The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-05-16

asked him If he wanted TO have the me-
anoef line pointed ou:. Carpenter re-
joined that he had no time to discuss ;ha:
matter. and ordered HIS men TO siege the
graders and step the work.
In concert the spectators growled sui
ieniy. and several of the old chiefs began
making speeches antagonissic to the gov
eminent officials. Joe Sxayail, of the
| Indian police. who stands by Agent Eells.
! made replies in the Puyailup tongue. and
| ne used indecent language, so the Indians
| say. among them Peter StanIp. who called
! Swayail do~n and told him 10 shut up -
| Joe obeyed Peter.
| When the troops reached the workmen.
they were halted. and Capt. Carpenter
asked who was in command. Agent Eelis
again called upon the boys In the name
OF the president 10 stop work. but most of
them did not hear him owing 30 the noise.
s'anup coached Foreman Warner. and
told him TO go ahead with the work and
lose no time with the soldiers.
,, At this juncsure Maekley ordered ont
the peavey gang. Some of the logs which
they were 10 roll down were of pretty good
size and fifteen or twenty feet long.
Warner wanted 10 know what EelIs and
Carpenter wanted. They wanted 20 speak
to the ''ooys." and Warner replied tha.
they would have TO 90 it quick. rs the
boys were very busy"
All this time the speech making was
going on, and Mrs. Jim Coates grabbed up
the az and urged the men on. and de-
ciared the government had no right to
meddle with them on their lands.
Capt. Carpenter had rendezvoused his
nnnafsfS hr,f, -
Point. which Manuel owns. Manuel took
this opportunity to notify Carpenter that
he was in his house without his consent.
and that he was going to see about il. :"
The captain assured him that he was there
and was going to remain. BY this time 3
log, started by the peavey gang. began to
come bouncing down the hill. Everybody
got out OF the way aud no one was hurt.
Capt. Carpenter and Agent Eel.s con-
suited. and in the meantime the fight, or
rather the fighting motions, ceased in
part. Duoett didn't like this. and he called
to the peavey gang TO hurry down the
logs. He and others were thoroughly ex-
cited now. John Cook. who owns the
land on which the work was being done.
pulled Off his coat. and was followed by
ex-Chiefs Coats and Skykes. Some of the
the soldiers to keep off his property which
he said he had leased for six months to
Ross.
After the peavey gang was seized from
the rear and Capt. Carpenter had ordered
his men TO take charge of Mackiey and
Duoett, Mackley told his guards that he
did not have any beer. but i. they'd come
up over the Hill he would give them some
fine spring water. He asked Carpenter to
allow the boys TO have drink. Permis-
sion was given, and no attempt wass made
TO restrain Mackley when they returned.
As the soldiers were about to be marched
away Mackley called Capt. Carpenters at
tention to the fact that there was another
gang of graders at work, and asked him if
be did not want to stop them. The cap
tain replied: "No, this is enough for to-
day."
Petef Stanup asked Agen. Eells Why he
had not stopped the Northern Pacific
when it graded through the reservation.
Eells saaA, il he would come over to his of
fee he would show him the records. and
Peter said: mo. I know all about il; I
have not been asleep" On another occa-
sion when Carpenter remarked that it was
a shame that this work had been allowed
would "be a shame on some one. But,
captain. l don't mean you," he added.
Agent Eells paid no attention to this.
This afternoon Jesse George. right-of-
way agent for the Great Northern railroad,
came in from Seattle and made q hurried
examination of the records in the city Of
fees. For what purpose il is not known.
Four King county deputy sheriffs were
stationed on the reservation this after
noon, it is said ready to interfere
and protect citizen Indians. As it is held
tha. the officer in~charge of the troops is
personally responsible for any action taken
by the men under him, Capt. Carpenters
precau;ion is commended by the dis
interested. One of the principal OBJ
stacles in the way Of grading the
road is said 10 be because the
construction OF the road along the water
front grants easement TO the road.
Such easement would react against the
Indians in the sale of their lands, hence
the solicitude of the government in look
ing after the interests of the Indians. To-
morrow there is a prospec; of a clambake
III honor OF the peavey gang.