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THE LIFE OF ISAAC INGALLS STEVENS

By His Son

HAZARD STEVENS

With Maps and Illustrations

In Two Volumes

VOL. I







[Illustration]

Boston and New York
Houghton, Mifflin and Company
The Riverside Press, Cambridge
1900

Copyright, 1900, by Hazard Stevens
All Rights Reserved





CONTENTS


                              CHAPTER XXVI

                          THE CHEHALIS COUNCIL

  Graphic account by Judge James G. Swan--Indians assemble on
     lower Chehalis River--The camp and scenes--Method of
     proceeding--Indians object to leaving their wonted
     resorts--Tleyuk, young Chehalis chief, proves recusant and
     insolent--Governor Stevens rebukes him--Tears up his
     commission before his face--Dismisses the council--His
     forbearance, and desire to assist the Indians--Treaty made
     with Quenaiults and Quillehutes next fall as result of this
     council                                                           1


                             CHAPTER XXVII

             PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.--SAN JUAN CONTROVERSY

  Death of George Watson Stevens--Governor Stevens keeps Indians
     in order--Visits Vancouver--Confers with Superintendent
     Palmer, of Oregon--Firm stand against British claim to San
     Juan Archipelago--Purchases Taylor donation claim--Democratic
     convention to nominate delegate in Congress--Governor Stevens
     a candidate--Effect of speech before convention: "If he gets
     into Congress, we can never get him out"--J. Patton Anderson
     nominated                                                        10

                             CHAPTER XXVIII

                     INDIANS OF THE UPPER COLUMBIA

  Manly Indians--Ten Great Tribes--Nez Perces--Missionary
     Spalding--His work--Abandons mission--Escorted in safety by
     Nez Perces--Intractable Cuyuses--Religious rivalry--Dr.
     Whitman--Yakimas, Spokanes, Coeur d'Alenes, Flatheads, Pend
     Oreilles, Koutenays--Upper country free from settlers--Indian
     jealousy--Conspiracy to destroy whites discovered by Major
     Alvord--Warnings disregarded--Governor Stevens thrown in
     gap--Prepares for council--Walla Walla valley chosen by
     Kam-i-ah-kan--Journey to Dalles--Incidents--Unfavorable
     outlook--Escort secured--Trip to Walla Walla--"Call yourself
     a great chief and steal wood?"--Council ground--Scenes--General
     Palmer arrives--Programme for treaty--Officers--Lieutenant
     Gracie, Mr. Lawrence Kip, and escort arrive--Governor Stevens
     urges General Wool to establish post there                       16

                              CHAPTER XXIX

                        THE WALLA WALLA COUNCIL

  Nez Perces arrive--Savage parade--Head chief Hal-hal-tlos-sot or
     Lawyer, an Indian Solon--Cuyuses, Walla Wallas, Umatillas
     arrive--Pu-pu-mox-mox--Feasting the chiefs--Fathers Chirouse
     and Pandosy arrive--Kam-i-ah-kan--Four hundred mounted braves
     ride around Nez Perce camp--Young Chief--Spokane
     Garry--Palouses fail to attend--Timothy preaches in Nez Perce
     camp--Yakimas arrive--Commissioners visit Lawyer--Spotted
     Eagle discloses Cuyuse plots--Council opened--Treaties
     explained--Five thousand Indians present--Horse and foot
     races--Young Chief asks holiday--Pu-pu-mox-mox's bitter
     speech--Lawyer discloses conspiracy of Cuyuses to massacre
     whites--Moves his lodge into camp to put it under protection
     of Nez Perces--Governor Stevens prepares for trouble--Determines
     to continue council--Invites Indians to speak their minds--Lawyer
     favorable--Kam-i-ah-kan scornful--Pathetic speech of
     Eagle-from-the-Light--Steachus wants reservation in his own
     country--General Stevens's tent flooded--Lawyer accepts
     treaty--Young Chief and others refuse--Governor Stevens's pointed
     words--Separate reservations for Cuyuses, Walla Wallas, and
     Umatillas--Sudden arrival of Looking Glass--His indignation--
     Orders Nez Perces to their lodges--Night conference with