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Llor INDIANS CLAIM RECALLS is ; OLD PIONEER TIMESSeattle, Jan. 2'A.- Seattle's only , Indian war figures prominently in an ‘ odd ease that the local branch of the i tlfp I Hiied Smtes bureau of education to-j ' day was requested to investigate. H. j iU1, ('. Sinclair, in charge, in the absence ur‘* of Superintendent W. T. Lopp, was l,gs ask lt;1 to inquire into the claims of a ,!',rf family of 11ydah Indians to the estate I a8*|Of George YaPadzi, a C^ulnfault Indian ;I who died a few weeks ago, leaving ^ ;i $;h)00 in cash and considerable realty. On January L’U, 1*07, a big party of il.vdahs camped on Ilainbridge island.They bad come from Prince of Wal s,Alaska, in their big canoes to do their annual trading on Puget sound. Near them was a village lt;f Fort Madison Indians. The tribts were on dt- terms of amity, but in those days en-(,f slaving tin* m mb* rs of other tribes was one of the popular forms of in* dl. duslry among the natives, and they •(d kept sharp watch on each other.The night previous a big. white o warship had come into the sound and nal anchored almost opposite Alki point. l‘-d In tile early morning, shortly after ins daylight, it began to spit tire, and , n throw cannon balls amongst the In* dn. dian villages that nestled in the big uid cedar and lir trees that stood along the First avenue, in the vicinity of Yes-css ler Way. The white settlers hadnry taken refuge from the Indians in amd fort.*re- j On the beach at Ilainbridge island ted a Hydah boy had wandered away from ids- his tiibe. When the warship began touid belch fire the Hydahs were badlyto fright*-ned. and, as it was not theirmi- quarrel, they rushed hurriedly to their na- canoes and embarked for the opposite the side of the island. The Fort Madison ior* Indians saw their opportunity, grab* Ace bd the hoy and enslaved him. This m^m jis tin boy who died a few weeks ago at the Quiniault reservation, and his broilier's son, Alex Yaltadzi, is now in the city laying claim, through the bureau of education, to the estate.HERBERTR VIDALC0
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New Westminster News
New Westminster, British Columbia, CA
Sat, Jan 24, 1914
Page 7
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