The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-07-29
FOR THE HAMMOCK RAID.
The Dixons Protecting Claims AMOUNT
ing TO 100000.

Ing TO >5B.bb.
John Dixen. VINO represents tne bixoh
claimants for the Indian cepfes1at ions "a
the Aalheur outbreak OF Isss. was N the
city last week for the purpose OF securing
certain affdavfts from MAJ. ". v Rine-
hart tending 10 establish MS CAIN AT
Washington City. Congressman bihger
Hermann has the matter IN charge ana
has worked on the case during MS Whoie
congressional career OF nearly ten years,
hs,t th,,s far has not been successful. MAJ
Rinehart was Indian agent al the Nal
heur reservation from July /. ls3s. 10 Sep
teynher 1ss2 and during his term he
PASSED upon many claims, every one OF
which has been paid The Dixon claim he
did not pass upon, and as X amounts TO
$50 90 IL is quite difficult TO secure 1t has
been divided into two parts Of 5000 and
SO go respectively.
Four brothers. John Dixon. e Dixon,
7 r. Dixon and Thomas Dixon. owned
an immense herd OF fine American horses
near Juniper lake. al the eastern base of
Stfen mountain. In Oregon OF the herd
all OF the large animals and a great num-
Der of blooded brood mares, the only ones
OF money value, were shot dead in their
tracks The remainder. which consisted
OF fast animals and ponies. were driven
awsyr in a body Thomas Dixon was killed.
and his widow is one OF the claimants.
Encouraged by the Custer massacre in
Howard 10 conquer Chief Joseph and the
Nez Perces the preceding year. com
menced butchering whites in Camas pFai-
RE Idaho. east OF the Malheur reserva-
ton. using the rifles furnished them by
Gen. Howard. Under Chief Buffalo Horn
they crossed Snake river to Jordan creek
A; Sheep rock they captured a wagon
train and took sixty winchesters. and
thus armed passed through Barren valley
10 Senator Davidsons cattle ranch. where,
June n. the were Joined by about coo of
the Snakes from Malheur reservation.
The latter had left June ). June 10 they
slaughtered the Dixon stock, and passing
over Stien mountain toward Harvey lake
murdered q. G. Smith and son by burning
them alive in their house at Happy val
ley. The Smiths had retreated to the
house. and climbing TO the loft had killed
five or six warriors. A savage named Otis,
who was very daring, ran through the
thick of the fight to set the house on fire,
and received a bullet that shattered his
arm. This wound did not stop him, and
he burned the house with its victims.
The Indians then went to Peter French's
ranch. on Dunder and Bitten river. and
burned his buildings and haystacks and
Killed his fine American horses in the
same manner as Dixon's. French after
ward became q son-in-law OF DR.. Glenn,
Of the famous Yolo ranch, in California.
checked. Col. Bernard. with three COM
panies of cavalry. overlook them at old
Camp currey. on Silver creek. west of
Harvey lake He found Buffalo Horn with
the allied tribes under Egan and Otis. A
fight ensued in which numbers were killed.
but II was a drawn battle. Two days later
Gen Howard arrived with the infantry
and drove the hostiles across John Day
valley and the Umatilla reservation. They
were too fleet for him. and the retreating
warriors made their path one field Of
desolation. Only three or four soldiers
were killed.
The affidavit OF Mai Rinehart is for the
purpose OF establishing that the Indians
had been committing depredations before
the soldiers met them. He probably has
a more accurate knowledge of the war
than any other living person, and while
his affidavit does not touch upon the
amount of the claims the statement of
facts is altogether favorable.