PAG3 SIX
TEE GRANDE EVENING 0B5EBVEH
Monday, March" 2, 1925.
Adventures of Black Sam,
Oregon "Bull Puncher"
This Story of Historical Interest to Eastern Oregon,
An Installment to I!e Printed Weekly by The
Evening Observer, Is Told by Sam
Ayotte to Jack Hunter of
The Park.
(By Jack Hunter)
(THIRD INSTA1XMKNT)
"Wt'H sir, JmvliiK b'lonKtd to
the Rung since 184!. and really one
if the first to ope rain this effi
cient 'unwritten law I was hore
nt once ordered to Join this com
mittee supposed to be at least 40,
hut on this occasion, we found
only fourteen that could be en
entniHled with this most serious
' nffulr of trying and hanglne; in-n.
And this time we had a womun in
our bunch the girl from MlHHourl
Kleanoro Wilson.
"you see, a nmn can't say thnt
the country wuk settled at thut
time In the sense that we midbr
ain ml a settiert country today; but,
contrary to many younger pioneers
whom I don't blame in trying to
Dear the distinction of being first
In the field, when they tell that
thea Oregon couuiry wasn't much
of ft country before 1 Slid, t-.Hpe-clslly
referring to '(il and
Hut let me te you that I myself
brought a good many prospectors
from rslifornln, slat-ting in 1 Sfio.
And I found many old trappers
and prospectors who had come
long before that. You must under
stand that this big country of Ore
Ron was explored a long, long time
before 1850. I have not much nf
an education, but 1 have a good
memory. For Inst a nee that Hud
son Buy Fur company was fully
fUlpped and in the fh-ld operat
ing full blast on the coast at As
toria in 1811, And there were mis
sionaries long before that. A good
sized mission was esiabllHlieii tit
ViiMft.Wnlla ,y P, Marcus Whit
man with n brunch at TItniitlllu,
ami II. H. Spalding bad anol her
rn the Clearwater in 1K3H-SK. It Is
rertnln that all of the principal
gold placer diggings hnvo been
prospected for lis courses gold In
Oregon, Washington, Idaho and
Montana as early ns 184U, nt least
starting in the loiter part of thnt
year. Most of this was dono by
discontented forty-niners who were
on their way buck east, prospect
ing along the trail, the various riv
ers and streams. Home of them
went back home. Many died on
the way, and others remained In
this count ry . Ho after tho rea 1
discovery of this gold, came the
riiBh to the Oregon country for net-
Hers along in the 'Cos. I know an
old fellow who settled In Hllvcr
How In 1852, old Hugh J. Turner,
who later discovered the Iowa
silver mine ot llustcrvllle, Montana.
1 J. Murray was in the Ooeur
d'Alenes along' about that time.
Asa Oldnntn, was on I he Rnake
rlver In 1 8 B f, below Huntington,,
near the moutU of Vine e.reelc.
And Charles W. Hensel was Htt
tied near l.u Grande, in Grande
Rondo in isr.3. 1 bruuuht him a
sack of llarnaby potatoes, -which
I am almost sure was tho first
seed potatoes brought to that
'place
"Ro nt thnt time while there
was not thnt real spirit of settling
permanently, there were many
camps along the old trail; but all
ready to move on farther any day.
And thnt way there not many
white women In the country. I
nin referring to this, so that you
will not blame me too much when
I tell you that I actuully for a time
Went wild over that pretty M'lsHoiirl
woman of only 25 years.
