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/ / . Y' £7^ K INDEPENDENT ON ALL SUBJECTS, AND DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF SOUTHERN OREGON. VOL. III. -NO. 14. ASHLAND, OREGON: FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 13, 187& P lì O F E S S I O N A L. $2.50 PER ANNUM-. I Written fur -he Te sc.s i hal taken captive. St.ibbiug them in thoroughly alarmed, and several volun Kerbyville Items numerous places with knives, and teer companies raised to keep the In Weather cooler. -ISSIMI) EVERY FRIDAY---- I. O. Miller. burning th*jm with firebrands, aa they dians in check until military aid could T > A ' -IT . I.E. Wheat 90 cts. per bushel. 3aid, “just to see them jump.” — BY — be procured at Fort Jonea, that being Architect and Builder, James Hughes will soon open a ac,- 1;V A Pl'LEE ATE U • ''0. This summary justice delt out io the only military post in the country. “Taylor, ' had the tfleet to somewhat To thia end. messengers were dispatch loon. I know not rournam« (i.i rear 1 un i 2 Nor the creed you v Connty Court is in sc 2 z 1 od «»Jd&o check f »r t ie time being, depredations ed, who arrived at the post at noon on Store.) Nor \>ith w.xr.a \<>i: a of the T'i lians north of the Siskiyou the 8th. two days after the last murder. T. F. l’lcyd presiding And your : u"‘ I ve 1- 11. a EL LEV, rl' a-. aud they became more pro Six hours after th 3 arrival of the mes monft n-.'.u, Goats iro eat, sell at SI per head, i( i < I BUS of SiibM i ipitoil : IL ve ji • ; V 1 ; 'o; tr i fuse in thmr profit, iou3 of friendship Attorney a..d Counssiur-at-LciW, At. 1 weren't ym i i sengers, Cipt. B. IL Aiden, 4th U. S. yon return the pelt to Mr. Nauoke. > 2 50 One copy ohe year................................................ J ack : ixJit.i.E. O regon . I kn >w jo in- tiuo. to the whites. These professions, how 1.50 “ “ six racntLs....................... ............. Infantry, with a detachment of twonty J iew C omers . —To G. S. Mv.thowscu VViH prie ica lu fl 'Le 0 mrts of ’Le St .te. T rfrta. But .va.’, ii y u 1 <ií» a- e i ior- Lf.v- n tu au buiiixjss .uiruïted tu riy cure. “ three “ ............. .......................... ever, proved only a 1 lin 1 under which tneD, all his available force, was cn the and wife, a son, a 12 pounder; Ales. 12.50 But wi. i. Jo you 11.i ik yuii’ü be 1 H. i?hc■’ Club rites -ix copie» for...................................... Orm i--. In ilie Indilli* i: fornie.-ly cccupied these same Indiaus matured plans, and march for the scone of difficulty,where White aud wife, a daughter, a nine Kai.'i-r Wu»«. *0, •»¡4>o-lte Court lE»u-e. A*rl L . y* u a iu»> f r your ’• .oks Tenne, in adv u». collected munitions of war for areaew- I he arrived on the 10th. Th ’ i.-n't at linit» ti lies Cin.iniehed pounder. Terms of AiHeitisiiit P 11.e tin iglite ofy- uro'.Mi i ret’v looks! D al of hostilities on a larger scale. By The time up to the arrival J . 1 ” - v; »-rf of Cipt. . lOctR T-ocil N<< i ■» per tine........................................ .uirgonr, Jeffreys and McCoy,a^e ex T <•* c’ Ar.n-1 youc n hoist of ¡los-eesii.g, 4 10 z,/> resorting to this ruse, they were en Alden, was occupied in defensive I’tofe-rhili .1 C il*!-, i year.............................. pecting the material to arrive soon to If by the a yuU are v. !.o iy n.i.-led, Two indie-, j er *pi *r 1er...................................... abled to uv.gmeut tbeii forces from preparations, the volunteers guardia g ,# .