Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1868-02-22

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Ia, CABIN o. he po.u, Of ia1d 81 ~ TIVE
miles from the ,xtrr;n- he'd of bGdd : In
le,. the soa,hrmmost arm cor lraLeh OF
Prpe, Sound, at what may b- styled the
head Of navigation Of that rem1rsa' lc IN
LAM sea, the great specialfrAture # Wash
ing,on Territory. and by way OF the Sound
and Straits Of Juan de Fuca, about 200
mills from the entrance of the la ter into
4he Pacific Ocean. Its latitude is 47o03
North, longitude l22o55' West. Bndd's
Inlet. upon both sides Of which the 'ncor-
poratcd town of Olympia is now located is
six miles long, three quarters Of mile
wide, and lies almost due north and south.
Its shores are bluff and heavy-timbered.
ami vast mud.flat covered with oyster
beds, bounds the front Of Sy'vest'r's:
claim on the north and west, which is bare
at low water for nearly mile north OF his
location, executing two narrow channels.
The maximum difference between the
highrs, and lowest tides. is NEARLY twenty
four feet. On the west side Of iulet, a
depth of three fathoms at the lowest stage
of water can be carried to within one and
half miles Of the wharves; ON the east
side. with one iathom to within mile.
The sandy point Of land at the north
end, Of Mr.. Sylvester's claim. now the foot
Of Main Street. was the north terminus Of
small tract containing about two acres
Of land, bare at extreme high water. and
devoid Of that heavy timber and under
growth which universally lines Puget
Sound ard skirts the rivers emptying into
it. A bayou, extensive at high water,
now crossed by The bridge connecting
Swans addition with tho town proper,
bounded the claim Oh the northeast, and
when the tide was up, it left the land bare
at high water an ill-rescmblance 10 the
shape of q bears head and back, on the
east, from which circumstance, lad ans
have stated. arose the native name OF
Schict, ,coot, which in the "Squally" dia-
lect, means Bear. @ Other Indians have
stated. aud with much more apparent rea.
son, that such name was conferred in con-
sequence Of the abundance of bears found
hers IN the rnarshy grounds which fur
pished then. food. Both statements have
been made. the latter most frequently. and
il is deemed by the old settlers as the true
reason tor. the above euphonious name.
which Sylvester perpciuased BY ascribins
- the name to ths FIRST specimen Of naval
architecture built upon these waters.
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