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have done a great deal of good for the Indians. His mission is situated upon a fine tract 
of land, and he had erected а saw and grist mill. It is said that his death was brought about 
by the false reports of a troublesome half-breed, who reported having heard Mrs. Whitman 
say to her husband, when speaking of the Indians, ‘We will get rid of them some day." 
From Bumford's to the mouth of the Touchet are many farms mostly occupied by the retired 
employés of the Hudson Bay Company. On our return we met Pu-pu-mux-mux, the Walla- 
Walla chief, known and respected far and wide. He possesses not so much intelligence and 
energy as Garry, but he has some gifts of which the latter is deprived. He is of dignified 
manner, and well qualified to manage men. He owns over 2,000 horses, besides many cattle, 
and has a farm near that of the Hudson Bay Company. On the occurrence of the Cayuse war 
he was invited to join them, but steadily refused. After their destruction of the mission he was 
asked to share the spoils, and again refused. They then taunted him with being afraid of the 
whites, to which he replied, “Таш not afraid of the whites, nor am I afraid of the Cayuse. Idefy 
your whole band. I will plant my three lodges on the border of my own territory, at the 
mouth of the Touchet, and there I will meet you if you dare to attack me." Не accordingly 
moved his lodges to this point, and remained there three or four weeks. Stanley was on his 
way from Walker and Eel’s Mission to Whitman's Mission, and, indeed, was actually within 
three miles of the Mission when he learned of the terrible tragedy which had been enacted 
there, and the information was brought to him by an Indian of Pu-pu-mux-mux’s band. 
Pu-pu-mux-mux has saved up a large amount of money, (probably as much as $5,000,) still 
he is generous, and frequently gives an ox and other articles of value to his neighbors. Some 
of his people having made a contract to ferry the emigrants across the river who crossed the 
Cascades this year, and then having refused to execute it, he compelled them to carry it out 
faithfully, and, mounting his horse, he thrashed them until they complied. He has the air 
of a substantial farmer. 
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