The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-01-09
CHAPTER Z.

a Aberdeen zHs4 eszE1 1aanstsr Of the Brit
"a asfy-gan sD4p-eE-wsr America, aE sae
artist zszaaaroa In TIE Faosfg AT that
,ne amounting u saft@sn vessels. szrrv-
~ assr 80 szas - BaRerog.'s History az
eireron. vel e. ard g9L xxx az Tae
Hisfary Of the Northwest. page 80.
A. eanse across this brief algussag 70
vaas know 70 nave been a. very import
.ns event ir The worlds history I was
,em.aded nsos. GSTeiely OF that cynical
ssy1ng Much aersptsA as history nssser
seearrsG ard Ea3lsh that Is important his.
fsrr has never peen written BAR there
!. asile use q say m0ralzzaEg on thai
aSas. A gfary J car tell. nowever fnay
NOT angy prove Of interest. bat illustrative
az raax point a. Hesl
s IL il CT a esrsAls zecrst-servtcs trip AZ
ma T. The gFeae and anknosn North
YES. ard i0okiug back 10 il new after
Laf a eenfnry 1r more. & SCENE 70 me
gss aoxhsag a1Sre than a wonderfully re-
ags;ie aream. Far Ole thing rue changes
l. .ae rSgoc seem almost incredible
Portland a City or nearly sa.so popssga-
ssau Rasa Z rien aid popuious regton all
saoss il, has taken the place OF shat dense
surezr Of ar and cedar when / admired
- much during my sofoErn "a that re-
fgn. Old Fart vancouver, where I spent
q many happy days. is ngw the city OF
vaneoas ss. y ash Ii mg day there. Naa-
eauger @as clearing sc a9sut sssl acres
If wandsgf fully rich farming land. In It's
eenser litt.a b9es from the 19lams iaA
was a sweatY-tso-foot st0eaade. sncsos-
ing about tao acres. as | remember L.
saae nearer tie shore, IA frons. was an
Iadian village inside the ssoskade ~ere
4 halg.d xen buildings residences. Offices
Ard s.arghouseS or the Hudson Say som
Eaay for this Was sheir Tna=t import LIANT
post in AL the Northwest. Here resided
b. Ieag Mclaughlin. for twenty-five
years TIE most prominent character IN
Oregon tesritafy.~ a territory comprising
all OF what - now Oregon. Washington
idaho and British Columbia. The a44esar
gas ngt ea4y commandment aud chief fac
ser Of the fart, but practically governor
ef this vast territory How Well I genaeaa-
Der his hat4se--suow white. with TWO
aigats OF bread steps winding mp 20 the
AiZn EsFaaaa. Between the fights Of
steps was he OH cannon, with It's cnsas Of
pilea-ep balls that Were never used during
my stay there. Then there Was the great
bell .arse a. 4 modern church bell which
etsaged az 5 In the morning. l. O'Clock
ason. again At /. and every day except
Sunday at :. F'rum the high veranda W.
could jeak ant across the enclosure. over
the staeaade ard up the beautiful VIII
Valley t1&AsA&tJt1t2A E& AAl4EA
shsns, whch opened On the Caiume ola
aboat opposite the Old fort And what
busy place tnae fort was. hew orderly:
adw unlike any sthsr place I ever saw in
It's primifiyeness. IL EARNED ifs own
gtogna. khcd It's ewn hegsss. built It's own
beats caught and cured It's own fish.
std and packed IL own meat cured It's
osn fIrs. made nearly ali the clothes Of
Is Emp Dyes kept their accounts. and far
assAsd al least .eas3 people with employ
meat @.N8 Of whsE had never seen IL
and probably never would. IL had it,
sehoos. aad good one II WIS. Il mad
panlie worship. prayers were said daily
By Or, AeL5ughIin himself. II had lis
sisTe ainner every day AT 8 at which ths
aeesor presided with a dignity peculiar
- aim. f was 81 the yaraada mentioned
aai IN company with the doctor himself
that was sittiGg On the afternoon OF tte
asy ny story commences.
only wish you eaAld SEES the docter to-
day, IA saw aim then, fer he was VEN
4Aas boxing man tnlagtn IL you can.
nan 81 10 years with long. snaw-wh tse
saa3 falling down each side neardtass.
s-gs featured face. Ia shoulders aaso-
saisly TIE bFoAdest | sveF saw on noEt tai
assa- Why bless yau the doctor vas
saAs tsst inches Sigh. ana as ne was
BOT 9ssay and weighed ~ pounds he
nass AaVs beea broad { VAS u5 chicken
n saose a@gs. sveu though ( AS buE p
81 MS feet ( and weighed ~ pounds.
s.t - Sae lafgeg ana brawaker ana
kea maca she stronger I mighr favs
asea sl1ra agie COR 7 sas very ninaais
9at Ear appareef strength { Sill eus oi,3
" Jam Nct.oUEhlln AGAINST any ashsr
1aaa ! exsr ssv-. Z can see hlm naw -
% SAT here 80 rec Ia his Big chair taAs
A4y R9w ais big hlgs eyes flashed - he
.AsAed and wAat ar air - c9wu AID h.
0aFs Us. 8Rd he was a eQ8er No
aAa Oar : Horn commander could ever
aaTe Ssne as All wast he sesmed 20 10
aisaaat IT e9ors IL had usdeF nta t.
! ftrt PERSONAL control IN That slid ssn
sofe tAan yheus3ut r3en Of al classes.
gna eene dare atcsmpt to override E4.H.
A. Tar ,ac Id sus~~f from the lowest Clat-
SEP sa9gsr-on se the meet AsQgaty Nez
FsFee ar 6gaek.eet chsessain--s acs feared
sad Fesfe sed htn A. f3r white E1agl.
seass ~ the aery ETench tauadi vey-
ssssss o0 times N-seked aiEa bal theF
sdaeSsed srf.c =,son enough wtsa aot a
asg tnFued AKA 1h. ,ieetor Again. s9fs4e
ssaig.saS ana g-faetgr thought Ia ane 81
sss'- sat p few harp words, ! n{@T fhss
saaid haYe fyItg 2 AZ * kFd ,sld seud ths
sar e9ai nE settled size BUSINESS tiSaG
sassS aad itfe Eae csrcs>r IN und3 spBted
senir1t And she ancsor's farra an aos
ssisnts a.. OF tsess ia mis- fugerEoTs fIa
was not afga 20 raise hiz vcice ar ia ptis
q &sA 4ss3nHt that ~ fhe prsEu% mr.
Ser u Ens 1as! So lae chief Officials -
e taea a95oatt13s United STATS. Iris
az SEN - veu I'D svsrtrawa state
Rsa6 aut a>=p~e Ysa I knew waat /
IN taking 3esge J A-lev ths Han. aHs
as1 tsartf A@er3 80. So Roncyt Peel
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