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When they come a fishin' They come to Maupin on the Deschutes River. Miss With hignways and .ail roads you can reach any place from Maupin. VoL XIII Maupin, South Wasco County, Thursday, August 4, 1927. Number 39 nr n tt PIN ill k Last Indian Fight Told of By Early Volunteer Soldier , Seventy-Five Yean Ago Volunteers Beat Indians at Mouth of Buck Hollow Veteran's Slory Through the kindness of Mm. Luu D. Crandull we are enabled to publish thia week an account of the lout fight with Indians in this part. The story is in form of a letter writen by Mr. Cyrus Walker, and de tails the campaign against the In dlans and his personal part in he fight He calls the location "Stag Hollow," but it is known nowadays as Buck Hollew. The letter follows t "Tillamook, Oregon, Jan. 21st. 1915 "Mr. Comrade Cyrus. Walker. "Dear Sir: "On the Vth day of Jan. 1818, four companies under Col. Gilliam left Portland for The Dalles by way of Vancouver Wash. Cnpft Maxon of Marion Co., had the only full company. Cap't Hall of Washing ton Co., Cap't Owens of Polk Co., Cap't Tompson of Yanhill Co., -all being short and numbering about three hundred and eight men in all. "Staying at Vancouver all the next day, we left on Jan, 11th and reached Cape Horn on the Washing ton side. The next day when we reached the Cascades it was reported that the Indians were about to attacK The Dalles and Col. Gilliam ordered about fifty men to their relief under forced march; while six men under myself were detailed to take a scow from up the, Columbia river. This feat, however, was accomplished under great difficulties, having to be pulled by means of large sweeps or oars, aa this was before the day of steam boats, and as usual tho provisions gave out and it was a case of fast for one and one-half days. On -reaching The Dalles we Joined what was left of Cap't Lee's com- panywhlch at this time was only thirteen men. I might here say that Cap't Lee was the man detailed to The Dalles after tho Wljtman masa ere. Their time boing expired most of them tcturned home. "After the regiment reached The Dalles, there was a report that the Indiana were gathering up the river no the whole regiment went up five miles, returning again to The Dalles and camping on Mill Creek until Jan. 25th, when one-half of tho regiment left for the Deschutes, camping the first night on Ten-mile creek. The balance of the regiment remained to guard The Dalles from an attack as one was expected daily. "Cap't Lee accompanied us with his men, making a total of about 200 in all, as he was familiar with that-section of tho country. Capt Lee acted as scout. "It was reported that the Indians were massing up the Deschutes fifty miles, so on the 27th we went over and camped on the river about five miles from its mouth, having made rather good time, considering that there were no road in those days.. "The next morning being the last Friday in January the Colonel called for two volunteers from each com pany, who had the best horses, to ride out and join Capt. Lee on .scouting party. Wm. C. Smith and I rode out for the Yamhill company. Smith being known as 'Bil Chick.; "Tho party, numbring twenty- two men in all, started from the cast bank of the Deschutes river and rodo bnck on tho table lands, keep ing back and around the heads of canyons which led into the Deschutes. Riding south until about 3 p. m. -we suddenly camo upon a band of Indians, as we rounded a sharp ridge, charging straight forus, (the number was not known nt this time.) We received orders to roprime and recap our guiiB.. This being our first engagement there wore Beveral Of the boys who could not get their gus primed of capped, so brought them to some of us. I remember 1 capper- five guns before we had orders to charge. The Indians then changed their courso and started south. Wo overtook them at tho old emigrant road, and here tho first Indian killd, a Cayuse, 'by Bill Chick. "These Indians proved to be a band with a load of salmon, return - ing to their camp, and when ordered to surrender, one chief made a dnsh ,to escape. Ho being on a good how It took me about a quarter of . f a mile wore i coma ge. cioso , enough for a shot at him; which was enough for him. j "While I was after the Indian, Capt Lee ordered a retreat, leaving hid M - thfught it was Indians. Ashwood, were ordered sent to the me alone. While hunting my way However it was our own men re-j Boys and Girls Aid society of Port back to the company I was cut off turning, who in turn had had a 