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GSmm RaipeifaScifi iPalfjiSlalM SEel Mans JKcfi fw 'ipadiW:t
serotlv Leaders See a.Juy of Hope-Mirylander Regarded as the Moses Who
Wilt itoielStti fifrj About Party Success As Adroit as Uaffi.
I i'l i I'Ti i i 11 V a ' a '"'a'e a "a tmS s e "'' s a 11 t "aV'e'e si V 'a' ' eVe 'hm
INDIAN 8AVRD HIS 11 IC -
, n. the aalftctlon. of the Honorable Arthur, Pue
jeGor
Itonr. iDreaenta amendmenta to Senate
on length of time for speech maXlng.
where subscribers wleh to call the attention of the paper to newJi the
Iditor at Mala 850.
city should be made to the City Si
Z 'chsJl die retTettlntr. I bara aJw.ya flealred the fcapplneat of my
teop and hare done Terythltig- la tny power to contribute to thla
aim. I can tay with tratb that tht flrtt wlfa of Napoleon never caused
' tear to flow. t would rather weaj- this .tweet, thought in my heart
than to bt decorated with alt tht Jeweled baubles of Victory the kings
Of tht world might txtow, Last Words of Empress Josephine.
? REFEREIVDUM ON THE FAIR.
," ,v !Ths Xtwls and aar Fair Js menaced with a Very sorloua danger.
tnorement hat been Inaugurated to Invoke the referendum for the purpose
o defeating tht half million dollar appropriation made by the Legislature
- cartas Fair.
Ths reports Indicate that ;tha opposition td the appropriation emanates
largely from tht farmers of tht state, among whom there Js a disposition
to regard ths Exposition as a, Tortland enterprise and not as an under
taking In which the state as a whole Is interested. Thiai.feellng was accen
tuated by tht attitude of the Multnomah delegation in the last Legislature,
stnd particularly by Its refusal to aid, in the passage of the' Harris bill for
Mia taxation ana regulation 01 corporations.
.The farmers of the state were deeply Interested In the fate of that
measure, and Its failure to become a law was a. keen disappointment to
them. They realised that with Multnomah's help the bill would have be
oome a law, and there was strong resentment because- this county, after
receiving all that Jt asked for the Fair, did not assist the farmers to procure
ths legislation in which they were so. much Interested. ,
, Undoubtedly there was reason for the feeling which was aroused, yet
It Will be a very unfortunate thing for the state If it is permitted to Jeopar
dise the success of an undertaking of such, vast importance to the whole
people.. Tht good name of pregon Is involved in the success of the Lewis
and Clark Fair. Both at home and abroad H hai been extensively adver
'tlsed and other states have been solicited to contribute to its success. A
number of them have already responded with substantial appropriations.
The people of Oregon art tacitly pledged to carry the enterprise through.
. Sectional feeling and local Jealousy must not be permitted to overthrow
the work already accomplished and o fling away the opportunity that Is
before us. Those Who are behind this movement should reflect .that if they
are successful In It, they will discredit our state beforjl the whole nation.
Such a responsibility Is a grave one. .The Lewis and Clark appropriation was
passed by almost unanimous vote of the Legislature, and. despite the
feeling which afterwards arose against this county, there is no reason to
suppose that the Legislature was not fairly reflective of the views of the
. great majority of the voters of the state. If the . Fair was a desirable
thing then. It is doubly to now, since so much more progress has been made ,
toward its accomplishment.
. Tht referendum Is regarded by a large proportion of our citizens as
an experiment.. If Its first application is to defeat an undertaking of such
Vast Importance to tht state, It will raise serious doubts as to the wisdom of
tht change which was made In the state constitution.
; V- TPnTTMe tufvamef rni TOT unc.l-
King Ed. yislts Wild West shows.
man. as their leader, ha Democrats of the Sank te have
taken a step which would indicate a partial t return of
reason to that party, at least to the extent of having
compact organisation .with definite purposes and . fixed
policies, ven though It be a minority. f . ;
. jcver Since Mr. Gorman left the Senate, four. years
ago hit party Inihat body has been sadly In need of a
stronjr.ltand to guide it Senator Jones,-the retiring
sol on rrom Arkansas, who at chairman of the Pemo
cratlc caucus, has I been the nominal minority leader;
has, fallen far short of the necessary qualifications of
etiectlve and prudent leadership. 1 .
