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A !.«■« laBiiflie.A brief Account of the killing of Captain Jo Baltey, of Lane county, ft* related by an e c witness, by the Pit river Indian* In 1800, may no’ im ure loterodlng to our router*, n^ya the Courier,C ptjlift Hailey wiw n Kentuckian, until wiii a tru* type of the genuine frontier inan He wn* ft man of in-dauntcd courage, nb oltibly unite-«|iifi|ptt4 with fear, and ami t -him! to all the hardship*, danger* tiud prlva-tlnua Incident to frontier life. Hestood fully tl feet 7 indie* In til a •took* lug feet, with large, expressive brown eye*, and hair and mu Macho a* black on night, and won physically Him pink of pcrfea’tlun. He had been ji member of the legislature from Lane county and had voted In that ta«dy for Oregon *a first two United State* reuatof*. At the breaking out of the Rogina lllver ludhn war In Wm and !8fiUp ho wr«elected captain of « i onipauy of Oregon volunteer*. He hud undyinghatred for Indiana. Two of hi* broth* en had totn mercilessly massacred by Indian*, and Captain Hailey longed to hang sum* of their scalp* on hi* h it, and hud aworn In Ida heart to do mi, He participated In many of Hre engagement* of the war of *66 and \ and was noted for hi* dared*vll bravery. Many of hi* Intimate friend* warned him that the ludlm w would Borne day kill him for tote rvckb lt;•*courage.fu the spring and *uminer of IWtOhe left the Willamette valley with a large band j cuttle bound for North in Callfo- , where too lonteinplated wltiUn g Cbettt. He employed n men to help drive tin* cattle, nntut ly, John Contegla, John Lamlre II, Georg? 81 in*, Tboa I ted man, Win and George Han held and Ellja Crow. Everything proceeded nicely until they leached 1*1 river yalley, near old Fort Crook*It happrtiiMl that in pa ^ ng n’oog abrushy canyon on n warm July tiuthat n few, juried, font-noie rattle hud, urtot**rved, dropped nut *f the hand in tha meantime He balance uf the hand were driven on i\ distance of | thro* or four tulle* h* n large, gru-prairie, where camp w ait pitched. In looking over an i counting tliei nUl* it wu* Ascertained that five head weremissing, and accordingly two men,Cininbrell and Corot gin, were * nt back to the brushy canyjii to look up the strayed one*. They were not long in find lug them, and proceeded n store i dlatai.ee with the Block whennuibuehtd ItiilianB fired at the n with bows and arrow*. Coritegla’s Uor»c wo* shot in the hip, and GambrelT* hat was pierced with an arrow, Thu boys put spuls to their hor»c«, and ran with all |0Mlbl9 to auto to Ilaltey’rcamp aud made know n the coudlU u of things. Bailey ordered the men b* go tbelr arms, It so happened that all the men had yagers and navy pistols. Home of the men were loth inlogo back, but Hailey would not he brooked. He commanded them to get ready to fight, and the men obeyed, Ail hand* returned to the place where Gambnil and trnegl» hud townattacked. Approaching the placecautiously and inking it bird s-cyc view of the surroundings, Hailey detailed two men to bold the horn*, while the balance would find the whereabout* of the red skins In an Instant the Indians commenced sending arrows at the men and the . tight wan on. It soon looked a* if the Indians would be whipped a** they retreated up the point os soon a* Bailey's men opened tire on them. I-alley sang out, “come on boy*, and they started in pursuit. This, however, w as only a ruse tod raw them Into Itn-bush, for ?. »e or six hundred I ndlaub ; were secreted behind lives, ogs and j boulders, Hailey and George Sim-, i familial ly known as one-eyed Hltus, wore or 80 yards in advance of theI balance of the men. Him* was pierced , tbrougti the heart with an arrow and . Instantly killed, Hal lay took In tiresituation In an Instant and jump* lt;1 hehind ft large pine tree and o|h* edi lire ► on the Indians. By this lime It dawn-\ ed upon the rest of the man that It would not do to remain and tight such odd*, and they took to their beds, lir iII Catling to Ballsy income. The Indiana » *et up such hideous d* uiouiac yslte ■ thAt it fairly terrorised the men aud* almost stampeded the horse*, Cap-i tain Hailey, finding that his men bed f deserted him and that he was »ur- rounded by hundreds of savsgvn. un** dsrtook to go back to the horma.