Ahnentafel Chart for
Nicholas "Nicolai" Finley
David Charles “Chalk”
Courchane March 18, 2009
First
Generation
1.
Nicholas "Nicolai" Finley was born about 1816 in , ,
Nicholas married Suzette
(Josephte), daughter of Cayuse and Palouse, on 4 Mar 1848 in St.Francis
Regis,
Second
Generation
2.
Jacques Raphael "Jocko" Finlay was born in 1768 in Finlay Fort,
Saskatchewan R.,
3.
Teshwentichina.
Appendix A -
Notes
1. Nicholas "Nicolai" Finley
REL: Letter to
Felsman.
!REL: Letter to
!CENSUS: 1860; US; W.T.; Spokane
Co.;
!CENSUS: Flathead
Reservation.
!MAR/REL: Marriage record of
Antoine & Rosalie Plouffe; St.Paul Mission;
!BAPT/REL: Baptism of Francois,
Nicholas & Suzette Finley; St.Paul Mission;
!BAPT/REL: St.Paul Mission Church
Records; p.9; #16; Josette Marie Finley.
!BAPT/REL: St.Paul Mission Church
Records; baptism of Francois Finley.
!DEA: St.Francis Regis Mission;
W.T.; Burial Book.
!REL: Gonzaga Notes; from Mrs. Leda
Finley; 27 Jan 1988;
Notes:
1.
Occupation: trapper and
hunter.
2.
According to Basil Finley's allotment record #1307. He and Rose Finley were 1/2 brother and sister to Koostah,
Miquam, Penache, & Margaret
Finley.
1849 St.Francois Regis, p1:
Nicolas - 4 Martii Nicolas Finley 33 annorum nater ex Jacobo Finley ex
uxor Spocanne (above uxor is written
sometime that is too small to
read).
Patrinus Alexander Guerret (vulgo, Dumon)
4.
St.Francois Regis
Josette Finley (PS Nic.) sm/ 4 Mar 1849
1858
4 Mar
1849
From St. Francis Regis Mission,
Listed alphabetically according to christian (or first)
name.
(In this group of records is inserted a book that seems to list names
in some kind of census or status record
thus:
No date has been determined for this book.
(Possibly
means)
name tribe?
baptism census? marriage? Page
Nicolas Finley sm 1 Mar 1849 1854 1 Mar. 1849
In
He and "Clementia" Finley are witnesses to the wedding of Laurence
Silimoultshe & Therese Wpial on 23 May 1852 at
There is a discrepancy with his baptism date. It should be 4 Mar.
1849
5.
Rosa Finley: son Louis; bapt.
& born June 1862
6.
St.Mary's
Narcisse Finley born 24 Dec 1874; bt 9 May 1875
Father: Francis Finley; Mother:
Julia Finley
NICOLAS FINLEY: aka Nicoli, Nicola,
Niquala, & "Schwn-mui-miah"
Nicolas was the son of Jacques Raphael
Finlay and a Spokane Indian woman,
possibly Teskwentichina, who was the
mother of his sister, Margaret
Finley Ashley. Census records indicate
his birth date is about 1816. He grew up
in the
Spokane House area. He probably traveled with his father and
siblings on trapping hunts through out the Old Oregon
Territory. When his father Jocko died, Nicolas was about
twelve years old. Nicolas was a engaged
in trapping and
hunting at an early age as a "free
trapper" for the Pacific,
young to have been on John Work's
Snake Brigades or preceding brigades, but he may have been on those of Francis
Ermatinger and Tom
McKay.
From Bruce M. Watson:
"associated with:
Thomas McKay's trapping party (1834-35) apprentice
Snake Party (1835-36) apprentice (1836-37) middleman (1837-39)
apprentice?
(1839-41 middleman
Flatheads (1841-43) trapper
Columbia Department (1843-44) trapper
Nancy Anderson [na
Fri 06/13/2008 1:18
PM
From: A/B/20/V,
Nicholas Finlay was one of the
servants in the Snake District establishment, Oct. 1839 [41] Retired from the
coast: Fort
Langley, John
Finlay.
They were
everywhere!
How're you doing? Hasn't this been
the worse spring possible? We are actually getting our first spring like day
today --
"...began work with the
In outfit 1844-45 money was owed to him from
the previous outfit but he did not appear to work in 1844-46. He later
settled in the
source: HBCA
45,and York Factory District
Statements 1833-34; 1835-36; 1836-37; &
1840-41, and Fort Vancouver
[Columbia] Abstracts of Servants' Accounts 1836-37 17 years old, native, 3 years
of
service; 1837-38; 1838-39; 1841-42;
1842-43; 1843-44 and 1845-46.
