The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-02-03
AN OLD INDIAN FIGHTER.
eUncle jack" Farley, of California,
Has One Hundred Redskins
ON His Record.

| ring out VI tIie lHuIun lis SuPatAoh
has vanished, and if you discover one
to-day he is either very old man or
else very untruthful one, especially
in California, where the hostile saw
age has not been seen in many years.
One of the few authenticated Indian
fighters of California is jackson Farley,
commonly known as "Uncle Jack, !" who
lives on his ranch high up in the noun
tains of Mendocino county.
Uncle Jack has passed his ninety
second birthday, and will modestly ad-
nit the killing of 100 Indians. Only he
will not say that he "killed" them;
stopped" j., bis favorite expression
an expression, by the way, that orig
mated with him in the early sos and
subsequently became official vernacu-
lar among scouts and cattlemen.
Between the years 1s49 and 1865 Uncle
Jack was engaged in almost constant
warfare with the Indians of Mendo-
cino, Trinity and Humboldt counties
de came TO California from Virginia
with the early settlers in search of ad-
venture and fortune, and in search of
revenge, too, for during the journey
across the plains his best friend died
from an arrow, and Uncle Jack fell
easily into the then common belief
that the only good Indian was a dead
one.
Trophies galore of the balance of
that bloody journey he showed to the
Call reporter. Scalps by the dozen,
chairs bottomed with Indian hide, ra-
zor strops of the same grewsome ma
terial. and countless bows, arrows,
tomahawks and firearms.
With neither wife nor child, only the
comradeship of big mastiff, Uncle
Jack arrived here in 1S49 and settled
down TO the business of stock raising
on the lonely mountain ranges of Men
docino.
From 1850 to 1856 there were no In
dian agencies established, and the ad-
vent of white man was an invitation
to the treacherous instincts of the In
dian. Murder arson and cattle and
horse stealing ran riot.
Farley went out one morning to in
Spect his stock and found that 25 horses
and 100 head of cattle had been stolen
and that his favorite saddle horse had
been killed and mutiated, its name and
tale hanging defantly on the gate posts
of the corral.
Uncle Jack fastened back to his
cabin, where he secured extra ammuni-
tion and another brace of sixshooters.
Three friendly prospectors with an ex-
ira horse were in the neighborhood
and they and Uncle Jack set forth in
pursuit of the thieves. Reaching a deep
canyon where one of the Eel river trib-
utaries came cascading down the noun
tain, they were about TO water their
horses when they were struck by the
peculiar color of the water. 1t was
blood red
This was enough to tell Uncle Jack
that the Indians were butchering his
cattle up the river and washing the
caicasses in the stream.
In flash he and his companions
were riding up the trail, where they
soon met shower of arrows. This was
in ;he day of the muzzle-loading rifle
and every one of the return shots had
TO tell.
Uncle Jack and his friends dismount-
ed and broke for cover. In the shelter
OF :rees and bushes they poured slow
deadly fire on the attacking red men.
As fast as the savages could reorganize
and surround the rifles of the white
men they would cut gaps in the savage
circle. Time after time the Indians
were repulsed, and finally, after five
hours of bitter fighting, their supply of
arrows gave out and they beat a re-
treat.
Uncle Jack recovered only remnant
of his band of cattle and none of the
horses, but exactly 40 Indians, good
and dead marked the quantity of his
vengeance. This was one of Uncle
Jacks most successful days. 1t soon
became historic and was instrumental
in securing him government scout
ship when the first Indian post was es-
tablished in 1S56.-San Francisco Call.
Peculiar Ceremony of the Chinese.
The exhumation of the bodies of Car
Poy and All Ben, two Chinese who died
at Barooga, New South Wales, about
ten years ago. lately took place, by the
authority of the colonial secretary.
Two Chinese came from Deniliquin for
the purpose. Proceedings commenced |
by placing lighted tapers and a baked |
fowl and other food on the graves, with |
a bowl of whisky. into which the Chi
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