'land, the first of the week. The from my party by about lony in- owns, wno ennr-, uown u ..... Winning uiey naa an easy prey, my Voom. hsore, being pretty well winded by j .Ag - wag gome mileg up the this time, they soon got close enough rjver jt ok me nome time reacb to shoot their arrows, while rcamP( Bni to add to my suffering, was dodging them from all sides. jt gnowecj (the cold stiffening me so My horse gave .out so that I could lt wag tmposiUle to move, but by not get her out of a trot, so I Jumpt- .tepping thead with my right foot ed off and took it a-foot. Being couij drag the other up to it. cose to the head of the canyon. I j fjow this was in a day when went down. Then commenced " ( there Wore no roads and the, country race for life, and I was greatly fuu 0f dangr; no modern gun such handicapped by not only numbers, euch BS we have today, but an old but they were mounted on fresh muzzle loading rifle, hard to mam- horses. Some dismounted and took down the same way I went, while others divided, coming down on each side of the ravine, with their horses until they got me well headed off; then all closed in on me, llihr..l I have fallen into their hands shooting as fast as they could, fi";, l 1- - ....' U n.,l1.. ,laki uht-h , " r """"" T -1 I- 1 h. a . . i It 1 n a Bftviinfin anil muue ik mijiuoniuis w vuivv 1 -vu uayugni tnc next morning I dodge all of them. But thty soon dragged myself into the camp, learned that my gun was to be re- awakened the officer and akcd him spected and whenever it rpoke there him why he had not relieved the was onothcr 'good' Indun in tho land guards a:i it was then breaking day. of 'The Happy Hunting Ground,' j My meS3 iH.jng farther down the riv whi h was probably n.y only salva- er, I had to pass through the whole tion, for fighting aainst such odds camp. In nearly every mess I paa Li mi.ih easier to talk about than :t'cd through two or more men were ii t. do. We often roal of 'Jh Isitting around the campfires talking thin.; in dine novels, tin; are manu- j about the Indians, who were prob fHuied wholly on laiarf 'nation, ably dancing pround my scalp at thlt Is much In the nature of rubber rather elastic. "After this fight had gone on about a quarter of a mile, a band of t fifteen Indians charged down on me from the right I whirled around with my gun to make them shy off and a like number charged on the opposite side of the ravine. All were shooting at once and they got so close, that I could not dodge them all. As I whirled around one of them hit me in the left hip, which knocked me down. Then they howled. They were sure of my scalp and fought with renewed strength and more bravery, euh Indian wanting the honor of taking the scalp of the hated paleface, who had the courage to ride single handed Into such a number of warriors, each feeling themselves equal to two or more white men. especially In their own grounds, and where they could use their own method of warfare. It seemed to mnKe tnem very angry 10 nave me elude them regardless of their loss, Aftr rolling and tumbling -down j .i i tho hill to keep them from captur ing mo, I tried to extract the ar row. When it did come it left the arrow head still in my hip, Whero it is to this day, keeping it as 3 gentle reminder of what happned in years ago. It does not pain me very much but I can always feel it. After I had extracted the arrow my left leg cramped, it seemed, clear to my chin, throwing me headlong and causing me to lose precious rtoment3 j wM QUre thpn ,t must hRV(J j been a poisoned arrow that had struck me and it would only bo a matter of a Bhort time before death; however one will fight as long as lifo lasts, so I kept on the bast that 1 could and soon came to where tho ravine opened 'into the canyon. ThU was marked by a perpendicular jump-off of rock with narrow- shelves circling around and down along theiiy, however, until wo were close face of the cliff. It would probacy enough to blow powder smoke in he impossible to descend under cr- j their faces, then they retreated for dinary , clrcumtances, but when a , about a quarter of a mile, where man is being chased by a mob of they took up another good position, hooting Indians and. being 'to boot', "Fifty men were ordered hark to one doesn't always piA best roads, act the horses so us to nwiko n ilnnk moBt onything preferable to- save ( your6elf from being tortured to death jn the end. I then jumped or slid, trusting that the alighting would not be any worse than stay ing above. "As I went over tho first big rock an Indian, from tho