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Told by the Pionee1's tions . Cherokee Bob was a Georgia "breed" who came to Walla ,Valla when that place was wild and wooley, and Bob was not long in spinning a web of troubles about himself. During a theatrical production, some soldiers persisted in annoying the actresses. Cherokee Bob may have been a "breed," but he had a sense of chivalry not understood by some westerners. Cherokee Bob warned once, then shot. Six soldiers "bit the dust" and Bob scooted for Florence. Soon he was in trouble there, and again over a woman. In the shoot-off which followed, with a man named ,Jack ,Villiams, Bob's weapons having been tampered with by the woman over whom they fought, Bob's finish as foreordained. His remains lie at Florence, now a city of "bats and ghosts," under a rapidly disintegrating plank marker. I engaged in stock-raising and sold my cattle to Dooley and Kirkman of the Figure 3 ranch. I homesteaded and bought land until I had 3,000 acres where I raised these cattle and part of my herd was raised in Asotin county. • In 1877 a buyer came in and I went with him to drive the cattle out. On the way back I heard that Chief Joseph was on the warpath and his warriors were killing the whites. Families were rushing from all parts of the country to forts that were being hastily constructed. At first I couldn't believe it. Chief Joseph was a friend of mine, a highly respected one. He had never made any trouble, asking only that he and his tribe might dwell in the valley which was his birthplace. I joined the company that was organized, and did scout duty, going as far as Kamaia. Joseph retreated, entered nIontana, kept up a running fight and retreat which lasted three months. Finally he surrendered to General Miles near Bear Paw Mountain. The trouble started over the possession of the ,Yallowa Valley, the land given to Old Chief Joseph in the treaty of 1855. There they lived happily and peacefully for years. It was an ideal place for anybody, white or red. Wallula lake was full of sockeye salmon. ,Yorlds of • elk and deer came down from the hills in the fall and roamed along the river. There was small game of every description. In the spring there were roots of all kinds, and berries in the summer. It was sheltered in winter, cool in summer, and nothing more was needed or desired by the Indians. ,Vhite men coveted this Paradise, and the land was taken by them. Chief Joseph blamed Lawyer, saying, "If I had a horse and you wanted to buy it and I said'no,' and you went to another man and he sold my horse to you, would that be righiT That is just what you have done. You have sold land that did not belong to you." 215
Told by the Pioneers ';Vhen the young men of the tribe became restless in 1873, President Grant again turned the valley over to them, but in 1875 the order was revoked. From that time there was trouble. The Indians refused to leave. Stock was killed. Soldiers sent to reinforce the order of removal were ambushed and killed and the war was on. Chief Joseph was never allowed to again look upon the valley where he was born. Returning from the war in 1877, I found that a grist mill was being built. Ben Dav built a store. Carnahan had a saloon. The town of • Pomeroy was starting. The skeleton of an old mill marks the site of the first town in what is now Garfield county. That was Columbia Center, a thriving little village of the 70's. A man named Stimson, miller and mill wright, built the mill, also building one on the Alpowa. In 1876 he and his family entered the Asotin country, settling at Anatone. It was there I met his daughter, Harriet, when I went into the Grand Ronde Valley to raise cattle in 1878. We were married in 1879 and spent a year on Joseph Creek right across from Old Chief Joseph's ranch. ~I~- cattle range was where the Grande Ronde empties into the Snake. 'When we were living on Joseph Creek, I was coming along the trail through the alders one day, when I discovered a cave. I explored it and found plenty of room for a good-sized camp, so I moved in. It extended far back and I chose a good place for my fire where the smoke drifted out through a crevice. r,1Y father and another man visited me there at times and we cooked • our meat and sourdough over the fire, using forked sticks. Years after I had abandoned the camp, the newspapers earried the announcement that a cave had been discovered that bore evidence of having been occupied in pre-historic days. It seems the cave-men had left forked sticks, ashes and a moccasin. These were sent to the Smithsonian Institute. Fast Horses Owned On the homestead on the Pataha, now known as the Wesley Steele place, we had a race track for training and race meet purposes. Some of the finest horse-flesh of the period capered over that track. Of all the horses I owned, Bob Miller, sired by Jim Miller, out of a strain of Kentucky runners, brought to Salem, was the favorite. Faster horses then than no,v? Sure. More interest and better horses. For many years beginning with 1869 the Pataha homestead was headquarters for our family. When we came out of the Grande Ronde Valley in 1884, my farm on the Pataha was in Garfield county, the 216
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Page 221 and 222: INDEX Benton, 149 Benton, Maine, 16
Page 223 and 224: INDEX Cold Spring Canyon, 13 Colfax
Page 225 and 226: INDEX Engle, A. W., Mrs., 51 Engle,
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Page 229 and 230: INDEX Ketchikan, Alaska, 127 Kimbal
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Page 235 and 236: INDEX Second National Bank, Colfax,
Page 237 and 238: INDEX Touchet Valley, 134, 135, 150
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