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firat paga with a printad or illuatratad impra*-
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I Wriiiu;; nifain on tlio 15lh of Mnrnh, in.?3,
I Mr. S|i;il<liii(;, rcf(!rrinj; lo llic >ainr journey,
illlil tlic lllliri it of lliil linli:ilis iu lli< I'lis-idll,
roiiiiirlo—
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I A few day? buforc 1 let>. Colvillo, iho
Ptiiulnrays urrivcil in ^rrcat iiiimhi'M In
I I^M't u sijilit !it tilt! "liliu'k co;i(," nuii f'ol-
, lowrd iiiO on my rcliirn two diiyn, many
nil foot, fo hffir mo sjicak at ni','lit. Two
cliitjfs from iho vicinity of Ukaiiafrnii,
, nif-'iitionod in a former loUor, ANitii s(!v-
' 'Till of tliuir pi.'opli.', a('(:oiii[iiini(,'d mo
linmi', nnd rtmininod Komo \v(;ck.~, cvi-
dciit'y iiiiich lu'Mi.'liUpd l)y ij{:ri|)tnrf.' citd
.Iii'y roccivcd Jfiht aiimmor. Such Jo'ir-
ncys of Home wcokn or montlis, mado
frcMjunntly Ihronn^h tlio country, would
d(nd)t!ess rosull, in good. Thousandj
would hoar of the Savior for tlie tirwt,
c<l !\\ p. 497 of iho laiil volume. Tlio station of
Mr. y[>aliliii;j, il will l^c n-iTiPnilx-rcd, is almut
Dili' liuiiilriMl mile- almvc \\'.ill.i«.<lla, or Uii)
miles u|) tlic Coluiiiliin iVuiu llio i/ccaii. Col-
villi', K tra<iiii'.; fort lo wliirli he liii'.l |)rorcc(lc>l
lo oliiaiii (lour ^uhI oiIut su|)|>lic-<. uliere liir-
fdllowiiiy U'llcr wa.s wriiifit, is .)(K) niilcs furllit-r
up the rivir. Il inubt Ijc lioriie in niiml dial
tliu only mode of rouvcyiii;^ heavy nrticlc* lion
llii; Iwckst of linrsLS, and Ihai liii.Ke animals,
West of Ihe inoMiilaiiis, are rxiremciv .-iliuiid-
aiil, and lilllc more expeiisixo lli.iii sliecp are
iu the United StalcM.
Ihsire of the Inilians for Instruction —
Culvillc — Favorable Vror-puts.
I lefl home AujiistOPtli, witli Hcvrnty-
fivfi horses nnd nineteen men, and arriv-
ed at this fort September l.st, five days and perhaps the last time, and ^ho can
from hnmo. Timi)er was plenty the la.st 1 tell how much liiihl is neeesaary to snl-
threo daya, ineliidiiifr dilfiirent kinds ofi vution. I lel>. Cnlville on the .'ilh of
pine and hemlock. Some spots of ap- j, September with elfccLs specified in my
parently nral»le land were traversed bo- letter from that |)laee and readied iiomo
tween this nnd Spoknn. Indi'ins were [ the l^th, travelin;/ tlio two hundred
found in trreat ;i Miidance; multitudes I "liles in six days, nnd found all \linvr-i
came upon the rou" to see the "black 'i safe.
cont," havinir word T his cominir. Ofi The last winter bepan onrlier nnd con-
course I must preach i\ery nifrht,thouirii ; tinii ^ later tlian the winter before,
hard ilny's ride, of some forty or fifty ', thousrli there were several weeks in the
miles, left me more inclined to take rest, , months of December untl January, of
tlian to sminuon up my whole soul to ; warm weather, diiriiif; winch, the ot.ihs
make a first Pi)eech to a new tribe al- ; was fresh and o^rowi no-. My animals arc
most every cnmp. Multitudes Iiave l)cen j all in fToi'J plight this sprini.'.
cominjr into this place since my arrival, i I hav<; notliin<.r to add ia relation to
We had a jrreat meeting yesterday. God this jieople us a tribe, but would repeat
efrnnt that sopm i,'ood niay hnve been |i ^^'l'"* I '"ivc heretofore said, with moro
done in the name of .lesu.s. Surely these 1 confidence, and invito our christian
fields are wliite for the harvest. I shall i friends to unite with us in jiraising CJod
probably be followed by hundrcd.s, and I for his continued troodness to us, in con-
perhaps thousands, for several days on
my way home, to hear somethinij about
Jcsns Christ every ni^'ht.
