HOOD EIVER 50 YEARS AGO
(Continued from last week.)
On reaching home we found every
thing in commotion. The Indians had
gathered in (or council and were evi
dently much excited. The parties who
were signaling across the river in the
morning proved to be a buck and his
squaw who had been held as prisoners
by Showouwai; a brother of Kamiuken,
because he had refused to let the chief
have a rifle to which he had taken a
fancy. They had been seven days com
ing from the Himcoe reservation and
had experienced fearful hardships on
the way over from hunger and fatigue ;
having come nearly all the way through
snow, in some places many feet deep.
They brought news that the hostiles
were to start so as to reach the Cascades
the very day that they had reached the
river. They had strained every ne.-ve
in order to reach us sooner and give tike
alarm, but were too late.
My brother Eugene immediately
started for the landing to interceDt the
little steamer Mary, which was then
coming in sight, and communicate the
news to them. Their reply sent a thrill
of terror through every heart. They
themselves had been in the fight
ana naa by the greatest chance, barely
escaped with their lives, and some had
been seriously if not mortally wounded,
and were then on board. Their advice
FIRST SETTLER AT WHITE SALMON
V ;
E. S. JOHL1N.
was for us to fly with our lives, as in all
propabilitv every soul at the Cascades
would be killed, as the woods were full
of Indians. About sundown a courier
arrived, bringing the news' that Brad
ford's store, where all the whites at the
Upper Cascades were congregated, had
been captured, as the Indians could be
seen carrying flour and other things out
of it. (This was a mistake as it was the
Bush house which had been abandoned
and was afterward looted by the In
dians.) A council was at once called, Indians
included. They on their part promised
to station guards all along the river and
to send couriers to the Cascades, and
this promise was faithfully executed.
After they had gone it was unanimously
decided that we should at' all hazards
a'tempt to reach The Dalles. We had
all confidence in the Klickitats; they
had been proven, but were satis
fied the others could not be trusted. Our
only route was by the river, and the
craft a large Chinook canoe which had
been hid in the brush near where the
present wagon bridge crosses Hood river,
and was owned by an old Indian named
Waucusha. This canoe was an ex
ceptionally fine one, capable of carrying
30 or 40 passengers. ,
At about midnight the entire white
population of Hood River left their
homes and marched in single file to the
river, where we met the canoe and
started on our lonely journey. As we
quietly paddled our canoe through the
silent water we heard the Indian guards
signaling along the shore, from one to
another until far up and down the river
came the answering calls.:. We had been
discovered, and in less ', time than it
takes to read it, every camp had been
appraised of our fight
About noon the next day, when near
Klickitat river, we met both little
steamers, Mary and Wasco, fairly blue
with soldiers, and loaded to the guards
with cavalry and munitions of war. on
their way to the relief of .the Cascades.
They stopped as they came to us, in
quiring (or news. We gave them what
we had heard from the courier the night
before, and they hurried on. How their
polished rifles and bayonets gleamed
and shimmered in that noon-nay sun!
and their clanking sabers made sweet
WIFE OF THE FIRST SETTLER AT
WHITE SALMON.
MARY L. JOSLYN.
music to our care-worn ears. How fierce
. .1 KrauaanH onnl thpv Inokpdl Oh!
would thev be in time? About 3 o'cjock
we reached The Dalles, w here almost
. w .wmm !q t i,,u tnrnAti nut to meet
l 1 1 (J -
us. inauiring for news. And there our
journey ended.
I cannot close this article without a
tribute of praise to those true and loyal
Klickitats, mho so bravely stood by the
whites in that trying year. Truer
hearted men never lived. Tried by the
test of battle, they proved themselves
i . l i i. . ....
men even inougn ineir neurit uc
. akin Thiv have nearly all
UCI v. u J - - J
Kaouwl m-er tn their haitD? hunting
grounds and scarcely remnant of their
race remains. Among me ioom promi
nent of them were Johnson, Queumps,
Yallup, Snataps and Johnnie. There
were others that I cannot call to mem
ory. Among the Hood River Indians
bender and Charley Copiax, and both
were unwavering in fealty to the whitea.
