INDEPENDENT ON ALL SUBJECTS, AND DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF SOUTHERN OREGON. V ol . hi .— no . 8. ASHLAND, OREGON: FRIDAY, AUGUST 2, 1878. Ashland Sidings. PROFESSIONAL. $2.50 PER ANNUM. river Indians. The names of these hours’ hard fighting,night came on and men are unknown. In tbe same mouth, thia clotted the 2d day of September. DANIEL GABY, O heart, be strong! — ISSUED EVERY FRIDAY — Wm. Mosier and a man by the name of According to the Indian's report«,there Thera it eo much for all to bear, A TTOB.i E Y -AT-LA W, - H V - Reaver, or Reavis, were murdered by a fell on that day, twenty of their war So much to du in life’« »bort day; NOTARY PUBLIC , o. C. APPLEGATE & CO. The volunteers camped party of Rogue river and Shasta Indi rior«. Think not that thou ebuoldet rest; prepare and To do thy part and Uke thy share ans combined, not far from Yreka. that night with the emigrants, near the OFFICE—On Main Street, (in rear R I . 1. ES TA TE A GENT. Ard join tbe fray: About tbe same date,probably in June, scene of notion. When moroing name, ASH!___ L, uREauN. Chitwood ± Atkinson’» Drug Store.) Gird no the sword of might, and battle wrong; a packer by tbe name of ----- Dilley, detaohmeuts went out, and found the Be »trong, my heart, be strong! OR THE BENEFIT OF THOSE DESIR- while encamped near tbe present site bodies of a party of emigrants, who iug go- d wagon work, the undersigned Terms of Subscription : H. KELLEY, hereby makes known that he can be found O heart, be b*av*! of Phoenix, was killed by some Rogue had been massacred; also, the bodies of One copy one year.................................................... 9 ISO Attorney and Counsel or-at-Law, El»? In tbe thickest of the fight. a» all times at bi* shop in the 8. W. corner At lime, thou maystfeil atd shrink; “ M elx month 8............................................... 1.50 river Indians, whom he had fed and Costa, Ormsby and Long, who bad of the public sqaare Ashland Ogn; and is J acksonville . O regon . Remember thou art in Gol's sight, “ •• three “ ................................................ 100 ready and willing to do all work entrusted lodged over night His cargo consis left Yreka about three weeks before, to Will prac’ice in all the Coorte of ’be State. Prom, And care not what—if thou art right— Club rate* rtx copies fur.......................................... 12.50 a", en Ion given to all bneiueee intrusted to my care. to me in a workmanlike manner. W \G- ted principally of flour. The Indians meet friends by this route. They also Tbe world may think; Terms, in advance. O ffice —In the build! g formerly occupied ONS, CARRIAGES, BUtlGIES, WHEEL Kahler A Wa»e- n, opposite Court Houee. Bright victory'» banner yet shall o’*r thee wave; at that time not knowing the value of found the body of a packer, who had BARROWS, PLOW STOCKS, Ac., made Terans of Advertising: Be brave, my heart, be br ve! to order, and repaired on short notice. flour, emptied it out to get tbe sacks. been dispatched to the settlements by Ijoctl No»toe per liDe............................................. lOct». I. O. Miller. Tb® best Eastern sto “ k constantly on Profe*»l.>ud Cuds, per year.................................. >10 00 A comrade who was with Dilley escap a destitute train. During this and the O heart, oe true! hand. W. W. KENT NOR. Two lucbe», per quartet...................................... 