, . . Having no fixed purposes the minority has floun
dered about hopeleaaly and aimlessly and been moat
Ineffective both ,1a proposition and opposition. It lias
groped about In. the dark for an issue, but could find
nothing more tangible than the Philippine question, and
In handling that it has not met with any remarkable
degree of success. " The party contents have, been con.
ducted by auch mert as Senator Carmacic, Senator Pat
terson. Senator. Bailey. Senator Dubois', and to some
extent by Senator Teller. Senator Bacon and Senator
(Tillman. .
but the first three named are men without practical
experience In the management of great matters in the
Senate. Each was- serving1 his first term in the gonr
ate, and although, they are able men, were no" equal
majch for such giants in statecraft as Senator Aldrlch,
Senator Spooner. . Senator Allison, and . half a doxen
othera on the Republican aide of the chamber.. Both
Teller and Dubois have had more experience, especially
Senator Teller, but they are new recruits to Democracy,
and could not be expected to step to the front and as
aume the reins of leadership, while Senator Tillman a!
ways fights upon his own responsibility.
Lord Chamberlain returns.
THIS IS THE UHIT.
The American public has grown ac
customed to the intensely realistic
drama. There is hardly anything in
the heavens above, in the earth be
neath or in the waters under the earth
that is not reproduced upon the mod-
ern stage. We are Inured to the sight
of railroad trains, fire engines, surgical
operations, steam yachts and livestock
of every description behind the foot
lights. .
But the limit has been reached in
the arrangements for presenting to a
long suffering public the Inferno scene
in Sardou's "Dante," which la soon to
be on the boards of Eastern theatre!.
The curtain will rise , upon a grave
yard scene by moonlight. Then the
cypress trees will slowly disappear,
the tombs will sink into the earth, and
the, yawning mouth of hell will open.
Above it will appear the legend in
phosphorescent letters "Abandon hope
all ye who enter here," and flames and
gusts of blood-red smoke will burst
forth to the accompaniment of sobs,
curses and despairing snriegs. A
Democracy May be United.
But under the Command of Gorman, a different Order
of things may be. expected; Instead of the little fac
tions of the minority, the Republicans may expect to
face a united and aggressive Democracy, one tnat Dy
reason, of the insufficiency of Its members will bewow-
erless to legislate, but will nevertheless keep the ma
jority constantly active, and to a certain extent upon
the defensive. The Republicans do not underestimate
the organizing abilities and the political sagacity of
the Hon. Arthur Pue Gorman; they have had experi
ence with nim nerore, both wnen ne was leaaer oi s
majority and of .a minority. They know the qualifica
tions of the man with whom they will, be obliged to
reckon, and recognise him as one of the ablest political
strategists In either party.
Jt la Just SO years since the Hon. Arthur Pue Gor
man entered tne senate, but ne.waa men oniy a page.
However, even in that capacity as a boy he learned
much of the political game. He continued in the serv
ice of the Senate In one poHltlon or another for 1
years, and was then appointed an Internal revenue col
lector In Maryland.- ' He served for aeveral tejrns In the
Maryland House 'of Delegates, was Its speaker, and for
five years was a State Senator. He entered the United
States Senate aa a member of that body In 1881, and
from the first took a prominent part In shaping the
policies of his party.
Knocked Out the Torce BUl . . M
Perhaps his greatest political engineering feat, and
one which probably brought him most into prominence
Frank Swingle la one of the most prosperous ranch
era in Klamath Cduhtr. and that ha km Uvea la due
to the faithfulness At aa-Indlan boy. companion. .
... i - . ... ...
.."s reared in Klamath county, and nia Jatnar
was one of tht oldest floneert and mostinotecj. Indian
fighters In the early history, of Oregon, lie took part
'J t the, early Indian Vars ind led a eonmanY. in
the . famous Rogue . River campaign. In fact, the
Swingles were either, fighting Indian br neighboring
wlth.therd On friendly terms throuthout Frank'g
younger aaya . ,t . ' ,
Before the last outbreak Of the PlutM a number of
Indians had their tepees pitched near the Swlna-la home.
