Eureka High School - Sequoia Yearbook (Eureka, CA)

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THE SEQUOIA try, and well versed in tl1e art of creeping stealthily dow11 on the white settlers in tl1e valley. Out in the Van lluzen 1-ountry the IH1Ill.2llll.1S had llltllle' theniselves es- peeeially troublesoine, not o11ly 11arryi11g off everytl1ing they 1-ould lay their l1a111ls on 111111 terrifying the wo111e11 YV1l'l ll the H111-'Il were i11 the iields at work, but they l1ad even. gone so far as to se1-retly murder two of the bl 0lfll'P'1'S of a pioneer woman, an1l to slioot the tl1ir1l before ll't'I' very eyes, while l1e was plowing in tl1e field. Matters 112111 1q'92l.t'11Pll such a crisis that it was no longer safe to venture out of sight of tl1e ll0llS'9--S0ll1'9'l1lllHg haid to be -1111111115 there were the crops to be sow11, land 1-lea1re1l, and liomes made, yet the 11111--11 dared not. leave wife an1l K'lllllll'9'Il for fear of the Indians. So a l'0lllll'll of a.ll the able-bodied 1111911 in tl1e valley wa1s11-alle1l. It was de1-i1le1l to f0I'lll a 1-o111pa.11y for Pl 0l9I'fl.0I1 against. tl1e Indianlsg and at the l1ea1l of this little band was 1111101141 flaptaiiil MeKen1zie, who soon be- eanie known as Ca,pta1in Mae by l1is 111en. Very ofte11 the wl1ite families took little I111lia11 girls, who had been 2l.b2l1Il1l'01I1'9'fl by their people after a raid, 211111 reared 17118111 with their own t'l11ltll'l9I1, as if they were tl1eir own. The Indian 011111111011 soo11 adapted thelnselves to the white 1na.n's mode of living, assimilating the fear of their own rar-e that was fostered by tl1e white C1l1ltlI'9'l1. It was in such a family tl1at the little Indian n1aid Owahra llflll found a l10'II1'Q. Une evening i11 thelateaut11111n,j11st at SIIHSB1, 0wal1ra. and her two little wl1ite sisters were skipping ligl1t-l1earte1lly througli the fields to the 1110111 far distant pastures where the cows were kept during the day. XVere tl1ey afraid? YYell-it would never do to let 1notl1er knfowg besid-es, father was with 1 121111121111 A111011-illlid tl1en they were brave. 'l'l1epast.11re was not far distant now. Yes, there were the two pet rows waiti11g anxiously for their release. An11ie, tl1e eldest of tl1e three, raised tl1e bars, the rows rubbing 2l13fP'l'fl'0l1!1l'19lj' against her arm. The see- ond was obstinate, it was l'il1l,2'lll' i11 SUIIIP way between tl1e t.wo no-sts. Little Elizabeth ran to her sister's aid, an1l while they were tugging 211111 pulling at tl1e bar, Annie's gaze- XVilllt1Plt'Pfl 2ll'I'01SS tl1epast11re to the farther side. Oh! what was that? Annie knew what it. was, that brown sinewy body, l'F0llt'lllI1g' so stealtl1ily in tl1e tall gras-sg she knew it well. '40W2l.lll Zl,lllf-'lD1EllZ.1lllfJl71l,1.110 bar is l'2l:l1g.1'llf.77 Thenl, bending swiftly, she wl1ispere1l, ttllun, dear, quickly--tl1-e 1n1l1ia.11s1-t.l1iere, l',l1I 0'XVlIl',Q' ai gla1-e i11 tl1e 1li,re1-tio11 of tl1e oro111fl1ing foe. Not waiti11g to lo-ok 11119 little girls Filll, 1-losely followed by .hlllll-6. XVl1izz! flrashl An arrow shivered i111 the tree ahead of tl1en1. Then an- otl11f1-', and another! How tl1e 1'l1il1lre1111':111! Looking back, Annie saw the s-wiftly-nearing brown form. Catching Eliza1bet.l1 by the hand, s11e tied Zlt'I'U'S'S tl1e rough field, bravely Cllfllilllg' bark the sobs and dashing the tears

