A volume of memoirs and genealogy of representative citizens of the city of Seattle and county of King, Washington, including biographies of many of those who have passed away . grounds is of the character of the man. Gen. Mclntyre w-as born at Point Fortune, Canada, on December 4, 1851,of Scotch parents. His great-great-grandmother was a daughter of a brotherof the Duke of Argyle, and his great-great-grandfather was a real admiralin the British navy. His great-grandfather was a lieutenant in the Britisharmy, and distinguished himself at the battle of Quebec, and was with wh
A volume of memoirs and genealogy of representative citizens of the city of Seattle and county of King, Washington, including biographies of many of those who have passed away . grounds is of the character of the man. Gen. Mclntyre w-as born at Point Fortune, Canada, on December 4, 1851,of Scotch parents. His great-great-grandmother was a daughter of a brotherof the Duke of Argyle, and his great-great-grandfather was a real admiralin the British navy. His great-grandfather was a lieutenant in the Britisharmy, and distinguished himself at the battle of Quebec, and was with when he fell. The family, consisting of father, mother and threechildren, of which the General was the oldest, emigrated to the United Statesin 1858, and in 1859 the Generals father (since dead) went to Pikes Peak,afterwards Denver, Colorado, but then a part of Kansas. He engaged inmining and took out a great deal of gold in Georgia Gulch. He built thefirst toll road in Colorado. The family followed in i860, taking four monthsto make the journey by team. It was on this trip that first began the seriesof exciting adventures that has followed this boys career ever since. The. ^.v^A.^;^^ SEATTLE AND KING COUNTY. 329 whole route was infested with Indians. Their travels were often impededby great herds of buffalo. Flocks of graceful antelope glided by them con-tinually. This boy, naturally of a martial spirit, here got his first lessons infighting Indians and hunting. The train consisted of one hundred wagons,,and young Mclntyre was rated as good a shot as any man in the the train reached Loups Fork, of the Platte river, it ran into five thous-and Crow Indians on the war path, but how they escaped being all massacredis too long a tale to recount here. In crossing Loups Fork a great cloud-burst occurred, breaking the cable on which the ferry boat crossed the river,,and some forty on board, including the boy Mclntyre, were carried down themighty tlood at a violent spe
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