Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-08-25

tose her with ban l. Of ii rises, CO /
lie aud dogs The mel aud lads
trtveied l.. tin. saddle, while the
vehicles. wien We're covered with
awnings n-I,;in,. The sun and r;.lii,
c,liiei the " IA II aud the youn .
chlidien. A. they marched III stu
RE iiir, their ctvllc tde extended
above Il n!ie iii ien5 h, and We III
. creased the l"u.,n OF co IN by
mtichinI IN com piny. Ile eunl
grams We're all uralthy and happy,
iiv;n5 III tie yreaje> Abundance,
and enjoying the journey with Ike
highest relish Before coming up
to these pope, WE had sch eel
dence ot the comfortable state of
their c0inmlssarlat III the shape of
from which only the tnngu,. AM Il
few other cnolce bits had been
taken"
The train travelled along up the
Bow river, (South branch of the ; -
katchewar) and crosse the R.,.ky
MourtiIus AZ the conilleuc.. OF TWO
of the Suuic,.s of the saskatchewan
AMI Columbia rivers mar For
krolo nais AT an attitude of 5 900
fe"t. They left their carts on the
east SD at an abandontd post or
fort called the VI ,untain RI ,u-p.
Treacherous; deserted ut b NV river,
by their guide, Il h tlf breed of some
education, they provideutially met u
Cree Indian. B,as Croche, VII,
guide them through an excellent
pass, III the mountains and cOntin-
ued with them to Nesqually. On
the 9TH August, they crossed the
summit of the Rocky Mountains
and reached For Walla Wala on
the Ain OF October. Tuat nj ght,
or on the morn Of the 5th, the Fort
took fire AMI WAS entirely consumed.
These emf ;rauts assisted III Ill wing
the stock and effects and by their
opporture pr1Senco m st Of the pro
perry Was saved. Oue of the party
mad returned from Fort Edmonton,
another swichcd off 10 Cniiiornia,
and several families stopped ut the
Cowll Farm Thirteen families
came to Fort Ne>quaily where they
arrived on the SIN November, and
remained dining the winter. U ION
Reaching NeSqi.lly, C.pt. james
Sinclair IN ale til T. on the steamer
Bearer To Whidhy Island, with the
view to their settlement on that
! isl.n.l. Bras Or ,che, The Cree . uidt,
wuo act ompani Il him on his trip,
WIS ashei what he thought of the
B,urer steamer. "Dou't ask me !"
W., his rep y; - Cannot speak !;
my friend, will say that | tell lies
when | let them know VIVA, I have
seen. Indlaus are fo,;s AMI know
; nothing. l can see that the iron
/ machinery m ,kes the ship 10 go, but
cannot see wnat mikes the ron
machinery itself to 60" He was ii
very intelligent Indian, but so full
of doubt and wonder that he would
not leave the vessel, till he received
certificate that he hal beeL on
board of ship which required
neither sails nor paddles; with this
paper he said he could 20 back to
his people and although they would
not believe him, yet they would Civ.
full credence to all that was written.
Capt. S;ncllr, on his return from
WILDLY island, went to COlviile and
remained that winter. He crossed
over to Red river the next seas IN.
Returning to the territory he Was
subsequently, clerk i'll Charge of Fort
Walia Waila until the Fall of 1853,
when Ii WIS attacked and robbed by
the hos lie Indians AMI never af.r.
wards occupe by the Company. A,
the Crcades on Wednesday, March
26:h, 1876. when the Ylkilnas at
tackled that place, ing in Brad
ford's stone, he Wa ked to the rail.
road door to look out aud WIS shot
from the bank above, aud instantly
killed. JON Fiett furnishes the
names of those who together with
himself, wiutered at Nesquaily, in
1912:
Henry Buckston, (now living at
Forest Grove Oregon) an English
man wife, child ana an orphan boy.
John 5 pence and family. H. iocat.
cd on the old Chambers mill-site
Archibald Spence and family, built a
house on the Lowell place which was
removed a few years ago.
The three Fiett Brothers, James
John and David with their families.
John Fiett of them alone survives,
Ia hale old man beloved and res
pected by all vino know him. The
Flett Brothers and JohL Spence re.
manned at Nesqually until the next
June. The Company had failed to
comply with their contract, and
they with their families crossed the
iae, AZ it WAS then called, that is
crussed the Colu ubia river and set
tied in Yamhlll, on the American
side.
William Flett and wife, unrela ed
to the F,ett Brothers. were accom-
panied to Nesqnally by his aged
mother, s. skatcnewau SO feelingly
described by Sir George Simpson.
she was here know "a Mrs. L izlbeth
Fiett. Size Afterwards moved to
Forest & owe Oregon, was IL consis
:ent member Of the Coasregl ionAl
Church, and died in 1853. Her
daughter the aged widow Gibson,
still lives near Nesql,ny.
Calder and .mily, with his step
son Charles Wren. The Callers re.
moved to Hlisboro. O.egon aud
Charles Wren enlisted III the service
OF the Company at Fort Nesqnaiiy.
Two brothers james aud Alexander
Berston, both accompanied by in all
les. Au old man named Tate. Char
les Il. Mckt, AMI family iuow i've in
II. ,raSt Gr,yo n,.,,N