opposite side, f.hot. at me, cutting a lock of my hair off together with a little piece of scalp, just over my right ear. Thd . bullet struck the rock right in my 1 face, nearly blinding me with bits f it. and as I had my face against ( the rock, holding on , with my chin and liand, fe'eliug with my fect to find some place to hold me up, thia.SOME ANCIENT HISTORY shot decided me to try another 'hoot the shoot,' and I landed far I St never my foes and among boulders, the cunning Indian would never venture against such a foe. "After pulling myself together I worked my way on down the canyon onstnntly on lhe ,ookout for head lbove whlch ncVer reappeared if .1913, and will prove of interest to , got good Bhot t him Afler,mdert of The Times this week: hobbling down as far as the river 1 1 ' Three delinquent children, Frank, heard horses feet and kent mvself ; Daniel and rnrw Jam from jlvely bruHh wjth Indians, and where j8ck,0n Bnd packwood met their age Vhen I did not return in dual time, it was generally believed that j had been cut off by the Indians on,j had suffered he fate they j iKfU.w too well would have been mine alive, although they all believed that ; i t nm Dcn K1"cu- k . I t? t . .1 . . this time, o one seemed to recog nize me, so sure wr they that 1 was a 'goner' but when I reached my own mess and made myself known, there wca a general stnmrede and the news spread like wi'dfire and the dead had come to life.' They all j enStr Fords this week. The cars will crowded around to hear my tale of arrive some time next week in care adventure and suffering, but myjf an instructor who will teach the first words were; 'Huve ?ou any- new buyers how to manage the ma thing to eat, as I haVen'i hid a bit chines, since breakfast yesterday morning?' J 1 "The colonel wanted to send me buck to Tho Dalles, but it was a long way back and the regiment needed every man they had; so I went along with them. , After breakfas the whole regiment went back up riv er for some miles, then left it, and returned to the table lan !f, keeping t"W south until wc ftri.k lhe JH emigrant road. We followed this down the line until wo came to a spring. This was near the mouth jf Stage Hollow and here we camped for the night The next morning be- . . )ng Sundoy we ate the last of our provisions and started down toward the river. At the last flat that we come to just before we reached the river wq saw some Indians on the opposite side of tho hollow fortify-1 ing themselves with rock breast works on the top of theridgc. ' "This was on the top of tho ridge between us and the Deschutes river. Stag Hollow is a very large dry gorge or canyon running parallel with the river. "As soon as all of the regiment was up wo had orders to dismount and picket our horses. Capt. Thompson's company was detailed to guard the horsesi end the rest were tormed in line. Just tnen ine Indians opened fire upon us and bc- ing above us, also behind breast works it gave them the best position by far; there were two Indians to our one and the cliff was a hard one to scale. The Indiana fought brave ! movement un Sing" Hollow. There ! wag a'mistnle mode somewhere end before they could gt back with their horses the boys opened fire and the flanking fell r.hort, and they only succeeded in driving the In dium) out of that part of the coun try. Wc camped there without pro visions all duy and the only thing wc had to rat was horsemeat, and that without salt. At thia time one of tho guards was lost; he trailed off on Mountain Robinson's' beat and was shot for an Indian. He wns killed in&tantly. The provisions cnni'i late Monday FROM THE SHANIKO STAR ' . .Children Revert to Wild Aa Aggr. -ating Cu Lft For Old Home la Emerald Ile flirt 1 i r rr Itiim. wftH 4o1rl 'flora the Shaniko Star of July 25, youngsters range in age from 4 to 10 years, ' Victor Shaw leftthe first of the week for Portland with the young sters. Their home was on Blizzard ridge. They were deserted by both father and mother. As they were absolutely ignorant, efforts were made by the school authorities to se cure control cf them', but on the ap proach of strangers the three child ren immediately took to the brush and their capture was almost an im pessibity. Finally Mr. Shaw secured them and brought them to Prineviile, where they were ordered taken to the Boys and Girs Aid society. The Crook County Journal. - ' TW. ., .,. v r,.imw. wh-m w.i sn.t.v (when the thermometer was hanging . n --ww ..Vvw around the 100 mark ,and every one around wss panting for a breath of air, when he put this