The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-06-07
VOL. xlv---yo. "a

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spoke the same iar,-an vet thesc were
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Among them. each With slight or
positively different diaiecsand all more
on less iiiiermizrd IN b3os>d with each
other and with The NsStnsas and
hl'ekits's- Satisfactory trea'les had
been concluded between them and the
whites several years previous, ana To
this day + has never been sascceSsiuiiy
claimed that these Indians became
hostile in necnseqcenee OF dsssstlsiaefi hon
or fraud IN treaty matters. II may
well he doubted whether these INDIANS
would ever have had the courage 10
fight The whites had they nes sseh
more than persuaded 10 y os aiiieS
either east or west of the mountains.
That they had cause eanpoti i'e ae's'ea-
Such was the state q a'iasrs. when,
on the morning os os'oner -, i>s'' A.
NJ. Poe, gentleman then wen KNOWN
on the sound, came riding lnfien'is
past my cabin door warning the neigh
herheod that The
fypiAxs uaD KgogEs orr az Thn VAR
rsrn.
And were numbering the whites as
fass as they could overtase item that
a number of white families had been
massacrel on White river; that Abe
Moses. the sheriff of our county, had
'heen tille,l. that the obi settlers who
had gnne oa, 10 have a talk With the
Indians had been treachefousiy at
tackled and some OF thesai SiAiesi' a''ohs
them McAilister, an old. wea-known
resident oi una, county anu 49, -
iriend oi the ina'a"s ..,a'
.ohhea isai's, Wa A"'e'', - ~,
the iss'ians hah 'ne o'hens - wy ~
settlers sat'onnslea ,'' "'''' '.,s W. - -,
on the fuyahup 'o'so"' '"as ~
sPeei ana one o.hei hai '''a"Aseu ~
escape IN tne h'sh'.,i'n e.'s ss
towarsis S'ehaeeseih' 'hs 's"e' "" 49,
olympia 10 gave "a.ni's'
as they could Fiie. "heh eng i'oi -
gave out another was rsvse''s'
and thus the -tartnnR. h",'i'se a,.s
was rapidly spread tilfvushoa' ''' s''e
settlements.
Ah"ut this ssh'e news wa '''s.' :,
that .orernof stevens va sn"' o''
ana s'ir'ouaaes ~ Nc. n''',.. ~ III rr.,,s,
per country a'so 'i'a' "' ,,,, ~
had been aeses'ei' a''i ,o,s ,'''.,..,s -, -'
over the nosthNeS' ii"''' ''i''is'' ''so'''
hia TO california, were upih arms anu
'iuriefins ti,e WHIT t" "'Ns
was iei' i"r 'he raie'! % s''e k's e'i'''s
and
TERkss ASb '"Nttsi''
Prevailed generally. II was then
made manifest hoy utterly unpre-
pared the whites we're for such an NJ
rising. which until then had scarcely
been ibonrht Of. and men aad women
with l,Ianchci faces andterror--irScken
countenanres. appealed to each other
for help and protection.
Several small companies were sent
out a. scouts to Che yarisns retsic-
ulents. to watch for Indians, gather
mp the steek. pat thinFs 20 rights, -
far as possible. around the farm
houses. and procure provisions Aid
was called for from Oregon and CALI
fornia, and few arms and supplies
purchased from the Hudso;.'s Day
companx' stores.
Two DAYS following oBr escape 10
Olympia, A. b. Eai.ieeon. BIil Tidd
and , came into the settlement
east Of town. foot-sore. ragged. torn
and bleeding. having made their es-
cape from the ho,tile- near conneil'-
praitie. forty miles distant. From
them il was learned that UPON the
turning back VI Hays company, the
company surgeon. and --- Niles. sn
Olympia lawyer, got permission TO
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