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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1888
Page
3
The column notes a saloon closing out sale at Deoward’s and a bargain spree at Bushee’s with tin and glassware. It mentions a planned Fourth of July event, a new organizing effort in Walla, and local deaths, injuries, and civic updates including school and church matters in Pendleton, Baker City, and surrounding areas.
Pendleton held a grand Fourth of July celebration with a morning parade, liberty car, thirteen white-clad young ladies, and civic groups. The day featured a formal oration by Hon. Hyde, a barbecue, old time sports including a greased pig chase, sack race, and foot race, and a Baker City baseball game. The crowd’s energy, fireworks, and dancing capped a lively community event.
An East Caraoxas reporter observed a grand Fourth of July pageant near Pendleton with Umatillis Snakes and Cayuses in regalia. Chiefs Poo Lawry and aides led about 150 braves and squaws in war attire as a ceremonial battle unfolded amid drums and a ceremonial warning chant. The event conveyed a vivid but orderly display of Native ritual and pride on the reservation grounds.
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