*0 Four •’ ’ ‘‘ ................. ................. M • prove inj ilr.iig b*.r. n bie-sing, “pipe off” the Kinney claim, cn Eplih S O I £igtit “ ................... neighboring tribes, -and for.u «Ilia ces Sti j*.l I you li .ve uolh.ug else iu yo ir Le.i 1. the outskirts of the settlements, and 10 oo •.b,.»-'! If C< himn “ ................................ creek. These men arc capitalieis ’17- U 00 ■fhret-fuunba “ “ ...................................... nnsv.f’pected by tho whites. Iu the escorting exposed families to places oi i‘ r'.i i; » you -ire fot d of It » *i aic*'1, 17 .*»<) ing in Portland. fine •• “ ...................................... . A»“,, -I-'i f he period ’ are, mean tini9, being ‘<ltowed access to the greater cOcuritv. Stockades wero con Messrs. Iayton, Baughman, ZJi- Aiil win*, iti fin, and y u<- tnti-i ar.l d l.ce», 2 >'i )’ prem' es of the settlors, they procured structed in various partE of ti e valley, Mm -i.* ’ i of yon- i -t ti ue to »iiare. 1 l.oo AN A I ) ASSAYING f more or less guns and pistols by iheft wherein families were taken for safe corn and others, left yesterday, for the Or vise nil t ••.' thougr,*. J ia un-'Tliag new placer diggings on Silver creek, ami o.therwi-e; and. also, to accumulate ty. A’ y mure than to 1 i-.*; i.t tl tir stead, j U ? Í D H 40 miles northeast of here. The creek DR. F. G. h -.and. Y iu'rec »iitriv.ur < ' 1 pi in» tc ' .• “ kihi g,"’ considerable ammunition. Ia those Ou the arrival of Capt. Alden with A .d ’hit e what ; o-u’v. ;■ ■. in >uur i.eal. I.e ier- days, all the tea brought into the coun only twenty men, it was found neces’ is twenty miles long, and pays good :»a ! < TZt' A L • y V rr 1 à ? » . • wages. i il fcv.eel Li -ct try, was put up in lead caddies, which, Think y u «nr.le?, in 1 ¡O-. .ò li sary to organize the forces,and increase Ob' Al.M» A><AV Wi-r-* * u'y b <i .e >tl.-- ' to tl C ir Scene in Justice Court, J. W. Pains* when emptied, wero thrown out with the number of volunteers. According ** . / » T » en b'e c>i<fæ ’i~li y 1 I ng m Units i >r tRe Tilting-’*. presiding: The plaintiff, a woman; the Ores U..U %.L the ruLLi- L, and from this source, the ly, headquarters were established at a To •*<? anihurs offrie! n 1 <le •.ir. •> r ............. : - N>w * >rk ■ * If •‘in-., be your l.iziiert I ndians collected a very abundant sup point now known as Camp Stewart, defendant, a man; both near neigh I. r.is ♦ • ô ■ < i ih, Y -u will lin I there are O I.' .. io -e.i L ply of leal, and through a few unprin near tho present site of Manzmita, bors; born on the “emerald isle,’’ min Ha An 1 to > 1 ite y in’ll r c; H I !» t cipled dealers, they procured a largo where those of the volunteers who ers by occupation. There was a dif *.. sh tu 1 y u h .ve n j .ti! 1. A A ■ » o. R. su ::i amt nut of po wder. could La sprred from guarding the set ference) between them, and resulted in1 I o 31 l L. Cn 1 T> 1 ii/h ibi be •' '.y, v.’.'l.i pa » < r .i V 1 - • Í 40Ì.» i»r i TT i ' r >-7) A few of the more experienced fron- tlements,organized into a regiment,and three immersions of the woman in a; lt *r ine arte an i i! *■ a ih-.' uf a rt,” WA 11 Z.U j ci m ì tn. J ‘ i< ll < ’ I r 1 N. I. (. ft seems : iidiuirihie. f.-hion . 1- 1 tiersmiu, who had closely watched tho elected Capt. Alden C j I. of the volum * i ditch of water, by the defendant afore i» H. T*> those who are sprightly arai j ,-rt. movements of i’ae Indians, saw many teers, and were formerly mustered into said, and in return, the latter did Av J. p An*l thougb p e^ uit at tirst thè ¿k-lusiun, ( ♦ U the United Sta'es service during the ceive a copious shower of mud, and re They ail ike from tl.e tniuce wneutiiey’re we<l things i i these movements to arouse X* I . ri li-r, H tired with some garments rent in twain. v 'A Ani w ijh, aiuti! shame ani couiu»i<»n, » their distrust. Signal fires were fre war. <*i ti.c - l ‘ -1•<. i»' e, Asli- They h id h id -omeGiiiu else in th*, r head. queutly seen in the distant mountains.’ c The regiment consisted of six com Such wps the difficulty, and the caeo l{ the uumb -rs in each camp were con- ♦ panies of volunteers, commanded re so complicated,that a decision is delay ) l.-ttl I » I. U. J. WhLO ’ l ’ ■ ’h I: i î SCRAPS OF SOUTHERN ORE ti:»u illy b-ing increased, strange In- spectively by Captains J. Rhodes, J.P. ed by the court, until it ban Jims to» ’M r. V VHMER ¿ WELLS. >- M F *’ ■iius, evidently fr<»m other tribes,were Goodall, J. K. Lamerick, John S. Mil “collect its mind.” GON AND NORTHERN CAL i Ni frequently seen at the camps,and occa ler, Robert L William and Owen, and Yesterday, it is said, W. Q. brown of I. A F’ IFORNIA HISTORY. I t • t ’ I i sionally in town and in the'settlements, Althouse, received a pounding from the detachment of regulars,under Capt. i r» T r t ti ! « lionne Hiver Wa» Of IS53 Fori •icconip irivj.l by same of the head men llden. When the forces were organ Martin Mickey and bis son, the for K I • i 1 i !• b of the Il’gne Rivers. For the most ized, scouts were sent out in every di mer being accused of writing an <» * (liiiici Msltibiisl£<*<] in IS5ti. i i Murder on Gnlire ÇrctL. V,’ J/rtl V, however, the people resisted uu- rection for the double purpose of pro for the T idings , in regard to Mickey s' 111 K • L r a feeliug of soourity, reiving on tecting the er-ttlements and observing chaslijemen of his daughter some s n Vj o- Li » c< .Hurth t ol Edwards *• X’ d A- -ut fur. I. k ml J »-'- tl.o goo I promises of the i.i'li.ms, who ‘ the mo’-emeut» of the Indians. On the weeks ago. It is asserted that the for Ortie, s Or ;?• ri»x: • i'tjPA LVZ) /.V- Wt v’erc lavi’h in tlic’r <!*»**>»tiotis of i(‘»th of August, the companies of Latn- mer is innocent of the '’hezge re^err^tf' unte, r l’orces n • • / den vi div I ’eat t fri-Lilsh: p, eriek, Gooia’i &cd Miller were sent to. It see me “ dangerous ¿ g be ¿rrrj/vc.x tal . v I > rpi .1 ■ O a C. St I Towards the latter part of the Spring out to guard tho passes back of the ior correspondents in this quarter! i-y.HT ON rii'.II. CHEEK—I.IsT OF KÎL1.ED y\l< And P of 1852, tho Indians began to show a Table Rocks, while Capt. Rhodes and I tremble for them—“let ns hayQ I / WOl’NDK.»—ETC., EiC. \ t! \ A shlan :u more aggressive disposition. They a detachment of Capt. Goodall’s com peace”—I deny all written above, in' I , 1 v <1 ' ‘ 4 or edi at t‘ie A<h’an<l U C umtux . frequently visited houses in the ab pany, under Lieut. Ely, were sent the name of ------------------------- ------ (N ’ <> :> tf'A In the autumn of D j 2. after Major sence of tl.o mon, and demanded food above to scour the country and drive 1 V Items! from Willian s- C/etk. I Fi’zgerald n il returue i from his M >- and other articles of iho woman, and the Indiana down where they would t* \ Si s ! G. B. WATSON. Camp Meeting neut week; manv doc cmui) >ign, he established the post by their threatening manner, frequent fall into the hands of the forces sta r Attfiiifii anti (Com:sc'or-;:t-'£;ur at Fort Jones, iu SrotL’s valley. rii I ’ ll • -S _ ly succeeded in procuring their de- tioned back of the Rocks. Captain ministers and a big time expected. “As pretty as a picture” is what aila post, had it been properly garri garrl« a tied, mau Is. War dances