East Oregronian Round-Up Souvenir Edition
Pendleton, Oregon, Thursday, September 20, 1917.
Twenty-Eight Pages
No Shirt, Late Chief, Believed
In Old Indian Superstitions
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The death of Chii'f No Shirt (Sla-tna-ke-na
I of the Walln Walla tribe
f Indian lust February revealed the
fart that tho undent superstitions of
tiorthweat trills have not entirely
been eradicated br tho enlishtenment
whirr, contact with the white man
h brotiRht. Chief No Shirt all his
Ife held resolutely to the traditions,
beliefs and customs of his forefath
ers and, thus, durinK his last illness
toe stead fast ly refused aid from a
awhile physician. He believed that his
Jmaiady was caused by an evil spell
cast over hint by She-low-e-tammy,
an old Indian doctor on tho lma
tilla reservation.
Itev. J. M. 'ornelison, who has been
a missionary amontr the Indians on the
I'amtilla reservation for the. past
otchteen years and who has studied
their customs and beliefs, is able to
throw considerable liKht upon the old
tribal superstition renaming diseasns
All Indian tribes of the northwest.
ie says, were believers; in animism,
that is they endowed all animals and
all inanimate things' such as plants
and rocks, with souls or spirits.
'which, however, were not Inseparable
iron the objects to which they be
longed. Thus their whole world was
Peopled with spirits. Whenever an
Indian boy was born he was (riven a
weyekln- that la the spirit of some
animal, bird, fish, insect or serpent
was selected to shape his destiny and
puard his life. The animal from
which he derived his weyekln was
acred to him forever. Through his
weyekin. the old Indian believed, it
was possible for him to work evl up
on some other person providing his
weyekin was stronger and more pow
erful than the weyekin of his enemy.
In the case of Chief No Shirt, he
believed that She-low-he-tammy
through his weyekin had cast an evil
the practice "malignant animal mag
netism" and compares It with Chris
tian Science. Deciples of the latter,
he says, believe in the power to effect
a cure through the projection of
good thoughts whereas the old Indians
believe in the power to produce illness
or disease through tho projection of
evil thoughts.
Sho-low-he-tammy, who is known
familiarly among the Indians as Doc
tor Sham-mook und among the whites
as big Jim. is one of the last of the
old Indian medicine men on the reser
vation. The death of Doctor Whirl
wind a few years ago removed the
best known of the Indian doctors.
While the Indians who hold to tribal
traditions believe in the powers of
these medicine men and clothe thctn
with considerable prestige, theirs is
not always a life of security and peace.
It used to happen very frequently
that the death of some member of the
tribe would be followed by the mur
der of a medicine man. Relatives of
the deceased, unable to combat the
weyekin of the medicine man. would
take personal vengeance.
The last of these murders on the
Umatilla reservation happened about
17 years ago when Anna Edna
squaw endowed with witchcraft, was
murdered by Columbia George and
Toy-Toy, they holding her responsi
ble for the death of Toy-Toy's child
The fact that they were convicted of
murder and sentenced to life im
prtsonment served to put an effective
check to this "blood for blood" prac
tice. Columbia George and Toy-Toy
were both pardoned, after serving a
dosen years but the former is now
serving another life-sentence for the
murder of Ti-mot, another squaw, a
few years ago.
The death of Chief No Shirt re
moves from the reservation one of
voted in favor of proposed plan, he
called another council at bis own
lodge and was again defeated after
several hours of bitter debate. It
was then that he planned to go to
Washington, n. C, to appear before
the Indian bureau. His last illness
prevented the trip and. even while he
was dying came the dispatch that
Senator Ijvne had included in the In
dian appropriation bill a provision for
the allottment of the tribal lands.
Nn Shift anivmlu Tl..i.,lt .iu ..Hiof
of the Walla Wallas in the late eigh-
ties. Homli was the son and succes- '
sor of IVu-peu-mox-mox. the chief
who was killed by the whites while
held a hostage during the battle
the Walla Walla river In 1S56. Th
successor of No Shirt will be chosen
a a tribal council which will be held
soon.
'THE ROUND-UP"
ralvaciuie
of HtuKo-euuch
Indian, cowboys
aRiiln. a fluwor-
from out the wood
THE COWBOY'S FINERY
P11 over him. HLi own weyekin was, the most influential Indians and the
Tiot stroTicr enough to overcome that : last of the. old-time chiefs. No Shirt
of the. old medicine man and he told was the leader of the element which
his people that unless She-low-he- adhered to things of the past. He re
tammy withdrew his weyekin. their sisted every innovation brought by the
chief must die. white man. foupht everything that
A "doctor" or medicine man, of savored of she-yo-po-wit' (white-
course, has superior ability in secur- man-nessl. Unlike the great Chief
ing the nssistanee of his weyekin in
doing ill. He works entirely by "ab
sent treatment." He invokes the aid
of his wnvekin by tom-toms and
other wierd moans and projects his
vil thoutrMp through his wevrkin in
to h victim. Rev (V.rnelisnn calls
Homli. whom he succeeded, he be
longed to no church and had as little
doalhifr with the white man as pos
sible. He never made a harder fight
than his ast one to prevent the al
lotment of the tribal lands. When the
Indians of the reservation on Jan. 2
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uable metals as the purchaser may de
mand. It sometimes happens that
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lar stock saddles, not made to order,
cost as high as $75. If the prospec
tive purchaser wishes "to go in for
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There are fifty pounds of leather In
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and befringed. There are more rings.
straps, holsters depending from it than
a layman could count, without trying
to learn their various uses. It has
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the cowboys spur at $40.
"Chaps" are the wide affairs that
go on like a pair of overalls. Some
times they are of leather with long
fringes, but if the rider is particiilary
fastidious as to his appearance he
will procure chaps of goatskin with
the hair unbarbered. '"haps cost
iiny where from $15 to $2 5.
A hat can be made a wonderful
thing when price is not a discourag
ing consideration. Of hand -stamped
U-flther with silver filigree and buckle
it can be made to weigh several
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round. It has been said that no cow
boy would deem himself well dressed
without at least five pounds of hat.
Greet the
days.
The surly looking
gay,
The gre.it west liv
ing child.
In witchery bound,
and wild.
Hurtle your lassoo's through the sun
kist air.
. ry with deliKht. forget life's idle
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Kindle anew that spark of smouder
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Kehoing a thousand wild desires
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fageant of an old and dying race.
impatiently you wait with eyes that
glare.
Speaking of lost courage and de
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nisperings of yesterday, your
glance.
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the sua.
Indian, your guerdons nearly won.
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Reaching the gay hearts of a cheering
throng.
Downing the wild horse and the mu
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Amid the sounds of valiant, lusty
cheers.
Coaxing your pet horse, fastest of
your string,
t'rging him onward, as on magic
wings.
On with the race, riders rough and
bold.
On with the race, onward to the goal.
Pendleton, end of the cowboy's trail.
Doubly blest your spirit never falls.
paradise of beauty is your land,
shrine of golden friendship is your
hnnd.
Then gather far and near the great
day comes,
ke beaming glories of a virgin sun.
Drink tn the west, from out its gold
en cup
That gives in loving memory "The
Round -Vp."
HEI,E- WAV CRAWFORD,
Pendleton, Oregon.
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