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Told by the Pioneers day afternoon after attending Sunday school. vVe saw two men of the baser sort riding away up the river from our place. \Vhen we came to what we called the green gate we found a bottle with some whiskey in it and an Indian's riding whip by the gate. \Ve picked them up and carried them into the house and showed them to Father and Brother Samuel. They were sitting there reading. That evening we heard an Indian had been killed about three-quarters of a mile from our house. The Indians identified the whip as belonging to the dead Indian. At once 'we could see into the whole plot. These men were seen at different times with a camp of Indians that had assembled to fish and gather berries. The young Indian came from another camp trying to find his wife who had been enticed a-way. He was soon under the influence of liquor and told to walk out on a log that extended out over the bank. The assassins pushed him along until he got to the end and then pushed him off. In falling he hroke his neck. This was on the Gangloff place. The scheme was to fasten the murder on the James and get us into trouble with the Indians. M1'. J ames Biles came to our place and questioned me. After having related what we saw, we were assured by Mr. Biles there was no doubt as to who were the guilty parties. He then returned home. It was considered proper to forage on the James place whenever an opportunity offered, and we lost a few sheep. Occasionall:- some· thing really amusing would occur. A party of our brave volunteers overtook a wagon going to market. Someone said"Old Mall" .James' butter was on the load. Another said if that's the case he was going to have some of it. Butter was butter, and it was discovered afterward that it was his own folks' butter. These things get funny with age. \Vhile meeting together for mutual protection and to form intimate acquaintances, it was thought time to organize for school purposes. ~Ir. Joseph Hubbard was hired to teach. The upper room of the northwest bastion of the fort was fitted with benches and desks. Being rather crowded, Mrs.•James (Blockhouse) Smith taught the primary grades in another vacant building. So we combined soldiering with education. It was five years since I left school at Caledonia in Wisconsin. I was proud of the fact that I could read in McGuffy's fifth reader and could figure in compound quantities before leaving \Yisconsin. Mr. Hubbard had some knowledge of theatrical matters and was ambitious to give a school exhibition at the close of the term. He was something of a phrenologist and picked on me to take the leading part 93
Told by the Pioneers in all the nonsense. He made such a success of it he wanted us to exhibit at other places. When it came to attending another term of school we were forted up on the Mound. Father put his foot down and said he would look after my schooling after this. At a meeting of the heads of the families it was determined to build a school house near the fort. The nearest saw mill was at Claquato. The young men offered to raft the lumber down the river to the prairie landing at Grand Mound. I was there when they landed. Bill Cooper got such a scare when coming through the rapids at the mouth of Lincoln Creek, that he had hard work to shake it off. The rafts were in two cribs fastened together when the forward raft grounded in the rapids. The crib following raised right up and came over onto the front crib the men were standing on. Now, it did not kill Cooper or he would not have been there to tell the storv. I never heard of his • driving any more rafts on the Chehalis River. The advantages of school associations caused several of the families to remain in the fort after danger of hostilities in our neighborhood had passed. Mr. James Byles continued to operate his tannery on Scatter Creek, furnishing employment to several men, cutting timber and getting tan bark from the medium sized fir trees. The leather was not equal to oak tan. It did not have the firmness. It made good harness leather and saddle stock. I wore the first pair of shoes made in this part of the country of home manufacture. Mr. Byles made them. He got the measurements of my feet as I stood on the ground. Having gone bare-foot most of the time, I had the finest pair of feet in the family. I dressed up one evening to attend a spelling match in the fort. I put on a clean hickory shirt. My home-made coat with sleeves rather small made the shoes look all out of proportion. As I walked into the open space with the spellers all ranged around the walls of the building, Jim }i'rame saw my brick-colored tanned cowhides. He started snickering, saying, "Boys, boys, don't you smell leathed" A tee-he, tee-he, started all around the room. George Biles said, "That is the same kind of shoe my Father made for the Niggers in Kentucky." Rather humiliating, but as we were nearly all on the same level, we could soon make merry and pass it along. 94
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Logging in Mason County Told by the
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INDEX Benton, 149 Benton, Maine, 16
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INDEX Cold Spring Canyon, 13 Colfax
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INDEX Engle, A. W., Mrs., 51 Engle,
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INDEX Hays, Logan, 82 Hearn, Lamber
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INDEX Ketchikan, Alaska, 127 Kimbal
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INDEX Montgomery, William (Bill), 1
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'SDEX Polk, 1 'i 5 Polk County, Ore
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INDEX Second National Bank, Colfax,
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INDEX Touchet Valley, 134, 135, 150
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INDEX Yakima River, 15 Yakima Valle
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