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In 1882 the number of cattle assessed in the county was 24,559, which was believed to be 6,000 short of the actual figure, In 1885 it was estimated that there were over 60,000 head of cattle within the confines of Owylice county. In 1888-9 the cattle interests in the county reached their maximum, and, as we are reliably informed, there was at that date over 100,000 head of cattle in the county. At that date the principal cattle owners were: Murphy & Horn, 12,000 head; Scott & Co., 18,000 head; Grayson & Co., 16,000 hcad; Hardiman Bros., 5,000 head; Sommercamp, 5,000 head; Jack Sands, 3,500 head; Con Shea. 5,000 lead; Sparks & Harrell, 5,000 head: Bruce Bros., 2,500 head; total. 72,000 head. Add to this several stock raisers with herds numbering 500 to 1,000, a very low estimate would be 18,000 head, making a grand total of 100,000 head. These were the flush cattle times of Owyhee, when the cattle kings viewed with swelling pride their increasing herds and pocketbooks; but a couple of severe winters, the inability to find sufficient suitable food for such large herds, and several other causes, created a great loss of cattle, and the cattle trade gradually , shrank to its present condition, there not being, it is believed, at present date, over 15,000 head of cattle within the county.
But the loss of one industry has been the gain of another. viz., the sheep industry, which from small beginnings has gradually risen to its present pro- portions, and it is generally estimated that at this date there are over 150,000 head of sheep in Owyhee county.
The first settlement in the county was made at Booneville, now Dewey. which took its name after Boone, one of the discovery party of twenty-nine. A little later the town of Ruby City sprang into existence, and by the summer of 1864 boasted of a population of 800 to 900, and was made the county seat upon the organization of the county on December 31, 1863. Its location being an unfavorable one, a rival town sprang up, which was named Silver City, which not only gradually absorbed Ruby City, but became the county seat in 1866. Fairview, located on the apex of War Eagle mountain, was also a thriving little burg, and would have been made the county seat were it not for its inaccessibility. It was destroyed by fire October 16, 1875, loss being about $100,000.00, and never recuperated from the disaster.
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De Lamar, another flourishing town, with a population nearly equal to that of Silver City, was first settled in 1888, and has since shown considerable improvement.
Guffey, the baby town of the county, and the terminal point of the B. N. & O. railroad, is rapidly increasing in population, making extensive improvements, and giving great promise for the future.
The United States census of 1890 gave the population of Owyhee county as 2,021. At the last presidential election, in the fall of 1896, there were 1,240 votes cast, and the estimated population of the county at present date is about 5,000.
The total value of taxable property in Owyhee county, as per assessment roll of July, 1896, amounted to $795.549.00, which embraced 10,769 head of cattle, 122,777 sheep, 8,299 horses, 170 jacks and mules, and 188 hogs.
The total value of taxable property in Owyhee county, as per assessment roll of July, 1897, amounted to $894,786.00, which embraced 11,636 head of cattle, 118,705 sheep, 8,687 horses, 238 jacks and mules, and 231 hogs.
In 1869 the assessed valuation of property was $1,438,249.00.
TERRITORIAL AND STATE GOVERNMENT.
William H. Wallace, of Lewiston, was appointed by President Lincoln governor of Idaho territory, July 10, 1863, but, being elected delegate to con- gress October 31, 1863, the secretary, W. B. Daniels, of Oregon, acted as gov- ernor until August 9, 1864. The balance of the first territorial officers were as . follows: B. F. Lambkin, of Idaho, auditor; D. S. Payne, of Oregon, United States marshal: Charles Hutchins, of Washington, Indian agent; Copeland Townsend, of Colorado, Indian agent; A. L. Downer, of Wisconsin, clerk of supreme court; D. S. Kenyon, treasurer; J. R. Chittenden, superintendent of public instruction; Sidney Edgerton, of Ohio, chief justice of supreme court; Samuel C. Park, of Illinois, associate justice of supreme court; Alexander C. Smith, of Washington, associate justice of supreme court.
