The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-09-27

~ indians rno formerly lived A, Mox-Ia-
pss1, near the present town OF Ren-on,
~zs In s~s.s-s the other day ard called A.
,sy Office 70 bave 2 friendly chat He sad
,1,,t his heart was ye.y heavy over the
So thai az MS former fEierss aud re,a-
.aves xere dead. He stated tnas he could
no. I've much longer. az nc wzs growing
I'd. and seemed very much depressed
~vam ontempla,lng the extinction Of MS
rars. fIe sad thar before the white men
came here tire Indians wese prosperous
snt happy bit since the country became
.st-led I'D with "Sostcnsv the Indians had
iearre.l 20 drink whisky and had died OF
ysry fast. ard that In a few years they
you'll az 5e gore. ! asked him IL IL sas
car fact that the Indians were asxaTs
a var with each other before the white
men came here. ard he said thar the In
6,ans or the Sound got along very we'll
,are,ncr BIZ. that there was always ar
.rmity between the Sound Indians ard
those from British Columbia. The King
s,eorge Indians. he said. we're very war;
Ike and aften came - the Sound in great
ran,bers 70 XII and plumber the indians on
IA side Re saii that when be xag
Acy his father told him stories OF how the
rIax George indians had attacked and cap
fgree two large vssselz belonging 20 The
sEos,ons" and murdered every man on
board. The Oh man became very much
excited as he reeounted these stories and
,sgsnds OF his boyhoo9 days.
The stories related by old Rogers. as told
I'm By the old men OF his tribe we're
many Of them true. Ore az the vessels.
Doubtless, TO which he alluded was the
American ship Boston. Captain John SAL
.sr. which was attacked while trading at
saotka sound. in March. 1899. By natives
naaer th@ lead OF Maguina. taesr chief
Tae ship was destroyed and out two OF
the crew escaped with their lives and
sssy did rot obtain their freedom until
sfs- tvo years or captivity The day after
IRE vessel came 70 anchor Chief Maoaina
asd q number II his braves boarded the
"Trip AMI were kindly treated by the cap
tain. whc Invited them 20 dine with him.
which they dia. The chief and his men
we're habIted In NANTES OF cloth made
from The bark OF a tree. resembling straw
mating. These were nearly square, with
two holes In the upper part large enough
10 receive the arms they reached 10 the
knees and were fastened round their
bodies with belt four inches wide CT the
same cic.h
Captain Safer put into this port, not to
trade. bur to obtain supply 81 wood and
water. thinking II more prudent 20 DO so
q Noctka from the generally friendly
disposition OF the people than among the
Esrocscus natives further north The ma
t.vss came or board daily. exchanging
large quantities OF fresh salmon for all
sorts OF trihing articles. All were obliged
b. the captain to throw of their garments
before boarding the ship. go tha. he could
see they had no arms about them. The
chef and his staf visited the ship daily.
And or the 18th. after dining with the cap
tain NadIlna told him there were many
dicks and geese near Friendly cove, on
Which the captain made him a present OF
couble-baFreled shotgun. with which
De seemed greatly pleased. Two days lat
Or. as the ship was nearly ready 70 set
sail for the north. Maquina came on board
With nine pairs OF wild ducks as a pres
=, al the same time bringing with him
ale gun. enc OF the locks Of which Rad
been broken. telling the captain Il was
efl'lis-.that IT.. no good. Captain Salter.
constituting this as mark OF contempt for
rs present. grew very angry ard called
sne chief liar and other opprobloas
Nance, and taking the gun from him.
urew u Into the cabin. and calling to the
ebsps armorer. John r. Jewett. said:
John. this fellow has broken hts beauti-
tal gun See II you can mend H." Mar
qaina understood a sufficient number OF
English words to realize the Insult that
had been offered him. and though he .sia
tos word IN reply, his countenauce su.s-
Gently expressed the rage he felt. ard he
soon after went on shore. evidently much
e.scofn posed.
Sexs day the Indians came on board So
orial with salmon. and remained ahout
We snip. About noon Macuina. with n
considerable number Of hts chiefs came
~, and were admitted into the ship. Hs
rad whistle In hts hand. and over he
tsee ne wore an ngly wooden mask He