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had a groat figbt. They sliot the bear and wounded her on each side, 

 but after a while she ran away and tbey ran after her. But after a time 

 they Jiad no more arrows or spears, with the exception of two or three 

 young men, wlio still followed her. When they reached a muddy place 

 the bear stood on her hind legs and danced. The young men became 

 frightened and ran back. When they looked at the dead woman they 

 found very many wounds in her." 



]^^OTE. — Thus far I have given the stories just as they were written 

 for me by the school-boy. The last one I presume is true in the main, 

 as I have heard it from several parties. 



The Twanas relate that a long time ago they were camped in a scat- 

 tered condition on Hood's Canal, nearly 10 miles south of Seabeck. 

 The Klaliams came and killed those farthest north, taking some girls 

 captives. Those farthest south were afraid, and some wished to flee, 

 but others said no. The Clallams, however, did not come to them, but 

 returned. Four or five captives were taken. 



History by the ichites*— George Gibbs says the first visit by the whites 

 of which we have any knowledge was in 1789, by Captain Hendrick, of 

 the Washington, or in 1790 by Lieutenant Quimper, Spanish, in the Princess 

 Royal. They came as far as Uunginess. Two other vessels came a year 

 or a year and a half later, but they did not go above Port Discovery. 

 In 1792 came Vancouver, who gives the first account extant of these 

 Indians. He visited the three tribes, Skokomish (Twana), Tsemakumg, 

 and Klaliams, and was probably the first who ascended Hood's Canal. 

 After that, until within about thirty years, the greater part of their in- 

 tercourse was with the Hudson Bay Company, who had no fort in their 

 land, though it had one to the north at Victoria and another to the 

 east at Nisqually. During these thirty years the Americans have sup- 

 planted the British traders. We have erected saw-mills, stores, and 

 towns, and have cultivated farms in the midst of these Indians. 



In 1855-'56 the Indians on the eastern part of the sound were engaged 

 in war with the whites, but neither of these tribes, as tribes, engaged 

 in it, and they have nevei" been at war with us. A few of the Twanas 

 crossed the sound and joined the other Indians in that war, but white 

 men lived among the Twanas during the whole war in safety. January 

 20,1855, a treaty was made with the three tribes at Point No Point, which 

 was ratified by the Senate March 8, 1859, and proclaimed by the Presi- 

 dent on the 29th of the following April. 



The Indians chose a place near the mouth of the Skokomish River in 

 the Twana land for their reservation. By the terms of the treaty a 

 blacksmith, carpenter, ftirmer, physician, and school-teacher, with an- 

 nuity goods, were to be furnished them for twenty years. An agent or 

 sub-agent has also been furnished to them. The first agents were ap- 

 pointed under the political plan, which lasted until 1809, when the mil- 



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