Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 85, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 April 1919 — One of the Last of Old-time “Reds.” [ARTICLE]

One of the Last of Old-time “Reds.”

Tom-o-Wah-Teet, who remembered the first coming of the white man to the Klickitat valley, Washington state, has gone -to the happy hunting grounds at the age of at least one hundred and ten. He was known and liked by everyone in the region, and would tell vividly of the events of days when white people invaded the territory of the Yakimas and Klickitats. He was present at the council of Walla JValla plains in 1855, and was a warrior under Kamiakin in the Yakima Indian war that followed. He took part in the block house battle and massacre of white settlers at the Cascades, where Lieut. Philip H. Sheridan was in command of the troops sent from Fort Vancouver to defend the garrison. After- the revolt was crushed Tom-o-Wah-Teet was always friendly to the whites, and his many services have been repaid, for since he became nearly blind about five years ago and could no longer support himself and his aged squaw* by working on farms, those he once aided have looked after his wants.