, 1876-03-04
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Tukcy.s story

We now submit the following story at the
Indian wnr of 1865 unt 1856, ns futnishrdso
rs bv J. F. Tukcy, of Tukcy's Landing,
Port Discovery Bay in this Territory.
In the fall 0f 1851, the mmcnE,d Col. !.
n Ehry, who WAS Mt rwurds killed hy the
Indian, on Wmdbry's Island, raised com-
ptny OF volunteers at Port ToWn>rna W.T..
| In November 1850 this company left Port
Towns nj 0n the little iron steam propeller
"TrIvcller," and the schooner "a. T..
Trask," iow, d 10y the Traveller to establish
F, ri On the Snohomish River, as means
of separating the hostile II bes. and to awe
the Snnhomish md Snoqunmie Indians.
This company WIS nhou, sixty strong.
/ They proceeded some eight miles up the
Snuhonlish. where they 'tuit a large log
Fort on nm lshni At the head oi Eh,y's
| S'ongh, call, Il. Fort Eher. PIT Kanum Ut
| the kanum Tihp, the hra chirf of the Sno.
qualmic Indians was guide to the prty.
The Sn,homish Indians lad all h'p col
/ lrcttd IN the X srrvItiOn AT ii 'lmr's llnr-
Dor. Whidl~y's Island, as long as the Sno-
qnalmirs could he pyprawrd and retained in
the int,r>t Of the whites, the garrison WAS
not only in no danger, hut one ot the main
sources ot supply from the Sound for the
hostile Klickitms was tffrctually cut of.
To /, f. cuilly secure this result. nna CO mni,
the Snoqmlmirs tn The cause Of the whites.
Col NJ T. Simmons, tue Dnipl Boone Of
Washington Territory, employed the Karpm
I, rihe 10 cross from the Snoq1nmie 10 the
Cedar RivSr count! nttHc@ the Indians there
who we're hostile tn',l'e whites. This was
about the tinr of the seige AT Seattle
Tukry wn4 on guard when the Harum
war party came down tic river from the
Snooualmir, after r, turning tom this eSpe
dition, wkrn nearing For, Ehey 'bcy ST up
Ich shout that the gnrrson. surprising
they were hostile Indians sprang to th"ir
arms. They were soon recognized, and
came ashore, with the heads of some half
4
dozen Indi ms they had killed ON Crdar
River stuck on the rn'ls If II stick. They
! ST. these sticks in the g oun and had y
regular Indian war dance around them all
night.
| The steamer Triv, Her was afterwards lost
between Fnulwrathrr Bluff and Port Gam.
lie. Capt. II rton commanded the Travel
Ter. John e. Burns wns Clpt. Of the schooner
TrasS, Pat KOnum, Pilot.
tt following is plrii,l list of names ol
tn" volunteers Mt Fort Emy during that
winter.
Col. l. N, Ehev. Maj J. ] II Vannnkke.
I'm, Surgeon Samuel s, MrCurdy. jams
Kamrs, c. M!-Bnd>haw. Alexander Vincent.
Capt. Smallev. r. s. Irving. Daniel Brom-
field, John Thorton, William Newton. Alfred
Trip, George .Ehey, HUH Crockett. ,hn
Flint. George Corvin. r hprt Smrllman.
II hry Wrbh.r. William W. Kissirk, George
Gibson; Jnrn Donald, Oscar Onev, John
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n'i'F' '""Ph h"rry'
In tue sprlng' these mems term OF enlist
ment having expired. the northern mttnl-
ion WIS organized for the purpose If hold
ing this river, and the Sioq,Ialmie Pass.
over the mountains.
The b,tt,lion consi.,ed ot three com.
n,r;cs Gam, sm,l,,vs from p,r, Towrsrn1
a,5 Drr,,;no.s c.r, s,rro, u,wo,s ,,f
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N"P'' fe"''"' '"''p""y '''" " '''' w
county
NIL. VarB"kkecn wis elected MAJOR "f
the hntt 'lion before the arrival of the What
com comPnny,
Most of Col E'wy's company enlisted in
Cant. Smnllcy's compnnv. Other duties
comp,lpd Cnl E,ey 10 return 10 the island
where he was snon after murdered w the
Northern Indiana Mr.. Tukey did no, r..
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