The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-11-22
CAREER OF AN OREGON PIONEER
Buckskin Jim" Gets Tired of New
York in Twenty-FOur Hours.
Nm. N,rl. Ti..,nn

One of the most remarkable Of the | II mem,
bers OF the Oregon Pioneer association, of
Portland, Oregon, who arrived in this city
from the west on Thursday night, and who are
fnmiclled at the st, Nicholas hotel, is "Buck-
skin Jim an old western settler and trapper
of the LeatherstOcking school, who derives
his nickname from a costume which he usually
wears, made of dressed buckskin in the real
Indian style so familiar 10 the readers Of dime
novel literature. "Buckskin Jim'sn real name
is James Hearn He is over 20 years of age,
well-to-do in the world, and few men are bet
ter or more favoraby known on the Pacific
slope His story as told to reporter last
night, had best be given in his own words:
Il ran away from my home in England"
said he, ''when | was IS years of age, and
sailed for the Pacific coast. The brig went
in was wrecked on the coast south of San
Francisco, and the few who were saved, in
Guiding myself, fell into the hands of the In
dians, who treated us well. | staid among
the Indians, wandering along the coast fish
ing and hunting At Guaymas, in Sonora, in
1899, think, was taken by party of Santa
Annals soldiers, who had orders TO arrest
every white man that could be found We
were marched thence to Tepee on fsOt, and
put in double irons. We were con-
fined without the slightest pretext
in loathsome Jail, and suffered
greatly during the six months we spent there,
in irons and prosecuted by vermin. The
British consul said that if every one of us
would declare himself an Englishman he
would lberate us at once. One Of our party,
the celebrated Yankee jim, declined at first
and said that nothing would induce him to
declare himself Britisher, but he came
around and we all were liberated Mr.,
Saunders preferred claim against the
Mexican government for damages, and he
was so sure Of getting it that be paid us $500
per man and off we went.
'Ithen took sailing vessel to Alaska, where
lived among the Flathead Indians. In As,
caught the gold fever and dug for gold in
California. Oh, | struck it rich, you bet.
Sometimes l had as much as 600 pounds
weight of gold all at once, but it never lasted
very long. / have no ilo0 bow much money
have dug out Of the earth in my time, but |
never could keep it, You'll never see an old
forty miner who has cent. Since then I've
given up mining, and have been engaged in
real estate and stock raising in Idaho and
Washington territory. I am going abroad
1,ext week Jo Guy some durham aud Muiey
calves; and when get back shall migrate
to Snake river the widest place in Idaho
Do like the cityi Not much. ! have beer
here twenty-four hours and Tn sick to death
of it, There is not room enough for me. To
morrow | am going to Bridgeport to try to
find my sister, whom haven't seen nor heard
of for fifty years. don't know whether
she's alive or not but maybe I'll find some
nephews and nieces."
The aged pioneer suggested that it might
be good idea to go down Broadway to-day
in his buckskin suit, but friend advised him
against it, on the ground that be might be
mistaken for an advertisement.