An illustrated history of Skagit and Snohomish Counties; their people, their commerce and their resources, with an outline of the early history of the state of Washington .. . of the other tribesthrough their chiefs. Young Chief, of the Cayuse;. (He was evidentlyopposed to the treaty but grounded his objections on twoarguments. The first was, they had no right to sell theground which God had given for their support unless forsome good reason.)—I wonder if the ground has any-thing to say. I wonder if the ground is listening to whatis said. I wonder if the groimd would come alive andwhat is on i
An illustrated history of Skagit and Snohomish Counties; their people, their commerce and their resources, with an outline of the early history of the state of Washington .. . of the other tribesthrough their chiefs. Young Chief, of the Cayuse;. (He was evidentlyopposed to the treaty but grounded his objections on twoarguments. The first was, they had no right to sell theground which God had given for their support unless forsome good reason.)—I wonder if the ground has any-thing to say. I wonder if the ground is listening to whatis said. I wonder if the groimd would come alive andwhat is on it. Though I hear what the ground says. Theground says. It is the Great Spirit that placed me Great Spirit tells me to take care of the Indians, tofeed them aright. The Great Spirit appointed the rootsto feed the Indians on. The water says the same thing:The Great Spirit directs me. Feed the Indians grass says the same thing: Feed the horses andcattle. The ground, water and grass say, The GreatSpirit has given us our names. We have these names andhold these names. Neither the Indians nor whites havea right to change these names. The ground savs, The. GOVERNOR ISAAC INGALLS STEVENS(First Governor of Washington Territory) THE NEW yourPWBUC LIBRARY EARLY DAYS OF WASHINGTON fir, Great Spirit has placed me here to produce all that growson me, trees and fruit. The same way the ground was from me man was made. The Great Spirit, inplacing men on the earth, desired them to take good careof the ground and to do each other no harm. The GreatSpirit said. You Indians who take care of certain por-tions of the country should not trade it off except you geta fair price. The other argument was that he could not understandclearly what they were to receive. The Indians are blind. This is the reason we donot see the country well. Lawyer sees clear. This is thereason why I dont know anything about this country. Ido not see the offer you have made to us yet. If I hadthe mo
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