Pendleton, Oregon. Friday, September 14, lfllfl LET 'Eft. BUCK East Orcfjonian Ronnd-tJp Souvenir Edition SCOUTS WITH SOLDIERS IN SHEEPEATER WAR Renegades From Bannock and Shoshone Tribes Finally Cap V" tured in Salmon River Canyon. (he reservation, who werwati that ttine ,?Ji' ' In camp near the old agency and they " ' "" Immediately Joined the few troops B-' 13 there In pursuit of the Bannocks. '- A small battle' was' fought on the Two veteran Indian of the Umatil la reservation who today are enjoying the nound-Up from their side of the field engaged 40 yeara ago in one of tho last of the Indian campaigns In thii part of the country. Just an their remaining Indian scouts. Thin cam paign wan hie second against the Bannock outlaws and he had volun teered to' act a one of the scouts In the government party. . .. t win lute In AtiKUKt when . the sons and nephews fought for the. Unli scouting party, reached j the. rugged ted States in the recent war. thee ; mountains, and, spent several , day two patriots, Te-lnw-kllia-' or Captain, look Inir forv the hostilea. The trails Bumpkin, and Joe Campo, served their were rough, almost Impassible, the country as scouts In the memorably mountain sides steep and rations were h'heepeater campaign against the low. Although they had started out Hunnocksxand Plutes. They are tho i with horses, bothj Joe Campo and two remulnlng Umutllla reservation ftumpkln lost their mounts, he related, Indians put of a group of 80 who ren-! and their moccaHlns had worn out. dnred valuable service In defeating : For a number of days the Indian the marauding Idaho Indians who ! neon Is searched through the moun curried their dopredutlon Into this tains without food and barefoot. territory. The Hhcepcatera were a band of In. titans from, outcasts of the Hunnock and Shoshone tribes, according to Ma jor C. H, Hardin, U. 8. A. retired, who, Is one of the few who has chronicled the campaign. ' These outcasts were the result of marriage alllnnces be tween the two tribes, which were con slileretl, offense enough to bring about ostracism. ,, Their tribe grew steadily until M78, when they were Joined b tome wurrlng 1'annocks and thfy be Kiin to pillage the country about their ulfudo In Southern Idaho. Forty, years ago American troops were auarce In this section of tne coun try, and o, when orders were Issued by. the. commanding general of the western department for troops to ope rate against the Indians one party was sent out of Hosle Barracks and another from Cnmu Howard, near the Ueut. Furrow flnall yordered the In. dlans to retrace their trail and on August ?7 succeeded In finding four caches of provisions. which had been stolen from fuller's command In July when ho first encountered the hostile Indians. IMxilllo Imilmis IK-aUMl Tho party In which the Umatilla Indians wore acting as scouts loaned the camp of the Sheepcnters on Sep tember 21 and prepured to mnke at attack upon them at daybrmik the next morning. The camp was In a canyon of the Salmon river and the barking of a dow told the commander that It was close by. Preparations were made that n'uht for tho battle upon the enemy camp which was to begin at dnybreak. At 1 a. m. the scouts, divided Intn two equal parties, started the attack. Orders were to close In on the camp confluence of the Salmon river with and open flro t dHV,reaK, The camp tne unaae. amiui m nine uu.w, ... f,re cou, be Keftn nnu. there were Hoise. Shortly after these parties , norBcll v fllollt Dut a, the scouts had located the direction of tne trou- C0Bed In thev found that the enemy ble, LJeut. K. H. Furrow, who was In command of a small detachment at the Umatilla agency, was ordered to take the. field. Twenty Indians begg ed to be taken with him as scouts and they were enlisted as such. Lieut. W. C. Brown, second In com mund to Lieut. Farrow, now a retired colonel of cavalry, lists the nlwlng Indiana among the scoil who nccom palnod them In the summer of 187 In the memorable campaign: Yatlno wits Shapllsh, Ehwat-ls-kow-kow, Su-we-shlps. Bpella, Te-lnw?klk. Vic tor William. Patnewa. Pello. Wep-tlsh, Twa-knklt. Telokas. Small Hawk, Ola be, Peo, che-wauck. Dick and Ha-ha Sihntck. , Te-low-klk, Twa-kalklta and Joe Campo are the only ones of that number now living. Twa-ka-klle or Charley Tokaekln, being now a resident of the Yakima reservation. 'Theae jy) Indian scouts were the pick of the Umatilla tribes, mountea on hardy little Cay use polnles selected f n m the countless herds then roam- i ins; over the Umatilla reservation." Major Hardin says In his etorp of the campaign. "The head sergeant was Ya-tln-ow-ltz. the war chief of the I'maxltlas. He waa a grave, dignified Indian fit the Fenlmore Cooper type, whose word, on account of his tribal position, was law with other mem bers of the band and whose experi ence aa a warrior was such that the young lieutenants commanding the detachment were glad to defer to his Judgment In the trying situations In which they were placed at various times during the campaign.' . , July 1K79. It waa on July I, 1879 that Llcuts. Farrow and Brown and their scouts left the Umatilla resercatlon for the region