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Pioneer Experiences
of Southwest Oregon
Continued from lnstywcck.
The. citpUtin was nt the custom house
nt its opening, and that morning Col
lator Colier was superceded by T.
Liutlcr King. Mr. Colior stated to the
iiptain that Lieutenant Smih hen in
I'onimnnd oi' the military department
t the Pacific, had sent May Sewcl, U.
r. A. three t;imes fori h!im to take
li in prisoner for the abduction of Li
eutenant and one soldier. The captain
i.,(pjircd where the Lieutenant could
1 5 found, that if he desired him he
ould wait for him. The Collector
t iked the Captain what ho wanted
there anil he replied that ho wished
t'o anchor his vessel. 8he Collector
with a smile asked him for his papers
ho knowing the vessel's papers had
been detained by the Collector at As
toria. Tho answer was, "I presume
then said: Sir you may enter your
your vessel; make out your manifest.
Your register was left in this ofilee;
you sailed with u certificate only, and
furthermore, hud you killed all of them
in the boat that attempted to board
you in tho Columbia liver no law would
liavo condemned you, and further I
advised May Sewel to keep his hands
clear of you if ho wished to avoid seri
ous trouble to himself and you, dipt.
Tic-honor, are tho first ship master
who has known his rights and dared
Doing Their Duty
Scores of Haiulon Renders are learn
ing the Duty of The Kidneys
To tilter the blood is the kidneys'
duty,
When they fail to do this, the kid
neys are weak.
Itackitche and other kidney ills may
follow.
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I'roof of their woith is the follow
ing! G. W Kerartee, carpenter and con
tractor, 102 N Flint St., Itosel.uig,
Oregon, nay: "I still have lonllileh.e
In Poan'n Kidney Pill. I have had iio
Mfrlou kidney complaint for u long
time, thunkw to thin nimlirini II. -w
r-rr I have luknn Doiiii'k Kidney I'iII
fur a uliglit 1 1 mi Id e with my l.lsddw
tiltd have hud Hip uiiw line iw.wli I
I - lleve Hid)' am Hie Ut u( all kidiu-y
mid bladder inwIlrlHu
l' . i Lilt , m uU limit httu'i IH.
My k Ar u bltii&y trntdt
)vi hulmty PHk -ik mm iUu
l)r hi tin iw kgjj, j Utkm-
maitain them against such apparent
odds."
A circumstance illustrative of the
difficulties to be encountered by ship
masters in 1S51 and '5'J was the im
puteut pretentions of the Doctor of
the port, an individual created by the
corrupt city olliciuls of Sai Francisco
who with "Ins l'oat witli yellow flag
flying at the stern, boarded all and
every vessel, both coast, river and
foreign, ordering their signals of sick
ness to be displayed, indicating sick
ness and quarantine, and exactig a
fee of ten dollars from every passeng
er before a permission could be ob
tained to go ashore. The first to op
pose this system of robbery was Capt.
richenor of the "Kmily Furnham" on
his arrival from the Columbia river,
and Humboldt bay.
In the morning after entering the
vessel while getting ready to proceed
up to the city to moor tho vessel for
discharging her cargo, ordering the
Captain to set his ensign in the main
rigging, and that he wished a line,
desiring to go on board. The Cap
tain informed him that no ensign
would be placed in the rigging, ami
furthermore, if he came on board he
would he thrown overboard. This, of
course, caused quite an excitement
when the news spread through the
fleet and on shore as an issue was
then forced upon the usurping olllcial.
A meeting was called at Delmonicos,
and full attendance was given, Collec
tor Colier and T. llutler King among
the rest. The former addressed the
meeting and stated that the styled Doc
tor of the Port had made a demand of
him as collector to turn over to him
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(the doctor) "hospiUl dues' funds
held sacred by th,e Government for the
support and care of seamen. He de
nounced in the strongest terms the
during outrage and advised shipmast
ers to maintain their rights as the
Emily Farnham had done. The brig
being moored, Capt. Ticher.or gave up
command which he hed really Uken
through friendship to the owners.
In one week the command of the
steamer Sea Gull was offered him.
which he accepted March 1851. She
was a vessel of over four hundred
tons, strongly built, with suflicient
power, but wrongly applied. She
was immediately put upon the route
of the Columbia, river and inlermedi
ate ports. Freight was then from
sixty to eighty dollars psr ton and pas
sage to Portland eighty. Coal worth
sixty, and during that year not less
than forty dollars per ton. Seaman's
wages per month from sixty to one
hundred dollars. The Sea Gull made
her regular trips. Captain Tichenor
received his appointment as a Pilot of
the Columbia br.r and river in April
from Governor Gains then Governor
of Oregon and authorized by the ter
ritorial government to grant such
privileges. Captain Tichenor's was the
second ever issued up to that time.
