, 1886-02-25
Civil War in Quilsute

ED ARGUS: - nav received IN the
columns Of yo1r TGner letter from
my friend Quilla; ate B-n. In JUS
tice to the publ. and myself, reply.
Brother B,n, you state you will
call on me 20 prove my statement in
relation TO the Indians paving fer
cattle they never received. All right
will be happy to accommodate you.
Address me at Forks. in care of my
attornay ays. j. j. Sutherland and L. NJ.
Ford. We will prove some stock
raisers of this valley told it them
selves. If you fail to call for proof.
people Will know there are two
dozen and one liars in this country.
They will know [ am one because
you have told them so. And you are
the other two dozen: and they will
say,
''Of ell tie untruthfu. words of tongue
or pen"
Are those told by QuilIayute Ben.
You say 1 am the cause Of all the
recent trouble at Lapush. I can tel
it quite differently. The schoolmas-
ter is not satisfied with a limited
monarchy. He wants to reign su
prcme. He interfered with their fun
eral rites. He opposed an Indian
being buried in his Own canoe He
interfered with their marriage rites
and solemnized marriage himself
One Indian girl took issue with hin
about a couple getting married; be
put her in the skookum house. He
interfered with their religion, anC
took away their qaiqually rattle-bo1
from them. The justice OF the peace
issued an order to the constable to gel
the music box and return it to the
Indians and to release the girl; (yor
can see the Justices order any day by
calling on the constable.) After he
had punished an Indian by impris-
onment and work he wanted the jus
to again find him guilty for the same
offence, but the justice saw no reason
for fining the Indian twice for the
same offence. The Indians began tc
think they We're being imposed on
and held mass meeting in his pres
ence and voted they did not want
him for school teacher, and accord
ing to the statement of the intcrpre-
ter (AIr. Balch) at the trial they said
they wanted white man for &
teacher. The teacher came to The
hasty conclusion that something had
to be done TO terrorize the Indians OF
he would lose his position, or the In
dians might become BARRIERS and
bang his hair and part it in the mid
die with their little hatchet. So the
Indians were arrested and four of
them fined $3.50 a piece. Very lib
eral in this land of freedom $50 foI
voting In mass meeting. / believe
the above is about as truthful state
ment as can be had Let the school
master and all those that cry negro
to hide their own inwardness think
Of the following parody:
From the Quiieute desolation, Comes The
cry OF exultation.
1t has ended-he has yielded aud The
fight is won.
Let those in their glory, bow with shame
before the story.
OF the Indians they have ruined anC
the evil they have done.
You state that / tried to get the
Indians to tie the teacher. If l did
l wanted to play joke on the In.
dians for they say the master ha:
feet like two schooners and / think
has fists like pile driver If he
should strike an Indian there would
not be enough left of him for a cor.
oner's inquest. If he should give one
kick up would go the the gumbolastiC
empire of Lapush with its stately
towers and stencil so strong up
through the azure blue and crackless
either past the milky way with such
velocity that the inhabitants would
not have time to view the golden
streets or the electric lights of the
golden city. You say If want any
thing more to call and see you at your
Office. L thirst for knowledge but 1
judge from the mild, soothing Ian
guage you use in your letter that it
will be necessary for one to have
some smoked glass through which to
view you or your dazzling, brilliant,
.scintillating countenance would hurt
my eyes.
Write again, Brother Ben; the
editor of the ARGUS told me there
was q dearth of news from these
parts, and he wanted someone to
furnish the same. You can give him
chunks of wisdom as large as Van
derbilt's burgular- proof safe. aud 1
will give horse-radish, sandwiched
facts, seasoned with capsicum, mus
tard, star-spangeled, lavender colored.
orange sprinkled with the essence OF
the quintessence of perfumes. And
when the Governor finds we are
solid, he will transfer the precious
chipmunk and the blood thirsty flea
from here to the indian Department.
ZERO.
Aside from the artistic bandying
of epithets. there is little OF interest
in the foregoing. The ARGUS knows
nothing of the merits of the case,
and, while it believes in according
all full hearing, it must decline to
be further used as a medium for
airing personal grievances in what
appears to bs simply a disagreeabie
neighborhood quarrel Bad blood
is being stirred up and no good done
PickIngs.