Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-10-14

Cennfssisners ~ ThGs Csunsy.
Frank Moore made ! pleasant call
on the WoRLD last Tuesday. Nj.
Moore and his three sons are now
opening placer ground on fork Of
Gold Fork, seven miles north Of Cope
land and eight miles from Long val
ley. This is ground NJ. Moore pros
pected in 1864. He arrived there !
year ago last spring from Dakota for
the express purpose Of working this
ground. He i preparing to work
with hydraulic, and il confident the
ground will pay. Mr.. Moore left this
county in 1864 and went to Oregon,
where be engaged in the cattle busi-
ness, remaining there few years,
and then moved to Dakota. Mr..
Moore is one Of the early pioneers Of
the Basin. He related few inter-
esting "reminiscences without which !
history Of Boise county would not be
complete. He arrived here in 1862
from North Idaho with the Standifer
party. On reaching Squaw creek
Mr.. Moore and eight others were in
advance of the party and they espied
two Indians. The dusky braves fred
on them and the party returned the
compliment, but without bloocshed
on either side. The Indians retreat
ed, expecting the men to follow them,
but being acquainted with Indian
tactics they did not fall into the trap.
They rightly surmised that large
body Of Indians were concealed in
the brush further ahead. Soon an
other Indian was noticed In the dis
tance on horseback, waving pole on
| which was fastened scalp. With
the use of field glass the scalp was
pronounced to be that of woman
the hair being long and auburn ia
color. A few shots were fred at long
range, but without effect. Finally
the men agreed that four Of the num-
Der should FIRE together, the other five
reserving their shots. They fred to
gether and Mr.. Indian tunbled, dead
Standifer was one of the four men
who fred the fatal volley. They shot
at long range and did not much ex-
pect to hit the target. That nigh
Standifer detailed 6fty men to sur
round the Indian camp. They found
it all right enough and surrounded it
but the warriors had fed.
Mr.. Moore relates how Hogem
now called both Pioneer and Hogem
received its latter name. The towr
was first called Pioneer. A new
conner was vending his way up Crime.
creek and inquired the direction and
distance to Pioneer. He was told
that he was on the wrong route, bui
that he would find the town of Hogen
by going on up the creek certain
distance. He went on, and arriving
there inquired of the inhabitants i
that was Hogem. Some of them were
very indignant, and when he ex
planned that he had been told the
town was called Hogem, some of tht
Hogemites declared that the mar
who had thus slurred Pioneer "ough
to be licked" Boon Helm, noted
character of Hogem, soon after wen
down to Centerville and appointed
himself a committee of one to lool
up the man who was instrumental il
giving the residents of that camp th'
title of the "Hogemites," and to th'
first man he met IN Centerville hi
boldly proclaimed that the man wht
fastened the name Hogem on the
town sought to be whipped" and h
was just the right man to "scuddl,
his noddle." Helm did not know tina
this was the man he was hunting, bu
he was. The manner of Hogem agrees
with him and took q drink at Helm
expense. Mr.. Moore was then work
ing on hummer Hill, and so was tn,
man who named Hogem. The Hog
emites soon learned that miner OF
hummer Hill was the man Helm
wanted to whip. This eminence wa
not then named, but to get even th
Hogemites called it Bummer Hill, b,
which it is known to this day, ant
, Pioneer is still better known as Hog
EN-.
In the fall of 1862 Mr.. Moore an
Thomas Carrigan struck out ives
with an outfit for prospecting. The
discovered placers near whore th
town Of Placerville now stands. The
: prospected for nine days, gettin
: from 10 cents to $3.50 per pan. The
socnred all the ground thew wante