Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-07-31

PoETLASD. Ogn., July 2s.h, 1884.
! EDITOR PosT lsTELLIGEScEa:
La these iconoclastic days. when 8
many of tie rag-b2bies of history Ar.
/ found to bs stuffed With the s.wdaSt Of
fcilon, 1t may seem little ingenerou.
Ia Pacit Coaster to voluntarily pn,
an end 20 ~ ny romance snrr 1u sdiu a tbs
naming Of IOints and ylacs3 OF Interest
/ Fnrthermo e. am aware tn =, III d yell
ers on the horss OF "the fines, BODY nj
I water, d., - w @sui anythiut con-.
! ing from II lpu a = II tls Nt4Ia nuts
| yet am lei by slncsrs regard for his
toricAl tro b to face any obloquy which
may be hsi ped upon tne for what 1 an
abpnt ~ y Tte.
Ia y.'ur ,taily of Jlly 2J;h. 1885,. in A
part o! av ell srItten letter from " Uai-
versitH CaI lp." ] read thu following yer.
sion OF TN naming If Hood's Canal:
IA I'D Puget Soupd-r chanced io hf
Oh bpard.v 40 related the follogin storv
wh'cn Wa attentively listened to by 4
dozen tr II pre hearers
May : ears ago a vessel under the
command If CapGiu Ho d sailed into
Puget Sound for the purpose gf loading
sptr-, which at that time were cut down
aud hewsd Cut IN the woods. This WAS
before the esiab,ishm mt Of saRmills on
the SDnnd. Hoods vessel anchored In
what Is now Port Gamble Blv, and
while the cargo WAS being prep red
for the vessel Captain IL ol deter
mined to explore the waters of the grand
inland Sea which now bs.rs his name.
He took from bis crew SIX of his Iuo.t
trusted men. and after fitting up one
of the sAIJ's boats with provisions for
weeks cruise, started out on hIs tour
Of explorations. The frat day be made
about twenty miles. and camped an
yonder point, which now hears his
name. About 2 o'clock the next morn
ing the terrible war -whoop of the savage
was heard. followed by = discharge ef
flint locks, and Captaiu Hood and five
of his companions fell dead. The oulv
remaining survivor nads his Wv into
the wood, and after r week or two of
the most terrible suffering ne snccerled,
by following around the be aeh z: II /. H.,
In reaching the ship. No effort vas
made To- recover the dead bodies, and the
bones of the murdered men were allow
ed u lay and bleach in the sun for
years. However they were afterwards
gathered up and given decent burial.
The u urder il supposed to have been
committed for the purpose of piunder." "
Capt George Vancouver. who ex plort d
this northwest coast in 1892 and affixed
TO most Of its salient points names which
have remained undisturbsd since that
time, published an aocou 1t of his voy-
ages on h i return tn EuRl md. THe
first edition WAS IN three folio volumes,
printed ia London in 1898. On page
2t3 of volume of this eiitlon we read.
under date Of Nav Is, 1892. as follows;
Early on Sunday morning We again
| embarked, (i.s. IN small boats direct
ing our route down the inlet, which,
after the Right Honorable Lord Hood. |
called Hoods Canal"
Lord Hood, at tse time Of Vancou-
ver's departure from England, was a
Lord of the Admir- ,lty; hence the sig
nificance and propriety of the honor to
/ hun.
Now | do not wish to be Understood
"a donbting the story of the massacre
of Capt. Hood and bis men: but | am
inclined to think that Vancnaver's visit
WAS prior To this, and Is the true account
of the naming.
| f. X ARNOLD