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
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PIN
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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.
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' 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.