August, 1879.
THE WEST SHORE.
3'
itroying the property of our people,
who were now occupying their old
homes. The party was led by Ump-
qua Jim, R hold, active fellow, who had
been with me, and worked in the mines
in California, near my camp, and not
far from my claim, in the year 1850.
He divided his time between mining,
hunting and drinking had whisky. He
was a fine shot, and killed many deer,
which he readily sold to the miners for
quite as much gold ns he could have
mined in the time that he was occupied
in hunting. Then, in now, wherever
there was a successful mining camp
had whisky was found in abundance.
The consequence WU that most of
Inn's gold was invested in whisky, and
when drinking he was a dangerous,
bad Indian. I had frequently told him
not to come to my camp when drink
ing; hut a half-drunk Indian is a hard
being to govern. So it happened, that
one day at noon, when 1 came to camp
for dinner, I wn met near our tent by
the cook, also an Indian, who said,
"stop; Jim is in the tent with his big
knife in his hand, and says he will kill
you when you come in ; and see, here
is his bottle of whisky." The bottle
was a thick, heavy chunk Inittlc. 1
took it from the cook and turned it up
to let the whisky run out, but Jim
heard the whisky escaping from the
bottle, and with knife in hand darted
out of the tent and at me like a tiger.
1 can never forget the vicious, murder
ous expression of his eyes when he
sprang at me with his long knife. All,
as I w ell knew, depended on the next
second. Consequently I gripped the
neck of the heavy chunk bottle firmly
in my hand, watched his eye, and as he
made a lunge, by a quick movement I
evaded the blow, and with all the force
and strength of my gd right arm
struck him full and fair on the side of
his head. The heavy end of the bottle
had cut the scalp to the DOM, anil M
fell apparently an dead as if shot
through ibt) head. I looked at him, he
bled freely, but lay still. I thought lie
was dead. I washed, eat my dinner,
and again looked at him. There he
lay, still ami dead as a hammer, a I
thought. I sent for some of the miners
lo come and help dig a grave near by
to bury him in, and at it we went, but
before we had got two feet deep, the
cook came running, ami uid, "Jim no
dead." We hurried back ami found
Jim breathing.
We sat by until life fully returned,
and helped him sit up. He was now
recovering his senses, and soon after I
placet! a guard over him and kept him
prisoner until noon the next day. Then
I found him duly sober mid released
him, with a full and fair understanding
that it alter that dav I louud him 111 tlu
mines, Of anywhere near the mines, I
would shoot him, and this he might de
pend upon. Then I had his head
dressed, and told him to go; and 1 did
not see him again until 1 met him sev
end years after in this l'nixpia valley.
Such was the man that was at the
head of the party that we weie in
search of, and whose camp we had mm
prised and taken the two prisoners lie
fore mentioned. Jim was now Instil
scared, and he, with his followers,
set out for their cashr away deep in the
coast range of mountains, almost mac-
cessible to whites or Indians. Soon
after this we were joined by Win. I
Miller (now First Warden of ti e
State prison) and two or three Indians,
sent out from the renovation by Col
ahn Fi Miller, Indian Agent, iiecoin
panicd by my son, I, a Fayette, then a
lad of fourteen, but hardy and active,
who endured fatigue and camp life as
though it was a pleasure. Miller was
also young, active, hardy and willing.
We sent the squaw to Winchester lor
safe keeping, where she .1- well eareil
for by my good wife and her kind
neighbors.
Our prisoner look suddenly quite
sick, which for a day or two detained
us, as now he was 001 licsl guide. He
knew the country, und had agreed to
show us their retieat. We could not
afford to loe much time, so we
mounted our prisoner on our ol 0111
Knies, and set out. This day he uf
fered very much, but we kept him
(nine until an hour In-forr sunset,
though be had not tasted food for
several davs. While we were making
camp, Miller stepped off with his nib ,
and within two hundred yards killed a
deer ami dragged it to camp, where it
was hum; up and neatly butihefed. Of
this deer our sick Indian rat that nigh!
more than I ecr saw any human being
eat in one day or night. Then tie
spread himself face down on the ground
and asked one of the party lo walk
I.. 1. 1 arid fonh on his Link. This was
performed lor some time, ami cured
I him. Soon after Ik fell asleep, and
next morning got up quite well and
able to start off on foot at as lively a
(Nice as he did tafore. A few days'
search after limaudhis party satisfied
oui prisoner and myself and party that
Jim had broken up his camp, destroyed
his plunder and had set out on his re
turn to the reservation. He sliuck the
settlements near the village where I
lived, and left word for me thai he and
his party had been so closely pursued
that they had broke up their camp
and set out for the reservation, telling
ihe mm f"i him to say: "Good bye,
lot Lane, ami good bye, l mpqua ni
cy, forever!"
0RI0ON,
lltinllv mil stale ill the Ullioll lias ad-
allied ami is advancing so rapidly as
l begun, which has many advantages
over other western stales in the quality
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ot me sou, me iiiiuiovi 01 on
livers, ami the character ol Us popula
lion. This is tv pilled by the exlrador.
11 n rv 1M11W 1I1 ol Portland, the niiiuipal
city, where it is said that during the
p.isl vein, not less than lJ new
dwelling- have DMA put up, and fully
io,mki jicrsiins nave neen aunrti 10 mi
imputation. I he immigration winner
L-.. I....... M,rii.iriliiiMri iii thai lime.
Ililn in, ii . 111. J --.
Tin. fu.ieni iiiiarterol the stale is set
limr mtit lo this fact the Indian war is
asciilied. A numlier of railways, m.uii
ly narrow guage roans to transput:
grain lo tide water, have liecn heill
ilu ie lately, and a railway Is now pm
jetted lielween Astoria ami v iiinciiiuc
ca, on the line of the Central l'at ilb .
Everything argusc well M uim
I lie tin". . ...
river seems destined lo Ik- one ol ilie
granaries of the west. The . iop now
null .how a leiiiarkable average ircr
. 1, of mperioi quality, and have never
been known t lail , mil inev are pruw
ably insignil'nant in point of prmlm
tlvcuess, compared with what thevioon
will be. There is a vast arra 01 lami
of un.iir passed fertility Iretween the
Mine mountains in ine mhiiii aim an
Bnokane riv 1 the north, and not one
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ill liltv .uirs 01 11 lias as yet iwen iu.
tivaled. A large portion ol the people
who have seltlctl in wrrgon are "
New F.ngleml, directly m nnlirct ilv ,
.mil have .arm. I to their new borne all
the intelligent c, ningy, thrift, perse
..nine ami industry for whrih they
ai ted. The Oregonlans are very
a at M I.. . I- -1 - - w-
unlike the I aliloriuans 111 llieir iiciooiii
l.om a re.klesaly speculative spill..
Tiny c sped to make money oniy y
instead of by lucky chance, iy lurn 01
1 ..... . . ilu-ii touilicrn nelkf htHira so
. .. Ml ib, I he growth ami pro
iriilv ol Uiegon are suiiii.iis pincn,
.. in. i 1 ntouragrng, ant! its future full
uf promise, a. r. mm