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Title: Reminiscences of a Pioneer
Author: Colonel William Thompson
Release Date: March 8, 2004 [EBook #11508]
Language: English
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*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK REMINISCENCES OF A PIONEER ***
Produced by David A. Schwan
Reminiscences of a Pioneer
By Colonel William Thompson
Editor Alturas, Cal., Plaindealer
San Francisco 1912
Contents
Chapter
I Farewell to the Old Southern Home
II First Winter in the Willamette Valley
III Indian Outbreak of 1855
IV In Which Various Experiences Are Discussed
V Taking Revenge on Marauding Snakes
VI One Bad Tale From Canyon City History
VII Col. Thompson's First Newspaper Venture
VIII History of the Modoc Indians
IX The Ben Wright Massacre
X Treaty With the Modocs Made
XI Battle in the Lava Beds
XII The Peace Commission's Work
XIII Three Days Battle In the Lava Beds
XIV Trailing the Fugitives
XV The Great Bannock War
XVI Snake Uprising in Eastern Oregon
XVII Bannocks Double on Their Tracks
XVIII Another Attack That Miscarried
XIX Reign of the Vigilantes
XX Passing of the Mogans
XXI The Lookout Lynching
Illustrations
Colonel William Thompson Frontispiece
(From photo taken at close of Bannock War)
Typical Scene in the Lava Beds
Runway and Fort in Lava Beds
Captain Jack's Cave in the Lava Beds
Captain Jack
(From photo belonging to Jas. D. Fairchild, Yreka, Cal.)
Colonel William Thompson
(From photo taken at close of Modoc War)
Foreword
So rapidly is the Far West changing character, our pioneers should feel
in duty bound to p