Willamette University - Wallulah Yearbook (Salem, OR)

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W EEK? ' meiCation XE TO JAMES T. MATTHEWS PROFESSOR OF MATHEMATICS WHO, FOR TWENTY YEARS, HAS BEEN A TRUE ' FRIEND AND COUNSELOR OF EVERY STU- A DENT OF WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY, THIS VOLUME IS LOYALLY DED- ICATED BY THE CLASS OF 1914

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HERE has been some inquiry as to the origin of the name of the Junior Annual, the ttWallulahW Of course all who are familiar with the Indian legends of Oregon, and par- ticularly with Balch,s, ttThe Bridge of the Gods, appre- tciate at once the significance of the name, and its peculiar relation to the name of the University. According to tradition, W'al'lulah was an Indian maid, the daughter of old Multnomah, the powerful chief of the Wallamets, twhich is the original spelling of the namei the tribe which occupied this section of the Pacific Northwest, and which held many other tribes under subjection. This was in the days when the fabled bridge of the gods spanned the Columbia at the place which is now known as the Cascades. An ancient prophecy said that the power of the Wallamets should be unbroken aslong as this bridge stood. Cecil Gray, a white man, came out from the East as a'missionary to the Indians, and the beautiful Wallulah fell in love with the pale face. But,lalth0 he loved her, he felt that he could not be true to his mission if he married her, so he forced himself to give her up. His work stirred up much animosity among the redskins, so much indeed, that he' was finally condemned to death by a council of the chiefs; 'but according to the story the Great Spirit took him before the ordeal. . Troubles began to arise for the Wallamets, and at the same time a volcanic disturbance arose; during which the great bridge fell. This was taken as a sign from the gods, and the power of the Wale lamets was broken. VVallulah was given to a Cayuse :chieftain, Snoqualmie, a man whom she hated. While he was taking her up the Columbia to his tribe, the canoe was capsized in the newly-formed rapids at the Cascades, and the unhappy VVallulah was. drowned. The girltwhose picture is used as the frontispiece is a Umatilla Indian. Her English name is Miss Anna Kash Kash and she is the granddaughter of the 01d war chief, Peu-Peu-MOX-MOX, Who was killed by the whites during the battle of Walla Walla in 1856. NThe VVallulalV, is indebted to Mr. Lee Moorhouse of Pendleton for the picture of Wallulah. so beautiful and s0 appropriate. I