Show Huntsville Pioneer Spins Indian Tales List of Names in Old Rock House Inspires Old Timer Timer I 1 to Tell Stories of Pioneer Adventures By T D D McKAY 1 LI I had h d been kept Indoor for two days day with a bad back One of oe Conrad Conrads storie of the h South Seas had kept me m Interested for formost formost most of the time Ume till my bank back got t to paining me mt and I got rt rest rest- restless restless re less t-less less It would Id be b a change chanKe to the Ui lilt ll t of ot names name of ot those than who wb h had d helped to construct on th the Rock House Hour I thought so 10 o I got Kat out the old faded tided paper piper from lis plAce c In a II pigeon hole holes h l had bad reposed for tor several ever I day days and began over again the unfinished task It win was no easy matter either for the tho th edge of f the th paper had reposed In the th bottom of at the bottle for or 60 0 years year had become from a none too clean con con- container container con container and the th given liven names namee were almost almot obliterated I could add Francis A A to Hammond and Angua to Mcl McI and lS ao so on down the list lift till 1111 I came to tor-c-h-e-l-I tor r h all that the oil had left of ot some omo ones one's one name hat could I do W G Smith might know why not call him Mm In the afternoon ho h came cam and noon lIoon u B-u woe was wa prefixed to and Robert to that so ao o the name was wa complete us ILS Robert Burchell Joseph was added to Willis to fBrown Brown William Willlam lII am to Starks and so o on down d rn the lief till we came to to-D to B Slater Uncle Bill BIU was OhI stumped Jar for for a moment Oh I know He wee Was a little fellow with a crooked leg lee le We Ve called bythe him Hoppy poppy He Be was killed by the Indians Indiana in Nevada the next rear year And Hoppy he will re- re remain remain re remain main unless 3 some torn old timer can supply hi his his his- given name The name names of two te ie could not nt remember re- re remember re remember member one being Anderson and the other Pe PeaL Pea GUARD IS ACED The conversation went from one person to another and from one to another an Incident my moth moth- mother mother er or had told me about when I wu was wua wasa a youngster oung ter All I could reCAll now of ot the tory story wu wan wa that Char Char- Icy Charley leT ley Williamson had got rot out out ot of jail at Salt Lake Lake either by wounding or killing the jailer and that word had been B sent nt here to tob tobe be on 00 a the lookout for tor he h wu was wa expected to f return to friend friends Men len had been selected fleeted to watch at nights and when off oft duty they sat at around the open fireplace Jo in mothers mother's home talking and clean clean- Ing cleanIng their guns un I asked Mr Sir Smith If he h knew this man Oh Oh Yee ye Bald eald he Charley Cha wa was w a horse hore thief ot of t the th worst kind and took the horses horse horses he h rounded up op to Fort Bridger to selL ell ell- The Th Williamson boys bos were brothers brother of ot Bill Ush's IAsh's LJ wife Crit moved to f Salmon City or at least started sUrfed started to move moe When he tot lulo Lemhi valley on hiS way UP took sick with and died on 00 the way ay back TheN Tiry burled her on the north bank of ot the Snake river where the Oregon Orema trail used u ed to cross that streaM Bally Lake was U burled there fo too Two years ears before Mra Mr Williamson died Dally Bally Lake with oth others other n had had been sent by ham Brit Brigham Young to to to settle lettle the Salmon Indians Indiana river country A The Th In- In diana met the th party at the th cross cross- ing crossing cross and Lake Lak Lake was wa as killed Mrs Mr rave grave rave wu waa new made when I passed p d that sum sum- sum Ater on my way to Montana with freight i GOOD BEGINNING This looked lo ked like the th of ot a real pioneer story atory It If I could keep hint going I would get some om western history ry first hand band Bally Batty Lakes Lake's Lake wife fai fas gas n a sister ot of Joseph Allen Alien Tailor moth moth- mother mother mother er and Green Taylor who was sheriff before Bill Brown Brwn often had for before Charley Williamson up be- be tore fore Justic C F for various rl u petty offence he con con- con continued Then he lapsed Into silence It looked locked a like my my atory