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IN 1832 NEZ PERCE INDIANS WENT ST. LOUIS AFTER WHITE
WAN'S "BOOK Of HEAVEN"; THEY IRE DISAPPOINTED IN SEARCH
Whitman Mission Was Result of Long Winter Journey; Mission Ended in Disaster in 1846.
BT LOUIS. Mo.. The martydom of
Christians massacred by Indiana In
tha wild, of America was vividly re
called In connection wth the Presby.
terlan Oeneral Assembly at St. Louis,
May II to. 14.
St Louie was only a short time ago
the frontier In the United Slates for
Christian missions. In 18SJ four Net
Perce Indians vent from Idaho to St.
Louis to find the white man's Book
of Heaven. Some pioneer had carried
the news to the tribe that the pale
face had a book showing the way to
the Hurry Hunting Grounds. The Ia-
dlans crossed an uncharted wilderness
amid crest hardships. Two ot them
died after reaching St. Louis. The
others told Oeneral Clark, then Gov
ernor of Missouri, as they left for
home that they returned to their peo
ple disappointed. "When." they said,
"we enter the council and say that we
have come back without the book our
old men and young braves will rise up
and (0 out in silence. Our people
must fro the Ions way w.th no white
man to teach them and no white
man's Book to guide them."
This speech obtained circulation In
the East and aroused the interest and
enthusiasm of the Church to supply
the need expressed by the Indiana.
On their way back the Indian emis
saries met George Catlin, famous
painter of Indians. Catlin traveled
with them for i 000 miles and painted
their portraits. One of the Indians,
No-Horns-on-His-Head, died on the
return journey. The other. Rabbit.
' Skln-Legglns. alone survived and
reached his tribe with the message ot
disappointment.
In the meantime circulation of the
Indian speech resulted in the Metho
dists sending a mission to the Oregon
country, which established itself near
The Dalles and also In the Willamette
Vslley. out of which mission has
grown the strong Methodist Church In
the Northwest. Also the Presby
terian Church sent the Rev. Joseph
Parker, from Itaca, N. T., along with
elder Marcus Whitman, a physician
from Central New York.. These two
Presbyterians crossed the continent
to the Green river, where they came
upon a trade rendezvous of the In
diana After a consultation with
members of the Nes Perce Whitman
decided to return East for help while
Parker explored the Nes Perce coun
try in the company of the Indians.
Fsrker went Into what Is now Idaho
f under the .guidance of an Indian whom
the trappers called The Lawyer. This
name stuck to the Indian family, and
a son, Archie Lawyer, became a Pres
byterian minister and died a mission
ary among the Spokane Indiana In
Washington territory.
Whitman, returning to New York
state, married Narcissa Prentiss. He
became acquainted with Rev. H. H.
Spalding and wife, who were anxious
to be missionaries, and with W, 11.
Gray, a. Presbyterian of great vigor,
skilled as a carpenter and having some
knowledge of medicine.
The Whitmans. Spaldlngs, and Gray
crossed the continent to establish a
mission among the Nes Perce Indiana
It is worthy of note that the mission
was a Foreign Mission. These Pres
byterians were sent out by the Amer
ican Board ot Commissioners, for
Foreign Missions. They had a remar.
kablo Journey. -They reached the
summit of the Rockies, fell on their
knees, raised the American flag and,
facing the West dedicated the Oregon
country to Jesus Christ.
General John C Fremont was nam
ed the Pathfinder because he was
supposed to have discovered the South
Pass through the Rockies. But years
before Fremont ever saw the South
Pass this Christian band of Presby
terian missionaries, two of whom
were- women, went through that Pass
on their way West with the Gospel.
They reached the summit of the Blue
mountains after having passed thro
the now famous Grande Ronde Val
ley, and from this point ot vantage
looked over the beautiful Walla Walla
Valley. It was in autumn. Wild
flowers and luxuriant native grasses
w.vered the plains. Crystal streams
from the perpetual snows of the
mountains ve'ned the valley seeking
the Columbia river. This spot en
chanted the weary band who for
months hsd been traversing ths te
dious and dangerous wilderness. They
d elded to establish the mission In
the Walla Walla Valley and In a place
called Waiilatpui, six miles from the
site of the present city of Walla Walla
they established the mission on the
banks of a small stream. There they
built rude homes, erected a grist mill.
oegan the cultivation of the roil
planted apple seeds from the East and
began practical efforts to aid the In
dians about them.
