Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-12-11
the pIurE PRINCESS.
rrsAitisss q Hsr Tribe Relative ~
the Origin % shs whites and In
dfans.
San Fronei.eo CAronieie. dec. 8.

lecture at Platt's Hall last evening. Be.
ginning with . reference to the traditions
Of her tribe. she said: "Long before We
ever saw the white people or knew OF
their existence. We believed that they
lived. We had . tradition that long ago
thsre were two boys and two girls. One
boy and one girl were large and strong
and fair. and the others we're small and
dark. The two boys quarrsled and pulled
each others hair. and the girls did like
wise, and finally their parents sent the
fair children away over the water. and
told them TO grow up there, 30 there
would b no more quarrsling. This wa
the origin OF the white people. and the
dark children. Isupposs. were ourselves.
That 10 the reason that when the whites
came my grandfather welcomed them
and said they were our brothers. The
drst whites ws saw were Q party going
from California eastward. and We saw
thsm ct the blower part OF the Humboldt.
Ny grandfather went to greet them, but
they would not let them come near. he
threw down his culver and tried to show
his friendly feeling. but still they would
not let him. Then he followed them all
one day In . canoe up the river. but
could not oome near them. he returned
and called al the tribe together and told
them he had seen their white brothers,
and
He WAS Glad.
Ever since tho quarrel and the separa.
ton long ago, the Indians had had .
hard time. and had 10 work al the sum.
mer to lay up food for the winter. Now
the white brothers had got back and
good times would como again. He made
them al promise they would not modest
the white people. The next thing some
smigrants came to the Humboldt. and
my grandfather vent to them and they
received him kindly. Captain johnson
was In command OF them. When they
went away they gave my grandfather .
new. bright tin pan. and he was just a.
proud Of II a. the San Francisco young
ladies' are Of their ssalskins and dia-
mond rings. The Indians had never
seen anything that shone 20 beautifully.
He used to get up In the morning early
to see tho first snnbeams reflected on It,
and finally bored holes In II and wore IL
for Q head-dress. That year ws got .
lot Of cattle and horses that the emi-
grants deserted on the plains. The next
year Captain Fremont, now General
Fremont, met my father where the rail-
| road bridge now crosses the Truckee.
He named my grandfather Captain
Truckss and named the river after him.
he wanted my grandfather to 60 to CAL
ifornia with him. and hs and eleven
others went. They were gone several
years. Ny sisters husband died on the
way homo from Mexico, whore they
WENT TO YfoHr o CAPT. FREMONT.
But the rest game home with guns and
soldier clothes. One Of them could
speak some English and was very proud
OF his gun. He would pat 1t all day and
say. "Good gun, hssp shoot; goody.
Roody gun - -" The soldier
clothes with brass buttons were admired
by all the Indians for miles around. The
next year we went to Stockton, where
there were only q few cabins. 1t makes
me feel very old to think Of II now. We
stayed four years. and then went home
and found white people settled all
around. There va . Mrs.. Ellis near
our camp, . family by the name Of No.
Mullen. at Dayton. and Q settlement
where Ragtown now 10. There was also
Q cabin at the Sink Of the Carson, where
the mill 10 now. We loved them and
treated them kindly, a. they did rs.
Mrs. Ellis and her son and daughter
used to come to M and got nsh which
We caught, and We lived 20 for three
years. Then o settlement Of Mormons
came, and We had further proof that they
we're our brothers, because they had
three. four and Ave wives apiece. like Ms.
The Humboldt river. Honey lake and
the Carson was settled up, and We lived
happily, for We were not 90 barbarous
then a. We are now, up 10 the trouble Of
the Spring Of go.
The speaker then detailed the account
Of the abduction and horrible abuse Of
two Indian girls by two white men
named Mowilliams. who were detected
and killed by the Indians, and continued:
''Then the whites thought the Indians
to blame, and attacked them. There
we're no soldiers nearer than California,
but volunteers came and were badly
whipped. Many Of them were killed.
They followed the whites up, and only
three escaped. Those three were saved
by my brother. He knows more about
Il than I do, and will tell you about 1t
himself"
Nsehss then came forward and began
An eloquent Grafton, which she inter.
prstsd. he said: "what my sister has
said IL true. All our trouble datss from
the affair with the Mewilliams brothers.
! Vas very sad that 20 many lives were
lost for the wrongs done BY q or two.
Since that time the one q Of our
trouble has been the Agent. BE tells n
20 many different things. II We were
let alone there never would be any
trouble. The three men ! saved I stood
between my own people and them to
rescue. One Of them had Seth Cook by
the head to kill him. ! told them II
they wanted to kill them they must kill
me first. Twas in the Bannock war.
One Of our men who had gone over to
the Bannocks tried to get N to desert.
They told N that Rinshart bad caused
all the trouble and had run away, and
that the whites would ssrvs ~ the same
way; but We would not 60. ! hate Rins-
hart. because 20 many Of our people
have been murdered on his account.
After the trouble he came to me and
offered ne $500 II ! would get my peo-
pie to 60 back on the reservation. Hs
said I should cay nothing about II. and
! could get rich that way. I think that
I would like whom I die 10 60 back to
my native Nevada and be buried among
the sagsbrush."