story was going glimmering a-glimmering After a a lot lotof lotof lotof of qu I got sot from Crom him that he h had been apprenticed by his father to William Bell of ot Salt Lake a tI cabinet maker In 1863 1862 and had worked there till con con- con ference terence conference time lime In the th fall tall of 66 when he h came home horn with hla hie father The Th next summer he hauled rock with his hia fathers father's oxen to f build the th Rock house and i later went ent to Treasure City Ne- Ne Nevada Nevada Ne Nevada vada When he came back he h had a little money and bo bought some om horses and mules and began to freight for tor Walker Bros to toP where he hi continued for tor two to or three years year In 1872 1812 he took hi his outfit north to Corinne and took a load to to Helena re- re returning returning r turning to tor for th the winter Inter The next season he b came caw back to toC Corinne and took look a a load of ot gov- gov government cov government supplies of rifle shells bayonets bayonet If etc tc to f Fort Denton This shipment had already al- al already al already ready been up the Or river that season but ut because of shallow shallow shallow low water had been returned to Omaha and thence by rail to Co- Co Co rinne Co-rinne Anne In 1177 he freighted from Kelton Keiton to Boise ie Idaho By this time ho he h had the th biggest outfit on the road consisting of ot four tour fourteen fourteen teen mules mule and four tour agon and was known as a wagon Red Smith A good part of ot the freight was hauled In those thOM thoe days day by contract Charles Charlea DentinI Benting a banker ot of Blackfoot had several outfit outfits on the road and Berryman A Rodg- Rodg Rodgers Rodgers er ers of ot Corinne Corinn and Blackfoot had their string of wagons going In 1883 1853 Mr Smith and Berryman Rodgers sold old to Denting because he be had got sot the tho th contracts contract I had run out of ot questions and It looked like he h was w through It occurred to me to ask ak k about the Indians Indiana and it was wan wa a II lucky thought STORY OF OP INDIANS It wu was wa first thought that the settlements of ot St John St Joe Joeand Joeand Joeand and St SL St Thomas Thomas Thoma In the th valley now Moapa were In Ari- Ari Arizona Arl zone zona A survey urvey had definitely located It In Nevada and the sheriff It was wa reported was wa as corn com comIn com ln In Inc to collect back taxes The settlers concluded to drive all the and take tak all their movables Into Utah and aDd leave an agent to settle with the sheriff Finally Dan Patterson bought all their land and their ro crops crop crops for Cor Cora fora fora a dollar an acre and he hired and me-and me and Chari Charley C Nye to take some freight for tor him from Salt Sall Lake to Pooch and other stuff from there her to the settlements On this trip I got rot my first In- In Indian Indian In Indian i dian scare care scare We W We had got rot along alone fine fin till we got to the th Meadow Valley wash We Ve had concluded to camp for Cor Corthe forthe forth the night at the th last water down the wash WAlh Charley had taken the mules out a ways ays to hobble them for the night and I was wa cooking supper lie He had not been gone but a a few tew minute minutes when I saw eleven Indians Indiana coming out of ot the brush They all stood off a ways except one on and he h came cam up to the fire It was wa Posey He H said ald he wanted supper ripper I told him he could not have any we w were through He Insisted and was going to take some lome meat out of the frying pan I pushed elm away He could talk fairly good English He ha bas bau an old rifle would with a hammer that would not stay atay cocked Posey went to ratio ralso the gun run as though to use It It I I told him that I could shoot Quick Quick- Quicker quicker Quicker er than thao he could and he be had better bet bet- better bet better ter be b rood good Charley came cam In nd Ind began bexan to argue rue with Posey Ile He backed Posey toward the wag wag- wagon wae-on wae on tongue longue that had been raised and was wa supporting a Posey got cot sassey and Charley knocked him on the nose noso fie He fell over the wagon tongue with witha a thud The other Indians Indiana took to the rushe rushes and we crawled under the th wagons wacon with our pistols ready for tor action All we w could see