of the Spake river. They were working .on. various clues as to the presence of tire hostile Indians and attempting to effect a union with troops from the other camps when the right trail was discovered. Lieut. Catley, who started from Camp Howard, waa first to encounter the htsttle Indians and his meeting was. It anything, a defeat. He hnd accomplished one purpose, however, that of locating the Indiana. The American troops were having the wornt of It In the fight with the Indians when the pnrty under Lieut. Farrow arrived In Idaho, according to Captain Sumpkln, one of the two! hnd learned of their presence and had fled. Their ponies had been stabbed and left lying on the ground. Without a pitched battle but fore. ed more by snow and sleet and lack of food to surrender, the Bheepeaters gave themselves tip to Lieut. Farrow on October 1, 1879. The surrender was effected by the capture of one Bannock by Lieut. Brown, the red rkln having declared he was tired of the fighting. He briught In nine bucks, - 24 squaws and papooses and eight guns on the first of October and Inter returned with enough more to swell the number of captives to 61. Had the Indians held out a few days longer the scouting troops would have beon forced to give up the chase or ti spend the winter In the Salmon River canyon, depending upon the game there for their subsistence. Lieut. Brown and a number of scouts preceeded the captives, under Lieut. Farrow, out of the Salmon River country. They obtained ra. tlons for the Farro wparty and pro- ceeded to hunt horse thieves for three weeks without success. The Brown Party reached the Umatilla agency on October 22. lvnri It-ton Hcliicd Crtchratn . Lieut. Farrow, with his 61 Indian captives, made haste to deliver them to the Umatilla reservation. His ar rival was the signal for a big celebra tion. In which the citizens of Pendle ton also Joined. There was great re joicing at the capture of these trouble some savages and the party which captured them was feted by the citi zens. . Tho captives were later taken to ancouver Barracks where they were handled by the government. The campaign against the Sheep eaters was not the first In which the Umatilla reservation Indians figured. The Plutes and Bannocks, an offshot of these same vandals, had earlier broleen over the traces In Southern tdaho and after causing a lot of trou ble In the region of Pocatello and Holse, pushed over Into Southern Ore gon. It was not long until the hostile Indians were fairly close to Pendleton and it is said by Sumpkln that the Bannocks even came onto the reserva tion and stole cattle and horses be longing to the Indians and took, stock from the whites to the south as well. This action Incensed the Indians of reservation; Sumpkln relates, but the Bannocks made good their getaway and were not overtaken until they reached the Starkey Prairie. Here another battle was fought and about half of the Idaho Indians taken cap tive. These captives were brought back to camp at the agency while a few of the Indian scouts pursued them to see that they did no further dam age In the Oregon country. . "Major Connoyer was agent at the time this happened." the old Indian, Sumpkln,. said a he reclined In his Utpee one day this summer. - "Ha told i's to leave the fight to the soldiers. but. we to) dhlm the chances were too : great. We could not sit by and see the cattle, belonging, to ourselves and bur white friends killed by a warring band and we would not 'leave It to tho soldiers' as the major asked. After we had declared we wanted to assist the soldiers, he let us Join them.' I'matilui Are Peaceful The Indians of the Umatilla reser vation have ulways been lovers of peace. Captain Sumpkln told his in terviewer, and for that reason their men were willing to fight a defensive flHht uKulnst any breach of the peace. From their earliest settlement on the reservation they have ibeen friends with the white people, both tn this county and elsewhere throughout Eastern Oregon, Pendleton.. . La-. Grande, Wallowa, have always been friends wkh the Indians, he, said, and I he expressed the kindest regard for ail the whites. .... "Wherever we have gone among while people, we have been treated as friends," he said. "On huntlnn trip to the John Day or as far . as Huker people have asked where we were from and when we told them from the Umatilla reservation we have been given the best of treatment." It was this bond of friendship be tween the Umatilla reservation tribes and the whiles which prompted the defense of the Indians against the In vaders In 1879. according to the old scout. Col. Brown, who, as a lieu tenant served with the scouting party, said that the Indian scouts were a splendid lot and did excellent work for the government In the Sheepeatei campaign and in the previous cam paign against the Bannocks the year before. Willie ine two inumn iitxw rvmtLiii- j ing on me reservation nave nut re ceived any distinction as the result of their faithful work In the stlring Tdaho campaign, the two.in command were both cited In, orders from the headquarters, department of the' Co lumbia, on October 20, 1879.' Lieut. Farrow was