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MEDFORD MATL TRIBUXE. MEDFORD, OI?EOO, -THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 7. 1929.
Angus Brown, Embittered Pioneer,
..-,' Killed Many Redskins During
. . Southern Oregon's Stirring Days
(By ErrAt Rostel)
Indian was dead, but be soon ro-
celved reixirts that the Indian was ;
gone. That worried III in more and ,
he went and law another Indian
and baraainedsWlth him to find and :
kill the raisWfig red man for o !
jtony and a blanket. This offer I
was speedily accepted and for this ;
Mhe Indians bark bv rept t&.'d firing j proof the killer was to hrlr back
his victim's scalp, cutllnK it around '
I he place where Angus had two
scalps from the same Indian.
Slew 60 Indians j
"I guess there were many other
rases of Angus' kllliues," said Mr.
Not mentioned in histories of of the gnu, but the defense was in
nouthern Oregon compiled years i tempted by firm aid attention
ago, and perhaps nearly forgotten j she administered to the fallen
by the few surviving pioneers, real-; member of the household. How
dents in this section before Med ! ever, he died within an hour alter
ford as ever proposed and where I being struck.
Jacksonville had hardly begun, is I As the day wore on Mrs. Harris Itoss, "for he told me once when 1
AngiiB Brown, a pioneer of the discovered her ammunition to be was hIIII a youngster that he bad :
early '50s, who is credited with the j running low and It was not long . killed 'about tiu Indians.' He killed !
killing of more Indians single ; until it was gone. Having a good ! live of these In a fight after lie O
handed than any other person in , supply or powdg still on bma, she i left here for California, where lie
southern Oregon. His kin still re-ill Id not despair and. using paper i married a .Mexican seiiorltaejnd re
"Me in Medford and Central I'olnt j for wadding, kept firing at the be- sided at ban Ilernardino. He lilar
and are members of the best j sieving Indians. They would fall : rled a daughter of the governor of
auowtt pioneer families in the i buck each time she fired, thinking : the state of Sonora in Old Mexico
slate. I she was still using bullets. Kear-' and raised a lamlly of several tliil-
Anus. W'ho died only a few : fng that the repeated use of the'di-vn.
years ago In California, resided In 1 paper wadding would set the house ; "My father. Colonel Hons, went
southern Oregou only during the f on fire, and also fearing that tlie all the way down to Han Ileniar
Inilian wai of 1 S&3 and of 1 S50. Indians would set the IjiiIIiIIii': I illno once to see his nephew, Ail
find during that time was one of ; ablaze, she left her ost In the sec ; gus, but it seems that Angus didn't
Iho most active Indian fighters of:ond story of the house and man-j want to see. him feeling ashamed
tills section. He was a nephew of 'aged to flee with her daughter Intofof himself for having married u
Colonel John K. itoss. whoso sons . the brush without being seen by ' Mexican. My father didn't care
the Indians. I about that, but Angus look .11 so-
Brown Arrives ' I riously und I guess they didn't have
It was not long after she had i another opportunity to seo enrh
made her escape that Angus llrow n I other after lluit," concluded .the
arrived on the scene. He rushed ispeaaer,
-Thomas, Ueorge and John now
reside in Central point, and often
fought redskins wilh Colonel Kims,
now regarded as one of the best
Indian fighters the west had over
known,
At the age of 19 years, Angus
was embittered against the Indians.
Brought up In the crude environ
ment of the frontier, he was hard
ened to life, and the killing of an
Indian was hardly more than ordi
nary routine, according to Thomas
Koss, bis first cousin, lit a remi
niscent mood receeutly in recount
ing incidents of days long gone by.
