The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-10-07
HIIsesr Indians Were Victims of
Official Greed.
r,nsER AGENTS TO BLAME.
~ss>sv ". E. Haskell Explains the
ras>ss Of Present War In Mime.
~Jusf Laws Were shaaefully
AnuSnlsiered-Uprts . Natural
C~osesaeaee - seattie-Hsaoi1iu
rxeussfons From the Northwest.

-.-rs.. rtafIv Times who l. In Seattle 81
ss.xsezs trip tna f'ftIagsv Indians "A
S,-resoea have suffered So much iujuxt.cs
:, ~ hanss# % Inscriptions white MEN
a. their rebellion j. Bur natural eons.s-
s-surs The inspectors Appointed rs the
.eeera; govern n1sRf 10 attend 20 the sale -
s.sbSr belonging 10 tsss redskins tae
- NJ Haskell nsamex fer Eae uprising.
.xsss.gs as II. &c serse II The word upsa@,fs
~ 1siusl~6 Warriors
W. Haskell II well Quallf3et. 20 express
- orgnson 81 the causes - the latest In
-. csshseak HE has bern 3 factor n
r. Nlnrea pol.s newspaper world for foar-
ser years. and y thoroughly familiar w.ta
- conditions ahieA lsaye onsa.ned amagsg
,ho fndgaas during that period. The latter.
h. SAYS vere simply driven TO desperation
h. he ~ fish naIadguinisfsailoD cf just
Ews srtsssiest for tne.r benefit.
primarily MI Haskell Is in Seattle 70
rake srsang siaents for the accommodation
A. me series % excursions wnleh his news
naper will run Ia Hawaii by way or the
..w Seattle and Honolulu steamship fins
e. fxg ard winter He u determined. K
rasxsne. 10 make them dls.tncttsely
sSerfhvestern excursions" and has stead
N eesased TO send them 20 the Islands BY
rsy al The Southern Pacific au3 steamship
srss f-5m California cities
Tie War in q NutaheIJ.
In speaking OF the Indian outbreak yes
s>rdAy, Mr.. Haskell said:
-In 4 nutshell. the war is the result OF
abuses uSder the dead and down timber
art, as Il Ia called. This act provides for
tae sale o. the timber that - the only re-
t,urce Of the P!liager Indians. and when
through the raseaitty or tbs government
esents employed 20 enforce tae act the IL
Cans found themselves In danger OF starva-
con- they took the oEly means OF resaiia-
ton within their knowledge
For q time the agents appointed by the
government pertor Ned their duties honest
h and all went well. Later politics was al
hssf to creep In and swarm OF new
0ents was employed. Their salaries .eFe
70 Ger day each. Their fees and expenses
seen exhausted the fund created by the
ea.e es the dead and down timber mentioned
n the act.
This. In Itself. vas bad enough. but con-
tItions we're rendered worse by the acts OF
tba agents, who. instead OF selling The tim
Der IL lots Of quarter section each, sold
& Ia tracts OF thirty and forty sections al
trne ard winked a. the deprefiaticns OF
their aiiee. abandoned white men. many
Of whom We're living with Indian women.
These dissouts characters set whole for
ests ab.aze In order 10 increase The area
OK dead and down timber and prosited by
the sales made by the agents
The Indians appealed in vain to the gov
eminent for relief. Other matters. possibly.
ana no@ they are avenging their wrongs
IN the cd aboriginal manner.
Il vas greatly relieved this morning
when received telegram from my man
aging editor informing use of the safety OF
all the correspondents who were In the
hatss near L.eeeh lake. One of our bsst
men, Harry Knappea. Is nox out At the
rent for the paper. The same telegram
eontaine.. however. the saa news cf ne
death of nv oil friend Mai w Vi WI
kiHson, OF the Third regular Infantry. for
merry stationed a. For. Smelling ard who
vas In the field against the Indians.
Pleased With seattle.
Speaking OF his Own business In Seattle
Mr.. Haskell expressed A desire '-.o see Sc
attic the gateway TO our new Hawaiian
Possessions" and SAID that he would en-
eeavor TO accomplish his desire Il within
rs power. He said:
after completing all arrangements for
the excursions 10 san from Seattle and re-
.ssing the offers % the Southern railway
systems 10 have them 20 from San Fran
cisco. or from San Diego by newly or
gaaized steamship line from tina. pert, 1
sss disappointed 70 hear rbat there was
some dissatisfaction with the service given
By the new Seattie-Honolulu Steamship
Company. and I am cut here "a see what
car be 6oTTe toward improving that service.
an conHde9t that II the managers OF the
ner company can only succeed III satisfy
tsE the la excrrs oHisis who will sail from
ssatt'e en- November by the!r line, there
VIII ae no further trouble.
INese eScu-si0nAsf@ are al people u
wealth and Influence, ana. II they are
( Pleased WITH the typ. III the future the
psapse ~ the Northwest viil know % no
ether s2y 10 Hawaii taan through Seat
u. fca can have no idea or me absorbing
interest 'he people az the Northwest take
n oar rev possessions. have received
no less tSas s91 communicate tons tnlutring
about the excursions ard 70 answer tise n
creased correspondence Ne have been forced
to pGt or several extra employees
with Seatt3e / am delighted. II Is the
aaest ciiy ! have visited for years. and
reminds me- more II Minneapolis than any
af tse other Western cities. There Is a
aVeiT hUS!ress-like ar als30s e frat Seems
faEtiar The scenery fhe atmosphere,
sEeF%th.ns about if e delightful spaas
sh~ @ho3e day yesterday I'm visiting the
nkfs 49, aGnl.sins the natural beauties %
ire cry.
'~rais - ny first vist, For fourteen
sears 7 have been intending 70 CORE 70
ssattse hat cash tire / started something
ssi.st ne hack ard never get further
SrSt ;asr Helena a.
Nj Htske.i ~tll return 20 Minneapolis
ever he Canadian Pacific tctn1fr0w
Late yesterday afternoon Nj Hasket, re-
crafef another telegram from his managing
esher corff sot''x ~ neRs a. he SAFE y
o. IRE newspaper correspondents a. Fes->h
ASe. art informing Afsr tina. hfs owf,
sapf- Nea Joined with other Minneapolis
Eessga g~fs in requesting President NJ
AtstFF - sFs1t additional trropS % al IN
sGt'I1g s 1WN &A@ Indian ots5a~eas
All aboard for New M~stmtn.ssr
eehday Post-tasetliwrnrer exear-