The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-09-02
THE PASSING THRONG.
Visitors at the Hotels and What
They Talk About.
TWO WASHINGTON PIONEERS.
Scraps of "Reminiscences From Lives
of Adventure Early Days In
Oregon-Eastern Finances.

Two well-known pioneers, Mr.. K SInallman
and Mr.. c. Hartman, OF Tualeo, Snohomlsh
county, are at the snoqualrnie hotel they are
typical pioneers, aud each has seen enough ad-
venture TO fill big book with exciting stories
Mr.. SmalIman is an Englishman by birth. Dur
ing the Crimeaa war he was on an English yes
eel, the Monarch, which helped blockade the
Russians In the Baltic sea- "There were 500 sail
there, French and English he said last night
"and finer sight You never saw"
When the Monarch left the Baltic sea she
sailed around TO Kamtschatka, and then joined
several other vessels of the British fleets IN
blockading some Russian frigates in San Fran
cisco harbor From there they came to Victoria,
and then with seventy others Mr. Smallman LETT
the ship to come 10 the United states When
he reached Port Townsend in 1850 the Indian
war had begun, and he joined one OF the vol
unteer companies. ''our WORK" he sara, was
as axmen and pioneers. We went ahead ana
cleared the way for the other companies, which
were erecting forts. Governor stevens, whom 1
remember well, was fine Our term was
up in three months, and we went back to Port
Townsend. The governor dismissed US from
service, and then made speech asking US TO
enlist again for nine months, or until the war
was over. There were not five men who ala
not sign at once
Those were trOubous times. The northern
Indians, you know, took their revenge for being
driven out of the sound country. They cap
tured on WILDLY island Colonel Ebey, the col
lector OF the port. Cutting of his head, they
took il away with them. Finally it fell into the
hands OF some traders Of Governor Douglas of
Vancouver, who, as a courtesy, sent it to Colonel
Ebey' Is widow She had IL buried and q monu-
ment erected"
Mr. sInallman was one OF the first men to go
up the Fraser river when the gold excitement
broke out there. Later he owned big ranch at
snoqualmie, and collected the subscription for
building the Snoqualmie road in the sixties
he sold this ranch and made trip to England.
Returning in 1869 with wife, he went to
Tnaico In the river forks, some eight miles from
snoqualmie city. There ne has been ever since.
For seven years he has been raising hops.
"There are lice on Them, he said, " but we
have been spraying the vines and the insects
will do comparatively little damage. We have
good crop"
Mr. Hartman came to California in 1882 and
spent twelve years in the mines there and in
Idaho. 81 was in Bannock, Idaho" ne said, ''at
very rough time shooting men on the street
was common occurrence. If you were not
member OF the gang OF desperadoes who were
running things You had to be careful not even
to look cross at them you woud be shot dead
in your tracks Men went TO their work armed
with knife and pistols. | remember one day
fellow was sleeping on a billiard table in
saloon when IMAM with whom he had quar-
fcatu a. Inc ueNCOlueE Hd4ESu u dIG
stuck his knife three times into his sleeping
enemy.
"Then there was Bill Mayfelc. He got into
trouble in California and went 10 Carson. Kill
ing man there he was arrested, but he escaped
and came TO Bannock. There he was trouble
some. One day lie came ont of a saloon, with a
friend OH each side, but fellow with whom he
had had a dispute drew pistol and shot him
dead.
"onee saw a saloon keeper chase a fellow
and shoot him. The victim fell, and the pur-
suer came up and stuck him fun of knife holes,
aud finally in rage began biting the helpless
body. The murderer was arrested and sen
fenced for five years Since there was no prison
he was sent to the garrison AZ lewiston: put In
ten days he was at large sgain.
"The vigilsntes finally got TO work and at
East Bannock hung gang Of twelve, among
them the high sheriff Of the territory"
Mr.. Hartman cams 10 Washington ia the six
ties. In 1874 he was = member 81 the legislature
and served with great efeSit. fife Is now en-
gagged in hop raising.