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The Wreck of the ''Sutheen. " 



By Albert B. Kt:AGAN. 



About' 1S50 a revenue cutter (?), the "t^utlieru" was damaged at sea 

 iu a storm; and, to save the crew, the captaui ran the vessel ashore in 

 the old mouth of the Quillayute River near what is now the Indian viHage 



of Lal'ush, ■\Vasliingt(ni. Immediately on grduudlii,^, the vessel was taken 

 possession of by the Quileute (Quillayute) Indians. The savages boarded 

 her and emptied her supply cargo into the sea. The dried fruits and the 

 flour they knew not how to use as they had ne\'er seen such things before. 

 So they emptied the fruit overboard to get the jiretty boxes. They also 

 poured the flour into the surgiag surf that they might get the sacks to make 

 into clothes, llie money of the ship also fell into their hands. It was 

 gold. They had never tmLni gold before. They knew not its value or pur- 



