Historical Notes
By MAX B RA IN A R D
(C ontinued from last w eek)
¡p ectin g to be am bushed at any
The
S H A S -T E -K O O S -T E E S tin ie an(1 to have to tight for th e ir
w as th e most ea ste rly trib e of ,ives, we can well see w h at a re-
th e C oast Indians. T hey had a
f
w as to be g re eted w ith
larg e village on the n o rth side of these words, “K lahow y S khs,”
the river, opposite th e confluence “W elcom e, frie n d s!” So these
of the Illinois, a t th e place w here m en nam ed th e river, "S ixes,”
A gness is now situ ated.
w hich
m eans,
“F rien d s,”
or
It is in tere stin g to know the “ F riendly R iv er.”
(N o te: S pelling in first C u rry
origin of som e of th e nam es given
by th e w h ite s e ttle rs to various "ounty records variously as Shix,
places in th e county.
In th e Shixes, and Shikhs. MSB.)
n o rth e rn p a rt of th e county, th e
S outh of th e m outh of th e riv er
stre a m which th e Indians called th ere is a g re a t headland p ro je c t
QUA-TO-MA, is now know n as ing into th e ocean. In e a rly tim es,
F lo ras creek but in the e a rly days w hen the am bition of th e young
it w as alw ays spelled F lores. T h e m en w as to go w est, he had only
w ord “ F lo ra s ” m ight lead us to o w alk out on this headland, and
believe th a t th e e a rly s e ttle rs th e re he had reached a p o in t as
gave it th a t nam e on account of n e a r the s u n ’s se ttin g as his feet
th e g re a t display of flora in th e could c a rry him. T hat is the m ost
sp rin g and ea rly su m m er; but w esterly point in th e U nited
ea rly settlers' say it w as given in S ta tes, the place w here th e west
honor of a m an by th e nam e of ends.
Flores, and th e early spelling
T h at is Cape Blanco, discovered
seem s to b ea r th a t out.
and nam ed by M artin D ’A ngular,
(N o te: In the F e b ru a ry 14, on J a n u a ry 39. 1603. P o rt Ox
3904 edition of Jo n as H. U p to n s ford, south of this headland, was
P o rt O rford T ribune, th e ed ito r nam ed by C ap tain G eorge V an
qu o tes a le tte r from Mrs. F re d couver, on A pril 24, 1792, in honor
F lorey of G aston, W ashington of th e E arl of O rford, his “m uch
county. “My husband w as th e respected frie n d .” T he tow n of
m an F lo ras creek w as nam ed fo r P o rt O rford w as la te r nam ed by
* * L ieut. F red F lorey opened C aptain W illiam T ichenor, who
the tra il up the banks of th e was one of th e first n av ig ato rs to
stre a m as was noted in th e te s ti sail a steam vessel n o rth from
mony. of th e trial, Cox vs. S c o tb San F rancisco. In com m and of
and w as presen t in the n o rth p a rt the S te am er. Seagull, he began to
of th e county in the Indian tro u - m ake trip s from S an F rancisco
hies o f
1855-56.” A pparently, to th e C olum bia river. H e of e,
MSR°r 1 P t° n kn€W . L t- F lorey, called a t P o rt O rford as he fre-
'
jq u e n tly found it necessary to seek
Sixes river, it is said, w as sh e lte r from th e stro n g n o rth w e st
nam ed by a p a rty of ad v e n tu ro u s winds. He thought it m ight be a
pro spectors, who in th e ea rly good idea to locate here for th e
imes, w orked th e ir w ay along cason th a t previous to th is tim e
th e coast and cam e to this stre a m g re a t gold discoveries had been
at a point w here th e re w as a m ade in w h at is now Josephine
arg e n u m b er of natives on th e and Jackson counties, and Cap-
opposite shore. T he In d ian s cried tain T ichenor w as c a rry in g large
ou t to them , “K lahow ya S ikhs q u a n titie s of freight from San
w hich m eans, “You a re welcom e, F ran cisco to C rescent C ity, from
friends.
Now, to us, it w ould w hich place it w as packed across
seem th e re w as n othing in th a t th e m o u n tain tra ils to th is new
expi ession to cau se them to nam e m ining co u n try . Of course, th e
th e riv er Sixes, b ut w hen we c o u n try back of P o rt O rford w as
lcm em b er th at these m en w ere unexplored and no one knew how
t i a \ elling
th ro u g h
a
s tra n g e fa r back from th e ocean it w as
co u n trv , said to be infested w ith to th e m ining d istricts,
savages, and when th ey w ere ex-
C ap tain T ichenor th o u g h t th a t
Bond Sales Up
in series E and H bonds were
•'Old, an increase of 25 p er cent
o v er N ovem ber of last year. “ N o
vem ber redem ptions of m atu re d
and u n m a tu re d savings bonds.”
Mr. G ray em phasized, "w ere $26
m Ilion less th a n sales.
“ P lans are now being m a le by
th e s ta te ch airm an , s ta te d irec
tor, and s ta te advisory co m m it
tees for next y e a r’s savings bonds
Over Last Year
O 1 e g o n resid en ts continued
’h e ir “savings sp re e ” last m onth
P- s itin g aside over $2 m illion
333 thousand in series E and 11
savings bonds.
riiis re p resen ts a 40 p er cent
increase over th e corresponding
period in 1952,” according to C.
M G ray, county ch airm an , "and
reflects one of th e highest m o n th
ly increases since th e end of
W orld W ar II.”
C ounty sales durin g N ovem ber
in F and II series bonds am o u n t
ed to $1,397.
Mr. G ray pointed out th a t the
h ealth y savings bonds p a tte rn in
O regon w as also reflected across
th e nation. Alm ost $440 million
Brookings Harbor Pilot
cam p aig n ,” Mr. G ray said. “L a te r
this m onth, o r early in J a n u a ry ,
q u o ta s will be assigned not o nly
io counties, but also to individual
com m unities. S ales d u rin g 1954
will have to in crease at least 35
pci cent to m eet th e s ta te ’s q u o ta
c i over 5 \ billion.”
SHANGHAI
CAFE
by locating at P o rt O rford, he
could get a road across to the
m ines th a t w ould give him the
key to a g re at deal of trade. So.
in th e y e a r 1841 ( ? ) he decided
to locate th ere .
He m ade his
first settlem en t on the 9th day of
Ju n e, 1851, w hen he landed niiv
m en on th e fam ous rock, which,
because of this h isto ric fight w ith
th e Indians th a t took place th ere
has ev er since hern know n as
B a ttle Rock. C ap tain Tichenoi
tiled on a donation land claim and
a fte rw a rd s founded th e
town
w hich he nam ed “O rford,” a fte r
th e nam e of th e h arbor.
(C ontinued next week I
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THURSDAY. DEC. 31. 1953