Monday, March 9, 1923,
'FAGS SIX
' THE GRANDE EVENTW3 OITSEIIVEj?
Adventures of Black Sam,
Oregon "Bull Puncher'
This Story of Historical Interest to Eastern Oregon,
An Installment to Be Printed Weekly by The
Evening Observer, Is Told by Sam
Ayotte to Jack Hunter of
The Park.
(POritTIt INSTALMENT)
' Wt'll. sir, ovt-ry one of us be
lieved ttiut tin four bucks were
nn envoy from the rid warriors
JirfitKitiK nn ultinuHum nYniiimlf nj
cither fittlil or surrender. In either
f-HHe death Heemed to stare us In
the fnre
'To augment our frlRlil. jut
ilten, iinoHier hundred of yellintr
devils wi're coinlmc on I he trail
from Die went. Merc we were be
tween Iwo bands of neemliiRly
iiiniKry 8c;ilM rsl
'To our nurprlse llifn last )uneh
pasif, on lupine towards the wie
w.'im t'lieunipineiit.
"Wllh th band llir- four Imekn
Hhaded their yes from the bright
jiiornliiK: un Jul lining over the
Wull -low-how mountain, extend
ing (he othep hniid pointing across
(he ix'iiiifll'ul Crande Jtoihh- lnsln.'
"Kirst 1 sii w a cloud of dust.
Th'-n Mm- hirgeal hand of e)i I
e"T wiw eanic In wight. There
must have hern nil of a Ihnusaiul
Hit in Hut l and. Tht-y eame on
n trol and wIm-ii tin- had was not
over bail- a mile from us, I hey
Mopped and looKi-d at us for about
n minute, I lien ( hey seat lered tiboui
lilte sleep feeding on the KOO(
Rrnsa growing t h Hit-1 Mini lull,
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"I always thought that Orunde ;
Hondo basin was the prettlent spot
on the trail between i'ullfornlu !
nul .Montana. And that morning
looking from this warm water lakft i
over miles of green wild fields, j
dotted with nionarehs of the Hoek- 1
les th elk lienring I n-nx mloilHly j
large nnt Icrs extending my view i
to the ridges and pea Km of the
Woll-low-how iiiounininH Hpottrd i
white witli granite 1 (ei you,
t hat the seene was a wonderful
one, and for a few minutes l fan
cied what ben ut I ful hones rould
he madejiere. Mow happy I would
he to see my ful her. mot tier,
brothers and sister all settled
right here. And Lizzie and 1 would
bo Mm king and itieeit of our 'lo
rn ntn.
"Hut here I was. perhaps In a
few hours, I would be no more;
for I was certain those Indians
meant business.
"1 was wakened from my rev
eries by old Jim Carroll who whis
pered' low ami said ;
" Hoys, let us shoot the four
red men- and run. We can reach
old Villi let's camp hehire I hey
ealeh us. That's one ehane. fur
our lives.
"In a moment I sized up the
situation.
' 'Yes, I returned, there Is one
eliaiicn to bring the whole shee
linnjf on that liltle settlement nnd
imist'iiere the women and children.
1 am unl say big l hat J am not
, scared, bul,. i thick Ham has never
run yel, or put the lives of oihers
I In danger trying to save his own
, hide. am not a- goody sugar
'plum kind but I believe In Mod
and Providence. And I believe
that If we are to die this way, it
lis IMh will. And right now I am
: Inclined to think that no serious
thing will happen. Why was it
that the other Indians just passed
by and did not surround us?
i ''Why, Carroll's plan was foolish.
Old Van I'elt's ramp 1 Imagine
was where Island City Is now.
There was three or four fnniilles
there. And I didn't want them
killed. I turned to Die four bucks
still watching the elk. I reealed
'my 'charm and 'countersign.'
'They laughed and the elder
man came forward extending his
arm. spoko In Jndian:
! " 'Appomatox shee-shin cuuiHtock
'koe-o-mny?'
I (I'uderstand we are your Mends
I near. Are you?)
I '"'hey all came In our circle
and shook hands with us. The
lold fellow WIN Chief Alelya with
i;niiiHl.wiw.lmil
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(pure protection) with (lie difference in premiums invested sep
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term insurance policy for $10,000 for twenty years costs $91.20
a year, or a total of $1,821.00 for the entire period.
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per year. And this difference between the two premiums, if
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FLOYD
! Appushwu-hite; Timothy and Koos
! koos-tas-cut. They had come to
j buy some tobacco.
