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[upon her people. And thus closes
boy, Ben, the son of Chief Jo and a young man named M<
Stories of an Old Oregon Indian
[the short and simple annals of j
the very apple of his eye, as a who had formerly lived
Fighter as Told by
mother noble Red man and his
hostage. * You will remember Tipsy’s people for a time
Himself.
knew
their
l
a
n
g
u
a
g
e
.
1
I
tribe.
We will leave it to others I
that three years before Lane had
to say whether the chapter has j
himself named the old chiefs chil called him out and asked hit
(Continued from last week)
he
would
undertake
the
dai
place in “ A Qrntury o f Dis-
dren,
Ben
and
Mary.
.
In
order
Follow ing the difficulty with
ous
mission
with
him.
“
Any«
tonor”
in which Helen Hunt
to
be
near
his
boy,
Chief
Jo
ob
the Indians in 1850, which was
[ackson set forth so graphically
eettled by a treaty made by Lane tained leave to move bis family where with you, General,’
the
prom
pt
ans
we
r.
So
at
brec
boldly the wrongs which
within
Lane’s
lines
and
they
w ith Chief Jo, another outbreak
o
f
day
•
the
tw
o
set
out
the
Indians
have suffered at the j
were
given
ffee
access
to
the
lat
to o k place the following year
fhands
of
covetous
whites.
which Lane, Mtyor Phil Kear ter’s quarters where Ben slept, horseback, accompanied by<
w. c. w.
ney, Jqsse Applegate and other One night very late Lane awak mounted Indian. They rode,
day,
Lane
in
great
diacot
rkeley,
California.
ened
suddenly
and
saw
dimly
a
leaders were instrumental in
January 9 ,1 9 0 8 .
y
fuelling. I t was followed by figure gliding into the room . It and tailed t o find the Indi
another treaty which bfough approached his bed noiselessly where they had been reported 4
imperial Hotel Opening.
peace which lasted until 1853 and a voice addressed him tn being. Night came on and
when another of the guerrilla cautious ton^s. It was the voice the weary men pushed on.
Announcement is made of the j
Indian wars took place to which o f the girl, M ary, w ho told Lane nally they forded a creek,
^opening o f the new brick hotel,
Lane gives considerable atten she had im portant things to say through a thicket o f
hich has been christened “ Im-1
tion . I might say here th a ; to him. She had only begun her lining the bank and—hcai
which will occur on Sat-
while Lane always throws the story when a sound from a rest save diem! They had
iy evening, February 1, when
banquet wiH be given. This
blame upon the Indians, Apple- less sleeping officer in the room into the very midst o f the
be open to the public and [
gate, in his notes on Oregon his startled her and she disappeared my’s camp! The w ar whe
s raised and the save
to ry to which I mad^ inference as suddenly as she had entered.
and all other
sprang
menacingly
a
t
the
But
the
next
night
she
returned
i
are
invited
to attend and
som etim e ago, lays,the responsi
prised
and
unprotected
intruders.
I
and
completed
her
sorrowful
in the festivities o f
bility upon worthless whites
With quick presence of mind
whose ill treatment o f the sav story.
> evening. The price per plate
Mary began by expressing her Lane and M etcalf began hand
ages incited the troubles. Lam
the banquet will be one dol-1
ing
oat
gifts
and
with
soothing
grief
that
her
people
would
have
pays his respects to Dr. Anson -
D art and Joel Pahner, the first to lea f e their old hom e.aspun«
There has long been a demand
tw o superintendents o f Indian ishment for deeds committed by considerably calmed. They in for a first class hotel in Newberg
affairs in Oregon, because “ they other Indians and. o f Which her duced the Indians to give them and since this demand has been
alw ays took the fide of the In- father and his people u f it inno supper, and ^ s there was noth, met in the building and furnish
«Unas** which certainly no one cent. Here was indeed news tor ingelse to do, lay dow n to spend ing of an up-to-date brick hotel,
would ever have accused him o f Lane and he encouraged the in the night. All went well until it n up to the public to see that
doing. But we didn’t start out telligent girl in her narration, aw ayalong in the night asquaw .g o o d boost is given the new
which was substantially as fol began to tune up for the death proprietors, Mr. and Mrs. F. D. |
t o discuss causes
At the close o f his first term in low s. T o begin with she charged wail for her brave w ho had been ¡"Perkins, at thii opening event.
