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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (April 1, 1911)
THE COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHfIelIToRI AH Honor to the Ladies of Marshfield Whose efforts are being directed to make this a BEAUTIFUL CITY, Our efforts are directed to making beautiful homes, and beautiful homes always make a city beautiful. We have just received one of the most complete stocks of FLOOR COVERINGS, RUGS, CURTAINS and FURNITURE ever shown on Coos Bay. Come in and let us show you. Madras, Scrim and Bobinet Curtains 1 . mm . A&asFijttwsv1 vr !..- v ..;.?" P If j-" - v- ' A. nrc tlic Itiw " Spring. See our Lino, our I'rli'i' niv the Lcvu-Ht cii Mint with Quality. Get the Baby a Co-Cart gii.;lj Thousands of Dollars' Worth of New Pretty Styles in Rugs, Floor Covering Portieres and Couch Covers Now on Display 2) The Latest in Rugs 9SS5 Tim Kolllcr Koyworth GihChHh may lo (mil lir-ie nt only 97.50 lo 91(1.00. 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The Heroes of Battle Rock Exciting and Interesting Events in the Pioneer His tory of Coos County. HV J. SI. KIKKI'ATIUCIC. HUNKER HILL Is the timo to buy at Bunker '". Residence and vacant lots at low Eres and easy terms. . f Particulars see M AUG. PIUZEEN, ntral Ave., Morshfleld, Oregon. Just as wo reachod the foot of this mountain tho Indians stopped a fow minutes and divided their forces. One party of over ono hundred turn ed off to tho loft and ran up a short ravlno toward tho north. They soon disappeared over a low pass to the loft nnd went back toward their vil lage at tho mouth of tho river. Tholr object waB to get tholr canoes, cross thp river, overtake ua and kill or cap ture us. When wo had ascended this mountain soino dlstanco wo could seo tho Indians crossing tho rlvor In tholr canoes. Wo hurried on as fast as wo could travel and between sun down and dark wo reached tho top of tho mountain, tlrod, hungry and nearly worn out. Hero wo determin ed to rest and get somo sleep. e worked our way Into tho thlckot of brush whore wo found a kind of sink holo. about twenty feet In diameter and about throe feet deep, covered 'on tho bottom with a rank growth of j grass with thick brush all around It. I Hero we all laid down and were soon fast asleep. Just as soon as It bo 'gan to bo light In tho morning, not withstanding there was a thick fog, we woro un and off, traveling in a northeasterly direction as hard as wo could. In about an hour wo struck tho rlvor again at n point whero tho tlmbor came down closo to tho wnter. Wo found a lot of dry drift wood and soon made a raft largo enough to car ry the three men who could not swim and our guns and tho balance of us swimming and pushing tho raft ahead of us. Tho river at this pomi was about two hundred yards wide. When wo reached tho opposite bank and landed we supposed that we had crossed tho rlvor but wo had only landed on an Island and did not know it until wo had taken nil our ropes off of tho raft and let tho logs go. We had not gone more than three hun dred yards when, to our consterna tion, wo discovered that wo had an other branch of tho rlvor to cross nearly as wldo as tjio ono wo had crossed. Thoro was not n stick of I timber on the island to make a raft out of, and as tho fog was beginning to break away, thoro was no time to lose, so ono of tho men, Georgo HI doubt, volunteorod to swim across with tho ax nnd cut off a dry plue treo that projected out over the water towards us. Our intoutlon was to get tho three mon, who could not swim, on to tho tree, let thorn bold our guns and tho balanco of us swim along and guide tho tree. Just as tho treo fell lato tho water three Indians came around tho bend In a ennoe. Thoy woro busy watching tho man that was chopping and did not seo us until they were close to us. Wo hailed them and made signs that wo wanted them to land and tako us over the river to whore Rldeoubt was. This they refused to do, but when they saw threo or four rllles lovelod ot. them thoy concluded to como to whore we were. Wo all pllod Into tho canoo and thoy landed us on tho main land Just as the sun broke through the fog. Wo did not tarry long till wo wero on our weary tramp again. Wo woro now vory weak, not having eaten anything for three nights and four days. We saw plenty of gamo, but did not dare to flro a shot, for it would havo brought nt least three hundred Indians on to ua. In ton minutes, and they would havo niado short work of us. Tho men who wero with mo had no knowledgo of woodcraft and but Httlo of Indian warfare. They woro on an averaso a? bravo a company of mon as tho same number that could bo found, ir.tro was not ono nmong them who could havo taken tho lead and kept n courso without running around In a circle, wnen i iounu mis oui i saw that their lives as well as vaj own depended on my keeping In i 1 lend. I had n good knowledge n( wood craft and could tako a coiirso nnd keep It as long as It was necos miry. I had also some little knowl edge of tho cunning und trickery of tho Indians, having crossed the Rocky Mountains In company with Kit Carson; and I will hero say tliat of all tho mon that I evor camo lu contact with or associated with Chris topher Carsou knew nil tho tricks auJ cunning of tho Indians bettor than any man I evor saw. I hope you will not think mo egotistical when I sy that I folt oqual to tho task ot lead lng my party through to a place ot safety. After crossing this branch of tho river wo struck out in a north westerly direction, through the tim ber. Intending, If wo could, to reach tho beach by night, and then travel as hard as wo could all night It uecod sary. Wo travoled on through tho thick heavy tlmbor until It got so dark that wo could not get along, so wo all laid down by tho side of a big log and slept until daylight. Wo then