Told by the Pioneers - Washington Secretary of State

Told by the Pioneers
to quiet the title to the Timothy homestead, mueh of the early history
of the Alpowai Indians was put in evidence, and it was related bv.
Ed
Raboin that the Cayuse Indians felt very revengeful towards Timothy
for his activity in bringing about the treaties, and that in the fall of
1859, one of the Cayuses, for the purpose of revenge, left the home of
his tribe near Heppner, came to where Dayton is now located, and
procured a keg of whiskey from the Indian traders, carried it on his
horse to the Alpowai, and then enticed Edward, the favorite son of
Timothy, away from his home, and induced him to drink. While he
was in a helpless condition from the effects of the liquor, he was
brutally murdered by the treacherons Cayuse, who then fled to his
home.
The memory of most of the character:,; taking' part in the ea rly history
of this section of the coulltry has been perpetuated ill :,;ome manner.
~fOllllments have been erected to ~feriwether Lewis and \\"illiam
Clark. Sacajawea, the Flathead woman who piloted them from Montana
to the sea, has a statue in Portland. A monument has been erected
to 'Whitman at the old mission, and he has a still more lasting monument
in "Whitman college, dedicated to his memory. Bonneville has
been made famous by \Vashington Irving; but good old Timothy, who
always remained true to the faith taught him by the missionary,
Spaulding, and who, while the other nations were engaged in war,
directed his people in the "ways of peace and Christianity, lies buried
in the shifting sands of the Snake ri"er, and not even a wooden slab
marks his grave which cannot, even now, be definitely located. Something
should be done in this way. The people whose ancestors he befriended
owe it to him.
After the defeat of Steptoe, Col. Wright organized the expedition
that was destined to forever end the Indian wars in Eastern Washington.
Leaving Fort VValIa WalIa, he marched through Columbia county
and on August 7th, 1858, established Fort Taylor at the mouth of the
Tucanon. He then marched north to Four lakes in the vicinity of
Cheney, where, after a hard fought battle, he defeated the Indians.
For the purpose of making them g'ood, he killed most of their horses,
hanged several of their leaders, and forced them to n'(·ogni7.e their
previous treaty. On his return trip towards \Valla Walla, he had
several of the 'Ieaders of the Palouse tribe hanged, and then aballdoned
Fort Ta"vIor . , and marched to Fort \Yalla Walla, assembled the Inclians
of that section and ordered all who had taken part in the Steptoe
hattle to step out. From these he selected four of the leaders and had
them hanged, and compelled these tribes to promise to remain trne to
their former agreements. This determined action on the part of Col.
"Wright put the fear of God in the hearts of the Indians, and brought
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