- DID YOU SEE?
This article was printed in the
Sheridan Sun in the September
27, 1979 issue. We felt this
should be responded to. The
answer appeared in the Sheridan
Sun in the October 25, 1979
issue.
& lfyfed wehiye tffespctitiieoiyl
fcRecs41ed.ra
J&cTigln wlth.Jn, 1853 (Ptpgon ru.iwt
yacrw .caching ttc, coast; Jirowta and
tadioinlncr the Siletz cotintrvi whw nfh-
& jThe;yetnment; CJpded,,, Indian
jdothino was .'Arm v iccii ..nil Ih Am
provided wasinfested with Boff weevilsJ
As far as orowllni? 'e hfflsidM rh
wcre 'undoubtedly. Jjunting as jmh iheTrf
Jndiani: fromCalftfoTifar
Sheridilf did mrf 'rino" nv'TnH;n .f ?
Inquiries madcwto iOurIdmM
f8 thfeincidentoduced npnowledge?
fexplortatipn of the tadiari people m it did?
centuries agoiloitatkmassfinilatk
f' "-"vu, uiacosc no joss oi moaii
'Jandjwho paid the lessor :pricerMa
federated Tribes of Grand RoBdf3
r.
t - s
crossed the-pralns.-byctt'bf1S53va3
isetUed 6tt' bomesfead;it4;ways west
of Salem, The fwldlldse4S kloped:
f upward W the ca;frtaand
?nd rain hung gloomiry tof raonths ftt j
: Chute famnyjnoVed Jo, and tooti. clcfoou'
Shortiy rI;Geoerat SheWdanTbrooglit:
75 Indians fiWCa1i&rinv"nM
kUshedW)batttotjatolhe :Otttlj
ISoade' gencyiThe 6rcitnni6nt mkicdj
fthefodiai'clotii
t every three monfhs'bttt tbe'Indians onId.
c not sbnd to btf confined to the bodndarieV
They, tooktunitneaiy?
prowling fhe !ifflsMe?-if fj-j
I them crept to'withlo breathing dlrta&e of
KeiyeTSr2hoW,-a;W!f W
moved on to th 5':
foway, having gone ttf town to fiaVe;soine
t'wht ground. Aj bemuse of'hli
i presence the" raiding- parly enteredf the
Jrouse andapproadJed hiawife and cpJld'
? r MrvClarketned"hoineiguhK
wifetnd dittd oUMMfWerttiiey kffled t
the hands teservadtansTfaere
was no absolute proof ;td thefuQ of
anyone in xrtkulat so the erinie? wnr4
I unDunished for aeveral monthsunt& Ihei!
aheriffwasWnB with ah 'old IndiantThe 3
sherh7(aikindofipractkal)okepUyedl
suae ne was going m nac ine maian in jau j
and theld fellow acted so saspicibas that
the sheriff interests wertt aroused.; - A
p -An invesntktiproVed'the old IndianI
nd othershad beenv involved with the;:
'kOling of Mrs. Clarke and tier sonAa. g.k
result, three Indians vere hung and their-4
squaws had their heads , thaved;tbafrf
being the penalty just shotiof ceat.4
a Upat the Kenoyer homestead the
family' was giving thanks. God 'had i
protected them. They knew tnit tlWs'next i
time it might be them butthereslledl
that was the price that had K be said to? 3
rsettle Oregon. V , ' ' 3&XfuJ