3 oo True to thyself and tn thy God, Architect and Builder, ed. About the first of October of the next day, they found and buried, twen Four •• •* 5 00 Ashland, June 17th. 1876. noltf. Though all around thy path may change, Eight “ “ » 00 same year, some drovers were actaoked ty-one bodies. On the previous day, One-a If Column “ 10 00 GRANITE STREET - - - ASHLAND. Thongh oft tbe toad »bat thou ha*t trod, Three-fourths “ “ 14 >0 by Iadians, not far from Willow prior to their engagement with the In To those who hear to guiding word, One “ “ 17 50 WIT L do •»ny thing in bi* line on »bort no’lce and ui* >he lowest t- rm*. n7v2tf Seems hard and strange; Springs, and a mau by tbe name of dians, they had found the body of a LVGAL XDVFSTI x KMRNT* Jno. B. R« Hutchings. Whatever else the « hole wide world may do, O. R. MYER. man in the tules, which bad evidently One square (ten line* o-leea) let insertion........ $2.50 T. G. WATTERS. Moffett, was mortally wounded. Be true, my heart, be true! Each additional insertion...................................... 1.00 Shortly after the last named affair, been there several days, as it was bad / — A nnik A bmstrono . ASHLAND GLOVE FACTORY. WATTERS & MYER. Job Printing, Maj. Kearney U. S. A., paid a visit to ly mutilated by birds and coyotes. / Of alt description, done on short notice. Legal Rogue river valley, and after several They also found various articles of wo WA TCHMA NE RS, JEWELERS AND The subscriber gives notice that he is now prepar* SCRAPS OF SOUTHERN OREGON Bl inks, Circul >rs. Business C<rds, Bil'bead», loiter- / engagements with the Iudians, in one men’s and children’s apparel,indicating OPTICIANS. ed to till orders for gloves of the HISTORY. bet-is. Post* rs, etc., guteu up in good style at living of which, Capt. Stewart was killed, be that entire families had been cut off. prices. One door south of the Pust-offiice, Ash they found the body of REST RUCKSKIN, IN GREAT VA CAPT. BEN. WRIGHTS EXPEDITION INTO succeeded in extracting from them As land, Oregon, Agents fur tile Tiding*». RIETY, THE MODOO COUNTRY IN J853 a promise, that in tbe future, they only one woman, it wa8 painfully evi 8. M. Pettetigi'l A Co., ... New York. — INDIAN MURDERS ETC. J. O. C. WIMF* J. WELLS would be very good Indians,and kill no dent that a number more bad been Rowel! & Ctieesiuan, ... St. Unii*. Ahn lace leather etc.,etc. Call at my establishment - - - . - Sm Fr-ncltw. L P Ft* er, taken captives. In one of the Indian on Granite Street and eee for yourself. more white men. WiMER & WELLS. NO. III. ... Portland, Oregoo, D H. S'eHrne, .....“ !.. 8 ■nutet», Some time in tbe fall of 1851, a par ranobes, they found the hair of a;white Practical Millwrights. Jno- B. R. Hutchings ..... Rt'em J. A A i leg ite, In writing a history of Southern ... - - “ M L. Ch .ml>-'liu ty of Modoc Indiana made a raid into woman, which had been shaved close (no44tf) Flourinur mills, saw mills, quarts mill*, Mie* lirio Hauiia, ... - C »’Volli*. Oregon, it becomes necessary, in many Shasta valley, and drove off some 200 to her head. Dr N. L. I jw .... Junction City. and aL ki-ids of mill machinery put up tn instauoes, to give with it, that of Rev. J. R. N. Beil, .... R xeb irg. ’»r<l»T in the V“ry best style. All work war Capt Wright remained among the bead of horses belonging to miners, Périt H. Burt ..... Tone l a. ranted. Saiis1acti>>n guaran ’ oed. Address Northern California. The olose rela J. R. Neil, - .... Jack- uvi.le. and were being herded on tbe range, bostiles, rendering aid to the incoming f 29«f. C S S-rgeit, - - • - Puceulx. either, or both, at Ashland Oregon, tions existing between tbe various tribes H n. W W. F ddler, ... Applegate, by men who made it a business, there emigration,for near three months. Fre A'-x W it», ..... •• of Indians that inhabited the tw i sec being no enclosed pastures in tbe quent skirmishes occurred between de RETAIN AND RESTORE YOUR HEALTH BY J M S mtn, .... Ke-bvville. tions when the oountry was fir it set country at that