Show I SOME HISTORY OF CHIEF WASHAKIE low How Jam James s S Brown an Old Pioneer Met the Indian Chieftain in Tribute to lis us Splendid te He Acted Upon His First Sight of Money I have been among the Indians a great t deal and a finer or nobler man I have hau never met In the Hocky Moun Mountains oun said eald Mr tr James Jamell S Drown Brown ot of this upon being aked asked about Washakie the shone ne chief whoso whose death was recorded a few rew do days ago agor Mr r Drown wi will be 72 year years old on July net next and during durin hi his le life h he hi has been a a pioneer n a member ot of the Mor Mormon Mormon mon batalon battalion frontiersman Indian and foreign missionary explorer and andone andone one of 01 the tho gold in Calor Califor ala Mr Drown Brown I Is present at writing n a book of historical episodes connected wih with his Ifo life The book the tho manuscrIpt of which wa was shown hown to I a Ns News man II Is n a striking Ion Lion or of the tho tnt fact that truth Is stranger titan than fiction The Tho n narrative Is ot of especial value anti and absorbing Interest to dwellers In tue Hock Hocky anti In Pacific cost coast regions region For nearly sixty years Mr Brown hu has been heen an ae ac 10 live ParticIpant In adventurous scenes ot of the great weal Wel which embrace nn an epoch ol of lome sonic ot of the most dramatic events event of oC al all time rho stories storie of Daniel Boone and Dav Davy Crockett hlo have entranced many thousands of reaLer readers but Mr Drowns experiences are not I a whit less lees entertaInIng exciting pleas piau ins Ing and thrilling than theirs I It Is none the les less replete with instances of perilous adventure remarkable denees sensational episodes anti LIe blo occurrences Mr Drown Brown has had 1 a wide feld Reid ot of actIon embracing life th the cane ot of the Iho South and In the colonies of oC the new and old world 10 lie enlisted In the Mormon batalon battalion ald In ha the service of oC Isis hll countr country male made the memorable mach march wih wIth that bOt body of troops across thee the plaIns deserts and mountains from Iowa to California and aided In raising the frt first liberty pole Iole from which the Stars and Stripes waved on the coast In the Lio Life ot of a Pioneer which II Is soon loon to I issue sue the story tor ot o that great groat march Is dealt with only In 1 a general wy ns as It relates to the adventures peris perils hardshIps nar narrow narrow row escapes and scenes ot of Ils tile Individual history So 80 wih with hil his stay In CalifornIa during durin a lut exciting 10 lie was present at the original overy of gold there and Wil was the first one to make tests of at the yellow elow fake flakes and d declare clare them to be Ito tho precious lelal metal As an eyewitness Ind and participant he fur tur furnishes nn eta accurate recital ot of that tao mo momentous event He was wa Ilso also one of oC those to break breal a real tram from Cal through the Sierra mountains and over oer th the deserts desert to Utah arriving In Greit Oret Halt Lake Ike In time to engage In III this pioneering work for tor the opening up of this valley ale De lidos sido these theae experIences Mr Ir has had those thoe of life on the plains and In inthe the tho mountains north south louth cast and westin the country now divided Into the of Utah Idaho No Ne Novada vada Colorado California and Arizona Arisona as Indian interpreter scout guide prospector lo explorer frontiersman and Al All these hail had their notable occurrences anti 11 ad ventures when le life oten often WI was at a rik rikand risk and wag saved aved only b by the narrowest magin margin end and when safety was wall not ul iii ways then assured Mr WIS shot and wounded 10 so nB as to roo to quite the amputation ot of his lef left 16 leg SpeakIng of the tho time when ho he tlde made the tho acquaintance ot of Washakie In Ils big own camp und and AmonG among his own people Mr rr Drown Brown Ild said this morning In Apri April 1854 1554 I started from FOrt Supply Just southeast ot of Fort BrIdger upon I a mIssion to the Indians Indiana Ind and to lear learn al all we could a as to their disposition us I It was ott on the ot of the month that we started and went ent to Green ler by the first night through rain And sleet part of the time At Green we found about thirty of the tho ugliest kind ot of mountain men en engaged engaged In drinking carousing Ind and There were Imon among them Frenchmen Greasers half breed and aud tul lull breed Indians and they were very erY hospitable towards towar s us Insisting upon our dining with lh them They warned ale alenot not to venture any further In the direction ton tion that wo we were going saying that If wo we dId we vo would not return there would not be a ot of us let left let In the tho crowd were four Spaniards from the west bound for Tac Taco New Mexico The and crossed They JoIned us we the river We had hod In making the ford but we e succeeded struck up UI for tor the head hend of Bler Bitter creek from the bet head ot of which we went to tl the southeast crossing a high dry country countr and being two days day without water ater It At last we came to n a shallow pool ot of water and you ou may depend