"Well. sir. the case was this:
Her father, Kphrlam Wilson, with
another man named Ahrnjmnt
Fruit, with their families had
come from California, joining n
bunch of prospectors. They were
about forty wagons set at that
place, south west or whero Baker
City now Is. The wagons were
lined up in a horse shoe rlrv. We
railed this sometimes a 'Horse
php.A, Wtt'v TI,tB tovnrlnbly took
t fi)tW.or the lender ;who first
Selected' the spot. KoniHhnt'S we
culled It 'So nnd Sos fort, or 'Ho
and Ho's' camp- This one w culled
It 'Fort Item ley for Cap. Hentley
had selected the place first. From
this fort a great many were pros
pecting the banks of Powder riv
er and Rh nributarlH,
"It was supposed that the, two
men, Wilson and Fruit, were re
turning with much gold, when
their mutilated bodlert were found
by George Wilson, Kphrlam's boy,
enora'ri brother,
"Old man Fruit's head was cut
olenn oft his shoulders. Wilson
had a gaping wound in the side
made by one of those largo bored
'horse pistols' or that time. (Note
There were no revolvers at that
lime like so many wrltern nn wont
to bring Into their fiction stories
recently. ,T. 11.)
V tins u Vigilante.
'flo Klennore Wilson begged to
Farmers
Wo have bought
A car of salt.
You know bow
Necessary that
Is for yonr slock.
It lias alo iHttt
I'm ren that salt
I sittv dentil to
Monthfif (.l'ii1-(
I'rmJdtiuf'" nn
Spread It thick
I'.uotigh.
I't us make yon
A prhr ttitoii stir
Amount from Ur
I'oii i uN Ut m Ion.
Slnrk Sail, Sulphur
HHk, I'lniti Ilrtrk
lniry salt.
La Grande
Warehouse &
Storage Co.
be accepted one of the vigilantes
committee seeking Justice for the
murder of her father. And I W;i
most ent huslast ic to let her in,
und they let this rule aside and
she was made a meinber of this
special committee. This was t ho
first und the last woman f ever
knew of having been grunted that
privilege.-
- ''Wo had splendid evidences of
their trail. They hud gone up tho
river Into the HI no mountains.
They Intended to make a detour
coming down Hock creek Htrikhitf
the old trail near l,a Grande.
"I hit we caught up wit li tin-in
the second day close to where
Suinpter is now situated. We pro
ceeded at once to try t h-m for
their utrocloiiH crime.
"The moment that Klennore saw
the younger or Hn two bandits all
her flit hiiHtnmn wi-mcd to drop,
Ati'l the nearer I ime jipproaen-d
for the liiinjfliifr, her couiileuaneo
also became more despondent. Tin
girl was simply Im miI bi-oken nml
I Itm w It, lint why? It was u
mystery to me,
"yon Hte, her brother George
was the mini that had taken the
orders to me from Captain (iitit-
I ley, a man I luu w w-ll sinee 1 S -J 0 .
ueorge wimon and I at- once wui
ed an invisible paet of friendship
1 can't tell yon how t his ha p
pens, but I have met men just thnt
way you can't hHp but like thein
from tile first. V.ll, he lol, u
fif his preriy slvli-r, and when I
first saw her, she eclipsed ft li-e til
ed at leasi for some time every
thing else I had In my heart con
cerning women. And I managed
to be riding clone to her and Jut
brother on our man bun! up 1'ow
der river.
"At once it seenier an though
we knew each other for years. I
called her 'l.enoru' and she to my
pleasure called nn ltlack Ham from
the very first. .
Tom Hill, Rqunw Man.
"Well, sir, one of the murderers
was old Tom Hill. Cap. llentley
recognized him nt once. Tom had
given him and the vlgHaiites a long
chase In California in 1850, for
snitching a poke of gold left on u
stump one night. He had got
away clear out of the country.
Tom Hill was on old Hudson Hay
trapper and n squaw man. He not.
only had a notorious reputation,
but had left a trull behind hliu.
For he had one or two Tom Hills
In every tribe, of the Rocky Moun
tain IndluilH. No doubt they were
all offspring of old Tom GUI with
him several squaws. Hill City, Ida
ho, 1 believe was named ul'ti; JU"1..
At that time Tom Hill was badly
wanted by the Vigilantes.
killed by a quaw man near Flat
! head Inke, Montana.
I I told uc 8 tor).
I "Hut I have u different story to
te of the younger man, Charley
IJolduc later named Iluldoek. He
was a young French Canadian of
US well built and very handsome.
