The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-06-10

Scns ~ ire people rbo are always -eaty
70 boz ~ aad sbsees e anything TIE rest
% tfs esx7nunffy starts OF 20 %. are
very tzsy o5sscgfrg &c . usoEuns1t 70
AneslsDs. TIE Encfss daughter CO Chief
Seattle 7tsrs are snozga people inter
ssses IN fas movement however. - sub
eerfi-e al that In necessary fer ssch
rsesamest a. e1 the occasion We have
se s1rrshensson as 20 the success q ne
s7bsc-s pssor, bat we desire &c de.srS those
Who are pronotsns e.
TIE snesuzsent 10 not for the pSrpose 80
rsSnA s< honGrsng the memory q resi-
ssnE sfstbxsashed By any particular char
sctarisfief, "a f. Is TO commemorate tie
early .asyf Try % the city. TIE same fess-
ing rrszs ted to erorfs 10 purchase the
iox easts erected BY the Dsznys as the
asst rssss.znce o. Egssor ksTt,or % white
r1en. The reverence vas not 20 Tire logs.
bit to ;hs occasion Of which they became
the emblem.
There ID conssdscrasis interest always
ia the discovery % remains q peopsss q
the past. and tablets furnishing tnsorna-
ton as 20 ancient Inhabitants Of any part
% tie earth ara always treasured 50 pos
sssssng q mysterious interest. sach raons-
raenss ss IL IL proposed TO u1o6esfly PCT
70 for the departed sIwash. form land
rs In the fed OF history. and very
msmy exS<ns8vs maasoSeams have been
sreetet 70 the nasmory os people who
nessr amounted 70 anything In hte and
represented nothing after they we're dead
Ths sfcas slab which xfii teii pos;srity
that underneath II lie the remains Of the
daughter CT the Indian chief after whom
6esttis was named. will be only a memory
such ~ the bent and wsthsree form o.
Kiox-asom-lo itself had been for the last
twenty-five years. Sometimes the trunk
Of . wtthersd tree. q stone q mound.
wreck. an fyy-eoverec ruin. viii suffice 20
psrDetusts the story Of whole period or
Of . notable event: and among the mos:
pleasant features Of New England life Is
the abundance OF historic memorials with
which the land 10 dotted. Although this
ssNeI0n@A3
sp-ry generation shall ohlitsrate the mem
Org Of the past. nor blot out from sight
al that rssninds as of the deeds % our
forefsthsrx. II is true that the abundance
Of books has done away with the need
Of bards and epic poets. OF tablets and
mural records. Of legends ard ballads. 10
fxmiilarize as with that which has gone
before. bat ob1sc, lessons are afforded by
rnonemsnts and treasured relies which can
be derived In no other way.
We Go not believe in the false elevation
of such character as Angeiine. and we
think II Misfortune that romance has
created such fictitious impression Of the
true character Of Poeahonias. bat ws are
not altogether out Of sympathy with the
spirit which seeks 10 iesallze and to sym
boiiza events and periods In al individual
Lei - help to sur up monument which
shah tell the grandchildren and great
grandchildren of the present residents Of
Seattle when they stroll through the
censtsry % city Of two hundred thea
sand psopi-. OF the time wren the siwasa
was the sole occupant OF the Sound. that
her people xtlll e@eis by the waters OF
Seattle when she was child. and no
white man had ever set foot upon the site
OF the future great city.