Meanwhile Mr. and Mrs. Spalding
with Gray had gone on up the Clear
water country in Idaho, direcrly
among the Nes Perce Indians, where
they began a mission. In 1837 they
organized the first Prshyterian
Church west of the Rocky Mountains.
Mr. Spalding was chosen pastor and
Dr. Marcus Whitman ruling elder.
Their wives with W. H. Gray and wife
Gray having In the meantime return
ed East and been married, and a few
converts who had come over to the
Pacific coast from the Sandwich Is
lands, constituted the first congre
gation. The constitution of this
church Identified it with the Presby
tery of Bath, New Lork.
That church survived until Novem
ber, 1846, when Its people were mas
sacred by the Indians to whom these
missionaries had so eagerly gone.
Whitman and his wife were both kill
ed with fourteen others who tell un
der the tomahawks ot the Indians
and were left as carrion for the coyo
tes. Spalding and his wifo hiving
removed to the Clearwater country
escaped the massacre. Fifty years
Inter the bones of these Christian
martyrs were collected In a mausoleum
and a monument of New England
granite was erected on .the summit of
a bluff overlooking the site ot the ori
ginal mission. The Congresatlonaltsts
have built a small chapel on this his
toric ground, but the Preshyterlnns
never re-occupled It.
Out of this disastrous endeaver has
come the Presbyterian Church of the
Northwest, a church that today Is do
ing Its full part in saving the United
States and evangelising the non
Christian world.
Dr. W. S. Holt, Associate General
Secretary of the Presbyterian New
Era Movement, who was In an Im
portant figure at the General Assem
bly in St. Louis, went to Oregon in
1885 as a Foreign Missionary. At
that time the largest Presbyterian
church north of the California land
was one of the Nex Perce Indian,
churches, so greatly had the work
prospered following the efforts of Mr.
and Mrs. Spaulding. both of whom are
buried at the Junction of the Clear
water and Snake rivers. Among the
missionaries who succeeded them
were the Misses Sue and Kate Mac
Beth. The self-sacrifice of these two
women was largely responsible for the
existence today of an earnest Presby
terian Church among the Nes Perce
Indians, with well trained Presbyter
ian ministers. The Nes Perce Indians
under the guidance of the Presbyter
ian Church have consistently stood
for the faithful observance ot the Sab
bath, for temperance and sobriety,
and they were among those who help
ed to put Idaho in the dry column.
Among these Indian ministers are
those who used to be warriors, and
many a scalp had swung at their
belts. One of the most notable of the
Indian ministers is the Rev. James
Hayes. When it is announced in any
western community that he will
preach, no church is large enough to
hold the audience.
The mission of the four men who
went to St. Louis in 1832 has proved
to be a great success, and as the
delegates from the Presbyterian
churches all over the land gather in
St. Louis in May it is timely to recall j
the hardships and sacrifices of their
forerunners who went forth, with the I
mission of Christ, Into the wilderness.
UNITED STATES SENATE IS NO LONGER KNOWN
AS MILLIONAIRE'S CLUB OR OLD MAN'S HOME
Youngest Member is From Mississippi and is 37; Sixty Five
of 96 Members are Lawyers.
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It is figured out by the Washington
correspondent of the Brooklyn Eagle
that the United States senate Is no
longer a millionaires' club, or an old
men's home, the proportion of rich
men being considerably less than 15
or 20 years ago, with the average go
ing down for some time. The pro
portion of lawyers is also at a
water mark, probably the smallest in
years. Lodge, the Republican leader,
is 69 years old and Hitchcock, his
Democratic opponent, Is nine years
younger. The senators average In
age about 57 years, the Democrats av
erage 56 while the Republicans have
about ayear and a half more wis
dom, on the average. Senator George
P. McLean of Connecticut is 61, and
his colleague, Senator Frank. B,
Brandegee, la 54. C. C. Brainerd, the
Eagle correspondent, has gathered
these facts about the senatorial fel
lows:
The oldest man in the senate is Dr,
L Heisler Ball of Delaware, who is
78. He once served in the senate at
a previous time. Dr. Ball Is a Re
publican. The late Senator Gallinger,
who was the oldest man in the senate
at the time of his death, . was also a
Republicn. Also he was a physician.
like Dr. Ball.
