[2] The exploits of "The Sutherlands" during the Crimean War gave rise to the phrase, "The Thin Red Line", later applied to British Army infantry in general.

He moved to Elk City, Idaho, during the summer of 1862 and mined in that area until the winter season closed the back country.

He spent the winter teaching school in Clackamas County, Oregon, before returning to Idaho in the spring, practicing law in the Boise Basin.

So Ainslie's services were needed, whether for a trial, or for an immediate appeal, but when he went to consult with his new clients the next morning, he found them dead, hanging from the rafters of a shed behind the temporary jail.

[3] In 1865, two years after his move to Idaho City, voters elected Ainslie to the Territorial Council (roughly equivalent to a state senate).

[6] (Although his biography for the U. S. Congress says he was a member of the "Territorial Legislature," Idaho records confirm his Council position.

The Republican editor of the Idaho Tri-Weekly Statesman, in Boise City, opined that "though differing with Mr. Ainslie in politics, we freely accord to him the merit which he deserves.

He remained a power in state-level Democratic Party politics for many years, and in 1889, he was elected to represent Boise County in the Idaho Constitutional Convention.

However, Ainslie and his co-owners eventually won their cases and, in 1897, sold out to a firm that built the first large gold dredge along Mores Creek.

This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress