Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-07-20

| conceived purely In the interest of self
1 isnuess, In the unnatural spirit of the
child who wishes his father out of the
way tnat he NAV possess and enio, the
| accnnulatIons of his industry and fru-
| galiiy.
Ii IL the old settler who. by his entsr-
/ prise ana industry, bis patience. hope
ana endurance ander any discourage
Inent and adverse circum,t .nce, has
made TINS the most inviting field upon
the earth tor the enterprIsing of the ris.
ing ana present generations. II was the
men VINO came here thirty years ago on
Io"t. nlazing aud hewIng their trail.
through the forest, snbsistlny ON roots.
oolish whett aud game, vlEuing their
/ PROVISIONS from nature and tn. stvaIes.
/ "Ith no eapitt save their h4nis brain
And nehrts, who made tais % p.sIbls
/ held for those who have come after th-m
"Ith capital, with money to invest In
railroads, shIps, townsites and corner
lots And though these euterpri sss ars
ana have been always welcomed among
us, aided oy us, As adjunct. 1f the future.
We have D1en waiting for, laborinl for,
| ana praying for the old settlers a, rule
90 not feel cGlled upon to give s.ll Of
tuelr present provisions or TO mortgage
tue Idturo OF their heritage for the build
I luS OF railroads. or for the promotion Of
/ fnY other private enterprise, however
/ vast the capital II may rspr sent ar in
Vest. The Old settlers, 50 far as / am
informed, believe that these great com
ptnles. whose enterprises b tve been ren-
derod possible by their itbOrs, whose
Investments have been rendered ramun-
1ratlve by their enterprise and toll,
should bear their fsIs proportion of the
| public blTd,n; that they should pAy
taxes upon their provisions the sans as
they are paid by old settlers and every
other class Of citizsAs; that If they do
not pay their taxes. M they never yet
nave done. tneir ownership and monOp-
oily OF the fairest portion of oar lands,
notSIthsttndIngtI the convenience of thtfr
railroads, Constitute them a curse instead
OF blessing to the Territory, which u
may yet require revolution To shake off.
Thouga probably a laRgard and far be-
hind this advanced and advancing spirit
Of the times, the old settlers oonssrvat-
ism. cautioH and devoti IN TO this com
IN ,nwealtn, through hirnself and by
Transmission, will. trust, bs O pntrolling
elements Ia our public affairs for gener-
| tluns TO come.
| Az the time allotted to me for the
preparation OF this address has been
quite limited. my contribution must ne
csstrlly be very general Ia its character,
not for the want of material, Of which
there - u great abundance, Tut from a
| lack OF time aud leisure To gather and
| condenso 1t from the original sources,
which are the newspaper files Of those
times, the journals Of the two houses Of
oar Legislative Assembly, the session
laws and the printed documents relative
To the Indian war of 1850. And last,
though most prolific and iuexhaustIble
| of all, the recollections of the pioneers
themselves, each one of whom b As retniu-
lscenoes enough stored away TO make a
book as large as IA family Bible.
| In looking over the files OF the COlnDi-
ban, tho first Newspaper printed north
of the Columbia river, find in the third
number, issued on the 25ta Of Septem-
| Der, 1882. An editorial upon the early
| settlement of the Territory. which, from
its oontemporaneous character AS mat
ter of local his oIy, Ii of great value and
will undoubtedly be- of interest To the
association, and have. therefore, copied
IL almost entire. Before drawing from
its columns. however, | will say of this
paper that it was published III Olympia,
Oregon Territory, by Wiley 4 McElve';
that the first number was issued on the
nth day of September, 1852; and that
IN every respect It will Compare favora-
bly, wlh any weekly newspaper of the
present day published IN the Territory.
The article referred to gives the follow
/ ing summary OF the early settlement of
what IL now Washington Territory:
In August, 1915. Col. NJ. L. Summons,
George Wannch aud seven ethers arrived
~ Budd's Inlet L. ). under she pilot
age of Peter Berair. the first American
citizens who came to settle north of the
Columbia. Being pleased with the
country, Colonel 5. returned to the Co
lumbia where he had left his family,
| and in October moved over, acoetnpI-
nied 10y Messrs. j. McAlllster, ID. Kin
dred, Gabriel Jones. George Bush AMI
families, aud j. Ferguson and s. Is.
Crockett, single men. They at first set
tied on the prairie from one To eight
miles south of ,hs present town of Olym-
pia, and were fifteen days In completing
their journey from the C0wlItz landing
TO the Sound, a distance of sixty mile;
being Compelled To cut a rosd toe them
selves through the timbered part OF the
country. la the fall of the came year
j. X. Jackson. Esq, located at .,urora.
his present beAutIiul Residences, ton miles
to the northward of CowlItZ Landing,
that fiue townnite known more recently
AS MAroasspJrt. la 1876 Messrs. >.
Ford, sen, and j. Blrst oame over and
! settled on the Chickeelea river, which II
auoat midway between Olympia and
| Warbassport. Messrs. Packvood ana
Eaton, with their families, this year
Also joined the American settlement on
the Sound. The same year Col. Sim
mons erected the first American crist
mill north of the Columbia. previous
which time the inh bit ants were obliged
To- subsist on boiled wheat. or do their
griadiug With hand mills. In lSE tile
first house. log cabin-was sullt IN
Olympia 10y Mr. l.. sylvester, the present
Rentlenanly proprietor of the elegantly
furnished frame hotel known rs tue
Olympia house. hessrs. Chambers,
Brazil and Shazer located on the Sound
some time during tins year. Same year
the first sawtnill on the Sound was erect
ed at the falls Of DeShutes river by Col.
Simmons and friends. la Juue, lsiS.
/ Rev. Father kicsrd established tne lto-
man Catholic mission of St Joseph on
Budd's Inlet. one mile and half below
/ Olympia. A few families were ad led To
the settlements this year. In lSt9 the
brig Orb,t. from San Francisco. pat into
Budd's Ialet for load of piles. This
was the opea ing of tue lumber trade on
the SQUAD. In 1870 tue first frame house
WAS erected in Oiympia-the present
custom house. In the autumn of thIs
year the first settlement was made on
WILDLY Island by Colonel ]. n. Ebey.
Wsrbassport, at CowiItz Landing, vas
laid out and improvements were made
by Mr.. Il. ID. warbass during this year.
| AZ Cascade City, during tue same year,
| Hou. +. A. Chenoweth. and subsequently
the Messrs. Bradford. Bush, Bishop and
| others, made some very necessary and
important, improvements. In 1851 Port
Steilacoom vas established by Capt. l..
Baleh: Port Townsend by Messrs. Each
elor and Piummer, but mere recently
improved by Mrssrs. Pettygroye, Wilson
and Hastings; New York by Mr. Lewe,
and Steilacoom city by j. Il. Chapman.
la 1852. the present year. improvements
are progressing at Monticello, New Dun
.eness and Cape Flattery; the latter
named places being the sites. according
TO the Law OF Oregon, for the erection OF
lighthouses for the i,enefit of the Sound
Cathlamet, Nesqually. VAncouver - IN