The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-11-13

spsox q anythine like timothy. . over or sane
GfuDA The land which now produces such me
rsuW No. thea covosed with bRush aud Tern.
Co0ing from - I.liuofs prairie country. did
uot cousi9er tins Or land nil ct al, but when
~ ~ the brush broken ana the sesa scstfered.
du0od tame krasA Ne knew 81 the ext1tenoe
q LAks Waahipe1na, for though thsS wss no
dirscs way % Il. there wm srail from up the
ftver paat Van Asse1t's plnce, and Harvey and
Hinck5ey had made . location on . prafr1e
m the 1nks SHORE We knew also q hs a.
wamtlh valley. We were satisfied fhat this was
the best harbor and with the prospects for tim
fion.ss
Accosdingly. on February Is. lss2 the three
paoneen locaied and marked three claims In one
body. The spushern boundary wss ss the nth
end Of Commercial street, a. II vas oriKinasy
plated, which vs. nesr the present line Of
King street The northern boundary wAs
where Beifs and d. r. Dcnny's additions jon-
On March q. DR. D. 8 Maynard srrfved 1t Ak
with Chief SEATTLE aud nunber Of hia tribe
for the puYpose OF fishing ana Packiay salmon
In the seanon. Maynard was Per
snaded - make . permanent lo-
location and the original settlers
moved their boundary north TO the
present line of Yeslrr avenue. Belt Boren's
family and Msynard moved 70 their claims,
Willamette valley for the stock and A 4 Denny
and his family being too sick 70 move until
house was built Btil aud Boren cAmped on
the TERRITORY and built cabins for themkelveA
They then butt one for Denny on the blur 81
fAe mouth Of the gucn, IN iront Of fhs former
sfts Of the Bell hotel. which was near where
the Bellevue now stsndA The front Of he
ground wss - rough. however. that It was
almost mint abiiAble. and d irecf communication
with tae bAy. by which ali supplies came, was
almost impossible. Mr. Desny therefore built
again where Frye's opera-house rtood before the
IRE. on the corner Of Marion and Front streetk
Il. L Yesier arrived IN October. 1884, in aearch
Of = location ior . steam xawmil A. he liked
the point whore Doren's and Maynarc's claims
joined. whcre Yssier's wharf nov Stands. and a.
no claims had set been died ~ the land once,
which was then 1t Oregon City. they e.ch
agreed 70 give him portion OF their ground.
The agreement to lay ont . town having
been made before Mr.. Yesser came, his
name DOES rot appear as one OF the
came for MessrS Boron, Maynard and d my to
record their joint plat of the Town Of seattl so
named In honor OF the Indian chief who had
been their steadfast friend. the doctor had i'm
bibed fu1icient TO make MIN claim the whole
townsfto. Accordingly, Borsn aud Denny hled
their piax without him on May q. Iss3 On the
same evening, when the doctor had recovered
Nh 1e-7Hte4 Hc ufod ms Pl8A 82so
At this time the settlers had had no trouble
with Indians. When the FRS. camp was eslab
iished at Alki point Indians gathered around
them to the number Of loo. and some Of them
built houses ground the whites had cleered.
hut the settlers did not think IL sale to offend
them. and no trouble occurred In fact the Ia.
dams seemed to regard the presence Of the
whites - . protection against other Iniians.
and the settiers did on several occasions make
peace when nkht between the tribes seemed
imminent
The settlement Of Seattle may be considered
~ date from November Is, 1851, when the drst
permanent settlement was made ct Xxi point.
staxtle was literally foauded on Februuy Is.
ls1 when Messrx Denny. Bel aud Boren io-
GATED their claims- From the lgai standpoint
the existence Of the city dates from Nav %,
1851 when the hrxf plat was nied. But in the
popular mind the founding oil Seattle will
always be associated with the landing OF those
twenty-fl ur wanderers on that wild point on .
stormy. drixxling November day, wnen IL must
have required such faith rs would move
mountains TO believe that they were making
the beginning Of snch . city Is Seattle il today
-thrisy-nine years later.