The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-09-15

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Pseifying His Captives-


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General D. Is. Nckibsan vas seen
Yesterday II the residence OF Hon n
I. Ye~ier By . Posr-IsrFIIlsEsek x
representative He sss DISCUSSING
old time. with Mr.. YesieT and M
H;Io-y Butter. Who are intimate
friends Of the general. Mr.. Yesles was
-bowinx magazine illustrations Oh Se
s.ts~'s enterprise and scenes along toe
soursd. and explaining where snes
sere located.
Although General Mekibfsan com
paainet Of being araisfosed fS :
lev DAYS pat, ne sa- found 70 pe
most rleasznt and entertaining con
ver~atioussist. When asked Tor ne
rerainiscerces Of service N SeAtte oaf-
ing the Indian xzr in 1850. be said .
n mali De pleased .in1eed. TO teia you
All I can bring 10 nsind about the saf'
hst 4 am afraid il vii not he m1en-
/ arn getting veil along in years nos.
Ard unless one gets with tao or tnIee
as.i Comrades and talks over old Tunes
IL. hard 10 call things 10 mind In any
/ soyt of a connected 9sy. Besides >
xhas notes I had Of the war prie'd
bxyr unfortunately been burned. ana
anf.'t supp,os~ there - any ssy %
ys,,iuy ANYTHING ike correct oates an
ss.. xot, could meet General August
Y Eautx. lie has every thing wfit'eh
doxn in A diary, and YOU may De sure
il has solss! facts, a iie Was HiAii
sho made careful observations, wa-
rosi frIIox and had q fashion OF think
ing for himself. -.
and i;s TO bad you dsSh see him.
remarked Mr.. Ie-ler-
YES" said the general, he couid
give Won all the facts yoa wanted 4
eo,l.io't Tell YOU where he is located,
but he's In Omaha. IN the Fiat'e oe-
partmept-
Il suppose be and General Dent are
the only ones that are lett Oh the OLD
party. Let me see there Wa Nhgeh.'
Hunt. shaaif and Maloney. that THINK
Of
Dent was good soldier, said Mr..
Butter.
Dent is a brother-in-iaw OF General
Grant. I believe he's ON the retired
list at Washington now. suffering
from a stroke of paralysis.
Then there was General Charles
Wood, )" interjected Mr.. Butler.
Yes. | remember him. Tie was
one Of the best generals Grant ever
had" said the general. HE was al
slaughter during the var at Seattle.
This was a small place when was
stationed here In So. steilAcoom was
A far better, larger and more thriving
town than Seattle then hoped 10 be-
You see steiiacoom had a post oil the
Hudson Bay Company and the Puget
sound Improvement Company, and
things were booming there then. We
had a steamer here then. think she
gas called the Ann Nckim, Com
mandsr Fontleroy. She was built in
Baltimore and We used her 10 carry
troops and stores over the Sound.
sKfRxfsHFs WITH INDIANS.
you want me to tell you some
thing about the Indian war and what
took place at Seattle. Well, the
trouble here broke out in the fall OF
ls55. when news came that two men
had been murdered east of the noun
.ains by the Indians. OF course there
had been desuitory fighting going on
FOR some time before | came. There
was no particular cause for the gen
eral fight. except that the Indians
were jealous of the white people con-
ing in and taking possession. The
tao men l speak OF were killed by
klickitat Indians, who then went over
and fought our people at the head
waters Of White river, at Portage prai-
RE. That Mas where the big battle
vas. After that they attacked Sc
attic and then began depredations at
MuckIeshute. where We carried our
headquarters. The war was going on
when | came to Seattle, and / only
STAYED here a short time. The town
was then q reugh looking place, being
barricaded with timber walls. inside OF
which were few wooden houses. The
Indians used 10 come 10 the top OF the
hill and tire, bat they couldn't do any
damage to the barricade. l suppose
they would have attacked Seattle
sooner than they did. but the man-of-
sar Decatur was here for awhile. and
they kept away.
II can't tell you OF any humorous
incidents OF the war, as my share WAS
hard work. used TO go through
Stuck from one end to the other and
took any amount of prisoners. One
time il9 came IN and surrendered and
l70 odd came in afterwards.
Snort WORK or THE BUCKS
When took prisoners used Il
hang the bucks and take in the womer
and children. On one occasion | tool
nineteen prisoners and strung up al
| bat two. l generally secuted on til,
! Muckleshute and found il tough work
| often I've stood in the water up Il
my knees and had my pants freez,
stiff. There wasn't much humol
about that. was there?
| Michael Leschi was one OF ths
chiefs that was caught He was bac
one Tor Puysliup Indian. and wher
he was getting out of the way he hap
pened "a have chill with him. Fear
/ ing that its c ries might lead 10 his cap
/ ture. he murdered the child.
They caught him though, after all
/ and tried him twice. Frank Clsri
tried hard 90 save Leschi, bat he wa,
hanged. kanaskit, another buck was
also caught. lie was the biggest mar
among the Indians. One mornin,
the scouts In the pits saw him SPYING
on the hall and shot him, the bulle
going into his arm. He was brought
into camp and hung. Leschi was 4
! smart man. too.
The Indians used Ia come to Seat
tie through SuOquaiGie pass, but the,
/ we're scattered all over the sound
have no idea how many there were
The whole country was at war At the
same sime and IL was a continue
scout with us. One Of the chiefs Nc
captured said We hadn't better han,
him. as lac knew where there was bi.
I heap gold In mountain and they
couldn't find Il II they strung him mp
Tie went Just the same. | suppose
I Nelson was the one that caused IN,
largest massacre during the war. liz
sas a knowing fellow and bad man
IL sas hard work lighting Indians and
u vas the worst campaign ! was eyei
in.
General kautK was with me and
did brave service. During the light
one day he Was badly shot through
the leg, bu, nobody knew anything
about u then 1 tied the wound uJ
afterwards nth my hanxerchief
oshi and Qualchen xere two Indian.
/ who took an active part and gave us
great deal of troubie | think Nelson
died tao years ago. Speaking oi
MANN and his diary reminds me tha,
he had hss horse and pack taken from
him BY the Indians. bat excApesi
hsueH herring that his diary was in
the back h.. vent hsaak anA a ht,....i