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TILLAMOOK
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Ea rly Se ttlemen t
of Tillamook
County
By Warren N. Vaugh-
(Continued from previous issue)
Finding no Indians, our guide said
the way to call them to gether was
to fire guns, we had five with us,
and as we wanted to get across the
Nehalem, which is a stream of con­
siderable width, we fired off our guns
to attract attention, We fired several
volleys, but all to no purpose. We
will here state that we wanted the
Indians to ferry us over the river.
It was now nearly dark and it be­
gan to rain, so we took shelter in an
Indian hut for the night, hoping that
in the morning we would find some
means of crossing the river, or bay
as it is now called. After supper
Cook told us that if it did not blow
too hard in the morning we could
make a raft and cross over. We had
but very little food left and was rath­
er regretting making so hearty a
supper leaving so little for breakfast,
not knowing how long we would have
to stop here. We took a few loose
boards spreading out our blankets
prepared for a solid nights rest,
Scene from "What’s the Matter with Father?” Maggie and Jiggs production which will be put on by
when we were suddenly aroused by
local Rebekah lodge here this and tomorrow evening. Local people will make up the cast.
hearing fire crackle. Harry Haines
was building up the fire, said he,
“boys, I am going to sit here, for I them out of the logs about 20 inches were near the goal. We reached the year 1850 from Clatsop county, Ore-
am just about chawed up by fleas.” wide and as long as they wanted their entrance soon after dark and hired an gon, by sea, he hired a man to bring
I was so tired out I fell off to sleep house, they hewed them on both sides
Indian to take us up the bay as far him down in a whale boat with the
so soundly that the “lively flea” did
until
they
were
about
two
inches
in
as
Bay City now is, from there we few effects he had. Two or three
not trouble me, but now I was awake
we were all alike, there was no more thickness, these were laid crosswise walked along the water front, we other men agreed to join him, but at
sleep that night, we got through it of the house for a roof, the same as were unaware of the sloughs, and it the last moment went back on him,
by singing songs and yarning. Final­ we put on siding—they last a long being dark the result was that Haines so he came alone. He located on the
ly daylight came, and with it torrents time, many years, and are considered and myself sounded the depths of one place now owned by Mr. Gienger,
quite suddenly, it was not long how­ formerly known as “Peters place,”
of rain and heavy winds from the quite valuable to them.
southwest. Cook said, no crosisng
Well, as soon as our raft was ready ever, before we scrambled out on the from the late Peter Morgan. Joe
the river for us to day, boys. This we shoved her off, and found she opposite side of the bank. This was our found a large spruce tree on the edge
made us all feel miserable. Poor worked fine, although the water came first experience in traveling over tide of the woods near the prairie, that
Harry Haines said, “Now I wish I over it some, but it did not us much, lands. We all at once saw a bright was burned hollow which he made
had gone back home from Tillamook Our blankets were saturated, but we light before us and made for it, and answer for his house, here he dwelt
Head, when I wanted to, then I should [ said "those lively cusses should not about 10 p. m. drew up before a for several months, until he could
not have been in this scrape.” I. eat another mouthful, so let them decent looking house occupied by a find a way of building himself a
said, “Never take hold of the plow ■ drown.” We got over all right, and man named Samuel Howard who was house. The place was full of Indians
and look back, Henry
but press shouldering our packs again, started a batch and was just about retiring and they were not very willing that
forward and when we get to Tilla­ down the river as fast as possible, for the night. We were overjoyed the white man should posses any of
mook we may find something that with Cook ahead. We all felt so re­ at our great good luck for being their land, however, Joe was allowed
will please us much.” “Yes,” said he,1 joiced at our getting across that we about tired out and not having had to take some land and live on it as
“but I can’t see that we are ever almost forgot how hungry we were, what might be called a nights sleep their “Tillacom” or friend. He lived
going to get there, we have been until we came to where the rock is, for several nights. We were all here alone until 1851, when I came
for the last three months getting to just above “Wood Alderman’s,” near quite welcome, our guide, Cooke, had here, I am a Norwegian by birth and
Tillamook and we are not likely to the creek. The seas were rushing in brought him a little medicine from a sailor by profession, as Joe did not
get there now, I think we had better quite big, a roller came in very high Astoria. Sam had been supping off care much about living here among
make a start for Astoria, this very ' and as it receded, left a fine silver- a fine pot pie of ducks, we soon got the Indians and.were willing to sell,
morning, while we have a part of a j side salmon on the riffle. I made a outside of what was left, and he in­ I bought him out.”
