George was the eldest child of Native Americans Joe and Martha Aleck.
He had a traumatic youth, as he was in a boat with his mother and younger sister, Virginia and brother Fred, when it was swamped and sank in the Columbia River. Fortunately for George he knew how to swim and made it safely to shore, though his brother and sister perished.
George did get somewhat of an education, as he went for a period of time to school in Hood River. He had a troubled youth and caused some grief to his parents who had only him left to put their hopes in. He married twice and did a years stint in the penitentary, before seeming to level out. He went down the Columbia to Astoria where he secured a job in the logging industry. However, like his brother and sister, he would also drown. His mother Martha wishing him to be buried with his siblings once his body was found paid $200 to have it returned to her in Hood River.
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The Hood River Glacier, October 31, 1907, page 5
Is a Good Indian Now
Some of the local Indians informed E. L. Smith last week that George Elick was dead at Yakima. George was the son of old Joe Elick and has always been a bad Indian. From boyhood he has been in trouble, and recently served a term in the penitentiary for horse stealing. One of the first things he did when visiting Hood River last spring was to beg a bouquet of roses from a Hood River lady, claiming he wanted them for the funeral of a dead Siwash, and then pawned them for a drink of whiskey.
George is a good Indian now. Although his misdeeds on earth hardly entitle him to a place of honor in the Happy Hunting Grounds, it is hoped that he repented before it was too late, and received his reward.
--
The Hood River Glacier, November 7, 1907, page 2
There seems to be some doubt about George Elick being a good Indian. He may not be dead. His mother went to the Lewis River country to bring back his remains for burial last week, cut could not find them, nor could she get any information as to his drowning. One report was to the effect that he had died at Yakima, but it cannot be confirmed and his mother is anxiously making inquiries as to the truth of the rumors.
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The Hood River Glacier, January 9, 1908, page 2
George Elick Buried Here
J. E. Nichols finally got a clue to the resting place of George Elick, the Indian who was reported drowned in Lewis river last August. It appears that the report was first sent here by an Indian who lived at Lewis River, and it was stated at the time that he had been drowned in that river. A search in that neighborhood, however, failed to find any clue. His mother, however, did not give up the search, and a few days ago Mr. Nichols got a letter from Isaac Belknap, sheriff of Pacific county, who knew of the accident, and said that an Indian of that description was drowned near Ilwaco August 12, while crossing from Chinook to South Island to a fishing trap. He dragged the river and recovered the body, which was buried in a rough box.
Mr. Nichols started for the place Monday, and at Portland met C. E. Markham, who knew Elick, and took him along to help identify the body. It was examined and identified by a scar on the chin. The body was brought here for burial Tuesday, and word was sent to the Indians around and the funeral held yesterday. The remains were interred in the family lot in the K. of P. cemetery.∼George was a Native American born on the banks of the Columbia River near Hood River, Oregon.
He was a child full of mischief and was always a concern to his hard working parents, Joe and Martha. Going to pick strawberries with his mother, he soon was removed from the field for being into a problem situation. While in school in Hood River, Oregon his mischief seems to have continued.
In his early adulthood he married, and then later married a second time. It was after this second marriage that he took a horse that was not his and went down the Columbia. He was apprehended and spent a year in jail for it.
Returning to Hood River, Oregon, his parents had great hopes for him to become a hard working man like they both prided themselves on. He headed down to Astoria, Oregon where he soon was working in a logging camp. Within a very short time he drown in the Columbia, as had his little brother and sister, Virginia and Fred, many years prior. His body was not found for some time and his mother Martha paid $200, which was a sizeable amount of money for that time to have his body brought back to Hood River, Oregon so it could be buried beside his brother and sister.
She worked very hard to make money then to place a stone at his grave, as she held on tightly to her loved ones.
He had a traumatic youth, as he was in a boat with his mother and younger sister, Virginia and brother Fred, when it was swamped and sank in the Columbia River. Fortunately for George he knew how to swim and made it safely to shore, though his brother and sister perished.
George did get somewhat of an education, as he went for a period of time to school in Hood River. He had a troubled youth and caused some grief to his parents who had only him left to put their hopes in. He married twice and did a years stint in the penitentary, before seeming to level out. He went down the Columbia to Astoria where he secured a job in the logging industry. However, like his brother and sister, he would also drown. His mother Martha wishing him to be buried with his siblings once his body was found paid $200 to have it returned to her in Hood River.
--
The Hood River Glacier, October 31, 1907, page 5
Is a Good Indian Now
Some of the local Indians informed E. L. Smith last week that George Elick was dead at Yakima. George was the son of old Joe Elick and has always been a bad Indian. From boyhood he has been in trouble, and recently served a term in the penitentiary for horse stealing. One of the first things he did when visiting Hood River last spring was to beg a bouquet of roses from a Hood River lady, claiming he wanted them for the funeral of a dead Siwash, and then pawned them for a drink of whiskey.
