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The Jacksonville Miner pany of "Humbug boys" as also did stretched ourselves on the grass John Scarbrough, one of my former under a few pine trees that grew partners; and wo proceeded to In the bend of the creek, to rest Jacksonville, as did Captain Good while our horses fed. The bottom all’s company of "Yreka boys” and | here wuh three or four hundred seven or eight soldiers from Fort yards wide and the creek running Jones, under Colonel Aldrich (If through It was fringed on each side my memory don’t fail me as re with willows and other brush. From gards the name). Reaching Jack the willows to the foot of the hills, sonville without adventure, we or mountain spurs, was level went into camp near Table Rock prairie. The foothills were studded Seven Killed, Seven Wounded on Rogue river. with sugar and bull pine trees, and in Surprise Ambush on From here, 21 men, including were clear of underbrush. The bend Crosble and myself, John Melvin In the creek where we rested was Nearby Creek (Greasy John), "Grizzly," and In something the shape of a horse- other», whose names J have for shoe, and our shade trees stood Editor’s Note—This article, gotten, were sent out as scouts. We near the coter of this bond. a chapter lifted from "Remin were each armed with a muzzle While resting hero, some lying iscences of An Old Timer," loading rifle, a brace of Colt’s navy down, others sitting up talking, our tells In true style one phase of revolvers and a knife- except Cros-; horses quietly grazing, none of ns Jacksonville's early life. hie, who had a patent gun with suspecting any danger, or that On our arrival ut Humhug, we two cylinders, which he could fire there was an Indian within miles found the miners "up in arms’* und 16 times without reloading. We of us, we were suddenly saulted organizing a company of volunteers crossed the mountain to Evans with a volley, and the unearthly to go to Jacksonville, in the Rogue creek, 20 miles distant, where we yells of hundreds of Indians from River valley, Oregon, 75 miles struck the trails of Indians. the hushes which almost surround-] north, a courier having brought !n ed us. Our horses stampeded, and We followed these trails up the word that the Rogue River, .Shasta scattered excepting one that was and Klamath Indians had "broke creek some miles, until we were being held by one of the boys. This satisfied that the Indians had very out.” and were killing, pillaging he Immediately mounted, and and burning everything before recently passed up into the moun struck out for our camp on Rogue tains. them, and it was believed that the We knew their fighting qualities, river. The first glance showed ns Indians who had Just escorted us j Old John’s and Sam’s bands of that wo must retreat to the foot had kill<*<| eight or 10 men ut the Rogue Rivers being said to be the hills; this we did as fast a« we mouth of Humbug a few days bravest Indians and the most stub could, assisting our wounded along, before. horn fighters In the northwest. leaving our dead as they lay. I joined Captain Rhode's com- That the reader may form some Reaching the timber, we found Idea of their bravery, I will here that seven of our comrades had relate that when one of these re been killod and that «even more nowned chiefs was being taken to were so badly wounded that they the military prison at Alcatraz,; could not stand up after we got mar San Francisco, on an ocean them there. steamer, he actually captured the The one on the horse we believed vessel, having no other weapon -—and it was soon proved—had es than a capstan bar; and held the caped and gone after the rest of deck for some time before he was the company. Our wounded had re overpowered, then as he lay on the tained their arms and ammunition. deck In Irons, he said, grating his The Indians first proceeded to teeth, that If he had had one of mutilate our dead after their most Marcels 50c and 75c hfs warroirs to assist him, he would inhuman fashion, cutting, stabbing Reset 35c have kept the "hy-as kanlm” (big and gashing, all the while yelling Finger Waves, Wet 35c, canoe). Then many of the brave (?) in the most fiendish manner that Dry 50c white men on board wanted to the mind of man could conceive.! Shampoos, Shingle Bob 35c, hang him, but the captain told Then, after securing our animals, Others 50c them that an Indian who could do they swung around on to the moun Medicated or Soapless, what that one had was too brave tain above us, so as to work down 35c Extra a man to suffer such an Ignomin on uh from tree to tree. A few well- Hot Oil 8hampoo, SI.00 ious death. This Is told as a fact, directed shots had convinced them Lovalon Rinse 25c and I have no doubt of its truth that it would not be a healthy un Henna Rinse 50c fulness. dertaking to follow us across the Cleansing Facial 50c Hut to my storys: we returned bottom. These movements on their i Regular Facial, $1 and up down the creek a few miles and part gave us sufficient time to se Eyebrow and Lash Dye 75c being hungry made a stop, to lot lect our fighting ground. This we Manicure 50c our horses graze awhile, and to made on the first high ground out Arch 35c partake of such provisions as we of gunshot of the hushes along the Hair Cuts 35c had with us. creek. As good fortune would have Some of us picketed our horHeB it, a log lay across the narrow and others "hobbled” thelrH on »he ridge. Behind this log we laid our creek bottom, which wan covered wounded, among whom was Greasy with luxuriant grass, We then fell John, severely wounded in the hip. to work in our own Interest, and Grizzly had fallen and was one of 105 Weit Main Medford after satisfying our appetites. the dead; Crosbie fell by the log with the wounded, being, as I sup posed at the time, more danger- ously wounded than any of the others. The Indians gave us but a short time to prepare for them, We all realized upon reaching the friendly trees that we must stop here and fight it out. or leave our wounded comrades to the tender mercies of these inhuman fiends, and even then, in all likelihood, be overtaken and killed in detail ourselves. Our only thought was to stand by our comrades and fight for them and ourselves to the bitter end. Those that were able to fight could command two rifles and four revolvers each, as we could use those of our wounded as well as our own. Some of our wounded com rades could load our revolvers when emptied, as a hall that fitted : one. would fit all. Our respite was short. The In- dians. armed with guns, bows and arrow’s- few of them had revolvers at the time—soon came down on us, jumping from tree to tree for cover, all the time firing and mak A QUALITY MARKET SINCE 1872 ing the mountains re-echo their blood-curdling war-whoop, They PHONE 53 seemed determined to finish us up TOM DUNNINGTON, Prop. there and then, at all hazards. They charged down to within a few yards EARLY DAYS IN JACKSONVILLE • HILLSEXCITING Announcing New Low Prices on Beauty Work! PERMANENTS $2.50 $4 $5.50 Bowman’s Barber and Beauty Shop of our log and trees, but here they met such a withering fire from our Colt’s revolvers, that those who were able were only too anxlouH to retreat to a more respectful dis-1 tance, and for awhile contented themselves with firing on us from trees behind which they had taken cover. On thiH first charge there were but five of us on our feet— Crosble lying by the wounded as dead. Greasy John and one or two others would from time to time raise on their elbows or to a sit-! ting position, and over their log fire a few well-aimed shots, then sink back faint and exhausted, soon revive, reload, struggle to a posi tion and blaze away until their strength failed. This they repeated during the entire fight. The wound ed would load our revolvers and pitch them to us as fast as we emptied them, when we were being pressed by these charges. (To be continued) City Meat Market Serves the Best Bologna—or Anything Else You Want in the Meat Line to Those Who Save REGULARLY There Is No Substitute for a Savings Account START YOURS TODAY! 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