The next oldest man is Senator
Bankhead of Alabama, who is 77,
Senator Bankhead has the uncommon
distinction of having a son in the
house of representtlves, who Is elected
from the district that his father rep
resented for many terms. Represent
ative Bankhead, wno is 45, is older
than several, of his father's colleagues
in the senate.
The youngest man in the senate Is
Pat Harrison of Mississippi, who offi
cially spells his name just that way.
Harrison Is 27 years old and is the
successor of Vardaman, the long.
haired anti-war statesman who falleo
o come back because the Mississippi
Democrats decided to stand by the
president Harrison served a few
terms in the house. Just what he will
! do in the way of outdoor sports Is
not yet apparent. When he served In
the house he always pitched for the
Democratic baseball team and was
the best all around player on that
side. He is hardly old enough yet to
Join the senatorial golfers, yet if the
house Democrats should try to bor
row a senator for the pitching box
there would be a loud Republican
protest, particularly among those
members who have fanned on Harri
son's delivery.
Peter Goelet Gerry of Rhode Isl
and, also a Democrat, is the next
youngest senator. He is at years old
and has had a considerable Washing-1
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ton experience as a member of the
house. Next to Gerry comes Gay of
Louisiana, who is 41. Gay came Into
the senate last December to fill a va
cancy. He Is a sugar planter.
In the 42-year group there are three
men. Senator Wadsworth of New
York is one of them. He has had a
longer legislative experience than
most men of his age, having been
speaker of the New York state as
sembly when he was 25. Senator Jo
slah O. Wolcott of Delaware and
Senator Medlll McCormlck of Illinois
are the other two members of the
group. Wolcott is having his first
legislative experience, while McCor
mlck served in the house before he
was sent to tha senate.
The democrats of the senate have
only three members who are past the
age of 70, while the i Republicans
have six. There are ten Democratic
senators who are less than 60, as
against seven Republicans. Klfty
seven seems to be a favorite age on
both sides for there are eight senators
who count that many years.
Some of the dignified senators are
bashful when It comes to telling their
ages, the "Congressional Directory"
biographies being silent In the cases
of 10 of the . "Who's Who" Isn'tt
so reticent, except In the case of Sen
ator Kenneth D. McKellar of Tennes
see, who was In the house of repre
sentatives, being sent to the senate.
but he did not give away his age at
the time of entering on his previous
condition of congressional servitude.
The other diffident ones, whose ages,
have been dug out with the help of
"Who's Who" are the following: Phe
inn of California, 68: Fernald of
Maine, 61; McCumber of North Da
kota, 61; Gronna of North Dakota,
60; Smith of South Carolina, 55;
Johnson of South Dakota, 63; King of
Utah, 55; Swanson of Virginia, 67; La
Follette of Wisconsin, 64.
Sixty-five of the 96 senators are
lawyers, leaving It to earn their liv
ing outside the courtroom. Both of
the Connecticut senators are lawyers,
but New York, New Jersey, New
Hampshire and Wyoming have two
laymen, each, in the senate.
Outside of the )tv some of tb.e -
atorlal occupations are: Bankhead .
of Alabama, planter; Ball of Dela- '
wre. Physician; Harris of Georgia and '
Frelinghuysen of New Jersey, Insur-.
ance; McCormlok of Illinois and
Harding of Ohio, publisher; New of '.
Indiana and Capper of Kansas, editor; ,
Smith ot Maryland, lumber; Spencer
of Missouri, professor; Newberry ot .
Michigan, manufacturer; Keyes of;
New Hampshire and Wadsworth of:
New Jersey, publisher; Caldor of New .
York, builder; Bmoot of Utah, bank-,
er; Page of Vermont,' coat miner;
Warren of Wyoming, sheepman; Ken
drlok of Wyoming, stockman; Phipps
ot Colorado, iron. The latter was one
of Andrew Carnegie's proteges. At
one tlmbe he was a vice president ot
Ut Cwaegle 8tl comapn