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Rh the tragedy, some 19 miles from Goldendale. Bolon had investigated Indian depredations in the Yakima country and was returning to The Dalles when he was killed probably for the purpose of destroying evidences that would have led to punishment of friends or kin of the Indians who were accompanying him. Bolon's body, his horse and personal effects were burned. Aged Indians have pointed out the scene of the tragedy. Bolon was well liked by the Yakimas, and General Hazard Stevens, in his dedication address, said Bolon was their best friend among the whites. The Washington State Historical Society conducted the exercises.

Oregon's famous jurist wrote daily comments on men and affairs and these comments will carry a lasting interest for readers of Northwest history. These intimate relics of Judge Deady have just come into possession of the Oregon Historical Society, presented by his widow, Lucy A. Henderson Deady. The writings cover the periods January 9, 1871, to September 28, 1872; October 2, 1872, to November 16, 1878; November 17, 1878 to September 19, 1883; September 22, 1883, to April 17, 1886; November 26, 1889, to November 4, 1892; a voyage from Portland to Sitka, July 31, 1880 } to September 4, 1880; a journey to the Atlantic Coast by rail, September 19, 1881, to November 16, 1881, and a trip to New York and the general convocation of the Protestant Episcopal Church September 30, 1889, to November 9, 1889. Judge Deady died March 24, 1893. He came to Oregon in 1849. Four years later he became a judge of the territorial supreme Court of Oregon. The constitutional convention of Oregon, in 1857, made him its president. When Oregon was admitted as a state in 1859 he was named United States district judge, which place he held until his death. The private views of Judge Deady of contemporary men and things have not until now been available to readers of Northwest history.