Congress, Lane returned to Ore a band of Shasta Indians, led by killed by the whites in battle a
In order to enable them to fig
gon , this time taking his family Chid' Tipsy, with the responsi short time previous. This sort ure on the necessary supplies tor
with him from their old home bility o f the outbreak o f the war o f thing is infectious with the be banquet, it is desirable that
vages and soon raises them is far as possible our ptople
on the Ohio river in Indiana to and o f the startling atrocities
into
a frenzy for revenge. T o say indicate their intention of
c
o
m
m
i
t
t
e
d
near
Jacksonville
make a new home in the Ump
the
tw
o men it w as/m uch like attending, at as early a date as
qu a Valley. But even before he which ga ve the first warning o f
had his family com fortably set danger to the whites. Rlonsicut, standing near a pow der maga- convenient,
tled, hostilities again began be one o f T ipsy’s chiefs, had sold a sine around which lightning was
tween the white settlors and the squaw to a worthless Mexican playing. M e t c a l f jumped up
Indians. Several atrocities were miner w ho was w orking in that lastily and snatching np a blan-
at th* B u k ot N *w b*rf a l th« eloaa
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1J07.
cet
and
some
trinkets
hurried
section
with
some
fellow-country
com m itted and again Lane led
RESOURCES.
■r to the mourning squaw
»to
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the settlers against their old toes. men. The Mexican refused to
4417 M
whose
sorrow he managed
pay
for
the
squaw,
paying
no
(a r u in re u 4 fixtu res
u n ri
Severe engagements were those
O verdrafts
1 .0 » IS
D m tram b u k i
«,1 4 7 n I
o f Rogue River and Battle Creek a t t e n t i o n to Plonsicut’s de soothe sufficiently to stifle her Cash
on b ea d
22406 “
5400
in which the whites finally came mands, and after a while left the noisy lamentations. Quiet again Stocka end b ood s
Total
265457 17
o ff best. The intrepid- leader country witM the debt unpaid. brooded over the camp and Lane
,
LIABILITIES.
however received wounds in the Now the wronged Indian didn’t says he awoke in the morning Capital Itoek
■
$ 50.000 00
prodta iwa n p M i i
arm , the shoulder and breast. distinguish between Mexicans glad to find his hair still on his Undivided
t l T li M ild
i
, Deperito subject to eheefc
In fact, on his return to congress and Uncle Sam’s white’ s, and in head.
C ertifica te, ai p c p osit
After
some
parley,
Tipsy
con
telling
his
troubles
to
his
chief.
he carried his arm in a sling, a
266,5017 5 7
, each1er i
reminder to his fellows that a Tipsy, said the “ Boston people” sented to bring his people to a
tot th e ab
e t ove statem ent la tra e !
ber*, d o e fflr a that
far western Congressman didn’t had cheated him and he must deserted cabin in Applegate val to th e beet o f m y k n ow led ge and b elief.
_
J .C . COLCORD.
suffer particularly from ennui have revenge. Tipsy according ley tw o days hence where Lane Sabs rlb ed and a flrm e d la b efore am th is
20th c f Tannery, 160ft.
during his vacation. At the be ly made an. attack upoh the de would meet them with presents
A . f . O LIVRR .
(S eal)
V otary P u blie lo r O regon
and
arrange
a
treaty.
The
lat
fenceless
settlers.
The
whites
ginning o f one skirmish the In
dians were said to have enquired learned o f his plans however in ter made no reference whatever
AH Voters Must Register.
a s to who was leading the time to frustrate them, where to PlouBicut. The tw o men re
Registration hooks for North I
whites. On learning that it wps upon Tipsy rushed to the camp turned at once to Jacksonville
Nrwberg,
Sooth Newberg and
J o Lane they foRowcd the prece o f the Rogue River Indians and where they purchased 'the pres
West
Chehakm
now open At my |
dent set by DavyCrockett’s coon. told Chief } o that the whites ents promised to the savages
office.
F. A. M o r r i s ,
They had had all the fight they had attacked the Indians and and were at the place o f rendez
Second
building
west o f P. O. |
that they mast unite and fight vous when the latter appeared.
wanted.
The Indians surrendered and for w eir homes. Jo w as skeptic The treaty was signed and then
For Sale.
went into camp at Table Rock al from the start and wanted Lane told the Indians to come
Three quarter Jersey heifer $15.
while the conditions o f p i ace first to have a talk with his ¿WUe up one by "one, give their names
Inquire
at Nelson & Hanson’s bi-1
were being arranged. T o insure face brothers. As "a n unfortu and get their gifts. They all
cycle store.
