Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-07-15
EAnLr l1lsTssr.
wheH. How and ny whsss sashsnsish
essaiy was sesiIea.

settlements nad extendoei along tne
wsBt aide Of the eottnd from Oiyuapia
to Port Tounsesd, and frofn thess down
tbs Straits Of Fark 20 Dungenass.
WILDLY Island wM also settled. On
sha east side of the SQUAD tho c0nntry
vas we'll setsled ~ far - Seattle,
knt no regular skf4lsmsnta existed
In Snoa0mish, Skagat or Ban Juan
eoilnsiss, although the country
abons Nhatcom bad heea settled
for some two o. thrse yesrs. A few
vansurasoma men had beer up the bn0-
homish and srioqualruis Etsvers before
lMB. baG ms ore had ahonght Of settle
menf AZ that date. In ths fall OF 1856
Ool. l. n. Ebey raised q eoinpany OF vol
ufltesfs ~ Porf Townsend. In kossm
Der they ieft there, tn the Schooner A. /.
Tfnsk, lowed By The littis iron steamer
a.rrasslsr,r with paikanim. tho head
chief Of the snoqnalmiss ~ pilot
OF che expeditioe. BndAr hin guid-
alaee they pzoseedsd SONS eight miles
up TIE klnahomish river ID the head o.
Ebey Sleuah. whers, on 81 island. they
crested d large log fort esllsd Eoey. The
Traveller was commanded By Cavt. H0r-
Ten; shs vas the hryt steamer ever up
she 6nohomish, ami ives afterwards los,
hetusen Rouiwssti1ar Buf and Pori
Cnmbia. Capt. John Il. Burns COM
span6sd tbs schooner Trask. The term
Of service Of this epmpany expired in
tbs spring Of 1865, when they were dis.
charged. AZ this lime the Northern
ftsttallion was ornsliigsd, II consisted
uf three companies; Captain sfnalley's,
Of Port Townsend asd DnnReness;
Capt. samuel Hoses, ef WhiaDy IL
Iand, and Capt. Psabody'sof Whateonk.
After Ice organisation this battalion bold
lhe line Of The Snph8miail and sia0qual.
Saie, built FoFt TiIton, Just above and
opposite Fall City. and Rest Alder and
Hort bnsliy On snoquainiis prairie and
also another fort on kaeilesnaka prairie.
The battalion akifulishct all over the
tountfy, from Lake Washington TO the
summit Of the Casoadeg, add frorn
the bnoaualmle river southwaFd
10 Mruns Rainier. The hrss
Joke of eattia sfef broueht
% the Hnohemish was brought 10 1856
from Port Townsend, tlisy eanae In o
sDow 20 Fort Ebey and thsnoe in two
kiiR canoes NJ 10 0rinin's Prairie, and
from thsre wers driven BY trail 10 ths
flnoqualmie. After hauling lhe tinabers
for the fort they were killed and their
flesh was eaten by the soldiers. The
thorough exploration Of kkia valley dti-
closed many resources % ahe naen. who
soon after their discharge began 10 long
for homes on the Hnohomiah.
Ameng the fFst a,ftIerE Of Hnshomish
ssunty wag John GIouid, nov OF Whidby
lslsad, who settled d 1sulaiip; Father
Is. o. Chiruuse. Who settled as mission.
arg among the Indians az Priest Point;
and Frank DciAr. ~ old HailalahRtss
Rrairie. nov Cooilfane Prairie, Cd the
klkykomish Fivex. Ehesa men we're In
tbs country a. early nj 1851. James
LcnQ, now Of Fort susan, ia this aoui,.
~, settled on The Bkykeuish river In
1865. During the summer % 1859 the
Proposed military rad ftnm Hieilaeoom
'Eas cut eut ffsim s3sastIe, north.
wR<d, across the snnhouiish and Htiila.
