The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1872-09-06
From Crooked River.
JUNCTION Ranch, CROOKED RIVER,

MEssRs. EDITORS Dedr Six, You will
please give this correspondence place In
4 your columns On the night of thc asth 81
! June, the Piute Indians commenced by
! stealinga horse at the Warm Springs, ii
| miles southwest of Camp Ilarnuy. On the
night Of the nth OF July they took one
from MI. Reuben kigcr, n npner Beaver
Valley. On the night of the l3ih of .JulN
two were taken from Mr.. Luther Elkins, ut
Lower Beaver Valley, and on the night of
the 18th, five were tnkep from A. Hacklc-
man, at junction Ranch. III the forks of
COOkedrivcr. Attrra short consultation,
We concluded to call for ai1 from the mill
tary stationed Il. tUmn lIalney. Wenmlc
up our dispatches. uni started ON Tues
day, the 10Th, in the evening, for Camp
Harncy,a ~ which place | arrived ut l.. Ii
on the 18th of july Found the Post Cun,-
mander, Major Trimble, absent in search
of u deserler, whc hal deserted, carrying
on some money belonging To Il fellow SOL
dler The Mnjor returned carly in the
evening, and received me very kindly. lie
forwarded my dispatches same evening 10
Camp Warner, to ilc District Commander.
ten. Wcedep. Major Irimhe asked me
what number Of men We needed, and
tod him seven or eight. He sent Sslrg,nnt
l.anserg and six privateS, with Mr.. Frank
Mclean acting as guide 10 the expeditions
Left Camp Harney on the morning of the
goth Of July for the Ranch, to take the
trail of the Indians: arrived at the Ranch
on the morning OF the 23d started on the
trail same evening; followed il south
some eight miles, and tnmped for the
night on west branch of tamp creek,
Started Early on the morning OF the oath,
trailed thirty miles over Il broken country,
with u great abundance of rocks and juni.
per; saw large lode of conper-be;lrinr
quartz during the days march also fine
hand ofanielope; canlpel fOrthr night in
deep Irrinc in the Desert No,ulinins.
After supper, went scouting to ret course
Oftlail; found il hearing southeast from
camp. On the morning of the 18th were
on trail early; as we followed 1t during
the morning II bore more atsturly, passing
at about O'Clock the first camn nmde lv
the Indians since stealing the horses from
our ranch. At this camp they hal killed
ana dried some mountain sheen for fool
At aotlock passed the Mountain Springs,
on the Yreka and Canyon city road. After
leaving the Mountain Springs, the coun-
try wasvery barren; during The day tray
eled about thirtN-ilvc miles, and canned
for the night n the Glass Buttes. on head
OF the south Fork of Crooked river, at Il
small spring on the north side of thr
mountains. The countryaroundt the Rut,,s
isthickly StrcWn with tive glass ofeverv
color. Mr.. Mclean went scouting. and /
went hunting. Mclean discovered the
trail hcaring more TO the Sontllward, mud
the trail of Elkins' horses interSecting the
one we were following, which cnlivencd
our camp greatly. killed large, fat
Ihck' which We Gtrrieilinto camp. On the
18th, started on Trail a few minutes after
ih tar
east, to Darmgh's creek distance fifteen
miles. There the Indians had camned for
the night, In cove. We followed their
Trail m The narrow. rocky dctle through
which the trail makes Its way from the
noun aims 20 the desert, Lost the trrlil:
found itagain, after Il diligent search, fol-
lowing what seemed 10 bc an old plnigmnt
rHId leading northeast IN the direction of
IIanicy Valley, through low raSs in the
to the east side of Wagon Tire
Here wesawa Il sqlllw and two |
lndlan children digging canns They hid
In the grass, but we hunted them up. She |
said that she was Wewaw's squaw, and
That Piutes, with American horses were
gone Ia. Camp Warner. she was evidently
much alarmed, md wanted 10 send one of
HE children on wi;ha nesS,ge of some
kind. We put them under strict guard,
with orders 10 keep them there until We |
Voutcd the country In search Of the In (
iians with the stolen horses. Found dthrir (
rail 10 hear southward, toward Camp !
Warner. saw some more squaws, who |
we're much alarmed; released the squaw, +
nlNelcl south a few miles, and encamDpd |
or the night ut n large spring branch. |
slst ofthc Wag0nTire monntnins--,listancc
ravelcd, thiriy-tive miles. saw, III Dar-
1lgh creek, plenty of cattle tracks, which |
Ne supposed the Indians Ind stolen. ON .
he 9th, started early In the morning, ,
rail leading south, and very hard 10 i'ol-
Ow: lost twice, but found 1t again soon.
Alnut nine O'Clock found another camp I
lia,ie by the PiutcS, at Il secluded spring
II the center Ola cluster ofbuttes. Al this
amp they hal killed some mGanteopc, roast
Il crickets. had feast and dance, and
heir numbers seemed 10 have increased
ani1ly. From this tnma they travelled
pu'h, soon coming uron high tabl,snnd
Il divide. connecting those huttrs with
he Juniper Mountains south Of here.
'ollowed the trail to the north side of the
uniper Mountains, TO large spring,
here they hn1 male another camp. We
lsO campGd nj this spring distance tmv-
lei thiriy-iive miles. ! secuted, after
upper, and found that the trail lei to the
over spur of the Juniper
lO'l1InlnS. M II SnrlnI ON IntSONIll Slur,
)und another camp made by the piu'cs,
which they hal killed anteoN. We
'und shoes AZ these camps, which they
nd pulled of the horses, 10 make the ti1lil 4
Ifllcult 10 follow.
At both these camps were the bones of {
ltelOpe, remains Of roasted crickcts, and 4
licences Of dancing. showing that these
rtls of the desert were enjoying Them +,
Ives. On thc 2sth, Travelled south, over +
lOiher series Of elevated table lan Il. rOn.
,cting the Juninr Mountains with thosc
srth of Ramp Warner and Albert lakes, 4
le 10 the right and the other 10 the left i
our line 0ftmvel: encamped AT night 9
Il spring in the midst ofa bald, rocky !
nge distance. thirty miles. After sun Il
II, private simpson and myself went
outing, and found three other camps
atc by the Piu.cs, at all of which were
e usual evidences of ftaSting and dane
=. Hal some difficulty in trailing out of
Is place. TN the 29h, morning very
ol and frosty; out of flour and coffee;
lilcd eight or ten miles. 10 the vicinity !
. In lao, s,r G. S,t