What to see in America . Tom-ahawk, which was re-puted to bring victoryand good fortune tothose who used it. Onthe morning of Nov-ember 29, 1847, thehalf-breed stole silentlyinto Dr. Whitmans office, where the missionary sat at hisdesk, and with one blow of the Charmed Tomahawk crushedin his victims skull. A general massacre followed, and fewof the seventy persons at the mission escaped either deathor capture. When news of what had happened reached FortVancouver, two hundred and fifty miles distant, the ChiefFactor of the Fur Company started promptly for WallaWalla with twenty picked men, boat
What to see in America . Tom-ahawk, which was re-puted to bring victoryand good fortune tothose who used it. Onthe morning of Nov-ember 29, 1847, thehalf-breed stole silentlyinto Dr. Whitmans office, where the missionary sat at hisdesk, and with one blow of the Charmed Tomahawk crushedin his victims skull. A general massacre followed, and fewof the seventy persons at the mission escaped either deathor capture. When news of what had happened reached FortVancouver, two hundred and fifty miles distant, the ChiefFactor of the Fur Company started promptly for WallaWalla with twenty picked men, boats, and provisions. Theyfound the mission houses wrecked, the mill burned, and thebodies of eleven men and one boy besides the bodies of Mrs. Whitman. These bodies were all buried togetherin what has ever since been called the Great Grave. Thecaptives were recovered except three delicate children whoperished from exposure, and the Indians received a ransomof blankets, powder, lead, and other articles that they de-. A. H. Bar netPinnacle Peak of Tatoosh Range Washington 523 manded to the value of five hundred dollars. Later five ofthe leaders in the massacre were arrested, and they werehanged at Oregon City. The Charmed Tomahawk is nowto be seen among the treasured relics of the Oregon PioneerAssociation in Portland. An American Fort Walla Walla was raised on the banks ofMill Creek in 1856, and there the city of to-day graduallydeveloped. The old fort still occupies an honored place inthe center of the city. Few strangers leave the valley with-out driving six miles to the hillock on which stands a monu-ment to the massacred missionaries and settlers whose bonesare entombed at its base. On the Spokane River, not far from its confluence with theColumbia, the Northwest Fur Company built a post about1810. Yrom there adventurous voyageurs went forththrough the solitudes, pausing to trade at the Indian villages,taking red women cheerfully in marriage, and as cheerfullydeserting
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