We again notice him in 1842-44 at
Nicolas, son of Finlay, infidel" at
the Finley Camp. He himself was baptized
on March 4, 1849 at St.Paul's
He was known to have had at least two
wives: Marie Iroquois and Suzette
(Suzitt or Josette) a Palouse Indian who
was often referred to as a
Cayuse. Her father may have been a
Cayuse, but her mother was a Palouse.
This is the tribe
she probably lived with. Not much is known about Marie Iroquois. She is mentioned in an 1851 baptism as the
mother
of Nicolas' son, Francois. How long she was with Nicolas or if Nicolas
had two wives at the same time, Marie and
Suzette is not clear. Suzette was born about 1818-1823 in the
Paul Mission,
time, moving to
Of his children it isn't very clear who
was the actual mother, Marie or Suzette.
Suzette is usually given as the mother
on the later Flathead Tribal
allotment records. Seven children are
known.
Nicolas lived in the
Alexander Dumont. In 1846 he lived near Tshimakain
Mission. The missionaries Walker and
Eells mentioned him in
their
journals.
Sometime prior to 1847, he moved south to
work for Marcus Whitman at the Waiilatpu Mission near
Walla. Here he became associated with the renegades
Tom Hill and Joe Lewis. Early
missionaries included him as
partners in this group of
killers.
The following are excerpts dealing with
his involvement in the Whitman Massacre:
From WHITMAN
WAIILATPU: THE SAGERS WEST; both by Erwin N.
Thompson. From the former;
p.65:
"With the wagons of 1847, a half-breed named Joe Lewis had arrived at
Waiilatpu. Whitman soon learned that
Lewis
was a troublemaker, but had no
success in getting rid of him. When the
epidemic struck, Lewis told the Cayuse that
Whitman was spreading poison in the
air to kill off the tribe." (A measles
epidemic which killed hundreds of Indians
was raging in the northwest.) "The more desperate of the Indians believed
Lewis and decided to rid themselves of the
doctor who now seemed a man of evil
design. In this belief, they were
encouraged by Nicholas Finley, another half-
breed living near the
malcontents."
From the latter, Pages 87-88:
"Mention must be made too of a shady
figure who also has been named as being one of the plotters. This was
Nicholas Finley, a half-breed
living in a lodge within sight of the mission and married to a Cayuse
woman." (Some
accounts say she was a
Chinook.) "Finley's exact role is not
described by any of the survivors of that fall, except that his
lodge was said to have served as a
headquarters for the ringleaders and their followers. This may well have
been true and it may be that Finley
was at least sympathetic with the Cayuses; but the lack of evidence strongly
suggests
he was not a leader of the
discontented and he was probably not an active participant in the events
to
follow. Mary Saunders, the wife of Judge L.W.
Saunders, and one of the few surviving adults to write about the
massacre said that Finley was
sympathetic to the Cayuse. But from her
account it would seen that Finley's own survival
was based partly on his being an
ex-employee of the
enough to stay alive. His concern for Whitman was outweighed by his
concern for himself."
From MARCUS AND NARCISSA WHITMAN AND THE
OPENING OF OLD
p.201; Clifford M. Drury; The
Arthur H. Clark Co.;
"Joe Lewis moved into the lodge of
Nicholas Finley..."
p.211:
"McBean, in his letter of November 30,
1847, to the officials at
the half-breed, Nicholas Finley,
who was the first to carry news of the massacre to
Finley, the Indians killed the
Whitman’s in retaliation, believing that Dr. Whitman was poisoning them in order
to get
their property. Furthermore, Finley claims that Andrew
Rodgers had told the Indians that he had overheard Whitman and
Spalding plotting to poison
them. Finley claimed that Rodgers had
been induced to tell what he had heard by being
promised immunity by the
Cayuses. Of this McBean wrote: It was reported that it was not their
intention to kill Mr.
Rodgers, in consequence of an
avowal to the following effect, which he is
said to have made and which nothing
but a desire to save his life could have prompted him to do. He said, `I was one
evening lying down and I overhead
the Doctor telling Mr. Spalding that it was best you all should be poisoned at
once,
but that the latter told him it was
best to continue slowly and cautiously and between this and spring not a soul
would
remain, when they would take
possession of your lands, cattle, and horses.'
