Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-01-01
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| Of nearly II mile. then E. Roberts,
I'D acres; a lapse of one and a half
miles. then james Hedge, leo acres. at
the mouth of the Limmi river Four
claims o. i6D acres each, were locstsi
| on the west side of she BAY. but i. after
wards became an Indian reservation.
and their rights were extlngaished by
| pnrchasa.
During the frs. year of the settlement.
al.h ough living IN she midst of hun irs5 Q
srl1 often thousands OF Indians. no diff
| custy occurred. and We exDeriencad no
fear. But IN 1854 trolble and anxiety
| com al aii3et. TIE northern Indians
froaa British and Russian America were
IN tins habit of coming 10 ths Hudson
Bay ConDany's station. at Victoria, IN
ina early part of tine summer - work
and trade, returning home IN the fall.
and as settlements grew up on the
So1nd. they visited these settlements.
During 1854 one of these northern
chiefs WIS want0uly shot and killed by
white man in OLYMPIA. No redress
vas IN ade 10 the Indians. and the mur-
dsrer went unpu ished. The Indians
departed vowiag vengeance. On hear
ing of the murder Gov ,nor Douglas of
Victoria. enieavored to conciiiate the
Indians by parcaase, Well knowing that
Innocent lives would be taken for the
guiitv. unless the Indians could be sits
f1ed. bat without avail. Nothing short
OF the murderer. or white chief de
ltyeret To them would satisfy them.
Governor Dcuglas then kindly sent
word to the exposed settlements on the
lower part OF the Sound. warning
them of their danger, aud gener-
ally Offering Ito furnish them a certain
amount of arms and ammunition where
nee led, If any responsible person there
would BE- security for their return. This
Greeted feeling Of alarm and necessi-
tated watch at nights, which would be
kept up for several nights, bat nothing
occurrlng the feeling of uneasiness
would wear of, until report would
CONS from some person that one or
more large canoes full of northern In
dams, all armed. were ssen at such a
place, and an attack might be expected
tonight. Again every gun would be
brought in requsition, aud every one
would ba too excited to think Of going
to bed that night. About this time
nearly all the people We're collected at
tbs sswmili. at the coal mine, and at
Pdttls's point. Pattle's being nea.es st
the entrance a watch was sometimes
kept in canoe a short distance fion
shore, AZ 1t WIS supp Dsed the approach
of a canoe or boat in the DIRK could
be easier seen from the water than from
the land. One night two men wore on
watch in a canos. and one man on shore
who had been trying to shoot his gun
of through the day, but without sue
cess, went out To try it before going to
bed. Pointing his gun to the bay he
pulled the trigger, and of it went. A
voiley of over dozen guns was imme-
diately returned from the water. There
were five white men and Two Indians on
shore at the time. besides the two men
in tue canoe. 1t being to al surprise
and too dark to See anything the white
men after firing their guns, took to the
brush, but thu indians. Davy Crockett
and Yalla Cabo, (tae latter of whom Is
still. living being better used to the
dark, stood tn II grau I'd and kept no a
fusilade, which prevented the hostile
Indtans from landing. After daylight
nothing was seen of the hostiles, NOR of
the lookout canoe. The moe WAS after
wards found. on the beach on the north
side of the bay. with blood in il and
blood stains al over it. but nothing
more Was ever seen or heard of the men
who were IN 1t. Nothing of importance
occurred until the Indian war broke out
in 1926. As a general war with all
the tribes were fea red, the exposed set
Elements had t. gather together in block
hon ses for mutual protection. During
the winter of - II blockAodse was erect
cd At Whatcom and enclosed by q high
pl,islde, within which all the people At
Wnate nm could live for time. Volun-
t9ers having .beaa cali-d for b. Gov.
Stevens to proSecute the war. three com
pames We're raised on the lower Sound.
one At Port Townsend, one on WILDLY
Island and one az Wnatcom. ihes.,
constituted the northern battalion IN
der NJ 4jor NanBokkslen, and were or
dered up the Saolomish river. As
Whatoom was the most isolated settle
ment and as nearly every man b ID vol
uatesred. and it being desirous to K ,ep
tae coal mine working in order that the
war vessels on the Sound ,uld obi ain
a supply, a detachment Of IL IN n was
stationed at Whateom t. protect the
| settlement. while the balance of the
company (3i IN all) took the field. This
condition of affairs Continued from
March until July or August U nave no
date at hand to refer to) when ,hs reg
uiars took sole charge of the field and
the volunteers returned to their h, pcs
During this time, and from the frs set
tlement to the present day. our lDcal
Indi aus htv6yalways hseu true aud
ste ,dftst friends. Nevertheless, we were
oftan very une tsy, az Wa We're complate-
~ at their mercy. and could never be
cert ,in whether their friendship could
be depended on or not. After the war
WAS endei a company of infantry under
comm and of Captaia Pickett WAS sta
ti,,n a u: Beilingham Bay. where they
rem ,iu ID anal 1859, when they were
ordered tn San jun Island, dnriny the
controversy relative to the ownership o.
Those islands. In 1857 tho bou irv
commission on the part nf the Unite
ctatoS Arrived, and established their
he tiquart-rs at Samithmoo. where the
asa parallel of lstituds rriiaes salt
Nster. Ia 1858 quite an episode occur
rcd IN the hist bry of VIII ateom. Coli
was discovered at different parts of
Fraser river, aud in som, pl ,ees very
rich deposits we're found. This raised
a great excitement. and thousands
4 lax. d from California to the New Ell
dorado. Bllingham Bay being the
nearess American seaport to the gold
fields, WAS the place tn which all the
travel W s directed. town was plasted
on the ,'iatns of Messrs. Peabody and
r ,eder. inf for neariv three months lots
we're eagerly bolgsis q. prices ranging
from one To light nun Ira Il liars. and
r. hign A. S20Ow.s offered ,ad refused
for a choice cnrnsr lot. Another town
called Sehoms Was laid off "a the claim
of Q. Vail. aud number of lots wers
sold and buildings erected thereon. 4.
the commencement Of the excitement
the pa ,ple of Whstcom started to cut a
road to Fraser river, 80 th,t parties
,uld resch thu gold mines direct from
Wh,tcoln. The mention then was to
re ,ch Fort Hope with the road, bat "a
Ill travel on the river through the can
yons was blocked during high wafer in
the su nmsr, and there being m road
then Open 10 go ptst the canyons. and
hundreds of persons VINO had assembled
the river in boats aud can pes b ing then
waiting at Fort Hope and For: Yale for
ths river t. fall. it was deemed advis =
bic tr carry the rOtd over she rnountuns
t. the opsn country beyond, which could
act then be reached by the river Capt.
D-Lscy was employed to explore n
roats across thu moan. tins, and the
Whttcon trail bac.pe snbiess of
notpri " all over the cosst., Before ths