Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-07-28

OF the feathers were yet hanging tC
the sage brush. Whether it had been
robbed for cannibalistic purposes OF
for sake of plumber, or both, was more
than we were able to decide. Be that
as it may, about one hundred feet
from the grave, two skulls were placed
in the foot-path, looking toward it.
which presented the appearance ol
having been cooked, the brain ex.
tractcd and the flesh scraped from the
bones. Such scene did not raise our
esteem for the poor Lo, nor create in
our bosums Uraviug desire to DC
subjected to his tender mercies. From
this on to Catharine creek, nothing OF
interest occurred. Indians had been
scarce for some days and as we were
in the fishing grounds their keeping
out of sight caused some uneasiness.
The grass being cut out where we
came to the creek, we drove down to
the crossing. The men that were un-
employed with the teams followed the
bluff down to the crossing. There
they sat down where they could see
over the whole valley. When dinner
was ready they came down and re-
ported that there were no signs of In
dians. While we were talking five
Indians rode out of the brush, armed
with good rifles. The one that came
up first was dressed like a white man
and had the features of white man,
even to Roman nose, but was paint.
ed in Indian style, and talked with
Darrow by signs. Under pretence
Of trading he managed to try some OF
our guns. Those who had light loads
in their guns would fire them off acci.
dentally, and reload with double
or treble charge before handing the
gun to him. Two of the guns carried
up farther than his did. When he
came to me for trade, / gave him
my gun to look at while l inspected
his. Darrow told ME that if it was
not heavily loaded not to let him try
it. That if it did not carry up as far
as theirs, we would have trouble. /
answered, "If we must have trouble,
the sooner the better" He fired.
The ball struck at the foot Of the hill
probably fifty feet lower than he had
aimed. DarrOw explained the cause
and wanted me to reload and let him
try again. did reload, and put my
gun away telling him to tell the
Indian that l knew where my gun
would hit, and that could not depend
on, his for that reason, would not
trade. They went the rounds and
found out our strength. We also
made the discovery that we had one
more rifle than we knew of before
The Indians became more annoying
and showing their "slugs," fifty dol
lar pieces), offered to buy our guns,
blankets, clothing, or anything We
had. The fact of their having money
so plenty and being so anxious to get
our guns, raised our suspicious, which
were not lessened, when their leader,
on leaving, bid us goodbye in good
English.
We had proceeded only about four
miles when we discovered an ambush,
laid for US, but Lyons, by bold ruse,
gave them q scare, and sent them on
full run back to camp. Next we were
assailed by their traders, who hung
round the wagons for more than q
mile. That night we made strong
camp. We were not molested except
that they attempted to drive our cattle
off, but it being full moon and the
ground favorable, l headed them and
got them back. This was the last we
saw OF the Humboldts. From that on,
we had no more trouble with Indians.
The Owyhees were surly and offish,
but did not NEEDLE with anything.
With the Malheurs we had no trouble,
though they were represented by the
traders to be the worst OF all. Among
the Umatillas, we sometimes camped
by the same fire. They only took a
pot OF boiled corn and few dishes.
The corn we did not want after they
had been in it; the dishes we made
them return.
On the Umatilla, we drove off from
the road and camped where we had to
leave the wagon at the top OF the bluff
and carry our grub and camp fixtures
down to the creek bottom. Here we
found small party of Cayuse Indians
encamped ahead of us, but as they
were friendly and tried to be sociable,
we made our fire near theirs. Suppos-
ing that we would like something in
place OF vegetables, they brought us a
mess OF mushrooms. We ate
them and thought they were
as good as turnips. The next day it
rained so we remained in camp. My
brother and some others gathered a
quantity of mushrooms. We all ate of
them raw. and had them cooked for
supper. The consequence was, we got
poisoned with them. Daniels was the
first that showed symptoms. When
he was fixing to shave he went into
the fire full length. He picked him.
sell up, however, and finished his
shaving. His mishap only afforded a
subject for merriment, because his feet
were always in the frying pan, OF
something el.e about the fire, where
they ought not to be. In ordinary
cases, it takes three feet to make a
yard but in his case two feet made a
iuli yard round a campfire. The next
one was Darrow. He had discovered
that what he tried to shun, he was
sure to run against, the same as dizzy
man. Between the two fire-lops. i,
was perfect bed Of Goals, and since he
had helped on with the sport with