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About The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 16, 1916)
HOOD RIVER GLACIER THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1G, 1916 ARE NOW SERVING OUR CUSTO mers at our new location, one door east of Clark's Drug Store. We would be glad to wel come you there. Groceries of Quality. CASH GROCERY Grocery of Quality E. E. KAESSER, Proprietor Phone 1012 jPfl LADIES! LADIES! ( T .11 I 1 We have, just received a new I I l Country Club Toilet 1 ll ILXJyJA Preparations 1 V Come in c let us show them to you V Chas. N. Clarke c YOUR Druggist ' THE DAZZLING BEAUTY OF THE DIAMOND With its incessant flashes of sparkling brilliancy, makes it the most facinating of all precious stones'. The purchase of these precious stone is only truly satisfactory when a reliable and responsible expert is consulted. Our long experience and our knowledge of the best are a guarantee that the finest stones at the most reasonable prjeescan be purchased here. Every diamond is absolutely guaranteed to be just what we sell it for. We carry them at all prices-$15 to $400 W. F. LARAWAY Jeweler An Orchard Necessity The Hood River Box Nailing Press Do you know that no time saving contrivance for or chardists has ever become so universally popular as this box nailing press? These presses have been shipped to Siberian orchardists, all over the United States and to the far away fruit districts of Australia. The reasons are simple. The cost of the box is but normal when compared with the saving made by the efficient service it renders. W. G. SNOW Phone 2611 Fourth Street REC0LECT10NS OF MID-i COLUMBIA INDIANS The Purity Dairy Co, Yours for prompt service and Good Milk a aaaaaa THOS. D. CALKINS f THE LAWYER TEUlS THE OOP UUPH BOof) oupae, look t that rtu-owij FACE- ALWAYS CHUCK FULL OF ORPINARt TOBACCO, stini cams op M S FRitnos wbuiu TILL HIM ABOUT WCUT. T I C" at i iter.! fwAULD fcDPRf f lATfl mm m YOU'RE not sorry for gophers and monkeys with their faces all swelled out-they are built that way, Dockets in their cheeks to hold stuff till it s feeding time. E?J Tc i U "t ' . with . bi, of tobacco-he i.n't even Jettinl .ati.l.ctton. W-B CUT fx to-blwo-foll of a.ti.factioa-a KttU ckw, i. ritkt ead it out. out to much chawiaf and spitting'. 11,4, h, WETMAK-ERUTOW COMPACT. Sd U U-n. Wtw Tark Cty (A piper by Capt H. C. Coc) Pioneer retidenU characterise a faper, entitled "iiie i,oiuniDiB nrer ndiau." written lb Capt. H. C. Coe. of Manhattan Beach. .Calif., especially for the Hood River noneer Associa tion and read t the annual reunion here recently IbylProf. L. F. Hender son. as one of the most comprehensive and interesting documents ever com Diled on the mid-ColumDia aoongine ai een.by.theearly white men. The writer is. a son 01 naicaniei wc, founder of Hood River and planter ot the apple community's first orcbstd, the trees of which -were set before I860. The paper written by Mr. Coe, now in the arcnivea 01 me now mm i neer Association, follows: When we made our home at Hood River in the fall of 1864. a good many Indians were located there. 1 never counted them nor did I ever know of any enumeration of them having been made, but there must bavo been some 15 or 16 camps, and live or aix at wnai was known as "Polally llahee" (Pow der or Sand Land), now known as Ruthton and later taken up by John Marten and Amoa Underwood. Each camp contained from 101 to 115 adults, These Indians were undoubtedly an overflow from the Willamette valley nr Chinook tribes which had extended as fsr east as The Dalles on the south side of the Columbia river. At the Cascades they had crossed to the Washington side, but east of there the and was claimed by the Kiickitats, snd the Wascos, as the local tribe was celled, rehgiiusly refrained lroni en croaching on the territory of the strong tribe. The Wascos as well as tne Chinooks were known aa fish eaters, and were far inferior to their northern neighbors. They were as a rule a uuat. ill favored, filthy crowd, reek ins in dried salmon fumes and'alive with vermin of various kinds. 