The first session of the territorial legislature convened at Lewiston, Decem- ber 7, 1863, and adjourned February 4, 1864. The following were members: Council, Joseph Miller, E. B. Waterbury, Standford Capps, Lyman Stan- ford, Ephraim Smith, William C. Rheem, A. J. Edwards. House, Joseph Tufts, C. P. Bodfish, M. C. Brown, R. P. Campbell, Milton Kelly, W. R. Keithly, L. C. Miller, Alonzo Leland, John Wood, L. Bacon and James A. Orr.
The second session of the territorial legislature convened at Lewiston, November 14, 1864. The following represented Owyhee county: Council, John Cummins. House, E. C. Sterling, Solomon Hasbrouck.
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The third session of the territorial legislature convened December 4, 1865, at Boise City, which had been made the capital of the territory by the second session of the legislature. The following represented Owyhee county: Council, E. Bohannan. House, D. P. Barnes, J. W. Carter, E. J. Worley.
1866-Council, R. T. Miller. House, A. Englis, D. G. Monroe.
1868-Council, F. E. Ensign. House, Pat Campbell, Seth Catlin, P. S. Quinn.
1870-Council, Gilmore Hays, D. G. Monroe. House, W. P. Upshur, J. R. Crawford, J. B. Pierce, Pat Campbell, W. H. Van Slyke.
1872-Council, Gilmore Hays, L. P. Higbee. House, A. L. Simondi, Peter Adams, J. M. Short.
1874-Council, H. Martin, D. Angell. House, L. Pool, F. M. Hunt, I. Culp, E. H. Moore.
1876-Council, F. C. Porter, Richard Tregaskis. House, E. H. Moore, G. W. Gilmore, P. A. Tutt, R. L. Wood, John Ward.
1878-Council, B. J. Nordyke; P. A. Regan. House, G. W. Newsom, P. Weatherman, W. Cooper, George. Chapin, William N. Nichols.
1880-Council, Charles Cobb (joint with Cassia county). House. J. W. Cummings.
1882-Council, P. A. Regan (joint with Cassia county). House, J. M. Harbour.
1884-Council, R. L. Wood (joint with Cassia county). House, David Adams.
1886-Council, James I. Crutcher (joint with Washington county). House. John S. Lewis.
1888-Council, E. S. Jewell (joint with Washington county). House, George O. Sampson.
In accordance with a proclamation of Governor E. A. Stevenson, a con- stitutional convention was held at Boise City, July 4. 1889, and Owyhee county was represented by Charles M. Hays, James I. Crutcher, Samuel J. Pritchard.
The state of Idaho was admitted into the Union July 3. 1890. The first session of the state legislature was convened at Boise City, December 8, 1890. The following represented Owyhee county: Senator, J. R. De Lamar (joint with Cassia county). Representative. Joseph Hawkins.
Second session, 1892-Senator, J. E. Miller (joint with Cassia county). Representative, J. F. Allington.
Third session, 1894-Senator, E. H. Dewey (joint with Cassia county). Representative, John J. Bennett.
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Fourth session, 1896-Senator, John J. Bennett. Representatives, J. C. Hadley, W. H. Beary.
COUNTY GOVERNMENT.
Owyhee county was organized December 31, 1863, out of all territory south of Snake river and west of the Rocky mountains. In 1864 Oneida county, and in 1879 Cassia county, were cut off of Owyhee county. The first county officers
OWYHEE COUNTY OFFICIALS.
Dep. Clerk St. Clair. Clerk Ballard.
Comm'r Shea. Comm'r Nichols.
Treasurer Connors.
Coroner Weston.
Comm'r Olsen. Assessor Brunzell. Pro. Judge Handy.
Sheriff Crocheron.
received their appointments from the governor of the territory. The following is a complete list of the officials of Owyhee county from its earliest organization to present date:
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1865-Commissioners, D. H. Fogus, George Carter; sheriff, Lyman Stan- ford; anditor and recorder, Gilmore Hays; treasurer, Dr. T. D. Beckett; assessor, Ezra Mills.