Thar, im atill another, whose character
as a friend to tlie pale face is open to
serious douots nu own buiuiiwiuu
places him ia the fight against Major
lialleron Simeoe mountains. By the
evidence of all others, his hand applied
wrva mat nrea tne Joslyn bouses,
and by implication that same right hand
was crimsoned with the blood of inno
cents at the Cascade massacre. I refer
to Old White Salmon Dave, a notoriowt
begger and a would be pensioner of Bro.
John Cradlebaugh. t
There is also a scrap of unwritten his
tory concerning the plans of that wily
old chief, Kamiaken. He had decided
upon war, and his plan was first to cap
ture the Cascades, then leaving sufficient
force to hold that place, come up the
river and attack The Mies, compelling
all the Indiana to join him. Ana there
is no doubt in my mind that, with few
exceptions, all the tribes would have
joined his standard. From The Dalles
the movement waa to continue east
ward until the entire country east of the
Cascades was clear of whites. The cam
paign waa well planned but poorly exe
cuted. All that saved ht Cascades,
however, was a very fortunate accident,
one of those happenings which seems to
to be the direet work of Providence. A
large Dody of. United States troops was
on its way to the eastern pprt of the terri-
frtrv a rwl Vamialfan Mtnn fiilln .nAMinJ
wji nmuiaagu WOO 4MII tUlUIUIDU
as to the intentions of: the troops.
Couriers on fleet horses waited the
movement of the troops and on their
rlttnarturA frnm TKa . nulla, th.-
of the couriers were urged to their ut
most speea to Kamianen g camp, wbo at
once started his warriors for the Cas
cades. But the troops (only made a
three-mile march and went into camp
to await the arrival of arms and ammu
nition which had koan AaiainaA tt ttiA
Cascade portage, and were to have been
shipped by the steamer the very day of
the attack. So the detention not only
furnished those in Bradford's store with
an abundance of arms and ammunition,
but detained the troops within easy
reach of the boats. This information re
garding Kamiaken all came through the
Indiana that had escaped from Chief
Showaway's clutches.
Bat my story must close. You who
are now scattered throughout the length
and breadth of this beautiful vallty can
but little realize the situation then or
the constant fear that for over a year
was in every breast. It seems, to me
now more like a dream than a reality.
Leaves from an Old Diary.
Our meteorological record commences
February 1, 1867, but no family record
was kept until June, 1858. I read from
the record:
"Sunday, October 15, 1857. Ther
mometer broke by the first frost that
touched It."
This was a serious loss, as we were
unable to obtain another one until the
following June.
Almost the first entry I find is on
June 3 "Took 19 bushels potatoes to
Dalles; sold for $2.50 per bushel."
Farm hands came high those days.
From an old account nook I read:
"William Paige, by work commencing
May 1, 1867, to October 23-5 mos., 22
days 1238.00" (or 40 per month and
board). This man Paige was an old
English sailor whom my father picked
up in Portland and hired for a year at
$40 per month and board. He after
wards obtained unenviable notoriety
by his connection with the noted Ma
gruder murders near Lewiston, Idaho,
about 1804 or 1805. Paige, with three
others, brutally murdered a packer
named Magruder and his entire party
of five or six. for their money, and es
caped to California. They were cap
tured In Ban Francisco and taken back
to Lewiston. Paige turned state's evi
dence and saved his neck; his three
companions were banged. He was af
terwards shot dead in a saloon brawl.
August 10, 1858, a young man by the
name of Arthur Gordon, who, with his
cousin Henry, had been at work on the
river, took up the claim afterwards
known as the Peter Neul place, and my
brother Eugene took up a claim be af
terwards sold to Jesse Neal, sou of
old Peter.
August 15, I read, "Peaches and
plums begin to ripen." And on the
20th, "Took two oushels peaches to
Dalles; these brought 25 cents a pound."
Some time during the summer, 8. B.
Ives and family and A. C. Phelps
moved up from the Cascades. Ives lo
cated on what we called Round Prai
rie, west and north of the Belmont
church, aud Phelps directly west, on
the creek, later known us Phelps creek,
Patton creek and Fall "brook. Later an
old sailor named Cowperthwaite took
up the place south of the Ives place,
afterward owned by Ward, Whitcomb.
