[or-roots] Missing Cow Creeks

[CKlooster at aol.com]

Yes, this is the the account I was referring to.  Douglas County, and  the 
Canyonville, Days Creek, Riddle areas in particular has long been home to a  
number of enthusiastic local historians and genealogists.  There is an  
interesting booklet published in the 1950's called "Early Days in Canyonville"  that 
contains stories about some of these same families.  The historical  society of 
Canyonville has published an annual "Pioneer Days" volume for many  years.  
Local residents contribute stories from the the general area  (Canyonville,  
Days Creek, Milo, Tiller, Drew, Azalea, Glendale, Riddle,  Myrtle Creek).  These 
make very interesting reading, but they are stories  and are only as accurate 
at the memory of the storyteller!
 
And...a band of a hundred Indians is a small group given  the vastness of the 
territory. I was told that the relatively small number  of Indians living in 
the area might have been one reason that there were good  relations between 
the Indian people and the settlers...they weren't crowding  each other's 
territory at that point and were able to co-exist without a large  degree of 
friction.  I do know, from documents at the library in the  Douglas County Museum at 
Roseburg, that there were strong letters of protest  written by various early 
Douglas Co. residents about the treatment of the local  bands of Indians after 
the end of the Rogue River hostilities.
 
Carla
 
STEPHENS, HAWLEY, WHEALDON, SHIELDS in Oregon and  Washington
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