that It WIS was I a very welcome clome thing to us ala Wo We then contin continued on until we wc came to the main dl Ide the waters of oC the east and avest esl There the SpaniArds ler left us UI we keeping keeping along the ridge ot of the divIde tind they went over oler the summit That night It stormed fortunately for Cor us and we got plenty ot of waler avater for tor ourselves and On the next day we str struck k a smal small trail which led lell Into anther another nail larger one Thil This one we followed until 3 In the after afternoon non noon when we e reached the camp ot of Washakie the Indian chief The first Indian ave e met would not speak peak when we accosted him le He shook his hll hod head and pointe pointed to the chles chiefs lodge That ot of mum seemed to pervade the entire camp When we reached the 1011 lodge of Ute Ule chief that dig dignitary MOe came out and bowed shook hands with elch each one of oC U us but never uttered 0 a word However he made to tl tie Ite this land here heN Mr Ir Drown Brown gave a which mean Dismount come In take n a seat tel tell the truth no les lies nor crooked talk Washakie hl had some somo nIce clean robes spread for tor us to sit alt do down upon while some lome of oC hIs wives unsaddled the horses and put everything belonging to us UI un under ler der thc bottom ot of the lodge Just to the rear of where we ft sat Who are you ou from where do you OU come and what Is Your errand to my country asked th the We told him ave 0 were ere Mormons from the Salt Lake country and that we had hod been sent there b by our big captain to make the acquaintance ot of his and to hare hae a frIendly talk with them We told him that we to be friendly wit with al all the Indians In the county countr because we nIl all had one f father the who was U not pleased to see lee Is Ills children sat and listened attentive attentively ly Iy while we explained our mission minion and then WI we gave him seine bread brend and sugar for tor his hla this we ate supper er wih with theta them ant and then the tho counci council of the camp began benan to fe file Into Ue the loe ledge AC After r reciting to hil his braves the object ot of our mission Washakie had the pipe ot of peace paled passed around tolo follow lag te the cure Course ot of the lun sun Every man manC C except tho one hol holding In the pipe put his hand ov over his mouth md and sat al perfectly silent and still To The onO one with Ith the pipe took from ono one to three long draws al allowing lowing the smoke from Crom the lat last pur puff to tope escape pe gracefully through his nostrils nt at the same lame time passing the pipe with his hll right hand to the next person then I if he had anything to say he did cud It In InI inas I as few worl words A as possible and then put his hIM hand over hIs mouth to signify that he he had hod no more to soy lay Occasionally some old man when whon lie he took the pipe made some above aboe and In front of himself struck his breast and offered t a afew few words ot of prayer After ter the pipe had beNt been given to 11 all the Indians In Inte inthe the council it was passed paned to us anti and we te took 1 a whiff as a a OW ot of peace n and nd friendship Then Washakie took the and as every mans hand over Its owners mouth meaning that he had nothing owner tu to pay IY the chief ge gave UI us to pass through their coun country try Ud I it wn was alo also agreed that we webe webe be friendly and trade together Tat That wa was my first meeting wIth and mission our W was I next met at Green Oreen River In June une or July ot of the year 1554 10 Ho come came from tte Hie camp which wo we hd had previously visited led When th lbs chief had ad shook hands around lie he he of tco ot of Captain Y the ferryman p he fW saw the captain ane and among tl the metal being l or three ot Of the gold Bold slugs lie Ho asked fur for one ot of these but the captain At him and offered him a sl Ml ver dollar rMa thu hl wil walked ked away anti and by some got gl IL of sonic Tha li h lt l JI to I 1 what wo ayes going In urn I in lIs Ih c r his hll forefathers Il lie calM to 10 me OOL 1 sad paid This Is 1 in an I toy peoples people country countr My fathers lve lived here and drank this river while lour our grazed on these bottoms Our muther gathered the tho tl dry woO wood from Crom this land Thu buffalo and e lc came hee here to drink water und and eat gras grass but now they have been Leen klo killed or 01 drIven back out of our land The grass Is al all eaten or off by tile me white mans horses and cattle Ind and the dr dry drywood wood has been burn d He continued In this strain for Cor some Bome time and then saId You heap my frIend you sta stay hero al all right you ou tell toli the leave I my land landI I If they Ire are on tIne the other side of my tater meaning the riven al all right right me 10 ki kIll them the go home to theIr own country U no come back to nay my land Tomorrow morning when the lun sun come UI you OU Bee me ate My warriors come heap dam mod mad and wipe them al all out no one leave you tel toll him himI chief he and Washakie mounted I his horse orse and roee rode away However WO we latched UI U the on the next day and no trouble trouble occurred |