Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1922-09-29

ceress. "Folger's wife woe nv s9r.
plains country" she to,d =, 'roIn tia
III she had been of the moun ,a slowly.
niight nave remained to do Sam She
,ns on hes own account. Like u, Kill
mira herself remained to d. va q.
on her own account Pm Killing
from cities. just as you are h que vas
unlike you-had no mountain b, soe-
her She wasn't used 10 da. o'ood Ia
perhaps she didn't know how :, and
She only knew how to be ART :, nate.
"They say that she went a,.
sane at the sight of that strong ' ~ III
man of hers lying still in ~. 0ravs
needles. She hadn't even In NC pine
was out of the house. Ha h. no
out on some secret business gone
night. She had only one tbinn "'e at
her baby boy and her littlo I'll
daughter-iittle Linda Ross ,. ap''er-
before you now. Her only r
was to get those children out Of tbn.
dreadful land of bloodshed ana '"a'
hide them so that they could
come back. And she didn't even e'
them to know their true noro., "o''
She seemed to realize that if they hsS
known, both of them would ro, nau
some time-to collect their doh.-
Sooner or later, that boy with ,ba W,
ger blood in him and that girl w;,,
the Ross blood would return. TO ~
tempt to regain their ancient bodinn,
and to make the clan pay.
"All that was left were few ii.
women with hate in their hearts ans
a strange tradition to take the nl.o.
of hope. They said that some fine i,
death spared them, they would sas
Folger's son come back again and
assert his rights. They said that
new champion would arise and rigbs
their wrongs. But mostly death didnY
spare them. Only old Elmira is left
What became of the secret aprea
ment I do not know. / haven't an,
hope that you do. either. The dss
was carried down to the courts h.
Sharp, one Of the witnesses whoum.
aged to get past the guard, andw
on file soon after it was written. II
rest is short. Simon and his clan tm
up the land. swearing that Matth5
FOlger had decided it to them the lsy
he had procured it. They had deed
to show for it-a forgery. And the
one thing that they feared, the one
weak chain. was that this secret
agreement between Folger and ny
father would be found.
"You see what that would mean. h
would show that he had no right TO
deed away the land, as he was simply
holding it in trust for me. Old Elmls
explained the matter to me-lf | get
mixed up on the legal end of 1t, eI.
cnse it. If that document could ba
found, their forged deed would be Oh
vlously invalid And it angered then
that they could not find it.
"Of course they never filed tAh
forged deed-afraid that the fOrge1
would be discovered-but they kept
It to show to any one that was in
Ierested. But they wanted to make
themselves still safer.
There had been two witnesses to |
he agreement. One of them, a man
named Sharp, died-or was killed
shortly after. The other. an old trap
Der named Hudson, was Indifferent to
he whole matter--he WIS just pass
ng through and was at Tolger's house
or dinner the night Ross came. He Is
till living in these mountains. and he
night be of value to US yet.
"Of course the clan did not feel at
ii secure. They suspected the secret
greement had been nailed TO some
ne to take care of, and they were
fraid that it would be brought to light
hen the time was ripe. They knew
that their forged deed would
ever stand the test. so one of the
lings to do was to prevent their claim
yer being contested. That meant 10
eep Folger's son in ignorance of the
hole matter
II hope l can make that clear. Inc
eed from my father to Folger was on
cord, Folger was dead, and F0igefS
IN would have every right and OPP
)rtunity to contest the clans claim 10
lie land. If he could get the matter
to court, he would surely win.
THE second thing to do was to WIN
e over. / was just a child, ana 1t
oked the easiest course of all. Tnats
by was stolen from the orphanase
one Of Simon's brothers. The ines
rs simply that when the time came
would marry one of the clan ana es-
blish their claim to the land forever.
up TO a few weeks ago it seeIneu
me that sooner or later | would VIII
L. Bruce Won can't dream wDal
can't | thought that some time
uld drive them out and make them
" little, for all they have Done
II they've tricked me. after All
ought that | would get word 70 f'',
rs SON who by Inheritance wou'0
We a clear title 10 the land, ana &c.
III the aid of the courts, could d'''
use usarpers out. But just reeenh'