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