Among jnem, was au Indian boy of about Frank's age,
jiejmer navmg reacnea a dosen years. A idose friend-
Hiii -.rvwa uciween r rajiic aim tnia in - wnnfe
beautiful pony and he and the Indian rode Out togethel
on, the plains The Indian .boy. Joined him; when he
went for the cows of evenings and Frank always dlvtd
uia viuw iiu uuiior Between meaia with ht rs
companion., Indian food was not nearly ao naiatahia
as that prepared by Frank's mother, and tha vaunt
irauBfc, i9 linn ai xne ewrngie noma - Like ail
nuiuna, ia was a great lover or horseback riding, and
he. took a special delight in riding- Frank's nonv. U h.a
out after the cows they would exchange horses to the
umiiui a . great pleasure, ana tney ran many races,
Frank s Pony always winning over the awkward cayust
i voe inujan. .. m
, ?, f. Strange Disappearaaoe. ,
Oils mornlnsr Frank was aurnrlaeil linon lrln tm
una tnu.ui tepees nao vaniahed and with thm tha
innjana ana Ms vauna aomsanlon. Not a word had baoo
said about leaving, and neither. Frank, nor Jil parents
could account for, the. strange step taken by. their neigh-
"", ut turn maiier aiq not remain shrouded In rays
teryfmany days, ; A rumor came from the agency with
. . . . ... . . . .. . .... i fci'w aewi uiut, LiiB. inoian, nan run. nn ik. mo ot,. t k
canai ireaiy, aunongn ne wiu see xo 11 inai Denaiori.. f. . :
Morgan., .who. Is its chief, and pracUcally .lu only op- IV? .i Tt1!:ai'? Main In demand,
i. .-,. ..,1.1.. ., ' ... TZ, . I AS the. Indians were operating la another nortion of tha
Fifty-first, Congress.. ,,-v . . (';
The Democratlq strength in , tht Senate, was some
what less than It was when Gorman left It temporarily
four years ago; and .materially lees than Jt was, during
me zour years of his last term when he was the leader
Of a majority. In that body, , Mow there are but IS
Democrats in th upper house, aa against 87 Republi
cans, a clear Republican , majority of 34. or pearly
two-thirds, , It is against Such odds as these that, the
now Junior Senator from Maryland will have to -contend,
but ho one doubts that he will be able to "mak
good," so far aa jthls paucity of numbers will permit
.' .' ! a. Wa.ii nna, ......... ' :
It Will be Mr. Gorman's task, to bring together and
unite In harmony the discordant elements of Domoo
racy: . to outline a policy, and tq flgnt for It The duty
is not an easy one to perrorra, but those who best
know Hon. Arthur Pue Gormuh believe that he la equal
to. the undertaking. If, as he is expected to do. Senator
Gorman brlnga order out .Of cJiaos. cements his party,
and does something with it in the next year and a
half, this action , will , no .doubt materially' advance his
candidacy for I ha Presidency, tn lOOt. ', j . ,:. ... ,
PartAflk It la that hm Visa Ihm nndrlAnuk hnurti.
live Democrats everywhere throughout the country, and
they look to him to restore the party to a condition of
sanity, io. inject into it new, lire ana vigor to me ena
that Jt may . at. least meet .the enemy next year less
handicapped than It has been for the past eight years.
Senator Gorman Is not opposed to the ratlflcatton of the
hla vlewa. Ha will not ha nut to tha teat of nhvalcal
endurance; Republicans are disposed to give him am
pie opportunity to present his arguments fully, as there
Is plenty of time,.. .-.. ' l
Senator Gorman Is also Inclined to allow the Repub
licans assume the burden of responsibility for,. the
ratification of the. Cuban treaty.,. While some Demo
crats would like to make. .a. fight upon this question,
they will yield to. the superior Judgment of Senator
Gorman In the matter. , - ' f t .'
John Sharp Williams In the sonse. . : -
.The task which Is Gorman's, in the Senate, will
fall to the lot of the Hon, John Sharp Williams in tha
House. . It la now practically conceded that be Wilt be
the Democratic candidate for Speaker of the Income
lng Hquso, and by virtue of that candidacy will be the
minority ; leader on the floor. , While he will ' have"
less to do , with the shaping, of. party policies than
Senator Gorman he will have more to do in the way of
corralling., a widely , scattered minority and organising
it to present a solid phalanx against an uncompromising
majority able under the rules to ride rough shod over
the minority whenever it sees fit to do so.
However, the. Hon. John Shapo Williams, la another
who is fully equal to any enlergertcy. By working in
harmony with the same fixed purposes In view, these
two minority leaders at either end of the Capitol will
be able during the next session of Congress to deter
mine to a large .extent the destinies of their party.
They will be in position to give It standing; before the
people and entitled to confidence. Under their leader
ship there should be renewed hope for the Democracy.
Gorman Is an old and experienced politician and Wil
liams has been tried to that extent that his party asso
ciates have faith In his ability.