Since Rodgers had been
killed in spite of the supposed
immunity promised him, some explanation of this had to be made, so, according to
Finley's report to McBean, it was
claimed that `One of the murders, not having been acquainted with the above
understanding, shot Mr.
Rodgers.'
"McBean refused to believe such an
incredible story. In his report to
Indian reports, and no person can
believe the Doctor capable of such an action without being as ignorant
and
brutal as the Indians
themselves.'
"It is time to say that because McBean
considered the Indians "ignorant" and "brutal" and so was already biased to
anything Nicholas Finley would have
said. He and later authors, such as
Clifford Drury, were certainly prejudiced for
the Whitmans, who probably did not
conspire to poison the Indians, but certainly wanted their land. Why would
Nicholas Finley say that Rodgers
bargained with the Indians in the first place, if he was not involved with them
some
how. Certainly some motive is missing. Like Whitman, Rodgers was only human, facing
certain death sometimes makes
people act differently that they
normally would under pleasant circumstances.
Besides Nicholas Finley has a "clean
record" before and after the
Whitman incident, a man who was at the wrong place at the right time, and who
took the side
of the
losers.
"Whitman decided to ask Nicholas Finley
what he knew about any supposed plot.
Finlay was sent for and when he
arrived, Whitman asked him: `I understand the Indians are to kill me and
Mr. Spaulding. Do you know anything
about it?
'
Although Finlay was fully aware of what was to happen, since the
conspirators had met in his lodge when they agreed
on their course of action, he
brazenly professed ignorance by replying:
`I should know doctor; you have nothing to fear;
there is no
danger.'
p. 223:
"This is when he should have left the country, but maybe he did think
that things would be okay.
"On the day of the Whitman Massacre three
half-breed boys escaped to Nicholas Finley's tepee, where he cared for
them. On November 30, 1847 when he got the chance
Nicholas slipped them into
been said that Nicholas and the
other employee, Joseph Stanfield, went about the chore of milking the cows
almost
casually in the midst of the
carnage that day."
Footnote on p.229 of MARCUS AND NARCISSA
WHITMAN: "The two Manson boys, John and
Stephen, were
present during the first day of the
massacre and were then taken to
From pp. 234-235: "In the meantime, Mrs. Saunders, not knowing
what had happened to her husband or the
Whitmans, and fearing for the
safety of all the white women and children, decided to make a desperate appeal
for mercy
to Chief Tiloukaikt through
Nicholas Finley. She bravely ventured to
leave the comparative safety of her room in the
emigrant house in order to call on
Finley in his lodge. John Manson was at
the lodge when Mrs. Saunders arrived and
has given us the following account
of what happened. Since he was able to
understand what the Indians were saying, his
recollections have special
significance.
"`Soon Mrs. Saunders came up to the lodge
where Mrs. Finley (an Indian woman), her sister and several other Indian
women were standing. Besides the Cayuse Indian women, there were
some Walla Walla Indian men. The women
seemed friendly to Mrs.
Saunders.
About four hundred feet away from the
lodge was a hill that had three Indians on it looking over the plains. (Possibly
looking to see if anyone was
approaching.) One of the Indians rode
down to kill Mrs. Saunders, but Mrs. Finley
expostulated with him and he rode
off. Then Chief Tiloukaikt rode down,
shaking his hatchet over his head. He
threatened Mrs. Saunders with it,
but again Mrs. Finley urged him to desist and he rode off. Then Edward Tiloukaikt,
the oldest son of the Chief, rode
down very rapidly, shaking his tomahawk over his head and that of Mrs. Saunders
with
fury. She had sunk down on a pile of matting in
front of the lodge. But the Indian women
shamed him and talked to him.
Then he rode off.
Mrs. Saunders then came to see me (John
Mason) and kneeled down. She begged me
to interpret for her to the Chiefs,
as she did not understand the language of the
natives. She said: "Tell the Chiefs that
if the Doctor and the
men were bad, I did not know
it. My heart is good and I want to
live. If they will spare my life, I will
make caps, coats,
and pantaloons for
them."
John interpreted for her as she pled with
Tiloukaikt for the life of her husband and for the women and children. In all
probability her husband by that
time had been killed, but of this she was unaware.
"What do they say,
John?"
"They are talking about
it."
After some consolation, Tiloukaikt and the
other chiefs agreed that none of the women and children would be killed.
