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Johnson Found
Top '60 Choice
Of Colleagues
Washington -flJPD- Senate
Democratic Leader Lyndon B.
Johnson of Texas, who says he
is not a candidate, is the fav
orite for the 1960 presidential
nomination among Democrat
ic Senators now willing to de
clare a choice.
A United Press Internation
al survey of the Democratic
side of the Senate showed
yesterday that a number of
other candidates were viewed
as acceptable or as second
choices. This was particularly
true of other senators who
are regarded as potential contenders-John
F. Kennedy of
Massachusetts, Stuart Syming
ton of Missouri, and Hubert
H. Humphrey of Minnesota.
The four senators, who are
considered possible candi
dates, were not polled. Of the
60 others, 56 were contacted,
with this result:
Johnson, 17;
Kennedy, 4;
Humphrey, 2;
Gov. G. Mennen Williams,
(Mich.), 2;
Adlai E. Stevenson, 2;
Symington, 1;
Gov. Robert B. Meyner, (N.
J), 1; -
Sen. Albert Gore (Tenn.), 1.
Twenty-six were undecided
or unwilling to reveal a pref
erence with the Democratic
National convention still al
most 14 months away. Many
of those who named their
choice asked not to be identi
fied because they did not
want to offend other candidates.
The Democratic side of the
Senate is not a cross-section of
the party as it speaks at na
tional conventions. It does
not reflect the convention vot
ing power of the heavily pop
ulated states in which John
son's strength is not, yet, at
least, conspicuous.
States Get Heeded
Federal Property
Washington -flU- The Fed
eral government has been
helping individual states by
transferring to them surplus
property for educational, pub
lie health, and civil defense
projects.
Under the provisions of the
Federal Property and Admin
istrative Services Act of 1949
"Property no longer needed
by the Federal government"
is distributed by regional of
fices of the Department of
' Health, Education and Wel
fare to needy states.
Property transferred in
cludes hospital building sites
and buildings suitable for
dormitories, well as office,
school, and hospital furniture
In April, May and June of
1958 alone, $3,721,205 worth
- of real and $87,882,345 worth
of personal property was giv
en to various states of .the
union.
Journalism Class
Visits Mail Tribune
Members of the journalism
class from Medford High
school visited the Mail Trib
une plant Thursday and Fri
'Thursday, students toured
the news and engraving de
partments, arid Friday they
toured the composing and
pressroom departments. They
were accompanied by Vern
Wolthoff, instructor.
Students taking the tour
included Rosemary Eismann,
Tanya Enders, Peggy Fisch,
Margie Good, Robbie Jean
Hale, Connette Hinesly, San
dra Kline, Barbra Nulton, De
anna Russell and Noralene
SchelL
Area Tribe Called
Itself 'Taltelma'
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(Editor's not: This is another in a series of articles
taken from folders published by the Jackson County
Chamber of Commerce. Today's article reviews Indian
Wars of the Rogue Valley.
(Information in the folder came from the "History
of Southern Oregon by A. G. Walling. 1884; "The
History of Jackson County. Oregon " by William
Pierce Tucker. 1931: and Oregon Geographic Names.
Lewis A. McArlhur. 1944.)
The name "Rogue" is believed to have come from the
hostile reputation of the Indians in southern Oregon. Father
Blanchet's account, "The Catholic Church in Oregon," in
dicates that early French trappers referred to these Indians
as "Les Coquins" (the Rogues).
Technically the tribe called itself "Takelma," meaning
"those dwelling along the river." This tribe was loosely
organized under chieftains of scattered bands throughout the
basin. In 1850 there were probably no more than 500 living
in the Rogue, Applegate and Illinois valleys. By 1855 the
number had declined 25 per cent. In spite of this they
proved to be formidable foes even though outnumbered by
the superior forces of the white man..
Arrowheads made by the Rogue Indians are considered
the finest example of tribal craftsmanship in the United
States, according to collectors.
In the summer of 1852,
Chiefs Joe and Sam -with one
hundred Indians agreed, after
much coaxing from Skinner,
to a peace conference with the
whites. Unfortunately one
white man rudely prodded an
Indian with a rifle. The In
dian was shot when he turned
to grasp the weapon. In the
melee that ensued, 13 Indians
were killed. The others re
treated. A third treaty on
July 21, 1852, resulted from
the campaign that followed.
