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VOL. XX.
NEWBEEG, YAMHILL COUNTY
, THUB8DAY, JANUARY 18.1908.
o f you who knofar yourRol
oi unruly Indians who had raided
S torie« o f an old Oregon Indian thè feelings o f the poor men who
Crusoe w ill see a little
it and compelled old B m m atoj
saw
the
results
o
f
months
of
Fighter u T old by ^
serve up dinner for them. Great-
privation and labor, snatched why ths boy should
Himself.
named
“
F
riday.”
John
wi
incensed, Lane' rashly tried to
from them in an instant. On ar­
This contribution is prim arily riving home they told their story once cleaned up, clothed
rive out the sell-invited guests,
fo r the boys. Now , If you grow n to Governor Lane. In June, and prom ptly yielded to .
handed. He had miscal-
op readers o f the Graphic should w ith only tw elve or fifteen white treatment just as a ll dumb
lated Jtbe temper o f the red
read it, d o n 't get uppish and s a y men
________
Angry a t the rude inter­
and ^ as many K licita t In- nials do. And quite ' natu
ruption they raised their guns
disdainfully th at it belongs in j dlans under their cheif, Quatley, all the gratitude o f his little
the “ American B oy” or “ Youth’s lw |j0 were enemies o f the Rogue ing was paid to bis benefactor. and were on the point of ter mi-
Com panion.” Th at w ouldn't be Rivers, he started out to bring Being dumb, his senses were ab* nating the career ot M arion the
fair fo r you have been fore the culprits to time. Arriving at normally developed. His “ in- Second when faithful Emma
the Indian village*, he told the stinct” was remarkable, even thrust herself in between Lane
warned.
Every heplthy, normal boy has head chief, afterw ard known as •for an Indian. He could fo llo w and his deadly assailants and
reveled in tales o f tbs old Indian “ Jo,” th at he wished to have a tracks over the leaves which was doing her best to keep the
fro
gettin g a free shot
fighting days, replete w ith hair meeting w ith them and arrange could not ordinarily be i seen a t Indians from
I
lit.their
mark.
A t the beginning
all.
He
detected
sounds
raising adventures and narrow a peace treaty. A fter sqme par*
«•capes. The w riter has won- ley, Jo consented to call his peo­ to common ears were not di [o f the trouble, John slipped out
[o f the camp unobserved and ran
dsred if a few really true stories ple In fo r a pow a ow . But lo, cernible.
[forjthe
miners who appeared on
The
party
of
which
Lane
which he has run accrossvn the when the/Indians gathered tor
Itheacene
In time to save their
member
moved
about
manuscript autobiography o f an the conference, seventy-five bucks P U P
Thus a second time had
o ld Indian .fighter would not came fully arm af! Lane and his place to place, and was a lw aj
in
more
or
less
danger
from
hoe*
the
Httle
dumb Modoc saved his
little
party
had
been
trapped.
be readable. They should cer­
white
chief.
savages.
F
o
r
awhile
they
ta in ly not be the less interesting But the old fighter threw his
About this time, Thurston,
e encamped on Clear Creek
th a t their scene is in Oregon and ally. Chisf Quatley, a significant
Oregon’s
delegate in Congress,
r
the
Sacramento
river.
Id
look
and
the
latter
took
a
posi­
th a t the hero was Oregon’s first
died
and
Lane
determined to re­
this
neighborhood
they
were
con­
territo ria l governor—the father tion dose to C hid Jo.
turn
home
and
become a candi­
o f the present m ayor of Port* addressed the Red men a # if noth- tinually harrassed by the P itt
♦filin g them river Indians, w ho were not only date fo r the honor. So he fV-
they must give up w h at they very savage, but the slyest and tumed to Oregon C ity in M ay,
Before
18SI, h aring m et w ith indiffer­
had stolen and a llow white peo.
W ars,’ popularly known
-“ Fighting Jo Lane,” ever came pie to go through tbeir country They would cra w f up in to the ent success only as a miner, tak­
t o Oregon, he had already won without molestation. Then Chief camp a t night and steal things ing w ith him the old Indian and
b is spurs in the w ar w ithM exico. Jo began speaking, when sudden­ in the very presence of the miners. Emma and John, o f course.
Indeed lys dash and gallantry ly the armed Indians jumped up Lane records th at one Indian Lane was elected, and on leaving
w on for him the title of “ the w ith a Whoop and brought their stole a blanket from the body ot for th^B ast in July left his faith­
ful John w ith his son N at a t Ore­
M arion of the Mexican W ar” ’arms to aim. But old Quatley a sleeping man and made his
gon City. As frequently hap­
and every , schoolboy knows was an Indian himself and had cape w ith it.
