Twenty-Eight Page
Eait Oregonian Round-Up Souvenir Edition
Pendleton, Oregon, Thursday, September 20, 1917.
Page Five
WLLAM H. GRA Y LED NOTABLE
PIONEER LIFE, WITH WHITMAN MISSION
Commemoration of the re-enter
ment of the bodies of Mr. and Mrs.
William H. CJray from AHtorfo, ore
Kon, to the aide of their colaborers In
the missionary work among the In
diana of the northwest, Dr. and Mr.
Marcus Whitman, at Waiilatpu, No
vember first, was attended by a thou
sand or more, including a half score
of descendants of this distinguished
pioneer couple; faculty, students and
alumni of Whitman College; pioneers
of Walla Walla valley and Oregon;
Vmmerclal (iub memborn and prom
inent visitors from all over the
northwest
It was a pilgrimage to one of the
most interesting historic spots of
Washington, when befitting ceremo
nies were held by the many who paid
h tribute of Rrntltude for the great
work of this pioneer mlssiontiry cou
ple. An appropriate program was car
ried out, consisting of the Hinging of
"America" by the whole assemblage;
prayer by the Uev. Charles T. Tuke,
rector of St. PauVs Episcopal church;
address by Professor W. I Iymnn of
Whitman Colleg., subject. "The Place
of William H. Clray In Our History"
A hymn by the college students; the
reading of two poems, "The Pioneer '
nnd "In Memorial.'' by Captain Wil
liam P. Cray, pioneer steambost cap
tain of the Columbia river and e'dest
son of the couple.
An address on the subject. "Marv
IIx Ciray." given by the Uev John H
Tloyd of Portland was a high tribute
to the influence of the womnnhood
of this cultured woman. President
T. I. Penrose of Whitman. College,
read a telegram of euiotry of the two
pioneers, from FMwln Kelts of Tiuo
ma. pon of dishing Kells. founder of
Whitman College ami an aseoc ate of
both Marcus Whltnmn and Wl'llnm
II. (iray; a mmg bv the Whitman
students and the benediction by th"
Itev W. H Hlenkney closed the pro
gram. fnp of the touching tributes of the
nc(jflon was the nVcorit ion of thii
graves of the couple thus commemo
rated. On the train the coltece farultv
had distributed to each man a nprnv
of vine and to eirh Indv a white rnr
nation, and as the procession manh
ed pn-ct the graves, these were receiv
ed hv the presidents of the four g'rls'
societies of the college. who wer
withtn the raillnc. an I placed on the
graves.
Th e d ectn da n t ft of M r. a n d M r.
Oray present at th ceremonfes
Mrs Caroline flray Kamm of Port
land; nptan WVIlrim V. Orv of
Iascr; Jame T. Orny and wif of
Alaska: Mrs J. H. TV Cray of port-land-
Mrs, Charles T Knmm of Port
land; Jfenry t. Ciray, T,onbw tiray
and Mrs. George Hartman of Pendle
ton.
The address of Professor Lyman,
"The Place of William H. Gray in
Our History," given below, is of in
finite value to the Pacific Northwest,
as an addition to Its libraries of his
tory ;
"W. H. Cray came to Oregon with
the Whitmans and .SpaldlngH in 1K3
Two years later, In company with
dishing Ke'ls and Klkanah Walker
and their wives, and his own bride,
he crossed the continent again.
"For five momentous and strenu
ous years he continued his indispen
sable works as secular Hgent of the
missions. He then went to the Wll
lumette Valley to make his home.
"When the tragedy of Waiilatpu
ended the lives of Marcus and Nar-
cixsa Whitman, and their mutilated
bodies found a final rest at the spot
where now we stand, many long years
of achievement remained for W. H.
Gray and Mary Gray.
Ceremony on peak.
'I know of nothing better symbol
Izing the .unison of the pioneer mow
tnent and the missionary movement
than the incident of the Journey of
the Whitman party. Standing on one
of the highest passe of the Itockiea
on the Fourth of July, they celebrat
ed the day by song and speech and
prayer; and with the Stars and
Stripes over them, gazing down the
long vista of the Snake river va'lev,
they took possession In the name of
the American ITnlon and the Church
of .Icus Christ.