6
ANOTHCftSTORYOF PAuLjiNA
6H
Tht Republican machine in this state Is in imminent danger of the fate tomb will gape and from the crevice
Which finally overtook the wonderful one hoss shay.. There, la strong reason '1U Per a fflnnlng skeleton. Bursts
! to believe that It may go to pieces at any time, and without a moment's f Are and peals of thunder, a rain of
, anung. , crimson changing to a ghastly green,
Ever since the election of Charles VT. Fulton as trniti stt riintM and through all the yells of. the
. the machine politicians have beenj anxiously studying the political heavens! damned these are some of the prom
In the effort to determine whose star will next be in the ascendant Thus 1 ked features.
tar they have found little comfort. : '.,,." ' All in all it will be a spectacle ad-
, Tht perplexity Is not confined to the rank, and file of heelers and, mlrably adapted for the young and the
. (workers, but is equally shared bythe Jeaders. The trio of bosses. Senator Impressionable, and both pleasing and
lAuicxieu, iiarvey w. bcott and Jack Matthews, axe Mo longer displaying that J profitable -to the general public,
I"""""' JUV" ana irusi lowara one another which characterized their re
Jlatione only a few weeks ago. The editor is tht most open In his man
. jtfestations of distrust and of kindling hostility. The memory of the gold
,mc, awinoie wnjen was worked on him In the Senatorial struggle rankles
leB" aeeniy as time goes on, and he refuses to be mollified by the excuses
wyijumuons or jaaunewa That clumsy tricksters wiU yet have to
A nOUkTAV Vttm tl1se.aa tv 11. . . a . 1.
a .aui0 iv ucuver me gooas - wnea tne crucial hour arrivea.
( wuc ar. oco sent mi ramous telegram to Brownell asking his help.
Nor Is Senator Mitchell bay longer baskim In the SUn nf tho ortltnrlnl
. favor. He can scarcely enjdy reading the almost daily predictions In the
wegoman or nis own demise, nor the speculations as to the choice of his
uccessor. witnout aiscussing-the good taste of such publications, they are
. u cry inenuiy. wuue as unKina are some of the recent crltl
inu yeriam oi me esenators appointees to federal positions. It may
muu w some oi mem are, flestitute of principle and unworthy of re
spect, but political debts must be paid, as Mr. Scott very well knows. There
f. wm a time wnen ne would have been discreetly silent on a toplo that might
ie aiucneu to public criticism. But that time seems to be past.
As for the Senator himself, it needs no unusual keenness to perceive
that his hold upon the political machinery of the state has been greatly
weakened. Tbe arrival in Washington of a colleague who owed his election
largely to the antl-Mltchell element was itself a severe blow to the senior
senators prestige. It was. a bitter pill to be forced to surrender to the
opposing faction much of the patronage which was to have rewarded his
own adherents. Mitchell's untimely illness has added to the embarrasB
tnents of the situation, and has given to Fulton a prominence which does not
ItZT, V , unenviable precedence, to Olympia, at
' .v . ... 6 uaiiger mat me esimon wing least until another session convenes. ,
-''aw. J5,re',ter the 8tru'e for supremacy, and that the next "Unless some radical reforms are 1
., . i -v..j t.4jt mi me narrowiy won victory of last year. That
victory was .achieved only by the union of the , forces that are now. on
ine verge or aissolution. ' The return of Senator Simon to the state will in
All probability be followed by preparations for an organized campaign
.bouibi me Aureneu-Bcott-Matthews machine, and the bickerings of the
trio of bosses portend their defeat. . Among the Simon Republicans the
fray Is awaited with eager confidence and already they believe the victory
. v i wuuui meir grasp.
... J no ouuook is peculiarly distressing to the army of - trimmers ana
neeiers,. wnose anxiety is always tw ally themselves with the t ylctors.
They do not yet dare to desert the machine, and at the same time they
are fearful that its overthrow is at . hand. The example of Brownell is
a warning to those who would seek to make friends in both camps, though
ic vviiunues io ueciare tnat ne will be found in the band wagon when the
ruction Is over.
If the Simon faction should regain control It will be a sorry dayfor
the Mitchell-Scott-Matthews machine, for not on.e pf the bosses can expect
any. mercy irom tne man whom they deposed from power a few months ago.
The prise conundrum, What shall . be -dori with the jackrabbit? Is
answered by a contemporary with the suggestion that he be canned and
-used -at an article of toed. It is admitted that.lhere is ho'crytng home
demand for canned Jackrabblt but perhaps the idea is to export him for
foreign consumption. , If those Connecticut Yankees had not worked off
their Wooden nutmegs upon our Canadian cousins, perhaps a market might
bt found for Jackrabblt across the border. .
The Journal has had occasion to comment in the past upon the course
pursued In the last Legislature by the Multnomah delegation. One of Its
many acts of folly is now bearing fruit In the movement to invoke the
referendum against the Lewis and Clark Fair appropriation. Whenever the1
Iople select the tools of the bosses to represent them in the Legislature,
tliey must expect bod results. - .
liWLESS LAWMAKERS.
The Spokesman-Review of Spokane
pays Its respects to the Washington
Legislature in. the following terms,
which are certainly not ambiguous: .
