The Shasta courier., 1858-09-25
District Court.
Hon. WM. P. DAIsGERFIELD, Judge.

HoN. WM. P. DAISGERFIELD, Judge.
Sept. 20, 1s5s.-Court met. Calendar called
cases set and renTe ordered for Tuesday.
Case of R. Rinaldi rs. G. Greenwood
rer to complaint argued by counsel and sustain
ed Court. Leave given plaintiff to amend COM
plant within five days.
Sept. 2l.- Garfield rs. Raymond 4 Olin-
dorf-Case transferred to Tehama county for
cause.
S. E. Love ct al. rs. W. S. & E. B. Barnum.-
Decree of foreclosure of mortgage on Cotton
wood Ditch.
7. R. Prince Us. H. C. Stockton, Sherif-Suit
for recovery of personal property sold at public
sale at the suit ]. A. Waters Us. T. R. Prince
Jury trial. Judgment in favor of plaintiff for
$645 81.
Sept. 22.-B. Wilson ct al. rs. S. r. Lockhart'
By consent of parties continued to Monday next.
Sept. 23.-Urial Tungate u.s. John Beals.-
Suit for recovery of personal property. Jury
trial. Judgment for defendant for $l25 80 costs.
Sept paw. S. & E. B. Barnum Us. John A.
Abell-Suit brought on open account. Now
pending.
HEAD OF PIT RIvER-We last week stated
that mountain men at one time generally sup
posed that Pit River had its rise in Honey Lake,
but that now it is certainty that it flows from
Goose Lake. Upon this the Beacon remarks:
Many thousands of people, if the above par
agraph ever falls under their notice, will be as
tonished to learn that mountain men ever i'm
agined Pit river to rise in the eastward, and
flow to the westward ofthe Sierra Nevada noun
tains. One of the first facts ascertained by I'M
migrants coming into California in lS49 was,
that in those days Pit River had its rise in Goose
Lake. 1t will certainly be gratifying to the
many scores of weary pilgrims who found their
way into California by following down Pit River
from its source, to know that it still continues to
get its water from Goose Lake"
We are inclined to the opinion that our con-
temporary, in writing the foregoing, was too
much impeled by desire to make sarcastic
criticism. Many mountain men, for years SUBJ
sequent to 1S49, thought the waters of Honey
Lake sunk, and, after flowing underground some
distance, emerged therefrom on the west side of
the mountain and formed Pit River We ven
exceedingly difficult to find any man who, as
early as 1849, knew that Pit River had its rise
in Goose Lake-its assertion that that fact was
"one of the first ascertained by immigrants
coming into California in ls49" to the contrary
Notwithstanding. Scarcely anything was known
of this lake until 1851, ,chen Capt Ben Wright
named it Goose Lake, because of the immense
number of wild geese which he found there. In
lS49 no man had ever heard of such a lake as
Goose Lake in California lfthe Beacon man was
as well posted in this matter as one speaking so
authoritatively ought to be, he would know that
for years subsequent to l549 it was mooted
question among mountain men whether Pit Riv-
er flowed directly out of Tule Lake, Clear Lake,
Goose Lake, or in the manner before indicated
out of Honey Lake. Indeed, we know that
Gen. Cosby and his party, who were out in that
country against the Indians few years ago,
came back under the impression that Tule Lake
was the source of Pit River. Sam Lockhart,
who perhaps knows more about that region than
any other man, was under the same impression
until the recent "secret expedition" followed the
river directly to its head, and removed all
doubts. He presumes there is not man living
who will say that he knew of a certainty in lS49
or, to go still further, at any time previous to
lS5l-that Pit River headed in Goose Lake.
We presume further that the Beacon man will
find it impossible to find fifty men (not many
thousands who know from personal observa-
ton where Pit River has its RISE