Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1869-09-25
Affairs at Teekalet.
TEEKALEv. Sept. 2l, 1859

Eo. STANDARD: Since the adjournment
SIN, die of the Indian potlach" at Boston
:, maine given to an Indian cncampmcnt
ON the beach opposite t"thls place ano'h-
or congregation of a different sort held at
Port Madison in this county. has created
III, last sensation hercabouts. The
former ofthcSc gatherings elected but little
naticc. and in 10 manner caused any DIS
tur'ancc amouy the white burghers here.
while the latter has had n dclctcrious eff
feet upon the won.cI quiet and cquilibri-
um of our white society. For time our
reo,lc wera considerably disturbed in their
usual avocations Joy the presence of bad
srring Shcriils, with suhprnas sticking
ont Of their pockets and with extended
understandings making deep and lasting
lmpressons-in the mud. \ considerable
number of our inhabitants were summoned
away to swell the aforesaid congregation at
Port Madison, and to he used as witnesses in
n case to which | will alludc a few lines
ahead 1t is an axiom of long standing,
That things long or short, deep or shallow.
heavy or li@ht good or bad sublime or RI
,lculous, Ne, are known to be such by
comparison and contrast. While the In
dian meeting transpircd without dctrimcnt
worthy of mention, either to its own or
the white society about it, such was the
,,Iiousncs, of the doincs of the Port Mali-
con concern that all the honest and we'll
intcntioned portion of those present were
sickcncd at witnessing them. The assem-
blace was composed of magistrates, law
ycrs. shcrffs, witnesses to be examined in
a certain contested election case and some
lookcrs-on for curiosity's sake. \ report
or of the proceedings atiirms that for a
time all were able to withstand the 9 I'M
pleasantness' of the doings, but that ulti
matcly the more dcicatcly constituted por-
ton of the community were compelled to
Weld to its facilitating effects and beat Il
sickly and slow retreat along the trails to
their respective places o? residence. Mis-
taking the real sickness of the deserving
parties for disposition to cludc further
examination Of the matter in hand, and
surprising that they had only sought tenn
porary conccalmcnt for the offering of Il
more favorable opportunity for final cs-
cape. it is said that an excited attempt and
IA pd rally was made ON the part of the in
stigators of the affair to capture and secure
the fugitivcs Men with hat in hand were
seen driving along the beach, now lcapin-
over, now lodging under the fallen timber
near the bank, while others charged furi-
ously through the brush on the higher
ground, with Il view of routing the sup
posed hidden descrtcrs, and driving them
to point of easy capture at the end of the
ridge below. But the charge was made
in vain. No fugitivcs were there con-
cealcl, and the pursuit was made at the
expense of tattcrcl brooches, considerable
wind. much sweat and heap Of morti-
tcation. But truce to this subject.
Since the date of my last there have been
several arrivals and departures of vessels
toand from this place all of which. he
lcvc, have been reported in the papers.
except the sailing Of the barkcntnc COn
MilntiDn for San Francisco, to-day.
Outside the usual routine of affairs in
this little burg, nothing has occurred to
my knowlcd-c worthy of recording since
my last, excepting an affair of hub, which
ran up the passion thermometer to some
?)o, more or less. between he and She
male darkcy. At the time of the little sen
sation here created by the said club at
fair, did intend to "ran OUT the case,
and separate the sand aud gravel from the
pure golden spark therein contained. But
as the claim soon become worked out and
abandoned by the said parties, | give them
Il truce and let them slide.
=. S.--Sincc the foregoing was written
anothcr raid, on IA larger and yrandcr
scale has been made upon our little cont
munity by the authority Of the Port Madi-
son Court Extraordinary. The shrill
whistle of steamboat announced the ap-
proach of the steamer Po'Hotsiy, or some
such name, and Immediately ON reaching
the wharf, men were seen swinging them
selves around the spit in martial pomp, as
though invested with power supreme,
seeking whom they might dcvour." But
somebody didn't get dcvourcd, and
The Poi0cfEy went back, straight home she
did steer,
And her owner went too, with flea in his
car;
The voyage was fiazlc, nonght Hid it avail
And the Sheriff went back all alone on the
trail.
SLUICE FORK.