He was a big,' powerful man;
knew not the meaning of fear, and
would attack a whole tribe of In
dians If he had the slightest assur
ance of being successful in bis at
tack. Redskins Rampage
- The Indians were on a rampage
In the Grave Creek country above
Grants Pass and, together with a
roui joI-Jacksonville volunteers,
Angus was- in that section to aid
tho panic stricken settlers, who
were nearlng their wile' end, fol
lowing numerous tlnyllght and
night attacks, resulting in the
deaths of entire families, burning
of buildings, and kidnaping of wom
en. Angus was with a group which
-was .trailing moccasin tracks mln
'(led with the shoe prints of severnl
white women, following an uttack
on a settler's cabin.
' At this cabin the Indiana had
killed the men and taken the wom
en alive, including a 14-yenr-old
girl, after having taken two boys,
possibly around Cor 7 years old.
beaten out their bruins by whirling
their, bodies by the feet and hit
ting their heads on tho side of the
cabin. Tho little bodies were found
by the reBuue party, which had
then attempted to locate the
women. .
: The party' was making fair pro
gress In following tho tracks when
Angus, was Inspired to turn buck
in tho thought tht other cabins
might even thou be harassed by
the - murderous savages. H o
thought of the cabin of Mr. and
Mrs. Harris, parents of two chil
dren and owners of a place largo
onoiigh to employ tho services of
a hired man. Ho was Joined by n
friends who, in fact, wag his chum.
Cabin Besieged
They turned back and reached
the Hnrrls cabin at dusk. Indians
were firing at the cabin under the
protection of a lug nnd had be
sieged tho promises for hours. Tho
Indians first killed the hired mini
and placed his body In n spot
where It was not found ui'tll a year
later. The Harris son hud been
sent Into the polnlo patch for sup.
plies, but after the. arrival of the
Indians ho never returned nnd his
body was wna never discovered.
.Mr. Harris wna shot as he fled Into
tbo house wilh his wife and daugh
ter, tho latter receiving a- wound
through the urm.
Seriously Injured, he told his
wife to bur tho doors and gave her
instructions In UBlng the shotgun,
u combersomo affair, which Inter
considered a relic, was shot aev
"m.n hv M. Robs. Khe held
KU11NRR1TE
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flttm
into the house, found Harris out
stretched In a pool of blood on the
floor and on the tabic found tiO
In money tho Harris family had
-Salhered together In apparent prep
aration to leave the seel Ion. Angus
took the gold and, becoming crazed
wilh madness and revfe, routed
half dozen or bo Indians who
were Kbeltered behind the log. He
rushed into the open, firing his pis
tol at the marauders, several of
whom were struck by his accu
rately aimed bullets.
They fled and the 'mother nnd
frightened daughter were then
found by Angus and brought to
Jacksonville. Mrs. Harris lived to
a ripe old age and her daughter
was mf rled to a son of a southern
Oregon pioneer family.
At the Harris cabin, after the In
dfuns had been routedi Angus
planned vengeanco against the en
tire Indian race and swore he
would kill every Indian ho met. It
was not long until he became
known as a killer.
"Once Angus was riding down a
trail," said MT. Hobs In lulling of
his Indian righting cousin, "and
saw a young buck. The buck made
his friendly sign and Angus made
Ills. The Indian dismounted and
walked toward liim. but before he'd
gone far Angus whipped out his
pistol and shot him dead. He took
pride In telling of his killings,
thinking he wns avenging the mas
sacres of Grave Creek.
"Another time lliiire wns a
friendly Indian employed by the
Beall brothers between Central
Point and Medford," Mr. Hoss con
tinued, "nnd one duy Angus, nlong
with the toulls and othera, Includ
ing tho Indian, set out after rungo
entile. Angus didn't llku the In
dian, although ho had been a fnlli
f ill employe. Aa they wore rlcline,
along 11:0 Indian turned nnd start
Angus was a miner as well as 1
fighter, but he didn't care for
money. It was adventure and ex
citement ho craved. He was trui
a son of the western1 frontier. He
braved the winter storms and lived
in places whore otherB dared not
live, but despite lliut he died a
number of years ago in sunny Cali
fornia from an alUick of pneumo
nia, tuking Ills place with tho hard)
pioneers who had gone on before
him, after having prepared the way
for the great west that was t
come, with Its big cities, fertile
farms and contented people, free
from the dangers of the Indian war
drhms and savagery of an ase gone
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Angus asked him whero he was
-ioliiK, and was told that ho was
going lo join the Apptegates, a
treacherous Indian tribe. Angus
didn't wait for another word and
shot the Indian from Hie saddle,
and put his gun up unruffled by
the experience.