Mrs. Saunders then begged to let
all who were in the main mission house to go to the emigrant house. Tiloukaikt gave
his consent.
Mrs. Saunders then turned to John, while
still on her knees, and begged: "John won't you go home with me?" John
replied: "I do not dare to go, but I will ask." Tiloukaikt then told Stanfield to take Mrs.
Saunders back to her
quarters and to get her some
meat. John's account continues: "Then Mrs. Saunders rose from her knees and
went with Joe
Stanfield. The Chiefs and all the natives then left the
lodge. They went to Dr. Whitman's
house. Very soon, several
shots were fired there. Mr. Finley came and told us that three more
had been killed. They were Mrs. Whitman,
Mr.
Rodgers, and Francis
Sager."'"
From page 243: "McBean was alarmed at the news that Hall had
brought to him. Eager to get more
information as to
what had actually taken place at
Waiilatpu, he sent his interpreter, a man by the name of Bushman, on Tuesday
morning
o make inquiry. In the meantime, Nicholas Finley left the
mission with the three half-breed boys that same morning for
McBean for Finley to carry in which
she listed the names of eleven people she thought had been killed. She included the
names of Osburn and Canfield, as
she was unaware that both had escaped.
Catherine, in her account of what happened
on Tuesday, said that when Bushman
arrived at
Waiilatpu, he was so frightened by
what he saw and heard that he `came only to the door and as soon as they assured
him
that it was so, he
left.'"
From page 267: "In the meantime, Finley with three
half-breed boys had arrived at the fort.
Finley delivered to
McBean the letter that Mrs.
Saunders had written which listed the names of those she believed had been
killed. On the
basis of this information, McBean
wrote that Tuesday evening to the `Board of Management' at
reported what he had heard. He also repeated a rumor that Finley had
brought to the effect that the Cayuses were
planning to attack
"Even after the massacre he is said to have slandered the Whitmans, for
some reason he did not like them.
Although
the superior air of Narcissa would
be reason enough for resentment and her discourtesy and rudeness to Indians and
half-
breeds would make them dislike
her.
"He next journeyed north to his homeland,
the
were fearful when they heard he was
on his way north to see his brothers and the Spokanes."
From NINE YEARS AMONG THE SPOKANES: The
Diary of Elkanah Walker -
1838-1848; Clifford M. Drury; 1976;
The Arthur H. Clark Co.;
"Several weeks of agonizing suspense
followed the arrival of Old Solomon on December 9, 1847, with the first news
of the Whitman massacre. A number of questions cried out for an
answer. What had happened to Spalding
and his
family? What was the fate of Perrin Whitman and
Alanson Hinman at
held captive at Waiilatpu? But the most disturbing question of all was -
what was to happen to them at Tshimakain?
A
frightening possibility haunted
their minds - would the hostile Cayuses attack their station and seek to kill
them? This
was the situation at Tshimakain -
they did not know what was going to happen -- events to follow in succession
after the
ordeal at Waiilatpu were -- the
Cayuse War, the rescue of Perrin Whitman and Hinman, the captives at Waiilatpu
were
released mostly to Peter Skene
Ogden's efforts, and the Spauldings were safely protected by the Nez Perce. But the
Tshimakain people were still
jittery - Walker and Eells hoped
the Cayuse would stay in the
south.
"It was .... early in February when the missionaries heard of an attempt
being made by the Cayuses to induce Half-Sun,
or Sakatal-kukum, to join them in
their expected conflict with the American soldiers. Half-Sun was a child of the
"
Kowalchins" or "
that the Cayuse offered him "60
horses & 40 cows, the property of the (Whitman)
Fortunately for the missionaries,
Half-Sun refused to become involved.
The possibility of the Cayuses
moving into the Palouse country alarmed Chief Factor Lewes at
urged the two missionary families
at Tshimakain to take refure in his fort.
"A still more serious threat to the safety of the two families at
Tshimakain came early in February when Nicholas
Finley arrived at the Finley-
Dumont settlement for the purpose of persuading them and the Spokanes to join
the Cayuses
in their war against the
Americans. If Walker and Eells had only
known the extent of Nicholas' involvement in the
Whitman massacre, they would have
added reason for being alarmed.
"
Finleys (Nicholas) who has been
sometime with the Cayuses. The report is
that the Indians are collecting from all
quarters & that the whites are
determined to make a grand sweep of the native in the whole land & that the
Americans
were going to fight the (H.B.)