Captain White being the first. When
the weather permitted, in every pas
sage of the Sea Gull the coast line was
carefully examined. Sunken rocks,
reefs shoals, and currents and every
peculiarity noted for future reference.
The la3t of May was chosen ac a pro
per time to commence a settlement at
the long determined point, Port Or
ford named after the Cape seven mil
es to the north of the Roadstead. Nine
men were engaged by Captain Tich
enor, a good supply of arms nmuniti
ou and provisions, secured and upon
the down passage of the Sea Gull on
June 9th, a landing was made. All
supplies together with the ships gun
and Copper Magazine, placed upon n
rock, since named Battle Rock, the
gun commanding the access. The men
were to have their number augmented
in twelve days on the return of the
steamer. Upon arriving at San Fran
cisco it was found necessary to repair
and paint the ship. Captain Knight
of the P. M. Co., kindly offered to take
up the recruits and additional supplies
tne Captain to accompany the P. M.
C. ship Columbia, Captain Leroy, com
manding Captain was to take her in
to Humboldt through the channels in
side the different reefs on the coast
and return in the ship nt which time
his own would ba ready. The Colum
bia than entered Humboldt Ray for the
first time, passed through all the reefs
erered Port Orford in the morning
ird saw a number of canoes paddling
for dear life to the southward. The
ship fired her gun to let the men left
moment the gun was fired every Indi
an in the canoe plunged overboard,
giving evidence there by that some
thing was wrong. Coming to an an
chor a boat was lowered and then pul
led nshore and immediately at tho
base of the rock at the point of ascent
lay a dead Indian. The indications
were anything but flattering for the
safety of the men left by the Sea
Gull. A search was at once instituted
fragments of a diary were found scat
tered around embracing every circ
umstance nil the attacks up to the
previous. The carriage of the gun
vas broken up, the magazine gone,
the two tents, also hard bread and
pork scattered around, and desertion
presented itself everywhere. After
dilligent search with no clew to solve
the disappearance. The men return
ed to the ship and proceeded upon the
voyage, returning to San Francisco on
July 1, 1851. The Sea Gull ready to
take in cargo, the report of the sup
posed death of the nine men, caused
much fcoling. There was but little
difficulty in raising volunteers, cost
ing them nothing as the city at that
lime was thronged with many idlers
many desi'.uto nnd willing to go any
where so long as their wants were
supplied. Many were despcinte bad
men which fact could only bo ascer
tained by a trial. Passed tho Fourth in
San Francisco, sailed on the Sth, cal
led at Humboldt reached Port Orford
on the 1 1th of July 1851, with sixty
seven men under the commsnd of Jns.
S. Gamble with brass six pound
guns and two with swivels of the
sanu caliber with moat approved arms
obtainable at that time in the city,
provimoim. clothing and everything
j necessary for four moiihs. At Hum
boldt, Mr. Nolan joined the expedition
1 Fort Point was picketed in immediate
1 ly, two block houses erected inside of
J heavy Ions and everything done for a
permanent settlement. Tint ship pro
levelled upon her voyage to Portland
at whlidi plucti the Captain jiurehiiwd
U ImrwMl, Mill W1HU, ttNgUKttd u
Mr. TovHlt win) bud Imui rucwiniiMwd
i..g highly i him by Ijttut. Phil. Kir
!.. mImi Um1 Imwn u Miiutti tml tt(
iU i ptftiN in K. J. IU Um
tiU4 ku tmUiltfUm fttui Mill uU
. iMiiMwM I'tmm'i hiUm at Uiv
nut. I'?, lt Uuvm Innw BpmUml
fit Hawytf iimmi 4 wmgm,
ittj mi njm ai kf tkv ity
ed upon her return passage. On ar
riving at Port Orford, it was found
necessary to send fourteen of tho most
desperate and insubordinate of the
men back to the city which was accor
dingly done. . During the absence of
the steamer the defences were well ad
vanced towards completion. Tho hors
es were all tended safely, and being
now relieved of the turbulent clement
of the camp, the prospect was flatter
ing for a good settlement. Tiie Indi
ans had begun to come in and evincing
a desirj to trade and be friendly. 3
of the original nine men had lieen
heard from at Portland, so the Captain
had been informed, and that all had
considered reliable, nil wished it to be
true. The steamer made her regular
trips which brought her at Portland,
the last of August and on the 2!)th of
.that month, leaving Porland with Doe
tor Anson Dart Superintendent of In
dian airuirs, together with Doctor
Spaulding, a missionary in the massa
cre of Walla Walla, also Mr. Parish,
many years a resident of Salem, he
being a missionary of the M. E. church
the two latter being interpenters hav
ing long resided in an Indian country.
