CHAPTER XXXII.

Horrors of the Waiilatpu Massacre--Exemption of the Catholics--Charges of the Protestants--Natural Suspicions--Further Particulars of the Massacre--Cruelty to the Children--Fate of the Young Women--Miss Bulee and the Priests--Lapwai Mission--Arrival of Mr. Camfield--An Indian Trait--Heroism of Mrs. Spalding--Appeal to the Chiefs--Arrival of the News--Lapwai Plundered--Treachery of Joseph--Arrival of Mr. Spalding--Detained as Hostages--Ransomed by the H.B. Company--The "Blood of the Martyrs"--Country Abandoned to the Indians--Subsequent Return of Mr. Spalding to the Nez Perces, 353