"The opinion is almost universal
throughout the state that the Legisla
ture Just adjourned was the most in
efficient, corrupt, arbitrary and un-t
mindful of the people's interests of
any that has ever met at uiympia.
Since the days of the first Legislature
In 1889 there has never been a time
when railroad legislators and railroad
lobbyists were so completely in control
of the law-making power.".
The Spokesman-Review is hot alone
aniong the papers . of Washington, in
its scathing arraignment of this Leg
islature of malodoroiis memory. Ore
gon is not always, proud of her law
makers and there were Incidents it) the
last session which were far from
creditable. JtQ those copcerrt'edlirt. them,
but evidently. Salem must yleldr an
augurated by our sister state, we may
be forced to establish a sort of moral
quarantine against the members of the
f Washington Legislature.
That Chicago bartender who has a
watch which was given to his grand
father by Napoleon declines to sat
whether Bonaparte soaked it for a
drink. ' - '
ProbSRy it was merely a coincidence
that the adjournment of tha Washing
ton Legislature was Immediately fol
lowed by earthquakes throughout the
state. '
PRINEVILLE, Or.. March 16. l0s -(Editor Jour
nal.) In sour daily of the 4th of February there, Is an
article written by Paul De Laney on the killing pf
Chief Paulina. Mr. .De Laney's articles , on , Eastern
Oregon are, for several reasons, very Interesting, to
me. having lived In this region for 25 years last oassed.
I know that, as to facts, Mr. De Lany is generally cor
rect out rrom the statements he makes of the inci
dents leading up to and the killing of Paulina he has
been drawn by his Informant into several errors.
r Having lived a neighbor of Howard Maupln eight
years Just, preceding and up to his jdeath in January,
1887, and by his oft repeated request, while living, I
assisted in his burial.
. Maupln Was an extremely interesting conversationalr
1st At various times he held me Interested deeply in
relating, his losses and adventures by and with the
Indians from 1862 to 1867, when he killed Paulina, and
in 1881 I . took notes, which now lie before me, of
many Incidents as he uttered, then and last night 1
called . in J T, Doak, who was.. nephew by marriage
or joaupin, ana reaa Mr. jje. Janey's article to h.im. He,
like me, declared there were errors in It and I also read
my 1884 notes to Mr. Doak. which he assured ma were
correct iq every particular , except as to what became
of Paulina's scalp; Maupln- told me that some one stole
the scalp from his house in Antelope Valley before he
moved to Trout Creek. Mr. JMaupln gave Paulina's gun
to John Bryan, a nephew of Maupln and a brother-in-law
of Mr. Doak. Hence, from these facts, I think you
will give us credit In regard to some of the Incidents of
Howard Maupm s lire.
In 1870 Maupin bought ' the improvements on the
Trout Creek ranch of James Cox, the eon of Solomon
Cox, who died in Benton County, Oregon, several years
ago, .James Cox is now living In the Palouse country,
Washington, Maupln having sold his Antelope ranch
to Nathan .Wallace, which, by the way, was nearly two
miles above where the town of' Antelope is located.
dlan look-out to southward on horseback, attempting to
get to Paulina's camp, whereupon Maupln. Clark and
the old man put spurs to their horses to head the look
out off, which they did. but Maupln thought that the
Indians heard his and Clark's horses' feet The ridge
up which they were running was very stony, arid the
Indians hurriedly broke camp, which was in a narrow
gorge well up the mountain., not deep, but rock bound.
with a perpendicular wall on the north Bide, overhung
py a moaeraieiy large spreading roraed juniper tree
A Southern paper observes that
Roosevelt continues to ' furnish the
colored supplements for the adminis
trative organs.--rvs -.,;., '
The weather man should be informed
that March is one v of the . spring
months. Left over snow storms and
cold winds should be kept for another
winter.
An Eastern exchange observes that
the New Jersey minister Who Is try
ing to prove that St. Patrick was a
Baptist is doubtless a - believer in the
'water cure" for snake ,
,' Cox had a little log cabin. on the Trout Creek ranch,
which Maupln used for a chicken .house, until .a .few
years ago. . Grandma Maupln s house that was burned
last year was built in the early '70s of fir lumber hauled
on wagons from The Dalles. While . It was the first
"lumber" , house built on Upper Trout Creek it was not
the first house; neither was it one of the "oldest houses
in Oregon." , ,.
