Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-07-21

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tina; Was supplemented by that of
1857. Gov. l. l. Stevens. then Of
Washington Territory, mainly rep
resented the Government, and
among the chiefs who signed the
treaty were Lawyer, Of the Neg Per-
ces, and Old Joseph. Lawyer was
not a hereditary or recognized chief
of the tribe. He WAS . smart SpO-
kane Indian, who spoke English and
the various dialects or vernaculars
of the various tribes. Had been .
sort of Chamberlain to the great
chief Ellis, and favored the whites.
He had acquired his peculiar name
because he was fond Of disputation
and clever at arranging troubles be-
tween his own and other tribes, or
with the white men. The real chief
Of the Nez Perces, after Ellis, then
dead, was Looking Glass, who was
against the religious party and dis
posed to war. Next to him ranked
EAGLE OF THE LIGHT,
Who presided over the one hundred
lodges the Nez Perces always main
tanned over in the Buffalo country,
to secure their foothold there. But
Governor Stevens refused to- treat
with these two chisis, aad assumed
the authority to constitute :" Law
yer" as the head chief. As it was q
matter of presents and annuities and
peace, the larger portion of the tribe
accepted Lawyer, and he became
in fact the ruling chief, SO far as the
Government was concerned. But
the portion of the tribe who cared
more for their race than for the Gov
ernment, never recognized the chief
ship of Lawyer, and at the treaty
council of 1857, Eagle-of-the-Light
boldly and aggressively strobe in
accompanied by some of his chosen
warriors, confronted Lawyer, reviled
him in scornful speech and peremp-
torily bade him to retire and hasten
to his lodge. He so overawed the
false chief by his naughty mein and
commanding power that he skunk
from the council and obeyed the Or
ders of the warrior. Eagle-of-the-
Light and Looking Glass refused
with proud disdain to sign the treaty,
and derided Old Joseph for having
appended his mark to it. But the
treaty was nevertheless made. And
it was agreeable to the terms of the
treaty then made with the tribes by
Gov. Stevens, that Joseph and his
people were to possess the Wallowa
valley. There was at that time no
occupation of it by white men, but
the contingency was providedagainst.
The peace of 1866 was of short dura-
ton. Again, in 1853, Kamiakin sue
ceeded in combining several of the
tribes in war against the whites. 1t
was in that war that Steptoe was de-
feated Mt the outset, but Col. Wright
finally compelled the confederated
hands to sue for peace. Ii ragged
from Simcoe, on the Columbia, to
far north IN the Spokane country
over a region Of hundreds of miles.
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Clarke. who died
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