time. Capt. Ben. tachments of bis company, and the In L Q. WiLLIB, El. R. Owen, : - . « Ceu ra) P»iut. WEARING w H p .rser, • ... Big B ute. tled, as well as tbe intimacy that pre Wright, W. T. Kershaw and other cit dians. Shortly after Capt. Wright’s E 1) iu«'k, . . . . » Gran** Pi**. TEACHER OF VOCAL AND IN Dr. Warner’s Health Corset. R «:•!..rd H rre’t, ... G*lice Creek. vailed among the hardy miners, so izens, organized a party aod went in company left Yreka, another company Mi*-Aille W. C,»lvig, - - - Rock Poiui. STRUMENTAL MUSIC, — AND — blended their history, that, to make it pursuit. They went as far as Lost river, under the command of Capt. Charles J. S M F ddeu. .... Mnrjhy. Mi • C rrie Siuith, .... Toland. intelligible, they must both be includ aud succeeded in recovering onlj thir McDermit, was formed in Yreka, and DUPLEX SUPPORTERS. FOR SALE BY A. F Su-|;ing, ..... Lake View. And Professional Piano Tuner. C B Wim.u, ... “ ed in the narration of almost every in ty four of their horses. On this expe one at Jacksonville, under the com -— O regon . G-• T. B I twin, ... Linkvtde. A shland , W a II Robert*. ... Pl-Vi.a. cident of any note that occurred be dition, they were attacked several mand of Capt. (now Gen) Rose, and Dr J s D--imeun, .... KUni'-b. Address him, or call at the Ash and I tween the whites and Indiaas. J* i < i S. S u ik, - . - . Bsnnz;. A«iU«xl, Oregon, Agent for Jackson, Josephine times and five of their party severely went into the hostile country. About Academy. (No 3-if.) C. H. Dy ........................................................................ an^ L’A« counties. Al»-> Children’s w*i»te. In March. 1851, gold was discovered wounded. the same time, Maj. Fitzgerald, U. 3. Mi*« M ry McCtbe .... As loxi 'J»i»t. D. J Ferree General Agent for Like and on the Yreka flats and contignom C-*5“A ll O hdkrr from a D istance P rompti . t In August, 1852, a company of Emi* A., with a small detachment of dra Mo l»-c coûtai«*. d. B. WATSON. F llkd . u 47 1V2 points, aod the fame of their wonderfol grants arrived in Yreka, via the Lost goons, also went into the hostile coun J. M Sut on, Genera'. Agent for Jackeon and Jose phine OHiriUe-. richness, soon spread throughout the river route, being the first of the sea try—of the latter three companies, 3lttor ncy and 4Í ouusrlor-at-laiv northern mines.aod brought thousands son, and reported the Modocs hostile, more hereafter. The Indians were Stages leave Ashland as follows and of men to that place. About the same and advised that a party be organized kept m check, and further depreda The O <t C. Stage C«».’ r Stage leave Ashl «nd REAL ESTA TE A GENT. for JaeKsonville, R>ck Point and Rone- time, in the spring cf 1852 the rich de- at once, to go to tbe relief of tbe emi tions were prevented for that year. On Main Street burg every day at 6 a. m. Mail clo-es at C^TSpecbl itenUon ghen to all matters requir Capt. Wright remained some time Ashland ----- Oregon. po4it8 on Rich gulch, were discovered grants yet to arrive. Immediately af 5;:JO a. m. ing an Attorney at the U. S. Land Office. within tbe present corporate limits of ter the arrival of this train, a man after the other companies returned, to For Henly, Yreka and Reiding at 6 p. m. L ak « c V iew , L ike C o .,O regon . I have dow on band a beau1 if til aefor'tnent of M iil c'o-e* at 5:30 p. ni. Jacksonville. came into Yreka from the Modoo coun make sure that no straggling emigrants M y 31, 1878 [10-5(1- f M. Colw II’« Stages leave Ashland H>»t», Bonnet», Shade». French Flowers, Wreath* Prior to the discovery of gold at try, and represented that his party con were left behind. Piua.es. Nee* Tie», Linen Suite, Jut’, Lidie»’ every Monday, Wednesday and Friday