Pratt and others. Amos Underwood
and John M. Marden also located on
what Is now known as the Haynes
Mortou farm, and a mau named Wil
son on the BaKTtt place.
N. 8. Benson, who went East in the
early fall, to get him a wife, returned
In November, bringing, also, Miss Mag
gie Williams, J. M. Benson's fiancee.
These new arrivals made a welcome
(Continued on 4th page.)
LOW PEIC1S BUG TRADE
Hardware.
All new, fresh, modern a complete
stock bought in quantities which se
cured bed-rock cost. ' Everything for
the Farmer, Carpenter, Logger, Ma
son and Builder., ,
Building Material
We furnish every item entering into the
making of any kind . of building, ex
cept rough lumber. '.; A reduction of
about 20 per cent on Doors and Win
dows, with a falling off in cost of Nails
and Hardware makes building easy.
Ask to see our new styles in Windows
and Art Glass.
Stoves & Tinware
Sufficent to say we are sole agents for
Universal Stoves and Ranges $27 to
$65, every one warranted. Cook and
Camp Stoves, $2.50 to $27.
Picture Framing
New methods, new stock, of. moldings-
prices and work guaranteed.
Boatmen
We carry ROSIN TAR OKUM.
Carpets & Matting
Carpets, 35c to $1.10 per yard ; Matting,
12)ic to 40c per yard ; Linoleum, 55c
to $1.50 per yard. Couch covers, Por
tiere and Shades. 1
Heavy Hardware
Such as Bolts, Hinges, Screws bought
after the great drop in price. We
price accordingly.'
Saws
Agents for Simond'6 Cross-cut saws. A
full stock of Diston's Hand Saws. You
don't have to take any old thing we
have what yon want.
STEWART,
The House Furnisher.
'PHONE 111.
Vith' the result that more
trade has justified a well
equipped modern store, in
which we handle carloads
with less expense than tons
formerly cost. With this
change has come 'Re
duced Expenses, and in
return for this we now Re
duce Your Costs at
STEWARTS
Lime' Screen Doors
Afreah carload (Tory 2-and M, 95c. Win
80 days. Single bar- dow Screens, 30o, 86o
wimi.W. and 40c
Lawn Mowers Grass Hooks
TO be had at 13.75, M 85c to 60c: Garden
and np to SIX -. Trowels, 10c, 16c, 25c.
WatersPruners Sewing
Eight and 10 feet, tl. Machlnes-$18, 120, SW
Pruning heart, GOo, and 1M0 up to a Par
76oandll. lor cab at S7-all
warranted, Machine
needles for all
1 Brooms makea, 2c
Ws do andemell, a . . ., . "
new make-try one. POCKCt Knives
Gem Safety Fy warranted, tor
Baior Het 12, K, 18. o and up.
Seasonable Goods
Priced Right.
Fencing
For Lawn and Field, 20c to 85c per rod,
and a stretcher loaned for setting.
' Barbed wire, in four grades; Ponltry
netting, 50c per 100 feet. .
Clock Shelves
And Mantel Shelves from 35c to (5. Ask
to see the assortment.
Tents and Hammoks
Tents from $5 up, according to size
and weight. Hammocks, 11, (1.50 up
to7.
Brushes.
Sash tools, 5c to 30c ; Varnish, 10c to
$1.60; Paint, 15c to f 2.50; Kalsomine,
3 to $4.50: Scrub, Shoe, Shaving,
Horse, Sink and Stove brushes. Coun
ter and Floor brushes. Buy brushes
where you see something and get
something for your money. Goods
imported directly from the world's
largest factory.
Furniture
Two carloads since - December 1, all con
tracted for before the advance in
price, which places us in shape to defy
every market. We invite careful in
spection of goods and prices.
Paints, Oils, Glass
As agents for Pure Prepared we guar
antee every sale. Our Zincs, Leads
and Oils are absolutely pure, and our
arrangement with the factory author
izes a guarantee of goods and prices.
' We sell all kinds of Lubricating oils,
EVERYTHING IN GLASS.
