, 1871-12-18
SeattIe--Past, Present,
and Future.

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G. Terry and Lee Terry, of the State of
New York, 4. A. Denny, D. T. Denny,
John N. Lowe, w. N. Bell, and C. D.
Boren-the last four having with them
their families. and coming from the
state of Illinois, arrived at Alki point,
which is the seutherly point Of Seattle
barber. G. G. Terry and John N. Lowe
there established trading post and
named the place Alki, from an Indian
name signifying "by and by" This
name, when the Territory of Washing
ton was organized, was selected as its
motto, and suggests the grand future so
soon to be realized. In the spring of
1852 Messrs. A. A, Denny, Bell and Bo-
rem came over to the present site of Sc
attic and located claims, and soon after
removed their families to them. In
April, 1852, DIR. D. S. Maynard and an
old Indian chief, Seattle, and after whom
the city is named, came from up the
Sound. DR.. Maynard located on the
point where he now lives and there es-
tablished trading post and engaged
largely in the business Of
CURING AND PACKING SALMON.
The salmon were caught in the bay
bv the Indians, under the charge of
the old chief, and frequently from ff-
ty to hundred canoes could be seen
on the water, their dusky owners busily
engaged from sunrise to sunset catching
these excellent fish for the Dr. s packing
establishment.
In May, 1852, the first town was laid
out and is now known as
DENNY AND DoREN's ADDITION.
In October, 1852, H. L. Yesler came
from Ohio, and as he wished to erect a
saw mill on the bay, the settlers readjust-
ed their claims so as to give him strip
of land between Boren's and Maynard s
claim, and in the summer of 1858 he put
up, near where his new mill now stands,
THE FIRST STEAM SAW MILL
On Puget Sound. In 1861 the old saw
mill was converted into grist mill and
is yet in operation. The present saw
mill was built about four years ago.
The first thing the settlers did before
permanently locating. was to take sur
vey and sounding of the bay. While
doing this, Bell and Boren padded the
canoe and A. A Denny took the sound
ings with clothes-line, using for lead
bundle of old iron. This was the
FIRST PHOTOGRAPHIC SURVEY
Of Duwamish Bay.
The first white child born here, was
Eugenia McConaha, who is now the wife
Of Daniel Tuitt.
In the fall of 1851, L. NJ. Collins,
Henry Vanassalt, John Buckley and the
Naples settled near the mouth of the
Duwamish river, and from that time on,
up to the breaking out of the Indian
war, settlements were rapidly made
along the river and on Lake Washing
ton, end the county soon became the
third in Importance in the Territory.
On the I'd day of March, 1858,
THE TERRITORY OF WASHINGTON
was organized out of that portion OF
Oregon lying south of the 49th degree
of north latitude and north of the mid
die of the main channel of the Colum-
bia river from its mouth to where the
18th degree of north latitude crosses the
river near what was then Fort Walla
Walla, thence with that degree of lati-
tude to the summit of the Rocky Noun
tains. In April, 1854,
TEE FIRST TERRITORIAL ASSEMBLY
met at Olympia. Gorge N. McCona-
ha, father of our present Representative,
represented this district in the Council,
and A. A. Denny in the House. In
those days there were no North Pdcifcs,
with their sumptuous cabins, and the
ffail canoe, with an Indian as the pro-
pelling power, was the only means OF
conveyance between Seattle and the seat
of government. The first Legislators
travelled in this way. When the Legis-
lature adjourned, Mr.. Denny took his
canoe the same evening and started for
home, although urged to remain until
the next morning for the company OF
Mr.. McConaha. By this he probably
saved his life, as the sequel proved.
The rext day Mr.. McConaha, in COM
pany with white man by the name OF
Barstoe and five Indians, left for home
in large canoe. When between Vash-
on Island and Alki Point they encoun-
tered heavy gale, the canoe was cap
sized, and both white men with two In
dians were drowned. In 1852 and $50
Mr.. Phillips and Mr.. Horton from Hi
nois, and Mr.. F. Matthias, from Penn
sylvania, located here, together with
many others of our present prominent
citizens. The little town grew quite
rapidly from that time until 1855. when
it had population of about 300 inhab-
ants. In that year the
INDIANS COMMENCED HosTIL1r1Es,
and the growth of the place was retard-
ed. Their first onslaught was made on
the river settlements. They massacred,
IN fln rnrinsr of 1870 w III D......