Souvenir of Chief Seattle and Princess Angeline, gleaned from Indian traditions and historic records of Puget Sound (1909) (14764709331)

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Title: Souvenir of Chief Seattle and Princess Angeline, gleaned from Indian traditions and historic records of Puget Sound
Year: 1909 (1900s)
Authors: Buchanan, Laura D
Subjects: Seattle, Chief, 1790-1866 Angeline, Suquamish Indian, -1896
Publisher: (Seattle?)
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress



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at An-geline married again and bore other children,but as to the date of her husbands deaththere seems to be no record. It is, however, certain that when the firstwhite settlement was made on the present siteof the city of Seattle, in the early fifties, sheand her father were living on the island andmany acts of kindness are recounted of bothChief Sealth and Angeline, their friendshipfor the whites lasting to the time of theirdeath. It was on this island that Chiefs Leschiand Clay cum, at the head of hostile Indians,sought Chief Sealth and endeavored to inducehim to turn against the whites and exterminatethem. This they were unable to do, and fear-ing Chief Sealth might warn the whites oftheir danger he and his warriors were not per-mitted to leave the island, although the womenwere allowed to go and come as they pleased. The tradition has been handed down, andis still believed by many residents of theQueen City, that Chief Sealth, realizingthe necessity of warning the whites, devised
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the plan of sending Angeline and anotherIndian woman named Hattie, who left theirhomes late at night, stealing through the dark-ness, sometimes creeping on hands and kneesthrough the thickets and marshes, reachingthe settlement in time to enable the inhabitantsto seek safety in the blockhouse. Other re-ports, however, are to the effect that the fore-going is a myth; that an Indian named CurlyJim brought word to the whites. Be that as it may, the fact remains that thesaving of the settlement from massacre wasundoubtedly due to the friendship of ChiefSealth and his people, and the pioneers neverceased to be grateful for that friendship, leav-ing no act or deed undone to show their ap-preciation. The last years of Angelines life were spentin her cabin home, which was located in thatpart of Seattle known as Shanty-town, solong a reproach to the city. She spent mostof her time in the tireless watch of the sea,which seemed to soothe and comfort her. Itseemed to bring back the days when herf