Indian Agent Skinner re
signed. Temporarily the
Rogues had no official repre
sentation, and were blamed
for many acts committed by
Modoc, Klamath and Shasta
renegades.
Treaty of 1853
Occasional incidents contin
ued to occur. In December of
1852 seven miners were mur
dered at Galice creek. Chief
Taylor and his band of braves
were found near there with
gold dust. Some were tried,
Early Hostility .
Contact with white men
came early in the century. In
1828 French Canadian fur
trappers from the Hudson's
Bay company passed through
the western part of Jackson
county. In 1832 representa
tives of the Hudson's Bay
post on the Umpqua visited
the southern Oregon area and
encountered Indian hostility.
This belligerent attitude,
prevalent from the Umpqua
to Sacramento, was true in
the Rogue valley. In June of
1836 the Turner party of eight
trappers was attacked by In
dians at the mouth of Foot's
creek. Two were killed and
several wounded.
In 1837 Ewing Young and
his party of 20, driving cattle
through tp the Willamette
valley, were attacked. Sep
tember, 1841, the Wilkes ex
ploring expedition noted the
hostile attitude of the Indians,
as did Nesmith in 1848 wnen
traveling through with 32 of
his companions. -Major
Conflict
The influx . of , settlers and
gold seekers early in 1850
caused more friction between
whites and . Indians. Indian
raids and robberies brought
Governor Joe .Lane to the
Rogue valley in May to nego
tiate the first treaty.
The Lane party, alert for
trouble, met the Rogues to
discuss peace terms. One hos
tile move by the Rogue chief
precipitated his seizure at
gunpoint. The action so im
pressed the chief that he was
given permission to carry the
governor's name; thereafter
he was known as Chief Joe.
Peace did not last long,
however. More raids and re
prisals followed.. In May of
1851 a man was killed while
camping near what is now
Phoenix. On June 1, 26 pros
pectors were attacked; on
June 2 four were robbed; on
June 3 an Oregon party was
attacked at Willow Springs
by Chief Chuckle-Head and
his band.
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Major Phil Kearney was
killed leading a punitive raid
against an Indian band near
Little Butte creek. During the
month of June about 50 In
dians were killed in isolated
incidents throughout the valley.
In July, 1851, Governor
Gaines concluded a second
treaty at Rogue River Cross
ing. This agreement reserved
lands on the north side of the
river for the Indians. Unfor
tunately the whites did not
respect the treaty and began
encroaching. The Indians held
Government - Agent Skinner
responsible for these violations.
Washington Boys
Arrested in Yreka
Yreka Two boys, 15 and
16 years old, escapees from
the Luther Burbank Boys
school in Washington, were
captured by Yreka police last
week after a patrolman fired
a shot over the head of one of
the boys to stop him.
The boys fled from a car
stopped at a filling station. A
shot in the air stopped the.
younger boy, and the other
was apprehended later, police
said.
Police said the boys admit
ted taking the car they were
operating in Halsey, Ore., and
admitted taking another car,
later abandoned, from a park
ing lot in Salem.
Selection Officer
Jo Visit Medford
Lt. Robert L. Alfred, Air
Force selection officer for
Oregon, Washington, Montana
and Idaho will be in Medford
May 27 to discuss the Air
Force's officer training school
with interested graduates, ac
cording to MSgt. Carson W.
Campbell, local recruiter.
Lieutenant Alfred may be
contacted at the local recruit
ing office in the post office.
building. The officer training
school enables graduates - of
college to obtain an Air Force
commission in the subject in
which they majored in college.
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convicted and hanged shortly
afterward.
During this brief period,
Chiefs Sam and Joe lived
peaceably with their bands by
the Table Rocks and were
welcomed in a number of pri
vate homes. Disturbances, if
any, were caused by the
younger warriors.
