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SPALDING, Henry Harmon, missionary, born in Bath, New York, in 1804; died in Lapwai, Idaho, 3 August, 1874. He was graduated at Western Reserve college in 1833, and entered the class of 1837 in Lane theological seminary, but left, without graduation, upon his appointment in 1836 by the American board as missionary to the Nez Perces Indians of Idaho. He remained at Lapwai till 1847, when he fled with his family to the Willamette valley upon the murder of his associate, and all those that were attached to his post at Walla-Walla, by the Indians. After this he labored fourteen years among the savages, using his translations of the Scriptures, and acting also in 1850-'5 as commissioner of common schools for Oregon. He returned to Lapwai in 1862, combining with his mission work that of superintendent of education for the Nez Perces Indians till 1871. His labors thereafter were under the auspices of the Presbyterian board of missions, and were in northwestern Idaho and northeastern Washington territories. Several thousands of Indians were civilized through his efforts, and more than 1,000 became professedly Christians. Mr. Spalding translated parts of the Bible into the Nez Perce language, which he had reduced to writing.
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