George is a good Indian now. Although his misdeeds on earth hardly entitle him to a place of honor in the Happy Hunting Grounds, it is hoped that he repented before it was too late, and received his reward.
--
The Hood River Glacier, November 7, 1907, page 2
There seems to be some doubt about George Elick being a good Indian. He may not be dead. His mother went to the Lewis River country to bring back his remains for burial last week, cut could not find them, nor could she get any information as to his drowning. One report was to the effect that he had died at Yakima, but it cannot be confirmed and his mother is anxiously making inquiries as to the truth of the rumors.
--
The Hood River Glacier, January 9, 1908, page 2
George Elick Buried Here
J. E. Nichols finally got a clue to the resting place of George Elick, the Indian who was reported drowned in Lewis river last August. It appears that the report was first sent here by an Indian who lived at Lewis River, and it was stated at the time that he had been drowned in that river. A search in that neighborhood, however, failed to find any clue. His mother, however, did not give up the search, and a few days ago Mr. Nichols got a letter from Isaac Belknap, sheriff of Pacific county, who knew of the accident, and said that an Indian of that description was drowned near Ilwaco August 12, while crossing from Chinook to South Island to a fishing trap. He dragged the river and recovered the body, which was buried in a rough box.
Mr. Nichols started for the place Monday, and at Portland met C. E. Markham, who knew Elick, and took him along to help identify the body. It was examined and identified by a scar on the chin. The body was brought here for burial Tuesday, and word was sent to the Indians around and the funeral held yesterday. The remains were interred in the family lot in the K. of P. cemetery.∼George was a Native American born on the banks of the Columbia River near Hood River, Oregon.
He was a child full of mischief and was always a concern to his hard working parents, Joe and Martha. Going to pick strawberries with his mother, he soon was removed from the field for being into a problem situation. While in school in Hood River, Oregon his mischief seems to have continued.
In his early adulthood he married, and then later married a second time. It was after this second marriage that he took a horse that was not his and went down the Columbia. He was apprehended and spent a year in jail for it.
Returning to Hood River, Oregon, his parents had great hopes for him to become a hard working man like they both prided themselves on. He headed down to Astoria, Oregon where he soon was working in a logging camp. Within a very short time he drown in the Columbia, as had his little brother and sister, Virginia and Fred, many years prior. His body was not found for some time and his mother Martha paid $200, which was a sizeable amount of money for that time to have his body brought back to Hood River, Oregon so it could be buried beside his brother and sister.
She worked very hard to make money then to place a stone at his grave, as she held on tightly to her loved ones.
George was the eldest child of Native Americans Joe and Martha Aleck.
He had a traumatic youth, as he was in a boat with his mother and younger sister, Virginia and brother Fred, when it was swamped and sank in the Columbia River. Fortunately for George he knew how to swim and made it safely to shore, though his brother and sister perished.
George did get somewhat of an education, as he went for a period of time to school in Hood River. He had a troubled youth and caused some grief to his parents who had only him left to put their hopes in. He married twice and did a years stint in the penitentary, before seeming to level out. He went down the Columbia to Astoria where he secured a job in the logging industry. However, like his brother and sister, he would also drown. His mother Martha wishing him to be buried with his siblings once his body was found paid $200 to have it returned to her in Hood River.
--
The Hood River Glacier, October 31, 1907, page 5
Is a Good Indian Now
Some of the local Indians informed E. L. Smith last week that George Elick was dead at Yakima. George was the son of old Joe Elick and has always been a bad Indian. From boyhood he has been in trouble, and recently served a term in the penitentiary for horse stealing. One of the first things he did when visiting Hood River last spring was to beg a bouquet of roses from a Hood River lady, claiming he wanted them for the funeral of a dead Siwash, and then pawned them for a drink of whiskey.
George is a good Indian now. Although his misdeeds on earth hardly entitle him to a place of honor in the Happy Hunting Grounds, it is hoped that he repented before it was too late, and received his reward.
--
The Hood River Glacier, November 7, 1907, page 2
There seems to be some doubt about George Elick being a good Indian. He may not be dead. His mother went to the Lewis River country to bring back his remains for burial last week, cut could not find them, nor could she get any information as to his drowning. One report was to the effect that he had died at Yakima, but it cannot be confirmed and his mother is anxiously making inquiries as to the truth of the rumors.
--
The Hood River Glacier, January 9, 1908, page 2
George Elick Buried Here
J. E. Nichols finally got a clue to the resting place of George Elick, the Indian who was reported drowned in Lewis river last August. It appears that the report was first sent here by an Indian who lived at Lewis River, and it was stated at the time that he had been drowned in that river. A search in that neighborhood, however, failed to find any clue. His mother, however, did not give up the search, and a few days ago Mr. Nichols got a letter from Isaac Belknap, sheriff of Pacific county, who knew of the accident, and said that an Indian of that description was drowned near Ilwaco August 12, while crossing from Chinook to South Island to a fishing trap. He dragged the river and recovered the body, which was buried in a rough box.