ee was wa the rushes moving Fl- Fl Fi Finally nally natty an old buck came out of ot the rushes waving a white while ra rag rae He said aid It If we w would give ghe them fifty i ds pOIds of flour some ome sugar lucar and bacon they would go to away We didn't have bave that much Wo W said we would give s-Ive them a cup of fl flour ur apiece some om sugar and a little bacon if they would come comeback comeback comeback back after sunup In the morning They agreed The next morning Charley went ent after arter the th mules mule be- be before for be-for tore fore the th run lun un was wax up but two were missing The Th old buc c came back at the th appointed time for tor his stuff but we told him he would have hav to wait walt We of- of offered of offered him II a a new c w red flannel t to get let the th other mules and In half halt an hour he heu h was wa u back with them He got cot his hie hi supplies and was oft ott Posey Po ey followed us u for tor several everal miles mile trying to get a 0 ashot shot a-shot shot at Charley but ho h didn't succeed for tor we w watched him too closely ANOTHER EXPERIENCE Another time in the th summer of 77 17 I was war wa on my way to lid Hel- Hel Helna rna Hel-rna ena na wit a load ot of t freight My l-Iy brother Tom Toni was w s with me Ahead of u us about ten or fifteen miles was Jim TIm Haden Dan Green liar Har Harry ry Combs and Little Burgess Burgees BurC In those days dy every freight ht outfit of oft oft-iy sty Cly site alze Is had a Chinaman along alone as aa cook and general roustabout While we w were fe camped at the tho mouth of t Burch Creek Crek above above Ea- Ea Eagle Bagle irle E-irle gle Rock a Chinaman from the Haden camp came same In all al out of breath and advised us UI not to go 10 any farther as a tragedy had oc curved up the th c canyon nyon When he be begot got calmed down a bit we e w got from him a terrible story It seemed that about 20 young bucks bucke the th advanced guard of Chief Josephs Josephl J band from Crom Ore Oregon Or Kon gon had ad come corn upon upi lp 1 the th freight trl ht en r just as u they were unhooking Knowing what would be b the th con can con Quence It If he hey Interfered be be fore rore they theT bad to the th freighters allowed the Indians Indiana to take what n n Inthe they want wanted wanted d from the th wagons wa on In the head wagon wu was wa a lot lt of Whisky ky This Thi they began to t consumo con con- sum con sumo Kume at once At fist first they were jovial One on young buck began to teu tease tea the Chinaman Ifs He H push push- pushed pushed ed d tin th Chink over and got tot on hla hie back as AI though he h was wa riding Out ot of t sheer heer fright the Ibe th Celestial lid did his hi Lest best to be b a a horse horst The rhe Indian cut oft off his hi queue Qu ue and used i tt It as a a quirt to the extreme grate ot of f the th ret rest When near the will 0 a by the th creek cr k the stumbled and the young buck either pretended toor toor to or r actually fell over A Any ny way Mr Chinaman slid through th the willow and anI into Int the th creek from which vantage point he h witnessed the dy thet th hit t Bonn sonn on followed The Chinaman was no sooner lo 10 lo- lo located located anted with only his hie hi head hod pro pro- protruding pro fr m fr-m m the th water than he be heard hard a a war hoop Looking through the bushes he saw BaW w the Indians make mak tor for the freighters saw w Jim TIm Haden get Ctt the th first tint Mx Ix Indians Indiana before an Indian sunk a tomahawk In his head are A e others soon toll followed owed him to the happ happy bunting Sage Sax was piled around the th wagon and the whole pile burned General Howard who had tried to overtake the th tribe ever since they let l rt Oregon came along next day and cleared leared clar i thi country They were ere not pu hed for the th killing of these the ot of mine min until they lot got ot to t the load Lands Land of ot South Dakota later In the th season when Miles beaded them oft orf and killed nearly the whole trill BIll Big Smith a Il bOY o y was Wag wa killed by the sane un band Wf woo later and th the word rot got ot to Ogden 0 don and my that I had been ben killed My Jy road name was wa not Dig Smith but Red wagon Smith That Is la the th nearest n nrc t I 1 ever ver come came cometo cameto to being hurt by th the tho Indians |