1867-8-Commissioners, George Carter, Seth Catlin, Thomas J. Butler; clerk, A. E. Woodson; auditor and recorder, L. W. Greenwell; sheriff, A. C. Springer; treasurer, A. H. Webb; assessor, Sterling Hill; tax collector, J. A. Lytle; superintendent of schools, O. H. Purdy; coroner, L. F. Alpey; sur- veyor, Frank R. Browker.
1869-70-Commissioners, R. S. Miles, L. J. Swart, S. O. Hughes; sheriff, W. S. Stevens; auditor and recorder, Dr. T. D. Beckett; clerk, P. C. Learned; treasurer, A. H. Webb; assessor, P. J. Ragan; probate judge, L. P. Hughes; coroner, D. McCleery.
1871-2-Commissioners, R. S. Miles, James Graham; sheriff, W. S. Stevens: auditor and recorder. Dr. T. D. Beckett; clerk, W. J. Hill; treasurer, James H. Gardner; assessor. P. J. Ragan.
1873-4-Commissioners, Thomas Walls, C. F. Miller, Dave Dorsey; sheriff, W. J. Hill; treasurer, James H. Gardner; assessor, Robert Frazer; superin- tendent of schools, William Stacey; coroner, J. Murray; surveyor, George Bonldwin; probate judge, F. A. Tutt.
1875-6-Commissioners, Joseph H. Brown, Arthur O'Keefe, John Catalow. sheriff, C. M. Hays; auditor and recorder, James Lyman; treasurer, *Dr. T. D. Beckett, Henry Hyman, O. II. Purdy; assessor, R. S. Miles.
1877-8-Commissioners, Fred Brunzell, A. J. Sands, C. R. Hanks; sheriff, C. M. Hays; auditor and recorder, James Lyman; probate judge, George Drew; treasurer, Anthony Brooks; assessor, R. S. Miles; coroner, Peter Nich- olson.
1879-80-Commissioners, Arthur O'Keefe, W. W. Dryden, P. McMahon; sheriff, Thomas Jones; auditor and recorder, James Lyman; probate judge, W. H. Angell; treasurer, P. A. Tutt; assessor, W. S. Harley; surveyor, Gilbert Butler.
1881-2-Commissioners, W. S. Stevens, Thomas Walls, W. H. Townsend; sheriff, John D. Springer; auditor and recorder, James Lyman; probate judge, J. H. Wickersham; treasurer, E. HI. Moore; assessor, W. S. Harley; coroner, R. Reynolds; surveyor, F. W. Hulett.
1883-4-Commissioners, M. Hyde, John Scales, J. H. Mitchell; sheriff, John D. Springer; auditor and recorder, James Lyman; probate judge, J. H.
*Both Beckett and Hyman died in office and Purdy was appointed to fill va- cancy.
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Wickersham; treasurer, E. H. Moore; assessor, W. S. Harley; coroner, Dr. D. H. Belknap; surveyor, F. W. Hulett.
1885-6-Commissioners, John Scales, Tim Shea, William Hamilton; sheriff, Guy Newcomb; auditor and recorder, James Lyman; probate judge, J. H. Wickersham; treasurer, W. F. Sommercamp, Jr .; assessor, W. S. Harley; coroner, Dr. D. H. Belknap; surveyor, F. W. Hulett.
1887-8-Commissioners, Ruel Murphy, C. E. Share, J. H. Black; sheriff. B. F. Hastings; auditor and recorder, James Lyman; probate judge, J. H. Wickersham; treasurer, W. F. Sommercamp, Jr .; assessor, S. J. Pritchard; surveyor, F. W. Hulett.
1889-90-Commissioners, A. Brooks, J. M. Brunzell, Sr., J. H. Black; sheriff, B. F. Hastings; auditor and recorder, James Lyman; probate judge. J. B. Coakley: treasurer, W. F. Sommercamp, Jr .; assessor, S. J. Pritchard; coroner, L. T. Mitchell; surveyor, F. W. Hulett.
1891-92-Commissioners, W. H. Townsend. * William Houtz, Al Sotheren. WV. S. Harley; sheriff, John McCabe; clerk district court, R. H. Leonard, Jr .; probate judge, E. Lewis; treasurer, S. T. N. Smith; assessor, A. B. Crocheron; coroner, Dr. C. Richter; surveyor, F. W. Hulett.
