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Fairfield’s Pioneer History

of

Lassen County, California

CONTAINING EVERYTHING THAT CAN BE LEARNED ABOUT IT FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE WORLD TO THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 1870 THE CHRONICLES OF A BORDER COUNTY SETTLED WITHOUT LAW, HARASSED BY SAVAGES, AND INFESTED BY OUTLAWS. ALSO MUCH OF THE PIONEER HISTORY OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, SHOWING THE EFFORTS OF THE SETTLERS TO OBTAIN FREEDOM FROM MORMON RULE THE HISTORY OF LASSEN'S TRAIL, ROOP’S SETTLEMENT,  THE MURDER OF HARRY GORDIER AND THE HANGING  OF SNOW, EDWARDS AND "LUCKY BILL," TOLD IN  FULL FOR THE FIRST TIME; THE BIOGRAPHIES OF  GOVERNOR ISAAC N. ROOP AND PETER LASSEN, THE

ORMSBY MASSACRE, THE BOUNDARY LINE WAR, THE  PEARSON MASSACRE, AND MANY STORIES OF INDIAN WARFARE NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED

By ASA MERRILL, FAIRFIELD

PUBLISHED FOR THE AUTHOR BY

H.S. CROCKER COMPANY

SAN FRANCISCO

1916

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INDEX

Description of Lassen County 

  Chapter I.  - The years 1848 to 1856

The Lassen Trail, The Beckwourth Pass Road, Description of Honey Lake Valley, The Indians, Early History of Honey Lake Valley, Noble's Route, Fredonyer's Pass, First Settlement, Dr.McClay Killed by an Indian,

  Chapter II.  – 1856

Settlement, The Drowning of Isadore Meyerwitz and His Wife, Roop House Register, Honey Lake Politics, Western Utah—Early Settlement and Politics, State of the Desert, Utah Territory Organized, Settlement, Squatter Government, First County Organization, Carson County Created.

Settlement, Roop House Register, Western Utah Politics, Second Attempt at Territorial Organization, Honey Lake Politics, Territorial Meeting in Honey Lake Valley, Indian Troubles, The Potato War, The Pursuit of the Indians Who Stole Vary 's Cattle, Elliott and Ferry's Shooting Scrape, Barber Springs, Fight Over the

  Chapter IV. -  1858

Settlement, Western Utah Politics, Judge Crane to His Constituents, Result of the Movement of 1857, Honey Lake Politics, Laws of Honey Lake Valley, Indian Troubles, Treaty with the Smoke Creek Pi Utahs Indians, Expedition to Cold Springs in Pursuit of Indians, Captain Weatherlow's Fight with the Indians, Crawford Killed by an Indian, The Trip to Goose Lake Valley in Pursuit of the Indians, Another Indian Hunt, Chapman's Escape from the Mormons, Ferry's Horse Taken by Sheriff J. D. Byers, The Murder of Henry Gordier, The Arrest of Edwards, Lucky Bill, and Others and Their Trial, and the Execution of Edwards and Lucky Bill, The Black Rock Mining Excitement, The Fraser River Mining Excitement, Pursuit of Horse Thieves, The First Flag in the Valley, W. P. Hall's First Visit to Honey Lake Valley, Conditions at the Close of 1858.

  Chapter V.  - 1859

Settlement, Western Utah Politics, Movement of 1859, The Meeting of the Legislature of Nevada, Informal Meeting of the Legislature, Governor Roop's Proclamation, Indian Troubles, Life of Peter Lassen, Death of Lassen, Lassen 's Masonic Charter, Trouble with the Pit River Indians, Colonel Lander's Road  Expedition, Fast Mail through Honey Lake Valley and  Noble's Pass, Death of John Mote, The Killing of Van  Hickey, A Common Occurrence in Early Days, Row at a Dance at Richmond, Honey Lake Valley's Reputation in 1859, The Winter of 1859-60, Conditions at the Close of 1859.

  Chapter VI.  - 1860

Settlement, Pioneers Who Are Still Living, Politics in the Provisional Territory of Nevada, Honey Lake Politics, Indian Troubles, The Murder of Dexter E. Demming, Cady and Blodgett Killed by the Indians, The Pah-ute War, The Battle of Pyramid Lake, Generally Called “The Ormsby Massacre,” The War in Honey Lake and Long Valleys, The Battle of the Truckee, Movements of the Never Sweats, The Murder of Horace Adams, Lander and Weatherlow's Expedition Against the Pah-utes, Utt 's Escape from the Indians, Colonel Lander's Talk with Young Winnemucca, A Meeting of the Citizens of Honey Lake Valley, Young Winnemucca's Talk with the Never Sweats, The Soldier's Bridge, The Shooting of "Big" John Chapman, A Bear Story, Conditions at the Close

of 1860.

