Chapter III

--A Tireless Foundation Builder, David

Thomas Denny 203 Threats from Anti-Chinese Agitators 211 His Own Account of Arrival on Elliott Bay 214 Surrounded by Indians 243 Trials and Triumph 256

## Chapter IV --A Lively Celebration of the First Wedding

on Elliott Bay 258 Story of a Bear Hunt 268

## Chapter V --Indian Courtship 275

On the Day of Battle 276

## Chapter VI --Discovery of Shilshole or Salmon Bay 310

An Escape from Murderous Savages 313 Defense with a Hatchet 316

## Chapter VII --Immune Because of Indian Superstition 323

## Chapter VIII --Saving an Auburn-haired Girl 341

## Chapter IX --A Grand Description of a Vast Forest Fire 350

Poem--"The Mortgage" 352 Poem--"Pacific's Pioneers" 354

## Chapter X --Hanging of Leschi 370

Poem--"The Chief's Reply" 388

## Part III.

## Chapter I --Shooting of Lachuse 392

The Fight at Fort Nesqually 395 Abbie Casto's Fate 409

## Chapter II --How the Old Shell Blew Up a Stump

and Cautioned Mr. Horton 423 Mr. Beaty and the Cheese 425

## Chapter III --Poem--"The Beaver's Requiem" 436

## Chapter IV --Poem--"The Voice of the Old University Bell" 459

## Chapter V --Charming Description of Early Days on

the Chehalis 467

## Chapter VI --Founding of Port Townsend 481

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