A.—Hezekiah (Brouillet’s Achekaia).
Q.—Did you have evidence that it was necessary for Hezekiah to hold you as a wife to save you from a general abuse by the Indians?
A.—I was overwhelmed with such evidence at Wailatpu, but saw none of it at the Umatilla.
Q.—What was the order of conversation to you when the priest went to Wallawalla, after hearing of Mr. Ogden’s arrival?
A.—I besought him to do all he could at the fort to obtain my delivery from bondage, and he said he would. A little after he called me to step out of the door from the rest, and told me if I went with the Indian I must not come back to his house any more, when I burst out crying, and asked him what to do; he said I must insist or beg the Indian to let me remain, or I must remain there. I begged him, as I was alone there, he would do everything in his power to get Mr. Ogden to take me away, whether he could obtain all the prisoners or not.
Q.—Did you know of the priests having baptized any at the time of the burial at Wailatpu?
A.—I did not; but they were baptizing a great many at the Umatilla, principally children; two the same day after I went there, and very frequently afterward. On Christmas day they baptized many.
Q.—Was it understood among the Indians that the families at the mill were English?
A.—Yes, sir; and Mr. Smith was an Englishman.
Q.—Did the report reach the Indians at Wailatpu before you went to Umatilla, that the Indians were told at the Fort Wallawalla that they must not kill any more Americans?