1 nave often seen mothers picking lice from their offpsring and cracking them in their teeth, their reason being "retal iation," or-as one squaw said, "Clasks mucimuo nesiks, nesika mucimuc clasks." (they eat us, we eat them) Slavery was common among the Indians. There were a number of slaves here when we first came, but I do not think they fell to the share of the heirs at the death of their masters, the general custom being to free them. The slave was senerally obtained from the Snake Indians who lived eaBt of the Blue mountains, a cowardly set of cut-throats and robbers who in large bands occasionally made portrays on the tribes in southeastern Oregon such as the Klamaths, Watwashcs and Modocks. capturing hunting or Ashing parties and isolated families, killing the adults and taking the children cap lives, selling them to the northern tribes. And truly they were slaves, owned body and soul by their masters. Even their livea were in their owners hands. The slaves were required to do all the menial work, such as bringing the wood and water and digging roots. They were hired out to the whites to labor in the fields and gather fruit and vegetables. The most prohtable trade, however, came from the traffic in girls. who were required to sell themselves to whoever wanted them. Uld Wal lachin, chief of the Polally tribe, once told me that from the services of two girls belonging to the Watwaeh tribe he had during the early mining days taken in over $1000 in two seasons. One of these girls will be remembered by many pioneers as "Uld Jenny, who after the death of old Wallachin married another slave named Jack. They both died of consumption in Hood River many years ago. Marriages: Ihe marriage ceremony of the Indian is certainly very brief and, as a rule, very elastic. Yet I am free to say that a separation was ex ceedingly rare. Girls were sold to the highest bidder and polygamy was prac ticed by anyone who could afford to in dulge in it. It as a matter of curiosity to the early pioneer to learn why as a . i . i . .ij ,i .. A ; . rule inc uiu auu in uinujr lbbcb ucurcpit buck had a young and comely wife or wives, while some stalwart young man might be mated with- a woman old enough to be his grandmother. The explanation, however, was simple the old man had the price, and the luxury was his, while the young man had to take the faded flowers. The bargain aving been made and the purchase price paid, tne oriae wun ner Deiong- ings usually just me ciomes sne wore followed her lord and master to his wigwam either on foot or horse back, and hiB home was her home until is majesty chose to make some change, which indeed was seldom. As expen sive a piece of property as a handsome young woman was not to be discarded without provocation, and, indeed, as 1 have said before, the marriage tie was rarelv broken, even though the wife s beauty had fled. But the husband was, as in the case of the slave, the lord and master. The wife of his pur chase was just as much a slave as was the poor Watwash captive, ihe power of the slave master was his, and there was none to question his act should that act carry bis wife a spirit to the Happy Hunting bround, unless indeed, which is unusual and rare in the same tribe, a powerful relative could scent a possible gain by demanding repara tion for the loss. Corporal punishment was very frequently resorted to. It was administered as a cure-all for all misdemeanors infidelity, disobedience and laziness. An instance of wife beating tnat had serious results occurred in Hood River in the early days. The camps had no regular chief, but a man named "Bail" or "Bill" had two wives one an ugly, coarse grained old woman whose face was partially paralyzed, but who had the distinction of having borne him a son. The otner was a good looking woman, but without issue. The young woman bad for some reason unknown to us been so severely beaten that her arm was broken. She was then kicked out of doors one cold, rainy night, and was finally taken in charge by a broth er, who secured tne services oi i prominent medicine man. 1 be woman, however, died. The brother instead of shooting the guilty Bail shot the medi cine man, in his own camp. The mat ter having beea thus satisfactorily settled peace again reigned. The question of having the authori ties at The Dalles take the matter up was talked over, but the court, or what there was of law in those days, refused to interfere, claiming no jurisdiction over the Indiana. Religion: l