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Show __. ____ -------- ing put into the mcu 1\ct. ateuufu~t for pcacl', lllld hit1 couu11dt1 pre· 'l'ue w·ngon route from Yreka, Uulifor- vailcd. nia, to Unl\on City, Oregon, or to Ft. Boisa This stnto or off,Lirs howcvor dill not by way of the Malbcur, cro11scs Hprnguc's su!t the inclitu,tions of some who . wcro river valley near itaoccnter nnd nbout fifty present with tho commnnd, whose (II!Hire miles from Ft. rtanuLth. 1t wns on this n'nd Bim was to return ut once to .Fort route that Uichard~on's nnd otl.wr trains, Klamath, and tho ~ttack upon Richardson en route to tbe not·thern mines, we1·o attnck- nnd others, mLldc eutirely beyond the limitli eel, June sixth, by Judia\IIS of tho Snnlce of tbcsc Bprague's river Indionl!l wus nover· chief Pauline's !:>nnd, forcing them bacl< tbelcss charged directly upon them for tho ncross Sprague's rivet·. purpose of crcuting a difficulty thllt wouh.l 'J'be Indians occupying nnd claiming lleccijsitutc the o.unndonment of tlte reconr; pragne's river valley, aro n small band of noissancc to qniet. 1\ o evidence could be ::k lamntbs, having nmong them a few of tbc adduced ngninst tbert11 on the contrary nil Snake tribe, who border them on the north the evidence thut ,coulll be obtained wus and east, and having a Snnkc-K.lumnth- decidedly in tlf'leir rnvor, aa they lJad prof: Aloshun-kosk-kit-for their chief. 'J'bcy fered kindly oflicos to Ricbnrdaon and hie nre physically supcriOl' to any of tho In- party when they were retreating from Pau· diana about the border or tho Klamath line back across Sprague's river. Lakes, and posecsa more manhood. They 'l'o overCODlC any suspicion h~weTcr that seldom beg and aro not known to have might honestly exist against these ludinns, ever extorted, or otherwise mistreated any or that might afterwards arise from tho citizeoa passing through their country· same circumstances, 1 took with me the 'They claim as the bou11dary of their cGun- guide, J obu K Ross, Mr. Brown and .Mr. try the summit of tbe mountains which Taylor, two other employees connected murround Sprague's river Valley, the Lost with the commnud, .Mr. Gabb of tbe State river raDiO being tho liue bewecn them and Geological !Survey of CaliforniB, and Mr. tbe Modocs whose country lies immediate- Ricbo.rdson, and proceeded to the camps of Jy to the southward and extending down to the Indians to inspect nod investigate more the vicinity of Pitt river. They seem well fully than had been done through their eoough disposed towards a continuance of visit to us. \V c gave no warning of our ~ce with the United States, bllt in the intentions, or approach, and though inspec· event of a general In{jian war they would ting and scrutinizing the actions of the In~ doubtless prove more dangerous and dians and everything about their camps as troublesome than any or the other Indians closely as possible, we round nothing whatof that region. 1 t WBS just previous to ever indicating that they were io the atour arrival among them that the hostile tack upou Richardson, or that they had any4 Snake chief Patdine tried to induce them, thing whatever to do with it, or, that they with the Klamat~'a generally to join io the were co-operating with or aiding hostile rnnrderoua operatio~s be was thea conduct- Indians in nny manner whatsoever. Mr. inr, abd the subject bad eTidcntly beeo Richardson did not identify any of tbeiie warml7 discussed l bat tbc ciicf remBiaeu lodiaus os having bceo among thoao who ul one \'iew, lltHJ prt>scut 11 grunt! ~PP~Ill'· unre. I>eecending this spur hy u ft\ir gmde wo enter, prague·~ rivf'r vulley. 'J'he roud to this point, except the flrst four and n lmlt miles from l•'ort Kltulmth, pu~scs over what mtlY w~ry properly he called a hilly <:ountry ; but preMcntin~ no ob~tucles wbntcver to pack nuimuiH or loa1lccl wngonR. The countt·y pnflseJ ova.• ia ~tl.>ttncla.,tly wutcrcd by rivers mentioned, und by Jprings, affords good gruzing anti is hcuvily timbered. Leaving tlte point of our entrance into Hpragnc's river Vfdlcy, we contitntctl up the river four miles and croHseJ it ovor nnothcr sand11tonc ford lil<o thnt of Willinmson's t·ivcr. Tho river here is nbont thirty yt.m11! wide, hnving- nn nvoruge dl!pth of nbout. eighteen inchrA, allll a gt>ntle currt ·nt. It is slightly allculine, but nbounu~ with mountain und snlmou trout, nnd nil <lther varieties of ftSih t I tat nre common to -the Klamath LokeN. Sprngne's river valley is nbout forty miles lo.ng, nml from tvro to fifteen mil~s wide. Its gencr"lllirection is from southC? t\&t to north "est. 'rhc bunka of the ri vcr, nnd or the numerous stretlms putting into it on either side are fringed with willowa and eottonwood, I\IIHl the entire vullPy is skirted witb a cootinuoua foreet of y~llow pine, cxtonclin~ back to the Humrnit of the mountains by which it i~ bounded. It )::OS· l!ell&ca all tbe natural requisites for a good 11tock range, its low lo.nds being covered with a fa\ir growth or mo.rsh gruiii!!Cf!1 while Hs uplands afl'ortl a bo11ntiful supply of the more nutritions buncu·grnss witb an occasional spot of wild ti~r~othy. The soil here is a d~rlc sandy loam, growing lightct· nnd some\Ybat gravelly towurd.t~ • tlte mouutQins. Uulcroppio!'s of l~&va aud other volcanic products are ieneml, but there nt·e mauy trncls o• f lauJ thnt otf,:r eli· g-iblo f1ulll aile& auJ could be ea-sily cultlva· ted. The climate is aimilnr to that of I~~ort Klamuth, uu t the soil is quick uuJ veget"· lion matures enrly. 'Vild Hax grows here so abunJantly .that in muny plncciJ it prt'sents the appearance of tolcraule fl4ir cultivation, und producea n fine Hlrong fibre. 'J'hc &talk seems to spring from its root und continues to grow until checked l>y UJP. frosts of autumn. In this wny it seems probBble that the old roo' rctnins subAtance enongh during the winter to Aeru.l out IH'W shoots in the spring. 'I' he most prom incnt mountuin peaks in or nronnu this Vf\lll'y, l\re Wildrick's Bntte.ll -a spm· or tbe Lo~t river range-rising uy a grntluul Mccnt from the south aide of tlte vnlley, ncl\r the weRtern extremity, and dividing ncllr the summit ioto two bcnutirnlly ronotlro peuk:. of nbout eqllal beigbt and like form. 'rhese buttes form tbe principal lund · m~rk to the westwo.rd upon eott'ring the ll ppcr portioll or the vnlley from the direction ofGoo!io Lalcc. 'l'hey are coverCil with n good growth of yellow pines, and nt a distl\nce st-em to be diacoonectcd with ROY mountain rnng<' .. Hcnr, antelope, and deer, are Bbundant in this region, but as they o.re mneh hunted by tho fndions. they Are wild oud dilft. cult to approach. The aouthen.atcrn por· tion of the valley is a fuvorite range for a Apecies of the deer known as the "mille tall" "0 en lied from the near resemblance of thoir latter appendage to thnt or(\ mule after it has been trimmed in tho approved Kentnclcy rasllion pr<'pal'Rtory to ita \fearer be· |