On our arrival at the rendezvous4 on the South Fork the officer in charge reported; “We are about out of grub.” This was a satisfactory cause for a hurried movement; for a short allowance had more terrors for men with our appetites than severe duties; and most of us had already learned that, even with prejudice laid aside, our stomachs would refuse the hospitalities of the Indians, if it were possible for them to share with us from their own scanty5 stores. The Major’s experience prompted him at once to give the order to break camp and move on for the camp on the Fresno.
Our mounted force chafed6 at the slowness of our march; for the Indians could not be hurried. Although their cookery was of the most primitive7 character, we were very much delayed by the time consumed in preparing their food.
While traveling we were compelled to accommodate our movements to the capacities or inclinations8 of the women and children. Captain Dill, therefore, with his company was sent on ahead from the crossing of the South Fork, they leaving with us what food they could spare. When 93 Dill reached the waters of the Fresno about one hundred “captives” joined him. These Indians voluntarily surrendered to Captain Dill’s company, which at once hurried them on, and they reached the commissioners9 at the Fresno.
Captain Boling’s company and Major Savage remained with the “Grand Caravan,” keeping out scouts10 and hunters to secure such game as might be found to supply ourselves with food. We had no anxiety for the safety or security of our “captives;” our own subsistence was the important consideration; for the first night out from Bishop’s camp left us but scanty stores for breakfast. Our halting places were selected from the old Indian camping grounds, which were supplied with hoyas (holes or mortars12). These permanent mortars were in the bed-rock, or in large detached rocks that had fallen from the cliffs or mountains. These “hoyas” had been formed and used by past generations. They were frequent on our route, many of them had long been abandoned; as there was no indications of recent uses having been made of them. From their numbers it was believed that the Indians had once been much more numerous than at that date.
By means of the stone pestles13 with which they were provided, the squaws used these primitive mills to reduce their acorns14 and grass seeds to flour or meal. While the grists were being ground, others built the fires on which stones were heated.
When red hot, these stones were plunged16 into baskets nearly filled with water; this is continued until the water boils. The stones are then removed and the acorn15 meal, or a cold mixture of it, is stirred in until thin gruel17 is made; the hot stones are again plunged into the liquid mass and again removed. When sufficiently18 cooked, this “Atola” or porridge, was poured into plates or moulds of sand, prepared for that purpose. During the process of cooling, the 94 excess of water leaches19 off through the sand, leaving the woody fibre tannin and unappropriated coarse meal in distinctive20 strata21; the edible22 portion being so defined as to be easily separated from the refuse and sand. This preparation was highly prized by them, and contrary to preconceived ideas and information, all of the Indians I asked assured me that the bitter acorns were the best when cooked. This compound of acorn meal resembles corn starch23 blanc mange in color, but is more dense24 in consistency25. Although it was free from grit26, and comparatively clean, none of us were able to eat it, and we were quite hungry. From this, I was led to conclude that to relish27 this Indian staple28, the taste must be acquired while very young.
Old Ten-ie-ya’s four wives, and other squaws, were disposed to be quite hospitable29 when they learned that our supply of provisions was exhausted30. None of the command, however, ventured to sample their acorn-jellies, grass-seed mush, roasted grasshoppers31, and their other delicacies32; nothing was accepted but the Pi?on pine nuts, which were generally devoured33 with a relish and a regret for the scarcity34.
Certain species of worms, the larv? of ants and some other insects, common mushrooms and truffles, or wood-mushrooms, are prized by the Indian epicure35, as are eels36, shrimps37, oysters38, frogs, turtles, snails39, etc., by his white civilized40 brother. Are we really but creatures of education?
The baskets used by the Indians for boiling their food and other purposes, as has been before stated, are made of a tough mountain bunch-grass, nearly as hard and as strong as wire, and almost as durable41. So closely woven are they, that but little if any water can escape from them. They are made wholly impervious42 with a resinous44 compound resembling the vulcanized rubber used by dentists. This 95 composition does not appear to be in the least affected45 by hot water. The same substance, in appearance at least, is used by Mountain Indians in attaching sinews to bows, and feathers and barbs46 to arrows.
I endeavored to ascertain47 what the composition was, but could only learn that the resin43 was procured48 from small trees or shrubs49, and that some substance (probably mineral) was mixed with it, the latter to resist the action of heat and moisture. I made a shrewd guess that pulverized50 lava51 and sulphur (abundant east of the High Sierras) was used, but for some cause I was left in ignorance. The Indians, like all ignorant persons, ascribe remarkable52 virtues53 to very simple acts and to inert54 remedies. Upon one occasion a doctor was extolling55 the virtues of a certain root, ascribing to it almost miraculous56 powers; I tried in vain to induce him to tell me the name of the root. He stated that the secret was an heir-loom, and if told, the curative power of the plant would disappear; but he kindly57 gave me some as a preventive of some imaginary ill, when lo! I discovered the famous remedy to be the cowslip.