Such was Sam Howards narrative.
meal left to eat.” Cook laughed at lunge for him, but he got away. sisted on getting more supper, but
him and said, we will cross tomorrow, | Cook said, wait, another will come, this we would not allow him to do, I may state right here that J. C.
and we shall not starve for we can as they are trying to get up into it being late. He was told of our be­ Champion did not return to this
kill some ducks and live fat.” “Well,” j fresh water, Sure enough up came ing detained on the Nehalem, and county for several years and is now
replied Henry, “I am ready for a; another, this time Mr. Haines made loss of sleep, he remarked if that was an invalid on this county.
About this time a man named
hunt, will you go?”
Looking at for him, and got fastened on to him, the case, he’d bet we had lots of
son came and located on what is
Cook. “Certainly,” said he, so away but Mr. Salmon was nearly getting “Indian company” in our clothes, and
clean supply of known as the Davidson place, and put
they started using two rifles. I was away, when Henry fell right on to him furnishing us with a
shirts and drawers, requested us to on it a band of cows. He came from
holding
right
onto
him
with
both
left alone to take care of camp.
hands and brought him safely out, change and he would fix things in the Astoria, the cows belonged to a Mr.
About midday theyreturned, wet as ’
and the fact of having meat made us morning. We soon turned in and fell Powers of Astoria. Wilson took them
rats, and no game. It stormed so feel hungry again. We built a fire into a sound sleep. I discovered next on shares, they were the first cows in
that they could not get near any wild right away and soon had Mr. Salmon morning that Sam had been up all Tillamook. Mr. Wilson was the first
birds. I had a good fire and we had in pieces roasting. We were fairly night boiling water and washing our I settler on the river which bears his
just enough coffee left to make one ; eating, when we were surrounded by clothes and everything was dry and name. Howard and Wilson lived here
drink around, we remained by the Are i Indians.
Cook spoke to them and ready for us to put on. This was a amongst the Indians, the only white
until quite late when we tried to get; soon learned they were from the vil­ great act of kindness and was highly settlers in the county, until the spring
a little sleep, but Oh! the lively flea, lage where we had experienced such appreciated by us. We were desir­ of 1852, although several men came
we had to sit up nearly all night.
difficulty in getting across the river. ous of learning a little of Sam’s his­ in from Clatsop, Yamhill and Polk
At daylight a cry was raised. “A They told how they had left fishing tory, and, as he was a right good counties.
canoe!”
“A canoe on the river!” | and gone to a dance at the mouth of fellow and as happy as a clam at high
In the spring of 1852 a Mr. Eld­
We all rushed forward filled with joy, j Tillamook bay, now “Garibaldi.” tide, he did not hesitate in giving us redge Trask and Mr. Nathan Dough­
only to meet with another disappoint-: "Hyhn Indians”—Indian Sam was the following interesting facts.
erty came in to look at the county,
ment, for it turned out to be nothing making “Tanuranimas,” this was a
“This house was built by Joe Cham­ the former took up 640 acres on
but an old log floating down with a great Indian Doctor. ' These men pion, he was a “batch” and the first what is called the Trask river,
lot of shags standing upon it. We i would lie down, sing and talk of white settler here. He came in the (named after Mr. Trask) now own-
still held on to the hope of being able I strange things,
Their manner of
to construct some kind of a raft, to dancing was, three or four men had
cross over on, at high tide, which long poles with images carved on
would be about 2 p. nt. but it again them and painted, in the dance house
commenced to blow and rain like the same number of poles were placed
blazes. Cook and Harry started out with on«' end on the floor ami the
on a hunt and returned with a poor other end leaning against the wall
old crippled goose, as thin as a snail, next the roof, on these poles loops of
We wish to announce that on November 1st we
(I always enteitained th«' idea they rawhide were fastened near the top,
are opening a cash feed store in the Edmunds
killed it to save it from dying a na­ through these loops, the poles the
tural dea.h), anyhow, while the boys men carried were inserted, having
Building in Tillamook in the location formerly
were drying their clothes, I dressed, seated themselves with the doctor
occupied
by the Hillsboro Trading company.
