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made a state,289Washington Independent, the,263Washington Statesman, the,257Washington volunteers for Spanish war,350Waterloo of the Indians,104Water-courses,1Water supply,149Waterway system, natural,6Waterworks of Walla Walla, municipal ownership of,301;registrars of,315;superintendents of,315Waters, Lieutenant Colonel,89Watetash (animal people),2Wealth of Indian tribes,12Weather records,5,6Webb, Nathaniel,180Weinhard brewery destroyed,350Weiser, Jacob,128Weiser's claim,127Wells, artificial,6Wells, Bishop Lemuel H.,221,233Weyrauch's, Major, batallion on parade,202Wheat at $2.50 per bushel,126Wheat at 40 cents,181Wheat at $2.00 a bushel,471Wheat in field seven feet high,180Wheat production and value, 1916,191Wheat shipped down the Columbia,181Wheat, first in Touchet valley,471"Where the four creeks meet",114"Whisk broom with a drink",130White Man's island, or Samahtumawhoolah,24White women, first at Fort Walla Walla,62Whites and Indians meet,13Whitman, Alice Clarissa, first white child born at Waiilatpu, 1837,62;death of,63Whitman, Dr. Marcus, coming of,59;journey of,60,61;meets Dr. McLoughlin,62;selects Waiilatpu and Lapwai,62;versatility of,63;difficulties encountered by,64;Whitman controversy,65;motives of, impugned,66;mid-winter ride to St. Louis,66;early life history of,68;on Oregon question,69;guiding party of 1843,70-74;letter to secretary of war,75;philanthropies of,77;treaty of 1846, his work,78;ministering to Indians,79;last days of,79;murder of,79;war following murder of,80;the grave and the monument of,80;trial of Indians accused of murder of,90Whitman built sawmill,193Whitman not a fighter,417Whitman, Narcissa,60;diary of,60;at Fort Walla Walla,61,62;at Vancouver,62;daughter born to, at Waiilatpu,62;letter of,63;instructor of Indian children,64;philanthropy of,77;Joseph Smith and,78;murder of,79;last resting place of,80Whitman College, founded by Father Eells,89;early teachers at,218;board of trustees of,220;faculty of,220"Whitman controversy," the,65Whitman Massacre, causes leading to,79;survivors of,79;war following,80;tidings of, spread terror,84;remains of victims of, reinterred,87;hunting the murderers,88;Indian chiefs executed in retribution,89Whitman Mission, its place in history,80Whitman's letter to Elkanah Walker,426Whitney, Charles,176Wholesale houses in Walla Walla,195Whyama, the mythical eagle,20Wilbur, Rev. J. H.,229,235;stops liquor dealer,332Wild Horse Creek,133Wilkes, Captain Charles,25Willamette Valley, history of,71Willamette University, origin of,59Wind Brothers, the cold (the Walla Wallas),4,5Wind conditions,4Wind velocity,5Wingard, Judge,267,268Wingard, S. C.,147Wishpoosh, the monster beaver,2Wiveast, the "myth" chief,24Wollawollahs, the,40Woman's experience crossing the plains,447Woman Suffrage,294,336,370Woman's, Park Club, the,206Women, Indian,12Wormell, Mrs. Mary A.,464Wright, Colonel,319Wyche, Judge J. E.,141Wyeth, Nathaniel,52,53;expeditions of,53,54Yakima branch,165Yakima Indian legend,20Yakimas, the,11Yehl, the raven, legend of,26Yelleppit, the handsome chief,38Yellow Bird,102Young Joseph (Hallakallakeen),95

made a state,289Washington Independent, the,263Washington Statesman, the,257Washington volunteers for Spanish war,350Waterloo of the Indians,104Water-courses,1Water supply,149Waterway system, natural,6Waterworks of Walla Walla, municipal ownership of,301;registrars of,315;superintendents of,315Waters, Lieutenant Colonel,89Watetash (animal people),2Wealth of Indian tribes,12Weather records,5,6Webb, Nathaniel,180Weinhard brewery destroyed,350Weiser, Jacob,128Weiser's claim,127Wells, artificial,6Wells, Bishop Lemuel H.,221,233Weyrauch's, Major, batallion on parade,202Wheat at $2.50 per bushel,126Wheat at 40 cents,181Wheat at $2.00 a bushel,471Wheat in field seven feet high,180Wheat production and value, 1916,191Wheat shipped down the Columbia,181Wheat, first in Touchet valley,471"Where the four creeks meet",114"Whisk broom with a drink",130White Man's island, or Samahtumawhoolah,24White women, first at Fort Walla Walla,62Whites and Indians meet,13Whitman, Alice Clarissa, first white child born at Waiilatpu, 1837,62;death of,63Whitman, Dr. Marcus, coming of,59;journey of,60,61;meets Dr. McLoughlin,62;selects Waiilatpu and Lapwai,62;versatility of,63;difficulties encountered by,64;Whitman controversy,65;motives of, impugned,66;mid-winter ride to St. Louis,66;early life history of,68;on Oregon question,69;guiding party of 1843,70-74;letter to secretary of war,75;philanthropies of,77;treaty of 1846, his work,78;ministering to Indians,79;last days of,79;murder of,79;war following murder of,80;the grave and the monument of,80;trial of Indians accused of murder of,90Whitman built sawmill,193Whitman not a fighter,417Whitman, Narcissa,60;diary of,60;at Fort Walla Walla,61,62;at Vancouver,62;daughter born to, at Waiilatpu,62;letter of,63;instructor of Indian children,64;philanthropy of,77;Joseph Smith and,78;murder of,79;last resting place of,80Whitman College, founded by Father Eells,89;early teachers at,218;board of trustees of,220;faculty of,220"Whitman controversy," the,65Whitman Massacre, causes leading to,79;survivors of,79;war following,80;tidings of, spread terror,84;remains of victims of, reinterred,87;hunting the murderers,88;Indian chiefs executed in retribution,89Whitman Mission, its place in history,80Whitman's letter to Elkanah Walker,426Whitney, Charles,176Wholesale houses in Walla Walla,195Whyama, the mythical eagle,20Wilbur, Rev. J. H.,229,235;stops liquor dealer,332Wild Horse Creek,133Wilkes, Captain Charles,25Willamette Valley, history of,71Willamette University, origin of,59Wind Brothers, the cold (the Walla Wallas),4,5Wind conditions,4Wind velocity,5Wingard, Judge,267,268Wingard, S. C.,147Wishpoosh, the monster beaver,2Wiveast, the "myth" chief,24Wollawollahs, the,40Woman's experience crossing the plains,447Woman Suffrage,294,336,370Woman's, Park Club, the,206Women, Indian,12Wormell, Mrs. Mary A.,464Wright, Colonel,319Wyche, Judge J. E.,141Wyeth, Nathaniel,52,53;expeditions of,53,54Yakima branch,165Yakima Indian legend,20Yakimas, the,11Yehl, the raven, legend of,26Yelleppit, the handsome chief,38Yellow Bird,102Young Joseph (Hallakallakeen),95

