[or-roots] The New Baby and Chief Joseph

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By Cecil Clark Rulaford

                  The New Baby and Chief Joseph

             In 1859, Nineveh Ford had a fire which completely destroyed his
     tannery.  So he gathered his cattle and horses and migrated to the
     Walla Walla Valley.  He took a 160 acre homestead on the Walla
     Walla River, close to Freewater, Oregon.  [Note that Milton and Freewater were
     seperate towns at this time.] 
             Shortly after he got his family settled in a log cabin, the Indians
     began to make trouble not far away.  Nineveh Ford saddled his horse
     and volunteered to help the soldiers quell the Indians.  About the same
     time little Martha (my mother) was born.  September 8, 1859.  Three
     days later Chief Joseph, Chief of the Nez Perce tribe, came to the log
     cabin with sixteen of his warriors, all decked out in their war paint. 
     The chief entered first, and said, "We want see white papoose".  So
     they all came in single file, took a look, gave a grunt and walked out. 
     Grandmother settled back in her bed with a sigh of relief. 
     [Note: Martha Jane Ford was the first white girl born in the Walla Walla Valley.]

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