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THE SEQUOIA chase the tiring 1-eased. lvan with two sailors seized Johns-on, bound his han-ds and took him below. lla, that devilish limejuieer hangs on pretty well. About tive miles astern, isn't she. I say, Ivan, bring Johnson up fro-in below and we'Il string him up to that yard arm. We'll teach these fool seamen that wh-en they are sent. aloft a war ship isn't a merchantman. Give me my glasses. There seems to be an entrance to some sort of a ll2lll'b01' over there. XVe'll run in 4-lose and see what it is. 'l'he eaptain had just discovered the entrance to what is now llum- bold Ray, and headed the ship in that direetion. Shortly after, Johnson, a Norwegian, who had been pieked up before the ship left Odessa, appeared between two sailors. lle was followed by Ivan, who eovered the two gua1'ds with a brave of pistols to prevent any attempt at his liberation. Ilis. hands were bound but he was apparently not in the least disturbed. A lighted pipe was in his mouth ainvd he puffed eontentedly on it as the nofose was fastened around his nleek. 'l'hen letting it fall to th-e deek, he mounted a plank held bv members of the erewg the other end of the noose was made fast, the plank was dropped, ands- XVith a dull roar aml teiritie shot-k that rent the 'l'zar from stem to stern, the magazine exploded, sending l'a,ptain1 S-elsky and his brave erew of fifty men heavenward, and their four or five thousand pounds of gold and silver to the bottom of what we 4-all llumboldt liar! An hour later ll. M. frigate 'tXVilliam l, while eruising about. the spot where the 'l'zar had disappeared, pieked up the sole Sll1'VlV0'1'. llis name was Foriehe, and Johnson was his best friend. YYl1len the latter had been led forth to exerution, Povic-he had slipped unseen to the maga- zine, lighted a fuse and just gotten overboard when the explosion oeeurred. Now that Johnson was avenged, the 't'l'za.r and its gold sunk, Selsky in heaven and 4'ivo4-he safe, he was happy. LTA 3.9. - 1 'ff 2. tf'-tgtt .1 N455 Q Owahra. By G. B., 'O7. lt was in the days of '49 in llumboldt-enot the llumboldt we know, but a. wild and unknown 4'0lll1fl'.V, whose timbered inovunltain sides knew ll0t the tread of the white man, whose inhabitants were the red main and th-e panther. NYell had they established themselves among the wooded mountain slopesg well aequainted weve they with the nleigliboring eoluw-

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THE sEQUo1A fr11111 her eyes! Ah, there w11s the l111use, there NVRIS1 her lll0t1l01' illlXlllllS1y Sllilillllg hier eyes for il QJQll1111J1St? of t11e ll'1ll1'l11lllg' l'1lllll1'01l. Tlfe lll'01llf,iI' 11is1111pe11.1'-1-'11 f1-11111 t11e 1l0'0l'XYily 111111 21 llltlllllillf 111ter three shots were tired ill 1'11pi11 Sl1I't'USS'l0ll. Annie knew XV1lil1 it 111e1111t: it w11s t11e signal for helpg 1 lilllfillll M1111- wo1111l 111-111' it-111111 11lllS lllt'01l0l'lLll11.V