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

l&xeemrL IN t08 HB{F
,ss,s,x snnn<soned his hOfe - fesrh-
- IL cppo~ise ID q ~ psssrse.
~ <enriinr on Ms hsnds and kneee
IhfNazh Ne tinker ard bruzh. -
uia3,s time. until be ruarbed tAls y
lyjsa seeming pixee a ssfe4y, His
koss< vas sfserwari shoe, ~ miufnke.
by . rsrketxuard. and his saddIsbees
nd pjssoIs wese nuts1rhed by IL In
disns. they king afraid a de med
jcia< carried The remaining party
Iajd Moee- down by The side u ieE,
a shost distance from the trasl. covered
him with their ovescosfs and leff him
% die. the poor sei'ow sfsins the Ms-
.ynie sign u distress on their iesvins
him. They then took 70 the sooiss
and By dint q crawling and hiding
duyspg the day time. and moving eau
tso..slv Il night, saeceeded IN reaching
the settlements 10 tofu. bleeding and
exhausted condition
The day following the above eri-
ynrle. the company Of ODD residents
above referred 90, consisting Of about
twenty men, with Cbzsies Eaton A.
Captain tEafon had an Indian wife ;
and lanes Ne AIEister. First Lseuief-
ant fthe latter Vas one Of the first
white settlers in the country, and
.-ontd talk with the Indians in their
own language, as also coad Eaton TO
.s,sse extens), who had enne ont 10
u.vg TALK wsrH THE isprsxs,
Rea~hed the Puyailup crossing. Here
the ,aain company halted, while
Eaton. Nc Ails-ser and Consell. accom-
panied BY two friendly Indians, went
ON and nset the Indians near Connesi's
home. They went unsrmed 70 show
t,,e Indians that they had come for a
friendly talk. They had talk with
tl,e red ra~cais. who profes.ed friend
ship and promised that they would
not join the hsstiles. when Eaton and
his little party started back to the Pu-
yaIiup. They had just passed the big
swamp above referred to. when they
were fred upon By the savages In am
bush, and McAIlIster and conneil
killed; Eaton and one Of the friendly
Indians making their escape. while
the other remained with the hostiles-
The main company, having heard the
firing. took refuge In q small log cabin,
which Eaton reached just in time to
save his scalp, when the red devils,
drunk with the smell of human blood.
made furious assault on the cabin,
keeping mp the attack until daylight
the next day, when they got wind of
the return Of Hays company and
hastily scampered of into the woods
and mountains II was from Eaton :
company Of Puget Sound Rangers
that the white settlements first re-
ecivcd warning Of approaching danger.
when Hays company and the reg
nlars reached connell's Prairie. about
this same time. they quickly discerned
the state of affairs, and immediately
attacked the Indians. driving them
across White river, an, up Green and
Black rivers. towards the mountains
70 the northeast. II being impossible
10 follow them further into the
mountains without opening trails, and
heavy storms setting in, the troops
returned 10 the settlements and went
into winter quarters.
THE MEMORABLE EVENTS.
OF the contest which followed we're
the White river massacre. the death Of
Lieutenant slaughter aud the disas-
trons defeat OF the force of regulars
under his command. whielr occurred
in the southern part OF King county
near the site Of the town which bears
the name Of the unfortunate COM
mander the siege OF seattle In January.
isss.th crushing defeat Of the Indians
mt Connell's prairie. March 10, 1855,
and the proclamation Of martial law
In Pierce county by Governor stevens.
The Siege Of Seattle,
As Il tas been termed. Is described at
some length, l,y Hon. A. A. Denny in
his valuable and interesting little book
entitled. ..Pioneer Days on Puget
Sound" From this work the follow
ing extract Is taken.
within the time / had predicted to
Capt. Sterrett the outbreak came and
ON the 2ist Of October. iss5. Vim. II.
Brannan, wife and child. Harvey n.
Jones and wife, George f. King and
wife and Enos Cooper we're killed, and
an infant child of Kiag's could not be
found whether twas killed or carried
of will never he known certainly
though there IL reason 10 bclievcit was
Killed and burnt in the house.
"Thc settlers lower down the valley
narrowly escaped and succeeded in
again reaching Seattle in safety. The
CONSERVATION and alarm was now
general. and none could be found &c
doubt the fact that the Indians were
unfriendls. These Who a short time
before insisted that the Indians were
all friendly. would now declare most
vehcrncntly that all were hostile, and
must all he treated rs enemies.
After the White river massacre Il
was detgrnpned to
FkEPAIF FOR OFFENCE
In case of an attack on the town. 4,
the time there WAS large amount al
hewn timber on hand twelve inche,
square. which WIS well suited to the
purpose. Two houses we're built "a
this timber OF sufficient capacity &
held the entire population at the time
one was located at the junction oI
Front and Cherry streets and the othei
at the junction NJ Main and sonti
Second streets, und the two joined b,
a Stockasle which also ran from eaci
hloekhopse westward 10 the hay. ana
Was well calculated for protection OF
the land side Of the town from whcue,
all attacks were likely 10 come. Earl,
in the morning OF January 9th. 1856
ruT Town WAS ATTACKED
BY the Indians. They had congre
gated durins the night and taken ,hclf
position ensley cover ot the timber
along the face of The hill. ia readiness
g. make the attack - sooa ~ the peo
pie began 90 str, but their preScnc,
was made known hy a friendly Indian
before the attack was made. and
hoWi ,ser was fired by order ei Capt
s3ansyort in the dire tion indicated b,
the friendly Indians Nhich Was pronaY,
tls followed hy an answer q nsuskcgs,
all along the wocds ia rear oi tn,
town. taiiy demonstrating the fac
that The place was really s9fyouu,ic,