Jumped up and .wore off lu the same direction wo bad been traveling the day bofore. In about an hour wo emerged from tho tlmbor and soon got down to the beach. Wo struck tho sea at a point whore , long reef ot rocks extended quite a ways out into the oceau. These rocks uear the shoro wero covered with mussels which we broke from the rocks and commenced eating them raw. Thoy soon made us sick, so we built up a are and began roasting them and that made them -much bet ter. Wo were eating our first lot of roasted mussels when ouo of the lu dlnns, who had crossed us over the north branch of tho Coqulllo rlvor tho day bofore, came down to us. As soon as ho got nonr to us, ho com monced talking Jargon. Ho said he had seen mo in Portland, that ho bad ' kept right bohlnd us In tho woods after wo left tho rlvor, and that ha was afraid to come to us In the woods believing wo would kill him. He said that tho Indians woro conithg up on tho beach from the mouth of the Coqulllo, and wo must hurry as fast j as wo could. Each ono of us took all j tho llvo mussels wo could carry, but did not stop to cook' thorn as wo in tended to roast tlioin when wo feot to a placo of safety. We now struck up j tho beach as fast as wo could go, thoj Indian in tho lead. Wo travoled onj until about 3 o'clock ip tho afternoon) when the Indian called our attention to n whlto polo about eight Inches In dlnmotor and twenty feet high, Htnndlug lu n great pllo of rocks nt tho edge of the beach. When wo passed this polo and mouumout, tho Indian said wo wero now safe, as tho California SI washes would not duro to como nbove that pole, for tho Coos Bay, Umpqun, CUckatats, nnd somo other tribes ho montloned, would make war on thorn and drlvo thorn back. Aftor resting n little while wo travoled on for nbout two hours and, turning Into n Httlo covo, wo built up a tiro and roasted our mussols and ato them. Wo thon took up our lino of march and travoled till It was dark and then turned oft to our right whoro wo found somo dry sand, in auothor Httlo covo, and all laid down and slept until morning. As soon as It was daylight we woro up and away. That aftornoon wo reached Coos Bay. Tho Indians mot us moro than a mllo from their camp and brought us drlod salmon, drlod elk meat nnd salmon berries. Thoy woro extremely frloud- ly and expressod thomsolves as being very glad that wo had not been killed by tho California Slwasbos. We staid all night with theso Indians who seemed to vlo with ouch other In do ing everything thoy could for us. In tho morning they took us across tho bey and landed usopposlto whoro Rm- plro City now stands. Thoy told us that wo would mako tho mouth of tho Umpqua tho next day. Wo bid our friends goodbye and struck across tho sand hills and through swamps, whore sometimes the water was threo or four feot deop. We floundered around in theso sand hills and swamps until wo woro nearly tlrod out and struck for tho beach again. About nu hour boforo dark wo reach ed' tho boach. The wind was blow ing so hard from tho west that It mado It difficult and unpleasant to travel against, so wo loft tho boacli and sought shelter bohlnd somo sand hills that raised to more thnn a hun dred feet above the sea. Wo found somo dry plno logs near a thlckot of brush and soon had n big flro golug. Hero we laid down nnd slept until ..i ulng, notwithstanding wo" wo-e go&kod vltli the mist that had been driven ncrost tho sand hills by tho gale t:s t'.o n'ght. After wo had dried ouiselves a Httlo by our fire wo struck out for tho boach. Tho galo had subsided and the beach, for moro than ono hundred yards lu width and ns far as wo could seo up nnd down tho beach, was Hterully covored with ilsh that had been driven nshoro tho night boforo by tho gale. "Luck at lust," cried Eagau, "Hero Is Ilsh enough for n feast for tho GodB," and each ono of us plckod up two apiece, weighing G or C pounds oach, and back wo went to our flldcamp whero we had loft a bltr bml of coala. whoro wo roasted our Ilsh, oatlng atl we could of ouo and taking tho rest with uh. That aftornoon wo roachod tho mouth of tho Umpqua river. Tho Indians on watch for ub had notlflod tho whlto men on tho other side ot tho river that tho whlto men, who bad shot a keg of nails Into tho In dians at Port Orford, killing many of them, woro ou tlo othor sldo of tho river. Wo could'aoo tho whlto rnoa launchlug their boats at what was called Umpqua City; at that tlmo It consisted of ono houso built ot shoot Iron aud ono tont. Iu nbout an hour they had reachod us and taken us aboard. Having a fair wind thoy hoisted sail and Just as tho sun was setting on the 2d day of July, 1851, wo woro landed and made welcome in whlto mon's quarters, aftor hay ing an oxporlenco that not soon would wo forgot. Never did a sot of poor, weary, ragged, hungry whlto men re celvo a more royal wolcomo than wo did ut tho hands of Dr. Josoph Drow and his associates at tholr camp at tho mouth of tho Umpqua river. We rested thoro ono day and on tho morning ot the 4th they took us In tholr boats and, having sallod up tho river, thoy loft us at anothor now town called scottsburg. Hero wo landed about 1 o'clock and after I had eaten somo dlnnor I bado faro well to my comrades and struck out for Portland. Tho rest woro so worn out and footsoro that thoy wero com pelled to lay by and rest, (To Bo Continued.) TliorttU moro Cutnrrli In tills ncllon of lliu country iIihii nil o'Iut 1Ii'iihs iit lojcethf-r. una uiiiii i m.' laii ivw )cnr u iioei lo no Itiruriiiiii. ror k Krnu imny jc nm'inrn pro ikii)iiit(I It local il'euo ami nro'crltii'tl local t'iiHii. ami ly ronniRntl) iIIIhk to euro M tocul treatment, lironoiiii'cil It incnriOiU' tScleiue litu nrou'iicmurrli to l u conitltu. tiuiiul (I lieu w) and therefore reUlren ihiiihiIiu tlonnl treatment. 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