"The Ueull brothers wero angry
over the ruthless killing, telling
Angus that ho wus a good Indinii
and had no reason to illo, nut An
gus told them ho was a good Indian
now.
Had Close Call
"Once ho nearly mot IiIb Water
loo, though, when he engaged In n
fight with a husky bravo, another
friendly Indian. Ho wns one ol
several redskins employed hy some
cattle ownerB to move caltlo to an
other range. Angus was in the
party when tho entile stampeded.
frightening tho savages, one 'of
whom, grabbed nt him .for protec
tion, hut he thought the Indian
was attacking him, and Immedi
ately drew out his knife. With a
mighty liinge he sent tho knife Into
the region of the Indian braves
ribs, hut the blade broke off.
"And then, you should have seen
the fight," related Mr. Hosb. "He
killed that Indian with the broken
off knife, but I was told by Angus
hlniBelf that It was a fight if ever
two men fought. Doth were of the
same weight nnd strength, with
the only advantage held by Angus
with the knife. The Indian wns
fighting for his life and tho oilier
was flght'ng to kill. Tho Indian
fought hard, but In vain, and an
other rodokln paid fur thu sIhb of
his fellows.
"Even after tho war with lh' In
dians, Angus' ven-teiillen did not
die. There was a medicine man
who made regular trips to Jackson
ville, coming through tho pine
groves west of Central Point, and
It seems Angus eveu bore hatred
for him, peaceable and likeable
lniin that he was. i
Slayer Boasts I
"Tho people of Jacksonville
missed tho old Indian and about n
week after his disappearance An
gus boasted to some one In n sa
loon thai If he would go lo a cer
tain log In the grovo ho would
find the missing man. . Tho old In
dlan was found covered up with
weeds nnd lenves. but August whh
never bothered for kllllux him.
"Anothor time," continued Mr.
Itoss. "porhnps It wns several years
earlier, Angus shot an Indian alone;
u fonco. Tho red man fell down
and Angus rushed over nnd scalped
hlu. taking his long black hair In
one bund nnd tho knife In tbo other
and cut bis scalp. This was hung
un his ligddlo horn and ho rode
leisurely to Jacksonville.
"Other riders, possibly It wns n
pack train (I wna told tho Henll
brothers wero In the party) came
riding by the same place, saw Hie
Indian and Imagined I hoy saw him
move. When they arrived In Jack
sonville they saw Angus' horsu anil
on lite saddle saw tho fresh scalp,
with blood still dripping. It was
not so very long until they heard
Win iHiiistltiK about klllln-t another 1
'red demon' nnd they told Angus
about seeing the Indian nlong the
train and told him about seeing or
thinking they saw him move. .
"That worried Angus," continued !
Mr. Hoss In his nurrutlon, "anil An-1
gus bud someono go nud seo if tho I
the final gnme Saturday noon.
Tho Btarllng lineups for the two
teams will be:
Hnlem Medford
Slgmiind t" Mcilvln
C. Kolly F llowerman
Heechler C McDonald
Ecker (1 Morgan
H. Kellv O Harnett
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and accnmlu shooter. The Kelly
brothers are also outstanding play
ers. Tho Siilotn'tenm defeated Hi
Chemnwa Indluns Tuesday night, lil
to 'Jli,. on their own floor, alter a
bitter struggle. Salem employed
the "stall" In the closing minutes
to win the victory, and tho Salem
fans who hooted Modford during
the state tourney went wild with
Joy ut tbo tactics, according to
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as follows:
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