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East Oregonlaa'Ronnd-Trp Souvenir Edition '' Pendleton, Oregon, Thursday, September 21, 1922. LET ER BUCK Page Twelve OLD OREGON TRAIL HAS ROMANTIC HISTORY; IS ROUTE CHOSEN BY OX TEAM TOURISTS OF LONG AGO WHEN THEY SOUGHT HOMES IN WEST (Continued from pai;o 11.) be killed and eaten, but the owner doBgedly rcfUHPd to purt with his ani mal. Continuing on, the party came unexpectedly upon a camp of Sho uhone Indians who fled in great fright when the white men came In sight. The party Immediately naught five horses and killed one for food. They made a boat of the skin and sent meat over to the starving men on. Ihe other side of the river. Ono of the Cana dians, Jean Haptistn Provost returned in the boat and been use of his hunger Mr. Hunt finally "u enieemeu ramui , - ; cited on beholding me meai ruusuiiK after having offered before tile fire upset the canoe and was urowneu in me com, mm rent of the river. A station on the Homestead branch of railroad down the river is named after the unfortunate Caiuidlun and one also in honor of Sardepie, anoth- Canadian boatman who ferrieu in' I meat across the trein'herMtiw stream ter. The main party then kept on down the river, subsisting on fish and an occasional beaver. The party tlion divided, Mr. Hunt and eighteen men going on one side of the river and Mr. Crooks and eighteen men on the oth er side. Some Snake Indians were encoun tered from whom some salmon ami a dog were purchased. On November 17 several Indiana were met, one of whom had a horsi purchased the animal in exchage for an old tin kettle a gun, ammunition and beads In vain. Mr. Hunt here left the river and started over the desert. The party en countered great suffering and hard ship on this journey ami finally reached the Boise river and an Indian camp where fish and dogs were pur- er chased for food. The I'aycttc Weiscr rivers were forded and the Enake river finally reached again. Country Je.crihol us Kcsci t. Xovembcr 28th, a bag of meal and some fish Mux purchased from a par ty of Shoshoncs who informed Mr. Hunt that they had seen white men on both sides of the Snake river within the last few days. Washington, in his account of the Hunt expedition, has this to say of the country west of the Snake: ... "A dreary desert of sand and grav el extends from the Snake river almost to the Columbia. Here and there Is a thin and scanty herbage. Insufficient for the pasturage of horse or buffalo. Indeed tiieso trackless wasten oe tween the Kocky mountains and the 1'aciflc are even more uo-'iolate and barren than the naked, upper prulrii-n on the Atlantic side; they present rait dreary and thirsty wilds between Ill habitations of man, in traversl'i for the relief of the. men on tho other si""-. Proceeding along the river bunks til"' party met Willi some Sho shone Indians and the lure of on old till kettle secured another horse for food. Mr. Hunt now crime to the Weiscr river where a band of Shoshoncs wore camped. From them he traded for a couple of horses, a dog and some dried cherries. After considerable bicker ing, he procured an Indian to guide them over the mountains to the Co lumbia. On December 23. the party lall crossed the SnaKe leaving it with no regret, the Canadians calling it the "Accursed Mad River." I'owder ItHrr Valley Keaeheil. Tlie route now led up the I'urnt river from the present site of Hunt ington to where Dnrkee now stands ami on across the hills to the Powder river valley at the present site of Ha lter which was reached by the party 4. story while the pat'ent little Indian woman with the Hunt expedition is unnamed and unsung, while the priva tions she underwent were ten times greater than those of Sacaiawei. The party spent New Year's "lay with the Indians, feasting on horse and fog meat and celebrating tin' -lay in the. 