Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-04-15

KUN. !. vas boominp, forty knots
oeep, and running from ten II fifteen
knoto. Ihfs vas a sisraaioo: and Per-
kins and Resd heh;nd shsr. ooIy tvsn-
y mdes away, psraaps. After Stout
Ing ACC nrlnS guns 10 attract the ferry
mans atteunon, hs came over with his
Old du2out canos, and Sayvard and shs
6srman 20: on board with all the hur-
~ thsy could. Reacainx the oshsr side
with some dimculty, Sayvard was the
isse man 20 dissmbArk, and 40 ill
luck would hare it, the painter slipped
cut OF his hand, and the curreat taking
tee canoe, sne was o6 down shs stream
IN sxinklirg.
Great Jerusalem r exclaimed the
ferfyman, VIVA: have yoc donef loa'vs
stopped my ferry ing for some time"
I'm very sorry" said Ssyvard: "bu:
! am Willing to pay yon for the boat.
Hnw nttch do you want!'
Wall. l d1nno. guess IN find her
IN day or tao dosa t.xs river, with
her n0se in the bresn. II don't you
can pay me when Jon come back this
way
As Sayxard turned away from the
| easily sasissisd ferryraan, he heard Per-
kius and Reed calling from the other
side OF ths river. TIE feYrymau shout
ed back. No chauoe; boat adriftr' and
Ssyward went on his way, saying again
TO himself, this tiGs softly. Strategy,
my bly. Olympia is at sne tip Of oGc
of tho fnzsrs 0f Puget SOaad proper
Tor heso tins Souod Is spread o1t in
sefiss OF iEiess hke tho fingers Of a
mans hand-and here the Captain found
his vessel waiting for him. He con-
tracted for a cargo Of lumber at Sseila-
COON, few miles beyond Olympia,
from Squire Chambers, who there
owned and run IN old mill by water
power.
''cofs. sIa; ooTsr'
But when Sayward came to pay for
iiis iumber-$5000. IN drafts on Port
land. OgG., the old Squire sturai.y ro-
fused. Hs wanted money and would
take no paper, especially on Portland.
The business men there did not have 81
good credit with the Washingtonians,
il would appear, IN thoss daye an they
have had since. So Captain Sayward
had 20 return by the way he came and
get tho coin. II was in the dead Of
winter aud the weather piercing c1ld.
To add to his trouble, when he reached
tns Nsxankum he found there Was no
ferry. and 80, like young Looainyar,
who came out OF the west, he
Swan the swoii'n river, where ford
there was mono.
Tho current WAS running about ten
knots nn hour, the water Icy cold; but
! putting his arm through the bride Of
his horse, he plunged into the Aood. the
animal swimming by his side. He fixed
ON the particular point to make, and
reached il, bat with the utmost diff
culsy. He had TO quit swimming as no
neared the shore and depend upon the
assistance Of his horses tail to n1ake u
landing. However, Sayward managed
to make good time to Portland and
back, and dispatched his vessel. He
netted another $4,000 by thus transaction
making the profits Of the trip 10 all
| $500. In those days Balch & Webber,
n firm afterwards well known In Sau
Francisco, were doing business as Steil-
scoom, Pettygroye. Hastings d. Plum
mer were at Port Townsend, and at
Port Discovery. Captain William Web
s:er, who used to fofnish San francisco
with spars.
4 An ANaflhE4f ~ EILAAAVAss
So pleased vas Captain Sayward with
the succsss of his little venture, SO
charmed by the natural beauties Of the
countryside virginia. beauties. yet un-
rified by commerce--that he hired u Ca
noe, with an Indian aud his squaw as
the propelling power, and set out down
tho Soand 10 Port Ludlow, a distance
OF one hundred miles from Olympia.
lie was in search OF q mill site. In all
these many miles thcre was not white
man to be seen. Oaiy the Indian had
"A lodge in this yas4 Wilderness.
This houndless cDntiuuity a shade"
One hundred and more miles OF an IN
bruken forest of magnificent timber,
roaming back 20 the Olympian range,
some hfty or sixty mica! Although
used to tbs pine fo,e,ts Of the Pcnoo-
SCOT in Maine and the st. John in New
Brunswick, the sight Of 20 mu,h un-
claimed ligneous wealth affected our
speculator's brain q trifle, and he could
scarcely contain himself. my God
what q country" he exclaimed, rising
in the canoe at the same time, to the
Imminent danger of IA upset. I'D
like 10 turn all the people OF the State
of Maine la here. each man carrying Z
narrow AKA" With arms extendsd and
eyes iilated. Sayward gave tho Indians
the impression that they had crazy
man for a passenger, and exchanging a
few words they rested IN their paddles.
But he soon got over his ecstasy and
bade them &C to work again. Simple
sayages Accustomed TO look from Ma
ture up 70 Natures God, they did moi
knew they were introducing to these
magnificent sceues the pioneers0f Q race
that only looked from Nature 70 a mar
kot.
the INDIANS on THE SOUND.
The site was chosen at Port Ludlow
aud tho mill erected in March. 1853, the
machinery for which was made by the
brothers James and Peter Donahus,
then in tho foundry business in San
Francisco. The Captain remained at
the Sound till 1865. There were abont
500 Chimicum aud Olallam Indians on
the site Sayward selected, but they gave
no trouble. They moved away quietly
when requested. especially ~ they were
promised all the lumber they needed to
build moro substantial huts than those
to which they had been accustomed.
| The testimony Of Captain Sayward II
interesting ~ 10 the habits and disposi-
| tion OF the Sound Indians at this carly
| period, before the whites cazns In sach
hunters % 10 impinge upon their frcc-
dom and narrow hunting grounds,
causing the famous war Of 1856. when
tie redskins Of washington Territory
held grand powwov 70 consider the
afyisabiiity OF driving all the white In
vaiers into the asA. At that time Gen.
eral 1. L Stcvcna--afterwaxd killed at
Balls Hug WITH Colonst Bakcr-uas
Governor Of tho Territory. aud No
ClslIAn was on h,s stat. 0snsrA lthen
Licufenant) Grant vas In tho neid fiaht-
mo the Inaisus. and 80 was Lieutenant
Scott, son Of DR. SCOTT. long pastor Of
Calvary. Church. in this city. But
this il digression. Captain SaywArd
had no tsoabls with tho Indians. Hs
empl0yed great many IN and ahous
shs mill, aud always found taem indos-
ltsioos and Trustworthy. They we're sin-
ruIarly tenacious in fulfilling . trust.
often. when the supply of uh1sky ran
shors-sor Il is ncxf to impossible that
: saWmili can bs run without the "kcn-
tucky brswn-hs uould sand . coupie
i - Ne Indiana With money % Olympia,