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Emily Inez Denny

Blazing the Way; Or, True Stories, Songs and Sketches of Puget Sound

Published by Good Press, 2019

EAN 4064066236496

Table of Contents

PREFACE

Table of Contents

BLAZING THE WAY.

In the early days when a hunter, explorer or settler essayed to tread the mysterious depths of the unknown forest of Puget Sound, he took care to blaze the way. At brief intervals he stopped to cut with his sharp woodmans ax a generous chip from the rough bark of fir, hemlock or cedar tree, leaving the yellow inner bark or wood exposed, thereby providing a perfect guide by which he retraced his steps to the canoe or cabin. As the initial stroke it may well be emblematical of the beginnings of things in the great Northwest.

I do not feel moved to apologize for this book; I have gathered the fragments within my reach; such or similar works are needed to set forth the life, character and movement of the early days on Puget Sound. The importance of the service of the Pioneers is as yet dimly perceived; what the Pilgrim Fathers were to New England, the Pioneers were to the Pacific Coast, to the nations yet to be, who, following in their footsteps, shall people the wilds with teeming cities, a human sea, bearing on its bosom argosies of priceless worth.

It does contain some items and incidents not generally known or heretofore published. I hope others may be provoked to record their pioneer experiences.

I have had exceptional opportunities in listening to the thrice-told tales of parents and friends who had crossed the plains, as well as personal recollections of experiences and observation during a residence of over fifty years in the Northwest, acknowledging also the good fortune of having been one of the first white children born on Puget Sound.

Every old pioneer has a store of memories of adventures and narrow escapes, hardships bravely endured, fresh pleasures enjoyed, rude but genial merrymakings, of all the fascinating incidents that made up the wonder-life of long ago.

Chronology is only a row of hooks to hang the garments of the past upon, else they may fall together in a confused heap.

Not having a full line of such supports on which to hang the weaving of my thoughtsI simply overturn my Indian basket of chips picked up after Blazing the Way, they being merely bits of beginnings in the Northwest.

E. I. DENNY.

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Note The poem referred to on page 144 will appear in another work. Author.

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INDEX

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PART ITHE GREAT MARCH
CHAPTER	page
I.	Crossing the Plains
II.	Down the Columbia in 51
III.	The Settlement at Alki
IV.	Founding of Seattle and Indian War
V.	The Murder of McCormick
VI.	Killing Cougars
VII.	Pioneer Child Life
VIII.	Marching Experiences of Esther Chambers
IX.	An Olympia Womans Trip Across the Plains in 1851
X.	Captain Henry Roeder on the Trail
PART IIMEN, WOMEN AND ADVENTURES
I.	Song of the Pioneers
II.	Biographical Notes and Sketches, John Denny, Sarah Latimer Denny
III.	David Thomas Denny
IV.	The First Wedding on Elliot Bay
V.	Louisa Boren Denny
Va. Madge Decatur Denny
Vb. Anna Louisa Denny
Vc. William Richard Boren
VI.	Arthur A. Denny, Mary A. Denny
VII.	Henry Van Asselt of Duwamish
VIII.	Thomas Mercer
IX.	Dr. Henry A. Smith, the Brilliant Writer
X.	Famous Indian Chiefs
PART IIIINDIAN LIFE AND SETTLERS BEGINNINGS
I.	Savage Deeds of Savage Men
II.	Pioneer Jokes and Anecdotes
III.	Trails of Commerce
IV.	Building of the Territorial University
V.	A Chehalis Letter, Penned in 52
VI.	Some Pioneers of Port Townsend
VII.	Personnel of the Pioneer Army

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SYNOPSIS OF INCIDENTS.

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Part I.
Page
Chapter I	Crossing the PlainsNames of the Denny Company
Attacked by Indians at American Falls
Chapter II	A Narrow Escape from Going Over the Cascades
About to Sink in the Cold Waters of the Columbia
Chapter III	Tramping a Long Trail
Landing of J. N. Low, D. T. Denny and Lee Terry at Sgwudux (West Seattle)
Exploring the Duwampsh River
Names of Party from "Exact"
Chapter IV	A Visit from Wolves
A Flight to Fort Decatur
Battle of Seattle
Story of John I. Kings Capture
Chapter V	A Tragedy of the Trail
Chapter VI	A Hair-raising Hunt for a Cougar
Chapter VII	Seeking the Dead Among the Living
The Strawberry of Memory
Three Little Girls and a Pioneer "Fourth"
A Rescue from Drowning
Chapter VIII	Frontier Experiences
Chapter IX	Placating Indians on the Plains
Chapter X	Capt. Roeders Meeting with the Bandit Joaquin
Part II.
Chapter I	PoemSong of the Pioneers
Chapter II	A Notable Pioneer Reformer, John Denny
Chapter III	A Tireless Foundation Builder, David Thomas Denny
Threats from Anti-Chinese Agitators
His Own Account of Arrival on Elliott Bay
Surrounded by Indians
Trials and Triumph
Chapter IV	A Lively Celebration of the First Wedding on Elliott Bay
Story of a Bear Hunt
Chapter V	Indian Courtship
On the Day of Battle
Chapter VI	Discovery of Shilshole or Salmon Bay
An Escape from Murderous Savages
Defense with a Hatchet
Chapter VII	Immune Because of Indian Superstition
Chapter VIII	Saving an Auburn-haired Girl
Chapter IX	A Grand Description of a Vast Forest Fire
Poem"The Mortgage"
Poem"Pacifics Pioneers"
Chapter X	Hanging of Leschi
Poem"The Chiefs Reply"
Part III.
Chapter I	Shooting of Lachuse
The Fight at Fort Nesqually
Abbie Castos Fate
Chapter II	How the Old Shell Blew Up a Stump and Cautioned Mr. Horton
Mr. Beaty and the Cheese
Chapter III	Poem"The Beavers Requiem"
Chapter IV	Poem"The Voice of the Old University Bell"
Chapter V	Charming Description of Early Days on the Chehalis

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