'best manner possible utehr Mi'j cir cumstances. Tin' following day the pirty Mrnek out to cross the lilue .'nountnini, pass ing near the present lucatio-i of I.n. GrHtnle. The journey across the mountains was very .1 ffi ; ot and te dious, the snow being waist 'Jeep t nd the weather very cold. t mnfillti lilver I :. .j. i it fl. The ehihl of Pierre 1 on died on the trip across the tiioUiitiiiiis, On January H the camp of S"!alogas o;i the 'Kii-O-lnl-la or rniatiila was reached, which was near the present site of Pendleton. Those Indians hud brass kettles,' axes, tea kettles and other implements showing that they bad eornmiiniea' ion w.th while traders. Here horses and dogs were bought for rood. A blanket, a knife or a half pound of blue beads bought n h'rs These Indians did not eat ho'S" flesh but feasted on elk anil deer meal, b..? they asked such a high price for It that tiie whit"1 men .wen1, fore'ed to content themselves with a bit of horse .'mil dog meat. The I'matilla nhouiul"d .vith bea ver and Hie Indians wer-1 induced 10 Iraii this animal, as lis 1! In could b" easily sold to tho white ti'.i'lipi. The The luirty tile Column a on point between the (iilinibn n;vr. , pressed on nut MM'll'.'l Fa 11 nary HI, at a mouth of tho Uma tilla mid the mouth of tin: Wallah IWallali river. I Here fish and dogs were secured wnicn, iiiu wuiiiiiTiT vm .... " 1011 ijocemner -. ne I'iin.v .imiiiiim. w j rrom I Do Indians found there. tftreyj uanger Ul pci.Binofc. oil llcro.su uie iiiiivj, imnnim; m"' l'i -n- on s 01 1 III Olllllll 11)11 from tho Iiidli.ns if the same party could go over "his ,.n. site of Haines and North I'owder. gave the party hones that MclCeiizi" route now, what a different story Mount Hunt, one of the h'ghest peaks and .Mol.ennaii and party hid passed they would have to tell for tho music hand of reclamation has made a gar- don out of the former desert and pop ulous towns have sprung up in the Siuike river valley where members of the Hunt expedition nearly perished of hunger and hardship. In the Ila'slcy-Klkliorn range west of Uown the river some time before. Haines, was named after .Mr. Hunt. It was In the vicinity of North Pow der Unit the wife of Pierre Dorlon gave birth to her baby. The main party kept on while Dorlou remained witli his wife and children in their iTO- IVi'Jls laced In Snake finer C'nn.tori. crude camp and attended her in her Mr. Hunt and his paitv continued sickness, on down the river canyon which wi.s I'ciist of Jlorse Meal New Year's Ihi.v Food was very scarce, the party sail- On December 30, the party arrived sistlng on a black-tail deer, u beaver In the lrand Tlonde valley and found and some frozen berries. The horses 'six lodges of Shoshoncs camped in were killed and eaten one by line tin- j the vicinily of the present town of 111 only that owned by I'lerro Dorlon I'nion. On December ;i1sl. Dorlon and remained. hls family caught up with Ihe main On Doeomlior (III), 1MI, Mr. CrooliS I party. It Is fitting at tills time to pay and his party wme seen in tin oilier !a tribute hi the Indian wife of Dorlon, side of the river, returning lifter a j who had shared the hardships of the vain allenipt to get thi'ou-li the nar-1 dreary march with as great fortitude row precipitous canyon of 'be ri"riis the men, though she was far inl and seeing not hlng but. oioiintaiii piled ; vaticcd in her pregnancy. Shi- cxhib upon mountain for miles ahead, jited a force of character In many of Crooks and his men with almost J the trying situations faced by the par starved, having subsisted on a fewity, worthy of one In a much higher beaver and old moccasins. Hunt mid his men then turned ibacli and started up the river. In their extremity, Mr. Hunt sug gested that the horse of Pierre Dorinn walk of life, The praises of Sacajawea, the In dian woman, who accompanied Lewis and Clark on their journey across the continent arc heralded in song and Tho Pendleton Drug Co The Rexall Store 1! For uh to simply alU'inpt to l'LKASK a cimfiil iiik public is to lall short in the execution of a sacred charj.ro. 1i We aim lo do more than I'LKASK bocausc w e feel that the relations between the ilnijrtfixt and the public bonier more closely on the profes sional than do many other business associations. ', When you come into the Kexall Store you will tret what you ask for unless it happens to be out of stock in our complete stocks a very rare oc currence. We take a personal interest in our business and in the patronage of our customers. Let this be an urgent, standing request 1 hat. if any time you feel that the article that you bought has nut Kivon the full value expected, you w ill jrive us the pleasure of personally adjusting your com plaint. We know that we cannot continue to in crease our business unless we give the poopk' an holiest, square deal. ' Just a word about our Kodak department. It has grown to be one of the largest departn cuts in our business because we have given the p;ib!k'. the service and the quality of work wh'rh l hey are entitled to. We carry at all tin es a com plete line of Kodaks and supplies pud maintain a fully equipped stock room. Kodak developing and printing plant in charge of a professional photographer. 