OLD SOURDOUGH
RECALLS BITTER
INDIAN FEELINGS
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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-
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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.
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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,
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Register.
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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.
SLIT IN EQUITY FOR DIVORCE
SI .M.MONH
To WILLIAM LEE COTTON,
the above named defendant:
IN THE NAJUE OF THE
STATE OF OREGON, you are
hereby summoned and required to
appear in the above entitled court
and cause and answer the com­
plaint herein against you, within
10 days from the date of the
service of this summons upon you,
REAL ESTATE and
if service be made within the
REAL INSURANCE
county of Jackson, state of Ore­
gon, or within 20 days from the Phone 211
41 East Main
date of the service of this sum­
mons upon you. if service be
made within any dther county of
the «tate of Oregon, but if service
be made upon you by publication,
then within four weeks from the
date of the first publication of
this summons, AND IF you fail
to appear and answer within the
time as above specified, the plaint­
iff will apply to the court for the
relief prayed for in her complaint.
By order of the Honorable H. D.
Norton, Judge of the said court,
made and dated the 30th day of
April. 1937, this summons is
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served upon you by publication
for four successive weeks in the
Southern Oregon Miner, a news­
paper of general circulation, print-
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who is safe
without insur­
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CHUCK’S
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• H. L. Gregory. Mrs Arthur
Sellers and daughters. Allene and
Lucille, were dinner guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Mark True Sunday.
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taming to dinner yetill be tn the
late hen / ff howrt'"
Notice is hereby given that Ar­
thur G. Porter of Applegate. Ore-
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