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Told by the Pioneers than the oxen. None of the horses were sick. Had we consulted our guide book before, instead of after camping at that pretty spot, we would have been spared all this trouble, as it warned travelers of the poison existillg there. This event ran our stock of bacon so low we were obliged to bny more, for which we paid 75 cents per pound and 50 cents per pound for butter, which \ve bought of Mr. )Ielville, one of our party. ,Ve were joined at Salmon Falls by :1 ::\1r. Hutchinson and his family. Here we crossed the Snake River for the first time, a quarter of a mile above the falls. Hutchinson had a fine lot of horses and cattle, which caused him much anxiety, as he feared they might drO\nl while crossing the river. There were mallY Indians here of the Snake tribe, and he tried to hire one of them to swim his stock, for which he offered money, without making the least impression on the stolid creature. Finally taking off his outside shirt, a calico garment, Hutchinson offered it to him, which, to our surprise, he took; this was the coveted prize. He swam four horses safely and drowned one. ,Vhen he reached the opposite side of the river, he quietly mounted one of the best horses and rode rapidly a\vay over the hills, leaving us to the difficult task of crossing the river which we did without further accident. ,Ve paid, however, $4 for every wagon towed across. For 200 miles we wended our weary way on to Fort Boise, a Hudson's Bay Company's trading post kept by an Englishman and his Indian wife, he being the only white person at the post. Here we had to cross the Snake river agaill, which at this place was a quarter of a mile wide, with poor prospects for a crossing, as the agent kept the ferry, and demanded $8 per wagon, just twice what we had paid at the other points. I tried to get all Indian to swim our cattle, but failing, ,Vatt proposed to go with them if I would, which seemed a fair proposition, alld as they would not go without someone to drive them, we started across. "YaH carried a long stick in one hand. ,Vith the other he held on to the tail of old "Lube," a great, raw-boned ox who had done faithful service on our long and toilsome journey. I threw my stick away and went in a little below ,Yatt, but found the current very strong. alld which drifted me down stream. Thillking I should be dro\vned, I shouted at ,Yatt, "I'm galle." He with gorea t presellce of mind, reached his stick to me, which I grasped with the last hope of saving my life, and by this means bore up till I swam to Watt, who caught on to the tail of the nearest ox, thus giving me a hold on old "Lupe's" tail welcome hold too, and one which carried me safely to shore. Onl~' for Watt's coolness and bravery I would have lost my life at the very spot where )1r. ~Ielville's men were drowned the preevemug. • • VlOllS 128
Told by the Pioneers At Grande Ronde a happy surprise awaited us. )Jelson Sargent, ,,!lose father 'was in our party, had met .John Lane, who had arrived ill advance of us, with the welcome ne"',, that a party of workmen had ,..;1ilrted out from Olympia and Steilacoom to make a road for us 11t1'0llgh the Naches Pass over the Cascades, ours being the first ]Jarty of emigrants to attempt a crossing of the Columbia Rinr north of The 1)11]]e8. Lane waited at Grande Ronde while Xelson Sargent came on to meet his aged parents. Our party was re-united at Grande Ronde. E. A. Light, .John Lane, ;\11(1 others, who had left us at the Elk Horn Riyer, met us here and ('clltillued the journey with us across the Cascades. 'Ye went ;')0 miles 1';\1 ther, to the "Fmatilla River, where we rested 1\\'0 days and made preparations for the remainder of the trip. Lest OllI' provisions nm ,"lOrt, I hought at a trading post here 100 pounds of flour, for which 1 paid $40 ill gold coin-unbolted flour it was, too. lYe left the emigrant trail at Lmatilla, and "'jth 3fi wagons struck IIllt for Fort \\'alla 'Yalla, a trading post fift~· miles farther on, kept h." all agent of the Hudson 's Ba~' Company, of whom we bought lum 1:('r-driftwooc1 from the Columbia River of which we made a flatlloat on which to fel'l'~- Ollr goods across the river, aftenvards selling Ill' trading the boat to the agent in payment for the lumber. On the 8th of September, at 2 a 'clock in the aftel'lloon, our boat was filli~hed, and the task of crossing commenced, -not a pleasing one, but 1,,' working all night everything was safel." landed hy sunrise next mOl'lling, except our horses and cattle, and these we "'anted the In (lians to take across for us. Xelson Sargent was the onl~' man ill the crowd that could speak ('hinook, but not well enough to make 2 bargain with the Indians; so \l'e got the agent to hire them to swim our stock, but before they would ('r'mmence work the~' must be paid. We gave them $18 and they hrought up twenty-fiye canoes, forming them in line below the crossing. "VVe drove our stock into the river, and the~' swam to the opposite ,,!Ion~ in safety. Kext came the horses, and when they were about in the middle of the stream the treacherolls Indians laid down their oars ;\l1d made signs, which I understood to mean more money. }Ieanwhile IIUl' horses "'ere drifting down stream, \vhere high bluffs were on eith ('J' side, and it would be impossible for them to land. I took out my ]llll'Se and offered them more money, when they took up their oars and ]liltldlecl across, landing our horses safely. The Chief of the Walla 'Vallas was Peu-Peu-~Iox-~Iox, or Yellow S('l'pent, a very important person, who rode, with the dignity of a king, a large American horse--a beautiful bay, with holsters on his saddle, 129
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OCCURRENCES INDEX AT NISQUALLY (Ref
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INDEX McGillivery, S., 37-June 27.
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IKDEX I Ceder. (Cedar) Iowa. 120 Ce
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INDEX Immigration, 73, 74, 75, 76,
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INDEX Nelson Bridge, 95 N Elson Fer
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