made a state,289

Washington Independent, the,263

Washington Statesman, the,257

Washington volunteers for Spanish war,350

Waterloo of the Indians,104

Water-courses,1

Water supply,149

Waterway system, natural,6

Waterworks of Walla Walla, municipal ownership of,301;

registrars of,315;

superintendents of,315

Waters, Lieutenant Colonel,89

Watetash (animal people),2

Wealth of Indian tribes,12

Weather records,5,6

Webb, Nathaniel,180

Weinhard brewery destroyed,350

Weiser, Jacob,128

Weiser's claim,127

Wells, artificial,6

Wells, Bishop Lemuel H.,221,233

Weyrauch's, Major, batallion on parade,202

Wheat at $2.50 per bushel,126

Wheat at 40 cents,181

Wheat at $2.00 a bushel,471

Wheat in field seven feet high,180

Wheat production and value, 1916,191

Wheat shipped down the Columbia,181

Wheat, first in Touchet valley,471

"Where the four creeks meet",114

"Whisk broom with a drink",130

White Man's island, or Samahtumawhoolah,24

White women, first at Fort Walla Walla,62

Whites and Indians meet,13

Whitman, Alice Clarissa, first white child born at Waiilatpu, 1837,62;

death of,63

Whitman, Dr. Marcus, coming of,59;

journey of,60,61;

meets Dr. McLoughlin,62;

selects Waiilatpu and Lapwai,62;

versatility of,63;

difficulties encountered by,64;

Whitman controversy,65;

motives of, impugned,66;

mid-winter ride to St. Louis,66;

early life history of,68;

on Oregon question,69;

guiding party of 1843,70-74;

letter to secretary of war,75;

philanthropies of,77;

treaty of 1846, his work,78;

ministering to Indians,79;

last days of,79;

murder of,79;

war following murder of,80;

the grave and the monument of,80;

trial of Indians accused of murder of,90

Whitman built sawmill,193

Whitman not a fighter,417

Whitman, Narcissa,60;

diary of,60;

at Fort Walla Walla,61,62;

at Vancouver,62;

daughter born to, at Waiilatpu,62;

letter of,63;

instructor of Indian children,64;

philanthropy of,77;

Joseph Smith and,78;

murder of,79;

last resting place of,80

Whitman College, founded by Father Eells,89;

early teachers at,218;

board of trustees of,220;

faculty of,220

"Whitman controversy," the,65

Whitman Massacre, causes leading to,79;

survivors of,79;

war following,80;

tidings of, spread terror,84;

remains of victims of, reinterred,87;

hunting the murderers,88;

Indian chiefs executed in retribution,89

Whitman Mission, its place in history,80

Whitman's letter to Elkanah Walker,426

Whitney, Charles,176

Wholesale houses in Walla Walla,195

Whyama, the mythical eagle,20

Wilbur, Rev. J. H.,229,235;

stops liquor dealer,332

Wild Horse Creek,133

Wilkes, Captain Charles,25

Willamette Valley, history of,71

Willamette University, origin of,59

Wind Brothers, the cold (the Walla Wallas),4,5

Wind conditions,4

Wind velocity,5

Wingard, Judge,267,268

Wingard, S. C.,147

Wishpoosh, the monster beaver,2

Wiveast, the "myth" chief,24

Wollawollahs, the,40

Woman's experience crossing the plains,447

Woman Suffrage,294,336,370

Woman's, Park Club, the,206

Women, Indian,12

Wormell, Mrs. Mary A.,464

Wright, Colonel,319

Wyche, Judge J. E.,141

Wyeth, Nathaniel,52,53;

expeditions of,53,54

Yakima branch,165

Yakima Indian legend,20

Yakimas, the,11

Yehl, the raven, legend of,26

Yelleppit, the handsome chief,38

Yellow Bird,102

Young Joseph (Hallakallakeen),95


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