Kuamiah rivsFs. bit II ni,ssF reaahed ia
terminal point, lhIIinahana Bay. Altar
tAs close Of vork on this road. ia the
tall Of 1882 fnAna men ssfsled here
most Of them wers men who had served
In ske Hortesrn fIalailitn. or we're esr,.
pkoSed on this Faad, al had returned
frum The Frazer river minaa- Ia thia
n01lbcF Salefn Ifoa.Ra settled Oh the
akykpmish river; Gharlas Short, Charles
Taylor, John Eoah Johh Richards. Al
axeudax Davis. Janeb Fees and Gao ree
KELSEY, Y. 7, Oa6Y. Eabert II. Tucker
end Hial Barnes on ths 6aohomish rlv.
-. Iu1kef teia4ed John HArveys
place opposite BnDhouish CITY Casiy
located what VS. afterwards known Al
NE Sinclair clnirn, or sinohotnish CITY.
eastern part Barnes nspfsssnsed e. q.
Eernu&on and located what II now
knovn - snobonliHh Cits, Wselarr pArt.
In April. 1eeO. II q FsfRnsail cense IA
psEseu. and hes iGiiiss Dseen the LEADING
c,xt<au of Sru6onsiHh 03y. Oady wann
we'll known tsekis engineer aud for
lneny years Snohanaiah Cav vas heiss{
known hg the RIsiiaa Of Cadyvilia tllAn
Nv 10 true xaraA
In ihe tall of 1855, satslssnart was
also made a &nlkiilso By Morris II.
ffssk then Colleeil,r az Cussoms a
Fort Tewnsend. Arid Jaeah u. Fowter.
1ne nfkn ~ frnt q Fowier was he
nrsf business cspiEtit1rship In this
cuuntYi " e1nziAtlb& eha longest IL sny.
sud fer many years thss kspt he enls
stefe between utMkIads and eeetnie. and
Dad an oxtensiys trade With beth whites
and Indiana Daring tho wtnter rsany
seascz their heiel remained fasurite
hosne Tor sne loSlRes, entii d ahest sinss
oezeze the deesh " Nj fnss.
PRIOR 10 tssls what h sinehoniiah
sohnsy nev. was inelnslsd u ihs hosna.
Hffrs q leland flsnnty. Tna lirst eless.
t.ca ncid within the pReeant iimitk IL
tn14 county wAe held I'll t'sa rtaldnnss af
- " tor1nsen, on M,,ndAy, daily pan.
1&N--onls ~ Wssea Nefs uoliss4. tbn
5AsuAxy l4<h, isli, S,inhoml<h eottrtx
va osRanised BY SEA IL TIE Territorial
lsaNislatere> with iacoA Snmnlefa
Neezln, =. o. fefxasozA Henry Nee lura.
and scAn AsFssys Ceiinty Oemansm.sns.
efsi ]. D. FewleF Auditof. QhAa. Slscrt
4adke cf ffohAtss ana ao'hn aNrNev.
1fsasnrcf. Mnkiiiess wn< az ear1,s,
Eea& A The flisG general sIesf,en hsid
nfteF The orksx hnsfipz. AZ lie cl,nntv -
Mcndays July s.ll, lssl. there wese sjun
slecsiea preeineHlL Ankilsee ana 40.
oeGnikl. WITH i7'fplet pxilsn& IA s.,oh,.
utah preeintl. asa 1 q MaksIses nv
alnet; Il tnis altetzhMi tka contsg -,
Us nosed fsesH Aukiliso - snehsulisa
81 he asa selssas u ssehems.h
usnsks. sAkaa III fs6t. theen wufe =,
nm IN ~ eouatg-sno uoelsf, az ehsl
dues. IN iSsa lsAimn weeds. Shnfsll
anu A9zssssef. FliiErntd & lner q sss>,-
4<lteflhH he AttAl Yssnnls&5sn. n
white ecra<n tired ID Snakisn5sk f,soa.
" tee some 1gillsE mtatN Flns1s ana ixs
ozEkHt1atlan. Hf. Ihenas4enst MIA n :
Hxnt whfee faRnli9 en - Snaha,nish.
They s>apped f&F ,nhlIs q he i,s.es.
~ u o. fe<1HAs<s. lshar9ly A4sasit3.r3.
JOHN o1xzks 0silipa Ia ahal q aa,t ~
E<ece piaoe. csc sriie hekow Hx,ohnu.ish
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