Company as well as the Indians & that he had come up to get his friends to
go down &
join the Cayuses & also that
the Cayuses had said that we should not be molested.'
"Wednesday, Feb. 9, 1848: `I had
a quiet night's rest but awoke in rather low spirits this morning. I have been most
anxious about the coming of
Nicholas. I fear he has some evil design
against us. Our Indians are
much
moved, more I think than we
are. I have tried to compose myself but
without effect. I have had much talk
with the Chief
ut he does not afford me much
consolation. The idea that (Nicholas)
has come up after his brothers & the people to join
the Cayuses makes it very evident
that he is deeply implicated with them, or else he has to deal for his own
safety--which
is difficult to tell. One thing is very certain, that if his
brothers & the Spokanes join him, we are placed in a very
precarious situation & it will
be impossible for us to remain here with any safety. .... I know not what course
they will
pursue. My prayer is that God would lead them in the
right course....O Lord, we are here to do thy work. I pray Thee
sustain & defend us & thy
truth.
`The people are much alarmed on account of
the report that the half breed brought, that all the Indians from this
region in the
report got up to induce the Indians
in the upper country to join them. What
effect it will (have) none can tell......
"Thursday, Feb. 10, 1848: `I have suffered more from excitement to day
than at any previous time this winter. I
have
been at the Chief's once or
twice. He does not seem well pleased
with the movement of things. I have
been
expecting the half breeds all day
but they have not made their appearance, I prayed, if ever it I did, that God
could bring
all his (Nicholas') councils to
nought & think that they will be frustrated so that the remainder of the
wrath
of man will be
restrained.
`The report is to night that all the
Spokans are going to join the Cayuses, at least that was one report but it seems
that
it was modified & that the
chief at Spokan had sent word to our chief to remain here & take care of
us......'
"Friday, Feb. 11, 1848: `I went with Mr. Eells after the horses &
had a very pleasant ride. I have felt
more calm to
day.....We heard to night that the
half breed (Nicholas) who came up went back alone, but what his brothers will
do, we
cannot tell. They do not appear to say much. I had worship with the people this
evening. Some few
attended.....'
"Sunday, Feb. 13, 1848: `I received another letter from Mr. Chief
Factor Lewes, stating that things at that place had
taken a very serious turn &
that they had been under arms ever since three o'clock that
morning......'
"Monday, Feb. 14, 1848: `I wrote Mr. Lewes this morning giving him as
fair account of things as I could and
requesting him to make some
arrangements with the Finleys & Dumont to come here & stop awhile with
us, until we
should see how things would go with
us. I had a long ride after the
horses. I did not like to go far from
home & so left a
part of them. In the afternoon I sent an Indian to drive
them in.....I went to see the Chief. He
does not seem to mend
much. The people are anxious to know what course we
are going to pursue & seem well satisfied with the idea of our
taking our families to
"Tuesday, Feb. 15, 1848: `I had last night some very interesting
thoughts to me. I had a more hight & exalted view
of the happiness of heaven than
common & what would constitute that happiness....I have not felt well to day
& have
been low spirited all day. I spent considerable time at the lodges. Some Indians from above came in to day &
reported
that none of the Spokans was
induced to follow Nicholas. If this is
really the case, it is encouraging....'
"Nicholas Finley had sided with the Cayuse
Tribe after the Whitman ordeal and had been with them in the skirmishes
with the Americans on the Umatilla
on Feb. 24 and Feb. 25, 1848. The
missionaries could breath easier once Nicholas
left the country, Cushing Eells
wrote, `Thursday 30, Near night, reached
the half-breed settlement. Here are four
families by the name of
Finley. The other man (
Kayuse woman for his wife. He, together with his family, is at the
encampment of the Kayuse murderers. It
is reported
that Nicholas is detained against
his will, or if he leaves, shall not be allowed to take away his property. The statement is
very improbable.'
camp. He says the Kayuse murderers were separated
from the Paluses & gone off in an easterly direction; that Nicholas
Finley with his family is coming
this way.'
Later Nicholas and two of his brothers,
one said to have been Xavier, attempted peace overtures with the government
commissioners. From THE NEZ PERCE IN University of
"The evening after the fight between the
forces of Gilliam and the Cayuse Indians, just after the Whitman
incident--
February 1848--`Nicholas Finlay and
his two brothers, who had been with the Cayuses, came into the American
camp.
