Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1862-02-08

wonii cat ur all their grass and berries,
and they must he paid ! asked them
why they did not complain Of the elk
and deer for eating their grass, and the
bear for eating their berries They
laid they could shoot the Wild animals.
but did not dare 20 kill the stock Of
the white men and finally declared
that I should not take their names, for
if did. they would all grow sick aud
die. laughed at them, and having
laid aside nv book, commenced telling
them some stories, which interested
and amused them. and got them in a
good humor. We were then invited
TO eat, and while so engaged. | took oc-
casion to explain fully the object OF the
census. and ut last succeeded in getting
the names without any further diff
Guilty.
then passed down the beach to the
next village, called Tsoo.ess, and reached
there about Bpm.
A fine stream, called the Tsoo-ess
river, flows through an extensive prai-
rie, covered with luxuriant grass, and
thickly studded with cranberry patches.
The river emptics direct into the ocean,
and its mouth is so choked up with
sand bars, as to render it impossible for
any vessel larger than a canoe to enter,
and consequently never can be Of any
commercial value.
Crossing this stream, we again walked
down the beach; and when at short
distance from the village, I saw the
heads of the two Elwha Indians, stuck
on two poles, looking very ghastly.
The hair had fallen off from both, and
the skin of the head and face had dried
so as to leave the eyes and mouths
open, presenting horrible sight. A
party Of boys, who had come out to
meet us, anu sed themselves by thow>
ing stones at these evidences of savage
warfare, seeming highly delighted when
ever they could make a hit.
proceeded to the lodge of Cobctsi,
the chief, where I remained all night,
and was most Hospitality entertained.
A succession of feasts were served up,
consisting of roast and steamed mus
sells, dried halibut and whale oil, roast
and boiled potatoes, dried blubber. and
desert of cranbcrries, with hare bread
and sugar.
was amused and edited during the
evening, by an Indian named Jackson,
who gave me narrative Of his voy-
ages. lie had been to the Columbia
river, to San Francisco, and to the Sand
wich Islands, and he could make hash
and pies. These latter he made by
mixing some greese with -four, the same
as if he was making bread, then he put
some berries and sugar into a dish,
covered them with his mixture of greese
and flour aud baked them. I did not
envy those who had partaken of Jack
sons cookery, but it sounded odd to
hear him descant on white mems cook
cry, while I was RECALLING myself on
choice bits of blubber in an Indian
lodge.
had no difficulty in taking the GEN.
sus of this village, although at first
they had an idea that I was taking
their names for the purpose oe letting
the Elwhas know how many there
were, so that the latter could come
down at their leisure and exterminatc
them.
The following morning started for
Hosctt. 1t was raining violently, aud
there being q very heavy surf on beach,
was obliged to abandon my plan Of
taking q canoe, and had to foot it over
the trail. This was . very difficult,
and in some places, n dangerous task
The coast is very bold and prccipitous,
rising from fifty to three hundred feet
4 great number Of bays and coves
make into the coast between the two
villages, and ~ the trail Gnstead of
keeping q short distance in the interior.
where the country 10 comparatively
lereD was . continual up and down
first directly up the PERCEPTIONS sides
Of the cliff. and then down on the
beach. l found it q mos. wearisome
job. In one place, the trail passes over
the face of cliff, where hot long ago
an Indian fell and WAS killed Since
then. they have made q new trail, and
as neither of my Indians had been over
this new one, l engaged another Indian
at Tsoo-ess to show 10 the way. As
the distance By water Is OILY some sew
en- or eight miles, l thought I could
reach Hosctt in time for breakfast, -
we started At break Of day. So We left
Tsoo-ess without eating anything, and
I felt pretty much used up when we
reached Hosett, which was not till 8
p. u.
We went to the lodge Of 6e-cowthl,
the head-chief and he'd scarcely put
OR things down. when we received