| Summary: | of the Eskimos. After sleeping in canoe we finally reached Neah Bay at 1 p.m., very much tired out. Pound Mr. H. A. Webster well. Saturday, Sep. 17- He showed me some fine potatoes raised by him with help manure. Old Colchote came up to see me. We had a talk about the treaties. He said that the Clalams reported that the Bostons were going to send the Makahs all away to the north. I told him what the facts of the case really are. Sun. Sep. 18- Went with Bertram Webster to visit some Indians. Saw Swell, Captain John, Russian Jim and Colchote. Swell and Captain John told me about the Quillahutes attacking them at vmious times. Swell was pilot on the steamer Enterprise and while sounding the channel was surrounded by the Quill^oots, who sent their women into the woods and painting themselves black, attempted to t^e Swell prisoner, but he made his escape. Captain John at miother time was in a boat with a white man nmiied Rider mid a Kanaka and the Indians fired a shot mid the ball struck between Rider and Captain John. They also told about the Quillahoots killing eight of the Makahs who had their canoe stove by a whale, Russian Jim told me that it was reported that a canoe containing a party of Quinaults had been captured near Quaitso mid all hands drowned. Colchote told me that Elwha Indimis were silex with him and want to kill him. Trouble about a squaw. Colchote wanted me to go to Port Townsend with him in his canoe. Saw an Indian apply a plaster of fresh fish to a boil on his leg. Monday, Sep. 19- Rain. Gut out jib for Mr. Webster's boat. Tuesday, Sep. 20- Raining. Wrote in house. Drew plan of canoe sail for Swell. Wed. Sep. 21- Pleasant. Saw eight vessels, mostly barks and ships pass up. 10 a.m. wind brewed up to a gale from west n.w. Swell promised me one of the lmge tamanawas bomd in his lodge to send to Washington. Thursday, Sep. 22- Pine day. Went to walk with Mr. Maggs to see the Indians. Captain John says that Nesh wast, one of the Quinault chiefs, came up recently to visit his daughter, who is married to a Makah named Haitr. Neshwants could not talk jmgon but has a slave nmiied Hoseman who can speak the Chinook well. This slave interpreted to Captain John, but Neshwants said in the Quinault language that Captain John did not understand. He stated that a Boston man at Quinault told him not to go to Cape Flattery for the Boston men were going to poison all the Mak^s, that he, the Boston man had a "paper" which told him all about it, that the whites were going to poison all the "chuck" and that if he did go to Cape Flattery he must not drink miy water. Captain John said that he did not know whether it was the lighthouse people or Webster who were about to poison them but they felt afraid. Captain Johnsaid that the father of the boy named Tsack Pa Op who went to Chehalis in the Strmr Enterprise by consent of Swell was Silex and wanted his boy back and mourned him as dead. He resides near Nittinant on Vancouver I. at a place called "Tseshet" Captain John also states that recently a white man named Rider, a Kanaka and himself while attempting to land at Quillaute were fired on and a ball struck the seat between him and Rider.
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