OLD SOURDOUGH RECALLS BITTER INDIAN FEELINGS AMAZE A SCIENT1FAC1 S i . j k. i i ■ By J. ('. REYNOLDS ■Sourdough Mage unit Hit of the Illg Applegate Country I LANDED In Colorado In 1M70, * the year II was admitted an a «tate 'Hie now great city of Den ver at that Univ wax a «mall place. It« entire police force comdatlng of three men In the «urroundlng country Hherlff Dave Cook and hl« Rocky Mountain detective» kept matter« well in hand The Ute» then were a powerful Indian tribe, numbering N.000 war rior« beside the nquuw« and young ster« and were caualng Uncle Ham a lot of grief in hl« effort« to civilise and control them. They were apread over the whole alate and were the meanest dl«|»>«i- tloned, mo«t insolent and mo«t treacherous Indiana I have ever come in contact with They hated the white« and In a way ahould not be blamed for that At that time large numbers of the tribesmen were suffering from a myateriouN disease which theii medicine men were unable to cure 1 have »cen »core» of them will) their nose» rotted off, other» with roof» of their mouth» eaten away and »till other» dying from »low, malignant, fc»tering sore« Finally they were made to com prehend th)» contaminating din ease wax »Imply syphili« which their »ipiawM had contracted in their heretofore unrestrained re lation« with white men The tribe then made u rule which wan strictly enforced for a number of year» afterward, that any squaw having anything to do with a white man «hould have her ear», noac and tongue cut off ami I m - driven Into the wilderneaa with whip« to whatever fute awaited her there. Thia was one of the thing» that ■ct the Ute Indian» again»t the white», though they had many other grievance» against the new comer» Game wa» plentiful every where but oftentimes the Indian« became too lazy to hunt for it and would act fire to the wood« to drive the game out to some con venient place where they could get what they wanted without the hard labor of hunting Many thousand acre» of fine timber thus was aacrlficed, which wanton de struction was certain to anger the settle rx All over the at ate In the mag nificent yellow pine belts could be seen million» of fine tree» girdled by a foot-wide blaze and »lowly- dying The Indiana, wherever they camped, chipped off the outalde bark with their tomahawk» ami hunting knivea to get at the in side skin of the trees, which they made into soup 1 have been told thia soup is very nourishing tint never tasted it, as I have a strong dislike for the flavor of turpen tine Ouray, head chief of the Ute«, and hi» wife Chipeta always were friendly to the whites but a lot of the sub-chief» were not ami bit terly resented Ouray'» effort» to live in peace with their new neigh bors One of the hardest of these to handle wa» CoIorow. who wax cordially hated by whites and reds alike. He al way» wax up to some wickedness and with his chosen band of cutthroats roamed the whole state raising the very devil wherever he showed up For quite a while the government made a pet of him but it was no use Then it was decided to take him and some other unruly »ub-chiefx on a visit to Washington to show them the greatness of the country, the immense resources of their white neighbors ami the thous ands of soldiers ami war material available, which might impress them with the futility of fighting against such overwhelming odds Arrived in Washington, a ban quet was provided to which many notables were invited CoIorow and his Indians In their blankets, paint and feathers were silently but voraciously gorging themselves when one of the fine-haired so ciety ladles sitting next to CoIor ow, with the Intent to make con- Page 5 SOUTHERN OREGON MINER Friday, May 28, 1037 vernation, »aid, "Oh. Mr CoIorow, i our camp on the Piedra river in a freight wagon drawn by four how many squaw» have you?" "Ugh' me got lim six," replied mule», we drove the lk miles to the chief who could talk a little ( the southern Ute agency on the pigeon English when he wanted Loa Pino» (Pine river) The trad ing jjost, an immense log building, ,u "Oh my," said the lady, "what stood in the center of this beauti ful valley of Neveral hundred do you do with so many?” Colorow'S rejoinder was »<> teine, acre» sprinkled here and there concise and to the point that the with stately yellow pine» < f e lady fainted ami others had im A» we drove down to the river mediate recourse to their smelling »alts And since that day no so about 400 yards below the post ciety lady in Washington han ever we could »ee hundreds of Indians dared to ask a visiting Indian too racing their ponies up ami down, muny que»tion» But thin story yelling at the top of their voices has provoked much laughter and »hooting their gun» into the around camp fires of the west air at intervals Unhitching the among men who an- familiar with mules, we watered and fed them the Indian habit of calling every ami started a fire to cook our dinner. As we were getting short thing by its name One day early in summer four of coffee and tobacco. I volun of u» were on our way to the teered to go up to the post and newly discovered gold mine.« of buy what we needed Outside of the San Juan country Leaving the p<mt l ran into a dense crowd of acowllng Ute«, but pushed my ' way on through and banged on j the door which appeared to be locked. Then I noticed that all the windows were closed with heavy »butter» and that no one seemed to be at home. I kept banging away though till the agent opened the door a couple of inches and inquired what the h II I wanted. "J want to get in and buy some coffee and to bacco,” I told him “Good heavens, man,” he re plied. "I can't let you in. Don’t you «••<■ all these Indians around here ?" I said "Yea, but what of it?” "Plenty," he answered. One of them killed one of Colorow’s In diana thi» morning and he and his band are due to show up any minute and when they do there will be h II to pay." He went on to explain that there would be a big battle among themselves and they probably would clean up on every white man around that they could get their hands on. I said. "Don't you need some help ? There are four of us and all well armed.” "The only help you can give me,” he said, "is to get away from here and out of this valley before h 11 starts popping. It may I m - they won't bother the jxist here, but I won't Ire respon sible for the safety of any strang ers ” I went back and told the boys. "Well," they said, "we’ve simply got to let the mules eat and rest after that long trip and we'll just take a chance and eat some our selves, because we have a long hard pull ahead of us." So we did that and after an hour hitched up and went on and got out of it all right Afterward we heard that when old CoIorow rode into the valley that after noon and started in to raise the dickens, there were enough other Indians to overawe him and make him listen to reason, so the big massacre didn't come off after all But believe me, things looked pretty bilious around in that val ley while we were there. • gon, who, on November 2, 1933, I ed and published at Ashland, Jack- made original homestead entry son county, Oregon, the date of No 021127, under Act« 6-6-1912 the first publication being May 7, and 6-9-1916, for NW1, HE «4. Sec 1937, and the time for answer ex tion 19, Township 398, Range 4W. piring May 29, 1937. Willamette Meridian, ha« filed BRIGGS & BRIGGS notice of intention to make final By Wm. M. Briggs. proof, to establish claim to the Attorneys for Plaintiff. land above described, before Vic Post office address: tor a Tancwaid U s Commis I*ioneer building. sioner, at Medford, Oregon, on the Ashland, Oregon. 8th day of July, 1937 (May7-14-21-28) Claimant name« as witnesses A 8 Edwards, of Applegate, Ore.; W M Johnson, of Applegate, Ore.; John Pemoll, of Applegate, Ore GEORGE FINLEY, A » Register. 5 In the Circuit Court of the Htate of Oregon in and for Jackson County NELLIE RUTH COTTON, Plaint iff, vs. WILLIAM LEE COTTON, De fendant. 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