than force to frustrate any designs they might have of a
hostile nature ; and seeing them go to the lodge of a Cala-
pooya chief, named Caleb by the Americans, immediately
sent an invitation to this chief to call on him in the morn
ing and bring his friends, as he desired to have a talk with
them. Accordingly, all came next day, and were received
in the most friendly manner, being invited by White to
walk over his plantation and see his crops and herds.
Incidentally he asked Caleb if he was prepared to give his
friends a feast, and the chief acknowledging his poverty,
White at once gave him permission to shoot down a fat ox,
to which he added pease and flour, with salt, and soon in
the delights of feasting the stern features of the visitors
relaxed. Their hostile sentiment faded out, and of their
own option they made overtures of friendship the follow
ing morning. To this proposition White answered that he
would call on them next day with Mr. Jesse Applegate, an
immigrant of the previous year, who had already become
a leader in colonial affairs, and in the meantime they
should feast and enjoy themselves. All this courtesy put
them in a fine humor, so that he had no difficulty in
obtaining their consent to meet him in the spring with
their people, and use their influence in persuading their
tribes to enter into a compact with the white population.
The interview ended cheerfully, the Indians riding away
laughing and singing.
But the end was not yet. During the interview at Caleb s lodge, Cockstock, the chief before mentioned, who was still personally unknown to White, entered the lodge, behaving ungraciously to all present, but joining the party when it set out for home. During the journey he managed to revive an old feud between the Klamaths and Molallas, and at the crossing of a river one faction set upon the other, killing every one opposed to them. For this wrong the agent could offer no redress.
In the latter part of February, 1844, this same Cock- stock, who had been behaving in an insolent and disor-
