Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-02-04

Aeia.g 49,. sa,gsoa r.s.A

In the uz0nta d Asfs 49, = -
named Hineklsg, who carried N express
batuesu Shasta City ana Sfsks, via ~
saersmsnso Riyer trail, (fbs one then
rncmsiy travelled By those sks passed De-
tween those points, brought message
10 ms from a party Of miners, or rather
urozpsrfors, who wess then ereampss
on the Saeranleufo River mile beJSne
the Sugar Loaf" higa snd e9ri1Sasi
psas, a. it, name vouId indieAte' vnie0
Vas separated frouo the " D~yifs baez-
iyone- by q crssi that flowed into ihs
rsv~Y The DEVILS Backbone wAs
r,dOs which ran psssllei With the riEeE
for several miles, ana vas FeFteorasea-
that il. had Euccession Of high points
and deprsssions alternately.
Along this Baokbops the trail passed
and over ii all the goods for frska SsFs
carried on rsuisa. OH this trail Indians
voald lie in ambash and attack tue
.x.ina Men aud nsales we're often
kiIltd. and nothing bot this iBdomitabie
Cinnk ID The early CaliforniaHs ssVso
snythinc which vas In their care. IL
20 4 eou,uaori Occurrences Tor lev
.s..,a armed with pistols 70 eondgct
Iarue train Alnng tlsis route, and oe-
fsr,J n against bands Of Indians, WHO
al that time were armed with bows ana
.r,ovs the wounds Of which were a.
wavs fstal il q vital part Sas reached.
- DE head az an arrow comes On
wh,,. ths sinex with which . 10 fast
ened becomes softepsd BY the warm
blood.
Ths messenger stated that man
nan,ed james Faulds. from Louissiise'
Ksatucky, had been shot By an lhaisn
tbtrtx miles from Shasta. and that ne
wished me TO no 10 him. He had been
voauded three or four days, bat TIE
dsneer OF travelling this trail wss -
.great that no one Of bis party would
yenaure 10 leave, aud 10 waited until the
sxnressaan came along. Between the
slaea and Shasta thsre was not habit
atios az that time.
HAVING bought horse. | made my
Arrangements ko leave she next morn
inc. James Coates. brother OF Thomas
Coatea. who waa Representative Ia tue
STATE Legislature from siskiyou Ia DO
aIss hired mule for e man named bili
Hoopsr. wts named aud dealt monte 40.
oordinrly ~ one or the other PANIED
out.p Az any rate, he was at this tlale
mining on Dog Creek, fity miles above
Shasta. and wanted to go 10 his claim.
az souss OF the sharp ones = Keno Sasn
perhaps among the Bninoerl nan drawn
waxsd cards on him and cleaned hlm
cot 70 the bed rock.
1911 Hooper was an homes, man, 40
cordina 20 tbs estimate then gut upon
people. He would Ramble--And win. II
he could. II be lost be would pay, aud,
lke nearly ell then IN California, would
90 10 the mines to iesupesate. when
fortune favored him again hs would re-
turn, pas hts hotel. gambling aad other
bills like an honest NAN, aad perhaps
lose the balance. He was ~ brave As
Julius Caesar. and, Il goa Got into
tight place, you could depend upon MS
Staying with you.
Nose bat the Did settlers In THIS e0nn-
Try esn appreciate tbs difference Shich
existed Ia all the elements OF honesty
and true nobility OF soul IN favor OF the
pioneers against The subsequent imini.
grafton 10 California. PropsistY wonsd
forbid comparisons being drawn, and
therefore ! will not do 30. Nhsy same
10 Wild and unknown country, exposed
TO all the dangers incident thereto, and
With pick, Shovel, axe snd rifla opened
an empire for Others 10 follow and reap
ali the profits fron their labor and hard
ship. Al honor 10 the pioneers OF Calf
formal aAd may the day come when
thar services aud saeifices VIII be ap-
pFecialed.
Bill Hooper and myself left Shasta
CITY In the morning and took the trail
for shs upper sacramento. Nothing
tfAnapired to attract attention until We
had gone about half the distance from
one end 90 the other of the +" Devils
Backbope." As We tutued a point IN
the trail We saw two Indians coming to-
ward ~, apparently unconsoloas OF our
being near; and, as it WAs then consld-
cred fair to shoot any or ell Indians who
might be found In that part Of the
country, preparations we're made for
that purpose.
Cofiasaling ourselves behind some
buahas at q turn Ia the trail, we drew
our pistols and awaited the approach of
the Indians. On they came, zach one
with short pole on his shoulder. When
within q few yards OF ~ We saw they
were dressed in the elothing Of white
men, and We knew In moment they
were not hostile, as the Indians at that
time were in nude stats. exeeps having
q aeerskin thrown ever their shoulders.
These men had been up the river with q
pack train. and we're new on their way
% Cottonwood, In Shasta county. The
poles sefs the representatives of guns.
and we're used 10 deceive the Wild In
dians, a. General Magrular did General
Mcclellan 20 YORKTOWN, With cannon
made oil legs.
Continuing on cur route. We at last
came 30 thu end Of the backbone and
descsiided il 20 creek. There We as
ecnaexa the Sugar Loaf, and, crossing II,
halted al The fosE. Here We fed our
animals some barley, and then, ~ the
sun was down and We hail nos yet found
the party os miners, discussed their
whereabouts. Hooper thoaRht they
must be about ssn miles away, and thai
Ne would have 70 travel Gu
We teenmed our journey. and. going
q few hundred yards, sslw o hfe on
large fiat 10 the right Of she trail. To
this W. rede. aud there were the men
when ve sought. ! found Fauias shot
IN the stomach and suffering intensely
from hicconRh. Having administered
Something 10 relieve hira, We then list
ensd TO the recital Of The affair. The
party had eneamped ON this Tat, aud.
when night came, had tied their animals
20 sreea near BY. Two ttes were made.
one al ssek end Of the camp, end fanlds
and Bill For stood Raard,
Jast before day fauids heard the
horses a. his end Of the camp make q
noiss, and wens ~ thcfp. Ha stood
within the light 81 the ares, and wks
vtsihls 10 anyone ON th,l onssiele. he
thouRhs ne cav an object moving alcng
The HAT toward y lafga Tree near ~. and
be esonaht nis gun 10 his lstoalder. Ihe
ohiect was stationary, and be might BE-
deeeivad. The gun was d.nspped across
his aria. and again tbs object aosed.
The sessOfd tisze he failssl w sheet. and
the guH was dropped as befurs. Al that
moment be fclt a stingtil. pain and
heard the fseaana OF ths how. An ar.
roe has pieFceai his haty, As Qntek a.
thoasht be drew u fEotn bis body, euH
the barb resnailaea herlee Ia his stan
aeh. No snfgse@i .AiiE eolld save hins,
and be was destined 10 Hil q Rrsse near
The hailks 81 Abe observation-disclosures %
The hundreds Of vtcsIn4 tl iaalAn ar
ross. many Of whtsel guHes lie scattered
N The ealohes and stn tha sasantains of
California.
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