The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-11-29

ftez'nsr91I xrosn snAt G - 20 TIE mouth Of
the Cowlstz river There fell in wtfr Fwo
young men and We tournsyec together on
foot 70 Olympia. living On game chat we
KILLED a.ong the route. Neither OF ny
compantons had a cent. and I vas rs-
cucec 20 half dollar. " hen we reached
Olympia the log hotel kept by Edmund
Sylvester. the tovnssse proprietor. was
crowded with guests. and we got pernnss-
sion 70 sleep on the porch Thss hotel
was down near tbs water. about where
fouHgs hotel TOW stands. In me morn
Ing ] struck cut 20 Ard work. so "a 10
earn SUFFICIENT money 20 get ne 70 Seat
tie but no one seemed 20 need hssp. I
tnsn went down 20 the beach, and an the
tide vas very low, wadec cut TO an oys-
ter bed and introduced myself tc Olympia
oysters ] .-ke~d them from the start. and
never left that bed unta ! dad eaten my
I'll.
While knocking around the beach I net
a capper looking man who IN @uv
w@fh fos CT Indians WIS loading canoe
with provisions. such as -four, aota toes,
beans. bacon and moiasses- ! entered into
conyersag.on with him. tod him OF my ac-
Qrsa.ntancs with the Dennys and my desire
TO reach Seattle. He said his name was
DR.. Maynard. that he lived in Seattle. and
that II wished. might accompany him
down the Sound. provided I had enough
money or provisions. I told him had no
provision. and but 50 cents in cash. lie
said that was enough and advised tie 20
buy har1<ack. OF sea biscuit as that would
go farther than anything else. id as he
suggested. and my FIRST Journey on Puget
Sound was maze IN an Indian canoe We
were two or three days making the yoy-
age, and at night caEnped on the beach
Indian fashion. While Maynard was
good-lookinx. educated physician. vho al
ways dressed wei. he seemed perfectly AZ
home with the Indians. and for long
time occupied the same house with Chef
Seattle and mis- family. Afterwards. how
ever he hraced up, married a wfl.ts wo-
man. built cottage FOR himself and wife,
and lived on the corner OF Commercial
and Main streets until he died in the early
seventies.
we reached Seattle In the evening
continued Mr Latroer. "aa1 a queer icck-
ing place 81 was. with q few small clear
ings along the water front, with a small
log cabin stuck IN here and there. ] was
well received by Mr.. Arthur Denny and
his family and remained a. Their home
over night Next morning I started out
20 find work. as / was nat broke Boren
was the first man ! met, and TO him 1
made my wishes known. He told me that
Capt. Plumner had a sort OF logging camp
at the mouth OF the puwamssh RIVER,
where he was getting out pising 70 load ms
vessel. the brig John Davis, for san Fran
work there. Boren sad he was going over
to the camp that morning in canoe 10
take sone supplies. and that might so
with HIN IL desired. ! went. and as we
approached the camp. heard sounds tnat
have been ringing IN my ears ever since.
Plummsr was very profane man. ana
had voice like fog horn. and was never
very careful to save his voice. j rushed
up into the woods 20 see what was causing
all the commotion. and found that
the team Of cattle. which Was
being driven by sailor. had
become stalled by getting Pile IL
was hauling jsmmed In between two
ssumpa Piummer had q handspike and
was beiaborlng one OF the oxen while the
sa.ior with a good stick was tortur.ng the
other one. The cattle In their bew.ldsr-
ment did not know what TO do. and were
standing siill. taking Their punishment
without pulling q pound The spectacle
was 80 ridiculous that l laughed out loud.
THIS enraged the old sea dog more than
ever and he turned on me with his hand
spike and oaths and demanded 70 know
what was laughing about / made some
excuse and he turned on the cattle again.
After becoming thoroughly exhausted and
accomplishing nothing. he turned TO me
In despair and sad: Young man, did you
ever drive steerr
4 told him that had had some expe-
handle team fairly well. He asked me
II would Try and help him out OF his diff
Guilty. ard told him | would. provided /
could be boss Of the team. and that every
one who had been beating the animals
should get out OF sight. lie consented.
and unhitching the cattle from the Pile.
drove them up and down the road and
geed' and 'hswed them around untIl they
got N n good hunor and forgot their tor
mentors. | then hitched them to the pile
and OF they went with II on a trot 70 The
beach Capt Piummer was SC well plea sed
with my success that when I asked him
for work he slapped me on the back and
shouted; Yes. my boy, you can have
work at Is a day and board. and 10 insure
the grub. you can eat with me on board
the ship Yes. and I'll throw In the whisky
and cigars I accepted his employment
and terms. but let the captain drink my
share Of the whisky.
when the vessel wss loaded and ready
for sea Mr.. A A. Denny bought Plum
mer's two yoke Of steers. Boren had one
yoke and Ball enc yoke. making four yoke
OF cattle IN all The owners of the ami
mails Joined in a logging partnership to
remove the merchandise timber from the
towns.te. along the water front. and
drove the team most OF the time.
The fret shaved shingles used in Seat
tie were made BY me-" continued Mr.. Lat
mrr. '~rhe log houses were covered with
split cedar or shakes but when Yesier
started 20 cut lumber the settlers built
frame houses. and covered them with
shingles for which they pad me Sc per
thousand. l cut one - ar tree on the
present site Of she Boston block from
which made so.eoo shingles
THE harhor Is certainly shnalnw" said
Mr.. TAftEuer IN answer 70 question con-
corning that matter. 'and the change Is
very perceptible 20 me Al Tire po.nt where
the brig John DAVIS was anchored waen
| lived on hoard her there was "a feet OF
water at low tide. Now. when the tide Is
out that same point IS bare I have tnves-
tirsted the matter. ard know what ! am
talking about However. az the present
rate Of fsiling. estimate n Will take
thousand years before dredging VII Ne
necessary tn front OF the city. 80 II is no
use 70 give ourselves any aneassness over
the matter"
In CONCLUSION. ar. ratfTner tola an a-ec-