That, there were many Interesting relics and heir
looms burned in the house Is a fact the Henry rifle, the
pictures, books etc., but Paulina's picture did not. have
his "hand over his heart in a penitent mood." The pic
ture was of a robust, black, surly, defiant Indian is the
scalp was not burned, but one of Paulina's- thigh bones
was, I suppose, for the Mauplns used It for a window
prop. ....-,;. :
Maupln failed to tell us (Mr. . Doak . and I) about
Paulina going to the agent and promising to be a good
i'lnjun" hence, we doubt the truth of It :
Against this wall they had built their Are and were
roasting a. piece of beef, not horse. When Maupin first
aw mem iney were passing over a narrow, rocky ridge,
or '"backbone" to the north of their camp, whloh rose
some - 40 to 60 feet above, their camp and extended
gently northwest across "Paulina Basin," some 400
yards to the eastern foot of pSullna Butte, which at this
place is very, steep and a mass of loose shelled rock.
It was there that Maupln and Clark, dismounted, the
way being too rough to ride, and ran down to the ridge
over which the Indians had Just passed. ' . . . ,
, Maupin did not stop until ho got over tha ridge, the
running Indians being in full view.. He opened fire.
Although at long range one Indian fell. All the rest
Climbed the steep shell-rock hillside to the east Of the
summit of the butte and gQt away. . He kept on shoot
ing as long as there was an -Indian in sight Mr. Clark
came onto the. scene over the ridge after the firing
ceased, having got his gun "choked" and was endeavor
ing to get It in working order. -
When he got 'to where Maupln was they could see
the crippled vlndlan, struggling uneasily and could see
that he had something bright whloh reflected the sun's
rays! They, thought It was a revolver and that It was
dangerous to approach' a live Indian armed, so they took
advantage of some rocks until they got close enough to
see that what ehlried was a tin cylinder, or tube, ilka
Assessors often carry their papers In for safety, from
moisture., ' Then they approached the fallen warrior.
He placed his face upon his hands, lying on his stom
ach, and sulked. He made no signs of fear, neither did
he. appear to seek Mercy. Clark begged Maupln to let
him finish him, Maupln consented and Clark shot hlra
in the head with his revolver, and that was all the shot
that Clark fired.
That Maupln heard the noise at the corral twice one
night is true, that the corral -was opened is also true.
but he. going out alone without his gun. is not true.
His younger son, Garrett, was with him and there was
a little evidence that two Indians were killed that night
as two dead "Injuns" were found. . And Maupln often
said If he had had his old shotgun he would have
"killed the whole smiad." -
. After that they stole fl . head of his horses, and
Captain Olney came on to the- scene with a squad of
soldiers. Maupln accompanied Captain Olney to Summit
Prairie, 40 miles east of where Prlnevllle now Is, on the
trail of the Indians. There Maupln turned back without
getting hla horses. ,
About this time the . Indians stole all but two of
Andrew Clarno's horses.' Qlarno then lived and -still
lives on the John Day River, about 13 miles Southeast
from where Maupm lived in Anteiopa valley, , Mr.
Clarnd secured two pairs of chain puxxle hopples for the
wo- horses he had left;w- j . -.s.,: ... k , w. ..
just preceding nig a earn . rauuna maaa, a rata on
the John- Day River. About this time Wewah and his
band burned James Clark's house on the , John , Day
River, giving it the name of "Burnt Ranch.'- which name
it still holds. Paulina .extended bis raid to Clarno's,
took the nuzzle hoptiles off of and. drove .the last two. of
Clarno's horses off. Thenoe they struck, westerly toward
Trout creesv - James Clark was rdriving, tne stage
coming down from Canyon City, i Ha saw a squad of
Indians (eight in number) cross the road at , "Cold Camp
Spring," driving a bunch of horses and cattle. , The
latter were Clarno's. v ,; . , . , V ;
He du shed on down to Maupin's arid, reported what
he had seen. Thereupon Maupin, Clark, and an old man.
a CaJlfornian who waa. traveling through, the country.
whose name Mr. Maupin! never knew Clark having sent
the stage on with another driver mountea tneir norses
and first went to where, Paulina, and his band: had
crossed the stage road.... The trail was plain and Maupin
knew Paulina's foot print rrom its size, ror. auiina
was known by the name of , "Big Foot" on. account of
the enormous size of his feet. , ; t ...';,. :''. i
Thev trailed tnem about 11 miles, across Trout Creek:
They saw ClarnO's gray mare tied to a Juniper tree and
recognised her about the same time they saw. tht In-,
Maupln's shot hid hit Paulina In the hollow behind
one of his knees and had completely disabled him.
The old Callfornlan was left far behind in the race.
but got on to a point far below and opened fire, with his
long-barreled squirrel rifle and kept It up es long as he'
could see any Indian, but the range was too great for his
shots to be effective. , , . ,
So ended he career of Chief Paulina. No other In
dian was killed at the time, but Maupln believed , he
mortally wounded another, as a dead Indian was found
shortly after in a -cave six or eight miles west of
Paulina Basin. No Indian fell in the edge of the fire,
ho horse was killed, Maupln recovered, or rather cap
tured, all the horses the Indians had except the one the
lookout was riding, a quiver of arrows, Paulina's gun
and the beer some roasted and some raw. ... -
Paulina was a sub-chief of the Piute-Snakes. who
operated throughout the country as described i by Mr.
