Crusoe's island . den bedstead,with a bullocks hide stretched over it, enjoying his easewith the ladies of his household. When the agent in-formed him that a Hyas Tyee, or Big Chief, had calledto see him with a message from the Great Chief of allthe Indians, the Duke grunted significantly, as much asto say thats all right. The Queen, who sat near himin the bed, gave him a few whacks to rouse him up, andby the aid of Jenny Lind succeeded, after a while, in get-ting him in an upright position. His costume consistedof a red shirt and nothing else, but neither of the royalladies seemed at all put
Crusoe's island . den bedstead,with a bullocks hide stretched over it, enjoying his easewith the ladies of his household. When the agent in-formed him that a Hyas Tyee, or Big Chief, had calledto see him with a message from the Great Chief of allthe Indians, the Duke grunted significantly, as much asto say thats all right. The Queen, who sat near himin the bed, gave him a few whacks to rouse him up, andby the aid of Jenny Lind succeeded, after a while, in get-ting him in an upright position. His costume consistedof a red shirt and nothing else, but neither of the royalladies seemed at all put out by the scantiness of his ward-robe. There was something very amiable and jolly inthe face of the old Duke, even stupefied as he was bywhisky. He shook me by the hand in a friendly manner,and, patting his stomach, remarked, Duke York bellygood man! Of course I complimented him upon his general repu-tation as a good man, and proceeded to make the usualspeech, derived from the official formula, about the GreatM 2. mm I THE FORT TOWNSEND CONTROVERSY. 275 Chief in Washington, whose children were as numerousas the leaves on the trees and the grass on the plains. Oh, dam! said the Duke, impatiently; him sendany whisky ? • No; on the contrary, the Great Chief had heard withprofound regret that the Indians of Pugets Sound wereaddicted to the evil practice of drinking whisky, and itmade his heart bleed to learn that it was killing them offrapidly, and was the principal cause of all their was very cruel and very wicked for white men to sellwhisky to the Indians, and it was his earnest wish thatthe* law against this illicit traffic might be enforced andthe offenders punished. Oh, dam! said the Duke, turning over on his bed,and contemptuously waving his hand in termination ofthe interview— dis Tyee no count! While this wa-wa, or grand talk, was going on, theQueen put her arms affectionately around the Dukesneck, and giggled with admiration at his eloquence. Jen-ny sat a li
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