owing to his absence, the seeds of assassination were sown by those haughty Cayuse Indians which resulted in his and Mrs. Whitman's death, with many others, although it did not take place until four years later. I remain with great respect, A. LAWRENCE LOVEJOY. [Illustration: HEE-OH-KS-TE-KIN.--The Rabbit's Skin Leggins. (Drawn by George Catlin.) The only one of five Nez Perces Chiefs (some say there were only four) who visited St. Louis in 1832, that lived to return to his people to tell the story.] [Illustration: HCO-A-HCO-A-HCOTES-MIN.--No Horns on His Head. This one died on his return journey near the mouth of Yellowstone River. This is what Catlin says himself: "These two men when I painted them, were in beautiful Sioux dresses, which had been presented to them in a talk with the Sioux, who treated them very kindly, while passing through the Sioux country. These two men were part of a delegation that came across the Rocky Mountains to St. Louis, a few years since, to inquire for the truth of a representation which they said some white man had made among them, "That our religion was better than theirs, and that they would be all lost if they did not embrace it." Two old and venerable men of this party died in St. Louis, and I traveled two thousand miles, companions with these two fellows, toward their own country, and became much pleased with their manners and dispositions. When I first heard the report of the object of this extraordinary mission across the mountains, I could scarcely believe it; but, on conversing with Gen. Clark, on a future occasion, I was fully convinced of the fact." See Catlin's Eight Years, and Smithsonian Report for 1885, 2nd part.] DR. WHITMAN'S LETTER. TO THE HON. JAMES M. PORTER, SECRETARY OF WAR, WITH A BILL TO BE LAID BEFORE CONGRESS, FOR ORGANIZATION OF OREGON. * * * * * The Rev. Myron Eells obtained from the original files of the office of the Secretary of War two valuable papers. They bear this endorsement: "Marcus Whitman inclosing synopsis of a bill, with his views in reference to importance of the Oregon Territory, War. 382--rec. June 22, 1844. To the Hon. James M. Porter, Secretary of War: