Twenty-Eight Pago
Eat Oregonian Round -Up Souvenir Edition
Pendleton, Oregon, Thursday, September 20, 1917.
Page Nineteen
STORY OF WHITMAN MASSACRE AS TOLD BY MRS. 0. IN. DENNY, SURVIVOR
The following thrllllnii story of tho
Wnman massacre wan given In the
year 1899 by Mm O. S. Denny, a sur
vivor of tho tragedy. She was quite
a small child at that time but the ter
rible scenes impressed themselves up
on her mind.
"For many days preceding the mas
sacra rumors of an outbreak prevail
d which were sulmtantlated by an
apparent Insolence on the part of the
Indiana. In Id 4 7 I was one of the
youngest children attending school In
Mr. Whitman's house, with a Mr.
Saunders for teacher who as well aa
our own family wns an Immigrant,
having arrived that .year from the
mates. On Nov. 2 preparations were
made for killing a beef, because of
which the men of the mission were all
expected to be present and assist. This
was an opportunity desired by the in
dians who expected to annihilate the
attaches of the mission. One man
who was expected to be present fall
ed to arrive on time. In consequence
of which the work was delayed until
late in the day. The result was that
when night came the Indians had not
finished the massacre and delayed
portion of It until the next morning.
Thus did It happen that there were
survivors. Ourlng the afternoon we
children were In the kitchen where
we found John Roger busy untangl
ing a large lot of twine. He loved
children and often played with us.
whereas we thought a great deal of
him. On this occasion, however, he
was so downcast and gloomy that we
could not attract his attention oi
make him smile. We tried every pos
sllile way to get him to smile upon us
but all to no purpose. Just after re.
cess we heard the reports of fire
arms and supposed that our friends
had commenced their work. The
continued firing however excited Mr.
Haunder's suspicion and he started out
to see what was the matter. As the
door opened I caught a glimpse of an
Indian making a dive at him. Mr.
Saunders closed the door quickly and
started for the Immigrant house
where his family was stopping. It
was necessary for him to climb
fence on the way nnd In doing so was
shot. As the door closed I turned to
the opposite window and saw Mr,
Kimball running toward the house
aed holding his left arm which was
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bleeding. Soon after the firing com
menced mother and Mrs. Hayse cume
running from the Immigrant house
and arrived barely In time to get In
as Mrs. Whitman was barring the
doors to keep Ui Indians out Mother
told me that on the way she saw
Chief Telouklte trying to hit Dr.
Whitman on the head. The latter
kept dodging from side to side and
missing the blow although he hud al
ready been shot and was bleeding.
The chief waa on horseback and the
doctor on foot near the house which
he reached before mother and Mrs.
Hayse. As mother entered she saw
him lying on the floor and Mrs. Whit
man aked her to help lift him. In
taking his head In her hands It felt
bloody and squeshy. Ho told them
however, to let him alone and look out
for themselves as he would die any
way. Mrs. Whitman was first shot In
the wrist after which she was still ac
tive In her efforts to look out for the
welfare of the others, during which
time Joe 1-twls, a half breed whom
she said was the ring leader of the
trouble, kept slipping and dodging
around the outside, trying to get a
shot at her through the pantry win-'
dow which he finally did, wounding
her In the breast. After being thus
shot twice Mrs. Whitman went up
stairs where Mr. Klmbal had gone.
At the first alarm the large boys
knew the threatened massacre had
commenced, so hurried the small chil
dren into a sort of loft In the school
room, then climbed up themselves,
telling us to keep perfectly quiet under
all circumstances. When the Indians
hod killed all the Americans outside
they called to those In the house to
come out as they were going to fire
the buildings. Tho Hrldger boys who
were part Indian and Frank Bager
vho waa also attending school were
with us in the loft. After the shooting
stopped Joe Iewis came In and called
to us to come down. The large boys
told us not to answer or make a noise.
Iewls then went out and the boys told
us that If ho came back we had better
get down but under no circumstances
were we to speak of their being In the
loft. After a short Interval Lewis re
turned and called for us to come down
which the children did. As we entered
the kitchen the first thing that greeted
our eyes was the dead boby of John
Bager lying across the door over
which we had to step to enter the din
ing room. In our fright we children
remained together and seemed not to
noticed. Nowhere was there anyone
visible except Indians, some of whom
tried to go upstairs but Mr. Rogers
threatened to shoot the first head that
appeared. They then called out that
they would fire the house and for
everybody to come out. saying they
would not get hurt and making many
promises of good treatment. After
what seemed a long time Mrs. Whit
man was Induced to come down, Mr.
Rogers helping her, my mother, Mrs.
Hall and Mrs. Hayse coming down at
the same time. Mrs. Whitman being
unable to walk was placed on a settee,
to the Immigrant house, so they picked
up the settee and started, mother, Mrs.
Hayse and Mr. Rogers following. Be
The Indians said they would take her
fore getting across the room and put
the settee down and engaged In anl-
mated convprwatfon which mother
could not understand but Mm. Whit
man and Mr. ItoRn could. They
then carried her into the middle of the
kitchen and again put the settee down
when another powwow was held. In
tho meantime a friendly Indian urged
mother and Mm. Hayse to go on ahead
faster. The Indians at last picked up
the settee again and moved it a few
feet outside the door, when the
friendly Indian again urgd, almost
pushing mother and Mrs. Hayse to go
on ahead which they finally did. At
this point I joined mother. It was now
getting twilight when the same
friendly Indian who urged mother
and Mrs. Hayse to go on ahead took
off his own blanket and held It be
fore the children who remained be
hind that they might not see the hor
rible tragedy being enacted. However
they informed me that about the time
we got to the immigration house the
Indians shot Mrs. Whitman in the face,
struck her several times on the head
with a heavy loaded whip handle,
then rolled her off the settee into the
mud. At the same time they shot Mr.
Rogers and Frank Kager who had
come down from the loft where we left
him. We did not see the part Indian
boys any more but they were unin
jured. Of course we were all terror
stricken In the immigrant house that
night and none of the adults were
able to sleep. lie fore leaving the In
dians told Joe Lewis a Frenchman to
leave during the night, aa they would
return in the morn ins; and kill all the
survivors. This Frenchman was In
love with Mrs. Hayae and wanted to
marry her, claiming that the Indians
would save her and probably all the
others of she were his wife. This she
refused to do but at the request of
the other women consented to have
him report to the Indians that they
were married and said if she could
reconcile herself to it she might mar-
ry him later. Very early in the morn
ing the Indiana returned, came lnta
the house, helped themselves to what
ever they wanted and very deliberately
began preparations for killing the aur-
vlvors. As Lewis hod not gone a wax
they demanded to know why whlos
gave htm an opportunity to plead for
us which he did with ull the eloquence,
of desperation, claiming that . Mr.
Hayse was his wife and that he wool
not leave her and that if she was kill
ed they would have to kill him alms.
He told them that we were all InofText
sive, never kiled the Indians and were,
not disposed to do so. That they had
killed Pr. and Mrs. Whitman and alt
those whom they considered enemies)
and should spare the women and chil
dren who were merely pawing through
their country. After a time Chief Te
louklto gr.inted his request but some,
of the Indinns became very angry anoj
wanted to finish the work of slaugh
ter at once. It la a mistake to believe,
that the entire tribe was engaged b
this massacre, as it was a conspiracy
among; a fe-v only, said to be 25 to 3ft.
while othc-1 stood around helpless anct
some of tm weeping. The Indian"
supposed ie food to be poisoned ano
permitted to retain all of It. Con
sidering th .Ir nature they treated u
with marked courtesy In many way
during our stay among them."
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