  Chapter VII.  - 1861

Settlement, Nevada Territory Politics, Honey Lake  Politics, Indian Troubles, The Murder of James  Lawson, White's Horses Stolen, Conditions at the  Close of 1861.

  Chapter VIII.  - 1862

Settlement, Nevada Politics, Honey Lake Politics, Indian Troubles, The Pursuit of the Indians Who" Stole the Cattle of William B. Long and Others, Two Indians Killed at the Lathrop and Bradley Ranch, Fight with the Indians at the Lathrop Ranch, Hall's Trip to the Humboldt, The Burning of the Mud Flat Station, Horses and Cattle Stolen by the Indians from  Susanville, The Murder of James Bailey and William Cook, Two Indians Shot Near Bankhead's. Four Men Attacked by the Indians Near the Shaffer Ranch, An Attack by the Indians on Mud Flat, The Pursuit of the Indians, A Complaint from Susanville about the Indians, Soldiers Promised to Honey Lake, Fredonyer's Talk Against Time, Lassen's Monument, The First U. S. Mail Routes in the County, Rough Elliott's Fight with Douglas, Cornelison and Rafael Shot, William Fox Shot by Dr. R. F. Moody, Seaman Killed by Hyde, Conditions in 1862.

  Chapter IX.  - 1863

Settlement, Nevada Territory and Honey Lake Politics, The Sage Brush, or Boundary Line, War, Indian  Troubles, One of Old Winnemucca 's Escapes from  Susanville, The Winter of 1863-64, The First Death at  Milford and at Janesville, An Attempt to Recruit for the   Confederate Army, The Knights of the Golden Circle, The Union League, A Cutting Affray at Janesville.

  Chapter X.  – 1864

Settlement, Lassen County Politics, The Organization of Lassen County, Proceedings of the Lassen County Board of Supervisors First Meeting, The First Grand Jury, The First County Court, A Set of Land Pirates in Armor of Brass, Indian Troubles, How the Tule Confederacy Got Its Name, The Killing of Wales and Boody, The Honey Lake Rangers, The Prices of Merchandise in Susanville in 1864, The Never Sweats.

  Chapter XI.  - 1865

Settlement, Lassen County Politics, Indian Troubles, The Murder of Lucius Arcularius, The Massacre at Granite Creek Station, The Murder of Bellew, The Death of Black Rock Tom, Black Rock Tom's Pale horse, The Death of Pearson, Walker Killed by Brunty, Spencer's Trouble with the Gamblers, The Road from Chico to the Humboldt and Idaho Mines, The Overland and Idaho Routes, Hanging of Charles Barnhart, Biddle Killed by Williams, High Water.

  Chapter XII.  – 1866

Settlement, Lassen County Politics, Indian Troubles, Fight with the Indians in Guano Valley, Streshly, Mulroney, and Hough's Mules Stolen by the Indians, Cattle Stolen from Honey Lakers at Soldier Meadows, Nevada, Indians Killed at Papoose Valley, "Old Tom" Killed, Edward Mulroney Wounded by the Indians, Drake and Tussler's Fight with the Indians, A Row  with the Soldiers in Susanville, “Buckskin Mose,” Robert Wisbern Killed, How Bobber's Creek Got Its Name.

  Chapter XIII.  - 1867

Settlement, Lassen County Politics, Indian Troubles, Gaddy Shot at by an Indian, Old Winnemucca Pays Susanville Another Visit, The Murder of Charles League, Indians Killed in Dry Valley, Summers and Hurlbut's Horses Stolen, The Murder of Mrs. Thompson, The Marks-Myers "Shooting Scrape," The History of the Black Rock Mines.

  Chapter XIV.  - 1868

Settlement, The Settlement of Big Valley, Indian Troubles in Big Valley, Lassen County Politics, Indian Troubles, John L. Crow's Horses Stolen by the Indians, The Massacre of the Pearson Family and S. C. Cooper, The Pursuit of the Indians who Killed the Pearson Family and Samuel Cooper—The Susanville Party, The Pursuit of the Indians who Killed the Pearson Family and Samuel Cooper—The Long Valley Party, An Indian Scare in Long Valley, The Exterminators, Indians Hanged for the “Pearson Massacre," Honey Lake Very High.

Chapter XV. – 1869

Settlement, The Settlement of Dixie Valley and Vicinity, Hayden Hill and Its Mines, The Early History of Bieber, The Susanville Water System, Lassen County Politics, Indian Troubles, The Murder

of Partridge and Coburn, Three Indians Killed for the Murder of Partridge and Coburn, Another Indian Hanged in Susanville, The Death of Governor I. N. Roop and a Short Account of His Early Life.

  Chapter XVI: In conclusion

Old Winnemucca 's Death, The Death of Young Winnemucca, Lassen County Pioneer Society, The Diversions of Early Days, The Death Roll of the Pioneers, A. W. Wern 's Tribute to the Pioneers of Lassen County, California, Conclusion.