J. W. RIGGS, FinUbing Goods, etc., eiCb etc. Also The Indians dow seeing that the em Yreka, and at a time too, prior to anv sisting of nine men, who had packed mornings for Linkville, and return on every Tn sday. Thursday and Saturday. igrants had passed, sent word to Capt. settlement having been made in across the plains, had been attacked by L-avo Linkvill* f >r Like View, Oregon, t»nd tbe Warner Health Corset. the country, the R »gna river, Shasta Modocs, and that be was the only sur Wright by a squaw, that they wanted Wednesdays; arrive at Lake V ew Satur Q^ “ A ’ l order» from a distance promptly filled. and adj ice nt tribes of Indian*, had vivor. He had saved himself by cut to treat for peace. The Captain sent days; le ive Lake Vi w M todays ; arrive ARTIST, B^TEvery th’hg »old cheap for C«»h. at L'ukville Thursdays, carrying mail aud shown their hostilities to the whites, at ting tbe pack from one of the horses, word that be was ready to b ear what fciF’Ble chlDg, Pre**iDg and Coloring, in the very passengers. ceaieet manner. *v2uI6tf different times, by overt acts commit and charging through tbe hostile ranks. they had to say. Accordingly, they ap Ashland - - - - Oregon. A. D HELMAN, P. M. Jfra. II. D. Jones, ted on traveler* through the country. On tbe reception of this news, a volun pointed next morning, as a time to I am t ow permanently located in this pUce, »«nd re-ipejtfuUy asks the patronag of SOCIETIES. As far back a* 1831, a party of thirty teer company was immediately raised. hive their talk. The Indians request ibe citizen.*. persons, under the control of one Capt. Ben. Wright was eleoted Captain, W. ed that some thirty or forty of tboir Ashland Lxtee No. 189,1. 0. G T. Smith,were massacre 1 near the monthof T. Kers bam, First Lieutenant. Capt. number should be permitted to come ALL WORK WARRANTED Meet* at tbe Hall of He'man 4 Fountain every Umpqua river. They were exploring Wright's command left Yreka on tbe in, and camp over night with the vol Friday evening at 8 o’clock p. m . Brother* and To give Entire S tisfaction. Prices to suit H»ter< tn good »l-cding re cordially Invited to at the oountry in the interest of the 1 29th day of August, making fo»oed unteers. Although the request raised The Times. tend T e Tempt« meet* every flret anl third Wed Hudson Bay Company, who,about that marches for one hundred miles, until a suspicion that foul play was meant nesday in etch moutu. THRESHING MACHINE MEN. time, or sooa afterwards, established they arrived at Tula like, where they by the wily savages, the request was T. O. ANDRE W8, W. C. T. t&^Call and see. Specimens. | v2n9tf H. T. C hitwood , Sec y. a post above on the Umpqua river aud found the first emigrant train of six granted. The company at that time The undersigned »re Dow prepared at the it Fort Umpqua. HOTELS. ■ Ashland Lodge No. 23 teen wagons, having sixty persons, consisted of only about thirty men, ASHLAND IRON FOUNDRY called Io June. 1835, George Gav, Danie men, women and children. This party rank and file, and should the Indians To repair «11 threshinr machines and tn put on the get the least advantage of them, they A. F- A A. M.. L atest improved end shake , wnicn win Miller, Elwari Barnes. Dr. Barley, was completely surrounded by the sav would crush them at a blow. The in- improve a new m »cbme to the atno-un of two hun - Mr. Sanders. John Turner,John Wood Hold» their »tate<l communication* Thursday even ages, having no possible chance of es drib hacks pxH dat . Tti<i*e w iDtiljg repairing ing«on or hef.nr ihe full moon. Bre’hren in good worth and a man who*e name is only cape. They bad been fighting several , tentions of the Indians, soon became dune, will do well to come at once. he undersigned