Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-02-18
POET Of S|ERRAS
CROSSES DIVIDE
PEACEFULLY PASSES AWAY
IN HIS MOUNTAIN
CABIN
WIFE AND DAUGHTER NEAR
JOAQUIN" MILLER WAS GREAT
LOVER OF NATURE AND IN
TERPRETER or HER
sUBTLER MOODS

SAN FRANCISCO. Cal. fto. '.l
Joaquin Miller the root o. hel
Sierras. died today in his one room
cabin which he built with his onn
hands Ia the Piedmont His mar,
years ago.
Juanita Miller. his daughter. and
his wife were with him. lie ha-
been IN two years from stroke OF
paralysis His most famous work
lis SONGS of the Sunland."
Cincinnatus II. Miller. better known
by his pen-name Joaquin" Miller.
the Poet of the Sierras." was one OF
the most picturesque characters in
the literary world OF the United
States in his day He was born from
Scotch parents in the Wa
bash district OF Indiana. November
10. 1912 He was scarcely ten years
old when his father emigrated TO
Oregon. then wild and sparsely set
tied country lie received but lit
tie education and lived a wild and
adventurous life. Three years later
Miller, then boy of thirteen, left
home to try his fortune in Califor-
MIA
Very little OF q reliable nature Is
known of young Mlller's life during
the seven years he roamed aimless'
IL through the wilds o~ northern
California and southern Oregon.
Gold-diggers. lumbermen and trap
pers. indians and outlaws. We're his
The erratic nature q.
the young poet was unintell bile
to the rough adventures With s's'om
he came In contact and they eonsid-
cred him crack-bralned. When he
became ~ "squaw-man" sharing the
tent OF a young indian woman whose
tribe he had joined. he lost caste
with the white man altogether lie
was treated with contempt, like all
"squaw-men" are and retaliated by
leading the indians In their attacks
upon the whites,
After his return to his home In
Oregon he began to study law In the
offices of George II Williams nj
Eugene. Oregon. who afterwards be
came attorney general OF the United
States The following year he be
came an eXpresse messenger IN the
gold mining districts of Idaho, which
position he resigned to become the
editor of the democrat ic Register,
"A weekly newspaper In Eusene, UT"
which was suppressed by the author
ities shortly afterwards because OF
the seditious character OF us edito-
rials.
In 1868 Miller opened law Of
flee In Canon city. Oregon. Nhile
living In that young aud struggling
town he distinguished himself by
leading an expedition against the
hostile Indians. who had attacked
the settlement In 1906 Miller Was
made county Judge OF Grant county,
which post he occupied until 1917.
His literary activity began about
1864 or 1865 lie began about
poems. dealing mostly With the al
lventurous life OF the West u" pub
lished first collection OF poems IN
paper covers. called Specimens
and next volume with the title Joa-
quiu et al. which contained de-
fense OF Joaquin Murietta. the Ia
nous Spanish-Americau outlaw, VINO
/ had been the terror of california
/ for ten years. From this Miller took
his pen-uame Joaquin. under
which he published all his subse-
quent works.
! In 1870 Miller went 10 London.
where be published. Boo the following
4 year. his songs OF the Sierras ana
Pacific Poems During his solourn
/ IN London Miller was TAKEN up ny
society and became much sought
after guest in drawing rooms. tn"
romantic nimbus surroudlng hts
personality. his eccentric ways OF
dressing and OF bearing himself In
terested society and he vas fairly
overw helmed with invitations. His
poems we're read by everybody and
there was no man more popular than
he In London AZ that time He used
20 entertain his hosts with accounts
OF his life in the wilderness. his
:ights with Indians and outlaws. his
experiences in the gold fields and In
the camps OF the Indians While
some of these 1c. cunts vere 20 some
extent true. fhourh exaggerated aud