After a delayed and hungry march of several days, we halted near sundown within a few miles of the Commissioner’s headquarters, and went into camp for the night. The Indians came straggling in at will from their hunts on the way, their trophies58 of skill with their bows being the big California squirrels, rabbits or hares and quail59. Our more expert white hunters had occasionally brought in venison for our use. We had ceased to keep a very effective guard over our “captives;” none seemed necessary, as all appeared contented60 and satisfied, almost joyous61, as we neared their destination on the Fresno.
The truth is, we regarded hostilities62, so far as these Indians were concerned, as ended. We had voted the peace policy a veritable success. We had discussed the matter in 96 camp, and contrasted the lack of spirit exhibited by these people with what we knew of the warlike character of the Indians of Texas and of the Northwestern plains. In these comparisons, respect for our captives was lost in contempt. “The noble red man” was not here represented. The only ones of the Pacific Slope, excepting the Navahoes, Pimas and Maricopahs, that bear any comparison with the Eastern tribes for intelligence and bravery, are the You-mahs of the Colorado river, the Modocs, and some of the Rogue63 and Columbia river tribes, but none of these really equal the Sioux and some other Eastern tribes.
Hardly any attention had been paid to the captives during the preceding night, except from the guard about our own camp; from a supposition that our services could well be spared. Application was therefore made by a few of us, for permission to accompany the Major, who had determined64 to go on to the Fresno head-quarters. When consent was given, the wish was so generally expressed, that Captain Boling with nine men to act as camp guard, volunteered to remain, if Major Savage would allow the hungry “boys” to ride with him. The Major finally assented65 to the proposition, saying: “I do not suppose the Indians can be driven off, or be induced to leave until they have had the feast I promised them; besides, they will want to see some of the commissioner’s finery. I have been delighting their imaginations with descriptions of the presents in store for them.”
When the order was passed for the hungry squad to fall in, we mounted with grateful feelings towards Captain Boling, and the “boys” declared that the Major was a trump66, for his consideration of our need. With the prospect67 of a good “square” meal, and the hope of a genial68 “smile” from our popular commissary, the time soon passed, and the distance seemed shortened, for we entered the Fresno camp before our anticipations69 were cloyed70. Head-quarters was 97 well supplied with all needful comforts, and was not totally deficient71 in luxuries. Our Quarter-Master and Commissary was active in his duties, and as some good women say of their husbands, “He was a good provider.” We had no reason to complain of our reception; our urgent requirements were cheerfully met. The fullness of our entertainment did not prevent a good night’s rest, nor interfere72 with the comfortable breakfast which we enjoyed. While taking coffee, the self denial of Captain Boling and his volunteer guard was not forgotten. Arrangements were made to furnish the best edible and potable stores, that could be secured from our conscientious73 and prudent74 commissary. We were determined to give them a glorious reception; but—the Captain did not bring in his captives! Major Savage sent out a small detachment to ascertain the cause of the delay. This party filled their haversacks with comforts for the “Indian guard.” After some hours of delay, the Major became anxious to hear from Captain Boling, and began to be suspicious that something more serious than the loss of his animals, was the cause of not sending in a messenger, and he ordered out another detachment large enough to meet any supposed emergency. Not far from camp, they met the Captain and his nine men (the “Indian guard”) and one Indian, with the relief party first sent out. Our jovial75 Captain rode into “Head-quarters” looking more crest76 fallen than he had ever been seen before. When asked by the Major where he had left the Indians, he blushed like a coy maiden77 and said: “They have all gone to the mountains, but the one I have with me.”
After Captain Boling had made his report to the Major, and made all explanations to the commissioners, and when he had refreshed himself with an extra ration11 or two of the potable liquid, that by special stipulation78 had been reserved for the “Indian Guard,” something of his old humor returned 98 to him, and he gave us the details of his annoyances79 by the breach80 of trust on the part of “our prisoners.”
The Captain said: “Soon after you left us last night, one of my men, who was out hunting when we camped, came in with a deer he had killed just at the dusk of the evening. From this we made a hearty81 supper, and allowed the youth who had helped to bring in the deer to share in the meat. The Indian cooked the part given to him at our fire, and ate with the avidity of a famished82 wolf. This excited comment, and anecdotes83 followed of the enormous appetites displayed by some of them. The question was then raised, ‘how much can this Indian eat at one meal?’ I suggested that a fair trial could not be had with only one deer. Our hunter said he would give him a preliminary trial, and when deer were plenty we could then test his full capacity, if he should prove a safe one to bet on. He then cut such pieces as we thought would suffice for our breakfast, and, with my approval, gave the remainder to his boy, who was anxiously watching his movements. I consented to this arrangement, not as a test of his capacity, for I had often seen a hungry Indian eat, but as a reward for his services in bringing in the deer on his shoulders. He readily re-commenced his supper, and continued to feast until every bone was cracked and picked. When the last morsel84 of the venison had disappeared he commenced a doleful sing-song, ‘Way-ah-we-ha-ha, Wah-ah-we-ha-ha’ to some unknown deity85, or, if I was to judge from my ear of the music, it must have been his prayer to the devil, for I have heard that it is a part of their worship. His song was soon echoed from the camp where all seemed contentment. After consoling himself in this manner for some time he fell asleep at our fire.
