, 1863-02-12

To tie Editor Of the Puget Sound Herald:
NEEAH BAY, w. T.. Dec. 22d, 1862.

containing among other articles one entitled His
| toTieui RteredILonS, which gives an account oI
the early history Of this Territory and Oregon.
The article is compiled partly from Greenhow's
Oregon and California, partly from my published
work, The Northwest Coast, and large POr.
ton taken bodily from lecture delivered by me
in Port Townsend, Jan. 9th, 1860, and published
BY you, in the Puget Sound Herald, Feb. 10th,
1860. No credit is given by the compiler Of the
article in the Rerier to any Of the authorities he
quotes.
Now, although il il gratifying TO me to have
the correctness Of my historical writings thus
tAcitly admitted and vouched for, il does not
seem right to let such wholesale plagiarism GO
unnOtieed Simple justice certainly would sug.
gest the propriety Of mentioning at least the pa
per in which so large portion Of the article was
first published, even il il was the desire to ignore
the author.
II you have q copy Of the number Of the Re.
Vieir allude to, Vol I, No. /, Oct. 1862 and
will compare il with your issue Of the 10th oi
February, 1860, you will see that my statement
Is correct. .
Since my return to this Territory, in 1859,
have spent much time in collecting historical and
other information, portion Of which have had
published ct various times in the California pa.
pers and the Territorial press have thus
given opportunity for any misstAtements or 10.
accuraces to be corrected, for, as i L. my pur'
pose at some future period to publish in more
ss from srro.. Sss noss;SIs N ~ ~. e ..s VLn I'm.
shan be sorry 70 BE- oblised to prove The author.
ship Of my own writings which should have
to do, u ] allowed the plagiarism have alluded
10 to pass unnoticed, or else appear q plagiarist
myseH By making use Of my own composition,
the day without due credit - I -l-g
I'M ~ Very truly, yours, +
20 ,. JAMES y. SWAN. .
Inc above communication was just torty-eight
days on the journey from Nseah Bay to Stella
COON ms VII serve as an explanation Of the
Ola o,se u pears Inouga We have seen re,
PeAieo not'eos 70 our exchanges Of the N0rth
tdeyle nevse'e We nave YETI see the tirst num-
oer q 'ne magazine itselti hence the plagiarism
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rev @en nave laoored more deugent'y thAn
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or 'eesore ana = historian ana lecturer % ne
sHSys ,' ~ y exec excellent rspSt'Ion o. '4s prose
time and earnest study thew are his pFoperty.
and their adoption BY another, without credit, Is
nothing short of theh Mr.. Swan is 4 pioneer
sstter of this Territory, and has made il his per
manent home. whatever q talent he may pos,
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sn aekhoalsdement that bIs literary silSTts are
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