or rnther undressed, the goose, and lying on the floor, they began to sing
its frame roasting on sticks before or chant, beating correct time by lift­
Our feeds have been sold more or less in Til­
the Are. About 5 p. m. our goose ing the end of the pole and tapping
was ready and you bet it was a sweet it on the floor. The doctor was dressed I
lamook county for a number of years and we be­
morsel tough, but sweet, and the ■simply with a “loin girdle” the body
lieve
the quality of the feeds put out by us has al­
rain washed it down. The wind was fully painted. The signal to com- '
ways
given satisfaction. It will be our intention
all th«> tim<* blowing a perfect hurri­ mence th«> ceremony was by the doc­
to carry a full line of QUALITY FEEDS and sell
cane—no possible hope of getting tor springing to his feet, men, women
across, night came on again and we and children all joined in the chant­
them at as low prices as is consistent with good
were compelled to pass another most ing. they would keep it up for about
business. We will sell only for cash or on short
miserable night, how even Indiana twenty minutes, then rest a spell.
time
secured paper and we believe that with our
could fimi rest in their huts was past The doctor would abstain from food
buying
ability and connections in the Willamette
by comprehension, but 1 suppose they for eight or nine days, the longer
Valley
we
will be able to give the feeders of the
are like the hogs, become us«>d to he fasted the greater doctor he was,
them. The wind ami the rain ceased dancing would be kept up the whole
Tillamook country real service.
'n the night and the morning broke time. Indians who came a long dis­
with fair weather, we were stirring tance would be given a small pres- j
This Tillamook branch will be operated un­
by daylight and Cook said we could ent for the pleasure of their attend- I
der the name of “The Cash Feed Store” and will
cross if we would hurry and get ance, but to resume. We told them
things ready. We took two long we had been kept about three days :
be under the personal charge of Mr. Herman F.
boards from one of the huts, ami fas­ across the river and nothing to eat
Reese who has had long experience in the feed
tening them together with an old rope they expressed their sorrow for us '
business.
are found and bound sticks aeroes, we and at once gave us a quantity of
made paddles out of pieces of board, dried elk meat, which we considered
and got a couple of long poles, by this fine. They started for their fishing
means we pushed the raft along grounds, we resumed our journey
where shallow, and used our paddles down the beach about eight miles to
where it was deep water. I would the entrance of Tillamook Bay, but
like to tell right here how the Indians we were now greatly refreshed and
made their boards or plank, they split traveled like horses knowing that we
Cash Feed Store
Buchaman Grain & Feed Co
Hillsboro, Ore.
'A
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER U
HEADLIGHT
ed by Wm. Perkins, W. F. Holden Tillamook was termed “Skipanon,” I December 15, ’52 and Captain'
‘. We told sold his salmon for $17 no
and others, Mr. Dougherty also took or landing in
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h
them in the morning we wanted a in San Francisco.
up 640 acres, it is now divided into
After »Pending a short «ime in
several farms, these two men after canoe, they sad, “hias close.” or in
English,
“
very
good."
In
the
morn
­
!°.t ’52matde arrangem^ on M
selecting their claims, returned to
ing we went down to the point and 1st, 53, to again come to Till..
Clatsop dbunty for their families.
an Indian named “Tes-tes-no" was In addition to myself and g
Just at this date a man named
there with a canoe, we embarked, and Hames there joined us in “
Means arrived at Astoria with a the Indian pushed us off. Cook said Ithia time- Mr- John Tripp, A1A
brigatine called the “Quadratus,” it would take about two hours to terbrook and Mr. Roode \
150 tons burden, engaged in salmon reach the landing. The morning was by way of Astoria. Myself J
fishing, and hearing of Tillamook very foggy, we paddled for about ' Halnes had selected claim, th.
