The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-07-14

flank slot 4 very Gear friend Of mine. ?.
Maddox sheriff CT Crnatslla county, Gre
rca- Nader and . friend were lockine
for vauxhn ana found him ere night sseep-
ting Ia = cabin with another cesperzaA
Maddox shot Hanks friend and HAhk
shot kaetox's frtsnd ard afserwa-c AAA-
dox himself Vaughn was caught 80
sent 70 the perirensizry- oao nan 80
Vaughn and got him pardoned a1ies-
ward He was a. handsome felow -
1 ever sxw-hxd fun red lips and Greciac
features. ana he married ene WIDOW ..
Ruby Of Crzsg's msa1tafn- HuSy ana
C-alx were partners and Ruby naArTl-e
Crasgss daughter. When Ruhy was A..eo
BIZ the Indians, his widow became ~
Hank Vaughn she was nAnasoMe 49,
breed. daughter OF y wealthy lacsxn ~~
man. Vaughn was killed net long age ~
a fan from a horse n Penesetcn. Or. Iney
Showed ne the spot where Hank tei VIA
I was IL PsnSleton last The VIE = Nv
snx or the reservation now.
The nosr talked his or very ra2aeiy.
ana seemed 70 take Il for granted SAAs
every ora must b fauztlfzr ~1ta s.~s
vague locations As Crzigs mountain a.l1
.rne" reservation He resented aoss 80.
as 70 the amount or schooling ne asa
re~alved. and enumerated the educational
institutions he had attended Ia tns cas-
when men wore boards and bosts Al ne
colurnAla college at Eugene. o.. Ne CO
Hvered the class poem, ne saia. "a Isss
Judge finley watson, Of Rortland. anu
Capt Henry Small. Y. 3 A. we're mstn-
bers os that class His fAthsr and hrosneEs
were an school teachers. he declared ana
he had taught on the Lewis river IN " as.--
sngtcn and before that IN CALIFORNIA Hs
Il q graduate OF the Law course. and ~nen
he left school ''toolx law books and Two
"a
versatile mind turned early TO journal
ism. ana IN war times. II company VITA
Anthony Noi.ner. later q well known
Democrats newspaper man or Pcrtiano'
he ran the Democratic Register al Ea-
gems for SIX months. 1T was suppressed
At the end OF that cfne." said the poet
ssthey claimed that IL was advccAuas
treason We had old man Lane Up for
president Didn't you know LaneF
guess you're pretty young Lane was =
senator from OREGON and q big man
Crncsnna.us Ffiner Miller, more farnll-
larry known a. Joaquin Miller. was bora
In Wabash county. Ind. November ~.
1sf He removed with his parents IN lsSs
10 Lane county. Or, became miner IN
California, and rerurned 70 oregon II
$50, where he studied Law under Hen
George H. Williams. The next year ne
was express messenger In the gold dis
tricts Of Idaho. After the suppression OF
the Democratic Register for cisloyalty,
he opened law Office In Canyon City.
In Ises-7e he was judge OF Grant county.
Or. He began his literary career. signing
the name Joaquin In suggestion ef pa
per which he had published In defense o.
Joaquin Murietta. Mexican brtgand he
was abroad in 1870 and published his first
volume OF sustained verse. which met
with warm praise from English critics
On his return he settled as journalist
IA Washington City, and In 1857 returned
TO California. which has since been his
home.
HIS best known volumes are Songs Of
the Slerras." Songs Of the Eunland."
Songs OF the Desert" Songs OF Italy"
Songs OF the Mexican Seas" and in
prose. The Danites In the Sierras."
Shadows OF Shasta and '"49. or the
Gold Seekers OF the Sierras." He has In
corporated many OF tho most romantic
and poetic suggestions Of the Pacific coast
in his Wild verse and unconventional
prose. His early life In Oregon has al
ways given the Northwest a peculiar In
terest IN his work. He stiil has brother.
George NJ. Miller. at Eugene. Or, who
came into some prominence a few years
ago by the invention OF bicycle flying
machine which seems. however. to have
come TO naught.