savages.[4] A few days after this they burned down the mission mill on his premises, with all its appendages and considerable grain, damaging them not less than twelve or fifteen hundred dollars. About the same time, Mrs. Spalding was grossly insulted in her own house, and ordered out of it, in the absence of her husband. Information reached him of an Indian having stolen his horse near the same time; he hastened to the spot to secure the animal; the rogue had crossed the river; but, immediately returning, he presented his loaded gun, cocked, at the breast of Mr. Spalding, and abused and menaced as far as possible without shooting him.[5] [Footnote 2] Rev. A. B. Smith, who employed the Lawyer as his teacher in the Nez Percé language. Ellis was the chief who claimed the land, and had been at the Red River school. He was jealous of the Lawyer's influence with the American missionaries, and used his influence with the Hudson's Bay Company to drive Mr. Smith away. [Footnote 3] We were present at Dr. Whitman's at the time here referred to, and know that this difficulty originated from Jesuitical teachings. [Footnote 4] There were good men left at the station; besides, the influence of Mr. McKinley was thought to be sufficient protection from any violence from the Indians. [Footnote 5] This transaction is represented by Rev. Mr. Brouillet as being that Mr. Spalding threatened the Indian with a gun,--being a mistake on the part of Rev. Mr. Brouillet.