Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-09-08

uncle Jack" settled among the lonely
mountain ranges of northern Mendociuo
county 50 years ago. His little cabin
was snug and comfortable, two Of 1thfee
stately trees sheltering It from the blas-
Ing noontide sun, and the magnificent
stretch Of country that could be seen from
the door was continual feast to the soil
tary man. who, for: all his primitive ways
Of living, was an ardent lover OF natures
beauties. Neither wife nor child had
Jackson Farley, and Jet he did not lack
companionship, for large, faithful
maati6 shared his isolated home, and =
strong bond Of affection united the two. z
This quiet life was broken In upon Aft
er time by the unfriendly advances o.
hostile Indians, Whose lawless pillsging
was q menace to the life and property q
the few white settlers then id hendocino
county. From 1850 to 1858 there wete
no Indian agencies established, and the
advent Of q white settler into this section
was regarded AZ q signal for the red
skins, whose lawless daring had no limit
i for ,barbarity,9 Reports {of arson and cat
tie and horse stealing were almost daily
chronicled throughout the counties. II
Farley needed 1 stimulus to- incite his
avowed vengeance to action, he did not
have long to wait. Il VIA "
~ One morning in the early hfties, after
breakfast; Farisy remarked 70 tie faith:
fu1 dog, III he'd my cap. we'd take q
walk" It was soon brought to him, for
the dog would stand on his hind legs and
pull the old cap of its wooden peg. carry
It to his master and then spring ont Of
doors, bark 1oyfully and scamper down
the grassy slope. 10 :.
|. The object Of Farley's walk this morn.
Ing was to note the condition of bis cat
tie and horses, then supposed to be pas
turing along what 10 known % the '..Out-
let" range. After diligent search until
noon without finding trace ofs26 head
OF horses and 100 head Of cattle Farley
concluded that as there were no fences
his stock had stampeded and he had bet
ter return for his pet saddle horse, which
was corralled near his cabin. His
thoughts while walking to the corral
were not particularly disturbed for the
welfare Of his valuable stock, but when
he reached the corral and found his sad.
die horse slaughtered, its name and tail
severed from the carcass and conspicu.
ously hanging on the corral bars, waving
Z sort Of defiance from the perpetrators
Of the outrage. his passionate rage de.
manded Immediate revenge. Like fash
the mysterious disappearance Of his stock
was made plain. They had doubtless
shared similar fate. Quickly securing
extra ammunition, both six shooters and
FOLD meat-in-the-pot," his muzzle loading
rifle, with his dog, he started for the
mountain and canyon Businesses, plan
ming revenge as he went. -;
Meeting three prospectors on the noun
tain who, had an extra horse, the fon1
started in pursuit, we'll mounted. In q
deep canyon where one Of the tributaries
Of the Eel river comes cascading down
from the mountains they stopped to wa
ter their heated animals and noted thu
peculiar color Of the water. 1t actually
had the appearance of blood. There was
nothing mysterious about this to Uncle
Jack. The pursuit was over as far ai
the Indian hunt was concerned. The scar
let stream indicated clearly the scene
that was being enacted up the stream
The Indians We're butchering his stoel
and washing the carcasses In the river.
Farley at once became the leader q
the small expedition, ordering his volun
teers to separate and follow the angles
Of the stream at different points, while
he proceeded fearlesslS to the front. Il
was fully an hour before dark, and h
determined not to defer the battle unit
day break. This determination had no