East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-09-21


ana the buildings were turned aver 10
the Indian agency. IL was s'ili called
Fort Simcoe.
Fat steilRcoom, near TaeamN, IN
Pierce county. Pntkanim. chief 1f
the snequalmie tribe, had made an
attack on Fort Nisqually early n 1919.
Iu .'uly - that year a small garrist u
u troops were sent to Puge. sound
fcr Irotsction and were cstaDInhed
"a, Font steilaeoom, the name 'oinE
taken iron an Indian CHIEF ~ thai
I locality when the for; Was ahan-
ICnci the buildings were Dopght -
the reTr aTy OF Washington on Dee
rsmbcr ., .g6s, 20 be use I as a ,sld'-
al l,T the Insane. That insti;utl0n still
I nAF Fort Steilacoom as tbs name 'f
ms -. zee as distinglis lei from
the nearby town knownas Steilac, IN.
PORT townsend. la the fali u lsts
Ercvet Au.cT q, -. HallcT was ORDER
cl To Ir.ceed from The Dalles ana
s.. cstal .'si "a fort near l'ort Tcw1-
send > his he did, and he Vas the
mt commander OF Fort Tow naeiti,
gI,inr protection from astalits ~ tho
1 nuulesome northern Ini'aFs. The
old iu.Idiugs are still there but 10
hanger tIed as a fort. tTtr 1dore y
iiuller. ~ he Washington Iiisniiln,
Aprl 500. pages l0i-ita Jdta1s =
-Nan. la bs Sorthwest Cp1s', Take
as. peaks of letter .r1u 'ienerhl
George Gibbs. dated AT Font N"sr. ~
Puu TsWTssnd. W. T. iHnt"rY Z,
,FsI. Tlat may have been une -
tna blockhouses of the 'udian war
da,r a. Il may have been another
|Inme for Port Townsend,
Fort Vancouver ON the Columbia
River. in Clarke county, u % the
oldest continuous home of white men
h. the state 81 Washington AMER the
North West Company Of Montreal ana
the Hudsons Hay GompanA We're
merged Ia 1874. Dr. John Mel 1ush-
ln was sent out as chief factor, IN
the spring ~ 1895 he moved his mead
quarters from For George tAsiuria)
father 40 the river 90 "a place which
he erroneously thought Was the high
ent point reached by the vancouver
expedition ia l7gB. Win thar m /.
d ind he called the new headquarters
Fort Vancouver
Fort Walla Walla. Two forts by
that name have been historically im- I
rortani. on July n, lslS, parry
uf Hudsun's Hay company men en-
camped on the east bank of the Coz
lumhia river, about half mile above
she mouth of the Mailu Walla river, I
aud there began the construction of
"a strong fort 81 heavy limhers
Though the surrounding Indians Were
ol tho Walla Walla aud neishborinE
tribes this fort was often called Fort
AoE Prrgos." Ia lAA2 the fort Was
DESTROYED hy fire und was rbuilt ~
adobe. IN 1855 the fort wac nhan'
dunrd o. prevent tho Eondh and ana I
munhlon from railing into ths hands
az hostile Indians. The town that has
grown up at that place is called Wal I
|ulln. Ths other Wort NAll4 Malia I.
was established hy colonel George
Wright m 1857 az IL protection against
tho Indians white men had been
forbidden 60 settle in that region. The
Indians we're conquered, the prohi' /
billion az settlement was removed und I
tho city 81 Walla Mailu gr'N neni /
the tort,
rnr whitman. on Goat Island fac /
mg Deception pasf. iu the southwest /
rrn part ~ skasit county, The name
wns bestowed hy the war department I
m December. 1909 in honor ~ the
fsmous missionary, Marcus Whitman
who VAS KILLED hy the Wnlla Wnlla /
Indians on November 20. iAtA
Fort Wright near spokane IN Spo' /
khnue county it was named 10 hnns
or of Colonel George Wright 90 the
Nmh Infantry United states army
who received command ~ the coium'
tm river district m January. 1853, az
the time VI Indian uouhlea.