February 4, 1959 Eddie Cookman, 77, a native of Modoc Point and resident of Chiloquin, died there February 3. He is survived by the widow, Mildred; daughters, Barbara Hatcher and Mildred Riddle; son, Lloyd Lotches; also 7 grandchildren, all of Chiloquin. Funeral services will be held in the Williamson River Methodist Church Friday, Feb. 6 at 2 p.m., the Rev. Harley Zeller officiating. Interment will be made in the Hill Cemetery. O'Hair's Funeral home in charge of arrangements. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Evening Herald July 27, 1938 POLICE SCOUR SHORES OF KLAMATH LAKE FOR MISSING INDIAN WOMAN With the Upper Klamath Lake as their hunting ground the state police are searching for Mrs. Cookman, 80, an Indian woman who left 5 days ago to gather wocus. The Indian woman left the east shore of the lake 5 days ago in a canoe to search for lilies. Since that time no word of her has been received by authorities. Aurthorities are not sure whether she has had an accident in the lake or whether she has camped somewhere around the shore of the lake. Many of the older Indian women gather this seed and it is customary for many of them to camp whenever night falls until they have collected a sufficient supply of wocus. The seed of the wocus lily, a plant peculiar to the Klamath Indian country, is gathered and ground up into a sort of meal. Some of this is made up into a gruel while the more finely ground seeds are used to bake an unleavened bread. _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself with the new version of MSN Messenger! Download today - it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/