did not return to the Northwest until September. In 1871 he created a federally sponsored Indian school under the Peace Policy to the Indians sponsored by Ulysses S. Grant. Under the auspices of the Presbyterian Board of Missions, Spalding also continued missionary work with native tribes in northwestern Idaho and northeastern Washington territories. He died in Lapwai, Idaho, August 3, 1874. The Spaldings had four children: Eliza Spalding Warren, Henry, Martha, and Amelia Spalding Brown. Eliza and Henry were the eldest; Amelia, the youngest. Eliza Hart Spalding was buried in Brownsville, in 1851. Over sixty years later, her remains were disinterred for reburial beside her husband at Lapwai, Idaho. The village of Spalding, Idaho, located in Nez Perce County, was named after Spalding who taught the Nez Perce, among other things, how to use irrigation and cultivate the potato. Archival collections The Presbyterian Historical Society in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, has a collection of eight original letters of Henry and Eliza Spalding to family members. The Spokane Public Library also has a large collection of correspondence, articles and transcripts relating to his personal life and his career as a missionary. Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington, has a large collection of materials relating to the Spalding family. References Further reading Dawson, Deborah Lynn. "Laboring in My Savior's Vineyard: The Mission of Eliza Hart Spalding." Dissertation, Bowling Green State University, August 1988. Smith, Alvin T. Original diaries at Pacific University Archives External links Nez Perce National Historical Park 1803 births 1874 deaths Case Western Reserve University alumni Lane Theological Seminary alumni History of Walla Walla County, Washington American Presbyterian missionaries People from Lewiston, Idaho People from Steuben County, New York Presbyterian missionaries in the United States People from Forest Grove, Oregon Oregon pioneers Oregon postmasters People from Lapwai, Idaho People from Brownsville, Oregon