Evening Herald 2/17/1921
GARFIELD JACK ANSWERS CALL
Mr. and Mrs. Drummer David, who arrived yesterday from the reservation,
brought the first news to this city of the death of Garfield Jack, late last
week. The decedent was buried in the Williamson River Cemetery.
Garfield was one of the leaders of the Klamath Tribe. If the tribal rule
still existed, he would have been a leading chief, as his father, Chief
Jack, known to the early white settlers as Link River Jack, ruled the big
Klamath village of Eulalona, which was located when the white men came about
where Shippington now stands.
Chief Jack was a powerful man among the Klamaths and was one of the
signers of the treaty with the United States, executed in 1864. He was
friendly to the whites and served as a government scout during the Modoc
War.
Garfield Jack was Chief Jack's oldest son, and would have inherited his
father's tribal honors if the customs of the old days had not been
abandoned.
As it was, while he claimed no chieftain's title, he was a recognized
leader among the residents of the reservation and greatly respected by all
who knew him. He was very progressive and led his race in adopting the white
man's ideas of development.
The decedent had been in failing health for two or three years. He is
survived by his mother and two sisters, Mrs. Drummer David and Mrs. Eggsman,
all residents of the reservation.
GARFIELD JACK ANSWERS CALL
Mr. and Mrs. Drummer David, who arrived yesterday from the reservation,
brought the first news to this city of the death of Garfield Jack, late last
week. The decedent was buried in the Williamson River Cemetery.
Garfield was one of the leaders of the Klamath Tribe. If the tribal rule
still existed, he would have been a leading chief, as his father, Chief
Jack, known to the early white settlers as Link River Jack, ruled the big
Klamath village of Eulalona, which was located when the white men came about
where Shippington now stands.
Chief Jack was a powerful man among the Klamaths and was one of the
signers of the treaty with the United States, executed in 1864. He was
friendly to the whites and served as a government scout during the Modoc
War.
Garfield Jack was Chief Jack's oldest son, and would have inherited his
father's tribal honors if the customs of the old days had not been
abandoned.
As it was, while he claimed no chieftain's title, he was a recognized
leader among the residents of the reservation and greatly respected by all
who knew him. He was very progressive and led his race in adopting the white
man's ideas of development.
The decedent had been in failing health for two or three years. He is
survived by his mother and two sisters, Mrs. Drummer David and Mrs. Eggsman,
all residents of the reservation.
Evening Herald 2/17/1921
GARFIELD JACK ANSWERS CALL
Mr. and Mrs. Drummer David, who arrived yesterday from the reservation,
brought the first news to this city of the death of Garfield Jack, late last
week. The decedent was buried in the Williamson River Cemetery.
Garfield was one of the leaders of the Klamath Tribe. If the tribal rule
still existed, he would have been a leading chief, as his father, Chief
Jack, known to the early white settlers as Link River Jack, ruled the big
Klamath village of Eulalona, which was located when the white men came about
where Shippington now stands.
Chief Jack was a powerful man among the Klamaths and was one of the
signers of the treaty with the United States, executed in 1864. He was
friendly to the whites and served as a government scout during the Modoc
War.
Garfield Jack was Chief Jack's oldest son, and would have inherited his
father's tribal honors if the customs of the old days had not been
abandoned.
As it was, while he claimed no chieftain's title, he was a recognized
leader among the residents of the reservation and greatly respected by all
who knew him. He was very progressive and led his race in adopting the white
man's ideas of development.
The decedent had been in failing health for two or three years. He is
survived by his mother and two sisters, Mrs. Drummer David and Mrs. Eggsman,
all residents of the reservation.
GARFIELD JACK ANSWERS CALL
Mr. and Mrs. Drummer David, who arrived yesterday from the reservation,
brought the first news to this city of the death of Garfield Jack, late last
week. The decedent was buried in the Williamson River Cemetery.
Garfield was one of the leaders of the Klamath Tribe. If the tribal rule
still existed, he would have been a leading chief, as his father, Chief
Jack, known to the early white settlers as Link River Jack, ruled the big
Klamath village of Eulalona, which was located when the white men came about
where Shippington now stands.
Chief Jack was a powerful man among the Klamaths and was one of the
signers of the treaty with the United States, executed in 1864. He was
friendly to the whites and served as a government scout during the Modoc
War.
Garfield Jack was Chief Jack's oldest son, and would have inherited his
father's tribal honors if the customs of the old days had not been
abandoned.
As it was, while he claimed no chieftain's title, he was a recognized
leader among the residents of the reservation and greatly respected by all
who knew him. He was very progressive and led his race in adopting the white
man's ideas of development.
The decedent had been in failing health for two or three years. He is
survived by his mother and two sisters, Mrs. Drummer David and Mrs. Eggsman,
all residents of the reservation.
Gravesite Details
Son of Linkriver Jack & Mollie Jack ~ Age 52 Years
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