-1 oiiie The Souvenir of Western Women Edited by MARY OSBORN DOUTHIT PORTLAND. OREGON 1905 Copyright, 1905, by Mary Osborn Douthit Presses of ANDEItSON & DUNIWAY COMPANY Portland, Oregon PRE FACE HE SOUVENIR .OF WESTERN WOMEN bears upon its pages a complex picture of he works and pioneer experiences of the women in the Pacific Northwestthe "Old Oregon" country from the time of woman's first appearance in these unexplored wilds to the present day. The purpose of this book is to record woman's part in working out the plan of our Westeri civilization; no other civilization, perhaps, bearingso con- spicuously the imprint of her hand and her brain.In coming to this country through all the perils, privations, and hardships of the longest journeyever made by a migratory people in search of homes, she marched side by side with man. Upon arriving here she could acquire equally with him a part of the public domain (the first instance of the kind on record). In patience, courage, and enduraiwe, woman proved man's equal.In her ability to cope with strenuous conditions, she was again his recognizedpeer. The powers thus erLgendered within her must perforce have leftan indelible impression on the body politic. Their dominance is apparent in our colleges and universities, all of which are builded upon co-education as. a corner-stone, and all of which also accept women as co-members of the faculty. From the beginning of statehood in all the states carved out of the "Old Oregon" country, women have been admitted to the practice of thepro- fessions on an equality with men.In the legislative halls woman's voice has been heard, and some of our most salutary laws owe their originto her thought. In property rights woman enjoys far greater privileges here than in the older portions of our country.These Northwestern States are among the few in the nation that make the mother a legal custodian of her children, and entrust her with the property of minor heirs.From a national point of view greater yet is the outcome of woman's presence here.To the pioneer woman without whom permanent settlement could not have been madethe nation owes the very possession of this great Western territory. Captain Gray made the discovery of the Columbia River (1792), and this discovery laid claim to the vast tract drained by it and its tributaries.Lewis and Clark, led by the "Birdwoman, " marked the way to it across the con- tinent (1805).The good missionaries brought to its wild native peoples, thirty years later, the "White Man's Book of Heaven," the forerunner of civ- ilization; but the combined effort of all these could not have held this country for the United States had it not been for the pioneer American women, who, PREFACE. braving all dangers and hardships, came with man to build homes and estab- lish permanent settlements. Let our debt of gratitude be now acknowledged and duly recorded, that those who come after us.may know and value the deeds of the women who first trod these plains and valleys wherein we dwell.These pioneer women we herein represent, and transcribe upon the pages of history the story of their lives.Numbered among the writers of these chronicles is the seeoi1d white child born in this unexplored land, Mrs. Eliza Spalding Warren, daughter of Rev, and Mrs. H. H. Spalding, missionaries of 1836.Among them, also are some of the pioneers of '43, '44 and '45, whose hands rocked the cradle of liberty in these Western wilds when the triple states carved out of the "Old Oregon" country were yet in embryo.Voices from the past, they en- chant us with their fairy-like lore and heroic deeds. That many, far as well as near, may share the charm of the last recitals of these old pioneers and catch the inspiration of their unflinching courage, The Souvenir would bear their messages through the land. MARY OSBORN DOUTHIT. Portland, Oregon, May 1, 1905. CONTENTS Page A Few Recollections of a Busy LifeBy Abigail ScottDuniway 9 Crater LakeBy Will G. Steel 13 A Legend of Crater Lake 13 Narcissa Prentiss WhitmanBy Catherine eager Pringle 17 Mrs. Whitman's Diary 19 The Lewis and Clark ExpositionBy Jefferson Myers 23 The Oregon GrapeBy Eunice W. Luckey 24 Roman Catholic Women of the NorthwestContributed 25 Reminiscences of a Trip Across the PlainsBy Mrs.Burnett 27 A Brave Life and a Useful One 28 Waunetta (a story)By Julia C. La Barre 29 Moriah Maldon Cram 34 Susan B. Anthony's Visits to OregonBy AbigailScott Duniway 36 Life of Mrs. W. H. Gray 38 Pioneer Women of Methodism in the NorthwestByJVjabel Haseltine 41 Abigail Scott Duniway, Mother and Home Builder Charlotte Moffelt Cartwright 44 Sketch from Life of a Pioneer MinisterBy Rev. J.A. Hanna 47 Eliza Spalding Warren 49 A Pioneer Country PhysicianBy Dr. RoviaE. Alexander 51 St. Mary's Academy, Jacksonville, Or .53 Babies of the Pioneers (Poem)By Eunice TV.Lucicey 54 Some Early Oregon SchoolsBy Marianne IIunsa1erD'Arcy 55 Life Sketch of Mrs. Mary A. Denny 59 The Dawn of the Sea Wind (a story)ByMiriam Van Waters 61 St. Mary's Academy and College 65 Ezra and Lucy Taft FisherBy Sarah FisherHenderson 66 Dame Nature's Monument 69 The Two Islands 69 Sealth and AngehneBy Miss E. I. Denny 70 The Allen Preparatory School 71 Pioneering in Legislative Halls 72 Home Life of Eva Emery Dye ..... 