! "I hurried and ftave them a
! ten pound caddy of Canadian plug
i Ulaek Jack chewing. They gave
! me twenty dollars, which I re
; fused, hut they Insisted upon me
i to take It. I was near certain that
i all dangers were passed, hut I fef
! that there might be treachery, al
though Indians, had never played
false with me before,
j "Alelya looked at our sick bulls.
Ho spoke to the younger man who
. loped back to their camp. The
chief told me that this was their
hind from the I .a loose country to
the great Woll-low-how. and that
wf could stay i;rr. s !iig a va
wanted. Then the ot her fellow
came back bringing a buffalo skin
sack half full of bark juice of
some kind. Two of them mixed
some with water and gave each
bull a drink. Aleiya told me 'Mull
all right maybe three days.' That
arternoon every one of them was
feeding wllh the elk, Our entire
outfit of hulls were cured.
"Then Aleiya Invited us to their
encampments. We went and we
witnessed one of the grandest In
dian feasts I ever seen or heard of,
They had congregated fieri; to cele.
brate the weddings of fuitr couples
who had taken the advantage of
a priest whom they named Father
Kraneols. passing hern on his way
to the coast. Ho II proved that Jn
si end of war paints, they were
decorated In a general pow-wow In
which they revch-d In all their
historical dances for enjoyment.
"There I nte all the food that
the Indiana eat. Some was fine,
while ot hers wre nlmply Impos
sible for a white man. Meat of all
description dried and smoked,
hrolp-d and roasted, and there was
row meat T lasted everything they
had. And dnticed to the tom-toms
we all Joined In and made mer
ry. (Mere H:i in danced around 1he
room with a "Kl-yi Kl-veo Mtng.)
"The next day we -.trough I for
presents to the young married cou
ples, a keg of syrup and a suck of
corn meal. They skeined to ap
preciate Hie Mill. An old. old
jSMUitw gave us her benediction and
presented us with a large bead
each for a tallHimin to carry In our
pocket.
"That aflernoon ,. man came
riding In our camp. Me eame
right to me and Raid In the French
brogue:
"'Was your iinniin wan Sam
Mayotte?'
' 'J answered, yes, my name Is
Ram Ayotte.
'' 'Ma nam m Is Ham Mayotte, too.
An' I got otie letturr she say I
I got n girl In Xu Yark. .Me got girl
in ole CJuehcc, I no un'stand (Int.
" 'Speak 1'nlted States, or else
speak French. I can understand
both, but I'll be if I can un
derstand what you're saying." T
lold him; and after that lie npoko
French.
"He was working for Asa Old
nmn who, I tint pretty sure discov
ered what Is known as the Stur
(1M Mar Mine at the mouth of Pine
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creek or near Itobinette now. He
also was prospecting around what
Is known as Virtue Flat. Anyway,
this ma n .M ajot t had rweived
my letter and my friend Oldman
had sent hlui after me clean fru.ni
the Snake river and back. Just to!
hand me a letter, Hut them days
ai letter was tuosr valuable. It j
was a letter from home ami I1.
zc. j
"It told me that my mother had
died the year before. And l.lzle )
was taking cure of the children
until 1 would return. She begged I
of me to go home at mice for my
father was old and fe, ble and !
might be taken away any day now I
uiui tun companion was gone, i nai
I irnve ft(i I he till!''" n J ! I h:l
to postpone our departure for two
days.
"At flint I decided to sell out
jslderallon, I had set out a goal to
achieve, I wanted not -less than
iHi.lMi(i to start a home for Mizzle
and I, and all 1 had would not
come to more than ?4(MiO. So . J
decided to stay unother year.
"That fall I was heading west
again to warmer climate. A car
avan or 2 ft wa go n s drawn wllh
mules and oxen Joined me and we
made camp one night at the, forks
of i'owdcr river.
"We turned our stock loose to
graze. T had a bull that I called
'Tom' who was rather frisky and
I turned him and his matt; yoked
together. About an hour itfn-r-
i wards, we heard the two bulls
jhawling and crashing through the
brush. Shey soon appear-,) com
ing right for camp. Hanging to
Tours iM-ck was a mountain lion.
jAI once I haw what the matter
was. Th' lion was caught in some
way In the how over the neck. This
was about the most exciting thing
for a Utile while I have ever wit
nessed, ' Women and children
sei-eamed and hid themselves; even
some or the men were seared. Mat
some oT us hud to help the poor'
bulls, So I look my goad silek '
and mnntiged '.Hp' the off bull to
stand still and hold Tommy. And
the captain of the immigrant',
Daniel Flak killed with a unle
jaxe.