De Laney. Wewah, another sub-chief, operated In the
John Day .valley and Howiark.ln the Owyhee, country.
They were believed to be nephews of Paulina. .
' It was- Wewah who followed up a hunting ..party
Of Warm spring Indians, overtook tnem near- the
mouth of Board Hollow, about 12 miles above the Mau
pln place on Trout Creek, and killed Postamlny, the
Warm Spring chief. This happened in the '60s. .. On
this raid of Wewah, Clark's house was burned,' Just pre
ceding the killing or rostaminy. .There were seven In
diana in cimD where. Paulina was killed, all bucks.
The look-out that was headed off is supposed to have
Joined-the squad after they passed to the westward of
Paulina Butte
r-r- one point In another article of Mr: Tie Laney's I
wish to call attention to, and that Is the mystery of
water, being in the subterranean, lake on the Malheur
River. I think it no mystery, as by the composition of
oxygen and hydrogen gases water is formed' when proper
conditions are present and these .conditions are always
present . In the earth, .particularly in mountains. This
explains why springs are often found on mountains far
above any known fountain head. ;
. ; ;. ' ; KNOX HCBTON.
. -UrjOTOXAirA WKOPlPSK.. . . . (
, , A cold weather snake Story comes from Harrods
burg, Jfrid., and. the superintendent of ; the Giant Stone
Company, as well as a number of others, says that it
is true.. ,: .. ... .t.V.-; WjV.rCtlli;-.:.'.'...''' ' ,
; While workmen were blasting with a heavy charge
of dynamite on the Monon switch, running to the stone
quarry, the explosion unearthed a bundle .of snakes as
larae-aa a barrel, The reptiles: were woven about each
other until they formed- a compact mass. ..
The bundle contained several varieties of snakes.
and the. workmen found a few ground hogs in it , -
, Some, of the blarcksnakes were eight feet in length:
there were,,, vipers three ; feet long and copperheads,
housesnakes and rattlers were tn the bunch. The whole
colony of snakes Was rolled over a bluff in a solid body,
Work was suspended Tor a time ana a nre kindled
about the snakes. ,.As they came to life and started to
crawl-away the workmen, killed them with clubs. , It
is said that there were nearly 800 reptiles in the bunch.
New lork Herald. . . , ,
Indians were operating in another nortion of ths
Country It was sot .thought that the Swingles would be
molested, and Frank's father left him in charra.of tha
anairs ai oome . While, he went to Join the settlers
the attempt to- subdue the hostUea
.. .' A Siding Usee.
A few nights after Frank's father left, a raid was
made on their nearest, neighbor's horses and thev n
all stolen. , This, alarmed. Frank about bit . pony. ,,thei
might steal all of the cows and drive away all pf tht
range horses, but this would not hurt the boy half so
badly as the loss of ;his pony., Ha knew of a secret
place down In a gulch where , the grass .grew tall and
tender, and the decided- upon this Place aa tha bat tnr
his pony, people In those days .did not .raise hay and
grain and their horses had to depend, entirely on the
range, so that Frank, could not keep hla pet animal at
home and look after it.. In order that the Indians should
not find his. biding place he kept the toon v. at home
after, dark and then followed the gulch quietly in the
darkness , to the grass plot where he tied the animal
with a long rope so that it could eat Its fill of grass
during the night
,. India. Treachery. ' , j.
This was kept UP. several nlBhts. hut finaUv bad
luck come. One jlght, Frank -made ,hla trip aa usual,
and he had a narrow escape, of which he-did not learn,
however, until after, the Indian, War ha4 dosfdl But
one thing he did learn, .and. that was, ,wheq he. went
for his pony the following morning he found ,4he rope
cut and the pony gone. It nearly broke his heart , but if
he had known at the, time. how fortunate he had beea
In having his own life almost miraculously saved he
would not have worried so much over the loss of hla
pony.
( A -Close Call.
