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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 1, 1884)
320 THE WEST SHORE. upon the ground. The Indians were drying their bows by the fire and straightening their arrows, a slight rain during the night having damaged them. He was satis fied from this and the scowls upon their faces that the warning lie had received was true. They seemed to be m an ui-humor at being temporarily foiled in their design by the interposition of the elements. Old Mary came into the camp and sat down upon the ground be side Wright, a short distance from the fira Calling his attention to a young brave whose sister 111 . . ... nau won givon Mm as a wife a fow days lefore, she said, " That is your brother-in-law." " I'll mako a brother-in-law of him." nxr-lin'mml ho. no he shot tho young warrior dead with his pistol, and fell prono uinm ino ground to escape tho volley of 'bullets that was poured into the Indians about the fire. Tho onslaught was so sudden that the survivors of that rain of death stood for a moment as though stunned, and thon flod in terror. As they sought to escape across the river they were turned back by a deadly volley from the s six men in ambush on the other side. Seeing all avenues of oscaie were closed, and that half of their numltor already lay dead upon the ground, the Modocs turned at bay and foueht desneratolv fnr limit li'vna ' - 1 --"V wtvi UlUOt They charged up tho bank to grapple with their assail- an, aim a most sanguinary hand-to-hand struggle fol lowed. Their arrows and knives were no match for the revolvers of tho whites, and the ' .,v nwwu umicu by the death of tho last Mwloc who made that desperate vimrgu. Of tho forty-nine braves who stood about the camp fire that November morning but two escaped to relate tho treachery which had scaled the lips of the llower of tlioir tribe. Those two wore John Schoiichin and Curley-1 loaded Doctor, who twniit.v tumble rovengo m the murder of tho Peace Commis Hionors. A few squaws were hit by tho flying bullet and wont u. w,,y m a good inumiiB. Three of the attacking party were wounded; two of them so badly that their cuuipMiioM Lad to make litters xupon which to convey thorn to Yreka. ' . The names of the men who made such sad havoc m ISoO), J. O. Ilalhok (now living in Yreka), William T Kershaw David Helm (Old Tex), IBnno Sandbancl Buckskin), Oeorgo vigors, Morris IUlgors, John C. Burgess (now living in Yreka), Jacob Rho,los, R P Jenner (no lmng , Soott Valley), Coflin, William Chance, ill,, A lM n lmn mlM lm . Drown, -- Poland, Nigger Bill, and two Oregon Z an named Denice and Bob. Notice of the coming of the party had been received d every , , U,wn there were but few women and l ch.ldren there at that time was on the street to Mr. Halltrk and Mr. Ilurgm both . ik.. i,j,b . on. of ol Uv.1 hloUm " 'I'fW. welcome them home. It was a grand triumphal march Escorted by a company that had gone out to meet them they rode through the streets, dirty, shnggy anj ' from their long campaign. Indian 8calpsdangled from their rifles, hats and bridles, and were thus flaunted to show to the admiring crowd the work they had accom plished in the field. Cheers and shouts rent the air as they slowly rode along, and at last they were fairly lifted from their horses and borne in triumph to the saloons, where a grand scene of revelry commenced. For a week the carousal was maintained bvft n;;.. of the company and a host of their admirers, chiefly the u!lV Ct .1 t 1 1 1 mi . " nn-rim unu scum oi tne towa Xney carried things with a high hand; everything had to give way to them. The warriors exhibited their hirsute tropliies, flourished their weapons and recounted their deeds of valor. As then revolvers were generally kept in hand readv to any one who doubted, the number of open skeptics was small." finally the better class of citizens began to exert their influence, and the noisy ones subaidfld into nothingness when they realized that their outrageous couauci wouia no longer be endured. - Hamiy L. Wells.' SOMETHING ABOUT OA.NALS. THE Imperial Canal of China is over 1,000 miles long. In the year 1681 was completed the crreatest under. taking of the kind in Europe the Canal of Languedoc, or the Canal du Midi, to connect the Atlantio with the Mediterranean.. Its length is 148 miles; it has mow than 100 locks and about 50 aqueducts, and in its highest part it is no less than 600 feet above the sea. It is navigable for vessels of upward of 100 tons. The largest snip canal in Europe is the great North Holland Cnnid, completed in 1825. It is 124 feet widn at tliA water snr. face, 31 feet wide at the bottom, and has a depth of 20 ieer. it extends from Amsterdam to the -Holder, 51 miles. The Caledonian Canal, in finntlnnd. linn ft total length of CO miles, including 3 lakes. The Suez Canal is 80 miles long, of which 66 miles are actual canaL The Erie Canal is 350J milnn Inner- tliA Ohi'n CaiirI. Cleveland to Portsmouth, 332; the Miami and Erie, Cin- cinnau to loledo, 291; the Wabash and Erie, Evansville to the Ohio line, 374 The Suez Canal is 26 feet 4 inches deep, 72 feet 5 inches wide at bottom, and 329 feet wide at water surface,! lenon 1iffl ohnrt of 100 miles. . The Panama Canal, when completed, is to be 45J wuesjin lengui. On in... .... .. in way tey managed thing, ii a follow: The kitchen he American Hotel at that time was. presided orer by a negro, who had U montr to epeak In a alighting manner of them end their Talor. One erwinf u.ere wae an outorjr at the door of Joe Ooodwin'. eeloon, and npon the wi niSnin IO th llrirt. i .... . . . n - , ' " "T""n me nauw tnej round one ol tne extermuu""" . . . uaTuiH anocaou mm aown. inn ou" nad been oonimittM nr n .L . .. , . lun i . . m mu uiu iner ooaia enaure. ae pw - n thx made a raid npon the hotel kitchen and captured the offwder. H.- . T " onea orer t pine log. and aeterellr whippea oo .7.?. i! " , hil,fc lU?in Tindioated their honor end deal.-N-!'i. i. ".' I"' th" U" n" " wn on pain of dth. amri, ra.nting from the terrible scourging he had endured, their rictim trmJ Z Z . T .,tt,on town where could be done fiwf. T uie credit of HaJl nk .. j . . i.vir eoniiMin. . ""'" ew oinera. Dm it said. u7 ""e"0Q w,,h Ut. oompanions when the, became too tiolent.