The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-06-01
Years Ago She Saved Settlers
in the New Town From
Massacre.
BETRAYED a REDsKIN PLOT.
Was a Daughter of the Noted Chief
From Whom the City Took
It's Name.

SEATTLE, WASH, May 31.-Death
claimed one of Seattle's noted characters
to-day in the person of Princess Angelina,
daughter or Chief Seattle, from whom the
city took its name. This Indian queen
will ever be held in grateful remom brance
by pioneers of Seattle, from the fact that
she betrayed plot of her own people to
massacre the entire population OF the vii
lage, amounting to four or five hundred
souls.
Throughout 1855 many depredations
were committed by Indians on both sides
OF the Cascades, white men being MUIR
dered in great numbers. The people of
Seattle, in the fall of that year, hanged
two or three Indians for the murder of
two white men on the shore of Lake Union.
This melted the red men to even greater
hostllities, and in January, 1856, 1000
Klickitat and Duwamish Indians, urder
Chiefs Leschi and Clovcum (beagtilIT
Leschi Park in this city takes its aame
from the former), assembled upon the
eastern shore Of Lake Washington.
It was arranged that the attack Upon
Seattle should De made at 10 8 clock on
the morning of January %, and another
multGneously upon Fort eteilscoom.
Angeline impaired information of the
proposed hutchsry to her pale-faced
"11I.eeums'' three or foug days in advance,
so the whites were enabled to make fairly
good preparations for the defense.
Indeed by chance Seattle had in her
harbor a regular man-of-war, the old De-
catur.
All day on the 18th Indians were cross
ing Lake Washington in canoes and skulk-
ing, preparatory to the attack on the fol-
lowing morning, in the woods and on
the hills where are now the most beautiful
residences in the city.
Meanwhile the whites were not idle. A
few women residents took refuge upon the
boats, and on the morning of the 26th,
about s O. clock, the Decatur, commanded
by Captain Gansvoort, began Smelling the
hills.
A land force consisting of ninety-six
marines and the male residents of the
town, divided into four divisions, COM
manded by Lieutenant Phelps, Drake,
Hughes and Morse, kept up the attack.
The Indians returned and fought
savagely for an hour or more. but were
finally forced to retreat. No whites were
killed and the Indian loss was light.
Angelina was no doubt actuated in her
course by the teachings of her royal sire,
who always sought to maintain friendly re-
lations with the whites on Puget Sound.
Ever after this memorable event she was
looked upon as the savior of the town.
and for years the County Commissioners,
in recognition for her services, have pro-
vided her with whatever she might desire
in the way Of the necessaries OF lie; but
be it said to the Indian princess credit
that she seldom availed herself of .nis OPP
portunity.
Some enterprising real estate men pro-
posed taking Princess Angelina to the
World 8 Fair as an advertisement for the
State but she fatty refused to lend her.
self to any such purpose.
She was time and again rendered COM
Portable house and home by older resi-
dents of the city, but she steadfastly de
clined the kindly offers, spending her de.
clining years where she died in a typical
Indian hut overlooking the sound.
1t was in October prior to the attempted
massacre that brave Lieutenant Slaughter
was shot down on the site of the town in
this county bearing his name, while lead
ing his men against a band of hostile
Duwamish Indians. Slaughter was grad
uate of West Point, and he is favorabIy
mentioned in General Grants memoirs.