were frequently Rhodes went immediately to the point would have been the mearii uf cf . aving heard in their camps at a lite hour in where “ Sam’s” forces had been en nearly every body in this locality ett'jX I’7’ if f’<7' I ir'»’V7’ 1 • i va many lives and much valuable proper th a night, ar»«l their whole intercourse camped a few days before, but discor- the photographers were here. umi du S ice* 1 >t i ir! >n c'vi-ri to till matters re , ir .a Attomt y .t tib U. L.u .1 Oilice. ty. As it was, it ajuld do 3 litlle more with the whites was assuming a haugh ered that they had all gone. Qa the A. D. DEI Al AN, r. M. Quite a number of persons expect to ’ >.)sit;i n, 1. »r»; Vn.-A , L\ ke C o .. ()>•.”< 'N. than hoi i the position, and cr.Ate 17th of August, Lieut. lily ’ s command, ty altitude, which forshalowed evil. attend the M. E. Church, South, con r Tí j- ?i, lhio. sot . I 1 !. s i ro-.J3.-f among the Indiaus, a co contempt fur the Many of the leading citizens, howev consisting of 21 men, proceeded up the ference, to be hoxd shortly at P'oseburg At no timo, could more er, still placed 'i-'plicit confidence in a river until they struck Trail creek near A ->M I ‘ I’.l 1J > J. A ’, li (DINS >N M. 1). military. 0.189, l. 0. ¡'i T. !.. !»-.s ..u: h M. I». Representative Caldwell started q‘ •ban twenty men ba sent out, continuation of ti.eir friendship. the mouth, and following this stream week ago for the legislature,wisely tak PANFORTI! A LOBINSON and Iho Iudi'Us wero no* slow in Line, a band of Indians, probab up a short distance, halted b for ing a load of furniture alcng to pay Lkr TT (} X to discover its ii*cP.icieu y, and ly b.-longing to the Galice creek tribe, dinner. They picketed their horses in way. V I >i!Y ni l va S - \ a ' . » J > J ’ <- I C- - A J 7 b V Í < : À-* matters from dav to day, continued to attacked a miner's cabin in the vicinity I a small grassy cove near by, and placed The Jacksonville school directors grow w irs*’. So> :k was diiveil oil, of Cow cre-k. an 1 two men, an Amer a guard in position to watch them and \ s t\ -, \\ . r. t J have employed one of our Wiliiama cuttie down whenever th ev chanc ican an i a Mexican were mnrd^red, the camp. The guard, concluding i ? A creek young ladies (Miss Endora A. tv J lements, ed to slr-ty bejoml tho that they could safely leave their post ' i. »t! e A and all their valuables carried avay. Gabfreyj as a teacher in the public' and murdi r was t;y uo means u: cum- These mr.rdc.As being so remote from for a short timo, joined the rest of the school of that place. A gcod ¿C-* L< mon. In December, 1 52, eig t men, the st It; ments,created but little alarm men at dinner. They had not, howev serving selection. viz : Wm. Grtnd t.uo, i’etcr HuiJ.“r, ■amongst the nn j »rity of settlers, who er, been long in camp before rhe whole S’ \V.()lv. <ll I’iopi ioror, Expeditious to the cave are too num Is m»w bi n cf.i ’ti i.ir a qnatity of hour ----- Bruner, 1 J ----- Pulmer, Wm. Alim, argued that it was no indication of a party was fired on from a dense body ::re LUIGI .1 SUPERIOR TO ANY two brothers by the name of ILicon, *:» neral hostility, but. was a mere rob- of willows that skirted the creek, kill erous to mention. The crowd frox# M. TT-nt fu:e :nib.u.c uftil ia this vdley. Ile is aud one other whose name is unkuovin b.-ry and murder for the sake of gain, ing six of their number and wounding Jacksonville was joined by parties from Ufii g .iu ell ir»»' v to the writer, who wc ?to mining near and was to be looked on as having no four. Recovering their guns, they im Applegate and Williams creek, making NEW PROCESS, I’ r.