The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-10-01
An INDIAN OUTLAW.


| Tragedy WAlcD TOOK place ON Irlllty
. river, fifteen miles north Of the Indian
reservation in Ho0pa Valley. Califor
MA, on the morning Of March IS
1867, The particulars Of this terrible
affair. resulting in the killing Of four
white men by one Indian, and the
long and fruitIess search for the mur
| derer, terminating with his death IN
der peculiar circumstances. are now
brought to light for the first time.
The HOopa valley reservation, at the
date Of the occurrence. was in charge
of Indian Agent Stockton, and the
military camp attached thereto under
! the command Of Maj Bowman, Of the
Ninth United States infantry. There
| were several hundred Indians on the
| reservation at the time, belonging to
the HCOpa, Redwood and Klamath
tribes. Among them were some Of
ihe most dangerous and bloody char
acters that were ever f0stered by our
| government to prey upon its citizens.
For what has been and Is the result
Of the governments treatment OF the
Indian ? The reservation, under the
50 called humane policy Of the De
| partment Of the Interior. is nothing
more than an asylum where the Ind
ian IS fed and housed during the win
ter, and put in good fighting trim for
spring, when he takes MS departure,
without leave, to prey upon and harass
every unfortunate white that comes
In his way, knowing full well that
after his marauding is suspended
there Is q home for him to return to.
| where he viii be received with open
arms, like the ProdigaI Son, and
where his crimes viii be forgotten in
the haste made to issue him MIS- blau-
! kets and ratIOns. | know there are
! some Of the Good Samaritan order
VINO will say that this is an outrageous
| as well Is an inhuman view to take
| Of the governments treatment Of the
Indian But TO all such / reply, ex
anime the record Of the raat thirty
years, with its wars and uassacres,
its murders and pillages. and its
! wastes and eXtrayagauces, and then
say whether | have been unjust in the
assertions which [ have made Every
| man OF Intelligence who has lived in
an Indian country AMI laI an o,,,,0,,
tuoitv of over,i,,;,,.r 3Lo I,ot};o-,
know fnII Vol +ba7 +|1 onl,, - ~
! tio7 of 4 consietG - ...-l,,,oIi;r'r,
the Indian to work for his living
as Il white man does. to punish
! hIla as you would white man for a
| similar offence. and to make him IN
| deTSlaud that he must conform to the
Iavs tLo sa,no ag ~, ,rhita ,a III ~
Indian i fulIv car9hio ~ Ln;ro, 81
| to comprehend aII tbis r. i 9ot nav,
intention. however - tiIf At tLo ,yini
mills bUt to ,,arr,afa ar, o,,;soIo IN
ont y Dara1Iel in fha Zyb,I, L;stog-- NJ
| tha 0avnrn1nant,s Trot-ctl,,atc ~ no
| Indian Amooer ttio IoenoIa,l,oe ~.
vara carol fo,, If tkis it;r,o On tLo
Uoona ,,aza,,-.at,a,, -, w. ..T1l;a IT,
Frank ..canaIt;n .Toln " .Rior -
and -HqD9sor,a R;IlI, :. o. l,,So,.fa;to
tbet ,zara I-po,,-r IN -. uIl,,.'t.aI'i+
Klamath DaI NorIo oTi ,;1;t,- 80 o9,,,
tics for iii snncias of 1a,-;ItrE fro,,,
horse efaal;n,r - n'D,l7o,. D1,;rae
tboir nario6i6sI soia-l7,,, o +l,a ,aia,
vatio6. thcv were f6a cb,afI ~ two
adverse ranches ana sna~t +ha a,oa+
or portion of fbair fimn IN stealino
from one anafhnr ana n ,,;cl,;olr nfT
nm enemy v-harayoT, tbs,- aL1,75 fo 80 ~
witb9u4 ,IeAec+ion witch T.nD,rcd
not fnfraruontI,. trnat Gf6d,,tar
who had haan - obar2o ,f tbo -.
vatio1 for tI,as -. I,yfora 49, -
cure,.oa I o5, aIo,,4 IT,, ,,oi,+a toaI-
nlaca wac - ,,,osf I-;r1 NOV, - - 49,
sition md ono Who 4,.sa4oJ fba Fn5idin.
nnle7, hin, IN s11oh . ,,,sTn[,, =, Lo
almost ,I,,i,-cs,II,- 1;l.,,l H. g., ~
EaI bowavo,, ,,,,,,-,,,.o '.ls--t - ,-Ia4
he deemed IN bo his lj,,tT fa1Ioo NO no
tha ouas+ioD,I,lo ,,,.oot:Ssa, - ,l.;,-;l,(.
mn ia +bair 5i.,,,ios -, o,,,jl.'Z--,.;l5521
t6 settle them ono da,- iT tIo ca,iZ,
mart of NTarcb 1897 -. Tn5;an fr.,,
ne "Rir lin, ranoh $50 ;, ~
accent with = conoIIa;nt HAT ii. - - "a
had been stolen Inv ..TndiaD FreHi- >
and that tha latfor, rnf,,eol =, INV
him for = as tho - 49,. -,,IL-cS IL
GnontIv fonn3 1rat,1o5 GiaoIt,,,
sonf fo, Frank ami foI5 hin, e bo di1
NOT my fDy tbo borso Lofor,. H. FaI
lov.iaoc iqv tha4 bo r.C,,1l rncI- L;,, ~,
Tbane y,o1;l, = ,,,' ~ So ~ ~ ~
F,an haI Iaft r. = , - 1 Ia
althaTcL ia - ~ 9;19. 49, ',o-,' 'ill,'
fnr n tha s,,,,.o,,,5;3r 80. -
+race- of him, 80, ,i;2olz-o,.'.l' ~,
rLa afformoGn ~ ~, 5-tI - l5oroh
tTa Tmi;an f,l,. ,l,-l,,, 49, -. -. I,oi !
been sole, i-aoz-a,,s5 -. - ',.','
ahouts an1 i,,,aolf,a+,i.. -, -.-t:Er.l
Sfcclt1, mLo dota,.,;l !, ~ 80. 80
hin, and b,,;(- i,', - ~ ~ ~ e. ,';,ri
TaEnr With Fin; f15, sttacGo ar - "a ,i'l tbc i
agency, James Latham. Asa PraiE
William Griffith and John Sloofer,
u9 started i9Ir tranGs hiding place,
s"n,a 49, 49, ~,! II - r .ng t-',.s' . WAS
walton. on the main Trinity river at =
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