“The performance being over, I told my men to take their sleep and I would watch, as I was not sleepy; if I wanted 99 them I would call them. I then thought, as Major Savage had declared, the Indians could scarcely be driven off, until they had had their feast and the presents they expected to have given them. I sat by the fire for a long time cogitating86 on past events and future prospects87, when thinking it useless to require the men to stand guard, I told them to sleep. Moving about and seeing nothing but the usual appearance, I decided88 it to be unneccessary to exercise any further vigilance, and told one of the men, who was partially89 aroused by my movements, and who offered to get up and stand guard, that he had better lie still and sleep. Toward morning I took another round, and finding the Indian camp wrapped in apparently90 profound slumber91, I concluded to take a little sleep myself, until daylight. This now seems unaccountable to me, for I am extremely cautious in my habits. Such a breach of military discipline would have subjected one of my men to a court-martial. I confess myself guilty of neglect of duty; I should have taken nothing for granted.
“No one can imagine my surprise and mortification92 when I was called and told that the Indian camp was entirely93 deserted94, and that none were to be seen except the one asleep by our camp fire. My indifference95 to placing a guard over the Indian camp will probably always be a mystery to me, but it most likely saved our lives, for if we had attempted to restrain them, and you know us well enough to believe we would not have let them off without a fight; they would probably have pretty well used us up. As it was, we did not give them up without an effort. We saddled our horses and started in chase, thinking that as while with us, their women and children would retard96 their progress, and that we would soon overtake them. We took the young brave with us, who had slept by our fire. He knew nothing of the departure of his people, and was very much alarmed, 100 as he expected we would at once kill him. I tried to make him useful in following their trail; he by signs, gave me to understand he did not know where they had gone, and seemed unwilling97 to take the trail when I pointed98 it out to him. He evidently meant to escape the first opportunity. I kept him near me and treated him kindly, but gave him to understand I should shoot him if he tried to leave me.
“We pursued until the trail showed that they had scattered99 in every direction in the brushy ravines and on the rocky side of a mountain covered with undergrowth, where we could not follow them with our animals. Chagrined100 and disgusted with myself for my negligence101, and my inability to recover any part of my charge, and considering farther pursuit useless, we turned about and took the trail to head-quarters with our one captive.”
Major Savage took the youngster under his charge, and flattered him by his conversations and kindly treatment. The Commissioners lionized him somewhat; he was gaily102 clothed and ornamented103, loaded with presents for his own family relations, and was given his liberty and permitted to leave camp at his leisure, and thus departed the last of the “grand caravan” of some three hundred and fifty “captives,” men, women and children, which we had collected and escorted from the mountains.
The sight of the one hundred brought to them by Captain Dill, and his report that we were coming with about three hundred and fifty more, aroused sanguine104 hopes in the commission that the war was over, and that their plans had been successful. “Now that the prisoners have fled,” we asked, “What will be done?”
To a military man, this lack of discipline and precaution—through which the Indians escaped—will seem unpardonable; and an officer who, like our Captain, should leave his camp unguarded, under any circumstances, would be 101 deemed disgracefully incompetent105. In palliation of these facts, it may not occur to the rigid106 disciplinarian that Captain John Boling and the men under him—or the most of them, had not had the advantages of army drill and discipline. The courage of these mountain-men in times of danger was undoubted; their caution was more apt to be displayed in times of danger to others, than when they themselves were imperiled.
In this case Captain Boling was not apprehensive107 of danger to those under his charge. His excessive good nature and good will toward his men prompted him to allow, even to command them, to take the sleep and rest that an irregular diet, and the labor108 of hunting while on the march, had seemed to require. No one had a keener sense of his error than himself. The whole command sympathized with him—notwithstanding the ludicrous aspect of the affair—their finer feelings were aroused by his extreme regrets. They determined that if opportunities offered, he should have their united aid to wipe out this stigma109. Major Savage was deceived by the child-like simplicity110 with which the Indians had been talking to him of the feast expected, and of the presents they would soon receive from the commissioners. He did not suppose it possible that they would make an attempt to escape, or such a number would not have been left with so small a guard. We had men with us who knew what discipline was, who had been trained to obey orders without hesitation111. Men who had fought under Col. Jack112 Hays, Majors Ben McCullough and Mike Chevallia, both in Indian and Mexican warfare113, and they considered themselves well posted. Even these men were mistaken in their opinions. The sudden disappearance114 of the Indians, was as much a surprise to them as to our officers.