Guns ammunition
22 Rifles, $1.75, $3.50, $6, $14., Smoke
less and semi-smokeless Cartridgs in
full assortment.
Camp Outfits
All complete, and at little coBt. Tents,
Stoves, Chairs, Tables, Axes, Cooking
Utensils, Camp Stools and Lounging
Chairs.
Kitchen Furniture
Every little convenience you ever heard
of is here, and priced to secure trade.
Genuine triple-coated Chrysolite ware
is warranted. .
Cheap Granite
Ware-rwe have it. . 8 qt Kettle, 95c ;
Copper Bottom Boilers, 90c; Copper
Bottom Kettles, 60c; 14 oi Copper
Boilers, $2.75.
The Laundry
Washing machines, $3.50 to $8 ; Wring
ers, 5 year guarantee, $1.40 to $1.50;
Straddle Clothes Pins, 2c g; Spring
Clothes pins, 5c g; Clothes Lines, 10c
and 20c. "
STEWART-
A Complete Carpenter.
SECOND AND STATE STS."
Closing
On
Sale !
We Have
Ladies' Dress Goods,
Flannels,
Blankets,
ladies' Underwear,
Men's Shirts,
ladies' and Children's Hose,
Mackintoshes,
Gloves,
Que ens ware,
Cutlery,
Shirt Waists,
German Sox,
Men's Hats,
Axes,
Rubbers,
ladies' Arctics,
And dozens of other articles
i
Bed Spreads,
Comforters,
Rubbers,
Children's Underwear,
Sweaters,
Shoes for everybody, 1
Mackinaws, -
Children's Suits,
Glassware,
lanterns,
House lining,
Mrs. Potts' Sad Irons,
- Cow Bells,
Mattocks,
Rubber Boots,
Men's Arctics,
usually carried in a general store
We mean
n
oUSifiieSS:
Intend to Retire. Outside business De
mands Our Attention.
We are now working for you. You can. have all the protlt. We are paying expense out of capital.
No profit to us la these goods. Our price, will convince you. There is a good substantial Christmas
preaeot lor every man, woman ana cnlld la the valley In our store at factory prices.
bone & Mcdonald.
Additioiis
01
HILL
This magnificent location is now being plotted and will
soon be placed on the market, and surpasses anything that
has ever been offered as
RESIDENCE PROPERTY.
It is high and sightly and is furnished with an abun
dance of the purest spring water from
MY OWN PLANT.
The soil is very sandy, so you get no seepage from
cess-pools or closets. '.
It is only one block from the ..Waucoma school house.
The Unitarian church is in process of construction adjoin
ing this plot, and the Episcopal church will soon be built in
the very center of this addition. '
Ypu have always wanted a lot in my STRAWBERRY
FIELD, and now is your time to get one.
We start at bedrock prices, with terms 25
per cent cash, balance to suit the purchaser.
Don't wait until prices go up, but secure a handsome site at once.
Map and all information at the office of George D. Culbertsoii & Co., on
Oak street.
RIVERVIEW PARK.
BEGIN THE YEAR RIGHT !
o
You will never regret it if you buy some of our bargains, as
Hood River Real Estate
WILL NEVER BE AS CHEAP AGAIN. We can offer
you fine City Lots on grade, with good water
and fine view on EASY TERMS.
SPECIAL INDUCEMENTS TO THOSE WHO
WILL BUILD. v
Streets will be improved in the Spring. For
full particulars see ." . :
Prather Investment Co.
HOOD RIVER, OREGON.
E. A. SOULE,
Contractor
and Builder.
Plans and Intimates Furnished
Upon Application.
Established 1881.
C. T. HAW80N.
F. II. BTANXON,
HOOD RIVER NURSERY.
We respectfully announce to the public that we have for the
coming planting seasons a fine lot of trees of all kinds.
Thrifty, Smooth, and True to Name.
Orders are now being booked as received and varieties furnished
as long as they last. This season will witness larger plantings of
single sorts than any in the history of this valley, and to get what
you want will necessitate early orders.
We would also state that we are prepared to furnish for next ,
season's planting any number and ANY VARIETY, GKOWN . .
ESPECIALLY FOIi YOU.