Mr. Nichols started for the place Monday, and at Portland met C. E. Markham, who knew Elick, and took him along to help identify the body. It was examined and identified by a scar on the chin. The body was brought here for burial Tuesday, and word was sent to the Indians around and the funeral held yesterday. The remains were interred in the family lot in the K. of P. cemetery.∼George was a Native American born on the banks of the Columbia River near Hood River, Oregon.
He was a child full of mischief and was always a concern to his hard working parents, Joe and Martha. Going to pick strawberries with his mother, he soon was removed from the field for being into a problem situation. While in school in Hood River, Oregon his mischief seems to have continued.
In his early adulthood he married, and then later married a second time. It was after this second marriage that he took a horse that was not his and went down the Columbia. He was apprehended and spent a year in jail for it.
Returning to Hood River, Oregon, his parents had great hopes for him to become a hard working man like they both prided themselves on. He headed down to Astoria, Oregon where he soon was working in a logging camp. Within a very short time he drown in the Columbia, as had his little brother and sister, Virginia and Fred, many years prior. His body was not found for some time and his mother Martha paid $200, which was a sizeable amount of money for that time to have his body brought back to Hood River, Oregon so it could be buried beside his brother and sister.
She worked very hard to make money then to place a stone at his grave, as she held on tightly to her loved ones.
He had a traumatic youth, as he was in a boat with his mother and younger sister, Virginia and brother Fred, when it was swamped and sank in the Columbia River. Fortunately for George he knew how to swim and made it safely to shore, though his brother and sister perished.
George did get somewhat of an education, as he went for a period of time to school in Hood River. He had a troubled youth and caused some grief to his parents who had only him left to put their hopes in. He married twice and did a years stint in the penitentary, before seeming to level out. He went down the Columbia to Astoria where he secured a job in the logging industry. However, like his brother and sister, he would also drown. His mother Martha wishing him to be buried with his siblings once his body was found paid $200 to have it returned to her in Hood River.
--
The Hood River Glacier, October 31, 1907, page 5
Is a Good Indian Now
Some of the local Indians informed E. L. Smith last week that George Elick was dead at Yakima. George was the son of old Joe Elick and has always been a bad Indian. From boyhood he has been in trouble, and recently served a term in the penitentiary for horse stealing. One of the first things he did when visiting Hood River last spring was to beg a bouquet of roses from a Hood River lady, claiming he wanted them for the funeral of a dead Siwash, and then pawned them for a drink of whiskey.
George is a good Indian now. Although his misdeeds on earth hardly entitle him to a place of honor in the Happy Hunting Grounds, it is hoped that he repented before it was too late, and received his reward.
--
The Hood River Glacier, November 7, 1907, page 2
There seems to be some doubt about George Elick being a good Indian. He may not be dead. His mother went to the Lewis River country to bring back his remains for burial last week, cut could not find them, nor could she get any information as to his drowning. One report was to the effect that he had died at Yakima, but it cannot be confirmed and his mother is anxiously making inquiries as to the truth of the rumors.
--
The Hood River Glacier, January 9, 1908, page 2
George Elick Buried Here
J. E. Nichols finally got a clue to the resting place of George Elick, the Indian who was reported drowned in Lewis river last August. It appears that the report was first sent here by an Indian who lived at Lewis River, and it was stated at the time that he had been drowned in that river. A search in that neighborhood, however, failed to find any clue. His mother, however, did not give up the search, and a few days ago Mr. Nichols got a letter from Isaac Belknap, sheriff of Pacific county, who knew of the accident, and said that an Indian of that description was drowned near Ilwaco August 12, while crossing from Chinook to South Island to a fishing trap. He dragged the river and recovered the body, which was buried in a rough box.
Mr. Nichols started for the place Monday, and at Portland met C. E. Markham, who knew Elick, and took him along to help identify the body. It was examined and identified by a scar on the chin. The body was brought here for burial Tuesday, and word was sent to the Indians around and the funeral held yesterday. The remains were interred in the family lot in the K. of P. cemetery.∼George was a Native American born on the banks of the Columbia River near Hood River, Oregon.
He was a child full of mischief and was always a concern to his hard working parents, Joe and Martha. Going to pick strawberries with his mother, he soon was removed from the field for being into a problem situation. While in school in Hood River, Oregon his mischief seems to have continued.
In his early adulthood he married, and then later married a second time. It was after this second marriage that he took a horse that was not his and went down the Columbia. He was apprehended and spent a year in jail for it.
Returning to Hood River, Oregon, his parents had great hopes for him to become a hard working man like they both prided themselves on. He headed down to Astoria, Oregon where he soon was working in a logging camp. Within a very short time he drown in the Columbia, as had his little brother and sister, Virginia and Fred, many years prior. His body was not found for some time and his mother Martha paid $200, which was a sizeable amount of money for that time to have his body brought back to Hood River, Oregon so it could be buried beside his brother and sister.
She worked very hard to make money then to place a stone at his grave, as she held on tightly to her loved ones.
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