* There Is no doubt however, that be* was badly shot, for ho had only n- treated a few steps w hen he was oh-i served to stagger and fall forward o n* his face. He made a dei(wrate attempt | to riot*, but w’wp too weak from the 1“'*I of blood, but tie turned over on bit* r back, and the Indians, thinking him dead, ran up to him with a view ofAm-Asor 1) V JHirbm uml Iteputy L VV Coolldge havij coaipbd 4 the writ In, the 18U7 rolls for Lant county, winding up their Jab«m lo»f evening.Ttouniltehavo t*?en flted wim ClerkJeiiolng* aud a lt;• j y lt;*f the »n*o wiil lit* tranfmltted to tkrrunry Kincaid tomorrows a* rojulrol by law** l be copy of the r • 4 Has h h o wr fi* n by Deputy Clerk J i Jeuuhix^, who bud the bonefllnf tho rending* of the orlgl* nal mil done by A * **«r Burton andSUMMARY OF Of Lane County, OrcfltAcfVt* of tillable bind. .............Aci* * of tlon -tlilubie 1 itid.......trnpruvi rncut* 1 It diHHitd lands.............I o mt u and * 11 j* 1 o i **....... i..........I mprovemeiii*• un town met city I *!*. ItupTiri* oo laud not dr* tied or pah tjb •0 A lt;I. K, fiial■» li e.. ......................OA lt;IS ft, VV^odMirn-Spnngii hi i t *rn*]Kugein* tetrol Hallway. ........ijf it c i it. . ■..-4* ......Pullman Hkluf - t ‘ar i m i ny ..... ..Oregon 1 olephnm A IVIegmph *’n.......Pacific P-ttil reft graph i ...... ..Western I ill* n 1’eh*grnpii t •» ..............M* ridmtnlj •• anti atotjk in trade.... ..Fanning ttnpit uPt**. wagons, rfirrhip* ^.1 iRhnbte, anil bn d *. atatloaaiy ingint^ thMoini\, ..........Note* and ................ —HIlKtH of .........................Hi UMdodd furniture, w nu i %1,! ‘ v'1 in r ***** and mules— ...............t ultio.. ...............................MuH‘p aud gout*.. i.* ...... ... .Bwine ................... .............(Jrmlt; v’ftlu*- of ; I? propcityKxonif'Hon**.. .........-........Total tuxdde pT ‘I uty......Number of |w*11*, ‘JSU7deputy A BllruiU.*ry of tno n*]i*given Inrev.lth, ind Mill b read il;i much Inlenst. .A*«of-or Burton and Il iUtv 1 of!* Itlge b'gnu working on the t*«] * 1nloct* August |Offtt*d hftVt b ti cm pi /• iftl * Vi I elt.r*,. Upt* tiling Uo|k-.-.irtMc in IoomparlMin with la**t yvmir* tthe total ftbn ine 5hl*yi:ii of | s \ Hy iIts tod to unknown owners the pre-rnt iowiierelilp bmk luntl-bed tin* .nr igreatly f rlhlitim: tlio ' Oik, In ,dra making t h “ lltttde to error. Ton totul itaxable propeny r-turned lust yt-nr twhh ItljIOf.ibi B0/*4D grenter i111Ei11 Hie pUHUtlt year, ILnvever, Itin* count: h*uird of ri|Uaiix lion Ice.ilpifig him, n* they afterwards re-luted, Hu y w re surprla* d, hew. y r,w hen, a* quick a* tbeih, Ldley drew Ills navy pistol w ith two b ,ulcd oh rn-btre, tind killed two Imhuns i.M idly, Their «Inilr tlhm for hte bravery prevents*I them from carrying outUieirdc^igu* of Himlphlg him, but they shot 11 arrows Into hte t».v i-t and ( ben strulghi'in I out th«* I d body, itfter which they carried Hu-lr *cv|i iS-,dawr *y for burial.Allttte b»p|K ucd in plain view oftHal ley's imo, but the, i mi Id icnh. nou^-istaiicc. They deehlrd to ri p dr to Fort Cook and get h* lp fre ■ n the sol-dtera and return and roe v.- tin* light, but aft*.*i ditty dallying u . Iv..» dnv . Hu y failed to get tl.e dcslr d ns-.ii a v ,However a detaohiu lit of oidi reong wiih Hlkv’h men icUirned to1 the battle ground t I ury tite h iunili Of Bdley audBinre. He* wudhert* -Ing Intensely warnit Ibe «K alt;1 Ih* 111 -»of Hal toy ttinl Binis were m such u h te of deuottiposition that the iu*k of burying them, was to say the lea t, difficult. Uude coffin* wen improvLcd, Imleii were dug, und the rcmnlu* bur* ted where they fell. [It ha* at ways Weil a vital ler of regret that tho Officers Hi i mund i olFort Conk did not pur tie and punrehthe l.udiaus, Tire ava.y s afitrwarui repeau*dly said tlmt had all tin- men fought ilk the skookutn man Hub theresult might haw been iliflereni. i Thus ended the tarihly c of lirebrave, gt nb I, whole-touted, kind-hearted Captain Jo ftalloy. Sumo three years arterw ards K Hailey, brother oft apt Jo, n paired, with n party uf m* n, to the bun ly rpol where tete ba by brut lit r wn* i urled m dfilntcr lliojrciimim mid convoy them to the family burvin,; groutuK ncir Fuu-i nc. \ heliidtnire, tenrulng * f E lull yV intention, dug up Hh* remain* of CaptainBaitey, crushed thenkul and otherwise mutllftbd the liotly. This au ere ftgiftl K/cktel Bailey that, after securing the remxius of bis tmither, irepOUnccd ii| un ntid shot five Indians, regardle-* oi i-x or age, after w teicli Iresklptred the country, and was novsrair stedg though the autteorHluft tiled todo HO.Bolt N—AI Shcdd, tVe. ,7, 18^7, to Hie w ife of Frank poil'r, ft dr.ughtcr, Mrs Porter w w# foruui iy Lm Kw • Hopkins of this oily.
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Eugene City Guard
Eugene, Oregon, US
Sat, Dec 11, 1897
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