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Told by the Pionee1's Fred Lockley published in 1913 in the Oregon Historical Society QuarterlY. • He was the son of ,Y. H. Gray, who came to Oregon in 1836 with 'Vhitman. Of him Gra,- said: • "::\Jv father named me ,Yilliam Polk Grav. I remember when I was • • four or fi,-e veal'S old someone asked me what mv middle initial stood • • for. Father said, 'I named him after President Polk. ,Vhen I named him the president had taken a strong stand of "54-40 or fight". Polk reversed his attitude on that question and I have been sorry I called my boy after him e,-er since. Sometimes I have a notion to 'ning the youngster's neck, I am so disgusted with President Polk'." A prospecting trip 1,ear Roslyn, B. C., failed to pun out as well as expected, and Gray started a ranch on the upper Okanogan ri,-er. Then he determined to build a boat, go down the OkaIlOgan and Columhia ri,-ers to the miner,,;. Grav said: • ",Yo had practieall~- no tools, and of com'so no nails ,Ye wont into the m0l1ntai11s, whipsH'H)d out the lumber, hauled it down to the water, and father, with the help of us hays, built a boat, fastening it together with tnlllllels or wooden peg:". ,Ve lmilt a boat 91 feet long with 1:2-foot hearns, drawing' 12 inches of ,yater. The next thing was calking' her, but I neyer saw my father stumped yet. He hunted around and found a big pateh of \\-ilcl flax. He had the children pick this and break it to use as oakum to calk the cracks in the boat. 'Ye also hunted all throngh the timber aud found gum in the trees, which we meltE'd up for piteh to he nsed in the calking'. "Ve had no canvas for sails, so he made some large sweeps. He launched her on :May 2. 1861, and started on his trip down the river on May 10th. "To gi,-e ~-ou an idea of the determination of my father, he sent that hoat, without machiner~-, sails or other equipment except the sweeps, through the Rock Island rapids and through the Priest Rapids, both of ,,,hich he negotiated successfully. He left me to bring; the famil~- down and I certainly had a very exciting time doing so." ~'1ecompanied by A. J. Kane, Young Gra~- started down the river on horseback, ,,,ith his mother and h\-o sisters and two brothers. On their ,,,av they learned that the Indians had killed a man and his wife neal' • • Moxee Springs, so the~- crossed the Columbia and started do,m the east bank. Kane had been injured and could scarcely ride. One night the Snake river Indians drove away their horses, and young Gray start('(l ont on the trail of the Indians. He followed their trail to near the present site of Pasco. Entering the camp, he rode up to a large tent where he hearel the sound of tom-toms and dancing. "Some years before, General "\Yright had inflicted punishment up- 98
Told by the Piolleers on the Indians by killing a large band of their horses. On the spur of the moment, I decided to put on a bold front and demand the return of my horses. I rode up to the tent, dismounted, threw the teepee flap baek and stepped into the entrance. The Indians stopped dancing and looked intently at me. I talked the Chinook jargon as well as I did English, so I said, "Some of your Indians have stolen my horses last night. If they are not back in my camp an hour after I get there, I'll ~el' that every• horse in vour band is shot.' There was utter silence." • As Gray rode back to his camp, four Indians rode after him, whooping savagely, and when they got to him surrounded him. He did not look around. One Indian rode directly into the trail ahead a f him. o Gray spurred his horse and raised his quirt. The Indians gave a-way before his bluff of appearing perfectly fearless. ,Yhen he got back in camp, he sat down to a dela:,'ed breakfast. In a few minutes his horses were dri\~en in. He led his party to an Indian camp. "I again rode 11p to the large tent, opened the flap and said in Chinook, "I want one canoe for my women and children to go to ,Vallula and three canoes to swim my horses across. You have delayed us by driving my horses off, so I want you to hurry.' They looked as impassive as wooden statues. One of the chiefs gave some command to tile others. Several of the young men got up, went down to the water and got out the canoes. ":\ly mother and the children got in and the Indians put in our packs to take to ,Vallula, 11 miles distant 31y brother, Albert, went in one canoe and I went in the other, while one of the Indians went into the third canoe and we swam our horses across the river. Albert Hull I rode on toward ·Wallula, where we arrived at 10 :00 o'clock that night and rejoined the rest of the family." Gray put his family in the adobe fort. He herded stock for J. :\1. ,-ansyckle until his father returned from Deschutes with their boat, 110\\" rigged with sails and loaded with supplies, for the new Orofino mines. The freight was to be hauled to the mouth of the Clear-water, and he had mortgaged his entire property to purchase the boat load. At ,Vallula the entire crew deserted, since they had heard that it \Yas impossible to navig'ate the rapids. "Father finally secured another crew of seven men, and on September 20, 1861, we left 'Vallula. It took us three days to reach the mouth of the Snake river, a distance of anI:," 11 miles. The prevailing winds were directly across the current, so that it ,\"as necessarv for us to o • 0 Corc1elle the boat almost the entire wav. o 99
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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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INDEX Sweet Water River, 162, 218 S
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