"You see, the lion had Jumped
ot) Tom's neck and had inserted
one paw between thn thick part
of the neck and the bow. .lie then
had taken a strong hold with his
claws through the thick hide
and around the bic cord of the
J bull's neck. Then it seemed as if
the fool didn't know enough to
i release his grip. If he had done
so he would have been free at
once. Mut he hung on and It was
an Impossibility for It to get loose.
And we couhbri very well shoot
it. for fear of killing the ox too.
So Fisk who was afraid of nothing,
used the axe on him. lUti, let me
tell you that was some mountain
lion experience that I will never
forget.
"This was the fall of UftO, and
Mrs. Fisk had a book called Fuel
Tom's ( 'ahln. A school mnrm by
the name of Henrietta Spauldlng.
was with the party. She claimed to
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be a niece of H. H. Spauldlng. the
mlsHlonsry. Anyway she read that
book some every evening we camp
ed until we reached Mutter creek
on the t'matillu. They stopped
there and I proceeded on.
"Well, sir, that book told me a
lot about this slave business. And
1 decided right there If ever there
was a war like Dan Flk said there
was going to be. I would go as
fast as I could.
"In the spring of 1810 I came
In company wli h four oi forty
niners who were going east after
their folks to come 'hack and set
tle somewhere in Oregon. They
were looking over the country as
they went to local a suitable
piuce.
"They were fine old fellows and
had plenty of money. Their names
were Con ley, Ncwtln, Hanson and
Van Order. Newlin told me that
he was the brother of tho Newlin
who brought the first wagon . to
the Columbia river In 1840. I al
ways heard before that Marcus
Whitman had crossed t he first
wagon over t he Mine mountains.
Mut this man Newlin told mo t hut
Whitman had left his wagon at
Fort Molse.
"I had goo'J company tint il T
reached Payette. There they went
on to Fort Hall, where they in
tended to catch the stage, couch.
"I'll never forget them old fel
lows, for I learned more about the
com! It ions of the country from
them Mian I ever did before, old
Con ley was a Tenne.'ieean ami New
lin, I believe, was from Illinois
and Van Order was from Pennsyl
vania; I lansoii. I dmi'l re member
where he came from. However,
( 'on ley imd Hanson were si rong
for slavery, while Nwlln and Van
nrder were great Uncolii fellows.
They would come near fight lug
so met lines, bnt like true old pio
neers always ended the nrgurncnt
In a friendly way.
"I wouldn't .say nnythlng, but I
was body and soul wllh Lincoln.
And these four men were sure
that war was inevitable. I was
sure also that If It happened 1
would go and fight for the union.
"These old fellows had brought
tn tiny presents for folks, friends
nnd relations they had along the
fond. A mong many things, four
pigs, two dozen chickens and eight
sheep. Mesldeg they had 12 horses
and eight mules. And potatoes,
wheat, oats and different garden
seeds. Sugar, coffee and molasses
and cheese with other kinds of
food. They also had a supply of
tobacco and whiskey. All was dis
tributed along the route mostly
from Ui Grande to the Snake river.
"( ld Ia Grande was sprouting
up prett y fast tn 1 Ktiti, and there
IhV eight sheep were unloaded nnd
given to two families. The first
sheep to come In tno country. They
were Merinos and In fine condi
tion. Four of them were present
ed to Mrs. Jack Sheppard by Jesse
Conley. I never saw kids so tick
led as I watched them and helped
them a little, while playing with
the sheep that were regular pets.
The ot her font were given to a
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MclEN
family by the name of Anthony.
"It was on this trip, I believe,
that I eame closer to dying, by bei
ing scalped alive. We made camp
on Burnt river, near a small set
tlement where Durkee Is. I be
lieve they called It Durkee then.
Newlin broke a small looking glass
after supper. He at once-said that
someone in the bunch would have
'some misfortune. I laughed at him.
T never was superstitious. There
I was an old fellow, a trapper by
jthe name of Valdez, camped Just
ta little ways down the river. I
j wanted to see him for a friendly
chat. So a young Swede who whs
j helping Newlin withj his horses
tcunie with me. We reached the
jcamp j;i:;t afi.T sur.aet. Along
about la o'clock I Suggested of go
jing back. Valdez insisted to talk
jsonie more and that we could stay
Iwilh him all night going back
early morning In the daylight. So
1 stayed for a while, but somehow
I was determined to go back to
our camp that night, I had to get
up so early in the morning tend
ing my bulls. Peterson decided to
stay with old Valdez. I came back
to cump and went to bed.