1893-4-Commissioners, Isaac Phillips, C. D. Bacheler, Fred Morrison ; sheriff, E. L. Ballard: clerk district court, R. H. Leonard, Jr. ; probate judge, E. Lewis; treasurer, S. T. N. Smith; assessor, O. F. Brunzell; coroner, Dr. J. N. Weston; surveyor, F. W. Hulett.
1895-6-Commissioners, W. N. Nichols, John Scales, E. W. Tindall; sheriff, Tohn Joyce; clerk district court, E. L. Ballard; probate judge, E. Lewis; treas- urer, S. T. N. Smith; assessor, A. B. Crocheron; coroner, Dr. J. N. Weston ; surveyor, F. W. Hulett.
1897-8-Commissioners, W. N. Nichols, Tim Shea, Chris Olsen; sheriff, A. B. Crocheron; clerk district court, E. L. Ballard; probate judge, George H. Handy; treasurer, John C. Connors; assessor, O. F. Brunzell; coroner, Dr. J. N. Weston; surveyor, F. W. Hulett.
*Houtz resigned and Sotheren appointed to fill vacancy,
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Mr. Ernest L. Ballard, clerk of the district court, and ex officio auditor and recorder, was born in Virginia, February 1, 1862. In 1881 he went to Leadville, Colorado, where he engaged in mining for about a year, and from there went to Georgetown, in the same state, where he was engaged in rail- roading and mining until June, 1886, when he left for Owyhee county. He mined at Flint for about three years, and then made a tour of about eighteen months throughout the prominent mining localities of the slope, returning to Silver City, where he has since resided. In 1893-4 he was elected sheriff of the county, and in the fall of '94 was elected district clerk for a term of four years. He was married April 30, 1893, to Miss Nellie L. Stevens, of Flint, daughter of W. S. Stevens, an old and respected pioneer of the county.
District Clerk E. L. Ballard.
Sheriff A. B. Crocheron.
Mr. Asbury B. Crocheron, sheriff of Owyhee county, was born at Long Tom, Lane county, Oregon, October 25, 1860. From there he moved with his parents to Idaho City, and in the spring of 1867 came to Silver City. He was educated in the public schools of Silver City, with the advantage of one year in Portland. Until the last few years he has been engaged quite extensively in the stock business, and was recognized as one of the most daring riders and best "ropers" in this section. Mr. Crocheron was elected assessor and tax collector for the 1890-2 term, and was re-elected for the same office. without opposition, for the 1894-6 term. He was then elected sheriff of the county in 1896, which office he fills in an able manner. He was married October 14, 1897, to Mrs. Millie Walston, of Reynolds. He is a member of the I. O. O. F. fraternity.
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Mr. Oscar F. Brunzell, assessor and tax collector of Owyhee county, was born January 5, 1864, in Sweden. He came to the United States and to this county in July, 1871, with his parents, where he has since resided. He worked for several years on the range for different stockmen of the county, and accu- mulated considerable stock on his own account, but during the severe winter of 1888 he suffered heavy losses in cattle. Mr. Brunzell served the county as assessor and tax collector for the 1893-4 term in a creditable manner. In 1895, in partnership with R. H. Leonard, Jr., he purchased and conducted the Owyhee livery stable in Silver City, they selling the same to Brown & Sampson in October of that year. At the general election of 1896 he was again elected assessor and tax collector, which office he now occupies. He was married
Assessor O. F. Brunzell.
Treasurer J. C. Connors.
October 30, 1895, to Miss Laura E. Winchester, of Silver City. Mr. Brunzell is a P. G. of Owyhee Lodge No. 2, I. O. O. F.
Mr. John C. Connors, treasurer of Owyhee county, was born in Placer county, California, February 10, 1859, and came to Ruby City, Idaho, with his parents September 9, 1868. He engaged in stock raising. In 1888, in partner- ship with Timothy Shea, he opened a meat market in Silver City, and with the exception of a few months, has been connected with the same ever since. For the past six years the firm has been known as the Owyhee Meat Company, with shops at both Silver City and De Lamar. Mr. George W. Bruce, of De Lamar, is the other member of the firm. Mr. Connors filled the unexpired term of Timothy Shea as county commissioner in 1886, and was elected county treasurer
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at the general election in November, 1896. He is a prominent member of the Masonic and I. O. O. F. fraternities. He was married in May, 1891, to Miss Alice McMahon. Mr. Connors participated in the South Mountain Indian fight, in 1879.
