, 1890-11-20


Post Intelllgencer says: When iirs' ,
sighted 1t was springing toward 'he
onon door of the school building
which was quickly closed by fright
nnod Inmates. leaving the majority
of the pupils outside. AS soon as
tbe children caught sight OF tne
vIclous cat screams of terror rent tne
mir. followed by II lively. scrampie
for safety. The animal was eNl,
IDENTIFY out of it's latitude ana woula
ave quickly dashed lnto the orusn
II ad it not been entirely coniu-eu oy
screams from various points OF ,he
compass. AS 1t was, the cat scaiil-
pcred through the first gap IL saw
and into the woods, leaving pehihu
n score of flushed, excited young
misses.
The transplanting of the grisiy
mcmentoes of the Nez Pcrce cam
palrn recalls an incident in the MS
tory of Walla Walla which VIII be
familiar to all old, residents says the
Union.
1t was during the Indian scares oil
1877 and 1878, and though the dep
relations of the savages were con-
fined almost exclusively to the re-
gion beyond Snake river, on seVerai
of their incursions they had crossed
over and committed some raVages
on this side. The whole country
was in great trepidation, for 1t was
not known at what time the Indians
might descend upon the town ana
country, destroy the habitations an"
either murder or carry into captivity
the comparatively defenseless peo-
pie.
1t was some time during 1878 that
a troop of cavalry from Naucouv er
barracks passed through the CITY
and bivouaced on the flat between
tn is city and Milton. A few bours
subsequent to the departure OF the
troop, q mounted courier dashed
through the city and after them ON
foaming charger, and IL was not
long before the troop again passed
through the city going in the dlrec-
tion from whence it had come. The
people were Immediately seized
with the suspicion that the proX-
unity of Indians was accountable
for these maneuvers on the part OF
the soldiers, and the alarm became
general. Every male citizen capable
Of bearing arms was furnished with
gun, and the streets were patroleu
day and night. Scouting parties
secured the circumjacent country In
all directions, but no Indians were
encountered, and, becoming con-
WINGED finally that their fears were
without foundation, the people re-
sumed their avocations and the
reign OF terror ceased.
About ten years ago, says the Ia
coma News, Thomas Lldd and
James Davis, then sailors of the
mighty deep, passed through the
portals of the straits of San Juan de
Fuca on board the British bark
Hazeltine. After entering the
straits stormy weather was en-
countered and the bark was blown
ashore a few miles west of where
Port Angeles Is now located. Kidd
and Davis got ashore all right, as
did the rest of the crew, and II was
only few days later that the bark
was fioated Off the shoal again. But
Davis and Kidd were in no wise
enamored of their berth aboard the
bark and one day they strolled fur
ther away than usual and when
they got back the bark was gone.
They didn't worry very much
about that, because they felt salts
fled that they could reach human
habitation without much effort
with the aid of "a small boat left be-
hind by the bark. They continued
to linger about the place for while
and followed up traces of coal which
they had discovered in their daily
walks. The traces led them perhaps
a dozen miles back into the foothills
and they were rewarded by finding
unIuistakable evidences of anthra-
cite coal. Davis was raised among
the Cornish mines and knew what
coal was, and was satisfied that they
had located a tremendous bed of an
thracite of the very best quality.
They forced their way back 10 the
shore, and taking the small boat
which had been so considerably left
behind for them, they crossed over the
straits to Victoria and there tried to
dispose of their knowledge, but no
one wanted it. So, In the course of
time, they signed articles with an
other British vessel and left these
shores probably never to return
again, perhaps to separate from each
other Fate or fortune or whatever
ii may be called threw the men to-
gether again at Frisco not many
months ago, and in the course of
their "reminiscences they recalled the
Incident of their coal find. They
had heard that during the decade of
their absence great changes In the
wealth of this country had taken
place and they determined to return
and retrace their steps and get pos
session of the coal land If possible.
They did so and found that no one
had as yet discovered its existence.
They came to Tacoma and induced
n couple of local capitalists to un-
dertake the development of the
find.
Wednesday morning Messrs. w.
Y. Pirat and j. w. wilkins, accom-
panied by Kidd and Davis, left the
city, accoutered and provisioned for
long tramp. They are bound for
Port Angeles, and will leave that
city Friday morning for the alleged