The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-06-01

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snan- has 20 fnpor.snce n the eyes o. sAs
vsrs1 AZ fhs fype 81 . race asd an en-
n y . matter q lExerrge yo roznancs At
.aches 70 hsr nensry. her RE Was rn-
snarkez - shy sosabse act. ara there vss
roshsnx IN her character TO call cut hero
vorshsp. Eus TO TIE pespss 81 Seat<1e.
80 sype4eA ssss Gays when the white nsn
frsg sess5ed en Puget soznd. AID her
1safA aecenxza4es The exttnceion q the
aboriginal race Az the daughter Of b
aide. the usrsusa.y intelligent In1tan -
vhees honor TIE city vas named. and vhe
vns . serssosshle friend % ths rsoraars.
shs bod . very unique posstsoa n shs
esmaunisy. shs e5e1 - ~ 49, bsrn.
Aovsver, n unaAvancsa sswaah-
Asrsstne. - ~ haA essa sansl ~ o.
early settlers. ha6 seen many vondarA
Bern On ne jsaesy shores Of N unknOwn
country. reared n ne primeval fsrsst
shs nv al the progress 81 DodsEn esvH1nn-
tise- ehs saw - Asse isg eah1A Il ths
Dso1ssr. the struggles for existence - The
part q IL vhsss aaa VIM vsrsas nature:
the hs~iss Of the leg. thea tie work q The
sswm.n. tbs revolt Of the Aboriginal n
hzbseants agzirst fhs INTRUDER ana the
subsugztioa of ehs interior race: the
growth fren one hut 70 . viiiage: non
vfihse u town. fhe swelling population
with its eoncons;ants ~ sfsrsa, ships ana
collateral Industries; the Plating q
town: tAe organisation q gevernmanss
the secumniatton Of cemn9cs: The advsat
Of railroads and steam ioconotives: q
steamships and great sngiDss Of maritime
warfare; o. lsfructtea q . tovI b.
nrs ana the marvellous ensryy which built
upoE In sits . city where there had bsen
. handful Of shacks she ssv . city -
0.m people. IN place Of . few canoes she
ssv . great eeet of vessels. stesn-whsei-
era side-wheeiers. propsIlers. vAaiebacks.
the streets lighted By electricity. saw the
telephone. whose use sise did not compse-
bend. ears run without horses. elevators.
and many ssher wonders IN the progress
Of . people e whose import she had no
7dea-
Amid II an she rsmained little better
than . savage. She fuln1Dsd the destiny
Of her race: she died IN the attire, In the
abode. amid the surroundings OF squalor
and staxnation a. nearly - changed con-
ditions would admit Thoss who we're
familiar with the figure Of he squat,
bent forn. tho wrinkleA features. ana The
uncoush presenes. viii miss her: ana for
the good hat was IN her father viii COM
ment upon her departure With Q kindly
word Death came 70 her ~ IL doeo to
all. but Il came ~ the precursor Of az
tfnction. IL adds another INK In the chain
which exemplines the survival Of tie
fsffess
This In no occasesn to Speculate rpon
the origin of the race to which ~ be-
iopssd. That question 10 relsgated 70 the
antiquarian; the ultimate fate OF her peo-
pie 10 identified with the advancement.
type OF humanity. TIE work was begun
seons ago: it swept Europe. II trans
formed the continent Of America. IT. svo-
luton has begun In Africa In shs cradle
Of the human race only 1Dss the aber1g-
Inc hold his own. but 70 that continent
u he confined II may b that early COLO
nixation brought the ancestors Of Anse-
line TO the Western world. but the cAu-
casian has swep, back the tentative ef-
fort. and tbs white man rules.