thinking s11e l'l'11l'll'l'11 t11e lllllll'-S1011 111111 fell wit11 the 11111f-ti11is111e11 words, ncillltil-lll Alili'-till? 111t111l1lS-11NY2111ll'2llu lint 1itt1eUw1l111 11, where NVHS she? The little girl, l'l'2lZ0l1 with f02ll', blinclly 1-l111lNVt't1 her sisters w11o were 21.11'P21t1. S11e 11-021111 the 11u1l 'itlllllli 1111111111 of t11e plll'Slllllg l1111i1111sg she threw 11-111-11 her 11e1111 111111 put forth 1111 1li'I'Sl1l21ll strength. Sl1e w11si11 the 1ie11l, t11e rough, stnhhy iiel1l. The 1'11111s hurt her feet. 111111111 sh-e 1111 it? A111111--E-1iz1111et11-w111it- She s1i1111e11 1111.11 fell. U11 1'11111e the lIltl1il1lS. T'lll'I 0 were Illillly l'lll'1iS i11 t11e I11-11leJ11 blow, il s1:1'e11111, 1111111 tl1e 1itt11- U1Vil11ll 2l knew no more. As il2lI1112llll Mae 1111111 11is lll0ll, il l t1'l1St'll l1y the first shot, 02111110 Plllllllllg down the 11i1lsi11e, t11'ey s11w t11e 1111te1l bl 4NY1l for111s 1'11pi111y 111lv11111'i11g to- NV211l t1 t11e 11011S1l'. Une volley 111111 the Cl!-XVZ11l'I11'V I1l411illlS 1 0fI'0il11l't1 to their t12l1'1i 11i11i11g p1111-es 11111o111g the t1111 1'e11wo11-11s. fi112lIll'lll,L2f f0W21l'1l the 2111111111 6111111121111 3111131 s11w S0'1ll'l'f1ll1l,1I 1yi11g llllllt'I' 21 111-1111 of 11111-ks. l111sti1y tearing 21151110 the I'0'I'1iS, t11e bo1ly of the little 1111112111 girl WZIS1 exposed, the skull S1llZlS1lt'11, the f11.1-e 10111 111111 l1lee11i11g, 1'1l'll 111111y, to 1111 21IDp02l1'2l.lll'PS, lifeless. Gently 1ifte11, she was l'ill'I'll- tl to the 1l01lSt', 111111 then fl'llllPl'1y l'21Tl'l tl for, she s1'1w1y 1 04'0V0'l'Ptl. S11e grew up to live 11. long 111111 11s1-ful life, ev1e11t.n1111y lllilI'l'ylIlg.f one of 6112111121111B121.l'.SH boys I' I' I' 'I' 'I' 'I' 41' lt w11s j'l'1ll S 111ter, t11e I1111i1111s were only past Il10lll01'lPS, 111111 the peo- ple no 10Il.gJft'I' t11e11 for their lives: 6402111121111 M111 ' was 1111 11111 1111111 IIOXV, a1111 st.ill 1iv1-11 i11tl1e valley where 11e 111111 seen P'il1'l1Pl' serviee. Ill t11e ev- enings, sitti11g i11 t11e twilight before the blazing fire, 11e 1ove11 to re1'11ll S4'l'lM'S of 11is l'211'1y life i11 t11e eonnty. llis g1'111111-1'11i1111'e11 1ill'l'XV l1is 1i0IltlIl4'SS for sto1'y-te11i11g, 111111 on t11is I1i11'1lt'1ll2111' eyening 1'111111111'e11 for tl nxew story. The 112111121111 w1'ink1e11 his 111'0NV-XV1l211' S1l0'll1l1 11e tell 11l01ll? Ah yes, he 111111 it, uUW1'Z11'2l.N A1111 so, sitti11g i11 t11e tirelight, f'f 11pt11i11 3121011 1191211941 t11e story of the little 11111111.11 lllilltl, f1XV2l11l 1l. l'lVt 1'LV01Ilt' w11s 2111S0'l'bl't1 i11 t11e story, s11 lIlllt'1l i11te1'este11, in fart, that no 1111e l11011l'l't1 the young 1111111111 girl, 1111111 1ivi11g wit11 t11e filllllly. Seated i11 t11e S1l21t10XV, she too w11s 1iste11i11g. 'l'l1e story l'Ilt14'41, the l'1ll1t11'l'll g11ze1l flltlllglllfllllj' into t11e tire, saying Ilhflllllgj e111'l1 one busy wit11 their own t11o11g11ts. The In11i1111 girl, however, 10511111112 forw11r11 l'Xlll't'12l1lf1j', XVZIS gazing intently 11t 1 1-21111121111 31211211 'l'I1e 11111 lllilll IIl1lSl 1 tlltllltl, lt SPOIIIS S1l't1llg,.f0Q I lost sight of the 1'hil11