They had with them two Indians who
had been captured when boys and were
supposed to be from tho vicinity of
Port Orford, being taken down as in
terpreters.. At Astoria the steamer
took on board Lieutenant Whymsn of
tho Artillery, eleven men, two mules,
one Mountain Howitzer, and supplies
for all ordered there by Lieutenant
Hitchcock who had superseded Lieut.
P. Smith, commanding the Division of
the Pacific, arrived at Port Orford on
the 3rd day of September.
A party under Tevalt had been sent
with the horses to view out and cut a
trail from Port Orford, connecting
with the Oregon trail, another under
Nolan for a similar purpose. The lat
ter had been instructed by Capt. Tich
enor to ascend to the summit of the
Sugar Loaf Peak on the southeast of
the Roadstead believing that to be the
terminus of the great dividing range
of mountains leading to the far inter
ior, which lias since proven to be such.
The party did not follow tho advice
and consequently wandered through
the gulches, under brush and jungles.
After 7 days of hard labor, reached
Port Orford, coming in from the north
and to palliate their gross failure,
named the Sugar Loaf Mountain,
Tichenor's Humbug the circum
stances stated, is the true origin of
the name of that beautiful land mark
on tho eastern side of fio bay or
Roadstead, one which cannot be mis
taken by any navigator bound for that
place in its approach from the north
west or south.
The party under Tevalt had a disas
trous and fearful time. Little of moun
tniucrs skill was either used or exhi
bited in their devious wanderings.
Mountain ridges were not followed or
regnrded. Immense gorges were
plunged into without apparent
hesitation. All the animals had to be
abandoned or were killed by falling off
of cliffs. Their provisions were soon
exhausted or abandoned to enable
them to travel or wander, for in the
following year, Lieutenant Stoneman
with his party of explorers, crossed
their trail as shown by the cuttings
evinced more of insanity than ration
ality. They finally reached a point
on the South Fork of the Coquille riv
er, near which Camp Depot was esta
blished the following spring by Com
pany C, first Dragoons under Col. A.
J. Smith, Lieut. Stanton, Stoneman
and Williamson being with them, the
latter as engineer.
To return to Tevalt and party, Te
valt sat down and cried like a child.
All but one of his men declared they
would abandon him. Cyrus Hcddcn,
many years a resident of Scottsburg
on the Umpqun river and a man es
teemed by all who knew him declared
he would die rather than abandon a
comrada and by the inline -cc he had
over the balance of the party, undoubt
edly saved the life of Tevalt. They
gathered roots and berries to save
life being in a state of starvation, re-,
duced greatly by fatigue and mint of j
food they made slow progress in fol
lowing tho river down, but were de
termined to pursue that course to the
ocean. Many Indians were hovering
around them. Reaching the main
river they finally induced an old Indi
um) a canoe to app-oach tlum, and by
giving him buttons and such like ar
ticles as could In spared, engaged the
canoe io convey them down the river
to it mouth. WIidii at a dintunco of
two miles, nome of the pnrty declar
ed they should land uud procure some
food if the hail to fight for it, while
other protected, fwtrful of un en
counter with the niiniurou ttivugwi on
HI. Uiul Wlliln tllUK dliWUMK, Hi"
coimju driftud into ulimil water. The
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of the Kcnlp with It. He Ml into the
rmioi'. The Indian hoy who hud u
uixti'd in bringing them down and by
nlgiiH wurni'd thorn of the dmivr of
Innding. Hi paddlud thu canoo into
thu ktraum with Iiriinh jrotrnUd in
it. Tuvnlt hud in thu iiittunwhllu
truck out to wim thu rivnr. Ho wiu
ltekMl ui by tho Imllun hoy uud ear
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after the disiiKter. Ilrush avoided all
IndluiiH wounded us hew u, all of hU
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