Souvenir of Chief Seattle and Princess Angeline, gleaned from Indian traditions and historic records of Puget Sound (1909) (14744873046)

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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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re her loverscanoe was usually moored, and seeing whatshe supposed was the form of her lover sittingtherein, she threw herself face downward inthe boat and sobbed out her story. Swiftlythe boat sped over the water under the quickstroke of the paddle, but no loving word wasuttered to cheer her aching heart. Raisingher head to ascertain the cause of the unusualsilence what was her dismay to find herselfnot in the canoe of Martin, but instead in thaiof a French-Canadian trapper named Henri,who had often sought her good graces. Un-heeding her entreaties to return, he kept onhis way toward what is now the Canadianboundary, where he landed, taking her intothe interior where she was unknown andfriendless. Here she dwelt for about twelve years,sometimes being well-treated and again beingiil-treated and abused, bearing all with thestoicism of the women of her race. When Henri finally lost his life in a stab-bing affray during a drunken brawl, leavingher free to do as she chose, the longing for
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PRINCESS ANGELINE her girlhood home, so long suppressed, sweptover her. She longed for the soft whisperingof the wind among the trees, to hear againthe lapping of the waves as they gently brokeon the beach. Eagerly she made prepara-tions and when all was ready, taking her onlysurviving child, a young daughter, she startedon her tedious journey, unheeding the manydangers that threatened her, reaching her des-tination after many weeks of privation andv/eary travel. Her return was like one risen from thedead, as it had long been supposed she hadperished in the Sound when weeks and monthslengthened into years and she did not returnand no trace of her was found. Entering her fathers house unannouncedshe presented him with a pipe as a peace-offering, and explaining her absence, askedthat she and her child might become inmatesof his home. The old chief listened in silence,his kindly voice alone betraying emotion ashe bade them stay. Just at this time Martin, who had becomea noted warrior, en