Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1883-03-27
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REM IN ISCENCEs

nRsaiN ESSENCES. Il
OF the first srt, ltntehl u Boise Csnni-
~, Idaho 'rerriisry, and more par
ticnlarlyaf Boise Basin.
BY FRANK Mi LER
CHAPTER III. IA
There were gyantes on the critic in those
@ dages:.
WHO were, myghtie mennc;
MEME Of renowfc;
dQgArNr OLDE ENGLIsHE.)
| The natne~ ut the s, Called Grimes
party, which first discovered gold IL
-BpIsE ,BAslS.p were joseph II. Bran
stetter, David T.. F,gns. Mr.. Grimes,
John Reynolds. Jacob WpsirI,feliei.
Moses SpIane. DR.. Wilson, "Sailsr
Jack, "twu Portuguese named respect
lively sAnloir" and "Phillipc, d. w
Miller, and -- Il
The death Of Grimes reduced their
number To Steven, all told. Their
more direct ronte after leaving Flor
ence, in the Salmon river nonnfains,
the latter part Of june. 1862. hy a
very circniious and 4 hitherto u.,Irav-
eicd and All unknown route to the
white man at least, early III the sum
mcr Of 1862, was from the then so
called Anharn or Powder river mines
in Eastern Oregon.
After the death aud burial of Grimes
q 1.-The little band, Flew and faint but tear
/ Hess still" made the best of their way
: 10 the then little village Of Walla
i Walla, situated III the very heart oi
Z tn beautiful aud picturesque Walla
;, ALA valley.
a Besides the party that returned with
y them from that place, and those who
Q pressed them hard on rear, and either
h faux, was third party. which outfit.
a ted at Fiorcnce, and is Commonly
'e known az the jeff Siandefcr party
'd among whom were the following nam
ed gentlemen. to- wit: jefferson Stan
rs defer, Jess Bradford, and 80 til AZ 9th
* ers, whose names We have been uu
.yiab'e to obtain.
n Some members of this party, tn
tn gether with others who came III tror
th different directions, ren.lezvnu>ed 10
al some time ot the Pasette river. at
utjp!ace then known and designated a
III "THE PICKET CORRAL" from the fact tina
nd their horses were pcketed out there
Ivy night and 10y day, while their own
n 9 prs "bivauacked" on the bostm of MI
>, Their earth, "tie common mother Of II
= all" for several weeks, and, finally
~. provisions becoming a minus quantity
mr. aud wild game and fish diff ~ut 10 ct
10 tain in the heart Of a terra lncogaula
|, to them at least, a party was made Il
~, to strike terror into the hearts of I'll
~, swarming !.ordes of hostile red me
U Surrounding them on every ilah.i, an
III watching their every IN vement Argu
tv eyed, from every surrounding hill AL
o.. mountain top, and every hidden mou
tain fastness, gulch, canyon and II
vino. Wherever these savage Io'
o-Imade descent upon the white
3 if whether by day or by night, they to-
} no prisoners, and tortured many
md their captives at slow fire. innicIt
is death with all the most lingering al
no. ldiabolical fortunes they could inve
,ird and possibly make use of. Not u
frequently the murdered remains
solitary men or groups OF perhaps t'
all. to four or FIVE were found, upon who
,rs lmangled remains were ample evide
III ces of the sATURNAIIA OF hell VIII
,eo. had been held. around them, as tn
in slowly died, amid the most horrll
and agonizing tortures the hum
mind can conceive of.
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