Bay and that it was famous for sal­ one hour when we ran ashore and we previous. Mr. Haines selected‘
mon, he concluded to come here and found that we had made a circle and c*a>m the plat whereon now .
be prepared to fish by May 1st. his was landed on “Kilchis Point” again. the town of Tillamook. I aelect"
vessel was manned by a crew of Cook said it was owing to the fog. claim I am now on. Mr. Roode
eight men, Mr. Dougherty and family | We then hired Tes-tes-no to take us sawmill man and came with the
consisting of wife and two children, to the landing, He made it in about tion of locating a saw mill site.
came in as passengers. This was the one and a half hours all safe. No
We took passage on the
first white family in Tillamook coun­ person was then living there and we
steamer
Washington for Oregon
ty. They stopped with Sam Howard at once took the trail for Eldredge
until Mr. D. could make a home for Trasks living south of Prairie on the next day we reached the Lot
them. Mr. Means also owned a sloop banks of the river, his family con­ comb for Astoria, which port a
of 10 tol2 tons burden, and as he sisted of himself, wife and six child­ tered next morning. We each
could utilize her, when he had not ren. He was very happy and said he chased an outfit, engaged a
freight to make up a cargo for the liked the country well. We examined take us over to Clatsop as be.
“Quadratus,” he ordered her in here his part of the prairie and staid over stopped that night at Mr. Morn
and anchored the brigantine a little night with them. In the morning we We had 100 pounds of flour and
off the mouth of “O. S. Thomas went over to the north side of the Morrison baked up 50 pounds
Creek,” in three fathoms of water prairie to Mr. Nathan Dougherty’s bread, and one sack of flour we
along to live on while here. We
(now the same place is dry at low
and found them contented. We look­
tide.) Mr. Means was cooper by ed over this part of the country and had 25 pounds of bacon, a good (
of coffee and sugar, which wit
trade and he erected his shop under
concluded that it was good enough for blankets made pretty good pac
a large spruce tree where he made
us. Next day we returned to the each of us considering the
all his barrels. The first of August
Kilchis.
country we had to go through,
saw the little sloop in Tillamook bay.
Means
and
his
men
built
Captain
all was prepared to start, I re
Mr. Trask and his family were pass­
engers on her, he went right ahead on a fish trap at the west point of Ester- “Now boys, take your choice
to his claim, consequently the Trask brooks point (as it is now called) packs.” Well they left the
family were the first white family where the rocks stand out, but dur­ bread for me. It looked awfi
ing the whole season, caught but one but I said “mum.” We reach
“settled” on Hoquarton Prairie.
To resume: After having a good fish therein. So he bought all the sal­ Macanicum river about noon and
nights rest at Howard’s, we decided mon he could get from the Indians dinner. While eating we pe
to go up the Kilchis to the old Indian who caught them with spears of their an Indian crossing, he came up
winter quarters, where they dried own manufacture and thus made up saying: Don’t you know me?” I
their salmon, here we found four or a full cargo by the second week in ed at him and said, “No.”
five huts “chock a block” with dried December. At this time I decided to Indian Jim.” “Where have you
salmon. Most of the Indians were .eturn to Yamhill county and bring You’re all scarred up,” I ask
then living on Kilchis point. During in stock. I paid a visit to the “Quad- got small pox last fall when I
our absence, “Chief Kilchis,” from ratus,” on December 14, '52, and par­ down here with you, on the s
whom the place derived its name, took of dinner aboard of her, and at at Millawaka. Most of the
hearing of the arrival of white men, once started on my journey to Day­ caught the disease and died last
came to Howard’s to interview us. ton by the same route I came in on. ter. All my near relatives are
The Quadratus left the bay - on
(Continued on page 3)
As we were returning, we met him on
the trail on the Aiderman prairie.
He had with him a musket, and a
long knife, and minus a hat. Cook
spoke to him, but Kilchis could not
“savvy” jargon. He was a large man
with African features, his hair was
curly, had rather a high forhead, a
Drive with Safety
fiat nose, thick lips, and a long chin,
when sober minded he had a sort of
In Rain, Sleet or Snow
a scowl on his face, but when pleased
Behind the New
his face was smiles all over. As we
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passed him his look was very stern,
he turned and followed us back to
Sam Howard’s, he stood at the open
door and looked at us with one of
those scanning glances which seemed
to say, “what are you here for?”-
Perfect Vision
Howard comprehended the old man’s
Assured by its Wide
thoughts and tried to make him un­
Steady Sweep
derstand that we were looking for
No Carburetor
land (Sam could talk a little Tilla­
Interference
mook) the old chief appeared satis­
Not Affected by
fied: Exclaimed, Good! in his own
Motor Speed
language, and returned to his home,’
Easily Installed
pretty soon a whole crowd of Indians
came to see us, and wanted to know
if we wanted a canoe to go round
DON’T DELAY
with, or if we wished to hire them
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