With a view to solving this mystery Vow-ches-ter was 102 sent for from his camp near by, where all the treaty tribes were congregated115, and when questioned the Chief said that during the night Chow-chilla runners had been in the camp, and to him in person with their mouths filled with lies; they had probably gone to the camp of those who were coming in, and they were induced to leave. Evidently he felt assured of the fact; but until questioned, his caution, Indian-like, kept him silent. Vow-ches-ter’s sincerity116 and desire for peace was no longer doubted. Those who were suspicious of his friendship before were silenced, if not convinced, when he volunteered to go out and bring in such of the fugitives as he could convince of the good will of the commissioners. The young Indian had not yet left the camp, but was found relating his adventures and good fortune, and was directed to accompany Vow-ches-ter on his mission of good will. The Chief was instructed to give positive assurances of protection against hostilities, if any were threatened by the Chow-chillas. He was also instructed to dispatch runners to aid his efforts, and was told to notify all that the commissioners would not remain to be trifled with; if they wished peace they must come in at once. That if the commissioners should go away, which they soon would do on their way south, no further efforts for peace would be made. That the mountain men and soldiers of the whites were angry, and would no longer take their word for peace, but would punish them and destroy their supplies. After a few days Vow-ches-ter came back with about one hundred of the runaways117; these were followed by others, until ultimately, nearly all came back except Ten-ie-ya and his people. All then in camp expressed a readiness to meet for a grand council and treaty.
The reasons given by those who returned for their flight, were that just before daylight on the morning of their departure Chow-chilla runners (as had been surmised118 by 103 Vow-ches-ter) came to their camp with the report that they were being taken to the plains, where they would all be killed in order to evade119 the promises to pay for their lands, and for revenge.
In reply to the statements that they had been treated by the whites as friends, the Chow-chillas answered sneeringly120 that the whites were not fools to forgive them for killing121 their friends and relatives, and taking their property, and said their scouts had seen a large mounted force that was gathering122 in the foot-hills and on the plains, who would ride over them if they ventured into the open ground of the reservation, or encampment at the plains. This caused great alarm. They expected destruction from the whites, and in the excitement caused by the Chow-chillas, threatened to kill Captain Boling and his men, and for that purpose reconnoitered the Captain’s camp. The Chow-chillas dissuaded123 them from the attempt, saying: “The white men always sleep on their guns, and they will alarm the white soldiers below by their firing, and bring upon you a mounted force before you could reach a place of safety.”
The young fellow that was asleep in Boling’s camp was not missed until on the march; his appearance among them gaily clothed, after being kindly treated, very much aided Vow-ches-ter in his statement of the object of the council and treaty to be held. The runaways told the commissioners that they felt very foolish, and were ashamed that they had been so readily deceived; they also expressed a wish that we would punish the Chow-chillas, for they had caused all the trouble. The reception they received soon satisfied them that they had nothing to fear. They were given food and clothing, and their good fortune was made known to other bands, and soon all of the tribes in the vicinity made treaties or sent messengers to express their willingness to do so, excepting the Chow-chillas and Yosemites. Even 104 Ten-ie-ya was reported to have ventured into the Indian quarter, but taking a look at the gaudy124 colored handkerchiefs and shirts offered him in lieu of his ancient and well-worn guernsey that he habitually125 wore, he scoffingly126 refused the offers. Turning towards his valley home, he sorrowfully departed; his feelings apparently irritated by the evidences of vanity he saw in the gaudy apparel and weak contentment of those he was leaving behind him. Major Savage, who it was supposed would be the Indian agent at the end of the war, was absent at the time of Ten-ie-ya’s visit, but “the farmer” showed the old chief all proper respect, and had endeavored to induce him to await the Major’s return, but failed.
Major Savage, though still in command of the battalion127, now devoted128 most of his time to the commissioners; and the energy with which our campaigns had opened, seemed to be somewhat abating129. The business connected with the treaties was transacted130 principally through his interpretation131, though at times other interpreters were employed. The mission interpreters only translated the communications made in the Indian dialects into Spanish; these were then rendered into English by Spanish interpreters employed by the commission.
A pretty strong detail of men was now placed on duty at head-quarters on the Fresno, principally drawn132 from Captain Dill’s Company. Adjutant Lewis had really no duties in the field, nor had he any taste or admiration133 for the snowy mountains—on foot. His reports were written up at head-quarters, as occasion required, and often long after the events had transpired134 to which they related. I was an amused observer upon one occasion, of Major Savage’s method of making out an official report, Adjutant Lewis virtually acting135 only as an amanuensis.
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crest
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