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Joins Indian Tribe.

The sap flows sudden ara soon in
this sunny California piedmont at the
south base of Shasta. and I once
more must be moving The war was
still on, and I could not so home.
One OF the men with whom I had
wintered went with me as far as the
Pit river ferry. where the old scien-
list who had attached alimself to the
prince had settled down and taken
to himself an Indian wife. But as the
Indians advised him 10 turn back he
did so and taking two Of their number
with me to look after the mules and
supplies I pressed on up the noun
tains. / found everything at the now
famous Lost Cabin" as I left It;
even several large nuggets of gold and
gold laden quartz were stiil on the
mantIs piece. Then the white man
had not been here in my absence.
They had rot vet found my leafy
paradise for all their persistent quest
The indians gradually gathered
about: slowly and not in great num-
bers as before. And they were not
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-04-14
Miller Turned Adriit.

Tie winter was slipping By. plenty
of wild game, dry wood at hand for
great fires. peace ali along the line 80
far as | could see Then we had a
big killing OF elk. such a killing OF
elk as should say no other white
man ever saw. The chief had told his
men to kill everything Ia sight; for
these beasts, their storehouse Of rich
est meats for ages. were only tempting
the wftte man to come their way.
Soon after this two young Modoo
warriors, strangers TO me, came into
our camp. They were garmented al
most entirely In the gaudiest Sort OF
white mems clothes. They had guns
OF the latest pattern and brought loads
Of ammunition That night there was
a council, lasting late. They had come
TO insist that I should be killed also,
since the Modocs had risen up and IN
q single night had butchered all and
recovered the entire Pit river valley
now rich and pOpulOus MOdOc country.
These Indians of mine had always
been afraid Of the Modoc, but hardly
dared disobey them. OF question their
right to kill whom they pleased
What Stiffness, what stealthtness
next morning as the women moved
about. hardly daring to look AZ me
For il had been decided that must go
away. The young warriors woHld &C
cent nothing else. 7 should be spared
only on condition that left the coun-
try.
when they had gone, suddenly. as
they had come. the old Indian woman
- Aaa fotren care OF me after the
agbt AZ castle Rocks told me that I
must go. that the chief had been CON-
mauded to kin me with his own hand,
and so commit his tribe 70 the general
uprising. but that he had pleaded that
was not only a witless boy and his
guest. and no Indian ever killed fool
or guest. Then they insisted that they
would do so: but it was finally agreed
mat should be allowed TO 50. maybe
TO die in the snow.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-04-14

"a n T. SHASTA is mon
AL arch o. the Sierra de
y Nevada mountains of
L 4 snowy, monarch OF
entire mountain range reaching
from Alaska to Mexico. But there
IS a higher mountain in the Sierra
Madra (Mother Mountain), away TO
the South, a bold, bare eminence
without form, color, or expression,
and there are groups and chains OF
glorious snow peaks in the Siera
Grande del Norte far away to the
North, of Undesirable splendoT,
but Mt. Shasta is so solitary, so inn
periously alone, that you never
once question its supremacy; you
do not even ask his altitude. He is,
geographically, artistically, su-
premely supreme; as alone as God
upon the great white throne.
Mt. Shasta is not a gold bear
ing mountain; because it was born
of fire. Gold and fire do not af-
fliate. And yet, after more than
fifty years Of persistent and cruel
Quest, they are still madly search
ing for gold in Mt. Shasta, and
in all its immediate, vast and state
ly environs.
J.. a lad Of fourteen, from oregon.
71d tried mining with party, to the
sh of Mt Shasta, a preacher at
head. honest and good men all OF
D. but I broke down. Not big
En- to swing a pick I could only
NE as cook;-the one easy and
ne one hardest and most intol-
task OF all. A stampede" was
liners were flying like fugitives
beaten army Cor the south side or
shasta. We were two men. a boy
.4i two Indian children. We were
hampered IN our flight BY a weak.
witless. and boolIish old man or
science who had fastened himself on
the prince like the traditional old man
Of the mountains
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Plans of the Prince.

