The daily morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1883-1899, October 30, 1895, Image 1 Andrew A. Groves was tried and acquitted at Pendleton on Friday on a charge of killing Indian cayuses and feeding them to his hogs. Much has been written about this case, but the evidence did not convince the jury as to Groves’ guilt. Judge Lovell presided. Cayuse is an archaic term used in the American West, usually referring to a feral or low-quality horse or pony. Here’s a link to the article. http://tinyurl.com/krhvvny Here’s another article with him buying and selling land. Malheur enterprise. (Vale, Or.) 1909-current, February 01, 1913, Image 3 http://tinyurl.com/lvbrpdm Mining claims are held by the Bureau of Land Management. He bought 158.50 acres on the 13th of October 1891 in Malheur County, Oregon. Here’s a link to the Land Patent.. http://tinyurl.com/mvtrrqk On the 8th of June 1926 he sold his lots in sections 3 and 4 to SPURLOCK, ALVIN C. Here’s a 1935 plat map that shows where the land is located. At the top of the page you can see that Alvin Spurlock still owns the land. http://tinyurl.com/lwkd4p3

Here's another article about the horse case. http://tinyurl.com/n2zeukb > Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2015 09:25:37 -0500 > To: lars.e.oyane@sdsl.no; norway@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [NOR] Civil War vet. & Gold miner Andrew Groves of Baker Co., OR (1847-1935) - a colorful person! - who was his wife? > From: norway@rootsweb.com > > The daily morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1883-1899, October 30, 1895, Image 1 > > Andrew A. Groves was tried and acquitted at Pendleton on Friday on a charge of killing > Indian cayuses and feeding them to his hogs. Much has been written about this case, > but the evidence did not convince the jury as to Groves’ guilt. Judge Lovell presided. > > Cayuse is an archaic term used in the American West, usually referring to a feral > or low-quality horse or pony. > > Here’s a link to the article. > http://tinyurl.com/krhvvny > > Here’s another article with him buying and selling land. > Malheur enterprise. (Vale, Or.) 1909-current, February 01, 1913, Image 3 > http://tinyurl.com/lvbrpdm > > Mining claims are held by the Bureau of Land Management. He bought 158.50 acres > on the 13th of October 1891 in Malheur County, Oregon. > Here’s a link to the Land Patent.. > http://tinyurl.com/mvtrrqk > > On the 8th of June 1926 he sold his lots in sections 3 and 4 to SPURLOCK, ALVIN C. > Here’s a 1935 plat map that shows where the land is located. At the top of the page you can see that Alvin Spurlock still owns the land. > http://tinyurl.com/lwkd4p3 > Norwaylist Archiveshttp://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=norway > > RESUBSCRIBE UNSUB > http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/NOR/NORWAY.html > > guidelines http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~norway/guidelines.htm > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NORWAY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

There was a lot of discrimination toward the indians back then. I wouldn't be surprised if he was as guilty as he could be and got off because the horses belonged to the indians. About my previous email, Harney County would be the next county south of Malheur. Leslie Quist ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Erickson via" <norway@rootsweb.com> To: <lars.e.oyane@sdsl.no>; <norway@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, March 16, 2015 7:25 AM Subject: Re: [NOR] Civil War vet. & Gold miner Andrew Groves of Baker Co.,OR (1847-1935) - a colorful person! - who was his wife? > The daily morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1883-1899, October 30, 1895, > Image 1 > > Andrew A. Groves was tried and acquitted at Pendleton on Friday on a > charge of killing > Indian cayuses and feeding them to his hogs. Much has been written about > this case, > but the evidence did not convince the jury as to Groves’ guilt. Judge > Lovell presided. > > Cayuse is an archaic term used in the American West, usually referring to > a feral > or low-quality horse or pony. > > Here’s a link to the article. > http://tinyurl.com/krhvvny > > Here’s another article with him buying and selling land. > Malheur enterprise. (Vale, Or.) 1909-current, February 01, 1913, Image 3 > http://tinyurl.com/lvbrpdm > > Mining claims are held by the Bureau of Land Management. He bought 158.50 > acres > on the 13th of October 1891 in Malheur County, Oregon. > Here’s a link to the Land Patent.. > http://tinyurl.com/mvtrrqk > > On the 8th of June 1926 he sold his lots in sections 3 and 4 to SPURLOCK, > ALVIN C. > Here’s a 1935 plat map that shows where the land is located. At the top of > the page you can see that Alvin Spurlock still owns the land. > http://tinyurl.com/lwkd4p3 > Norwaylist > Archiveshttp://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=norway > > RESUBSCRIBE UNSUB > http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/NOR/NORWAY.html > > guidelines http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~norway/guidelines.htm > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NORWAY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message