. Lee for the last two years has
oeen devoting his entire time to di
recting the worn of the national com
mittee, and in many cases not only
has been able to break up fake promotion-
schemes and obtain convic
tions of the promoters, but has saved
to the people of this country millions
of dollars for investments In legiti
mate channels.
. t . Life In Berlin Attracts.
LONDON. Nov. 13. The-youths of
Egypt are showing a preference for
German and Austrian education, re
ports Viscount Mllner, as high com
missioner for that British protectbr-
tn an unusually large
number of Egyptian young men are
iaviUB nome at present to study in
Europe, chiefly in Berlin and Vienna.
He attributes this in part to the diffi
culty of obtaining admission to the
overcrowded universities of Great
Britain, but also to political motives
and to reports of cheapness and
gaiety of life in Berlin.
Venezuela TToos European Capital.
THE HAGUE. Nov. 13. Venezuela
Is now making serious efforts to in
terest Eurnnean ranital in
sources. With this object in view, that
country nas sent Cesar Zumeta, in
spector of consulates, to Holland to
negotiate wun uux.cn capitalists,
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