one over on the bunch: r "Do any of you remember the cold winter back in the 80's?" Mrs. T. A. Cnnnolly and P. H. Connolly of Maupin, left Monday morning for New York, from which place they will sail for Ireland, where they will visit rlatives and friends for several months. , Claud Wilson, F. S. Fleming and W H. Aldridge of the Bakeoven country have each bought five pass- EROUGHTON TO TEACH IN THE SHANIKO SCHOOL Will Complete Third Year In This Section Antelope, Maupin end Shaniko Schools L. V. Broughton has signed a con- tract to serve as principal of the Shaniko schools for the coming school yerr and will move hia family to our neighboring town in time for school. He h.is rented a house and is prepared to settle down for the time being at Shaniko. Mr. Broughton is one of the most able pedagogues in the west. He was principle a Antelope two years ajro and last year wes at Mau pin. With the coming year he will have taught for three yesrs in th;s section, and has given the best of satisfaction, being popular wilh both parents and pupils. Soon Will Begin Drilling. G. G. Kesling, field manager for tho, ClarnoBasin Oil company, was in Maupin yesterday. ' Mr. Kesling hud been interviewing stockholders at Bend, Madras and other up-river towns, and stopped off here while on the way to Clarno. Mr, Kesling ssys they expect to begin drilling operations soon, and will prosecute thp.t work until ; the contemplated depth of the hole is reached. Called on New Grandson. Cy Tunison came down from the Bakeoven ranch last Sunday to get a first glimpse of his new grandson, born to his daughter, Mrs. Lester Crofoot, last Friday morning. On Titeir Vacation. Oscnr Renick, wife and children left for Eastern Oregon Sunday morning. They will enjoy an outing of 10 days, spending most of that time at Wallowa lake, and before returning will visit a short time with home folks nt Walla Walla. afternoon and we did not move the rnnin Mini niVlif. Npvl-. limrnintr iht whole regiment left back for The Dalles; 'returning ovr tho same road they came, "Hoping this , narrative will bo satisfactory, "Yours very truly, "WM. D. STILWELL." . Move on Foot to Build New Sawmill by Pine Groveians Brief History of Uppor Flat Saw mill Recent Firos Iacadaadi ary Friends to Provide Plant " Hedin's Lumber company plant at Pine Grove, leased to Linn ft Son, burned Monday night of last week, at 11:30, cause unknown bat be lieved to be of incendiary origin. Thus a pioneer plant has gone up in smoke. No insurance was carried by Hedin Lumber company or Linn & Son. ' : . The Hedin Mill was purchased from Welby A. Dane. Dane had ac quired a half interest from his form er partner, John Summore. He mov ed the mill from Sun Flower flat to Pine Grove to his own land. Hedin moved the mill up in McCubbin'j Gulch and again moved it to its pres ent location. The Wapinitia Irriga tion company leased the mill for a time and later George HeUz, now at Tygh Valley, operated the mill., Linn & Son's mill burned a short time ago July 8th after which they were offered a lease on Hed-1 in's mill. They installed $150 worth of-iiew belts for mill and planer, HARPHAMS HAVE GONE TO . BEAUTIFUL CALIFORNIA Washington Motquitoe Too Blood Thint for Former Maupin Family Left Monday Jimmy and "Buck" Harphara were in Maupin on their way to San Bcr ncrdio, California. Their father left for the southern state a couple of weeks ago for, th purpose "f look ing for a location. He evidently found a suitable place for the family sold off their dairy cows, packed np household belongings and on Monday shipped them to "San Berdu" Cali fornia. Line is in Los Angles at present, but expects to join his fam ily in Bernardino when they arrive. Mrs. Harpham spent a short time with some relatives on the Flat, and when the boys left they were accam painied by Mrs. Harpham and their uncle, Hank Harpham. - Sought Medical Treatment. W. E. Hunt, who was severely in- jured several days ago by being dragged over logs and through trush by a buckng horse while in the j mountains, went to The Dalles on j Tuesday for the purpose of consult- ,ing a physician regarding his back, 'which was injured in the fracas. He was accompanied by Clint Smith, of j Redmond, who is working at the Hunt ranch, and The Times man. Rainbow is Cleaner's Agent. The Rainbow restaurant has been chosen by Ed. Wiliams as his agent in Maupin. The Williams Cleaners is the oldest cleaning and pressing establishment in Wasco county. A feature of their service is that if you have something to be cleared and pressed Williams