-t .1 il 1 y ! i:.. 11. tbi.- co iDty. the mouth of ( i.iue eri ek, on lower more b aring on the Indian question, mediately Hud to the brow of a bill in all 19 persons, besides the babies, ! all, or nearlv all were well pressed? ii3 Guarantees Satisfaction. Rogue river, weic mi; >sed from their than w- nld a like c fl’.-nse committed by near by, where they found a more ten and with the trip. The Jacksonville pane,«: i. o. O. I'., Al! ilaiir w irn tr.- <1 genuitx and of the b.et quality. claims,and suspicious u f foul play were white men. i able position, and where they dere begin to lecogmze the fact that e.’v Saturday even- Rd I t'i’-ir ir aieetini; every entertain-<l. Som. ? wi»* ks afterwards, On the 4 L day of August, a thrill of able to hold the enemy in check, In is such a place as the eave. tb„-,r bid in AeMiihL Brothers in phxl R’FUNO THE &OHEY. et;r.a’.r.^ .ue CJrdully invi el :.t’en-L I ‘ic (1 lii ’it band of alarm aai oG2?.sioned by the murder of this position, they wero soon surround To any aid ah who may rtcei/e ‘u' r iliat prove? “Taylor,” chief of t It’s a little late but some of your uji to be we representi d. E DE 1‘EAT, N. G„ Indians, came t > 4 ouey’s ferry, on Edward Ivi wards, a farmer, living ed by the Indiaus, rendering retreat readers may take an interest in reacrj^i^ W. W. K fx rsoB, SeC’J. Give him a c 1! * e l co*r'i:ie« yonrself 1_ f Rogue ri ver, acuotnj atiied L*y a num- about two and a half miles below Plite- impossible. One of their number man the following list of offioers of Wiiiianrs Rebekih meeting* «»n Tue»lay evening, war.’» li (.) T E L .•>. ber of his m-?n, fur the purpose of nix. on the east side of Bear creek. aged to pass tho lines unobserved, un Creek Lod«?e,I. O. G. T. .for the present ' k !'*»!! i*f the muuu ei.cn aioli 11. They, exhibiting a larger While he was absent,a party of Indians der cover of timber and underbrush, term: H H. Snarlin. W. C. T : Anab°l trading, l’RO F ESSI o N A II amount of gold du.-1 than it was usual secieted themselves in some under I and made his way to headquarters for Jordan, W. V. ; Chas Nail W. T.:R! a George, F. S.;Lnlo Lawton. W T.; Oai.- for Indian s to have, were sn^picioned brush near his house,and on his return re enforcements. Cunningham. W. C.; Laura Caldwell, J. A. A?PLEGAT£. Meanwhile,the Indians on horseback, W M ; Chas McGee, W. D. M.; Bdle I obbtiuiog it by some foul means, at noon, they shot and killed hun, and rpiIE ENDEKSICN i> v*I-HE> T»» ll’l- .1. mi*io :ii< Itien !<, and <* n ivi-linr pot* * They we re questioned as to the wfiere- aft r pillaging his house, fied to the some of them mounted on horses be Carr. I G. ;P V Shoemak O. G ; Mi* Satarnni sail if auaicor-at-iaii iie generally, that i.e is s’ill to be !uu..<l at abonts of these men. Tliey stated 1U mountains. longing to the volunteers, kept np a E. G. Toppibg.B. H. S.; Miss Ma C1W.* this SALEW OREGON. reply that they werer sited of»’ of at A Iter this mnAier, there were those i steady fire, charging and retreating al L. H. S. LONG E'TABLI'Iîi'Ii A word more, Mr. Editor, or island, where they wero camped, by yet who claimed ¡bat it was ouly the ternately, for the purpose of reloading. DH. J. IL CHITWOOD, wbt-re he 1- re uly nt atiy . high water, and all drowuded. Tin-ir work of a few desperadoes, iutent on In time, however, assistance came and Printer, entre nous'. My ohirog^spay O regon . o -casioiiS :<» set t*e o e tl ”u in o kt-' a’! »:•-1 s. in a s vies. explanation and maniii r led to a strong spoils and was not