"The American pioneer and th
American missionary joined hand?
that day in the most significant union
of the country.
"William H. Gray, to my mind,
more perfectly than any one else, was
the embodiment of the dualty, Am
erican pioneer and American mission
ary. With his strong will, his firm
ness, .even his sternneHH and a man
had to have a good deal of iron in
hlrn to do what Gray did he was the
genuine American frontiersman. Just
as Mrs. Gray, with her culture, her
gracious ways, her beauty, her ele
gance even, which I so well remem
ber and which she preserved even in
the meager resource of social life In
o:d Oregon, was a perfect embodi
ment of the best pioneer womanhood.
Amused at fvrmtmy.
"It should be remembered that Mr
Grav was the secular agent of the
( Whitman mission. That gave rise to
a peculinrwwituation when he was at
Fort Vancouver, at the headiiuarters
of the Hudson's Pay Company; for
the magnates of the fort, hrought up
with the stiff etiquette of English so -
ciey. and supposing that Gray was of
an inferior social rank on account of
his Industrial duties, assigned him a
place at the table with the servants.
To the keen, shrewd Yankee w!th his
bluff Independence, the blunder was
merely amusing.
"On account of his secular work
with the mission, and his subsequent
connection with business enterprises
farmer, stock raiser, steamboat
man. politician, custom house inspector-
it has not been fulfy understood
that he had a devoted missionary
-spirit and was genuinely devout in
the temper and dipposit'on of bin
mind. In his life we find blended in
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perfect proportion those two domf
nant features of his time, the pio
neer character and the missionary
character.
Adventure with Indian.
"In order to convey my impression
of the place which It seems to me
Mr. Gray la entitled to hold in north
west history, I can perhaps best al
lude to certain events in his life
widely different and Illustrating in
their difference the varied nature of
hs enterprise as well as his own
character.
"The first of these events was in
connection with his return to the east
In 1837. The special aim of that Jour
ney was to report to the missioary
society and to secure added help. In
the port1 on of his journal published
in the Whitman College Quarterly of
June, 1913. we find his own account
of adventures upon that Journey,
which well illustrated his undaunted
and resourceful nature. He went with
a small party of Hudson's Bay people
and a number of I'end d'Orell'e Indl
ans. In the Blackfoot country they
were attacked by those savage In
dians, sworn enemies of the Pend
d'Oreilles. A number were killed on
both sides. Later, Gray himself was
captured by the Sioux. The nonchal
ance with which he narrates these
and other adventures, such as would
have seemed hair-raising to most peo
ple, gave some conception of the
nerve of the man.'
-Yrmathn of Government.
Dr. Lyman then referred to Mr.
Cray's part in the formation of the
provisional government of Oregon In
1843. He said:
"That event, little in itself, a hand
ful of sett ers gathered on the bank
of the Willamette to agree upon a
fr; me of government, was one of the
turning points of history. From the
time of the joint occupation treaty
between Kngland and the T'nited
States in IRIS, renewed in 1828. down
to 1 4 3, Oregon was disputed terri
tory. The gigantic Hudsons' Bay Com
pany stretched its Rrlarian arms from
California to the Arctic circle nnd its
f undamental aim was to keep that
vast region for fur bearing animals
and Indians, Dr Mclauffhlin, the
chief factor at Vancouver, the capital
of Oregon, was one of the best and
iTiopt humane of men; but the policy
of the great monopoly was to keep ,
American settlers out. A few Ameri-
cans had drifted in from one side or
the other, by peiand "and- The love
of the homeland, the hope of land
and wealth for themselves, with some
of the larger vision of v orld progress,
with all that indefinable craving of
Western Americans to create, tr
build, to do some big thing, animated
those few lonely settlers.
Monopoly is Wrecked.
"They were a feeble folk, seeming
ly to enter the lists against the great
est company and strongest maritime
nation on earth But the little David
of American settlers and missionaries
had the stones in his sling for a cen
ter shot at the Goliath Pur Mo
opoly. It was the stone of the Am
erican home in the sling of he nine
teenth century, and David prevailed
mightily.
