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Show Last of Calapoolas Dies. Down around Cottage Grove, Ore., the old-timers are only discussing what they remember of the Calapoola Indiai tribe. The last specimen of the tribe, Sam Fern, went to the happy hunting grounds a few days ago and the people peo-ple at Cottage Grove are wondering what will become of the land which the Calapoola tribe was using. Some of it is exceptionally fertile land. The tribe got Its name from the range of mountains in that vicinity, or vice versa, and the Calapoola were always a peaceful band. This tribe went through the great fire which swept the coast range about a century ago, when the only way the Indians could save themselves was to remain In the rivers for several days. The fire was so intense in-tense that the water became warm. Calapooia Indians declared that the wild animals also fled to the river and wolves and deer paddled around together to-gether in perfect harmony. Portland Oregoniun. |