During August, 1853, open
warfare broke out. Approxi
mately nine whites and 11
Indians were killed in sporad
ic skirmishes. The Sam and
Joe bands sought the foothills
for protection against out
raged whites. A contingent of
60 men from Captain Alden's
command of 300 lost the first
battle to Chief John and his
50 warriors. Jo Lane soon
arrived from the Willamette
valley with 50 men. Two
sharp skirmfrties followed.
The Indians, both fearing and
respecting Joe Lane, sought
a peace conference.
Treaty Arranged
Backed by 400 soldiers a
treaty was arranged with 350
Indians under the cliffs of
Lower Table Rock on Sept.
10, 1853. Twenty-five hundred
square miles were , ceded to
the whites for which the In
dians were to get $45,000 in
trade goods and a temporary
preserve near Table Rock.
Peace in 1854 was enforced
by United States troops who
kept "fire eating" whites from
causing further trouble. Ani
mosity of the whites had in
creased tenfold. Only an oc
casional raid in the Ashland
area by Chief Typsu Tyee
clouded the peace of 1854.
Many settlers profited by
these conflicts. Supplies were
sold to the troops and Indian
damages were reimbursable
by the government.
Massacre
In 1855 white hatred and
fear of the natives increased.
Many wanted the Indians ex
iled. Others wanted them ex
terminated. The worst disaster was prer
cipitated on Oct. 7, 1855, when
Captain Hayes and Major
Lupton led a party of 40 Jack
sonville volunteers in a sur
prise attack against an un
armed Indian village at Little
Butte creek.
Twenty, old and young of
both sexes were unjustly
mowed down in cold blood.
Two days later, on Oct. 9,
1855, 40 warriors revenged
this atrocity. They started
down river killing whites and
burning ranches; nearly 20
setters died that terrible day.
By November 1, 700 whites
were mobilized. Indian bands
sought refuge in the wild area
of the lower Rogue. The first
engagement was fought at
Bloody Springs. In two days
nine volunteers were killed
and 20 wounded. The troops
and volunteers blocked the
Indian escape route east
through the winter of 1855.
December of that year, back
in the Rogue valley, eight In
dians were killed at Little
Butte creek ' by Captain Al
corn's forces. The same day
18 were killed at the mouth
of Big Butte creek by Cap
tain Rice's troop of 34 men.
The 1856 Campaign
Low re-enlistments and vol
unteers returning to ranches
diminished the forces to
around 250 poorly disciplined
men in the spring of 1856.
Meanwhile, fears for the se
curity of Chief Sam's Table
Rock band caused its removal
to a 70-mile long coastal reser
vation between Cape Perpetua
and Cape Lookout.
The major battle of the
1856 spring campaign oc
curred at the Big Meadows
near Illahe ' on the lower
Rogue. Numerous skirmishes
developed but the Indians
managed to slip quietly into
the heavy timber.
With the arrival of reinforce
ments, surrender was com
pleted in July, 1856, includ
ing Chief John's band of 35.
These were moved to a col
lection point at Port Orford
and later to the reservation
165 miles up the Oregon coast.
At the end of hostilities the
number of Rogue Indians to
taled somewhat less than 500.
According to the limited
information available, 103
whites were killed in the
Rogue valley between 1851
and 1856. Indians killed dur
ing the same period totaled
175 or more, but this record
is inaccurate.
Decline
In 1857 a census at the
coastal reservation, including
Rogue, Umpqua, Coquille and
a scattering of other tribes
was 2,049. The reservation
was cut in 1866 to a fraction
of its former size and the ter
ritory opened to white set
tlers. In 1869 Indians left on
the reservation numbered
half that of the '57 count.
Today, after 103 years of
exile, little can be traced of
the Rogue tribal unit. Theirs
has been the fate of the pas
senger pigeon and the buffalo
whose mark is not on the
land, but in scattered foot
notes on the pages of history.
Jackson County
Chamber of Commerce
1959
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On May 21 and 22 peace
was arranged at Oak Flat.
Surrender was set for May
26, 1856, at the Big Meadows.
None came. On May 27, Chief
John and 40 warriors encir
cled the camp at Big Meadows
and attacked. Other bands
joined, totaling probably less
than 200 warriors. Twenty
nine volunteers were killed
or wounded in two days.
Up river, meanwhile,
Chiefs Limpy and George sur
rendered to another force.
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