And he und KP-anoro Wilson were
etiguged in California, and were to
be married an soon us tln-y reached
Missouri, their old home. Ho the
girl was completely reduced to an
actual breakdown. George wuh
really ns bad as his sister about
It. And I felt mighty queer about
the whole affair.
"We made the boy Kpeak for
himself. He bravely stated:
" 'I have done nothing wrong. I
was working for old Tom and he
took me along with hltn. He had
done this inuider two days before.
I didn't know a thing about It un
til tie tuid me. Then 1 w'as seared.
because he told me that they
would hung me any way. Ho I
k-pt running away with him.'
"We lift the whole thing with
Captain IP titley. He asked George
Wilson's opinion.
" J le-lh-ve the boy is Innocent,'
ho Id Gt urge.
"Then Klcnnnr was (tilled to
speak. Khe excitedly told her sen
'liiltents; " 'I can't believe that Charley is
guilty. He s too tender a man to
eummlL niiinl'T, let alone the kill
ing of my lather. He was without
wapoiiH of any kind whatever,
and I believe IiIm own Hlory to be
I rue, so I waul him Just as bud
new as 1 ever did. f course f
have to abide by the decision of
Mi" committee. Sul if ClutrJey i,s
limine, i. will be left all alone in
this world. TIm-iv m only number
miiri, whonr I would want to take
ii ie iii k (o M ii'Hourl. And that
man is i .hi 'k Ham here. And if
lie rH'ii;;i-s 1 will die riMH here in
tin-He mountains Willi Cluiriey, be
fore ht miiii set,! again !'
"Now I really thought that I was
in love willi that pretty gti I, und
slii- was more lovable in the pre
dieuiiieiil Blie was in than before.
There was surely a good chance
for me to get n fine woman with
some good property in M issouri.
For the Wilsons had much money
with them and still owned lln-fr
home.
"Hut, I positively knew in my
own neart that young liolduc was
entirely innocent. Ami this work
ed hard In my mind.
"Not so with the rest of the
bunch. They all clamored for a
hanging. They believed that the
man was lleing. Ho they t began
pre pa rat Ions.
'"Nleanore started to cry. Si
lently standing erect, Ihe tears
we rii pouring down her cheeks.
"I turned my back on the gang,
walked a few steps away und there
I began praying, pulling my holy
scapular, mother's girt. In the
scapular I had encased mot her's
minll tinlypo picture on one side:
and I also had my sweetheart's on
the other side. As I fell tose
pictures I at once knew what to
lo. I was sure that Cap. llentley
was on my side. No. I took Klen
nore by tho hand, leading here to
where my horse was tied. I
couldn't speak, '"'t J motioned her
what, lo do. .
"She untied the horse, led It to
Back on Lot
fawner Hill (Major Gordon
Lilliel, former partner of liuffalo
Ulll, who rflired from the show
business In 11'IH, Is organizing a wild '
west show at his l'awnee tOkla.) I
much whk-h will go to London in j
May. Though tli, Pawia-L j;ill is !
actively dlreeting bis new jihow. !
eight of ua. Four of them were
passengers of mine. My bulls were
ail sick from feeding on poison
ous weeds the night before. My
oldest pair died that morning. We
had absolutely to stop and make
a stay there. We chose a good
cam ping place on the east side of
this warm iHke. This fs not very
far from Old Ijx Grande.
"Our talk was mostly of the
activities of the Indians, who were
not yet reconciled since the Whit
man massacre and the war with
the Cay use tribe in 1849. They
had done u few depravities we had
been told ulong the trail recently.
So we were all on the lookout for
them. Ho, on the Bcrond evening
our fear was realized, for we saw
several hundred of 'them all ap
parently 'dressed to kill' coming
over the bald hills back of the
lake.
"I tell you, that this was one
night when 1 couldn't sleep at all,
;for they hail camped directly on
A the opposite side of the lake and
(we could hear them all night dnnc
W. ing and reveling like war mad In-
dions.
