The Red Cloud chief., 1899-05-06
WAS A GREAT INDIAN FIGHTER
jackson Farley Of California one of ,h.
Few That Are Loft.
From the San Francisco CALI

(from the San Francisco CALI
Inc great American Indian fighter.
famed IN history and dime novel. ia
rapidly becoming a memoir Of tho
past. With the tanning and the thin.
ning out of the Indian his occupation
Is vanished, and II you discover one
To-day. he Is either a very old man
or else a very %untruthful one. espe-
c'aiiy IN California. where the hostile
savage has not been seen in many
years. One OF the few authenticated
Indian fighters OF California IA old
Jackson Farley, commonly known as
uncle Jack" who lives on his ranch
nigh up In the mountains of N,ndo.
emo county. Uncle Jack has passed
his ninety-second birthday, and Will
modestly admit the killing OF 100 In
ulahs' only he will not say Thar no
killed them; stopped is his favor
lite expression-an expression bv tho
way that originated with him in the
early COS and subsequently became Of
hcial ve%rnacular among scouts and cat.
Between the years is4g and
1893 Uncle Jack was engaged I'm MI
most constant warfare with the In
uians OF Mendocino, Trinity and Hum
Doldt counties. He came to California
from Virginia with the early SETTLERS
IN search OF adventure and fortune.
and In search OF revenge, too, for dur
ing the journey across the plains his
pest friend died from an Indiana mr..
row and Uncle Jack fell easily into
the then common belief that the only
good indian was a dead one. Tronbiea
galore OF the balance OF that bloody
Journey he showed to the Cali re-
porter Scalps by the dozen, chairs
oottomed with Indian hide, razor
s'rops OF the same grewsome material
and countless bows, arrows. toma-
hawks and firearms. With neither wife
nor child. only the c%omradeship OF n
Dig mastif. Uncle Jack arrived here I'm
1919, and settled down to the business
OF stock raising on the lonely moup.
tain ranges OF Mendocino. From 1850
10 1896 there were no Indian agencies
established. and the advent OF n white
man was an invitation to the treacber-
Gus instincts OF the Indian. Murder
arson, and cattle and horse stealing
ran riot. Farley went out one morn
ing to inspect his stock, and found that
% horses and 100 head OF cattle had
been stolen and that his fayorite sad-
die horse had been killed and mutt
lated, It's name and tail hanging de-
nantiy on the gate posts OF the cor
raj. Uncle Jack FASTENED back To his
cabin, where he secured extra ammu-
sition and another brace of six
ers. Three friendly prospectors. with
an extra horse, were In the ~neighbor- |
MOOD. n they and Uncle Jack set
iorth In pursuit OF the thieves. Reach
ing a deep canyon where one OF the
Eel river tributaries came ~cascadiny
down The mountain, they were about
TO water their horses when thew were
struck by the peculiar color OF the
water. 1t was blood red. This was
enough to tell Uncle Jack that the
Indians were butcherlng his cattle I'M
the river and washing the carcasses in
the stream. In a flash he and his COM
panions were riding up the trail, where
they soon met q shower OF arrows
This was In the day OF the muzzle-
loading rifle, and every one OF the re-
turn shots had to tell. Uncle .Jac,,
and his friends dlsmounted and broke !
for cover. In the shelter of trees and .
Dusnes they poured a slow, deadly fire
on the attacking red men. AS fast
as the savages could reorganize and
surround. the rifles OF the white men
would cut gaps in the savage circle.
after time the Indians were re-
pulsed. their supply OF arrows gave
put. and they beat a retreat. Uncle
Jack recovered only a remnant OF his
band OF cattle and none of the horses.
but exactly forty Indians, good and
marked the quantity of his YEN
This was one of Uncle Jacks
most successful days. 1t soon became
historic, and was instrumental in Sc
curing him a government scoutship
he first Indian pest was es,ab-