The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-03-21
PUGET SOUND NAMES.
Records Made in Early Days by
Vancouver the Explorer.
FAITH or GOVERNOR STEVENS.
Protection OF Seattle by the Chief whose
Name II Bears and by Old
Angeline.

While gathering the material which he
afterwards used in his story, 1.-THE Log
School House on the Columbia" pub
ished a short time ago, Hezckiah Butter
worth visited Seattle and talked with A. 4.
Denny, II. l.. yesler and other pioneers.
and also sought out "Old Angelina. !"
daughter of Chief Seattle, in an effort to
discover what amount Of truth there was
in the tradition ascribing TO her the preser-
vation of the settlement from destruction
by hostile Indians of her tribe, in the early
days. In an appendix to his book the
author sets down many Of the facts gath
cred during his stay on Puget sound, and,
while he has made some mistakes, his coli
lection is of value. His references to Seat
tie contain prophecies of her future, such
as have been made by many before him.
''The remarkable progress of the Pacific
port cities of Seattle and Tacoma" says
Mr.. Bntterworth, .'makes Washington an
especially bright new star on the national
flag. Surrounded as these cities are with
some Of the grandest and most poetic
scenery in the United States, with gigantic
forests and rich farm lands, with noun
tains of ores, with coal mines, iron mines,
copper mines and mines of the more
precious treasures, washed as they are by
the water of noble harbors, and smiled
upon by skies of almost continuous April
.weatherthere must be great future be-
fore the cities of Puget sound
The state Of Washington is one of the
youngest in the Union, and yet she is not
too young to celebrate soon the Tooth an
niversary of several interesting. events.
1T was on the 18th of December, $780,
that Captain George Vancouver received
his commission as commander Of His Ma
jesty's sloop of war, the Discovery. Three
OF his officers were Peter Puget, Joseph
Baker and Joseph WILDLY, whose names
now live in Puget sound, Mount Baker
and WILDLY island The great island of
British Columbia and its port city received
the name of Vancouver himself. and Van
couver named most Of the places on Puget
sound in honor of his personal friends. He
must have had heart formed for friend
ship, thus to have immortalizcd those
whom he esteemed and loved. 1t is the
discovery and naming of mountains,
islands and ports of Puget sound that sug-
gest poetic and patriotic celebrations.
The old journals of Vancouver lie be-
fore us. In these we read:
from this direction, round by the north
and northwest, the high, distant land formed,
like detached islands, among which the lofty
mountain discovered in the afternoon by the
third lieutenant, and in compliment to him
called by me Mount Baker, rose to very con-
spicuous object
1T was on Monday, April 80, 1892, that
Mount Baker was thus discovered and
named. In May, 1892, Vancouver states
that he came to q very safe and .capa-
tious' harbor, and that TO this port gave
the name of Port Townshend, in honor of
the noble marquis of that name
Again, on Thursday, May %, 1872, Van
couyer discovered another excellent port,
and says:
This harbor, after the gentleman who dis
covered 1t, obtained the name OF Port Orchard
s'In May, 1902, he makes the following
very important historical note:
Thus By our joint efforts we had completely
explored every turning Of this extensive inlet;
aud, to commemorate Mr.. Pugets exertions, the
fourth extremity of it ] named Puget sound
"A very interesting officer seems to have
been this lieutenant, Peter Puget, whose
soundings gave the name to the American
Once, after the firing of
to overawe hostile Indians. who
merely pouted out their lips and uttered
.Poo-hoo! Poo-hoov he ordered the dis
charge of heavy gun, and was amused to
note the silence that followed 1t was in
April and May, 1892, that Puget explored
the violet waters of the great inland sea, a
work which he seems to have done with
the enthusiasm of romancer as we'll as
of naval officer
Mount Hood was named for Lord
Hood, and Mount ST. Helens was named
i'll 1892. in the month of October, sin
honor of his Britannia Majesty's ambassa-
dor at the court of Madrid But one of
the most interesting Of all of Vancouyer's
notes is the following:
The weather was serene and pleasant, and
the country continued to exhibit the same lux
urious appearance. At its northern extremity
Mount Baker bore compass; the round, snowy,
mountain. now forming its southern extremity,
after my friend Rear Admiral Ranier / distin-
guishcd by the name of Mount Rainier, May,
l1so.'
The spring of 1892 ought to be histori-
cally very interesting to the state of Wash
ington, and il is likely to be so.
I'm the long line of brave American SOL
diers General Isaac ingalls, Stevens de-
serves a noble rank in the march of his
tory. He was born at Andover, Mass,
and was educated at West Point, where he
was graduated from the military academy
in 1889 with the highest honors. He was
on the military staff of General Scott in
Mexico, and held other honorable posi-
lions in the government service in his
early life.
But the great period of his life was his
survey ofthe northern route to the Pacific,
since largely followed by the Northern Pa
eitic railroad, and his development of
Washington territory as a pioneer gov
ernor. He saw the road to China by the
way of the Puget sea, and realized that
Washington stood for the East of the East
ern continent and the Western. He seems
to have felt that here the flag would
achieve her greatest destiny, and he en-
tered upon his work like knight who
faced the future and not the past His
survey of the Northern Pacific route led
the march of steam to the Puget sea. and
the great steamers have carried it forward
to Japan, China and India.
s'His first message to the legislature at
Olympia US5D was map of the future
and a prophecy. 1t was call for roads.
schools, a university, and immigration.
The seat of Washington was made to bear
the Indian word Aiki-'by and bv'-or
in the future 1t was also prophecy.
1T created the counties of Whatcom,
Clailam, Chehalis, Cowlitz, Wahkiakum,
Skamania and Walla Walla. Olympia was
Ii ved ,noy sc the soa. az cora-ro,r. -