Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-08-04

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found four soldiers; the soldiers
woke mp the captain and mate. and
tried to wake up the balance of the
crew; the four soldiers lowered the
boat and tried to Get the captain in
to it; the captain said he would not
leave the steamer, but would die
right there; the soldiers then took
hold of the captain and put him into
the boat; I followed the captain
into the boat; there were O number
of passengers on board, cannot say
how many; one of the soldiers was
an officer-a big fire stout man, with
black whiskers and dark complexion,
gold on his arms and brass buttons,
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color, and q small eagle on his cap;
the mate got in the boat; we were
three hours getting to the land
when we landed we made fire; the
captain had nothing on but his un-
dershirt and pants; we gather a lot
of brush and covered ourselves up
with it in order to get warm as we
we're cold; the captain told me to look
out for the fire and not let it 60 out,
as if it went out we should all die
of cold; at 4 o'clock in the morning
we had a big fire, and some Indians
in a canoe kept distance off in the
water; the captain told them to come
and take them where was white peo-
pie; he told the Indians he would
give them $500 to take them to Bella
Bella where there were white people;
the Indians replied waita while, we'll
go and got blankets; I interpreted
this to the captain, and he said all
right; we stopped there all night
lwSasisR for .tkesgE sgEslinas to asstnsn,
the captain laid his watch down close
to the fire; four soldiers lay on one
side of the fire; the mate lay along
side of the captain, and I sat down
by tho FIRE to watch it; the captain,
the mate and four soldiers were asleep
and I was awake; about II O'Clock
that morning four Indians came in a
small canoe, and came stealing
through the brush to where we were;
I heard the old man, Ah-it-see, one
of the prisoners, propose to shoot me;
I called to them not to shoot me,
and if they did not, they would got
lots of blankets; I then woke up the
Captain, and told him the Indians
had come to do them harm; as the
Captain was getting up the prisoner
Wee-ha-tum fred two shots; one shot
entered the Captains stomach and
the other entered his breast; he fell
and crawled upon his hands and feet
a short distance and then dropped
over; another Indian, one of the
prisoners, shot the mate while he was
lying down; the guns used were the
flint trading guns; he fired three
shots ut the mate; one hit him on the
head, one on the breast and one on
the back; while this was going on,
Ah-it-see brought out the powder and
helped to load the guns; the mate
died; the soldiers got up and run
away, when Wee-han-tum, two other
Indians and the prisoners fired at
them and they were ali killed; an
Indian not here, picked up the Cap
! tain's watch, and Ah-it-sse picked up
the box that contained the money;
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