Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-12-07

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Fd<nds. IL yoosl eive ear ard lis<ea.
I viii tell you pop : nsegyf
Not faIseho0d, nor = fet10os
No legend. nor tr1dis1cus
Ae Was told ron ~ the poefs
Knouu % ali fhe world. LonRfetlow.
He Il vas Who wrote the teRenas
sang the song Of Hiswstns;
Told - al 81 Einrehahny
Har fhe chsefkain woced the me1ocns
How tke,r a~arfs were bouDd eoRetner-
H il vas Who sid, - truly,
= A. unto ths hoy The eo<d =,
80 INTO the man Is woman;
Thungh shs bends him, ste o0eys nim;
Though she drawn him. yes shs folIsvS
Useieea each without the cther-
have prayed unto the Muses.
They usy prayers hass hsard, bas same
not-
30 ID form. bat not IL spirit.
Give shadous. moi . eubstsnee,
A. tell fhis unpte story
Tell about che tr1be Of Sockers.
How that tribe did grow and hourisb;
How .ofDe wandered TO the westward
Went Id search Of health and bear skins;
Found mild and gentle cIimate
Near The placid SQUAD Of PaRcs;
Joined the trlbe Of old Eeatt3e,
Lived in peace with ell thetr neiRhbors:
How they ceased 70 roam and stayed
thefo,
Then gree fat on elsms and salmon--
This i what nou shall ssll you-
Land thsrs lies, that's far 70 eastward,
Whsrs great LAKES do 10 70 noxthward-
Greatest rivers 30 To westward;
/ Illinois Ii what they named u.
Heie there dweit the tribe Of Suckers.
| In that land, 20 broad and FERTILE
There this tribe did Rfov and dourieh--
| Spread across this land ~ pkxifiss
| Til their numbers wsrs IN millions.
| Here they raised great hszds Of cattle,
| Raised fne hogs, end weeds and turntps
Raised good corn. and boys and pump
kinn,
| Fattsnsd Dssf and bags and doctors,
| Shock with cbiIis and burned with fever,
| Froxs their feet. their hands and noses,
Chilled tbeir bones With cold IN winter
Scorched and burned their hides u
| sumner,
Sweat ell night and swore In daytime;
Winds did blow and rains descended.
Drowned their CROPS. blew down thsii
h0uses.
i Hundreds then became discouraged,
yosed they'd leave their native country
some had wandered far to westward,
Want in search Of health and fortune;
They mad found goodly country.
Found good health and CLAIMS and oys
4 tara,
Founa : niId and gentle climate
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There they found the noble RED man,
Found, they there. the chief seattle,
HI. the friend Of all shs white men,
Lastiae friend 70 every palefacs;
he who gave 20 all his people
| Kind advice and Roodiy council;
Fold them ell 10 love each other.
Come be said 70 all she white men,
Lave with us and be our neiRhboss;
Let ~ live In peace together
| viii DO your friend forever"
Kind he waa 10 all the needy
| Pure IN hssrt and good In purpose;
Lived life 30 pure and spotless
That the people oil did love him
Loved 20 heAr the nsmes Seattle.
White men came and built q city,
| They no name could fnd 70 give u
| Which would mean so much In goodness
Which would be 10 them 20 pleasing
As the name they gave " Seattle
That 10 Why they named their city
As an honor 10 that chieftain--
Az beacon light Of friendship
That would glow and shine forever
As welcome 10 the stranger.
Suckers heard about this country,
Learned abeut the gentle climate.
Hundreds said. Wen 90 and stat
there"
Each one said unto his neighbor.
. Tell my friends that I ann going
70 land beyond the mountains,
Named In honor OF great man
knewn "a Fesher of his Country;
10 this land OF fertile prairies,
Where great herds do Craze and fatten
And the farmer 10 rewarded
by rich, attendant harvest.
Tbers the mountains are the highest
And tho valleys are tho broadest,
Deep and gentle flowing rivera
Float the products OF the farmers,
Float the goods and wares Of merchants
In this land, 40 broad and fertile,
Near the coast Of great Pacific.
There the cedar grows abundant
BY the side OF stately Or trees,
High in air their tops extending
Some, three hundred feet and higher,
Stand these monarchs Of the forest.
Toll ms friends that will settle
ln that city on q hillside,
Namsd IN honor of Seattle.
BY the placid sound Of Puget,
In whose waters fish are swimming.
silver sal,ron there in plenty,
foothseme clams and JUICY oysters,
With the speckled front aud codash
Waiting there for me TO catch them,
Longing TO be caught and eaten.
Men, IN ships from every nation,
Come and trade there wiih the people;
Bring them sugar, tea and coffee.
Come and buy their fish and fur skins;
Buy their coal, their fruit and lumbar,
buy their wheat, their hops and barley
Making ell both rich aud happy.
To this land OF health and plenty,
Where the winds are mild and gentle,
Where the flowers bloom forever
| And where spring continues always,
Ls the plAoe that will 90 TO-"
Then they left their native country,
Loft their homes. their friends and
| kindred.
Took thar wives and took shsir babies
Settled IN thf2 LAND OF promise
Many settled In seattle
Take stand upon hilltop
| 10 the northward Of Seattle;
There you can behold the beauty
which Surrounds that goodiy city;
Sse the grandeur of the mountains,
| see the woodlands and the forests
Closhed in everlasting scrdure,
See the nacofiknds. lakes and sireAmlets.
thegs. fon nuw behold Mount Rainier,
Clad Ia aEow that's everlasting.
kohed IN white that's pure and spotlees,
stands sublime and gFand aud awful,
Is,ks tue throne Of Great Jehovah.
stands there like giant sent'ael.
With his hoary head in heaven,
Always pseeeut. always slsepiess.
Guarding we'll orr future glory.
Turn your eyes unto the westward,
There beheld the hay Of ksliett.
See the placit Sound Of Puget.
briGAt its surface, now rejecting
Ali the shore lie lights and shadows.
Ali the hills and rocks and forests
And the tops Of distant mountains;
Plainly there you now can ses them
Pictured IN Gods holy mirror.
TAIN and uanffa are ths&a wafarx