, 1884-01-17

on = dH'Gble ul-Silu. Ever tiilLl-
Is to +. :. until Governor Douglas re-
turns; and here l. some mutton for
your supper" He further said that
Griffin had the most pos tive ordrr~
from Gov. Douglas to arrest Wehber
Iu the evening Griffin went l,
Nebb"r. offering II supply HIM Wit
provisions which offer n ct C.Iued. ~
he WIS the next day going 20 Lumm E.
-Four days afterwards" continued
Mr.. Webbcr. Il returned. and sent
my compliments To Mr. Griffin and
told him that if he wished To arrest
me | should be glad, a. l wanted t.
90 to Victoria on some business.
After that Griffin and were the hes,
of friends. and l always found him
gen cman."
THE SEIZURE OF BRITIsH SHEEP BY IN
AMERICAN TAX COLLECTOR.
Everything now went on pleasantly,
Webber maintaining his post till the
spring Of lS55. q Year after his ap-
pointmcns. when the advent Of tn,
assessor OF Whatcom couuty caused
another row.
When Julius Caesar sent forth the
decree that ''all the world should bv
taxed" It was to be presumed that,
sooner OF later, Bellevue would hayc
to submit to the man late, the time
had now come. The taxes were levied
and placed III tie ha:. ds of Unc.e
Ellis Barnc~. high sheriff ii Whatcom
county. for collection. Mr.. Gritiiu
peremptorily refused to pay. " ebber
advised him to do SO under protest,
but without success. Sheriff Barnes.
better known as "Yank Barnes" wenl
twice without success. The third and
last time he came he put up notices
that he would sell at public auction
as many of the rams and ewes belong
ing to the Honorable Hudson Bay
Company as would produce Il sum
equivalent to the taxes which the
Honorable Company owed to the
H Dnorable County OF What ON. Upon
the appearance of these notices, Crit
nm. thinking to Outwit old 1ank
Barnes" gave notice to have all the
sheep dri;en off into the interior oil
the island. But he had a sharp set
to deal with. The sheriff had posse
of six men, among whom was Colonel
afterward Judge, Fitzhugh, Superin-
tendent of the Bel ingham Bay Coai
| Company, who, with tue others, had
been summoned to assist the sheriff
IN the discharge of his legal duties.
Griffin, supposing all the sneep We're
out of reach OF the sheriff, shortly
afterwards went off himself to the
interior of tue island. Bat he made
a mistake, for there happened to be a
pen containing fUrty-eight of the
cOmpany's best rams, which he forgot,
and while Barnes and Fitzhugh were
hunting round they found them.
Yank Barnes Immediately levied on
them and proceeded with the auc ion
sale. The rams brought two dollars
each, but the sum realized was not
sufficient to pay the tx bill The
sheep were tied, packed to the boat
and taken to Whatcom.
In 1857 Henry Webber was relieved
ard Oscar Olney appointed in his
place, who in turn was succeeded by
Paul X. Hubbs, Jr., who was inspector
at the time of the
BOAR HUNT.
which came near ending in a ''chevy
chase" and bringing about conflict
between the United States and Great
Britain. This occurred in 1859. and
refers to boar belonging to the H
B. Co, which was shot by a settler
named Cutler. This boar repea. edly
trespassed ON Cutters enclosure aud
was often driven off. Finally Cutler
shot him, and was threatened with
arrest, but he put on the same bold
front that Webber did and detied the
authorities of Victoria. No arrests
were made, but Cutler, with other
residents of the island, made co n
plant to Gen. Harvey, and the occu-
pancy Of the island by American and
English troops was the result
Gen. Scott was sent by the Ameri-
can government to sette the affair,
and order reigned in Warsaw
Gen. Scott made his headquarters on
the United States quartermaster ship
Massachusetts, an auxiliary screw
propeller, of whom Capt. Fauntleroy,
her Commander, used to say that on
one occasion he made requisition
for some sheathing metal for the
ships bottom. The eommissary, not
knowing much about nautical affairs,
replied, recommending that she be
sheathed with green bdize, which
experiment, believe, Was never tried.
Gen. Scott, for reasons best known
to himself, had the Massachusetts,
anchored for most of the time III
Port Angeles Harbor. While there,
Lieut.. X. n. Scott was detailed from
Fort Townsend to act as an aid,
Colonel, afterward General, Thomas.
was one of Gen. SCOTS staff, and as
life at Port Angeles was rather mo
notonous, LII suG. Scott regaled the
colonel with tales of interest about
Puget Sound, among which was the
story of crows taking away CLAIMS
from the hogs, and about the current
always running one way at Skas it
Head, an other yarns, which seemed
so improbable to Col. Thomas that he
rep Jrled the young lieutenant to the
General, as making sport of b S
superior officer. Gen. Scott sent for
the lieutenant, who presented himself
before the veteran warrior
AIR. Scott" said the general, Il
am IN. orme that you say the hogs
of Puget sound root out clans with
the snouts, and that the crows steal
the CLANS AVA from the hogs. and
flying up in the air, drop the clans
from their beaks and they are broken
by the fall, and the crows eat them.
Is that SO, Mr.. Scott?''
Yes. general
Mr.. scott, am informed that you
say the current at Skagit Head
always runs one way. whether the
tide Is ebb or flood Is that SO, Mr..
Scott!'
Yes, general"
MIR. Scott, am informed that you
say there is an enormous hollow cedar
tree on the Chehalis river into which
one hundred tons of hay have been