keith44spl
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Dave
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klondike
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Keith - Thank you for the stories. Perhaps a new thread should be labeled "Tales of the West" so that similar stories could be told, though not as well.
I cannot agree more with your statement that stories of courage need to be told to every generation. Too many kids grow up without so much as a skinned knee and thus are ill prepared for tumbles in life.
I will add here another story from the east side of the Oregon Cascades.
In 1868 a gentleman by the name of Barney Prine, on his way to find his fortune came across a field of rusted iron and steel, the remains of a wagon train that was ambushed and burned perhaps ten years earlier. This was during a time when anyone east of the Deshutes River had better be in a heavily armed group or they faced death from the Shoshoni/Comanche Indian.
Barney saw his opportunity to prosper. As a blacksmith who knew that other emigrant trains would happen by, he saw all that iron as an opportunity. Soon Barney had a smithy operating and a small saloon in the same shop.
During the first winter, suffering from loneliness, Barney received a visit from a group of warriors who also saw an opportunity for easy pickings. Barney though invited the war chiefs inside and offered adult beverages. Soon he had the cards out and taught the Indians to play poker. The game went on for days and at the end, all parted as friends. Yellow Jacket, one of the Shoshoni War Chiefs placed the future town of Prineville off limits for future raids. He would visit Barney often during the long Oregon winters, becoming very good at the game of poker and the etiquette of playing cards with white men.
Yellow Jacket was well coached by Prine. His language,deportment, and dress made him acceptable to the silver miners in Idaho who had no supicion that he was one of the most wanted men in Oregon. He won enough to finance the Shoshoni's war against the encroaching whites for some years
I cannot agree more with your statement that stories of courage need to be told to every generation. Too many kids grow up without so much as a skinned knee and thus are ill prepared for tumbles in life.
I will add here another story from the east side of the Oregon Cascades.
In 1868 a gentleman by the name of Barney Prine, on his way to find his fortune came across a field of rusted iron and steel, the remains of a wagon train that was ambushed and burned perhaps ten years earlier. This was during a time when anyone east of the Deshutes River had better be in a heavily armed group or they faced death from the Shoshoni/Comanche Indian.
Barney saw his opportunity to prosper. As a blacksmith who knew that other emigrant trains would happen by, he saw all that iron as an opportunity. Soon Barney had a smithy operating and a small saloon in the same shop.
During the first winter, suffering from loneliness, Barney received a visit from a group of warriors who also saw an opportunity for easy pickings. Barney though invited the war chiefs inside and offered adult beverages. Soon he had the cards out and taught the Indians to play poker. The game went on for days and at the end, all parted as friends. Yellow Jacket, one of the Shoshoni War Chiefs placed the future town of Prineville off limits for future raids. He would visit Barney often during the long Oregon winters, becoming very good at the game of poker and the etiquette of playing cards with white men.
Yellow Jacket was well coached by Prine. His language,deportment, and dress made him acceptable to the silver miners in Idaho who had no supicion that he was one of the most wanted men in Oregon. He won enough to finance the Shoshoni's war against the encroaching whites for some years
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keith44spl
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Klondike,
That a great story, thanks.
Su Amigo,
Dave
Everyones invited to post their stories and pics.
That a great story, thanks.
Su Amigo,
Dave
Everyones invited to post their stories and pics.
klondike
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Keith44spl, My grandmother's sister married into a family that were Hudson Bay employees at Ft. Nisqually ( near Tacoma ). During the Indian troubles in the Puget Sound area the Americans accused Edward Huggins of being in cahoots with the tribes. He denied it and
answered that if the Americans would use their brains and treat with the natives fairly, they would have very few problems.
I think that Mr. Goodnight found that to be a good policy as well.
answered that if the Americans would use their brains and treat with the natives fairly, they would have very few problems.
I think that Mr. Goodnight found that to be a good policy as well.
klondike
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I'm assuming we ain't gonna mention the attempted genocide part, right?
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That would be any story which teaches the next generation how to survive hard times.
The lessons would be just as valuable from the Indian view as the white.