ne Indians bave many superstitions. In fact, their religion is made up of a mass of superstitions, They believe in a future life a happy bunting ground with hshmg included, Their idea of the Great Spirit, or To mannawaa is vague arid indefinite. He is here and be is there sometimes on Mount Tacoma, on Mount Adams or Mount St. Helens, or there may be one on each of them. Many animals are endowed with supernatural powers, Spelia, the lowly coyote, was formerly a human being, a fact that accounted for hia remarkable sagacity. Accord ing to the Yakimaa ha was the Mer eury of the great Meoawah who lived on Mount Taeoma and who in timea past sent bis dread eommanos w ma tribes of the kingdom. Tbs King of the Salmon waa also a remarkable character. On tba north aide ot Memalooae Island there ' is a natural tunnel under a spur or. roc a ex tomiins out into the channel that ia ac counted for by the following legend: The Indiana bad been at war an over tbe country eaat of the Cascades. Tbe great Meouwab on Mount iaeoma naa tired or tneir continual. uicieringi ami had aent Spelia out to all warring tribes with tbe command to cease their warfare and live in peace. The faitb lul Spelia. awift footed, delivered hia master'a messages to' unheeding care and the offended spirit determined to atarva them into submission. So he directed Spelia to station spirit guards with salmon apears on asemaioose ana adjacent ialands with orders to spear any aalmon that attempted to pass up the stream. Thus the supply of salmon was cut off and great numbers of the fish collected below the islands. So matters stood. . The salmon continued to collect and the Indiana above grew hungrier, but still quarreling. Finally the salmon in their desperation sent an urgent message to their king to come from tbe northern watera and direct them in their extremity. Unless they could pass on above, they could not apawn, and the race would be extinct. Soon the King of the Salmon arrived and looked the matter over carefully. The spirit guards were at the point and vigilant, but the king had solved the problem. Selecting the . narrowest point in the projecting reef he in structed every sturdy salmon to take a small rock in his mouth and strike the reef at'a designated point. The count less blows told and a large tunnel was bored through the stubborn rock. The countless hosts passed on and the spirit guards were outwitted. But the Great Spirit had won. The quarreling red skins, fearful lest their wivea and chil dren starve, had thrown down their arms, washed the war paint from their faces and had made a lasting peace, that has not been broken, e'er the first salmon bad leaped the falls at Turn water. The legend of the Bridge of the Gods is too well known to repeat. A. legend that was of truth a mighty war of the gods that scientists have declared did occur. To Fredrick Homer Batch be longs the honor ot rescuing from obliv ion and making imperishable the rec ord of the awful catastrophe. ' Funeral Ceremonies : When a death occurs the family moves at once. Un der no circumstances would they re main over night in a house or a tent where one bad died, as the evil spirit that caused the passing goes into the ground, and would enter the person of any so raeh as. to remain over night. The body ia taken in charge by rela tives or friends of the family and dressed in the best clothes, rolled tightly in new blankets, corded around securely to bold . them in place, then left for one or more days, according to the weather. Then without any further ceremony it is tied to a plank and placed in a tree if one can be had. If not, then a scaffold ia built, high enough to be out of the way of ma rauding animals, and the body is left on this until entirely mummified. It is then taken down, new clothing and blankets provided and the remains taken in state to the usual burial ground, accompanied by relatives and members of the tribe in general The corpse ia placed in the leading canoe, followed by the rest in, single 4 file. As the procession Starts the women begin waning tne aeatn song snd with the beating torn toms make a scene indescribably sad. On reaching their destination the body is placed in the family dead house. The wrappings, like those on the mummies of ancient Egypt, are renewed at stated