. . On that night as he came out of the door to take
the pony, to its accustomed, place two.-pairs of eyes
were gleaming at him from the darkness. As he
opened the door and the firelight showed the .outlines
of his body in the doorway a rifle went to the. shoulder
of. a man as quick as a. flask and. a murderous eye
peered down, the barrel, while a treacherous finger was
finding Its way to the trigger. In another second the
mark would have been found and the report of the gun
would have rung out oa the night air: But to the great
surprise of the would-be murderer, a small, dark form
leaped from behind and lowered the gun, fairly hlBsintf
in tne inaian language: "Coward! . ,
' Frank closed the door behind him, took bis . pony
from the old shack of a stable arid led It down through
the. gulch SS usual. He was followed at a safe. dia.
tance by two I companions. One was eager to get away
from the other,, but the smaller clung closely to the
larger. When the boy had tied the pony securely anl
quietly stole away the same person who attempted to
shoot him a few minutes before, stepped out,, cut the
rope, 1 mounted the animal and rode away, while the
smaller object followed on foot
It was several months later. The Indians had bees
subdued. . Frank's father had returned home, and tht
boy bad. made many Inquiries of him about his pony.
He thought the pony might be recaptured, from tht
Indians, and. bad faint hopes upon the, return, of hil
father of ascertaining something about his itavbriu
animal.' . , , .
. . ,. . kind Act. . ,. ., y. ,,
One day they were seated on the verandah when
they, saw , a dark object approaching, across the: plains.
It. was not following any road or trail, but traveling by
course alone directly toward the home of tha. Swingles.
It was soon discovered that it was a, horseman mounted -upon
one animal and .-leading another. On It came.
In a. short, time the rider appeared at the gate.
."An. Indian, boy '," exclaimed Frank's father.
. "And my pony, as sure as you live!" replied the boy.
. , Elated beyond all bounds, Frank rushed to the gate,
seized, the rope attached to his PPny with one hand and
extended thet other to his old-time boy friend. . . .
. The Indians had been detailed to steal all of the
face and saRl: "Nor We enemies now. Tour people
killed my father. I never like white man again."
And, the Indian boy rode away without uttering an
other word. , , . . .! i.
Education Healed the Wound.
But the young boy was placed' in tho reservation
school. He finally lost his prejudice against the white
people, and Frank Swingle In particular. After they
grew up to manhood he and Frank often met It was
then that they became sociable and the Indian told
Frank of the attempted murder on the night his pony
was stolen. , , ... ,' , V, .'
, The Indians had been detailed tq steol all of tht
horses they could obtain in the. country, to be used In
the. war against the. whites. , Frank's friend had over
heard the assignment of the man , to, raid the Swingl
place. He knew of his , bloodthirsty , nature and fol
lowed htm to the Swingle place and bad. prevented hint
from shooting, the boy, which he was about to do ui
of pure wantoness,
A PROBLEM FOB SEA CAFTAXXS. .
There seems to be much controversy as to the proper
names for the masts of the six-masted schooners and
the .seven-masted Thomas. W- Xawson , - ., ' i
' .The suggestion, hat the masts of the Lawson, be
named for. the days of the week has pot been sjcepted.
: ."How would it sound to shout such orders as these,
said one captain Whn asked his opinion on the matteri
f'Furl Wednesday ?oweir away the Thursday peak,
reef Monday,', and aiot of stuiriike that?" .., ..
Some- seafaring-men- and 'shipowners -saythat'tht'
masts should be designated., as., fore, main, , mlzzen,
spanker. Jigger, driver and pusher, but the captains of
tha only three six-masters afloat and the seven-mastee
Lawson do not concur.. x- . vs ...... n
Capt John G. Crowley, the managirig owner of th
Crowley fleet said that .the spanker mast is the after
most mast of a vessel, no matter how many masts the
craft may have, and he believes that the proper way to
designate the masts is to .number them between the
third and mlzzen mast and the last mast. .
., The matter. has apparently been settled to the satis
faction of those most Interested, and the names of the
masts- of schooners are as follows; 4 Twormaster, , fore
and, main; three-master, fore, main and mlzzen; four
master, fore, maln, mlzzen : and spanker; five-master.
fore? main, .mlzzen, No.T. and spanker; sixrtnaster, fore,
main, mlzzen. No.. 4,- No., 6 and spanker; seven-master,
fore, main, mlzzen, No. 4, No, 6. No. ejyid spanker.
Boston-Globa,,',':;U,'-,C;'f v" , ; ""-.-'
1TAMS- WAHTEO.
Just ' a word as to this-statehood matter. We ob-
Ject to '"Callzonla" '. and "Montezuma, ; because the ab
breviations, 'Cal." and A'Mont.?. would conflict with al
hrvia.tions already' in use. - The names should be short
and begin with letters not now In usenamely: -B. H
j. Q. X. t and Z.i For example,; Quay, Zona, or Yahoo
wouldn't be bad. And we don't wish any easts or wests,
N. M.'s or O. K.'s. , Lastly, the names should lend them.
selves easily to. rhyming and should be short enough to
go, into the first line of a , newspaper heading. Nosi
nre away
awayt