The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-03-05
EVE OF An ACTIVE LIFE
An H0soEED NAME On THE ROLL
or WASHINGTON PIONEERS.
Danfes Fanber BrowBaeId- Last Sur
yfvar of the First Territorial
Legisraaare-Wark as Chairman
of the Committee On Counties.

- Is always rtaasart - observe the
quiet. reE2@efBs eseIsGS 81 q life
~Aase day A2s bsen filled 70 overflow
q sng sssa adventures aGd history AZ
Ing sEezEensz. SGaa 3 life III It's rSSssas
ays=aksde Bs tE1at OF Dzn1ss Es1ber Brown
fed. ps seAstie. He was bsrn III Augusta
eo4ttg. West Virginia. April =. 1S-4. All
Asz Young sggznEs@d wax passed amid sur
reaxdiaga 81 tsssa adventures taat are In
Asgasa1se zsans EFue History OF CIR great
Wexs
vines a title over q years az age. NJ
Efownasla waw Ia tie employ ~ the guar
terfnasfsfS department Or tie United STATES
array. Es vas In eharge 81 sGrpsy train
along the cid Santa r. trait tse scene *
happenings thai have already f.led uaasy
thrilling volumes. Taough ar sxpers IN the
klac cf work assigned 10 sam, ErownseI1
I'D not think lie was giving his country
faaa measure of service. RE wanted soEEse-
thing more To the point than managing
supply trains. and be soon found IT,
Arriving al Santa Fe he fouad tie men
osass organizing lie Santa re battalion ses
active s@FyIcs In the Mexican war. Young
Ercwnfsei9 promptly enlisted in Company
G. This WAS IN Angus. 1877, and he ssrsea
as = private IN thss war under C3l DoEso-
van until Sogemcc. .. .sfs. During sa.s
nanto and BFaceto-tas latter taxing .ts
narne fsosa a bend In the Rio de- sorse.
In talking OF tnss experience the ether
day, DIR. BTowaIsIa asked the question
why veterans 81 TIE Mexican war we're not
admitted Ia The Washington Soldiers home
His question was surprise, and IL such
veterans are moi admitted tae rules should
certainly be amended al once. for We have
mighty little time IN which 10 show eur
a0r-A1iAsffr Of <ax
OF that conflict. Dir. Brownfis4d does not
need tie shelter % the Soldiers home for
he has comfortable home with hia son
Charles Hsnry Hfownfseld. who IL the onsy
surviving ehld frsrn q family OF foar chill
dreu. Charles Tf8xEiieid IL The engineer
os tire United states government snagboat
Skagit.
Headed for the Northwest.
Immediately after the Mexican war
BruwnasId headed for the great North
west. IL isls. sgaile the private Of Com
pany c was st.i. ln aGexieo, congress
passed a law organizing Oregon territory
ard pToviaing FEDERAL government 10
sgperss9e The old provisional government
cf Oregon begun hy the hardy fur hunters.
Hsssionxfses ard settlers To pFotact these
settlers and shn.e Ia The newly acquired
vas huTrysng soldiers across the plains
EfuwE1esa obtained the position es master
OF the supply train f9r regiment OF rife
usen being sent Into Oregon. Without any
insi3ens Ok noss 30 arrived safely at Fort
Hall on November Is lgsa A detachment
Of soldiers WAS left there to protect the
others pushed ca isght-aanGea Brown
neld arrived 81 Vancouver on December g.
ssss. He la therefore one Of The very early
pioneers of Washington.
White Washington was Still a norton az
GEako1 territory. Clarke county elected Mr.
Hrownhe.d member OF the Oregon terri
snrai legislature. The only Other member
aseoted u that legislature was Columbia
Lancaster. who soon afterward became the
dfa delegate to congress from Washington
tesfatsry. Mr.. Erownfeld remembers this
event - Ia the year ISL though the writer
tneiinss 20 the notion that {: must have
beer IN iss1 AZ any rate Il was the first
session Of that legislature after the capital
had been removed from Oregon city TO
6assM. Tbs supreme court % the territory.
not recognizing the validity OF the legls-
aasnfe In changing the capital. proceeded
% hold is regular session In Oregon City.
