The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1876-07-15
"BU SKIN RANGERS.

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.ynop.is OF oee delivered ny the 'hya.
tyee' Of the "Backsxin Rangers" 81
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will rsmsember the existence Of thi,
OrJrr by reference 10 report IN the
ISrgLi~ EScER Of their doings ias'
one year ago this memorable Fourth
Though youtbs of u,oderA,e age. their
course heretofore has been commendA-
bic. While lawyers White & Hanford
were pouring fourth pathetic strains on
the hcroisms. hardships. trials and
virtues Of our Pilgrim fathers and
mothers, and brothers and sisters
Buck.kin Hail. Was enthusiastic over
the following:
This being the Centennial year. every
true American feels as il be couldn'.
know too much about his country.
Recollections Of the long ago are bein &
revived: Revolutionary battles are
being fought over again: old men and
women are calling mp "reminiscences OF
pioneer days. and there is . goosi sale
for histories of America. II is pretty
we'll understood by the average Ameri-
can that once upon . time some men
aud women, wearing old-fashioned
clothes and looking very solemn in the
face, landed in this country. They
didn't find any white people here
ahead Of them. and 20 they went
around with their hats on their ears.
and Dragged good deal about their
enterprise II is generally understood
that these people left England because
they couldn't live Is religious over there
A. they warted to. Ten million other
English people could tolerate English
WAYS and customs. but these two or
three hundred Pilgrim Fathers and
mothers couldn't. hip hip hnrrAh.
They packed up their clothes, collected
all the little debts coming to them, got
out of paying as many little debts
owing TO others as they could. and set
sail for America. Hip hip hurrsh. We
are prepared to prove that one of the
leaders of the expedition. a certain
Miles standish, owed Hun Key, his
Chinaman. a three months wash bill.
nj the time of his embarkation. Hip
hip hurrHh for the Chinaman. They
were . very long time in their transit
10 this country-so long that some oi
| them didn't care at the last whether
they ever saw another clean shirt or
not. The Mayflower WAS none Of your
big. overgrown ships. and most Of the
| fathers had to sleep with their legs
bent up or not sleep at all (Hurfah
for legs. Then after well away from
England. the women found they bad
forgotten their looking glasses, aud ter.
rible furor was created. The MSyhower
finally sighted the land Of the Free
Indian and the people on deck gave
orders that new barrel of rum should
he bored into in honor of the event,
Those old Pilgrims were very devout.
but they knew what good rum WAS as
vel! ms If each p.an owned Wholesale
LIQUOR store. The first sight Of Amer
ica wasn't very cheerful There was q
good deal of forest and hill To q very
little of America, and it wasn't half an
hour before the men began TO inquire
where the corner grocery WAS and the
women wept sad tears because they
couldn't see any sign of " millinery and
siressmak king" Three cheers for the
women II was week or more before
the Pilgrims concluded TO put up with
things ~ they found them. Some
wanted to go back to England, Others
wanted TO lick some body. and few Of
the oldest advised patience and perse-
verence. predicting that there would
bc dead loads Of fun hunting coon aud
going huckleherrying. tHurrah. hur-
rah D LATHE did they dream that tive
hundred years after ,hess words were
spoken ten thousand Americans would
unite in one grand yell OF "you
were Just right. old boys The
household goods were landed. oil
the men bossed the job Of building .
few hu,s. aud BY and by things began
to look like living. and the Pilgrims
grew indcpenden, and conceived and
,ms gined they owned the whole eoun
try. and that an ludisn lad no rights
which gay Pilgrim boy had cause to
respect. lHurrAh for the Indian They
pu, in corn. planted some horse radish,
got few pumpkins To growing. and
when the frs: year closei all was
| lovely The resources of the coan,Ey ,
were varied There were eears aud
Indians. and Indians aud bars, and
when these failed the Pilgrims could
fall back on wild oats. black wslnuts
and slippery elm, nice enough to melt
| In their mouths Load laughter.
The little settlement prosperea and ia.
creased. Two or three old ooons died
during the first year. but eight pairs oi
twins uess horn - an offset. and besors
the year WAS up hired girls were 50
! plenty that wAgee came down to Iitty
cents per week. EHurrah for the twins
The second year after the landing
the Pilgrims began to have trouble
/ with the Indians Historians say that
the Indians became Jealous Perhaps
they did. An Indian feels As If he were
| entitled Ia wear just ss good clothes ~
nybody else. But it is more likely
that ssmne of the Pilgrims sought 10 put
on ssyle over the humble rcd men, and
thereby brought abou, fuss. tHurrst
for the fuss The origia Of the fas'
Was never made clear. and historians
have jumped over that part Of il 10 re
| cord how a man named John returned
/ ia the settlement one day with his ear,
missing. Some of the Indians haa
| sliced them OF This was the eaf-lies'
/ intima,ion our ancestors received, indi
eating ,hs, ears was = delicsey appre'