The copper era., 1903-11-26

OLD-TIME SKETCHES
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Tn the year Of Is59 there lived on Eel river, Humboldt county, Call'or- mia, man by the name of Caseoeer He had a ranch and employed Ie" Digger Indians. Two of the Indians, Joe and Dick, got offended at hlm Tor something and killed him. DICK was and gave his partner Joe away. Hyebesville and the town o' Roanerville turned out to hunt Tor Toe. This bad Indian had taken to the mouth of Eel river, where the jules aud brush was very thlch, anu only few knew how to pass the quaS- mire Of the swamps. but the Indians all were sure that Joe was there One
 Indian, who had a family, came to the whites and said 'I am no bad Indian. 1 work for white man. My squaw good my family good. Let me get Indian Joe" So they offered him
 weapons but he refused, for no Indian
 was allowed to carry arms oi an!
 kind. Houses had been burned. peo- pie killed and tragedies had been com mitted until the people could stand 1t DO longer. We'll Digger Charley started, he cut all the trails around the Swamps and crawled for oyer q mile through water and slIeh. H.
 laid all night and the mosquitoes and gnats had picked him until his face was swollen out of shape, but he stuck
 to the trail and ln the morning he saw the murderer, Indian Joe, cutting meat from hog which he had killed and carried to his liar. Then the noble red man studied how to capture Joe. After a few minutes he said to Joe, Come here Joe, 1 am hurt and feel very bad" Joe said, What are you doing here?" Charley replied,
 "I killed Davis and his family yester- day and they are hunting for me. Can't we get out of here tonight?' When Joe said, 1T believe you are hunting me and will kill you" "No, no Joe, I am trying to get away. See l am worn out. Won't you help me- Let me have a piece of meat" Well I will cut it for you for l believe you have been sent to bring me in to the white men," Now Joe had q butcher
 knife and he took care to keep it. He cut a piece ot meat and handed it to Charley saying, If any one gets me he will have to fight for it." Now Charley had been out two days and he thought it was about time to bring in his prisoner, so he said, What did you kill Casebeer for? He was a good
 man." "Yes, Casebeer was good, but
 no white man is good for they come here and kill good Indians" Well they don't kill good Indians. Now you give mo that knife and come with
 me-" Both looked each other in the eyes, and neither one finched, but walked up close. Joe had his knife drawn and poor Charley ready to spring on him, but Charley srasped
 his knife hand and such a rough and 1 tumble fight was never seen around | those swamps, but as Charley was
 much thGS~ion&er man. he got the
 knife from him and took cords from
 threw the knife in to q pool of water and dragged him out. It was near sundown when Charley and his pris- Oner, Joe, came to ranch. The peO-
 pie were so delighted with Charley that they bought 20.acre ranch and
 put a house and fence on it. They gave him years start with two l horses, COW, pigs and chickens, and placed signs around the home, 'In- dian Charley'S Farm" No one to mo- | lest them, and when the great massa- ere ot Indian Island occurred in 1860 Charley and his family were safe.
 Twenty-Five white men went at night in canoes from Eureka over to the 1 island and with hatchets and other
 weapons killed over 25O Indians, men. women and children. Not one sho,
 was fired. That stopped Mir. Digger
 Indian from killing any more white
 settlers. When you read this please don't say that this is not true for every word is the truth, and d white
 man by the name of Larriby. who had
 all his horses and ranch destroyed and | his people killed, took it on himself to kill the children. He claimed that he killed sixtythree. That was the
 number found dead of the little ones,
 Dick and Joe, the two Indians, who killed Casebeer were taken to Eureka and hung. Dick said, q am afraid
 waga white will kill me-" but Joe said, II am not afraid Of waga. Where will 1 stand?' As the rope was placed over his head he was asked if Casebeer did wrong to him he said. No, Casebeer was the best white man
 he had ever 1een, and he was not fit to live" V B.S
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