It will readily be seen that. as little dependence can be placed upon the statements made by one side as by the other. and that. instead of Christianizing the Indians. these different sects were engaged in quarrels among each other. thereby showing a very bad example to the rhees with whom they chose to reside The fact also is shown that as far back as 1835 the Indians west of the Rocky Mountains protested against the taking away of their lands by the white races . that this was one of the alleged causes of the murder of Dr. Whitman and faintly. It is needless to go into a detail of all the difficulties between the whites and the Indians since the first emigration to the Territory of Oregon. The same primary causes existed in every caseencroachments of a superior upon an inferior race. In 1810 and 1841 the subject of the settlement of Oregon was agitated in the Senate of the United States by Senators Linn and Benton.
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