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(iriiy frtun tlic mission on (lie wiitcrs of Jlic ('oluinliiii riser, in I'luiipiiny will] a (1( 'iil iiilereslinf; Irilies, lofictlier \vitii the earnestness of some ol' their own hunilier who liad come so far lo present their I laim, wduhl enaMo liim to seeure. His expectation was to return anil contlurt tlie party to ihiiir ronteniplated fiehi of labor in the course of ihc^ ensuing' .sprinir. In \iew of tlie^atements made l>y IMr. firay, in addition to those ol' Mr. .S|)aldini; relative to his roreplion amonj:^ the Ncz Pcrccs, tlie Coni- inittee have \ oted to send four missionaries and teachers to accompany .Mr. (i. on his return. The atate of the treasury would not |)ormit them to send a lartcer reinforcement; nor would they, indeed, have fell themselves justified in incur- ring the expense recjuircd e\en for this, liad not the circumstances of the case appeared pecu- liarly urgent. The |)ers(nis composing this party are expected to start frcnn tlio western frontier of the Slate of Missouri about the end of April, and lo procee> to Wallawalla. J$ut this company, though as large as the present stale of the funds of the Hoard will per- mit, will be very far from su|i|)lying all the tribes which are not only open lo religious teachers, but strongly desirous of obtaining them. There seems not to be any good rcase;j lo doubt, that, in almost any of the tribes men- tioned below, missionaries, teachers, r.id other lay assistants would find a confidl-.g and docile peojjle and an inleresling lleld of labor and use- fulness. Probably the present time is the most favorable for introducing a knowledge of Chris- tianity and the useful ari.s among these tribes. A lew years more may bring them under other influences, which shall speedily accompUsli the work of debasement and ruin. H^jJI (y>{..v. ^^'^^ fff^f^flf^^mtmm lenn. J ll will hn s( view opniiiii! mi^'lil I"' <■""' ers. !iiis 1. Bn ary stati A mouth of i.nportan labors, a: at least 1 is in con niouniaii be at lea n lenn. Indians West of the Rochf Movntmns: — Letter from ^fl•. fMray. 03 It will bn swn Ixlow that Mr. (Jrny briiifrs to however, oorioliuln, nil reticliiiip tlir» view (ipciiin-rs lor iihovc lirtv f;imilifs. wliicli cniilit.ry, it' tilt' Hiilinl do lint nlijcct, to iiiii,'lii !>•• cnnipiiscd (if prciichcrs. ^^ll(H.l-l(•a(•ll- ostublish a station at that river \. ith pcr- ern, anil iiiicliiirtuit rarnicrs and mcclianiivs — priiliahlv about an ••<|iial luaiil'rr of nirh woiilil be di'sirnblc. How Ion;; nui>i| it bo before tllCM- beiii^lileil and \\ rt'tchfil tribes — 'iiort? desirous of ciiristian in'hall ha\e ih'; •^(ispel mmiI llirc)Uj;h ail liieir niiiualains and k alleys' haps one or two of the live families. Doct. VVIiitiriaii was in favor of our (!st.al)iisliiiijj ourselves at f!iis point on reaching; tlie ('oliiinbiii; we, however, thoiifrlit wo oujrht to net as near our in- structions lis possilile, and ucoordinyly selected our present location. y. 'J'he next station that seems to be . . called for is one about two hundred miles Oi>t,ini^s and fJenumd for .hlddioiud from the mouth of the Columbia. At .Missionarus. i njul ufjir the falls, or shoots, iis tln^y are called, we lind the shores of the Cnhim- 1 (•annot expect in this letter to jrive hia lined almost with little native vil- any tiiin'r like iili the reasons we have lajjcs, the occupants of wjiich, wrr-tclied for askiii;.', in htdialf of tlie several tribes, as they are, excM-t a jiowerfiil intliieiico for teachers. Voii have been informed on many of the adjoiiiiiiir tribes, with of our reception thus far anioni; theln-| (liaiis: at least so far a.s it relates to the Kayuses and Nez Perces. That Mr. Spaldino" aiid Doct. Whitman want as- sistance at each of their stations is oh- whom they hiui! intercourse alonu' the Columbia river, ("ould we have divided ourselves into fni1y families, we should have found twenty stations at once, in this vicinity. vioiid and needs no reasons from me. ji 3. We will jiass the Kayuses, Nez Tin: Flat Heads are now without a, Perces, and Spokans, and speak (d" the teacher. They have tisked witir. tears, , next tribes that came on the line of the for the livinjr teacher, and in their etforts Columbia. to obtain one four of their number have!! 4. The Okanajjans, speak in? tlie Flat lost their lives. The vote of the Com- TTead lanfjuasxe, and iiiimberinijf h«!t\veeii mitt.ee can at most only pive them two one antl three hundred faiiulies. 'I'he teachers, or two families, for the present.- disposition and character (d" this biind re- Jn tills part of the Held we have, at least,' sonible very much that of the Fliit Head, six hundred families, w ho are ready, and T'ley are situated near the mouth of have said to us, "Come and teach us — Clark or Flat Head river, about 700 miles we will do as you tell us." 1 was per- from the mouth of the Columbia. 