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Andrew J. Splawn

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Description:Andrew Jackson Splawn (1845-1917) was a frontiersman, trader, cowboy, muleteer, and pioneer who became one of the first settlers of the Yakima Valley in Washington. In 1917 he published his book “Ka-mi-akin, the Last Hero of the Yakimas” in which he gives his own personal experiences with the Indians of the region and his time as a trader operating a trading post and a cowboy running cattle from Washington up to the Canadian gold mining camp in Cariboo. A pioneer of Missouri, three years after the death of her husband, or in 1851, Splawn’s mother started across the Plains with ox teams to Oregon, accompanied only by her five sons, the author of this book, being in his sixth year. Leaving the family’s Oregon homestead in 1860, Splawn assisted his brother Charles in driving a band of cattle into Klickitat county, Washington, and in 1861 came over the divide into the Yakima valley. In the fall of the same year he started with Major John Thorp to British Columbia, driving cattle to the Thompson river, where they spent the winter. In 1862 the cattle were driven to the Cariboo mines, British Columbia. Splawn operated pack-trains between The Dalles and Canyon City, from The Dalles to Boise basin, and from The Dalles to Rock Island, near the present site of Wenatchee. He also made one trip with a pack-train of forty horses from The Dalles to the Cariboo mines, a distance of 1,000 miles. In 1870 a store or trading post was established by Mr. Splawn on the present site of Ellensburg, Kittitas county. As Splawn relates, his early dealings with the Indians were not always pleasant: “We were up and away early next morning. . . To my chagrin, the Major reported 'Six head shy, boy; but we are lucky at that.' I didn't look at it that way. I was mad to think that we had let a band of breechclouts steal from us. . . I wheeled my horse and lit back. . . I had gone only a few miles when I spied twenty Indians driving our cattle towards their camp. Whip in hand, I rode hard into their midst, striking at the Siwashes in all directions, hitting as many as possible. The Indians rode off to a hill and did not follow me." Starting upon his career with unbounded contempt for the Indian, he learned through extended dealings with them to understand them and to appreciate the wrongs they had suffered at the hands of the white men, and became their best friend and most potent protector against wily schemes of the unscrupulous to practice further impositions upon them. Every Indian on the Yakima reservation went to “Jack” for protection and advice and he always had time to listen to them. Not one was ever turned down or betrayed, and his suggestions were uniformly accepted by them, in implicit faith and confidence. Wholly without schooling, Splawn became one of the most successful, prominent and useful citizens of the State of Washington, finishing his worldly career as author of an exceedingly valuable and interesting historical work, covering the early history of Washington. “Kamiakin” is a work of literary as well as historical worth and shows the versatility and character of the man. In it there is unquestionably a wealth of local detail and western color, much of which it would be difficult to find elsewhere since it is not included in more accurate and methodically arranged historical works. His book, is a product of the time and the place. It is primarily the life of the Yakima chief, Ka-Mi-Akin, and has to deal with the Indian raids, outbreaks, wars, and expeditions in the valley of the Columbia and in the Willamette country. There is an excellent account of McClelland's expedition in 1853; of the establishment of Fort Simcoe in 1856 and its attendant Indian troubles; of the cowboy in 1861; of the founding of Ellensburg in 187We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Ka-mi-akin, the Last Hero of the Yakimas (1917). To get started finding Ka-mi-akin, the Last Hero of the Yakimas (1917), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Andrew Jackson Splawn (1845-1917) was a frontiersman, trader, cowboy, muleteer, and pioneer who became one of the first settlers of the Yakima Valley in Washington. In 1917 he published his book “Ka-mi-akin, the Last Hero of the Yakimas” in which he gives his own personal experiences with the Indians of the region and his time as a trader operating a trading post and a cowboy running cattle from Washington up to the Canadian gold mining camp in Cariboo. A pioneer of Missouri, three years after the death of her husband, or in 1851, Splawn’s mother started across the Plains with ox teams to Oregon, accompanied only by her five sons, the author of this book, being in his sixth year. Leaving the family’s Oregon homestead in 1860, Splawn assisted his brother Charles in driving a band of cattle into Klickitat county, Washington, and in 1861 came over the divide into the Yakima valley. In the fall of the same year he started with Major John Thorp to British Columbia, driving cattle to the Thompson river, where they spent the winter. In 1862 the cattle were driven to the Cariboo mines, British Columbia. Splawn operated pack-trains between The Dalles and Canyon City, from The Dalles to Boise basin, and from The Dalles to Rock Island, near the present site of Wenatchee. He also made one trip with a pack-train of forty horses from The Dalles to the Cariboo mines, a distance of 1,000 miles. In 1870 a store or trading post was established by Mr. Splawn on the present site of Ellensburg, Kittitas county. As Splawn relates, his early dealings with the Indians were not always pleasant: “We were up and away early next morning. . . To my chagrin, the Major reported 'Six head shy, boy; but we are lucky at that.' I didn't look at it that way. I was mad to think that we had let a band of breechclouts steal from us. . . I wheeled my horse and lit back. . . I had gone only a few miles when I spied twenty Indians driving our cattle towards their camp. Whip in hand, I rode hard into their midst, striking at the Siwashes in all directions, hitting as many as possible. The Indians rode off to a hill and did not follow me." Starting upon his career with unbounded contempt for the Indian, he learned through extended dealings with them to understand them and to appreciate the wrongs they had suffered at the hands of the white men, and became their best friend and most potent protector against wily schemes of the unscrupulous to practice further impositions upon them. Every Indian on the Yakima reservation went to “Jack” for protection and advice and he always had time to listen to them. Not one was ever turned down or betrayed, and his suggestions were uniformly accepted by them, in implicit faith and confidence. Wholly without schooling, Splawn became one of the most successful, prominent and useful citizens of the State of Washington, finishing his worldly career as author of an exceedingly valuable and interesting historical work, covering the early history of Washington. “Kamiakin” is a work of literary as well as historical worth and shows the versatility and character of the man. In it there is unquestionably a wealth of local detail and western color, much of which it would be difficult to find elsewhere since it is not included in more accurate and methodically arranged historical works. His book, is a product of the time and the place. It is primarily the life of the Yakima chief, Ka-Mi-Akin, and has to deal with the Indian raids, outbreaks, wars, and expeditions in the valley of the Columbia and in the Willamette country. There is an excellent account of McClelland's expedition in 1853; of the establishment of Fort Simcoe in 1856 and its attendant Indian troubles; of the cowboy in 1861; of the founding of Ellensburg in 187We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Ka-mi-akin, the Last Hero of the Yakimas (1917). To get started finding Ka-mi-akin, the Last Hero of the Yakimas (1917), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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