TOLD by the PIONEERS - Washington Secretary of State

Told
by the Pion,eers
knew. A priest had a little mission at Manson. He had the Indians
trained into being good. Back of the altar were two pictures one of
Heaven and the other of Hell. The Indian took a look at Hell and
was eyer after a good Indian. The priest had taught them agriculture
and the Indian's vegetables did his teaching credit.
My experiences with the Indians were varied. When my husband
was away and not a neighbor for miles around, 200 Indians camped
in my dooryard. There was no timber in Chelan, so there was no door
in the house. The Iudians tracked in and out as they wished. ~\. papoose
had a burned foot and the squaw brought in the child and
dumped it in my lap for attention. I dressed the little foot and comforted
the little savage. Where the Indians had been surl~', they
were now friendly. I did not sleep a wink the three nights the farm
was an Indian tenting ground.
Later, I made a frilly frock for Lucy, Long Jim's wife. Lucy was
the prettiest and brightest woman in the country, and the shrewdest
gambler. At the stick game she got all the Indians' money.
Lucy had presented Long Jim with no children. Long Jim 'wanted
papooses. He gave Lucy money and horses and she rode away out
of the mountains and no one had seen her since. Long .Tim got another
squaw and had his papooses. The squaws loved their children and
were good to them, but terribly mean to their horses. They were in
the habit of beating the poor animals over the head with the bridles,
bits and all. One could not make them understand the crueltv of it.
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DUg-01tt and Tent
While our log cabin was being built, we stopped with the Captain
Charles Johnson family, who were living in a dug-out. \Ve slept in
a tent, but cooked in the dug-out. Floors were a luxury, as there were
no boards. Gravel was spread over the dirt. The women wore moccasins
and their sweeping was done with a rake. They would ask each
other, "Have you done your house raking today~" When they prospered
and could afford a floor, Mr. J ohnsons threw down his hammer
and danced a jig on it. The women put on shoes again. They stepped
high and had to become accustomed to walking in them.
There were seven children in the colony. The first school was
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opened August 6, 1889.
Prospet'ity
We added a clothes closet to our log house. Mr. Smith said it looked
like a wart. Fifteen dollars worth of good muslin sheeting bought in
Yakima finished the inside of the cabin. I picked snakes out of my
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