. History of Washington; the rise and progress of an American state . ^ftossible ?• ifect its title t .Jnammsvog er of the tribes e governor was :>ound tribes They acquainted with r over the old story that the whites rhem away in their fire ships to a sunles h they could never escape, had been re among them, and made them very itious leader east of the mountains had * his own and other tribes to war, and ;eady far more threatening than most n better to raise an armed force and prepa; e the turbulent element, rather than endea by treaty engagements, though the led, at that time, in Washingto
. History of Washington; the rise and progress of an American state . ^ftossible ?• ifect its title t .Jnammsvog er of the tribes e governor was :>ound tribes They acquainted with r over the old story that the whites rhem away in their fire ships to a sunles h they could never escape, had been re among them, and made them very itious leader east of the mountains had * his own and other tribes to war, and ;eady far more threatening than most n better to raise an armed force and prepa; e the turbulent element, rather than endea by treaty engagements, though the led, at that time, in Washington, Palmer in Oregon, who was better advised in regard to the feelii em u ected it, but he was ed to be unnecessarily aiai Lajor Rains, in md at the Dalles, was a , but his prede- had recently been removed because he had taken ed to Father Pandozys timely warning, and he It called upon to offer no advice until asked for it. after his return from his treaty-making tour of possible, the governor sent his agents to. OF AN AMERICAN STATE 285 assemble the coast tribes in council. The place selectedfor the assembly was on the banks of the Chehalis River,near the claim of James Pilkingon, not far from GraysHarbor. James G. Swan has given a graphic account ofthis council, in his Three Years Residence in WashingtonTerritory. The method of acquainting the Indians withthe terms of the treaty was the same as that pursued in theother councils. On the first day the governor made aspeech, which was interpreted by Colonel Shaw. On thesecond day the treaty was read and translated as before,sentence by sentence, so that the Indians might thoroughlyunderstand it. After the reading they were dismissed untilthe following day, in order that they might have time todiscuss it, and have any part explained to them that theydid not fully understand. On the third day it was read asecond time, after which the governor made another speechand invited the Indians to express themselves freely, espe-cially if
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