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State east of the moimtaius than any war that had precodod it. Tn this war the Governor served in person and was at the front dnririj,' the c«.ntinu- ance of the war. It is but just to state that it was owin^' to his personal presence at the point of outbreak, when the Snake Indians made their de- scent on the settlements and burnt Cayuae Station, that the fatal blow waa averted. Gen. Howard, the day this attack was made, had ordered liis troops, at an early hour, to move to a point east of the Blue Mountains, be- lieving? that the Indians were in advance of him. Gov. Chadwick, at the council held by Gen. Howard with Gov. Ferry, of Wasliinyton, and Gov. Chadwick at Weston, on the same day, was convinced that the Indians were behind Gen. Howard and so stated, but the General, feeliuK: that his infor- mation was reliable, ordered his troops to go in search of them in the direc- tion indicated. Gov. Chadwick returned to Pendleton that night to learn, as he had supposed, that the Indians were behind General Howard and were threatening the settlements with destruction. He also learned that the house where he nooned was burnt in an hour after he left it by the In- dirns, and that, on leaving the station, that he and his escort passed the Snakes, concealed in ambush, not over one hundred and fifty yards from the road. He gav«e his attention at once to the wounded and to the safety of the inhabitants that were gathered into Pendleton for protection, and despatched a courier after night to Gen. Howard, or any officer found, to return with the troops that were taken away. This courier overtook the troops near Walla Walla. They returned while the Snakes were digging rifle pits and preparing for a general attack as well as for defence. The prompt action of the Governor in procuring these troops, and their imme- diate attack on the Indians that followed, was the means of driving the savages from the State, and saved the lives and property of the people of Eastern Oregon. During the entire war the Governor gave his personal presence to his duties, and was most fortunate in his efficient conduct of that war. Though one of the most serious and threatening to our State and Territo- ries of Indian wars, it was conducted and closed on behalf of the State by the executive, with great economy and activity. The Governor, at the great council of the friendly chiefs and the military officers under and in- cluding General Howard, demanded the oiitlaws that were responsible for this war, and who were known to the chiefs. General Howard assented to this. The names were given, and the Governor had them arrested and they were tried, convicted and executed. But this was not the case in the Mo- doc war. The demand of Gov. Grover for the outlaws who were the cause of that war was wholly disregarded by the military who tried them, per- mitting some of them to escape punishment. Gov. Chadwick has received distinction as a Mason, having filled every station in the Grand Lodge of Masons, including that of Grand Master, seven times Master of a lodge. Grand Master in the Lodge of Perfection. He has received the thirty-third degree in the Scotch Rite. As Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Correspondence of the Grand Lodge of Masons, of Oregon, he is now serv- ing his seventeenth year. This would suggest efficiency and ability, and he has also received marked distinction as an Odd Fellow. In early life he