The above is a true extract from the journal of Mr. McLane, private secretary to Colonel Gilliam, the same as was read in my hearing to Mungo, the interpreter for Colonel Gilliam, when these statements were made, and he said it was true and correctly written.
(Signed,)
L. H. Judson.
Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 25th day of November, 1848, Champoeg County, Oregon Territory.
Aaron Purdy, Justice of the Peace.
There are three important facts stated by this Indian which are confirmed by other testimony.
First. That the priest was upon the ground, or in at the death.
Second. He was ready to overhaul the Doctor’s medicines and hunt out some vial, and tell the Indians, “Here it is,—the medicine the Doctor has been killing you with.”
Third. That he told them it was sent to the Doctor by Mrs. Whitman’s father, who poisoned people in the States.
This explains the terrible and brutal treatment of Mrs. Whitman’s body, even after death.