Mr. George H. Handy, probate judge, was born February 20, 1871, at Grand Island, Nebraska. In 1875 his parents moved to Wyoming, and from there to Colorado in 1877. He was educated in the public schools of Fort Col- lins, Colorado, graduating in 1888, and was in the senior class of the Colorado Agricultural college, when he left school to take charge of an insurance agency, which he followed for about three years. He also, at various times, held
Probate Judge Geo. H. Handy. Coroner J. N. Weston.
deputyships under different Larimer county officials. Came to Nampa, Idaho, in May, 1892, and that fall accepted the position of cashier of the De Lamar Mercantile & Banking Company, of De Lamar, which he resigned the follow- ing June to accept an appointment as deputy district clerk of Owyhee county, serving in that capacity for two years under R. H. Leonard, Jr., and two years under E. L. Ballard, when he resigned to qualify for the office of probate judge and ex officio county school superintendent, to which he had been elected in November, 1896. He was married on February 24, 1897, to Miss Sarah Brooks, of Silver City.
John N. Weston, M. D., coroner of Owyhee county, was born at New York city in 1860. Received his early education in the public schools of that
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city, and then attended Phillips Exeter academy and Harvard college. Studied medicine and graduated from the College of Physicians and Surgeons, and Bellevue hospital, in New York. Came to Silver City in 1889, and has since held the offices of coroner and county physician. He is also surgeon to the Miners' Union hospital. He was married February 26, 1890, to Miss Minnie Grete, of Silver City. Dr. Weston is a member of the Masonic fraternity, now filling the station of W. M. in Silver City Lodge No. 13, A. F. & A. M .; and M. E. K. in Cyrus Chapter No. 2, R. A. M.
William N. Nichols, chairman of the board of commissioners of Owyhee county, was born in Shelby, Ohio, May 9, 1853, and came to Silver City on June 18, 1873. He followed bookkeeping and mining for a number of years, and was at South Mountain during the boom times of that camp. He after- wards opened an assay office in Silver City, and acquired a wide reputation for the accuracy and reliability of his work. Was agent of the C., O. & I. Stage Company at Silver City for a number of years, and has held numerous positions of trust and responsibility during his residence in the county. He was elected county commissioner of the First district in 1894, and was re-elected to the same office in 1896. In November, 1897, he sold his interest in the Alpine group of mines to the Trade Dollar Mining Company, realizing a round sum of money. He still retains large mining interests in this section. He was married July 1, 1880, to Miss Oro B. Justice, of Silver City. Mr. Nich- ols represented Owyhee county in the territorial legislature for the year 1878.
Mr. Chris Olsen was born on the plains near Laramie, August 22, 1853, and his parents settled in Utah. In 1869 he engaged in the cattle business at Prom- ontory, Utah, and subsequently at Pioche, Nevada. Shortly afterwards he entered the employ of Dan Murphy, the cattle king, and in 1878 settled down on the T ranch at Bruneau valley as manager. In 1895 he formed a partner- ship with Captain Lewis, and they opened the well-known resort of Lewis & Olsen at Hot Spring, Bruneau valley. In November, 1896, he was elected county commissioner, which position he now holds.
INDIAN OUTBREAKS.
The present generation of Owyhee county is not likely to ever behold an Indian rising within the confines of their county, from the fact that the red devils whose war whoops cchoed in the defiles of Owyhee, thirty years ago, have been mostly converted into "good Indians," and the pitiful remainder are closely watched and guarded at the United States reservations. Furthermore, the railroads, facilitating quick transportation for troops to the field of disturb- ance, and the populated condition of the state, renders it difficult for our red brother to remain long on the warpath.
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In the early history of Owyhee county, Indian outrages were frequent, but isolated, and not concerted, as in the later risings.