Mr. Spaldina: states that around Colvillc,
thou^li in the depth of Ihe wihlcrni-^is. fiOO miles
from the I'arific, there is niueh of the .ippear-
Mce of industry and civili/aiion. Bi'>ides a
puinlier of dwelling hoiijes. there is a hlaek-
iniilh-shop and a tlour-nnll. l,ar^;e herds of
fatlle ami swine are al.so found iheie; an I from
Ihe field of the su|)eriiil( iidont, Mr. !MrI»onold,
•bout 'MiW bu.shels ol fjrain were hiirve-ited,
besides an ci|ual (|uantu> of potatoes, nnd \ii-
lious other ariirles of proihire. Mr. Mel).
IKndly fiirnishod Mr. .Spalding with tliirty-livt?
bushel* of !;rnin, l,2(Klnii^hi of Hour, a yoke
tf oxen and three swine, to aid him in lie-^in-
ling his new establislnnent among the Ne?, I'cr-
Ms; besides numerous other urtielu^ lor the
comfort ul hit family.
tiiuiin{]f us our lives and health, and for
.the increasinjrly frvorable prospects of
' our feeble undertakinfrs.
I I have completed an alphabet in tho
i Nez Perces lanfrtiajre, and a spellini;-
book with some sixty or seventy scnp-
i tnre and animal cuts explained, whicli I
shall send to the Sandwich Islands to
, bo printed, by the first oi)portunity. I
hope to complete a small elementary
\ work to accompany it, and a lartro one
\ during the year to be printed at Uoaton.
LETTF.U FROM UOCT. W1I1TM.\.V, DATED
MAUcii \% 18;J8.
I The sla'ion of Docl. Whitman, among tho
Kaynsi!s, is aboui iwonty-five miles from Wal-
lawulla. After giving an tiecount of a journey
j whirli he made lo tho station of .Mr. t^palding,
' duriu|( uhieh he lel'l the iniisiou prcmiSKs. with
, tho Ktoi'k and pnuluix:, etc. at tho utalion, al-
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Orceon ImUiinsi — T.dtcr from Darl. h'liihnon.
Off.
inoxt .iilirr-ly wiiljfiiii ]irott.'cii<'ii, lull still fnuiMl My pl'Mi t"cr ti'in''iii"' fliP children is)
all .sail! on Ills rt'liirii. I Iiut to tiiko tliflll to h ;inl, liiit 1ft tliciii
live v.iili tir'ir |)iiri'iits •iml coino for
(icneral line of tin- Lahore at tin iii-:tni(ti<'n. W'in'ii tln'ir |i;iri'iit-< iirc to
^lutiim. j lio <T()ii.! lor ;i slmrt tiiii"' I \r\\\ ^rivc
' fiiciii t'ooil iiml let lliciii IoiIl'''' !iiiil cook
Dnrin? tlio ^viutnr wo li!iv<> lic'ii m my Imlum room iiii'il tln'ir [nin-iil.-?
rretitly tavored liy Inviin/ !i i"i'w \<'ry p'turii. Somi' of tln' |i!irt!ils lic^jfiii to
kind in(iin)is rii'Jir iih, so fli;it we hiivc Im im\\il!iM'_r ii lie iilxciit Immhiiso it
Jind a Hcliool (>r tVoiii lit'tci'ii to tnpiity t.ik''-^ tlicir cliildnn otV tVoui Ipariiiiii,'
sclioliirs, iiiiiiiy oi' mIiomi lri\i> iiifidf ti'ood to ri';id. 'I'lio \nmi'^ Isavusc, ulio liiid
proticif'Mcy in l''iiriiirii;- to read the |-!n:r- l)i'"ii a!)out srvrn vi'aiv at tlic Iliiulisii
li.sli lap'ii ,.j-(-. 'I'liosc ulio have I'citi iiiissiun srIiMcil at Iti'd I! i\ or, died alioiit
rwny for tlif uiiitcr Imiit ar<' iio\r rr- ji vcar simc, just as lie »as alioiil to
tiiriK.'d, and tlio |)n'SHnt niiiidn'r of idiild- return to \\\^ itcoplc. Wi- harl looked Tor
ron is nini'ji o-rcatcr than wt- have lionk-^ jiis rpfiirn with icnicli intrrcst, as he had
or al)ility to tcacli. 'J'lio only lioo|,s \\c liccri iicro on a visit and iu'liavrd very
have for t<;a<'liinir wow kindly and ^na- well. |}iit i'ro\ idcnci- has rcniovt'd liini
tiiifously furnished us Ity our Methodist • •Voni either c/ood or harm in this lite,
brethren of till- Willamette mission. i nv farther than his iieo|i!u reniendier
TIk! disposition of tin; Indians appears his i;Mod advice.