will send it hack by stage the day following re ceipt. Leave articles to be cleaned at the Rainbow and Mr. Fraley will aie in it that they are fixed up and brought back to you pfetty pronto. Killed An- 'r Bar. E. T. Halbrook has succeeded in killing another bear crippling ' an other and losing one by it escaping from a trap. He is after them jr. upper Eight Mile at the sheep camp of Mel Sigman and says that nnyon wishing bear can get one at any. time by going to that section. Dave Donaldson says that a bear kicked him in the stomach and for that reason he is taking a vacation from the Sigman range. Phone Line Down. The line of the Tygh Valley Tele phone company, leading into Moupw is down for some distance on the hill above tevn. A rancher moving a combine tro it loose from the 'poles over IV highway and main- -tcnance men removed the down wire Sundayed at Bend. I from the roadway o it would not j Last Sunday the famiies of T. ( intrfrre with travel. The only way Slusher and Mrs. Geo. H. Gill went iMaupiniles can coniunicate with to Bend for the purpose of visiting. j Tygh Valleyites is via lontf dntancr, -whjch entails some expense and do- lay. ' . Retain' That Natural Beauty By having your hair bobbed by the Modern Dnrbcrs at The Dalles. $?i)0 in other repairs and equipment and planned to operate ti.e mili thia fall for local orders that were piled up in advance. There is plenty of room for a good mill to serve Wapinitia plains with rough and dressed lumber of com mercial quality, at first hand prices. A strange set of circumstances have been noticed about the two fires. Both 'started at 11:30 p. m. Both started to the leeward of the engine and stack of itelf a strange thing. In both cases the Linn men had gone through the mill an hour before the fire to see that all waa welL No sign of fire was visible, yet, the fire burst out of all control, notified and investigation is to be made. The State Fire marshal's office end fire inspectors office have been A movement has already been launched by Pine Grove friends to provide a new mill for the Linn folks despite the very discouraging" cir- cumstances. The Linn company is an energetic and rusting outfit and the new plant will be bigger and better and despite the heavy cost will be fully covered by insurance. SHIPS SHEEP BY TRUCK , TO LAKEVIEW SECTION Richmond ft Son Take Double-Deck Load of Rambow'st Bucks On LT T.-r't Everett Richmond and Lawrence Powell left today for Lakeviow in the Klamath Falls country with a double-deck load of Ramboulet bucks. The sheep were shipped to breeders in th southern section and re from the flocks of Carl Dahl of 1'vSn Valley. About 50 head were taken in the load. COOLUCE NOT TO SEEK THI PRESIDENTIAL TERM Laconic Statement "I Do Not Choose) i . To Ran For President In 1928," Handed Reporters President Coolidge will not seek the nomination to succeed himself as m-esident in 1928. He eff.-tnal. w tet all doubt reeardin his nosl- . : tion at rest on Monday evening when , he handed reDorters. eathered at the Summer White House in the Black j Jim,, typewritten slips, each con taining the laconic statement, "I do not choose to run for president in ; 1928." Presidents Coolidge's refusal to make the run opens a chance for Idaho's senior senator, William E. Borah, to climb aboard the bandwag on and endeavor to convert the Re publican convention of next year to name him as the party's choice. Gov ernor Lowden of Illinois also will be in the running, and possibly several others as well. TWO CARS IN PAIR OF WRECKS Ford Rant Into Guard Rail Dodgo Hit Rock and Forced Into Bank at End of Bridge , A Ford car driven by a woman and containing a lady friend ran In to a guard rail at the; first turn from town on the Criterion grade Monday afternoon. The occupants were not injured in the impact, but their car suffered considerably. It was towed to a garage, fixed up and the ladies continued on their wa;., A Dodge car bearing a Washington- license plate, struck a rock, at the west end of the bridge and was forced t the bank. It contained two men, on" of whom was thrown to the ground, sustaining a seve-i scalp wound, which Dr. Elwood at tended to. "The car was somewhat bunged up but wa repaired and tho men continued on thnr way south. The accident happened about three o'clock Tusday morning. ! with Mrs, Susher's sisters, Mesdames O'Brien and O'Leary. They, inci- dentally took in the baseball game ' between The Dalles and Bend. While jthe mercury stood high here' those people say that at Bend the air was ! nice and cool.