"Hut we had all agreed not to
show any resilience, for It wus of
no use, '('he next morning we were
all on the alert before sunrise. And
as I gazed on my partners, I im-
well to my mother and sweetheart
far away.
revealed tracks of the animal,
Unbroken forest extends from
'They were near now coming on jthe etiy to the Mount Hood nation-
east of the vajley. and hunters witb
dogs today searched the woods near
.own In vain, though the cougar
had returned to the highlands.
a trot. We could hear them mur
mur to one another their lingo.
I advanced towards them and
gave them my 'countersign' and
yelled my mystic Indian words.
"Ttiey stopped and looked Bt
one u not her, then laughed. One
of them answered: -
"'Huh-hughh Nlcomstock
shenook wah-wah.
"They didn't . understand my
charm' at all! 1 turned to my
partners and said: 'Boys, . resign
yourselves to the fates, we are
lost!'"
(To be Continued.)
COKiAR'S CUIUS HEARD
King I'M ward will be the
patron of thy entei prise- In Ku,
ehief (
;i.iad.
Fort
filler
licvei
1 wa
li.ntleV ptillid freight not
'thai, I wu.'i told; and 1 have
heard of l.ennra since, V.ul,
led. I lli.-.t Hohlock family
Here was a man who had had her own, then with the two horses
a great chance or being n hero In
tho old, old pioneer days. Hut in
stead turned crooked, and I have
heard many tales of his cold
blooded murders. He originally
came from Canada It is told, long
before the Hudson Hay company.
Tim name Hill is a translation
and contraction nf the French 'Ie
Uicote,' (of the Hill). We finish
ed his career along In August lNf.fi
when he was about 8a years old.
Wo left him dangling from tho
limb of a tree somewhere near
where Sampler Is now in the Hluo
mountains; and not as someone
tells today, that Tom Hill vns
went over to Charley. He mounted
Into the saddle and soon lhcydis
appeared In the pines along Pow
der river.
"Not n word was spoken by my
comrades. I turned and address
ed tlieni thus;
" 'Hoys, If you want to hnng
and must hang Homeonc, you just
go ahead and hang me!
"Captain llentley spoke then:
" 'Hoys, let's go home.'
"George Wilson, her brother,
shared his horse with me, which
we rode alternately until we reach
ed the camp. The next day my
horse was brought back. And
bad setn-'ii along Ihe I'bwder nver
in is;a i;:i. j , i v.- oi (en wonder
ed lr thai couldn't be- Charley mid
l.enoru.
"That fail I wan on my way to
California.
. "tin another trip to What was
generally called "'he Snake liver
eountry' I had quite an advent uiv.
Hut h i me e.l you of Ibis river. I
Many called H th- l.on?: river. I j
gave, it lh' lin me 'Crooked ri
because yon eouid eroas that river
I t times m a ' n mile run str.ii;,hi !
line as l lie crow flies, while it
would tah'- about two ami u half;
days by following the river. At
one place II made a .regular j
crooked line like a huge yoke ami
the two bows, old timers called :
that place ox How. I
"Well, sir. I hail just got down
the worst grade on that old trail
from Fort Hall to The Hallen. Tills,'
was between I .add creek und Warm I
lake. fflof lake.) There were i
ined (hut 1 was In company of
lot of denizens from ghost, land.
They were all so sickly white. And
F am ran-e 1 must have looked the
same to them, ftr one hail the im
podeoee "to tell me afterwards,
'.aiii, 1 never t hough t t hat your
;dtin could blench. I hat. white over
niirlit.' We had just spied four
rinlwarl. bucks straddled of fine
pinto cay uses. Their feathers
i railing behind their hnckH made
I them look at once, suspicious and
I dangerous. They kept corning
j closer. And as they .approached I
was thinking hard. Hut. I was
I' eerta in that India tut on the war
pat h would not listen lo my
'charm' words. Ho f I hough t
ajtahi f prayers. And I bid fare-
fyherever they sell good candy
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