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<DIV><FONT size=2>Hi,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>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? </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>I have the one that was printed in 1922 in pamplet form & remade into a book. We are talking about the same Book. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>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).</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>If we didn't have our Pioneer storytellers, we have no history at all to carry on to our children & grandchildren.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2> </FONT><FONT size=2>Nancy</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" <i><B>From:</B></I> <A href="mailto:or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us">or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us</A></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" <i><B>Date:</B></I> 10/21/04 17:19:28</DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" <i><B>To:</B></I> <A href="mailto:or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us">or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us</A></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" <i><B>Subject:</B></I> Re: [or-roots] Missing Cow Creeks</DIV></DIV>
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<DIV>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!</DIV>
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<DIV>And...a band of a hundred Indians<STRONG> is</STRONG> 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.</DIV>
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<DIV>Carla</DIV>
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<DIV>STEPHENS, HAWLEY, WHEALDON, SHIELDS in Oregon and Washington</DIV></FONT>
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