W. B. Dillard

“ In the southern part of the county the settlers gathered at the house of J. Cochran and prepared to resist an attack, but were not molested.
The chief of the tribe was Shellou, a man of shrewd mind a dose observer of nature, and renowned as a medicine man. One winter the Klickitats, who were going south, were compelled t<> camp near the Callapooias until the snow should melt. Shellou, who claimed to have superhuman power, was offered three horses if he would cause the snow in the mountains to melt. ”

“ These early settlements were made the nucleus around which future immigrants settled. These pioneers had few of the necessities, and none of the comforts, of life, but what little they had they were ever ready to divide with the weary traveler, and the cry of sickness, hunger, or distress was quickly responded to. ”

“ When the white people first reached the land now included within the present limits of Lane County, the only tribe of Indians that lived in it was the Callapooias, although it was visited and made the place of short stops by various other tribes. ”

“ They had endured many hardships and privations, but were eager to make life pleasant for those who came after them.
The immigration of 1848 more than doubled the population of the county; all of whom settled near some former settler, except the Fergusons, Richardsons, Browns, and Hintons, who formed the first settlements on the banks of the Long Tom. During this year Elias Briggs located a claim where Springfield now stands, and a Mr. ”