Paulina, Shoshone Chief
In July 1864, Paulina and Wolf Dog turned their attention to the stage stations. Paulina attacked Howard Maupin's station. He also attacked the Tower & Co. Freight Train. He killed two guards and took 350 head of cattle and drove them to Warner Mountain.
J. W. Petit Huntington, superintendent of Indian Affairs, wanted to sign a treaty with Paulina. Huntington came across Paulina's camp in the upper Deschutes. Huntington's men captured Paulina's wife, Falling Star, one of their sons, and Cactus Fruit, his sister. He thought he had a bargaining chip with which to negotiate with Paulina. Paulina agreed to sign if his wife was returned and he was given a place to live.
On August 12, 1865, Paulina signed a treaty. Paulina received were no gifts or payments at the time of the signing. Right away the army was late delivering their disbursement of food. In December of 1865, Paulina and his wife left the reservation in a starving condition. He went back on the warpath.
In mid-January of 1966, Paulina, lead a well-armed group into the southern part of the state, striking every settler's cabin and mining district in the area. They captured horses and cattle to ease starvation. On May 19, 1866, Paulina attacked some Chinese laborers on their way to the Idaho mines along the Oregon Central Military Road. Throughout the entire summer, Paulina, Wolf Dog, and Black Eagle kept the soldiers guessing.
On July 10, 1966, the day the treaty was finally ratified, Paulina attacked old Schonchin's camp on the Sprague River. Paulina was upset with old Schonchin of the Modocs who he believed had tricked him into signing the treaty. He and his men killed the Modocs that were there, but old Schonchin managed to escape and reach the Klamath agency. Paulina followed and attacked the agency too.
Paulina then ransacked the James N. Clark ranch. The braves stole whatever took their fancy, then set the ranch on fire. A few days after that, Paulina ran off a small herd of cattle from Andrew Clarno's ranch. He returned to the lucrative Maupin ranch. Once again Maupin lost his valuable livestock to Paulina.
On September 7, 1866, Paulina robbed a stagecoach on the road from Fort Dalles to Canyon City, on the rocky pass between Bridge and Mountain Creeks. The drivers managed to escape on two of the horses. After the men rode off, Paulina and his men
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