much nioro friendly ami acconmiodatin^r \\'e Inive now seen two winters in
than last year, hut still T need not tf.-ll , this cliuiate, and I thiidi f can say it in
you wo have many pf;rverse dispositions, as tine as one could desire. Our ain-
to encounter, for which we ol'ten feel we ^ maj.s wititerod in <.rood order in the
Inck wisdom, nnd should he discouraL^ed ])l,iins. We have no want of provi-
wert! it not for the premises ot' <Iod sioiis and seeds. f)r the Indians; and (
to bo with lid to etiliL'hten and sustain hav(^ Ix'cn emihled to Inrnish Mr. Spald-
us. inir with considerahh; corn ami potatoes.
The Indians are niakinir arraiv:renient-' ;nid also t-- ,, lurn, in a small deirree, tho
for [)lanlinLS and I am in ho[)Cs they will kindijess of our neiM-hhors at Walla-
do much. Jiut thiMr I'ear that other walla.
Indians will steal frotu them is a irreat Indians from a distance are contin-
hir^drancn to them, and all are anxious nallv comin^- I'm- seed to plant, ami as (
to plant where I c;in watch their cinps; am not strai'iliteued it atiiirds me jjreat
for, ns they say. tho Indians t'ear mo, but pleasure to ijive them. I'here st>ems to
do not fear them. bea;i'eneral intere-t amon!/ the iieiiih-
Our sy.stem of rr liLri'ins instruction in berint:' Indians to plant. I am anxious
much as when I wrote in the fall. Wo to cultivate |ar;relv as I expect we may
have two mei'tiuffs for Indians on the hav(^ associates and p(>!haps some (jf onr
{Sabbath, and in the eveniriLT what w(! call friends frmu the Siinduicli Islands may
n Sab!)ath .school tor the rhiidren and spend s(jme time with us for health,
youth. Tho attention to rfdiLfi'His in- ( )iir sitmitioii renders it neci ssary lo en-
.struction i-J sjood and solenm. Worshij) terlain man) iVietids and passinir stran-
is strictly maintained in tho principal n:ers.
lods^-es niorni.i;r and eveniuL'". It has seemed important to inak" n.
Lately I have been explainiiiLT the ten heuiMmuL'' that woulii onconrajre tho
Connnaiidmeiits and our Savior's tirst and Indians at the out'et, that wo miirl't the
f^'reat commaiidnierit, to w hich they listen sooner ;:i'ain access to them and try tho
Avitii strict attention: and from their in- inlluence of cultivation and a more
•piirie.s I think they nnderstaml them, settled manner of life; not lortrettinj,''
They say they do not worsliip idols, hut that it is the j>'os|)e| which wo coim;
stilll thiidc many of their trailitions arc to brinir, and that our ^Toat- business
evidences ot' idolatrous worship of some is with the mind ami not the liody.
nniinals and birds. One [)roniineiit iVe/. Ibit whih' we acipiire their lan^iiiaire,
I'erces told me they did formerly wur- and are preparinu;- to instruct tluMu, they
ship t!ie pnnrie wolt" who i- the subject nre not idle spectators. They nmst ho
of many traditions, and to whom they directed in tlie must nsefid habits.
ascribe many wonderful chainres in na- I'lverv thins* seems onconrao-ino- in
ture, and e\en tiie f.innation of tho our pi.ispects, hoih as to iii-t'-m tion
world. 'J'heir tndition is that former- anil cultivation. Mav tla: Lord bless
ly ho was a superior being, but is iiuw , u>. and direct our eifurts iu tiio best
fallen. i wa).
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