intervals by the immediate surviving relatives. Burial Grounds and Burial Customs: Whenever it was possible islands were selected for the final resting places of the dead. This was done to protect them from marauding animals and for general security from molestation from man or beast. ' On the middle river two little rock- ribbed islands were selected one about 12 miles east of Hood River and one three miles east of The Dalles. They were known as Memaloose, Illshee or Dead Land. Both have been used for this purpose for unknown ages, the ground being .composed largely of de composed bones. I visited the islands in 1858 before the relic hunters anu body snatchers had made their ghoulish raids that eventually despoiled the sa cred grounds of their rightful tenants and forced the abandonment or tne islands entirely as burial places. As nearly as I can remember there were about 10 or 12 houses in fairly good le- pair, but many more were fallen down and in the last staees of decay. In many places there were only patches of bone dust, the cedar plank that bad once enclosed the place having disap peared vears ago. Perhaps a half dozen of the standing houses were cared for and the dead reclothed. ine rest. while held sacred by tbe living, were left to the care of the dead. The dead house, as I have said be fore, was made of cedar slabs cut from diiftwood of the river. Tbe houseB were from eight to 12 feet square and about five feet high. 1 will describe the one in best repair, and will illus trate the Indian s peculiar ideas of death and the great hereafter. The Duncbeons. or slabs, for the sides were set on end and held in place by horizontal strips on either side at the top and bound together with withes, one aide higher, in order to make a slope for the roof, which was Iso of slabs. A door opened on op posite sides, held in place by sticks and withes. As I entered I saw on my right perhaps a half dozen well cared for corpses, some on tbe ground and some hung irom tne root, ueyona them waa piled the belongings ot the dead. Everything that an Indian holds dear was taken with him to tbe nappy Hunting Ground. Ibere were trunks bousht from the Hudson Bay Co., gor geous with brass bindings and brass tacka and tilled to overnowing wun blankets, dress roods and dresses of every description, brass jewelry, beads bv the auantitv and of every Kind, coi- . . a j. .i or and snape. pots ana pans, wanes and class, flintlock rifles, shot guns, Distols. tommvbawks and axes, bows and arrows galore. They made my bcyish fingers itch to get possession of the toughest, covered from end tq-end with sinews, and arrows with many feathers and jasper tipped. Had my sacreligioua fingers closed about these coveted treasures, simply going to waste and which I needed so much, tbe jealous eyea of my Indian crew would have found me out and have compelled restitution. On my left was piled up a row of the dead perfectly mummified and intact men and women. All their trappings were gone and their shrunken bones were covered with a parchment like skin. I don't know how many of them there weie, but they were piled three or four deep clear across the hut. 1 opened some of the trunks and found tbe bodies of children. One, a wee little girl, held firmly gripped in hr pitiful little fingers a pewter spoon, which even death had failed t9 deprive her of. The fall before we came to Hood River a woman bad died at Mosier. 1 believe, and left twlna, a boy and a girl, a few daya old. Gail Borden and Mellena had not commenced tba manu facture of their lifesavmg baby foods and there waa no available milk aupply in camp. It was evident to the obtuse Indians that a two daya old child could not masticate salmon or roots, and it waa thought that the children might aa well die in their mother's arms. So tbe little babies were wrapped in blanketa and taken along with the body of the dead mother to Memaloose Island. A Good Samaritan family, 1 think of one of the missionaries at Tbe Dalles, heard of the incident and res cued the babies. One of them, how ever, died. (Tg be continued) MUSICAL DEPARTMENT STUDIES ITALIAN MUSIC The Musical department of the Wo man's club is now studying Italian mu sic, the first program having been given Wednesday evening of last week. The second program was