from any general the Iudians fled. The volunteers lost difficult to decipher,and for that reaftdn Lu <a' in Oif roti. btfief that th-, sc I idians hil murdered understanding among the Indians. no men after they had gained their po I have little right to complain of the I 'iuners .mil -u opers io t blunders of the typo, but when it • he lost min rs. An investigation led Tui-se suppositions, however,wera soon sition on the hill. ‘fatten up tn ipj 1**p: lair ’ \ h > J. R. NEU-, a tice. J ASPI The killed in this engagement were comes to spoiling my best quotations—;' to the discovery thc.t Taylor and bis dissipated. Ou the day following,Aug Ishern P. Keath, Irank perry, Asa when “my five household gods are a TP RNEY Ai-LAV.-, the entire party, 5ih. Thus. Wil!-, of tho firm of Wills bar.d h id murder A. He and some of his head men were a Kvle, engaged in tho merchandising Colbors, Alfred juoiiglas, L. Stockting shivered on my hearth”—I m nnnnd to ioneer HOTEL. J a r k’»r. un’ilio. O rc« o n arrvoted by the ci zeus, and as there business in Jacksonville, was chol and end Win Neff. The wounded were protest. In my last,the lin**, ‘ He who Linkvllle, Lake Co ¡n’y, Oregon were ao conr rts yet organiz 'd in that mortally wounded /.;st as he was enter I Lieut. Simeon Ely, Zebulon Sheets, has loved not h^re would learn that J. V,. RAMAR AU The subscriber is .'iitam 'n charge part i*i »be territory,they were brought ing that town. Th;b murder was fol John Alban and James Carrol. love,” is inJared by the substitution of • -•---------- o' tl.e O ld P ioneer H otel of the before a citizens jury, tried, convicted lowed on J.e next d^y, Aug Gth.by the a dificieut world for fr>oc.- Then thi6J NOTARY PUBLIC. T<t look upon the 2 »»1 as going on frcm ■ ake country, and is det.rn.ined and sentenced to be hanged. » liol;:. murder of t wo miners on Jackson creek, btrcngih to strength, to Consider that 81)3 sentence of Prentice’s: “ Peantfful I.IN'K' TT.LF. LAKE CO., OREGON. i .u make his quests that the decree of the Court van ujont one mile from Jacksonville, one by the is to shine forever with new accsse'.ocs of Arc a'l the Fnow’-AbVe z-nie th it lie O/;7 i t l*uA O/lù-e Euibliitj. < >"■ In t!ie«e mj e eriuus ch iuibere, &c '¡ii fit tn rt>nn ~2 ! 'tf. to bo executed, end eeei .g no possible name of Richard Nolan and ore whose glory, and brighten to all eternity; that she Comfortable and Happy. Is changed to meaoingloss nonsense By’ I chmee of escape, they related the par name is unknown. will still be adding virtue to virtue and M. L. Àie CALL, placing “beautiful' after the word t ivr hiit! a call and rest assured tieul.u’s of th ? ca “ themselves, and In the meen time, the Indians under kn Avledge to knowledge, carries in it some- Surveyor ;in*l Civil Iliigiiieer ¿hat he will make y..u V irci at boasted of the part thev tad taken in chief “Sam,” were rapidly concentra ♦hing wonderfall v agreeable to that ambition “lie.” There were other mistakes, but the murder an 1 roi>b».rv They gave a these are enough to s1, 'ke the sn> * A shland , O regon , [2-2 9 tf. Lu me minute account of th*! maiim r in which ting in a »’rung position,north of upper which is natural to the mind of niau.—A ddi ship of un anchorite.” - F, they turtnred their victims after they Table F.oi k.aud the count-y had become son . P* ■enareut-do a»y werk la Lis lite short_ n> GEORGE NURSE. i WHAT JI V Vii V. »r . ;-)F IN' Y- )FR ’IE ‘vi * f ìp j a i » O i • . V ' r T , i !. 1 ! > ' i t 'll (h MX MILLS f > i~ ASÍ i 1 j A 1 ) lit >1 ' SE. P a 4 tit*. I ■*• *5 i ■’ £ i » 7?*.? 3