recommended for promo tion to captain and Lieut. Brown to First lieutenant, by Brigadier. General O. O. Howard, commandetv The. gen eral commended the two yonng offi cers highly for their perseverence and also praised their forces for . their work. "But for the gallantry, skill nd energy of Lieutenants Farrow and Brown. I should have been oblig ed next summer to have put another and larger force into the field to ope rate- gtsrainst the Indians,' General Howard's citation said. With visions of his own serclse for the United States and his white friend fresh In mind, Captain Sumpkln showed the same patriotic zeal when the trend of events demanded that this country enter the European war, The old scout, now leader of his men by virtue of: his age, his service and his position art Indian- police Judge, made the following statement before- dozen of his tribesmen, .assembled In his tepee: 'When the war In Europe reached out to call in the United States, the young Indians on the reservation vol unteered. Just aa their white brothers did. They went to war to protect the people of Europe from the Injustice of the Germans, believing it their duty as much aa the white man's to aid In restoring peace. . Our boys were willing to. give their lives for the cause and to die, red man beside white man, to restore peace. 'We love the United, States and the white people for they have . always been good to us. Now that the fire In Europe Is, extinguished and we had a part in it, we hope to continue to live on In peace as we have for years. We are proud to have assisted in the work of restoring peace." ., lllltllllllllllllllltlllllllllllllllllltlllMllllltllllllllllllllMlllllltlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllltlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllltl'S DON'T SHOUT "L& ,'er .Buck" When your PLUMBING or HEATING PLANT gets "out of whack" that is one time when the, RbunrJ-Up ';glogau4untime.ly); LET MILLER M IT! No Job Too Large Nor Too Small for us to Handle, in PLUMBING, STEAM AND HOT WATER HEATING PLANTS Next time figure on letting us figure on it. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN TERRA COTT A PIPE A LARGE STOCK IN ALL. SIZES. We think we have just what you want in plumbing ' fixtures. see them before you buy. Chas. Plumber Miller Call and W. Court and Garden Streets, Pendleton. Telephone 202 7j ID) "T! 0 F eel The Right Kind at the Right Price Lookhvhere you wish, but see us before you buy rETTEH do. 700 WesfrAlta Street ...: . ' Telephone 92 CLEAR BUT HE CAN VOTEJFHE WISHES Suffrage Has Not Interested Redmen But Some Were In duced to Vote for Taft in 1912; Favored Dry Law. The status of the Umatilla Indian is a subject for wise heads to ponder over. According- to an opinion of the bureau of Indian affairs, the tribes on the reservation are citizen Indians and thus are entitled to vote. But as citizens they are under all the rules and regulations placed upon Indians and must obey the laws made for thnir guidance and direction. In short, the Umatilla reservation Indian is a citizen and yet he is not a citizen. With federal, state, Indian' and tri bal lows to govern them, the Indians come under more regulations than their white brothers. ' Some of the laws, however, do not apply to them, fur no Umatilla Indian has been 1-nown to pay either an income tax or an inheritance tax. Incomes of some. of the natives are known to be with in the tax paying class, while the In hetilnce of a quarter section of wheat land would be sufficient to cause the inheritance tax commissioner to hold out the haf. . Ab citizens the Indians are not al lowed to have charge of their own funds except In certain cases, yet they may vote provided they register and eloct to go to the polls. Suffrage amons the Indians has Interested thorn very, little, but one or two occasions having developed where they wen; to the polls in any large number. Id IMS some one put the Indians on to a, "hunch" to vote for Taft for president and many ballots whKh were counted had no mark on thera whatever except the cross after the names of the Taft electors. When prohibition came up for vote before the Mate went dry in 1916, many of tho Indians went to the polls to vote f-r prohibition, the two missions hav ing Influenced them to help the move inent along. As a rule the Indians do not exercise their franchise. As citizen Indians the men of flfchting age were obliged to serve the United Htates in the great war and the reservation sent 46 men to the colors. Again, In their capacity as citizens, the Indians are able to go before the state or federal courts to take actions at law, but as citizens they dare not over step the dry. law in any particular, without more serious consequences than to their white brothers. . , Some of the advantages of citizen ship are thus seen to be enjoyed by the natives and others not so much enjoyed. The, draft of their men for military service at first did not seem exr.ctly right to the Indians and then. . again, they are more than compenst- ; ed by not having to pay taxes on in S comes and Inheritances. 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