74 In the Very Early Days of Oregon 75 76 St.Helen's Hall Bishop B. Wistar MorrisBy Mrs. Belie J. Sellwood 77 Oregon Conservatory of Music 78 Woman's Work Among the Friends or QuakersByMrs. E. A. T. White 79 Mrs. Emiline limesBy George H. Himes 81 Julia (West) LindsleyBy Meldon 83 Washington Women's ClubsBy Jenette S. Moore 84 Behuke-Walker Business Cdllege 85 St. Peter's Church and Its Ivy-Clad TowerByElizabeth McCarver Harris 8G My Mother's Flower GardenBy Charlotte MathenyKirk'wood 88 Nomenclature of Northwest MountainsBy George H.Himes 89 A Grandmother's Story of Early Days inWashingtonAuthor unknown 91 Hill Military Academy, Portland, Oregon 94 Early Portland SchoolsBy Alice P. Cornwall 95 Woman Workers of the Episcopal ..ChurchByLouisa A. Nash 99 Helen F. SpaldingBy Mrs. Catherine A. Coburn 103 Woman Suffrage in Washington TerritoryBy John MillerMurphy 104 CONTENTS-_Continued Page Academy of The Hoiy Names,Seattle, Wash 108 Baptist Women in the Pacific NorthwestByEllen Scott Latourete 109 Scenic Attractions of the 1905Exposition_-By William Billie Wells 113 Raising the Flag Overa Northwest SchoolhouseBy Dr. N. J. A. Simons... 115 Woman Suffrage in IdahoByWilliam Balderston 117 The Ladies' Relief Society 119 Illustrative Shorthand 120 Women's Club Work in Idaho 121 Scenes About the Home of My ChildhoodByMary Osborn Douthit 123. Frances Fuller VictorBy EdnaIsabel Protzman Seattle Seminary 125 127 The Oregon Women's Flax IndustryByMrs. W. P. Lord, Salem, Or 128 Pine Needle IndustryBy Mrs. W.P. Lord 131 St. Teresa's Academy, Boise, Idaho 132 Pioneer Days of Mrs. Matilda Frost 133 The Mercer GirlsBy C. B. Bagley,Seattle, Wash 135 The Portland Woman's Union--ByElizabeth Story Hamilton 137 The College Girl (Poem)By EvaEmery Dye In Memory of Narcissa White 139 KinneyBy Mrs. Henrietta Brown 140 Addison Crandall Gibbs, Oregon's WarGovernorBy Mrs. A. C. Gibh 142 Ontario Then and NowBy Miss MaryLocey 143 Grant County, the Place for Horneseekers Portland Acadeniy 145 147 Gillespie School of Expression 148 Women in MedicineBy Annice JeffreysMyers, M. D 149 Work of Unitarian Women in the NorthwestByKate Stevens Bin gham 153 The Baby HomeBy Mrs. CharlesE. Silton 157 The Woman's Christian TemperanceUnionBy Lucia H. Faxon Additon...159 The Woman's Emergency CorpsByMrs. Henry E. Jones 161 What Christianity Has Done for the Indian WomanBy Miss Helen Clark.. 163 Woman's Clubs in OregonBy JennieC. Pritchard 165 Council of Jewish WomenBy Mrs.Blanche Blumauer 167 A Scrap From an Old DiaryBy Mrs.K. M. Wilson 168 The Woman on the FarmBy Mrs.Clara Humason Waldo 169 The Woman's Relief Corps--By Mrs. JuliaA. Kemp Lawton 172 Mrs. Catherine A. CoburnBy Miss HelenF. Spalding 173 The Homeward March of the Old Pioneers(Poem) By June McMillei Ordway 174 James Harrison and Lueza Osborn Douthit 175 Judge Pratt in Bedticking 179 Domestic ScienceBy Mrs. Mary E.Young 181 Roads and RailwaysEarly HistoryByJ. Gaston 183 Mineral Springs, Nature's Health ReservoirsByWallis Nash 186 The Visiting Nurse Association--By Mrs.B. II. Trumbull The Newill Riverview Academy 187 188 Sacajawea, the Birdwoman 189 The Spirit of the Pioneer MotherByGeorge If. Himes 191 Women on Public BoardsBy Mae II.Cardweli, M. D 192 Home Life of Chinese Women in the WestByMrs. W. S. Holt The Young Women's Christian AssociationBy 193 Mrs. Jessie M. lloneyman.. 194 Kindergarten in the Northwest 195 Art in the NorthwestExtracts from FineArts Journal 196 Life in a Mining CampBy Mrs. J. L.Goodyear 197 Some Things About the Pacific Monthly 199 Honor Where Honor Is Due 200 ILLUSTRATIONS Page Crater Lake (in colors) Frontispiece Abigail Scott Duniway (half-tone) Indian Woman of the Ilmatilla Tribe 16 Forestry BuildingLewis and Clark Exposition 22 Jefferson Myers 23 Esplanade and TerracesNorthern Approach to Exhibit Palaces of Lewis and Clark Fair 24 Indians of the Plains 26 Portland-on-the-WillanietteA seaport 110 miles inland 33 Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Gray (half-tone) 39 Taylor-Street M. E. Church 41 Mrs. C. M. Cartwright and Grandson 44 First House in Portland 45 Rev. J. A. Hanna (photographed at eighty) 46 Dr. W. F. Alexander (photographed at eighty) 50 The Natatorium, Boise, Idaho 58 Specimen Lumber Tree of the Oregon-Washington Forests 60 St.