The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1916-04-13

the floor and out of the hunks. The
two young men could we'll have thanked
their lucky stars that they did not
grace the limb Of an adjoining tree |
but more moderate counsel prevailed.
They were shown the trail and advised
to ''hit it" without undue loss OF time. |
And. needless to say. they took the
GENTLE hint without unnecessary delay
and made themselves scarce. i
An incident or two that occurred
about this time will illustrate the Pc
culiar ideas of Indian justice and the
dangerous character Of a medicine
mans Job. The head man or chief OF
the Hood River Indians was tall. dig
nified man named Ba-al, who.wa the
proud possessor of two wives. One OF
them having offended her liege lord and
master, was very promptly and vigor-
ously disciplined, the result being a
broken arm and serious internal injur-
les and her election from the regal
mansion into an adjoining, unused
shack, where she was left with little
or no care. A brother of the woman,
hearing of her pitiable condition. came
and at once ordered notable medicine
man. named Te-al-lup. to attend the
injured woman. His skill. however,
was of no avail, and the ex-queen died.
The camp was located on the ground
now covered by the Mount Hood hotel.
Next evening after the squaw's death,
as ! was driving my cows home past
the camp, / heard the report OF q rifle.
Going to zee what had happened, l
found the old doctor face downward in
the fire, with bullet hole in the back
of his head. He had been sitting with
his back toward the entrance, when
the brother, Jack Wal.lu-pi-ke, con-
cludinR that the doctor alone was to
blame for his sisters death, stole up
behind him and blew out bis brains.
As telt a little lonesome. not know.
ing Just how far Jacks idea Of ven-
geance might 90, took my departure
with as much dignity as ] could mus
ter, and fiatter myself that did well,
considering the creepy feelings up and
down my spinal column. The incident
was closed, however; the wrong mar
killed, and honor and vengeance salts
fed.
Another case was that of one Of
Chief Marks tribe, of The Dalles, who
was killed in drunken brawl by one
of Chief Wal-la.chin's men. Wal-la.
chin ruled half q dozen camps located
about three miles west Of Hood River,
Chief Mark at once demanded satisfac
tion either by delivery of the guilt!
party or satisfactory number o.
ponies. Both demands were refused OF
the ground of contributory negligence
Mark, without further delay, marshal
ed his warriors and started for Wal-la
chin's camp on strictly business
proposition. About 10 o'clock on
bright spring morning the beating Q
tom toms notified US OF their arrival
They had crossed Hood river near IL
mouth and marched single file dow
the entire length of the sandbar
There were 80 or 60 of them on horse
back, armed with flint-lock muskets
bows and1arrows, etc., and made pre-
cession one-half a mile long. 1t
/, needless to say that old Wal-la-chin ca
pitulated.at once, and in the afternoo
they returned with the blood. none
horses, leading them away in triumph
In the fall of 1860 Peter Neal visite
,, Hood River valley and decided to X
cate on the abandoned Gordon place
, and in the spring of 1861 moved dow
! with his family, including his son.ir
law, Jerome Winchell. If lremembt
, rightly, Hardin Corum came to Hoo
J river the same spring and built the sa
mill for Neal. The East Side the
abounded in magnificent pine timbe
and the Meals made use of it, cuttin
g | it wherever found. regardless OF loci
4 tion. Uncle Sam then made no kick
3 those who despoiled his forests. Neal
: lumber business was run very much
i Uncle Sans protective tariff plan. "
!. paid $40 and $12 per 1000 for his lur
a ber here, though he would ship bett'
n lumber to The Dalles and sell at Sc al
r So per 1000 there. That is, we cou
r buy identically the same lumber at II
Dalles, and pay freight back to Ho'
| River as cheap as we could get 1t
a thome; but that was one of Unc
Pete's little ways. and we could buy
q or let il alone, just as we chose. Jes
Neal, son of Peter Neal, touk up
n place adjoining the Butler place. viii
e was afterward purchased by John
NJ Hinrichs, and year or SO later Coru
took farm west Of Jesse Meals a
.t built saw mill oil branch Of what
# now known as 0dell creek.
4 must not forget to mention a W
at known character of these early day
# known as George T. Roberts, LAT
" Hog Roberts. the squaw man. thi
q it must have been in the fall OF 1857
,e the spring of 1858 that Roberts locat
nd on the land where the town OF Frar
ton was afterwards laid out. and bu
ar shack on the little hill where
m Smith cemetery now is, and some YET
;s later took up the place on which now
ke the little town of Viento. Roberts v
he then the most notorious liar ease OF
Cascades, and he had no equals and
nd superiors west of them. 1t was sim
n impossible for the man to tell
do truth. and no one expected it of hi
no A sample yarn which afterwards
- came famous in the country. was t
ed me first by Roberts. Up to the fall
ok 81 he had collected quite q band
is cayuse ponies. These. as the win
came on, were driven onto the mo
". tains east of Hood river. where
- grass was abundant and high.
,at ensuing winter was noted for 1t sew
he ity, bitter cold weather and deep 81
of covered with a heavy crust which
one time was strong enough to bear
ns a small pony. Roberts never saw }
nm nor hair of his band of horses al
nj January until near the first of Maj
when he found them on the banks
sar Hood river in fairly good conditl
he and not one missing, although the 81
rm must have been fully five feet dc
hin According to his story he had 81
8 a many days looking in vain for them
ing -
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