J b n s P. J e n s o n .
against further disturbance on nate coincidence would have it, came forward, but the name
the part of Chief Jo and his peo some mounted soldiers were just Lane was listening for was not
ple it1 was decided that they then seen in the Valley below, given. Abruptly he turned to
m ost leave their home and the and Jo allowed himself to be Tipsy and asked where Plonsi-
hcqne o f their fathers in the over persuaded by this fact and cut was. The sly old chief made
Rogue River valley. They were by the eagerness o f his yokng some excuse for the missing brave
We want to buy good farms. I
accordingly removed to—where braves to fight, and joined cause and wanted to carry his presents
to
him
bat
was
told
that
Plon-
If yours is that sort, and price]
d o yon suppose? T o the Grand with the Shasta band. After the
Ronde reservation in Yamhill battle, in which the Indians were sicat m ost appear in person for and terms are right let ns know
county, where, as the old general defeated, the wily old Tipsy and them, at Jacksonville, which o f abontit and we will mail yon
naively writes in his notes, “ they his followers made their escape course he never did, as he had blanks for detailed description.
n o longer b6ther the whites and into the Siskiyou mountains, evidently scented trouble, being If i t seems to be what we want |
« r e steadily dying off as all good leaving Jo and his unfortunate conscious of the fact that he had we will look at it.
Indians should.” So some of people as prisoners with the ene started the atrocities. However
W. B. STREETBR
-those old Indians which yon have my to - bear the' blame of a w ar he was soon afterward captured, 201-202 Rothchild Bld|i, Portland, Ora.
References:
aeen going through Newberg on for which they were not respon tried and hung. And it was not
U
.
S.
National
Bank,
long
after
this
that
Tipsy
and
sible.
Another
instance
of
the
-their w ay to and from Oregon
Bank o f California, |
his
whole
band
wer*'
wiped
out
C ity may be survivors o f this trnth o f the story relating to the
Hibernia Savings Bank.
band o f Rogue Rivers which gave fate which befell good dog Tray. in a w ar with some miners.
Mary ended her story by im
Notwithstanding the fact that
"the white settlers o f Southern
ploring
Lane
to
g
o
and
destroy
Chief
J o’s confidence had been
Oregon so much trouble in the
the bad Indians w ho were re imposed upon by Tipsy and that
early days.
In connection with the trouble sponsible tor all the trouble he had been led into the war
-and its settlement just related, which had come upon her peo under false pretenses, neverthe
Lane tells an interesting story ple. The general suggested that less his people paid the penalty
which introduces one o f his ex her father Jo first tend one o f his in the loss of their beloved valley
W e have lately added a spring
track to our business and are
citing a d v e n t u r e s . After the scouts to locate the guilty tribe. and home. Doubtless the ever
now prepared to move musical
treaty was arranged, putting The second night afterward increasing white settlers were
instrumenta. W e also do all
an end to hostilities, he remained Mary appeared as before, report only to o ready for an excuse for
kinds o f hauling and solicit a
in camp on Rogne River, nursing ing the whereabouts of Tipsy, getting the natives out o f the
share o f your patronage.
country, thus making themselves
the severe wounds he had re some twenty-five miles distant.
Leave orders s t Horton’s, 1st
Lane was still suffering from a secure in peacable possession.
door w est o f First N a tl Bank.
ceived and watching the Indians
bad
wound
bat
determined
to
ALall
events
the
facts
related
by
to see that they intended no
eridanee phones, Bell MS, Mutual 34-8
Jhrtber disturbance. T o insure bring the guilty parties to the Indian maiden Mary did not
TERMS REASONABLE
In his party was alter the hard sentence passed
-good faith he held the Indian.
Farms
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N e w b e rg
Transfer Go.
NO. 14
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f
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1-4 to 1-3 o ff on Water
A* “Rose City Aquapelle.”
Rubber Boots at 1-2 former |
Get wise and take the
HODSONBROS.
“If you got it of Hodaon Broa* it's right.”
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that gives satisfaction under all
circum stances. Cash or a good
note.
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Clearance Sale
'
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1
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will arrive shortly, we have decided to offer at a low
figure
114 high low sulky Rock Island plow, 12H per cent off
1 harrow cart, 20 per cent off
1 Chatham fanning mill, 20 per cent off
4 tooth cultivators, plows, harrows, etc., 10 percent off
A large quantity o f stock foods, lice killer, etc.
The following is a part o f the line o f goods for
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goods:
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roller bearing farm wagons, Walter A. Wood
mowers, rakes, binders, barrows, discs, etc., King-
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the famous M. K. hop discs), gasoline engines, Em
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*
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Poultry supplies, spray materials, etc., carried in
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