'I cecding down the river, .the party ar rived at the Indian illare of Wisiirarn on January 31st. Wishra.m was located near what is now tlie town of Spedis, Washington, a few miles up the river from Tlie Dalles. This village must have been near what we now call Cclilo Falls as Is spoken of as tlie fishing mart of the Indians and where the salmon were speared as they tried to leap the ra pids. This tribe was culled the Tlak-Luit anil are described as being very ly and thievish. Continuing on down the river.. Mr. Hunt and his parly reached what is now called Cascade Locks where a thieving band of Indians were, encoun tered inxl the nlniost vlllgauoe was needed to protect the property of the party. After considerable dickering. Mr. Hunt procured the necessary num ber of boats with which to make the trip down tlie river to Astoria. .Vloria, tlie licstlfiulion, Itearhcd. The tr.p from lure down the rivcrj was uneventful and finally on the .'H.lh day of February, 1812, the party. jswept down the stream and cuinc in sight of s'o'ia. I Tic feelings of tlie party can he im- Jtglired when we stop to consider that It had been over a year on the way from St. Louis, most of tlie time In a trackless wilderness and among sav age tribes. i Among the first to greet them was Itecd McLennan and McKenzic, from whom Ihey had been separated at the! Caldron Linn, near what, is now Twin Falls. These men had started ouf from tlie Caldron Linn to find u route and had conic together at what they culled III"' Devil's Scuttle Hole and Is i near what we call the Seven Devils country. They followed the Snake on down to tlie Columbia anil thence down lo Astoria where they arrived a month ahead of Mr. Hunt The dis tance travelled by the Hunt party was ahoiil :i.iil mill's, though the actual distance from St. Louis to Astoria Is only isiiii miles. Tin- lolhiwliig "lay was given o er to rejoicing Mil' the safe arrlwil of tlie paitv. The colors were hoisted, guns were fired, anil there w is i tVa.t of beaver, fisli ami M'nlsiui which was a welcome d'vci-siun from horse ami dog flesh which the party had subsisted on for sii long. The festivities ended up witli a grand dance at il'shl, led by 1 lie Canadian o.va;:eurs. The l.etliru Journey. ' in March I '." I 'J. .ln'li li 1. I'cn .tele-.-, Mc'.i'iinail ni'd two I niiauians s'a' tcil back lo St. Louis witli ells-I P.i'cIh-s it r .Mr. AM'ir to'. I llg of the l-is.ii.-'s 'I -l. ri.i on! tl e s il'i' arriv :il ol Mi. 'I'll : .i.i t ico.-f ul' his party. Mr. li'i il lent III"' il'i-pal . lies ill n tin box I" Inc'i tit 'l.ippid sccllicly on h.n! ha. !. . They eiv ii'ii ti f.-eil tiy aparty of twelve no n i-arrvoo; -il, ;lus to the po-t on Hie i '.ikica-.'.oi. At Wisliialll, til-;, ill! I l'""rl.ie their stipptl" s ar.iiia 1 ll "i roods ami were si upon lt ii. e lnd;-iis .vol Mr. . Ilccd b.ntlv Wtcip. lt d ami ill i tin box of dispati hcs ,.tolen, th. Indians th'nlt- liitlh.it It "lit ii I "'it Medicine." unc Did an w:is kitted and one wornd- tl. Tin- ln.li.ic-" d iiail b'd I'.l.it Mr. Kc" il Ih- p i ll up as a sacrifice to the dcid warrior "lit ;he drnrind 'a.'l' rc-tu-id and the iicut. r settled by the 'white no n go m; tli-- iadiails a bh'li ' k" t to cover d m I w nr. or and to . b.o-"'t ft"r tlie io iter. i The object ,if tin poir-it llo'V . being ih rc.iteit by III. lo-t of C tin The Pendleton Drug Co. jt-j Ill' tth.Ir ' K"N 1 1 .wttl.u t l i , till' M kth.lfMll. JJ m.iv ihrt- tluy t. n.l and ill ii II" H.lltll lip. 'I ' I'. IV. .,. l I'.ik- Vr I .i i p.irtv rtpeirt i with t iMi-diiiieiit t n : .1 fi w ihi I Kick for As- rs of l'c;r j"Ul -I i ook l i.tl Join almost f jinihtii'd. t'n c Aft. -t.i t tti.li 4 wll"c 3 . ' B : .i,-p. 9 1 '" jt 1 h. i . i.. r'-. i'm- th. y h.i i Ik ii .-Hipped cf I'm.' .'b-CllMi by 111, In-jt-i h i !il . i lit- cf Wit-btatil ard Were "Ol ,:iv In Mi- 'H''!-I''.ill;i!. The p.irly -i, ic".i.ii"cl "'.."" 'i Die i'". it.uhC'l Attiii oil .May !l. el l.iii.l ;-t-.lii't n :o n nio ti.-s to Me. 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