It's court declared the act Illegal and un-
constitutional
Notwithstanding this decision all the
isgsslatoFs but Eve assembled AT Salem
aud proceeded 70 enact laws a. IL the court
bad never bothered Itself about the seat
~ state government The five men who re
fused to 90 to the new capital were the
tive froFn ths region north Of the Columbia
washington territory. Daniel r. Brown
Geld saa Columbia Lancaster The other
three were Aaron l. Waite and Mesgfs.
Masleck and Kinney. They remained NJ
Oregon city fer a month. The legislature
appropriated money 10 pay their per diem
aisa mileage. but" saws Mr.. Erownfeid
thc secretary OF oresoa territory. e
hamilton. appropriated my allowance to
his own Use. j never get a cent ~ t."
Congress was appealed 10. and finally
settled the dispute ever ssregoa's capital
by approving and validating the .egisia-
lures laws
white undergoing thss peculiar legislative
experience. Ar. Browneid WAS but q or
zs years % age.
Pioneer in Jen~raon County.
Tae last session Of fae Oregon territorial
legislature. before ths creation 90 Wash
issstoa territory. organized several new
se8ntses nSrth ~ the casumbia river In
Guiding tho county az jefferson. In thas
new county. away out On the Straits
ef 1uaa d Iuca, Young Brownslaia sought
nsw hafns IN tss2 Vie became farmer
sud followed thar business at TIE same
place tot about thirty four years, Excite
nse3t ard adventure ala no leave his sph ~
OF asss9a even while following that peace
fui calling sn Ssaea a remote segaon.
" xss$f&1@ foD territory N@s ga "a sej by
ast sg congress Marrh 2 lSss tsav Ste
saas ISSUED prescs T9atiau la Navsre Esr
81 tits s9Esse year patNag jae governmental
machinery u as9Ea'8 ana ~ ling for tha
election ~ sAe nrsss Legislators, jefferson
county Esse1tet as 3f< aa5v representa- ~,
tire bright ya9Ng R2}d5rr-f8vfuHF waa had
4af%t AAt4EsG tsf ttsSfF ts$-AsE tES fsE - azure
assembled AZ Olympia oa February e. isl.
bnt Il waS the AfteFnoca % A!area -. lisa
before &r HrsAusseia appeared 10 take
the oash - eFtlce. Nhen a4estion-a about
faiz G@say. as told Aass3s vne - the met
1sSt~ at Adventure tsat relieved tie mo-
n0foaaY ~ taa farmer j.fe.
e VAS 3e-afsd ia getting 10 Olympia. !"
Szys be. by havsng 80 aein sosna segSssrs
axfSa r@aFsse IL ilasl5a8 naf6srsrs- A. set
tire sv tae same 81 fettfNsslg had heen
.saeaegea, sagYsa soldiers h&a Assn sens
fFssn FSset ~fe.i8saasa ~ capture tao Ia
at&ns sUEpesc1 10 he the ssl2z7se~egs-
sas3s tsse SQUAD - soi&5srs. as4 l. ia no.
ssslSe senS to ylsn SaUs sra t0a n1arsterefs.
we captures tAsnf I'Ssey wee rr3c,. and
e0sgstc{es8, BIZ, eoth gave eYSf%Hre tast
&heS ucrS sss}sctssi W tSh eA@ssssa t.aH JAe
sssHsatsAa @ss tsss rane1 franz sssgle Is ttnsa
CT account og kAn st@k0e&a. and AS tso ex.t
~ g@s wars sssta 6tea without being
AgosiS3sk ~ tNa Ese.4@
His Work ia shc f.estsiatu~e.
"A exsm3saafiar - ta@ tcsss. 3easnsI q
tHss first xsss8an VIII sa@ye taat Mr
ExcwmneAs VAS ogsS ~ The nsosf a-s&se aai
saart -ysaskfng members, f3e navgs nsgs sei
rei1 e&R. asa BE segsse3 10 ~ yeAiy "a
sake part 81 evNTx semssst lie @&x char