Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-01-01
TAXING TEE Csxsrs ~ isss AMONG
TEE CIAILAM ssHsaNs-

IwnTrTEx ToR THE Posr rxTyI.rIGEscSE
In tie fall of 1870 tbs Governmeu,
xs~usd sEdsrs to the various Indian
As-uts ~ take full ceams OF all the
InsE Ma under them, a. Q pars Of the
rsgolai deoecnial ossssa To do -
smsuo the Cailams vas din cult task.
On theT were scattered for bundred
cal City miles from seabeck to Clslla.
Bay, and the season OF the year made
d d laagreeabls, With thu probability Of
fts tang dangerous ia toe Straits OF
Fuea "a = csnoe. / xss thsn nearly
.xssds to start 10 = missionary tour
arnsuzs 4 most 9th oss Indians. where
upau the Agent said 10 me, II vii pay
vgs7r axp~nsss II you vlll tsks the oen
guE IA connection vith your regular
worA He said that Is Was almost in
rspssIsIe for him H. 20 them that none
II tie snpl yeos we're acquainted either
~ \ the csuntry Or the large par; Of
sfs@ Indians; that he skogid have to pay
sfss expenses Of some one, and thai It
-~suld 10 a favor II would do Is.
consented, for it was = favor TO me t.
have rny expenses paid. bat it xas De.
sssFb ar isioFe vas fairly able to begin
tue .ors, and II required fonr weeks
In early life had reaS a story abOu:
Ia az the censns amdhR some Of the
ignorant peopis Of the Southern States,
Aat the supersliti0us fear that they had
N 8. and thosght that it welld De
strange II the Indians should not Ike
-ssse havo fear, aud ooHseq1 sntly pre-
slsY,sa fsy self for 10. An Eaqaaintauce
81 r.l
ne1ssciAlly an intimate acquaintance
Aaaa rad 9ith few from nearly evsFy
s.ssts sH4sut Sho had for short times
lived OF the reservation, and whose con
ddsnoo I seemed % have gained.
found b. DO OF great advantage ia the
woek. Had 1t not bsen for this sboul9
have found /. a very difiiellt task.
Tue qasslious ~ be asked we're nany
forty eight in number. inclu ling their
Ind ian as veil a. Boston" names; the
meaning Of these names: their age and
oacnpstioni whether or not foil blood
of The tribe; how long since they had
hAtsftz Ally worn sitlzsn's dress whether
they had been yscoin sted or not:
Sbethsr or not they ooaid read or write,
the number Of horses, cattle, sheep;
avtRe, fowls, dogs and firearms owned
the amount Of land owned or occupied;
the number Of years they had been self
HnpporttnR and ths per csrt of support
o6tslned from civilized industries and
shat IN other ways.
began the work at Port q imbIe one
yvening, and after much preiimi nary
salk secured nineteen names, bot dur
ing the whole Of the next forenoon I Oh
tanned only six. The mso we're at work
sa che mill and the women afraid; were
reported 10 be after grass, or fish; al
seast they we're not 10 be found.
4heaeht that that veaid not do. and
aired q boy who had beea Ia school q
Aasp me, and after saiktng q Shilo had
NJ more difficulty these.
At Dungeness one man refused q
give me any Information be ,sase year,
before q oeasus had been taken and soor
after there had been much sioknes.
among the IodiaBs, and be vas afrait
shat u his name we're written down be
~uold die; but easily obtained the la
foem alton from others. He vas after
Yards much surprised 20 learn that
had his name written down.
uas almost through and WAS at Sea
nech when | found the only one who va.
~ all SAVOY. He refused 10 give no an,
information. After some time his VIII,
answered my questions, bat answered
shem falsely, ss soon learned from an
other isdian present, and ID Was after
words corrected. The ages Of the Older
ones were all unknown, bat the treaty
With the tribe Was made tweuty. tiy,
years previous and every man, woman
and child was present VITO possibly
could be, and | could generally find out
how large they we're At that time. When
1 asked the age Of one m4n he said t~o
years, bnt be said tina. he had 800 guns
tie vas about IL years old and had only
ono gan. To obtain the reformation
aboat the vaccination was the most
dmiculs. as the instructions we're that
they should show one the scsr on The
aruijf they bad been vsooinated. I,
vas difhcult 10 get them 10 do this. As
Ear as could observe mono Of them made
Wsalss statement. When I was abaut
half way through tbs work met Mr..
Il. W. Henshaw, Who had besn sent
from Washington 10 give general In.
formation about the work, aud he ab
solved mo from this requirement Of see
tna the soar. He said that all that vas
needed wss to satisfy myself on the
point. came soross one boy whose
idea OF fractions Vas mainly what
hrehad learned while Handling money.
an nndina boz ncarty o pure Clallam
this boys father vAA. he told me that
he was only part Clalism, bot when
tried TO learn hsv much blood OF the
oterr tribe WAS In lAjs veins the boy said,
"Nct tsach; about q bit gusss' mean
Vepg rs s9h,a,
Vas ustfucted te take the names
mt only Of these Who ware ~ home,
souSskso OF the number uhp vere ten
porarily across the straits ca the Eng.
lish sidc.l but whose home misht prob
ably he said 10 be on this side In
ssskine about one man. 1 vas toia thar
ne had moved away = long tims ago.
very sonR. t,co tAosss~S sears PROBABLY,
And 80 Gas not nov 10 be enamerateA
hero.
10 struck me tia, some pictures OF
anysskf. With descriptions of them.
3 souid have adorned hsrper's Moathiy,
~ yell AZ any Of Fort Cfayop's sketches.
With an old Indian asn and his wife
eat on the beach In Port Discovery
Hay all day. waiting for the Wind 10 die
down. because u Vas unsafe 3, rrocsed
sn a oanos. While the snov uas casss ant.
W comiaR down, on one Of the csldest,
ssowiest. vindiest days OF the year,
1tth mat upon Que side 90 Keep of
some of the Wind, and q small Are on
-N~N 1t1NhF Gds ~ WE 01fu 70 Keep
sArun on both sides. Aud at lsss. Us
had 90 give no and return % Port Dis
coyery. as the wind woald not die.
walked up Que morning on the
sfrAnsf Dispatch 10 have q drop Of
~ater come directly Into nv ere. Be
csase Of abe hard RAIN and the steamer
overhead loot nndesneathl vas Ieaky.
Wien got NJ, 70 ives Ia aad any shirs
- vet that dared not pat 10 on. Will.
abe water 10 The state room shove u,~
xashslf an inch deep. and vss shovelesa
ous with q deep pan. I valaed from
abe wes, end 10 the csst eud of italian
tl3y, Two rasles. bat white trying % fnd
a hos aoSoss The Usllstn siver, I van
dered about q ioun time In abe woss,i.
ssd brush. which wsre vet with
= heavy rsia. ard shea did fiad IL, IL
reached last sef soross the river, bat
atthin a few feet ~ tho hsnk, asd 1
asased for some tim deiiber stiae wheth-
ss u gas safe Or Uot % saake the iumtA
Srytns 20 jump and yet not quite darins
en run the risk Of faliies into tie river,
ssAeAsna nsy toes ard 6neers int TIE
hsak, and wunds REG whether CT DOT ID
sas safe Ia leave nv lce. Bal at laa I
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