The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-10-10
AT PORT TOWNSEND.
Famous Indians Among the
Hop Harvest Migrants.
4 woMsn's FACE TORN OPEN.
-. o-~-aru~a Gansaer's Wise-In-
ports ard the Dufy IhefeSH-Dsn
Of I've ChfsArss-

pgx~ Towxsx~s. nes. s-Ihe spss accrs
pevt Hmd.cpn II rcw s~arrnt1g with rssAsa
life Fssy several 6sys the canoe n@sss Oh
TIE rssarnsnr hop-pscksrs vending s1Iinss
hxxs dosses The haT, and over 100 are
nov erse.naped there. They are LEAVING
rsuch q The money earned On the bop
f~s9. With our traders. Judge swan. sas
greatest Isvsag an;horify Oh the usfaes from
the Cssgurnhla river 10 E@hring strait. weFls
through this tented city yesterday. lie
SAYS. There are canoes there from Bella
Bella. Foyt Rupert ard Cosichan, on TIE
exzs side Of Vancouver island. AMI GA TIE
mainland; KIyoquot. sitinat. Akosst and
Paehina. natives from tie west coast OF
Vancouver Makshs. from Cape Fiastery
and Qailiayute, on the coast q Washing
tara: aud CIalIarsz from Eswhs and ITALIAN
bag. On the straits Of fuea-"
Among the ktyogaos Indians the Iadge
recognised shs5- great gar chief. sesazEa-
MIN, uos bsoken d0wn. feeble old man
totally hind. '.SesiakaniTn. says TIE
stdge. s.was once . man Of powerful
phvxfaae. lie IL nos accompanied and
cared for By his two sons. Frank and BeDia-
min, also men Of note in their tribe. and al
well known ia Victoria. Sedixantna has
about eighty Of his people With him. His
father. w!kaninIsh. was a famous chief
mentioned By Cook. Vancouver. aeArs
and other early navigators, and vas con-
temporary with Msquiila and Calcium,
the great chiefs o. sevtka. Sedakanim 5
son Benjamin. has made for bis father
chiefs staff or cane deliberately carved. rep
resenting incidents IN the life Of the old
chief This is kept rs a sacred family relic
and souia not be parted xsth.
Benjamin viii make an exact copy OF
this staff for Judge swan. who viii send il
To the National museum
These Indians will ali leave for their
homes a. soon a. the weather clears up.
EXPLORATIONS OF rnE PATTERSON.
The United States coast surveying steam
or Carlyle n. Patterson arrived here this
afternoon on her way 20 san Francisco
from her seasons survey of the soithern
Alaska coast The Patterson left this
port, going north, on the 18th OF last April,
and arrived at Cleveland passage, a few
miles above Cape Fanshaw, on the nth OF
April. From this point she made surveys
Of the coast about Admiralty island, sey-
mour canal and Holkhan hay, where the
seasons work terminated. The season was
generally rainy. with bat two weeks of fine
weather in July. and this was OF perfect
beauty. The scenery of the UNEMPLOYED
Admiralty island Is spoken Of BY the off,
GERS a. most grand and sublime. and the
glaciers of Hol khan hay were beautiful and
interesting.
The Gedna. now on the coast OF Oregon,
will sail next season and resume the sur
vey. The Patterson started homeward
from juneau September %. She stopped
NJ Fort simpson, coaled at Departure hav
and made short stop at Victoria. The
officers Of the Patterson are as follows: II
II. Mansfield. commander. lieutenants, t.
J. Dorm and A. n. Wood; ensigns, Quincy,
Beeeher, Mcdonald. slocum and Faust.
surgeon. II. I. Percy; engineer. G.. ID.
Strickland: drsnehtsmen, III. +. Ford, j.
q. Smith and l.. SANFORD, and a crew of
iifty-hve men.
captain Frances, the pilot. will transfer
tonight TO the Pinta, which will sail for
sitka tomorrow morning at O'Clock.
There is nov Q considerable feet Of United
States vessels in Port Townsend bay--the
gunboat Pinta, the revenue cutters Eush
aud wolcots. and the Patterson. The
Rush win sail for san Francisco and the
Patterson for Seattle tomorrow morning.
AwosAs SERIOUSLY INJURED.
Mrs. Peter Epson, living about thee
miles from seaquin bay. was not injured
by falling tree. as was reported yesterday.
She was assisting her husband getting out
logs 10 build q cabin. While rolling large
log. Il went upon the end of the pole placed
In such a way that the other end flew vio-
lentiy up. catching Mrs. Epson under the
chin, and tearing up the entire cheek and
side Of the face To the scalp. The jaws were
laid bare and the mouth exposed. DIR.
Victor ]. Capron of this city, went to her
relief as soon as possible, but. could not
reach he: until twenty-sour hours after the
accident, when she was almost dead
through loss Of blood and suffering. DR..
Cspron returned about midnight last night
aud says that he left her comfortable.
THE oSK-AssEp GAMBLERS WIFE.
A telegram was received from Duluth
yesterday by Depaty Sheriff Jones. IL
was signed blanche Miller, who states that
she was the vile OF she man who died of
lung fever in tAis city last sunday morn
ing, aud asAe1 for information concerning
his death he was we'll known among the
sporting fraternity Of the sound a. Charles
W. Miller. he had been ia the city but A
few weeks. lie had hut oue arm. and the
initials &C. i. X" were tatooed on his
person.
IMPORTS AID BCTIEs.
The report OF the imports entered for
consumption FOR the quarter ending sep.
TENDER n. issa has iast been completed a,
the eBssomhouSe. The value at import.
amounted To 81. S9 az. snG SIS. So 81 du.
ties were collected upon them.
OBITUARY.
I.saa, daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
nrtinmofs3, sged about years. died yes.
teriay. fhss Is The s.oond child this al.
tietet family has losg By death during tie
past iew weeks
Henry NJ. oaly child Of M and Mrs. II.
NJ Thornton. died tAis morning OF milan
NATION ST chs lungs
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