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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>See:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial> <A
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>for the other stories.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>By Cecil Clark Rulaford</FONT></DIV>
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The New Baby and Chief Joseph</FONT></DIV>
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In 1859, Nineveh Ford had a fire which completely destroyed
his<BR> tannery. So he gathered his cattle and
horses and migrated to the<BR> Walla Walla Valley.
He took a 160 acre homestead on the Walla<BR> Walla
River, close to Freewater, Oregon. [Note that Milton and Freewater
were<BR> seperate towns at this time.]
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Shortly after he got his family settled in a log cabin, the
Indians<BR> began to make trouble not far away.
Nineveh Ford saddled his horse<BR> and volunteered to
help the soldiers quell the Indians. About the
same<BR> time little Martha (my mother) was born.
September 8, 1859. Three<BR> days later Chief
Joseph, Chief of the Nez Perce tribe, came to the
log<BR> cabin with sixteen of his warriors, all decked
out in their war paint. <BR> The chief entered first,
and said, "We want see white papoose". So<BR> they
all came in single file, took a look, gave a grunt and walked out.
<BR> Grandmother settled back in her bed with a sigh of
relief. <BR> [Note: Martha Jane Ford was the first white
girl born in the Walla Walla Valley.]</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Cecil Houk, ET1 USN Ret., AG6I<BR>PO Box 530833<BR>San
Diego CA 92153<BR>res San Diego CA 92154-3654<BR>NEW EMAIL ADDRESS </FONT><A
href="mailto:cchouk@cox.net"><FONT
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GEDCOM: </FONT><A href="http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/~cchouk"><FONT
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face=Arial>See also: </FONT><A
href="http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/~donhouk"><FONT
face=Arial>http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/~donhouk</FONT></A><BR><FONT
face=Arial>My Web pages menu:<BR></FONT><A
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