last night. The program of last week was aa follows : Vocal solo. Early church muajc, Mr. E fining. Vocal solos, "Voiche Sspete" from "Marriage of Figaro," Mozart; No Torno, Mattei, Miss Bartmeas. Piano solo, Pastorale, Scarletti, Mrs. Kanaga. Quartet. "Go Not From Me, Oh God," Motet from Christua and Miser ere, Zingarelli. Mrs. Root, Mrs. Hen ney, Mr. Henderson and Mr. Wede meyer. Violin solo, Intermezzo from Cava lieria Rusticana, Mascagni, Mr. Root. Piano solo, Gavotte, Sgambati, Mrs. Crites. Vocal solos; Mattinata, Tosti; "Dost Know?" Rotoli, Miss Reavis. Piano duet.Overture from Trovatore, Verdi; Miss Howes and Mrs. Rirge. Vocal solos, Prologue from Pagliacci, Leoncavalo; Lamico Frit, Mascagni. Mr. Epping. Quartet, National Hymn. Mrs. Root, Mrs. Henney, Mr. Henderson and Mr. Wedemeyer. Sufferer from Indigestion Relieved "Before taking Chamberlain's Tablets my husband suffered several years from indigestion, causing him to have pains in the stomach and distress af'er eating. Chamberlain's Tablets relieved him of these spells right away," writes Mrs. Thomas Cas -y, Geneva, N. Y. Obtain able everywhere. , Child's Body Shipped East S. E. Bartmess Sunday disinterred the body of little Julia May Mitchell, who passed away in 1913 and waa buried on the J. C. Diamond place on Portland Way. The child's body was shipped to Danville, III., where it was interred in the family burial ground. TRere are thousands of children who are bright but frail not sick but underdeveloped they play with their food they catch colds easily and do not thrive they only need the pure,rich liquid-food in mmmu to start them growing and keep them going. Children relish SCOTT S and it carries rare nutritive qualities to their blood streams and gives them flesh- food, bone-food and strength-food. Nothing harmful in SCOTTS. Scott ft Bowne, Bloomfield, N. I. 164 C M. HURLBURT SURVEYOR . TELEPHONE 564-8 W.J.Baker & Co. Dealers in REAL ESTATE Fruit and Farm Lands F. B. Snyder B. B. PoweU Hood River Plumb ing Company SANITARY PLUMBING AND HEATING Tinning and Sheet Metal Work. Gatoline Engine. Pumps, Ram. Repairing Prompt ly Attended. Ettimatet Furnished. Phone UM. Next to City Water Office. OAK STREET A Light Touch We had just a light touch of real wet Fall weather last week, but that one day, there waa a rush for Weed Tire Chains. We took care of all comers, all eizea. Did you get yours? We've got a very complete atock of Weed Chains as well as the cheaper Rid-O-Skid chains. Rainy weather will soon be with us in earnest, and it behooves you (get that word "be hooves") to get your chains before the "kid. One real skid might cost you more than fifty pairs of chains. Gilbert & DeWitt JOIN THE ARMY Of satisfied customers who use and recommend SV1AJ TIC RANG We are agents for these famous ranges and if you are thinking of buying a range or a Heating Stove we invite you to call and examine our stock and get our prices. Blowers Hardware Co The Firm That "MaKes Good" Phone 1691 Oak and 1st Sts. Resources Over $550,000 The depositors of this Bank include estates, corporations, institutions and individuals' The balances of some depositors run into the . ' thousands, while the balances of others seldom exceed $100. All receive the same courtesy and and attentive service which characterize this v Bank's relations with its customers. Open a checking account. Member Federal Reserve System First National Bank Hood River, Oregon PEOPLES NAVIGATION COMPANY Steamer Tahoma Down Sundays, Tuesdays, Thursdays Up Mondays, Wednesdays, Saturdays All kinds of freight and passengers handled. Horses and automobiles given special attention. Jack Bagley, Agent, Phone 3514 Hunt Paint & Wall Paper Co. Complete line of PAINTS, OILS, BRUSHES, Etc. , Heath & Milligan Mixed Faints Glidden's Varnishes Room Mouldings Bulk Calcimine Mixed to Order Plate and Card Rail Dry Paste Anderson Undertaking Co. C. C. ANDERSON, Sole Proprietor LICENSED EMBALMER AND FUNERAL DIRECTOR 312 Cascade Ave. Phone 1394 S. E. BARTMESS FUNERAL DIRECTOR AND LICENSED EMBALMER Licensed with Oregon's first class or Embalmers. Phone 1381, 3S2I HOOD RIVER, OREGON Go to Law, The Cleaner. Auto Transfer Service Baggage, Express and Freight Handled on Shortest Notice. Office in Foust & Merle Store, Mt. Hood Annex. TeL 2431 R. N. YOUNG