SELECTION OF MISSIONARY STATIONS.



idly away in the enjoyment of refined society, and all
the other elegancies of the highest civilization.
  At the end of two weeks, Dr. Whitman, Mr. Spalding,
and Mr. Gray returned to the Upper Columbia, leaving
the ladies at Fort Vancouver while they determined upon
their several locations in the Indian country. After an
absence of several weeks they returned, having made their
selections, and on the third day, of November the ladies
once more embarked to ascend the Columbia, to take up
their residence in Indian wigwams while their husbands
prepared rude dwellings by the assistance of the natives.
The spot fixed upon by Dr. Whitman for his mission was
on the Walla-Walla River about thirty miles from the fort
of that name. It was called Waiilatpu; and the tribe
chosen for his pupils were the Cayuses, a hardy, active,
intelligent race, rich in horses and pasture lands.
  Mr. Spalding selected a home on the Clearwater River,
among the Nez Perces, of whom we already know so
much. His mission was called Lapwal. Mr. Gray went
among the Flatheads, an equally friendly tribe; and here
we shall leave the missionaries, to return to the Rocky
Mountains and the life of the hunter and trapper. At a
future date we shall fall in once more with these devoted
people and learn what success attended their efforts to
Christianize the Indians.



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