'J"he iiiitted, in company with Mr. Spaldinir, to station inijriit he in the vicinity of Col- meet the Spokans, in tlieir own country, ville, one of the jiosts of the Hudson's Miiny of them came to us with tears in | Bay Company, in latitude 4H^, loniritnde their eyes, askinfr us to come and live!, 118°. Two families would tind this a in their country, and teach them as we ij delightful field for usefulness, there being were doinjx to the Nez Perces and Kay- ,' a readiness on the part of the ntitives to uses. This band certainly claims a share ' receive instruction from teachers who in our eH'nrts, and a teacher, or one fam- - may go anioiifr them, ily, ought to be with them immediately. I] 5. Proceeding about one degree far- They were, when we were with them, 1 1 thcr north, and in longitude J'JO^', is a sustaining a school of near one hundred j nunierons and well disposed tribe by the children and adults, and a teacher, by j, name of Carriers. This band numbers their own exertions. At this point, it i i about 500 families, or ;{,r)00 jiersuns. was thought best for me to return hnme- j, We estimate seven persons to the lamily. diately to obtain more assistants in car- : Their language is somewhat ditt'erent rying on our labors. I will omit for the ;, from that of the Flat Heads, yet they are present, this band, and conuiience with . on friendly terms with them, subsisting those on the coast, among whi«:h mis- principally on fish and roots. 'J'hey are sionari(>s and teachers arc needed. j nearly stationary, and would be quite so, I. Hands on the Cowlits. A mission- jj whenever teachers can be sent to tlieni. ary station on the Cowlits near the ! Four families would hiid abundant labors mouth of the Columbia river, is of vital ; among these tribes. i.n))ortance to our future operations and ! (!. About one hundred miles east of labors, and would justify the sending of I i this tribe, between the waters of the at least two families of the five which it j Colu?nbia and ('larke river, are tlie Pon- is in contemplation to send west of thei! deras, numbering about 150 families, niouniains, to Uiis point There ought to' .This band I met on tin; KItii of April, be at least fmir families there. We may, Hand made known to them our object in flP4^i3 1)1 Indians hist of the Rocky Mountains: — Letter from Mr. Gray. March, (•oiiiiiijr to sec tlicir comitry. S<'v«'riil of, flic cliicl's i('|)|i('(l to iiic tliiit tlicy IiikI liciinl tliiif tluTc Mcif) touiinls tlic risiiiirl SUM jrood lulk.-i wlio lovi'il (ioil. They ^vcp' li!i\v is\iii\ lliiit tlicy rollld set' oiH', and thill tlicy liiid it in their hearts to > conic and do fhcni jrood. "When yon | (ionic to tcarh lis," they added, "we will do as yon tell iis." 'I'liey wanted I should ' tell them wlii'ii we would hiiild a house.. They said tlicy would do all they could do to help lis. I said to tlieni I could not tell when we should hiiild a house, hut was ifoiiur to lotdv farther in their country. This hand speak the Flat Head laiii.niaji;e and usually o'o to liiinl the IjutliUo with that tribe. 'I'lie prohahility is that our mission to the Flat Heads; will iiicliulo thia band, as well as tiic j Spokaris. [ 7. Nortlionst of this band, and aloiifJi the wostcrn niiiirc of the Kocky Monn- I tains, on and north of the ( '(duiubia river, is a hand kiu.Nvn by the iiaiiio of ("oote-j nas, inmihcriii^' about 700 families.- This band is ^rcnerallv on friendly terms i with both the Flat Heads and the IJlackjl F(>ct. 'J'iieir intercourse with tlu.' latter is siicji that a station com|)risiiiir, say; five or six families, in a ihw years niiirht '; cti'pct a reconciliation between these two, deadly toes to (>ach other, and su\e froinj' war and death the last remains of that:! once niiiiierous and best of tribtjs, tlioil l''lat Heads. Their lan^uai^e is some- what dillennit from the Flat Head as well as that of the IJIack Feet, tlioiijrh they understand botli with little dilfi- culty. H. We come now to the Flat Heads. They are situated on Clark's river, in latitude 4S^, loiiiritndo I IM^^ or 114"'. In their wandcrinirs atler butliilo they I li(m and actpiaintaiice with tlio trader who rcsideii anioii;.f tlieni, and also with ! one of their priiu-ipal chiefs, a liaH-broed. From the latter I riM-eived many inter- esting facts relative to the character and disposition of this tribe, which is rejrard- ed as the most warlike and treacherous on onr continent. Jn my conversation with this chief I made several iiupiiries with re^nird to the safety of persons triiv- elliiiir with these tribes; and also nindo known to him our object in coininff to the country. He told me that a person iroin<,f with their villajfcs woiilil be per- fectly safe, and every tliini,' he had would be treated with the utmost kind- ness. The trader made the same remark to me. When the chief told the peoplo of his tribe about our comiiifr to live with the Nez I'erccs and Flat Heads, they immediately told him to ask ns to roine and live with them and teach them. This tribe is divided into five bands, havinjr dit^'erent names. Three of tlusso bands speak the same lanirnairo. The others speak a dilVerent dialect. Two of the bands seem to be mild and disposed to remain at peace as far as they are permitted. Two of the bands came and smoked the |)ipe of peace with the Flat Hea. Tiu! next tribe cominif east are the Black Feet. I had a personal converea- e(|ually easy with the Nez Perces. I think, with a good measure of persever- ance, any jjcrson of comiMon capacity could acquire a knowledge of the lan- guage in one year. 10. The next tribe we met are the Eutaws. They properly belong to the Spanish or Mexican territory. They are a numerous and well disposed tribe, sub- sisting principally on roots and some small game, that is found extremely scarce in the country. They range south of Snake river, and in tlie vicinity of the 4 Three or7,„ S;/" ""' r.n.lcx.vous. 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