One day Lane, his M odoc boy pens, the Indian boy did not
w hat that means. Immediately been on the lookout for just
on the close of the w ar he was this thing. Quick as a flash he John and a man named Driscoil Jong survive being transplanted
chosen by Pres. Polk to come clutched Jo w ith a strangle hold, crossed the creek and began pros* jn civilization. W ithout any­
o u t to Oregon and set np the pulled his knife and held it a t the peering in a rich gulch some lit* thing particularly being the m at­
new territorial g o v e r n m e n t. throat o f the deceptive Rogue tie distance from camp. After a ter w ith him he faded aw ay and
P o lk w as anxious that this River chief. The hostile Indians short time Driscoll and John died. Like a faithful dog, prob-
should be accomplished before saw that.w ith the first shot, the went on up the gulch out o f view Ably grief* a t the absence o f his
bis term o f office expired on throat of their chief would be o f Lane. P retty soon John came* master had something to do
March 4, 1849. Hence, tfiough cut and they reluctantly lowered tearing back like a scared rabbit w ith his death.
W ethink all the better o f Lane,
he had been home but for a'few their guns. Jo made the best o f and made Lane understand that
days, Lane set out again on an embarrassing situation and Driscoll was in the hands o f In­ relentless Indian fighter th at he
was, that he takes space in bis
August 30, 1848, on the long told bis men to go back to their dians. Lane grabbed his
Lphv to pay a lovin g
overland journey. He had an villages and return again in tw o and hurried to the fescue H<
interview w ith Gen. Phil Kear­ days in a better humor. They came suddenly upon a murder­ tribute to the faithfulness and
ney a t St. Lonis, who tried to did so, leaving their chief a pris­ ous band o f a dozen o r m ore sav­ devotion o f his humble servant
convince him he couldn’t make oner in the hands o f Lane. .T h e ages who "h ad bound Driscoll boy and protector. In so doing
the trip «gross the mountains in latter treated the old cheif Hon­ and were ju st dragging him ofi he tells a significant incident.
th e winter. It was alw ays a orably and won his adm iration— in the brush to put him to the While a t Oregon C ity John be­
useless thing to try to convince so much so that he asked Lane torture. He took the Indians came attached to a man engaged
Lane that « thing couldn’t be to g ive him his name, “ Jo Lane.” by surprise, and covering them a t the Lane mills. The man was
dene that he had set out to do, Lanetold him he could not spare w ith his gun, quickly cut the un­ a hard drinker and often came
so w ith an escort o f tw enty men all o f it, but that he would give fortunate man loose, who, how­ home a t night across a narrow
he hit the trail, arrived in Oregon him the first half. Thel Indian ever, w as so paralysed w ith fear bridge while heavily intoxicated.
«a the spring, and issued a t Ore* was satisfied and was ever after­ th at he couldn’ t move. Recover­ John alw ays accompanied him
go n C ity his proclam ation as ward known as “ Chief Jo.” The ing from tbeir start, the savages faithfully, watching him like a
territoria l governor on March 2, latter also had Lane name his began to close in around Lane hawk. One night when sober,
ju s t tw o days before Polk yielded favorite squaw and his boy and who backed np against a clifi thinking to play a joke on the
the presiden tal chair to “ Old girl, Sally, Ben and M ary being and was desperately holding the boy the man played drunk and
Sough and Ready” Taylor.
the names conferred, respectively. hand a t bay and protecting the reeled around on the bridge, his
Joseph Lane served the new
A t the end o f tw o days the body o f poor Driscoll. Just at dumb friend alw ays catching a t
territo ry as governor and dele­ Indians came back again and a this opportune moment his com­ him to keep him from falling off.
g a te in Congress and later, the treaty was concluded. Some of panions came rushing up the A ll at once the ungrateful man
siew state as senator. In 1860 he the stolen booty was returned, gulch and put the Indians to straightened up and laughed im­
w as the candidate fo r vice presi­ but not the sacks o f gold dust. flight. In the stress o f the ex­ pudently at poor John. W ith a
dent on the democratic ticket In regard to these the w ily sav­ citement Lane hadf forgotten look oi injured innocence the boy
w ith Breckenridge. But it is in ages pretended dense ign oran ce- John, who had raced on to the left him, and despite the over­
bis capacity as an Indian fighter said they didn’t know w hat the creek or river, crossed to the tures which the man made to
day after day, would never
th a t we are now concerned. sttiff was and threw it aw ay!
camp, given the alarm and re- v him
f
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turned
w
ith
'
help
in
the
nick
ot
again
have anything to do w ith
W ith this in view we are not up­
While Lane was on this expe­
holding his policy tow ard the dition he was superseded as g o v­ time to save the life of his be the one who had played hftn
false. And this ends the story o f
Indians. In fact his attitude to ­ ernor by John P. Gains, an ap­ loved master.
w ard them was doubtless too pointee o f the W hig president,
The party continued to have Jo Lane’s little red skin hero
harsh a t times. But he could do Taylor. Thus, having no offi­ little skirmishes w ith the Indians friend, the Modoc boy w ith but
much w ith the natives, who re- cial duties to call him Jiack north now and then. One night three half a name—the beloved little
apected him even as they feared he dismissed his Indian allies and sly savages tried to sneak np to disciple, John.