Nicholas was already suspected of
having played a role in arousing the Cayuses against the Whitmans, and Newell
wrote
that he "is a friend to the enemy
in My opinion." However, Gilliam gave
him a letter, which he promised to deliver to
McBean.' But fearing to be hanged he
fled."
From MARCUS AND NARCISSA WHITMAN; pages
309-310: "(Joe) Lewis is reported to
have settled in the Jocko
Valley in the Flathead country, in
what is now
he was joined by Nicholas Finley,
in whose lodge at Waiilatpu the conspirators had
met to plan the killing of the
Whitmans. Nicholas had a Flathead
mother; this may have been the reason why he returned
to that part of the country.
....Lewis is reported to have been killed in an attempted stagecoach robbery in
1862, nearly
fifteen years after the Whitman
Massacre.
"Before he left the
night Pishnot (Patrick Finley who
was called Bish-ca-nah) & Nicholas Finley came in. I met & spoke with them. They
rather put themselves in my way or
came out of their own to speak with me.'"
There is a sort of census that was made by
the priest at the St.Paul's
sometime in the 1850s which
shows:
Finley,
Nicolas
Josette
Angele
Francois
From FLATHEAD AND KOOTENAI; Olga W.
Johnson; The Arthur H. Clark Co.; Glendale; p. 277;
Footnote:
"Nicholas or Nicoli Finley, son of Jocko
was sometimes with two of his brothers and their half-breed friend
who had settled near what is now
Koostah (evidently Augustus, also
referred to as Yoosta) are mentioned in various accounts as residing in the
country during this period. A Finley descendant, Mrs. Arnold Trahan,
writes that Nicholas was employed in 1846 at
Tshimakain, where he pitched his
lodge."
On January 1, 1851 his son Francois was
baptized at St.Paul's
mother and Francois Morigeau as
godfather. Francois was born on December
6, 1850 which indicates that his
parents were wintering in the
have been only an
affair.
From St.Regis Mission,
In baptism number 47 on May 23, 1852 he
is listed as godfather.
1860;
shows:
Dwelling #136; Family
#94
Phinley, Nicolas age 32
trapper & hunter born in
$600.00 value personal property
Susate
age 41 born in
Angale age 18 " "
" "
Francis age
8 " "
" "
Mary age
4 "
" " "
1886 Flathead Indian Census
shows:
#1054 Finley, Nicholas age 70
#1055 Suzitt age 63 (note great age difference with
above census)
#1056 Timothy age 28
#1057 Francois age 22
Carrie Orr's List of Nicholas Finley's
children:
Nicholas
?
Francois
Angelle Plouff
Angelle Plouff
From FIRST WHITE WOMEN OVER THE
Arthur H. Clark, Co.;
"Thurs. 6 (Apr. 1848) -- `The Finlays have
gone to bring off their brother from the Kayuses.'
"Sat. 8 (Apr. 1848) -- `The Finleys turned
back & did not go for their brother.'"
p. 337:
"One of the Finleys arrived from the seat of war. There had been one engagement. More than 300
Americans,
200 half breeds, 200 or 300 Kayuses were
waring. 100 Nez Perces on their way to
join the Americans. I hope matters
may be brought to a speedy close
and the land again enjoy rest.."
and p. 288: "Tues. (Dec) 2
(1845) Traded this morning with one of
the Finleys. Brought nine prs. of shoes
& seven
deer skins for which I paid a
kettle, knife, spoon, fire steel, a few pins & needles, a shawl, an old
coat
of C's & an old dress of my own
& a piece of Baize worth 20 loads.
He seemed pleased with his trade & I am sure the
skins & shoes are worth more
than I gave for them & probably the things are worth more to him than he
paid for them...."
List of Servants - HBC - Film
#1M7865 - Section B, Class 3, Sub.-Div.F - Piece 17:
Nicholas Finley -
" 1839
(Piece 19)
HBC Film #1M802; Section
B239
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Two people who have shown some interest in Nicholas Finlay are Warren
Louis "Tuck" Forythe of Ellensburg,
Washington (forsythe@televar.com),
who compiled the book "Whitman Mission 29 Nov 1847 Families including some
Cayuse and Nez Perce", 1998; and
Jean Roth, who wrote several articles on the Whitman Mission and at least one on
Nicholas Finley for the
work somewhere) and it seems to be
a rehash of my article that has circulated for a number of years, with some of
her
own conclusions. I understand she has a manuscript prepared,
but I don't know it's title.
My name is Stephenie Flora. Return to [
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