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Rh sending forth his orders, with all the deliberation and saneness of a military disciplinarian.

"The onrush of Captain Augur's company was a surprise to the Indians, who now being attacked in the rear, made a hurried flight down the hillsides and away into forest cover to the Chief's headquarters. The siege was turned and the day saved.

"This defeat with much loss of life to the Indians, compelled their surrender on May 30th, with Chief John and a few of his renegades still holding out. But by July 1st all had gone in, including John, and the Indian Wars of Southern Oregon were forever at an end.

"The captives, 1300 in number, were assembled at Port Orford. From there all were removed to the reservation."—Binger Herman.

Bishop Thomas Fielding Scott. With the development of Oregon came the growth of her churches. Among those taking firm hold was the Episcopal Church, which made effective appeals for a bishop, in answer to which, Thomas Fielding Scott was sent in 1633 as Missionary Bishop of the Episcopal Church in Oregon. He was chosen from the diocese of Georgia in 1853, the selection being made by the General Convention of the Episcopal Church then in session at New York. Promptly on his election he assumed the duties of his office. He found two churches already erected in Oregon—St. Johns at Milwaukie and Trinity at Portland. Others were soon built at Salem, Eugene and elsewhere. In