Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1867-10-19

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en,s. White and Gr~ss rivers. both q
which have his;orie Importance from being
the headquarters Of the hostile bands Of
Indians. in the var Of 1856. The
fourishing settlement upon the former Was
for time wip'd out after the horrible
massacre Of October 2Sih. 1855, in which
eleven unofending white settlers. men,
women and children wcre surprised at
early dawn, murdered and their bodies
shockingly muti'atcd. The savages carried
off such property as was valuable, and
then wan.only burned the remainder, TO-
gether with the dwellings. Some of the
bodies were burned and others were thrown
into the wells.
Lake D'Wa,nish, or Lake Washington.
lies back Of the town Of Seattle. Its OUT
let, about four aud half miles long, called
Black river, empties into tho D'Wamish
river. Black river, about half mile from
the lake, receives the waters of the Cedar
river, which takes its rise in the Cascade
mountains q short distance south Of tho
headwaters Of the Snoqualmis. The &c.
dar-river Pass, now called tho Yakima
Pass, was long COMPOUNDED with the Sno-
qualmie Pass (rom which it is between
five and seven miles distant from the fact
it was traversed by Snoqualmie Indians.
Following the north tributaries Of the
White river to their source, q short dis
lance brings US to the headwaters Of the
Nah.chcss, tributary ofthe Yakima. The
valleys Of these two streams are the de
preston to which the name Of Nah-chess
Pass has been given, over which the mil.
itary road from Fort Walla Walla to Fort
Steilacoom, was constructed in 1854, BY
1t. Richard Arnold, U. 8. A. An extern.
sivc and rich agricultural region il found
in the valleys Of all these rivers, and is
fast filling with settlers. Inland naviga.
ton to the extent of thirty miles. is afford
Cd by the D'Wamish and White rivers,
the tide extending up tho former some
fourteen miles. On the Black river vein
OF coal was opened and worked BY the late
DR.. Bigelow, and cargo shipped to San
Francisco as early a. 1854.
The Puyallup river rises north of Mt.
Rainier, runs north-easterly course and
empties into Commencement Bay. 1t is
fine stream, ard by the removal Of two
" three drifts would be rendered naviga-
bic for vessels Of light draft to the mouth
Of the Stuck. which smpties into it. At
it, mouth commencement Bay) there il
an excellent harbor. where shipping can
load with hay. produce OF lumber. The
valleys Of the Payalup and Stuck afford .
large quality Of god agricultural Land
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