Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-07-19
NEMINIsCENCEs OF 1919.
Thread Of The Indian War stories Com
tinued by Judge Shaw.

HEMINiSCENCES OF 1913.
Thread Of The Indian War stories Con-
unued by Judge Shaw.
This Sager family was family
that came across the plains In the
year 1914. They lost their father
on Green river with the camp fever
and their mother near Fort Hall
with the same dread disease. My
father, Capt. William Shaw,
brought the family to DR.. Whit
mans, and their father and mother
being Presbyteri ans, DR.. Whitman
and wife kindly agreed to take the
children and do the best they could
for them, and when the massacre
took place, John and Frances Sager
were murdered, and the Sager girls,
five think in number, were taken
prisoners by the Indians. Frances
Sager was the only person in the
whole number that was murdered
that attempted to fight when the
Indians set upon DR.. Whitman to
murder him. This boy being about
thirteen or fourteen years of age,
drew u small pistol and would have
dispatched m Indian with it but
for the interference of some of the
trackers who still had some hopes
that they would be spared, but those
Indians killed every one of them
without mercy. Now to return to
my narrative.
We had no rest all night, the In
dians kept up their firing at inter
walls and we returned the fire as well
as we could, for our ammunition
was getting scarce and we
had therefore TO be n little
saving with It. Before daylight
came We cooked and eat our break
fast and saddled up our horses, and
just as soon as IL was light we all
mounted and took To the hills on
the west side of the road, thereby
avoidingany ambuscade they might
have prepared for us. AS soon rs
we got on top of this hill We gave
them regular Indian yell in token
of our readiness to renew the contest,
and must say that IL was but n
moment until we We're in u hot en-
gagement. Captain Halls company
from Washington county, and
Captain Phil. Thompson's company
from Iamhill, Were In the hottest
of the engagement aud called for
assistance which was rem dered and
the Indians were repulsed with loss.
We were then permitted to move
toward the Touchet, without any
opposition, for some distance, and
as we had beaten them in the first
attack we were now entertaining
fears that they would not follow us
any farther. Therefore our inter
prefer, Mungo, u half-breed Indian,
was sent up on top of an adjacent
hill TO tell the Indians that We hoped
they would not leave us In posses.
sion OF the field without giving us
another chance at them. lie also told
them that IL they did not accept this
challenge We would think them cow
ards and no better than women.
This talk seemed Ia enrage them
somew hat and they came ON for the
attack hut we had got near the
fouehet hy this time, and in ordor
10 prevent the Indians from cutting
us Oft fron the timber aud ford of
the stpcan, your humble servant
was ordered "a take twenty picked
men with good horses aud cut the
Indians OH II possible on the lett, .
We struck out i'm "A dead run aud .
made such hcadway that IN about .
of a mile We reached .
a point that completely shut them
on lrom lhe creek, and this move
ment hniught on u conflict again
and We had 10 fight our way To the
thinker Tor there were some Indians
hat Mcp, oomlng ar und and aim
ug Ia come down the louchet so rs
10 attack us peiWe Ne could reach
.ho limbeL hat W. wen too qalck
'lr thvm aud eaollcd the timber in
,aEty, and when they came Ne
;ANe them such VAIN nocpIion
hat they rctrea,ed Ia disorder but
lol uulll they had lesl some i've or