. History of Washington; the rise and progress of an American state . ts limits,and these were mostly people who had been employed bythe Hudsons Bay Company. Governor Stevens had found * Bancroft thinks the Indian name should be Suquamish but L. D. , son of David Shelton, who came to the county with his fatherin 1851, and resided there for more than fifty years, in which he acquiredan intimate knowledge of the Indians and their names, as well as theircustoms and habits, says it should be Sa-hah-mish. t This is one of the few western Washington Indian names, which has,or is supposed to
. History of Washington; the rise and progress of an American state . ts limits,and these were mostly people who had been employed bythe Hudsons Bay Company. Governor Stevens had found * Bancroft thinks the Indian name should be Suquamish but L. D. , son of David Shelton, who came to the county with his fatherin 1851, and resided there for more than fifty years, in which he acquiredan intimate knowledge of the Indians and their names, as well as theircustoms and habits, says it should be Sa-hah-mish. t This is one of the few western Washington Indian names, which has,or is supposed to have, a meaning. It is said to mean sand, and theIndians applied it to the river because it had many sandbars in it at lowwater. EARLY CATHOLIC MISSIONARIES. The figures in this engraving are Father Chirouse(the one with a cane) who served in both eastern andwestern Washington—while seated beside him isFather F. X. Prefontaine, the last survivor of theparty,, who (%fl recently in Seattle. Standing behind Fatier Chirouse is Father Lajeunesse, and the otherstar di. THE A n YJflAS t i tfe^jji^r^ffiistration •# #^Wm8&) States^n?l&rf£flgan to »art of inibnBJi mamish. As ts name was Mason, The i pying athwestern partwestern portion lying t the eight counties n boundary began the Columbia, opposite d included all of eastern Washington, Idaho and Montana that then formed at part of Skamania County lying described being also included in his county was created, but eluded within its limits, pic who had been employed by Company. Governor Stevens had found he Indian name should D. W. Ui his father hi :h he acquired well as their names, which has, mean sand, and the >e it had many sandbars in it at low
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