Title
The Puget Sound Indians
Subject
Indigenous people
Description
This article shows the author's racism. The Indians of the Puget Sound are described as not like the rest of the Indians west of the Mississippi. The Siwashes are physically "put together"; they have fortitude; can bear adversity; have much skill at construction, harvesting, fishing; care of the sick; but are cowed by the "superior race" of the white man. Roused, they might be formidable warriors.
Their chief Seschi was bold, daring, sagacious, and duplicitous. Toward the close of the war of 1856-57, he was taken prisoner and executed.
Although the "Siwash" are still formidable warriors, they seem to be submitting to the superior whites. Many families employ Indians as servants, and their cabins near houses of whites "suggest a certain institution generally supposed to exist south of Mason's and Dixon's line." The author consigns the natives to history, suggests that the Indians deserve their new subservient status, and urges the conquerors to be magnanimous.
Their chief Seschi was bold, daring, sagacious, and duplicitous. Toward the close of the war of 1856-57, he was taken prisoner and executed.
Although the "Siwash" are still formidable warriors, they seem to be submitting to the superior whites. Many families employ Indians as servants, and their cabins near houses of whites "suggest a certain institution generally supposed to exist south of Mason's and Dixon's line." The author consigns the natives to history, suggests that the Indians deserve their new subservient status, and urges the conquerors to be magnanimous.
Abstract
This newspaper article describes the culture and character of Puget Sound Indians, using the collective term "Siwash," and commenting on their declining position in history.
Creator
"Coming Along", "An Occasional Correspondent"
Source
Daily Evening Bulletin
Publisher
San Francisco, CA: San Francisco Bulletin Company
Date Issued
1863-02-02
Medium
Web
Type
newspaper
Identifier
Article GT 3002305183
Bibliographic Citation
Vol. XV, Iss. 98, Pg. 1, Col. C
Spatial Coverage
Washington Territory
Temporal Coverage
1863
Provenance
King County Library System database: 19th Century Newspapers
URL
http://infotrac.galegroup.com.ezproxy.kcls.org/
Start Page
1
End Page
1