The first concerted Indian rising in Idaho took place in 1863, in what is now called Oneida county. A large band of renegade Indians, whose leaders were named Bear Hunter, Lehi and Sagwitch, had for several months terrorized the settlements and depredated upon the immigrants on their way to Oregon and California, running off stock, and occasionally killing a settler or an immigrant. This state of affairs existed until the winter of 1863, when General P. E. Connor, with a detachment of California volunteers, consisting of about fifty men, came upon a band of Indians numbering 175, of which 100 were warriors, who were encamped on Battle creek, a small stream emptying into the Bear river, and, after a short but desperate engagement, in which fourteen of the United States troops were killed and eight wounded, succeeded in entirely routing and annihilating the Indians, whose total loss was 165.
In July, 1863, several Indians appeared on Oro Fino (War Eagle) mountain, and committed depredations on several ranches located on the slope of that mountain; and it was also rumored that they were accountable for the disap- pearance of a couple of miners who had been engaged in prospecting on the mountain. A band of volunteers numbering about twenty was organized at Silver City, and started in pursuit of the Indians; and, after a detour of about 200 miles, overtook them at the mouth of Bruneau river, and in the engagement that ensued sent twenty bucks to the "happy hunting grounds," which for some time thereafter put a quietus on "Indian affairs" in that locality.
In the following July, an engagement took place between Indians and vol- unteers, about eighty miles south of Silver City, on the Owyhee river. They were in a canyon, the walls of which averaged 200 or 300 feet in height. The fight commenced about 2:00 p. 111., and lasted until midnight, resulting in thirty- six Indians being killed and an unknown number wounded. Two of the whites were killed, Michael Jordan and James Carroll, who were members of the "original twenty-nine party" who discovered the Owyhee mines.
No serious outbreak occurred for several years afterward, though occa- sionally some unfortunate immigrant, teamster or stage driver would meet his fate at the hands of the red devils.
Early in the summer of 1877, trouble arose among the Nez Perce Indians regarding the occupancy of a portion of their lands by white settlers. An Indian was killed by some settlers, and the Indians insisted upon the removal of the settlers and the restitution of their lands. This the government refused to do, and endeavored to compel the Indians to return to their reservations, but without success, and a serious outbreak occurred, under the leadership of Chief Joseph. Several pitched battles ensued, and the Indians were eventually driven out of Idaho by General Howard, into Yellowstone park, where General Terry took up the pursuit, and, on the morning of September 30, 1877, Chief Joseph and his band of Nez Perces, consisting of eighty-seven warriors, one hun- dred and eighty-four squaws, and one hundred and forty-seven children, sur- rendered to General Nelson A. Miles, at Snake Creek valley, Montana. The
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Indians were sent to Dakota and elsewhere, and in 1885 were returned to Idaho, and are now peaceably located at the Colville agency.
During the above campaign, considerable assistance was given our troops by a band of Bannock scouts, under the leadership of Buffalo Horn, who, on his return to Camas prairie, where the Bannocks were located, incited them to hos- tility against the whites and also induced the Piutes in Nevada and the Umatillas in Oregon to join in a general uprising.
On May 31, 1878, the news reached Boise City that the Bannocks had become openly hostile, and that they had opened fire and severely wounded several cattle men on Camas prairie. Colonel R. F. Bernard, in command of troop G, First cavalry, immediately left with his command for the seat of war.
Buffalo Horn with a band of eighty warriors crossed the Snake river at Glenn's Ferry, and proceeded toward Silver City, killing several white men on their way, with Colonel Bernard and his party in pursuit.
The Indians crossed the Bruneau valley through John Turner's ranch, who fortunately was absent with his family, while the balance of the ranchers, with their wives and children, were secreted in a cave on Uncle Abe Robertson's ranch, defended.by a band of volunteers, organized for the occasion.
The Indians, however, passed quickly through the valley without molesting any one, but in the suburbs massacred Fletcher Hawes, brother of B. F. Ilawes, of Bruneau, and committed several other depredations, creating consternation throughout the settlements on Catherine, Castle and Sinker creeks, the inhab- itants of which crowded into Silver City for protection.
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