The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-06-07

WASHINGTON TERH
pres<ni searishins eify u Psst To~n-
~<na-
In February of The same y<as. sosa-
rre@s created
THE cssEEEsrsoS rss-xsr1 or rvsxT
Scrip,
With Olympia ~ the port Of entry Ia
Mar President Fillmore zppoinsed -
easlexssx o< customs for tie new .is>-
tvsrt sfmpsoa r Moses. and 6eneraf
W W. Miller. afssrvarsfs superiasxnd-
ent cf Isssiian STAIRS and quarter
naestsr-zen<rzI during the Indian war
Of Isys. IS surveyor II the pert Of Sss-
aaalIx. beth Of whom crossed the
plains that year. and after fvs
months jcasney reached their pests
of dnty. The 18th day Of November.
ISL. marks the ssrss day upon which
there was any hasinesx in the sacu
custom house. aad frsnx this fx<ife
and insn<psriosfs beginning has grown
up the eosnnsersp of Puget Sound,
whirh. IN the aggregate amount Of ton
mage entering and clearing. takes the
9Th largest place OF al the ports in the
United States. On shst slay tho bFig
George Enaory, commanded by the
gallant Enoch s. Fowler. one Of the
fathers OF Port Townsend, fcek Out
coasfing license, and the schooner
Exact cleared with large passenger
li~s Of gnli-hsEters for the supposed
new gold 6igxings on QUEEN
Charlotte Island. This schooner
had ssil~sl from Portland with party
Of settlers for the sonni. among
II n we're our honored fellow citizens
L. Denny, w y. Beli and D. Bcren
1lse Gentlemen landed at AIki Point.
ana remained there until February,
49,, when they located their claims
upon the present site Of Seattle. conn
nseaei;lg from the head Of Commercial,
street and extending north To the
northern boundary Of Bells claim. In
March DIR. Maynard left osynria after
a lengthy xejourn and arrived AZ Aik
u Ot-fts Glil -Af--f<4 tfttfHt a<pl ftt-F
moved their southern boundary 70 the
northwest 20 give him room for
claim. In the same year David T.
Denny. another enterpTising. intelii-
gent aud patriotic citizen, located his
present claim. and II. L. Yesler arriv-
ed frosn Portland and after another
shifting OF boundaries by Mr.. Denny
to give him a claim. erected the first
steam sawmili on Puget Sound The
first riats for Seattle we're fled for
record separately by Messrs. A. A.
Denny, Boren and Maynard in May OF
the following year. The town was
named after
OLD SEATTLE.
Chief OF the Duwsnsish frihe OF Indi-
ans. who by one OF his early white ac-
quaintances is described as a vener-
able looking parsonage. who. by his
stately walk and dignified carriage
would remind one Of Col. Thomas II.
Bente1i, the great Missouri senator.
Old Seattle was very friendly to the
whites, claimed 10 have remembered
the voyages OF the renowned capt.
yarc ,uyer, and while he considered IL
( beneath his dignity to use the Chinook
iargon OF the country, would show by
friendly shake OF the hand and
grunt that he expected to be noticed
by the new conner"
As E.gLY Account.
The first newspaper pahlishei north
OF the Columbia river was the tolam-
bica. Published ut Olympia. BY Wiley
( 4 MeEiroy. the first number OF which
was published in September. 1852. In
the third number Of this paper appear
ell what was probably the first written
sccoant of the settlement of Puget
Sound. This article was quoted by
Judge Francis Henry in his address
before the Pioneer Association at New
Tacoma in 1854. lii as follows:
"In August. isi5. Col. N. T. Sim
mems, George waunch and seven 9th
ers arrived at Busld's inlet (P s, ula-
der the pilotage OF Peter Bcrair, the
first American citizen who came TO
settle nofth OF the Columbia BEING
pleased with the country. Co,onel ;.
returned fo the Columbia. where he
had left his family, and in October,
moved over. accompanied by Messrs.
J.. Mcaliisier. y. Kindred. Gabriel
Jones, George Bash and families. and
J.. Ferguson and : u, Grockett, single
men. They at first settled on the prai-
rie from one to eigh. miles seath oi
the p-ssenf town OF Olympia, and were
rsFrxgs DAYS ~ COMPLETING
their Journey from the Coeliix land
+ ing % the sosind. a distance af sixty
miles, being compelled TO ga; a road
for them elves through the tsnilercd
part OF the country. In the fall of the
same year J. X. Jackson, ESD, locate.i
at Aurora. has preseat beautiful resi-
,ienee, ten miles 10 the novthwari of
Cowlitz landing. that fine townsite
known more rcrentiv as Warharsport.
In isis Nessrs. :. Forsi. sen, and ].
Borst came oser AMI settled on the
Chieseeles river. which Is ahani mif-
way between Olympia and Warhars-
port. MesSrs. Pavkwaoi and Estoa,
with their families, this year. also jeia-
ell the American settlement on the
Sound. The same year .a'onel Sim
mons erected the first American rrist
mn north OF the Columbia. previouS
so which time the inhabitants we're
obliged u sahSis. on boiisl wheat, or
DO their g-insiias with hand mills. In
lsis the FIRST houss-a log cabin n-xas
built in Olympia b. NJ. E. Sylvester.
the present rentlesnanly proprietor OF
the elegantly furnished frame hotel
known a. the olympia house Messrs.
Chambers. Brazil and SHAKER isscateSi on
shs sound some time during the year.
Same year the fiEst saw min on Pages
soand was ercctel at the falls OF De
shu.es river by Colonel simmons and
friends. In June. lst>.
Exv. rsragR EfeNRp
Es.shli he3 the Roman Casheiie rais-
sion of -. Joseph ON Rgsli's inlet. one
msle and half below Olympia A few
families we're adaci to the settlements
this year. In iss9, the brig Orbit. froIa
>an Francisc,. pat into Raids inlet
for loa3 q piles. This wa the cFsss-
inz q the lIrahsr trade Of the soani
In iSs3 the first frame hea~e WAS erest-
e,l in nivsupiA the PIE en-; Castum