The Indian children. content enough
at all times and places. were quite
at home when we came upon the inn
perial mountain. They had been born
and bred on and about the stately
sleeps and KIamat, the boy, was more
than at home In the leading through
new and unknown ways so as to avoid
the stream OF strong, rude men who
were swarming through the land, up
rivers. down creeks and canyons in
quest Of gold
With the first coming Of birds in
The spring, Klamat found a place
that might have been compared TO
Paradise. It was not yet in full flow
er, but looking out from our little
woodswalIed cabin over the dense for
ests to the south we could see the
summer coming in glorious procession
up the plunging, foaming McCloud
river.
K1amat was sulIen. morose, a true
Indian when a true Indian is angered.
But he kept the camp hooks Wen hung
with venison and all good things OF
the chase. The bookish old man was
stronger now and kept on steadily with
his botanizing. The girl went in quest
of her kindred, found them and
brought them to see us. But the prince
had plans Of his own; great plans
which he slowly UnfOlded TO me. max
ing me almost believe these plans FOR
the solution of the perishing savages
were my own. Briefly, the idea was
20 make this mountain sacred 10 the
Indians. To persuade tine United States
TO proclaim it a city of refuge, a sane
-tuary, in short a sort of Indian repub-
IT,,
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Indian and the cultivated Englishman
are exactly alike in this The time
10 break bad news is after dinner, as
YOU sit quietly at your camp fire or
i'm your club and ali at rest.
After an ample feast came talk OF
new books. the newspapers, the prince
pointed to a paragraph in the Shasta
City Courier: Briefly. body of ModOcs
remembering their repeated disasters
i'm conflict with Fremont had taken up
position in Castle Rocks, cut off all
communication to the North, captured
the mule mail train. killed not only
men. but women and children and all
the country was in CONSERVATION Rest
less young men of the TTinities and
Shastas were on the war path and
Captain Crook had come all the way
from Fort Jones. near Yreka and was
TO fan upon the NIedOcs I'm the rear
while Judge Gibson was raising a band
of scouts. both red and white. to try
and open the mail line and avenge the
massacre of women and children.
Mountain Joe. who had been one of
Fremonts men, was doing all ne could
to cultivate a little valley where he
kept the mail station and a little
mountain tavern. He had dug an ir-
rigation ditch and he and I had left
the station, as there was no mail now
or travel of any kind and had gone
UP the ditch into the woods 10 look
after the water. Suddenly horses, some
Of them with feathered arrows in their
SIDES, came dashing past wild with
faf,ros. oolrfre- down iowa I'd the river
we saw smoke, flames and then a line
uf Indians loaded with plumber, wad-
ing the river and disappearing in the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-04-14
Ioaauin MILLER Wounded.

Our charge had been so sudden that
there was no time for the enemy to
marshal on our side. But for all that
we were met by a fearful shower and
/ think il safe TO say that each man
had at least a dozen arrows cIinging
to his blanket as we rushed into the
brushy fortress. But we all got safely
through the marsh. Soon Gibson held
up "a hand with an arrow through it.
and some others were hit in the hands
and arms. But we kept on till we
began to meet our own men coming
on and up from other like charges
through the marsh, and it seemed we
had entirely won.
Gibson called a halt. so as to be
careful about hitting our own men.
when suddenly there was another
deiuge of arrows, and L dropped at his
side ] felt no real pain. as one would
think. with an arrow thrust through
the side of my neck and face till the
point stuck away out at the back of
my neck. but I was stunned. 1t
seemed TO me as if my head had been
crushed, and 7 remember putting up
my hand to feel my head This was.
perhaps, because the arrow had pierced
so nearly the base of the BRAIN do
not remember anything else about that
day, and very little else about the next
year. In fact. my memory and, in
truth. all my faculties failed me for
ever so long after that
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woods that hung the further bank.
Joe raised a small bunch OF indolent
men such as always hang about places
OF the sort on the border. brown men.
red men. and followed dangerous
thing TO do. But he must know who
they were and where they were head
ing. soon it was clear that they were
climbing for the Modoc camp away
up in the clouds OF Castle Rocks.
Mountain Joe now turned back and
led his wearv men down the river
TIN he fell in with Judge Gibson on
his way Up Castle Creek 10 join Cap
tain Crook, of the regular army, as
Crook had ordered; ascending Castle
Creek. his Indian scouts In the van.
With a sharp detOur TO the right we
soon cOmpassed the granite pinnacles
But still no sign of the regular army.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-04-14
Joins Mountain Joe.