wishes to re - Blanding are cordially invited to Httriid. remembered as “Irish Tom.’’ were at hours and bad it not been for the op evident,and a strict watch was kept up, tniud his Irieuds, and »he traveling pub W. T. ZIMMERMAN. W. H. ATKINSON, W. M. lic generally, that be is still to be tound at no46tf tacked near the month of Foot’s creAk. portune arrival of Capt. Wright, they every man sleeping on bis arms. Capt. ALBERT SEC ORD. J. 8. E vbank », Sec'y. this on Rogue river, and Messrs Miller. certainly would all have been massa Wright understood something of their LONG ESTABLISHED HOUSE, Barnes, Sanders and Tom were killed. cred. They were well nigh exhausted, language, and by morning, had learned Ashland Lodge No.45, where he Is re idy at any time, and on all The other four, all badly wounded, aod could not havebeld out maoh long their plans, and bad arranged to meet occasions »o se before them the best the I. O. O. F.. them. It was meditated to make a made their escape marke1 affords, in a style i-econd to no other er. They bad but few guns,and were be Positively Cured. Hold tbeir regular meeting every Saturday even house in Oregon. Tn the Sammer of 1838, a number of coming short of ammunition. One of sudden attack in the morning, when ing at their hall in Aebhnd. Brother* in good »utTerer* from ’h*» d'-e »*e th«t are anxious to Dinners and suppers for special occisions. b- A'l The joined together and their men, Freeman Hawthorn, was se the time arrive! for tlnir talk rured -h<>nM »<• Dr. Kisaner’* Celebrated Oregonians •landing are c.irdially invited to at’end. gotten up in appropriate style, Ht short no Consumptive Powder*. lue.-i Powder ire E. DE PEAT, N. G., went to California for the purpose of verely wounded. When tbe savages volunteers were ready, before the tice. JASPER HOUCK. in* uii-j ,repir <i *u *..uwu »ha »*1)1 cure Con W. W. Kwnoi, Sec’y. sumption nd all direare» ot 'be Throat and getting stock cattle to drive into Ore treacherous savages had time to carry discovered tbe volunteers approaching, Lung* -indeed, so »trong 1» our faith in them, and Rebekah meeting» oo Tuesday eveuiDg, nearei out their designs, forty of their num >>1 fo to c aivi'ice you th it hey are n > humbug, *e wl'l gon. They succeeded in getting tbeir they withdrew. This was near tbe be full of the moon eacn month. forw rd «•< erery .offerer, by m»ii, |>oet paid, a free ioneer otel ber bit the dust. In this engagement, drove, and on their return, were at place where tbe eight packers, referred trial box. We ou ’ t who: jotir m-mey un'il you are perfectly professional Linkville, Lake County, Oregon •aiiefied of cbeir curative pouer-. If your »if- is tacked at the same place where the par- to before, were murdered, and is now two men, Poland and Hanbanch, were wortn eavintr, d<>nt delay I d giving these Powder* ty of 183.5 was (Foot’s creek) and 4 r. known as Bloody Point.Tbe lake at that severely wounded. The company re The subscriber is again in charge atrial, a-1 ey will -orel» cure you. J. A. APPLEGATi. turned to Yreka, carrying their two "rice, for 1 .rge b >x, |3 00, *ent to any part of the Gay was again wonnded, be being one time was shallow* and filled with dense of the O ld P ioneer H otel of the Uulied St -tea or Canada, b« mail, on receipt of price. wounded men on litters, and were dis of the latter party. ttorucy and ®oun$ror-at-ïaw Lake country, and is determined tules. Many small low islands skirted charged on the 29th day of November, Address, In August, 1850, two paokers by the the margin of the like or swamp,wbiob ASH a ROBBINS, to make his guests having been in active service just three SALEM OREGON.