[or-roots] Missing Cow Creeks

[Nancy Lee Adams]

Hi,
I would say a written account in this book "History of Early Days in Oregon"
by William H. Riddle, father to Glenn N. Riddle who published the Book is
pretty reliable, wouldn't you? 
I have the one that was printed in 1922 in pamplet form & remade into a book
 We are talking about the same Book. 
I have the Original right here, that I am reading. It was given to me from
my brother-in-law, who's great grandfather was: W.F. Briggs and The Riddle
Family.They are-not just stories and they are as accurate at the memory of
the Ancestor (story teller).
If we didn't have our Pioneer storytellers, we have no history at all to
carry on to our children & grandchildren.
  Nancy
 
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From: or-roots at sosinet.sos.state.or.us
Date: 10/21/04 17:19:28
To: or-roots at sosinet.sos.state.or.us
Subject: Re: [or-roots] Missing Cow Creeks
 
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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