The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-05-09

school and mission after leaving Priest
point. the place Is now m IndiaH board
ing school. hoISing a contract WITH the
government Beyond the -oofs OF the
mission can be seen the two points con-
stftuting the entrance TO the bay. To the
left is Skyue point. containing an OLD In
dian cemetery. The agency occupies
peint near the middle ~ the extreme right
side
Here partly civilized at feast dwell the
Sdohobech today still eliasIng 10 their
beloved bay OF Tuislip for even 70 the
most nomadic member of the tribe this is
home. and here he may dwell beneath TIE
aegis of beneficent and eysr-wzfchful
government Here. in life. he may skim
the salted sea in search Of sis*er salmon.
or range the ferny forest. seeking bear or
deer amid the brush and brseken- And
here. in death. his bones may repose
among those of his kindred while his
spirit is gathered to his fathers.
Most fruthfuIly has II been said that
the mystery which hrocds over the ablsy
where lie the bones of king and bishop.
gathers. over the os~uary where
lie the bones OF chief and sha-
min: for the same longing TO solve
the mysteries OF life and death.
the same yearning for future life. the
same awe of powers more than human.
exist alike in the mind OF the savage and
the sage.
on the right as one enters the beautiful
hay of Tulalip long and narrow point OF
land. covered with fir trees. PUSHES menac-
ingly oHt toward the steamer: upon IT, a
number Of small tent-iike shacks and huts.
some surrounded by white picket fences
attract the attention OF the traveller. They
give rise TO many conJectures as 10 what
they are or what they represent. At
first sight II appears 10 be some sort of an
a. k.1
departed braves lie beneath their tents in
their last. eternal sleep. These are the
graves of past generations of Sdohobsch
Indians. buried according To their peculiar
and primitive customs.
This point of land has long been called
Skyue. or Dead Mans point" for skyue
In the Sdohobsch tongue means a dead
body. Here for ages past the neighboring
Indians deposited their dead according to
their ancient rites and customs. Nor in
deed could they have selected more beau
tiful spot. for II commands not only
sweeping view OF the bay. but far up and
far down Puget sound as well. to where
the mists alone limit vision. The tall.
gaunf frs murmur constant and subdued
requiems. The stout and hardy yew trees
nod together and whisper tales OF past
prowesS OF long departed chiefs and braves
who dwelt in the long departed days
proud indeed that their own leafy and
sinewy arms had furnished the dusky war
rior with the implements wherewith he
fashioned his grim and martial glory. The
surf leaps up and dashes wildly in. TO die
in streamers Of salty spume upon the
sands. The eye fingers long upon the
veriant richness of the islands. of Gedney,
OF WILDLY. of Camsno-and afar on the
ever-watchful. ever-siienf Olympics keep
their everlasting vigils. grim and ghostly
sentinels guarding the slumhers OF the de-
parted children OF the forest. Skyue looks
10 the west. and as the sun sinks from
sight, when the day Is done. this long. at
tenaated finger OF send points ever to the
golden pathway across the cleaning and
restless waters, leading on up. and up. and
up. into the very gates of Paradise.
At night mystical fires sometimes glow
and flicker upon the verge of Skyus's