______ name of----- Prink and Cushing, wsre being covered with tall reed grass and months,and had been the means of sav 360 F ulton S. bkkt , B boofltn , N. Y. murdered on Klamath river, near tnles, made an excellent biding place ing many lives.____________ DR. J. H. CHITWOOD, Comfortable and Happy. where the ferry was afterwards estab for tbe Indians. It was on these is O regon . WCMJIKR HA UNTE RINGS» A shland ,.............................. Give him a call and rest assured lished. Tbeir train was taken aud lands, that the Indians took refuge, Or, Asnal* of the Cave HvntorSÍ^ OFFICE -At the Ashland Di ug More. that he will make you feel at their oargo destroyed by Shasta In when tbe Yreka company came in home [2-29tf. dians. LETTER NO. II. sight. Capt. Wright seeing the Indi J. R. NEIL, In January, 1851, at Blackburn’s fer ans pushing out in their canoes, order GEORGE NURSE. ar f . A TroRitEY AT-LAW, ry, on the Klamath river.au attack was ed a charge, wbioh was gallantly re To most people on this coast, there made, probably by the same Indians sponded to by bis company. Tbe men LAK-ViEW COTTAGE ! and James Sloan----- Jenalshan, ------ dismounted« many of them waded into is little that is new to be said in favor Jacksonville. Oregon. A Plesant and Homelike House silualed Bender, and---- - Blackburn, the own tbe lake up to their waists to get with of camp lite in the open air. Many _ at — J. W. HAMAKAR. er of the ferry, were killed T ;e place in gun shot of tbe enemy. After three yet survive, who, perhaps, bad a sur Humming Bird Springs, near feit of its realities, while traveling the was defended by a few survivors, until NOTARY PUB LIC. Kltiin <th Luke, • A great change ha» occurred in this lake plains across; others have tried its in tbe arrival of assistance, when the Indi since that time. Where the emigrant road LINKVILLE LAKE CO., OREGON. E’even mi’rs tn»m Linkville, an the road to ^ftorueyat^aiD, aus withdrew, but not nntil much nin at th *t time. I* now some miles nut in the vigorating effects on a small scale.while Odi» e in Post Office Buildimj. Srtecial I Ft. Klamath, Lake Co., Oregon. P ortland , O regon . Ink*. Th- nilea have entiiely disappeared. following a nomadic or Nimrodic life« adeuhon ejiren to conceyanciwj. [2 J property bad been destroyed. What w in little more than a »warnp, is now Attention paid to the wants of gnes's Jtartieular attention paid to LandUfles, CoRecfing During the month of May, 1851. four a magnificent sheet of navigable water, sur and in all instances, suoh an existence M. L. McCALL, I JMbts sodali kinds of Gouemmeni flamm. The subscriber a'so keeps a Good Stable miners traveling on the road between rounded by som* flftv miles of beautiful has about it much of tbe spirit of Surveyor and Civil Engineer well supplied with hay aud grain. Call ana Grave creek and Rogue river, were smooth shore. Lost river po»»rs its waters romance; but for a realization of that Principal Office, Jacksonville, Oreg-m. into it; and by some means, tbe subterrane spirit in its twofold sense, and greatest see if be can keep hotel. ASHLAND, OREGON, killed. These men were killed st dif G ibbs < fc S tkarn will attend to my business an outlet has become stopped up, which ac I* prepared to do any work In hi* line oo »bort no* in Portland. [v3av7tf] U ob [no27v2tf] Continued en fourth page. ferent times, two each time, by Rogue counts for the change. $66 > week i your own town |5 outfl free. Nuiisk. Reader, if >on want • Ibueiner* at which ;erro 8 i>f-ither*ex oin make greit p »y .«<1 the time they woik, for pr'lcul icular* write to H. H allxtt & Co., Portland, Maine. (251-1 0 Heart, Be True- »Vagoli Factory. F Ladies, Attention! Mrs, Jas. Ewiag, Millinery Store. ButtricK Patterns ASHLAND HOUSE. T CONSUMPTION P H o. . Ferree. * s'