The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-05-14
ne SMASH As he Is.
: vrsTT TO THE cADGr Or CHIEF
TWO CROWS.
- Tribe Fast Dying Ont From
nssease-A Gufl That Wouldnft he
Cslled and = Dog rhat Drinks
sare wnter-skrtches FROM Life.

- ErrQ3E$E
M faisty of natures law. .ths sur
IN v!val Of the fitfest.'' than ss far
- nfshea b. the sswash Indians OF
the Northwest, the Dlggers. their
arIativss Of California and the far South.
and the Alaskan Ind ans, also their r<sa-
dyes. % the far North. FrnEa common
stock In their origin. all three tribes Of
Ne race have slowly but surely decreased
Il Numbers aatIl IN scorss Of years from
pow a real. genuine. fail- blooded siwash
Indian viii be a rarity.
The study OF the siwash is not pleas
orf one. He Is 1nlsahapen land where the
Masculine gender u used II applies equal
b 70 the females OF the racel, ugly OF
1nturc. without grace Of form or mo-
DON. and of an Intelligence Sc low that
- nears the brute Huyging the cut.
ekfrss OF csv.Hsafson.s ne absorbs all its
y5ces and none Of It's virtues.
To see the sfwash ~ he really II, In his
oQualoT and Dirt. one must go among
her But don't break hrea6. when you
"a. for IL you do. piece of star fish or
the tasi from the enfsshsd hide OF hall
asmor.piate OF dirt and grease tnside, viii
q your portion
TIE camp ~ Two Crows. with The White
Dove and the Gull was selected as the
place TO visit and study the sswasb at
Aeme Two Crews is chief. the White
Dove a halt-breed woman famed for her
beauty among the sfwashes and the Gusi
one Of the wissacres ~ the tribes
wadng through lot Of rubbish contain
ing the resuse frnrn almost every back
yard In Seattle. Gid cans. boots. shoes. urn-
Areilas. and the god Of confusion cnfy
knows what else. the cluster of shack.
which Two Crows calls MS camp was
reached and the chseftatn found He was
puftyInR the cracks In a drguus with his
fingers. and Erurtsd twice when acenstec,
pfesamably one grunt for each crow. A
glance a. bis face ~as enough TO tell any
one what might be expected so Far as CLEAN
lng any Information was concerned II
WAS The face OF the stonf brutal. human
beast; with lasciviousneas written In ev-
cry nae-sthe face OF Il man who works
Only because he must werk TO eat and
drink. and who feeds the women around
him only because they usstst eat In order
% live and minister 10 -s1is wants
gquAtted over FIRE bull. ahou. ten feet
from the shack on q p.ere Of tin was the
famed White Dove. Bow-leggea and bare
footed. hands and face grlsny With DIRT.
eaa with 5Vss enough calico hung about
her 10 escape the law. TIE far-t8r4esl baau-
~ OF TIE swash sat and gruntes ar echo
b the saiutaflon Of Two Crows
Sitting fiat upon the grdnnd. with pigeon
ined feet az the enia or pair Of legs
bowed HE the hoop Of a barrel, crossed IN
tAe fnuA which WAS being warmed by the
Mnxhinet tat the wise Gull 'fThe enpts-
ssss *of ages wac In her face but In the
place o. a g'ean OF intelligence or even
q. passing Interest az the advent or s.san-
gers In the camp. there were wrinkles,
millions Of them. II wrinkles are an In
dica.ion Of length of years lived the Gull
must. certainly have been somewhere on
earth y ifen Noah built his ark. She didn't
esen Ia ke the froubls TO xrunt welcome
aa0hxh siis trade amends later on hy
swert& naently In Rad English ~ her
cusftdasrs.
rAef. we have come 70 ge. something
shnes your tribe, It's history your history
and that or White Dove and the our.
p NOUS old. no more good" WAS tho
reply
tine cigar ACCOMPANIED the question
AxaiH Tive Crews said.
Fl nous ola. no more good. Patsy7"
hu,dlng out the latter Ia order that tho
visitors might help themselves
No. 10. Mo- your beat. Your tribe
Understand"
Two Crows wr1intea and RENTED: .ri
meas old. more good -
Giving the chief no a bad ints the
Na''r Dove WAS approached. 81. was
VIII SaUaffinE nSTtFs the trP. fuGu&tff1SfzfF
Chewing a strand of Der coarse SLACK hair
The smoke was blowing over her. bat 4
ssfneSf 70 make mark on the coating
2, dir that covered the supposed a'abss-
TER skin. ard she sal there winkine hsr
eyes and chewing her hasr. anon wtrgi,ng
her bare toes III tho hot sand ard ashes al
the edge az the fire. perfectly contentea
with her Int. AZ strangers approached she
male No sign ar motion.
Whess daughter are Won. White pave7"
Their the beauty of the siwash'' came
70 Hfe; She scrambled MP ana waaesed ON
: half run 70 shack. leaving a ptgeon~
ioea sfail behind ~ tbs sani Surely
Lengfsllow never saw such footprints On
use Sands No msp eeuld write POETRY
sheat Them, They looked ike ire tracks
ef a mammoth goose. ard. IN fact. were
made nv an Animal having show. sAs a. me
amount " brains as shat POSSESSED by the
foai mentioned
only che Gull VAS Leg y MAJ o-le'sag1y
been ne programme - get ths history
rem she chief tho romance Rna ieve sengs
rem White Dove. ard she sexeaas ans
nsysfetiss frafn the COLL fsAakinr st AHe
Sc seemed ala enough ~ have played 'B
re faFesfs ws.es tNe rUaetcaens roarlsA the
woods and prehistoric hsfSfS ana beasts ~
re sea mate the hay sheir playground.
Surely in ST these wears she must have
mastered AZ leasf CROUCH EnE}iSsl - an
s.er simple questions So fhe Gaa was
skkea hew ol& she was.
Now T. NAV have heNn the question nhaut
aef ash thai rsDse@ 81 fnr, forgetting sra
MS . woman ma really aHynsse booking
al Der cnaiH BE parGnasR fer ihat. che tnak-
81 - utucA i5ke anything else ancient ant
weather hVatan sfe Ga waTaan. but
~ ans SO tfe GgVstfarer@ found eGt she
Son'3 speak f>uEssHS. T>tat waswan narsf
eerts.n3T have lived many wears near =
se.8{efS barracks a mining camp No
where else 80 esvsh could she save learn
81 fhe cArtcs profanity wtfh whief sire
stsr~e3 Else Ssrarre~s ear ~ thr eawsSs. Two
lFgws keVs nn uNffrfre tbs ''nC mere asra'
cascuf- aaA Nhise Move ff4~'t even enea
We aoor I cracks Width PROVING SIRE Was
a. lease a Gfeer woman es1ge she had no
csirfastv So hfr make s{p.
ThofNesfiv discussed Ne x*ssterS wart
ever eHf EAt ora her w@tCNiw@ ths fviHg
SfreR aes 90 20 insvarnse aAsslsA thar sas
sfrsaf ear an snotseF faw So fhe Sunshine
&c atala before ~ wefft if'te the ssstFe kes-
tie- 6ar verolsr sswasA dog ssas.ed
~ sad wenf Down fa he asv an trek n
arink ~ salt psrer~a saet. Scr he visitors
rsrveaes ~ & ama s~Vsss ls7atea. r'se 3e<
as rea+e tise fyg@i suteistReat thiaE la
Two Crow camp.
10sf faer -herc caase = change TIVE
sFows has 9a8ava b. wogs seq tna sws