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

-. seattle Was I'm Dagger.
n EWING the persona lhteIt y.
u pioneers OF washington ana fueet
IA sound in the terrible Indian nghtH
,h.t were waEed In this vicinity
h ,.,tt,rv sga a nsrnb~r Of
pesfly ~. s,,,,. sathered a. the rooms
ne early seti'l7 s..-'..,.ss,. $500
Of ~ Chamost u ','..se ,,,,.. -.
afternoon TO adopt resoln.ohs eA'i,hs On
~ ~. q congress 10 do all In their power
W. 49,. the passage OF the bill OF sena-
W'es~prssa no oregon. Amending the
M , a. 10 Inciude All the sur
penaon "a ,rstv,rg viaou. Of IN. men
sivofy ana sui.,s.s ssr.s,s c.rn,a,~n
xho fought In that memoIaois esmy."
!, ~ resolved that ceruned copies OF
- preamble and resolutions be sent 70
- .ombers OF congress of both Oregon
w S,sshtngton. and that the pioneers of
snd ...,a. ava TIA native sonx ana
ne wv oea .sa.,.a - 80. IN ~.
dsugnsers pe sn..s,,,,s
natter ~ once anu ufte ene
linn sought at the hands OF congress-
W"
uh,. and resoiutions rsaA a.
Thu WeaHpio "N
follows: =,
whereas, purns 'n ,s,r,tnr,ss ,nsys
a
xefe wars with the INDIANS OF piovoy anu
disastrous character. IN Wnlcn po.n ,.
sNial and unlted STATES au'nu sa.s ~
fessl<d by the saVasss' anu IN ~n.nanS
and the people massacred or driven oil:
whereas, The men OF tne TWO terIIto.-
~ rose In arms ana, IN oeIenolhS ,neu
lives snd families, ovefcame uhs s"smy
This Mas zone unaer sn ,ae simns. w,thout
help nom the military o. tns gni.oa
States, the volunteers often iurhisnihk
their own animals, their own CLONES their
own weapons ana their own 1904 IN ue
fgn14 whic- they ntln a. Iiknt 70 eApect
from the nation, but when inc halioh M
tho time was unable 70 give,
whereas. Property ana services were
then taken for the government that rated
III NJ This value was rathlcssly cut
Ia half In the treasury department., anu
jem than the half that remained was PAID
10 tho settlers and volunteers Tor their
slsnncs OF time. nlood ana money. Ar .rs
given regular army pay, In deprecated
currency, the men In the ranks receiving
~ month, worth not TO exceed ~ or ~
n gold, for rsking their nves anu giving
shetf services IN one OF the nafdest cam
Higns OF modern indian warfare; FOR
~ property destroyed they received noth-
s1rhsysaa az ,ba 4s2s Dragon yo,un-
sters, and 500 Washington volunteers of
those terrible days half century ago, "
pr cent are dead ana gone, ana the ~
~ CIV. Io'nainins he o.u 'nent ,eass
~ years sno ihors' woin, 1890, nny
q MEM nelp'ess, anu IN, me InsJo,iry nnan
smHy IupoNerIsnso. ihct. wotH, un
~ eonnsciion Win tnelr set. - pionecrs,
- q untoiu vhius " tne nsuoh' Anu 49,
Worsny y. .ne nto sen..oa
lseVkniuul u, she minus MINUS "a ue seVneis
pssvshunk 1reat Isiieaih from asqunink
shu hu4uinh ihis tesioi, anu IA uoh's y"
s w. saoeo 70 sne eouI,s =. $3.50 $50 ~ ,, e
R.s ~ alsa anu loso"iuss ison waiys,
hf0o rtAfs nave siiSe pceh Ioneu a.
ssss sratituoe WIS que 70 elilehs ior
Huoic s.rNiv ~ ~ W. :" .ne poe y,
Mssvh anu nsnit,s'o.' anu .n.i nvsS
wv ~eH wlonss ~ pow. s""
s' sn. nSse ncsn ,',a ,nnsu ,,
Nssoiseu, py t,is meeting !" sy
wasnnk 'onihhr M, constosas snouiu
plompuy pass senaie nlii no. sW, pIovle-
~ W .ns psns s,' ,e,ss " ,sss ~ VI.
sassA . wa.s IN ast. " 80. .nSI"ss. ~
~ 81 ~ 'aruy lurioe 70 ,ne lew rena'-
W. 81 tne once numerous company OF pa.
49, VIZ H."o on w Hons, anu
s ns vpsucu ~ ~ i1s.'on i.Si"n
seath s Iasaii he iio 1ianue 70 WV hvI1s
n s pa,she's low occupieu ny Hiihons
" WI ieaoW~couhtryn'sh
IN addition 70 the foregoing. Secretary
/ proxeh. 30 ,hs chamher Of Commerce.
- - ~ 49, '.s.,sr, ,,,,.ras, A., sn,.
sho mas taAen spee,a'
Matte, has sent personal letter W ga"
u the Washington congressman, After
ssteFring 70 the memorial adopted py the
1t Is a matter that concerns probably
~ Of your constituents. 80 ex-veterans OF
gar indian wars ana 100 WIDOWS OF vet
uans Great injustice mas been Done
ihese people. as compared Win the treat
ment given TO those vino took part on
We Ede or the Union IN the cisn war anu
y me war with spain. In the first place,
thsy were not paid a dollar for their
services until the lapse or seven or eight
years, ana when they were paid IL was iil
PAPER money, then deprecated rom ~
Y 20 per cent Even at that they were
gwen only regular army pay. while In
Salfosnia tho volunteers were pald 10
month. paid promptly and In gold.
Not only were our people 80 injured,
81 they we're -villainously abused and
Ahelei by Gen. John h. Wool then com
m~hdlnE the Department OF tho Paeinc,
= San Francisco. who charged that the
hssans ei oregon and Washington were
NvssN NKongcd by the whites, and that
,he whites really tnStigated the war OF