East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-09-22

rope did not work well, and while
hanging ne muttered, wake nizi
Ewass kona memaloose" G am not
afraid to die.) He was then shot. !
was glad to see the old devil killed,
/ being satisfied that he was at the bot
| tom of all the trouble. But I cannot
| detail at too great length.
The next day Tecomeoc and Cap
10. were hung. Cap. 10. said all the
Cascade Indians were in the fight
he. next day Toy, Sim I.assselas ana
FOur-fingcred johnny were hung.
The next day Chenoweth jim, Tumai-
tn and Old Skein were hung ana
kenawake sentenced, but treprieved
on the scaffold. Nine in all were
executed. BANANA is a prisoner at
Vancouver and decorated with ball
and chain. The rest of the Cascade
Indians are on your island, and will
| be shot if seen off of it. Such are
! Colonel Wright's orders. Dow, Watt
| auint Peter, Mohooka John Kotzue,
and maybe more of them, have gone
! with the Yakimas.
Many Indians In Attack
4 forgot to mention that your
mouse at the lower Cascades also
| Bishops, was burned also to account
| for Captain Dan Raughman and Jim
| Thompson. They put back into the
mountains, and at night came down to
he river AT Vanderpools place, fished
| Up an old boat and crossed to the
| Oregon side. They concealed them
selves in the focks on the river bank
opposite, where they could watch us;
! and at night went back into the
mountains to sleep They came in
safely after the troops arrived.
I'VE do not know how many In
dams there were. They attacked the.
blockhouse, our place, and drove
Sheridan all at the same time. We
thInk there were not less than 2OOI
or 300. When the attack was made
on lis three of our carpenters ran forj
the middle blOck-house, overlook the
cars at the salmon house, cut the
mules loose, and with Ithe car driy-
ers, all kept on They were not fired
on until they got to the spring onl
the railroad, but from there they ran
the gauntlet of bullets and arrows to |
the fort. Little Jake was killed in |
the run. Several were wounded"
ottJftnlenC
This is sample of the desperate I
sort of fighting the Indians prosec3t-
ed all over Eastern Oregon, Washing
ton, Idaho and Southern Oregon for
the years 1855 and 1856, the historian
continues; and only came to an end /
by the practical exhaustion of the In
dian allies. TIE L. s. government Il
then made a business effort to ex-
the Indian title to the lands
the settlers wished to occupy. When
all the bills and expenses the govern
ment was liable for, or should Justly
assume and pay for these years of
was $6,O1 1,457.26, as reported bvj
Captains Rufus ingalls, and A. ].
smith, U. S. A, and l.. f. Grover, :
appointed to audit
hcse war claims. 5
ON February I, 1860, r. ]. Atkin- /
son. third auditor of the United States ,
reasurN reported $2,7l4,SOS.55 as
Justly due; and the greater part of
his sum was during the early years of
he Civil war in deprecated currency, {
This reduction and mode of payment
many of the early settlers. .
rom the effects of which they never
eCOvered.
Cayuses And Umatillas
Then a peaceable settlement was
made with the Indians for less than
ne-sixth of that expense Treaties
nd purchases of land from the In
Iians were made a follows: $4,000
quare miles, covering Klicliitat
,akima Kittitas, Spokane, Whitman,
Franklin, Douglas. Adams
and Walla Walla counties
a the state of Warrington and por-
ions of Union and UmatillaF countieslN
Oregon, excepting the Indian Re
nrVcS therein were ceded to the
nted states by the allied Indians
nown as the Yakima nation.
For this vast tract the Indians were
be paid 100000 in yearly INSTALL
lcntS, and $500 a year to the head
1Ief for 20 years. The Walla Wallas.
ayuses and tmatillas joined in anil
her treaty by which they were to
'ceive 100000, with $500 year to
lelr mead man for 20 years and re-
rVing the land in the UmGtilla Req
VatiOn.
The NCz Perces. who had :.lways
'en friendly to the whites. joined in
lother treaty ceding $4,000 square
lies, and rescrving ore-fourth of it
one body for their own Reserve, 4
+ the sum of 100000 and $500 a iii
ar TO their head man for 20 years.
chiefs signed this treaty.
e Flatheads, KootenGis. and UpperIE
nd d'Orcilles. constituting the Flat
1d nation. m2de a treaty cedinc 2O,-
. square miles. reserving large
ct for their exclusive use, and for
ich they were TO receive 5000, ,OOO
i $500 year for 20 years to their
nj man.
Purchases Are Bargains
\ftcr making all use treaties. buy
more than 10000. 400 acres of
d for less than two cents an acre,
T. Joel Palmer, who had nePC ti;.ted
these treaties returned to TheIn
lies, Oregon, and there induced
Wascoes, Dee Chutes. and John
: river indians on June a5. 1888 toI
e their lands. amounting to l6.OOOIE
are miles Tor the sum OF Sl5O.OO0.lI
: was the best bargain Of all. MILL
ling as II did all the rich wheatI
Is uf WasCO. sherman. Morrow.
Oh and Wheeler counties st one
per acre, and reServing to thciH