The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-02-11

The tale o. the Indian wars I'm ISS and
iEs has a great and personal interest TO
nearly All the early settlers on the sound
for every community was represented In
the roster OF the fighting men. and some
OF them survive today. Early in october,
White river valley were forced to fee TO
Seattle for safety. as on IN outbreak Of
the fakimas the Puget sound Indians
donned their habliments 81 war ana pre-
pared for n general massacre.
While . company OF nineteen rangers.
under Capt. Charles Eaton. was securing
the country w search of Leschi. the MIS-
qually chief. lieut.. McAlli~ier and NJ. Con-
nell were killed and the entire party be-
sieged in a log house. who're they had
taken refuge. Acting Governor Mason.
who personally Investigated the trouble.
was deceived by the Indians into believing
wished 70 remain at peace. and advised
the people who had fed 10 Seattle to re-
turn 10 their homes. as there was no
d dsn,r but A. A. Denny and othors
In a few days the Indians broke Gait IN
earnest, and N attaching the farming set
Element. near here the morning OF october
~, killed W. IA. Brannan, wife and child,
II: N. Jones and wife. q, +: King and
wife and Enos Cooper. All the country
between the sound and the mountains was
overrun BY hostile Indians. including whits
river. Puyallup and contiguous valleys.
The redskins kept harrassing the inhsbi-
tants. and while Lieut.. Slaughter. q grahu-
snce before The door Of his cabin he was
killed by the Indians
HE design OF the Indians was 10 capture
] Seattle. and 10 succeed in this they were
Joined by Owhi, a Yakima chief. who
combined with coquilton. Lesehi. Tecumseh
and Yarkkeman. A plot was made TO at
tack the town IN the morning The captain
Of the United States sloop Decatur, which
was In the hsrbor. had his forces on snore.
armed with q howitxer taken from the ves-
sell He was informed OF the plot. and at
once sent q shell into the house OF Tom
Pepper. where a lot OF hostile Klickitats
were congrcested. At once the Indians be-
gan a general assault. but the inhabitants
had fed TO the block house. and only two
were killed. The guns from tina Decatur
kept the savages back from the town and
prevented their muskets doing much exc
cution. and after this one days fighting the
war was practically over.
This was the great efrort OF the indians
on the Sound. and had they succeeded II
would have combined all the tribes west
OF the Cascade mountains In a war of ex-
termination against the whites. A. they
were defeated IN their initial great enter
prise, there was no more nghtins. except
slight disturbances which were promptly
incursion was In August. 1887. when l. ".
Ebey was shot on WILDLY island.
Seattle had tho most prominent place In
this nghting OF any community In WeAteru
Washington, organizing several companies
of men who fought the marauders.
A. said In tho Post-fntcIiixsncer yes,er-
day morning there. are only eight known
survivors OF the Seattle fighters OF this
war as follows; n. T. Denny, William a.
Gillian. Walter Graham and George r.
Frye. Of Seattle: Edward Lander Of Wash
ington. ID. C.; ID. A. Neeisy, OF White river
valley, and w. l.. and II. r. Johns. Of
Thurston county, Al the time OF the wal
tory. a colonel on the stan Of Gov. steven.
and captain OF Company IT. He II practic,
Ing law at Washington, and 10 always vie
tied in Eastern trips Of Puget sound pion
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