"The next mornine Peterson
didn't show up. We wondered
i why. So we started and routing to
I tho, trait leading to Valdez, we
sioppeu ana went to ine camp io
inquire about Peterson. We found
hot h of them dead on I he floor
with their heads skinned from ilm
top clean to the neck!
"They had been scalped in bed
as we could see and died in tr
t lire rolling off on the floor.
"Young Peterson had about $2o
and thiil was gone. The old man
was supposed to have lots of gold
dust. Thi' cabin was ransacked
from one end to the other.
"A round the cabin there was
snnd spots and we .saw two or three
tracks of nn exceptionally large
moccasin. Van Order measured it
with his hands. It was fully three
hands across, about 21 Inches
long!
"This was undoubtedly 1 'Mlg
Moccasin' the hall'breed. His real
name was Alexis Payette a French
Canadian halfhrced and a terror.
He was killed later so J have heard
since.
"Well sir, we passed nnot her
day there with painful duties.
While w'C burled the two victims
Von Order and Conley tracked the
bandit for some miles but he was
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going straight for the mountains.
"Now was Newlin rtght about
his looking glass prophet y? And
how was it thai I didn't stay there
that night?
"Well, sir. at J'ayelte the four
old fellows had done away with
most of their heavy freight and
needed me no longer. A fellow
by the name of Alec Spencer hired
me to take his whole outfit to the
Grande Monde near the Cove.
Spencer was about 45 and a hard
looker. They told me he was a
tighter, too, a sort of bully. He
didn't have a very good reputation
around there. They said that he
had raised a patch of corn and
had stolen some more making it
a!! in corn j:::cr to -!! .o In
dians. Anyv.ay I took him. for he
paid me a (rood price. He had sent
his wife and kids ahead with
horses and he and a young fellow
named Staples came along with
out I'll . " He hud about lil ty gal
lons of home spun whiskey. He
had horses, two pigs and a goat.
1 About forty odd chickens in a
I large coop and a lot of old traps
which loaded my wagon to the
I limit.
"Between Dead man's Pass and
Kmmlgrant's spring one of my
wagons broke down. Wo had to
stop for repairs. There were wight
other fellows all coming to Inves
tigate Grande Monde for locations.
! "Along Itt the evening an old In
dian and his so, ua w with a grand
j daughter halfbreed came to our
'ramp, lb- showed me papers t'll-
ing that he was a pt aceful ond
old Indian named Ip-iint-ain-moosc
askilig to be lr!ited with emirt-sv.
The papers were siiitd by W. It.
Tap pan. agent; and William Craig,
iuti-rpp-tcr, if out Fort SI ns tn
I the l.apw.ii valley. (Walla Walla.
Wash.)
' "He asked ine if he could camp
near us. I told him, ' "ertainly.
The granddaughter's mniie was
Susie Mine Mi id. She was about
eighteen and as pretty a girl as
I anyone warned to see.
"I lo-nrd Spencer pass remarks
nhont hi r that I didn't like a little
bil. A nd after supper I and
Spencer with his hired man Staples
went to see the Indians. Spencer
brought a bottle along and offered
them a drink. Mut the old fellow
refused. saying that he was a good
Christian and didn't drink.
"The old Indians who could
spe:ik (rood French and quite a
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talker told me a new story about
the Whitman massacre. He Bald
that not long after Whitman had
come among them In is:i, about
ii(i Indians had died from a iiueer
disease. So they had named the
Doctor Whil man. 'Pa-yu-wet
.ji..bnii.yf ..n.i thev were sure
that his medicine, was doing the
j killing. Then a halfbreed from the
iKast named Mewis had told them
!he had heard Doctor Whitman say
I that this was the easiest way to
i kill them off to get their land. S-
thev oectiueu io ici ju ih m
for" themselves. They save some
tof it to three Indiana. Two of
1 1 hem were sick ami one was -in
perfect health. And the three of
'Cum ilifd ?'-Ortl' rter. Ho they
! decided to kill the whole outfit.
! Thev went over there and asked .
Ifor "medicines. While the doctor
I was wailing on one of them, an
other with a tomahawk hid under
'his blanket hit him over the bend.
Then they killed mrs. w annum
and eight, other American whiio
men. He said that the whole
bunch .Catholics -and Protestants
were all for killing him and
Spauldlng.
While he was telling me his
stories I policed that Spencer ,1111(1
Staples were drinking1 freely of
that corn juice'. And I also seen
Spencer trying several times Io
caress Susie. She finally went to
bed further away from him. Wh'-ii
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