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The Log School-House on the Columbia By: Hezekiah Butterworth (1839-1905) |
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A Tale of the Pioneers of the Great Northwest by HEZEKIAH BUTTERWORTH Author of the Zigzag Books ILLUSTRATED 1890 [Illustration]
New York
D. Appleton and Company
[Illustration: Gretchen at the Potlatch Feast. ] PREFACE.
A year or more ago one of the librarians in charge of the young people's
books in the Boston Public Library called my attention to the fact that
there were few books of popular information in regard to the pioneers of
the great Northwest. The librarian suggested that I should write a story
that would give a view of the heroic lives of the pioneers of Oregon and
Washington. Soon after this interview I met a distinguished educator who had lately
returned from the Columbia River, who told me the legend of the old chief
who died of grief in the grave of his son, somewhat in the manner
described in this volume. The legend had those incidental qualities that
haunt a susceptible imagination, and it was told to me in such a dramatic
way that I could not put it out of my mind. A few weeks after hearing this haunting legend I went over the Rocky
Mountains by the Canadian Pacific Railway, and visited the Columbia River
and the scenes associated with the Indian story. I met in Washington,
Yesler, Denney, and Hon. Elwood Evans, the historian; visited the daughter
of Seattle, the chief, "Old Angeline"; and gathered original stories in
regard to the pioneers of the Puget Sound country from many sources. In
this atmosphere the legend grew upon me, and the outgrowth of it is this
volume, which, amid a busy life of editorial and other work, has forced
itself upon my experience. H.B. 28 WORCESTER STREET, BOSTON, July 4, 1890
CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. GRETCHEN'S VIOLIN II. THE CHIEF OF THE CASCADES III. "BOSTON TILICUM" IV. MRS. WOODS'S TAME BEAR, LITTLE "ROLL OVER" V. THE NEST OF THE FISHING EAGLE VI. THE MOUNTAIN LION VII. THE "SMOKE TALK" VIII. THE BLACK EAGLE'S NEST OF THE FALLS OF THE MISSOURI IX. GRETCHEN'S VISIT TO THE OLD CHIEF OF THE CASCADES X. MRS. WOODS MEETS LITTLE "ROLL OVER" AGAIN XI. MARLOWE MANN'S NEW ROBINSON CRUSOE XII. OLD JOE MEEK AND MR. SPAULDING XIII. A WARNING XIV. THE POTLATCH XV. THE TRAUMEREI AGAIN XVI. A SILENT TRIBE XVII. A DESOLATE HOME AND A DESOLATE PEOPLE XVIII. THE LIFTED CLOUD THE INDIANS COME TO THE SCHOOLMASTER
HISTORICAL NOTES. I. Vancouver II. The Oregon Trail III. Governor Stevens IV. Seattle the Chief V. Whitman's Ride for Oregon VI. Mount Saint Helens
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
Gretchen at the Potlatch Feast E. J. Austen (Frontispiece) Indians spearing fish at Salmon Falls "Here were mountains grander than Olympus."
The North Puyallup Glacier, Mount Tacoma In the midst of this interview Mrs. Woods appeared at the door of
the cabin A. E. Pope The eagle soared away in the blue heavens, and the flag streamed
after him in his talons E.J. Austen The mountain lion D. Carter Beard An Indian village on the Columbia Afar loomed Mount Hood A castellated crag arose solitary and solemn At the Cascades of the Columbia Multnomah Falls in earlier years.
Redrawn by Walter C. Greenough The old chief stood stoical and silent. E. J. Austen Middle block house at the Cascades
CHAPTER I. GRETCHEN'S VIOLIN.
An elderly woman and a German girl were walking along the old Indian trail
that led from the northern mountains to the Columbia River. The river was
at this time commonly called the Oregon, as in Bryant's poem: "Where rolls the Oregon,
And no sound is heard save its own dashings." The girl had a light figure, a fair, open face, and a high forehead with
width in the region of ideality, and she carried under her arm a long
black case in which was a violin. The woman had lived in one of the
valleys of the Oregon for several years, but the German girl had recently
arrived in one of the colonies that had lately come to the territory
under the missionary agency of the Rev... Continue reading book >>
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