Long experience in the nursery business enables us to gunrantee
satisfaction. '
Nursery on East Side, at crossing of Jfeal creek. Ordqrs solicited. -
RAWSON & STANTON, Hood River, Or.
FOR
Books, Stationery, School Supplies,
GO TO
Good Values, -Everything
New In
On the square.
School Supplies, . ;
Legal Blanks,
Oregonian,
Crepe Paper,
Orders taken for and
Magazines
'Sold.
Free Delivery.
Phone 571.
O.B.HARTLEY,
Hood River, Or.,
-DEALER IN-
Groceries, Fruits and Wood.
H. F. JOCHIMSEN,
Real Estate Dealer,
Has Lands of nil kinds in Hood River valley for
sale at from $." an acre up to $400. St rawlterry
land, apple land, Meadow land and Timber lands.
Also, Town Lots and Blocks.
See Him for Bargains.
FASHION STABLE.
Livery, Feed and Draying.
STRANAHANS & BAGLEY.
Horses bought, .old or exchanged.
rieasure parties can secure fitst-class rigs. Spe
cial .tteution given to moving Furniture
and l'ianos.
We do everything horse, can do.
HOOD RIVER, OREGON.
Flrat nJ Oak bu.
Fliou T03
PAGE & SON,
Pioneer Fruit and Produce
111
ill
1
PORTLAND, - - OREGON.
Solicit Consignments of Apples,
Pears; all Green and Dried Fruit.
ol7tf
EUREKA
Meat Market.
MeGuiKE Bitos., Fropr's.
IX'hUts In Fresh and Cured Meals, Lard
Poultry, Fruits and Vegetables.
Free Delivery. Phone 35.
Aud time may go, but we will con
. tinue to do all kinds of plain and
fancy
Job Printing
at the same old stand, satisfactorily
aud expeditiously.
Your orders respectfully solicited.
E. R. BRADLEY.
Regulator Line
Steamers.
Regulator and Dalles City.
Between Portland and The Dalles daily
except Sunday.
, Leaves The Dalles 7 a. ni.; arrive at
Portland 4 p. ra.
lA'tive Portland 7 a. in.; arrive at
The Dalles 5 p. m.
Leave Hood River, down, 8:30 a.m.
Arrive Hood Kiver, up, 8:30 p. m.
II. C. CAMPBELL,
General Manager.
-THE
Barber Shop,
On the Hill,
S. C. JACKSON, Proprietor. Will
do plrture framing in connection. Room
moldings and all kinds of picture and window
Klnxs eoimlimtly ou hand. Call anil.ee sam
I'l" of wall p:i!ei Phone
Water& Light Notice
All waler and lijjht hills are payable at the
H(id Kiv-r i-.l.Ttric Liht, I'ower and Water
Co. b ollii e fi'iini I lie 1st to the lUtU of the
month, in advance.
o;lllf w. C. EVAN3, Manager.
Wanted.
A man to make good money (rr himself In
the next few week. A man who understands
pruning fmlt trees preierred. Call at
11 ANNA'S GROCERY.
Buggy for Sale.
A secoud-huu'i Isuggy forsalet'HKAP. Ap
p!y to If.TJ H. R. KKW1N.
Blacksmithing
And wngim repairing attended to promptly t
my shop on t lie Mt.Haid road, south or town.
Good work at reasuiiuble prices.
aepl7 U. A. HOWELL.
For Sale.
Irt and 11-room house 6r sale cheap for
cah. A good cellar and free water. Apply to
BlU A. KU.IC'N. Hood River.
Early Rose Potatoe3
For sale at ll.TO per IO0 , at my place, or
wiil deliver in Ujd. Also, Mills' Karly roi
tunc folMUfa. H. A. HACKKTT.
Strawberry Plants.
MHW nrst-elaw H!ra lHTTv 1'lanta wanted
bv IKK M. WIIJ!t,
mS Hood River, 1T.
"Wanted."
Healthy, clean, Indastrlona, truatwoiihy
bov under 1 taii4 Willi light wnrk. Horn
mil Applvanvdav rteept Tueday
or Friday to MRS. MKRCKR.
Formerly Carl Ruaa placa.