"May 2, 1843, is a great day in the
calendar of the Northwest On that
day the setlers. American and Brit
ish, in the Willamette, voted 52 to
50 to form a government on Ameri
can lines and to urge the congress of
the Cnited States to come to their
relief and to look forward to ultimate
acquisiion. Of the thrilling story of
the stapes by which the vote on that
narrow margin was secured we may
not now speak, but we may empha
size the fact that William H. Grav
was the animating soul of the organ
ization. I cannot forbear incorpora
ing here the resolutions which he of
fered in the meeting which led to the
deciding one, which was the turning
point in the deliberation and which
may tie cons dered the preamnie to
the constitption of Oregon.
protection for Families.
"After declaring that no one could
question the wisdom and rightfulness
of measures looking to protecting
their stock from wild beasts, he
went on like this: "H-ow It is, fel
low citizens, with you and me. with
our wives and children ? Have we
any organization on which we can
rely for mutual protection? Is there
any power in the country sufficient to
protect us and all that we hold dear
from the worse than wild beasts
that threaten and occasionally de
stroy our cattle? We have mutuallv
and unitedly agreed to defend our
cat ile and domestic animals; now,
therefore, fellow citizens. I submit
and move the adoption of the follow
ing resolution, that we may have pro
tection of our lives and persons, as
well as our cattle and herds; Ueso'v
cd. that a committee be appointed to
take into consideration the propriety
of taking measures for the civil and
military protection of this colony.'
"It was upon the report of the
committee thus provided for that the
vote of May 2 was taken. One of the
milestones in history was set for
good
"Oregon became A merican. The
provisional government was one of
several forces without which it would
probably not have been. If Mr. firay
had done nothing else, his leader
ship in the provisional government
would entit'e him to the reverential
regard of every son and daughter of
the northwest, on the day that the
settlers on the Willamette voted for
an American organization, Marcus
Whitman was on the plains leading
a wagon train of a thousand Ameri
cans to Oregon, and another of the
important, decisive steps was in
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The Buckaroo
BY RICHARD CARTEK WARI.VN'ER
Ix-dkvted to John P. ftobinson while lYcHldmt of
tbe Iendlcton Commercial Association.
"I'ncle IHf-lt' Warinner.
Tighten the cinch and take off the blind
Let 'er buck in front, let er buck behind.
We'll both go up and come down together.
But I hope to die if I'll "pull leather."
Oh, I live the life of a buckaroo.
And I love the scream of th wild curlew.
And the coyote's how) is music to me.
As 1 gaze on the stars in the milky way.
Awaiting the dawn of another day.
As I lie alone, alone, did 1 say?
Xo! rny broncho's with m. my cay use pet.
And he's tethered to me with a lariat.
Our Teddy was once a buckaroo.
And he could handle a lasso, too;
He loved the scent of the wild sage-brush;
He loved the silence he loved the hush.
Before 1 knew of the wild, wild west.
And I'm thinking of her whom I loved best;
And I'm wondering should I go home .again
If she'd welcome a cow-boy of the plain?
Hut I must tighten my latlgo
For I'm off with the morning's first faint glow.
Over the sage-brush plains I ride,
14 ke a buccaneer on a rising tide.
With new sombrero and silver spurs
I'll search the herd for stray "slick-ears."
For I'm off to the Round-Up, sure, this Fall
My broncho and I. &ay, I've got the gall.
To ride with any old buckaroo.
And to show 'em a trick with a lasso, too,
I'm not much good at that "bulldog's" stunt,
liut I'll show 'em a pace at a maverick hunt.
"Mongst them beautiful Eastern Oregon girls;
I'll show 'em a trick! how my lasso twirls
Straight out from the heart of a cow-boy true.
They'll go some, if they beat this buckaroo.
Then tighten the cinch, take off the blind,
lt 'er buck in front, let er buck behind.
For neither or us '11 show the "white feather,"
But I hope to die if I pull leather.
We reprint this poem in response to a general demand
for copies of it among the friends of the author and
man to whom it was dedicated.
Of the boundless range, where the cattle roam,
His pony his pal, his saddle his home.
He gathered an inspiration there.
Which led to the presidential chair
I never expect such great renown.
Rut I may be marshal of some cow town.
Or sheriff, or judge, or something like that.
And choke some guy with my lariat.
My chaps are worn, and my hair Is long.
And I'm humming all day some dear old song.
Some dear old song which my mother sang.
Before I learned all this cow-boy slang.
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