There was city down yonder on the
Sacramento IN the heart Of the richest
sort of mines. not a wild city as Yre<a
was. but a city of books beautiful
women and gentlemen. It was a long
hard ride distant, but Klamat knew all
the trials and he and the prince were
often gone for days I. of course, was
not told all his plans and enterprises.
] only knew that ne had everything
brought to orr camp that comfort
could demand and that as usual he
seemed to have heaps and heaps ~
money.
Meantime had Joined Mountain Joe
IN locating Soda Springs ranch. and
then riding away south to Sonora for
a band Of half wild horses which he
actually bought by the acre: they were
as cheap as that! He brought Nrexi-
cans with us 10 break them en- route.
But when I got hack ] eagerly hasten
ed up 10 our mountain home on the
sleeps.
I do not know why I stood out look
ing down over the woods. watching
waiting for the prince for I was not
really lonesome; never in my life in
most dismal places was I ever very
lonesome: but somehow I felt that
there was going to be trouble. We had
a good cabin: it was full of good
things. we were on good terms with
our Indian neighbors. The prince had
gold dust and gold coin also lying
loose and at hand for all What
trouble could there possibly be in the
air?
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Joe led around to where Gibson stood
on the rocks behind the trees, looking
anxiously up and out for the regulars.
He had already lost several Of his
Indian volunteers and one white man.
Despairing OF any aid from Captain
Cook, he crept down to Joe and his
anxious men, and said. Boys. we
must make charge through the
marsh at thi narrow neck and finish
it hand-to-mind. Who viii go with
me?"
Nearly IL rot all eagerly pressed to
his side, bat he hastily chose only the
few who were best equipped with hand
weapons, and dashed on through the
long. strong grass and mud and water
to his waist. Joe had made us all cut
holes in our blankets and put our
heads through. The best shield i'm the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-04-14

A young man kneeled down as an
other held my head, and cutting on
the arrows point drew the shaft
through my face. / felt this and felt
a relief as they heaped up leaves and
made a pillow for my head / renem-
Der hearing men shout from the top
OF the savage fortress and knew the
fight was done AMI won.
The disabled men were carried down
from out Castle Rock by women pris-
oners. The one who carried me on
ner back had lost both her boy and
husband I'm the battle. She was not
kind at first. They tied my head close
10 hers so that she could steady il
with her hand Then I talked to her
in her own tongue. which / had learn
ed very perfectly from our Indian
children. She then told he- sOrrows
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-04-14
Renters of Houses
GroW Sentimental

There fs e lot Of sentiment IA Wash
ington," said a renting agent. Some
of our tenants find II in chunks, and
then they come and tell rs about It. It
is usually centered In some room IN
boarding or furnished room house on
our list You wouldn't think there
would be much romance attached % a
place of that kind, yet shat is where
the sentiment most frequently mani
tests itself. Some people. mostly
women, Of course. come back year
after year and ask to be allowed to
see certain rooms IN certain houses.
Great events in their lives apparently
took place there. Maybe somebody
was born there, maybe somebody die
or It might have been some other trag-
edy or some other Joy. Anyhow, 70
these persons those particular rooms
are hallowed spots. and on certain
dates. anniversaries, probably, they
make a pilgrimage there Sometimes
the tenant. If a newcomer, suspects
thieves and refuses permission 20 en-
ter. but as a rule the most stony
hearted Yields to the spirit OF re-
nance and the visitor is allowed 10
weep and mourn to her heart s con
tent"
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glad: gloom hung over them and
marked all their actions; but they
were very respectful with ali their
ominous silence.
As snow began to sift down through
the russet and golden NAPLES we
moved all the peope far mp the noun
tain to some warm springs SO as to
be more entirely out of the danger
line. I could see there was going 10 be
trouble. II not here, somewhere. I
had brought with me plenty OF powder
and lead and we must live on wild
meats sill trouble blew over.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-04-14