;
(T o be continued.)
Id a . In the ta rly fifties the concluded to continue his journey camp through the ta ll grass and
W. C. W oodward .
Rogue River Indians o f Southen southward and try his fortune M artin Angell, one o f the party
Oregon broke out several times, in the California gold fields. who was on sentinel duty, Berkeley, California.
January 8, 1908.
and the doughty Lane was al­ And we w ill follow his fortunes brought one ot them down with
w ays active in quelling the dis­ briefly as he joins the arm y ot his trusty rifle. Lane here ob­
Beal fintate Transfer«.
turbances. In 1878 the Califor­ gold seekeys.
serves rather enviously that
S t »*• unblU CoaatT A bat refit
nia historian, H H. Bancroft,
First let me introduce another Angell alw ays was Jucky in kill­
. M c MI bbt III«.
suiked the old general to w rite character who plays m r little ing Indians.” H ow ever the In­
Samuel C Gockley to Canfield
sui account of his career and it is p a rtin this southern trip. Be­ dians finally brought Angell into Marsh and wt 132.44 a cl 44 1 3
from this manuscript in the Ban­ fore Lane took leave o f the harmony w ith his name, killing « r 2 $8000.
cro ft Library that I have col­ Rogue River Indians, as k further him near Jacksonville in the w ar
A P Johnson and w f to W E
lected the inoidents which follow . mark o f his good w ill Chief Jo o f 1865-6.
W hite and w f small tract in
Briefly, this is the story which presented him w ith a forlorn
While the miners were working Newberg $4000.
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he tells o f the outbreak o f 1860. looking specimen o f human flesh, a t the Scott river diggings, their
Emma G Yocom and hns to G
In the spring some miners were or skin and bones more properly camp was in charge o f an old D Carter 8 0 a s e c 4 t 6 s r 7
on their w ay home to the W illa­ speaking, in the shape o f a M o­ Oregon C ity Indian and his $600.
mette Valley from California, doc Indian boy which they had squaw Emma, whom Lane had
C J Kuns and w f to G L Zum-
carryin g w ith them as fruits o f held as captive for some time. run accross and hired, Emma to w a it and wt 17 a Jos R Young
their toil/ sacks o f the precious He had been abused and sadly do the cooking. The dinner horn d 1 c 1 4 s r 4 $2200.
go ld dust/ They were encamped treated generally; was dirty, was regularly blown at noon to
John L Bennett et al to James
one night at Rock Poin t, when naked, h a lf starved and proved call in the miners. One day the E Honk blk 19 Whiteson $100.
suddenly a party o f Indians to be dumb! The desirability o f signal failed to sound and Lane
John Baxter (by exr)itoJohn
s w o o p e d down upon them, such a g ift was at the very least, and John went into camp to see W Baxter 26 a cl 5 9 1 6 • r 3.
grabbed their gold sacks and questionable, but Lane accepted w hat was the m atter. They
B B Switzer to Theodore Weber
other booty and made tbeir it w ith some misgivings. He found the camp in an uproar •m all tract in J B Rodgers d 1 c
Im ag ined named the boy John, but those and ia the possession o f a band t 3 • r 2 $125.
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NO. 13
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January Clearance
Invoice Sale.
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V4 o ff on Children’s Suits Vi off
V4 o ff on 150 pairs Boys’ Knee Pants Vi o ff
Vi o ff on Aquapell Coats and Pants Vi off
200 G olf Shirts, $1 values, 79c.
150 G olf Shirts* $1.60 values, $1.29
Vi o ff on Shoes, Men’s and Boys’ Vi o ff
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Give us s call and be convinced.
Yours fo r Bargains
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Wright & White
W ill sell you a Fanning M ill that
faction—T H E
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A n d a stove that will bake your bread—
TH E
L O R A I N
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W e carry a full line o f F E E D and
SE E D S
and sell as cheap as the
Goods Delivered Free
Both Phones
East First St.
Clearance Sale
10 Days Only
In order to make room fo r our spring stock which
w ill arrive shortly, w e have decided to offer at a low
figure
114 high low sulky Rock Island plow, 12Vi per cent off
1 harrow cart, 20 per cent off
1 Chatham fanning mill, 20 per cent o ff
4 tooth cultivators, plows, harrows, etc., 10 per cent o ff
A large quantity o f stock foods, lice k ill«:, etc.
The follow ing is a part o f the line o f goods fo r
which we are agents and which can be appreciated by
the buying public as the best and most reliidrie class o f
goods:
Anchor buggies, bike wagons, etc.. Lion Company’ s
vehicles, Bain farm and freigh t wagons, Davenport
roller bearing farm wagons, W alter A . Wood
mowers, rakes, binders, harrows, discs, etc., King-
man plows, cultivators, harrows, (which include the
the famous M. K . hop discs), gasoline engines, Em­
pire cream separators, American poultry and field
fencing.
’ ’L illy ’s best seeds are best fo r the*W est.”
Poultry supplies, spray materials, etc., carried in
stock.
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