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SpunkyLady61 72F
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10/31/2014 2:47 am
RICHARD OUGH Fell In Love With WHITE WING
My Great, Great Grandmother Betsy "White Wing" Ough. of Cascades Chinook Indian Chief Schluyhus and his wife, Running Fawn. White Wing lived from 1806-1911. (105 years)

Louis and Clark spent nine days with Chief Schluyhus-- could not pronounce his name and renamed him "Sly ".

Great, Great Grandfather Richard Ough. Born May 14th, 1790 in St. Cleare, Cromwell, England Worked as a Hudson Bay Company boatswain under Dr. McLoughlin and in 1832 helped establish the post at Fort Vancouver.

My Grandmother was with her father, Sly , and some of his braves, were fishing one day when my Grandfather, many other workers and Dr. McLoughlin came across them. Sly was ready to battle. Dr. McLoughlin calmed them and instead talked them into trading "pretty things" for skins.

There is such thing as love at first sight because my Grandfather was in love when he saw White Wing. As much as the other men tried to talk him out of it -- he went back to the Indian Village a month later. Dr. McLoughlin warned him-- you will lose your scalp.

Sly was not happy to see him. He almost did lose his scalp. He gave a big flowery speech. He told Sly -- he was not afraid of any man. He told him he could not quit thinking of White Wing.

After haggling for eight days, the Indian father (Chief Sly ) agreed to give his to the persistent suitor, provided that Richard build a house on the river and stay there for all time.

Richard, a man of action, leaped into his canoe saying, "I build a house tomorrow; you come day after tomorrow and I got house ready."
A hundred Indian canoes arrived at Fort Vancouver on the appointed day. Richard, true to his word, had erected a "little bit of log house."

Richard and Betsy lived long and full lives and were married for over 50 years and had ten . Richard died in 1884 at the age of 94. Betsy died in 1911 at the approximate age of 105.

If a couple of the sentences sound different-- it is because they are direct quotes taken from a news paper interview from my Great, Great Grandmother.

She talked about how wonderful he was. They loved each other. . . How sweet


If love is blind then maybe a blind person that loves has a greater understanding of it
Criss Jami


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