Our Indian guides reported US in close
approach to the hostile Indians.
A short consultation was held and
Mountain Joe insisted that it was now
impossible TO turn back or hope to
escape without battle. A hasty lunch
i'm the brush and then we gathered
up our guns and crept forward. Their
fortress was in a great mass of rocks,
almost hidden by climbing chaparaI
and clinging vines.
Joe put me behind a little pine in
the very edge Of the open marsh with
a young Indian and pushed on to put
others of the scant battalion in place
/ stood my gun against the pine,
looked to my pistols. frightened my
belt and then put some extra bullets
in my mouth as ] seemed to recall
all l had ever read about fighting
Indians [ was to be in my first real
battle. Suddenly there was stimuli
taneOus crash of arms. Smoke en-
circled the hostile camp and the In
dian at my side rushed across tie
narrow opening and fell. pierced with
arrows
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Sol soon found myself in pretty.
pleasant, and civilized Shasta City.
The people were very kind, hut they
could not and would not let me rest
here. White people miss the fined sen
sibilities Of The savage. An indian
woman viii not stare a You and ask
idiotic questions that make your Attic
tions twice rs sore as If lel alone.
These people here would kill me with
their combined kindness and vulgar
curiosity
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-04-14
When The Worm Turned.

All this time she was filing ND a
little long buckskin bag with pulVer-
gzs5 elk meat. Having done this, she
SAT dov,r Nv my side sud began 10 TX
nv moccasins. think I was trem-
hing. She told me I was treT7lsis'sE-
and I tried to ind to find out II It
was fear. Looking at II now, after
all have passed through do not
think II was fear but horror do
not think ever knew such feeling
as fear but / have shed tears Ike
woman time and again; and all horri-
bIa things to ne are terribly shocking.
The woman told me in whispers, as
she tied ana sticked. that the white
men had become so mOnstTous that
the Indian women who had been COM
PEELED to 1--we with the white men,
while their children were made 20
serve them, all went 70 bed on q Ger
tain night agreed upon with little
short knives in their breasts. The
agreement with all was when the new
moon sank down in the saddle OF the
mountains behind a certain trunk Of
pine they were 10 instantly use their
knives. This was done so timely and
perfectIv that when the bolted doors
were opened TO the Indians who stood
waiting outside there was not one
white man left except the "haif-witted
boy in all the country
1 did not feel strong Where could
/ 90? The way over the mountains TO
where Joe vas was not passable. I
might make my way down through The
McCIoud to Shasta City. and. then, I
might not The MSdoc Was out OF his
nest. hot as q dornet Woe 20 the
white man who should meet him now.
stood with gun, blanket, and dried
meat before the chief, and asked II 1
might stay. He rocked at me straight
and steadily for long time, then said:
''sV ould you break your word"
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DRIVEN OUT BY INDIANS

did not feel strong Where could go? The way the
mountains to where Joe not passabe might make my
way down through he McCloud to Shasta City and then might
The Modoc out of his nest hot hornet Woe to the
white man who should meet him now
stood with gun blanket and dried before the chief and
asked might stay He looked at steadily for long time then
said: would you break your word?"
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and said I must be her boy in place OF
the one killed. When 1 did not or
could not answer. she told me if I
would be her boy she would not drop
ne over the ledge as she intended
when she came to the narrow place
where only the mountain sheep went
down
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Seventh InStdIIment Of lntCr-
0Sting "reminiscences BY
the Poet OF The SiGrrQS.

I felt sorry somehow about something
of which / knew nothing at all. And
when they came / was certain there
was bad news. But no big hearted
man viii bother you with bad news
at once unless compelled 10. The wild
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The final Charge.

The little marsh valley was cIouded
with smoke. But all from our own
guns. This was, perhaps, the last
battle on this continent with the In
dams where they used only the bow
and arrow. We found firearms
a-plenty in their camp. but they were
not used. Our prisoners told us they
did not know how TO load them
Night was coming on. we must fin
ish the fight. White men do not fight
Indians TO advantage in the dark.
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world Flint arrows are ike little
saws on either edge. Their flint teeth
catch in the wool and viii not go
through
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-01-02

are pretty nearly numbered of such
trusts and consplracies against public
welfare. To complete this work, let
the people rise as one man Let ev-
cry adult Of both sexes unite in sign
ing the petition printed herewith to
the interstate commerce commission.
A Petition for Reasonable Express
Charges.
To the Honorable Interstate Com
merce Commission,
Washington, D. c.
We the undersigned respectfully
represent that exorbitant rates have
long been exacted for their services
by the American, Adams, United
States, Wells Fargo & Co and South
ern express companies. Besides be-
ing exorbitant their rates have been
made in a highly arbitrary manner
and with a view to perfecting their
monopoly.
Evidence Of the truth of this COM
paint is shown by the excessive div
idends and bonuses paid by the ex-
press companies on their "watered"
securities.
We therefore respectfully request
your honorable body to complete its
investigation of the express monopoly
at the earliest possible moment, and
to order the express companies to
substitute for their present exorbi-
tant charges, rates that shall be just
and reasonable, as provided for in the
act Of congress of June 80, 1906.
Names Addresses
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-01-02
Pecan Growing in the South.

We have made liberal extracts from
the report Of the proceedings OF the
Association Of Agricultural Commits
sioners. But we have also found in
it a paper read by Prof H. Harold
Hume, then of the Agricultural De-
partrnent Of North Carolina, but now
Of Glen St. Mary Nurseries, on the
subject of peach growing. We are
publishing all the literature on this sub
ject that we find, believing that the
business promises to be very profit
able one in Florida
Throughout the region in which it
may be grown no fruit tree is worthy
Of more serious consideration than the
pecan. Combining as it does all the
requisites Of an excellent shade tree
with the production OF an appetizing
Ind nutritious food material, it must be
regarded as one Of the South's most
useful trees.
Among nut trees, whether in
d1genous or exotic it stands, with
few equals and no superior. In quail
ty it is unsurpassed, and | am happy
to say it is coming to it's own, its own
place, and no mean place at that in the
development Of the rural wealth Of the
Southern States At the present time
we import S., Al 1855 worth of nuts, we
export only $3.50, 1866 worth Our ex-
ports in nuts are confined to walnuts,
peanuts and pecans. The export trade
in nuts from the United States must
increase, is bound to increase, and
when it has assumed any considerable
proportions, [ venture to say, the pc
can will surpass all other tree nuts
in the number Of pounds sent from our
shores. But that time is some distance
off. We do not yet produce enough
to supply Our own needs and the better
grades Of nuts are unknown to the nut
consuming public
AS yet the pecan industry is young,
very young, it has not yet reached its
majority as a cosmopolitan hort1cultur-
al industry in it's possible range Of
cultivation, but already forces are at
work which auger we'll for its future
among which attention which it IS
receiving from Experiment Station
workers and the organization Of the
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-01-02

eyes to all other qualities Sometimes
it is all a pecan nut has to recommend
it, and when such is the case, it isn't
much Of a pecan. [ do not know
whether a much more undesirable va
r1ety in the way Of a pecan nut has
been brought out than the Columbian,
10th Century, Century, Pride OF the
Coast, Southern Giant, Rome pecan.
1t has little to recommend it to the
planter. 1t is an illustration Of what
l have said. Medium and small va
retles are usually full meated and OF
good quality. Choose those with
plump kernels, bright, clean meats and
presentable exteriors. Some varieties
are SO dirty and smeared on the out
side that they are, to say the least, not
inviting. The variety must be prolific,
it must be adapted to your individual
needs; it should be of fair size and good
quality.
Insects and Diseases pecan
has no known enemies, was the state
ment commonly made in print but a
little while since But who ever knew
Of anything fit for human consumption
that wasn't fit for insects and fungi to
live upon? The pecan has it's enemies,
and some, too, that will compare favor
ably with those of the apple, peach or
plum There are bud-moths, case
worms, twig-girdlers, scab, and other
things.
AS yet, however, these have not be-
come widely distributed and, fortunate
ly, all of them can be controlled by the
means usually used in combating fruit
tree pests.
A Final Word-To those who live
where pecans may be grown for fruit,
let me say as my parting word Of adj
vice: Plant pecan trees, plant them as
shade trees, plant them as fruit trees,
in your yards, on the streets; plant
budded or grated trees if you can; if
you can't, plant seedlings, but plant
pecan trees.