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· THE · DISCOVERY · FIRST · VISIT · ON · PUGET · SOUND ·1792 · OFF · BLAKELY · ROCKS ·· BY · RAPHAEL · COOMBS ··· 1895 ·

VANCOUVER’S SHIP DISCOVEROR.

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THE SIWASH
THEIR
LIFE LEGENDS AND TALES

PUGET SOUND AND PACIFIC NORTHWEST

FULLY ILLUSTRATED

BY J. A. COSTELLO

SEATTLE
The Calvert Company
716 FRONT STREET
1895

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Copyright, 1895, by
J. A. COSTELLO
and
SAMUEL F. COOMBS

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PREFACE

The excuse for this book is that it is the first attempt to depict the life or ethnology ofthe maze of Indian tribes on Puget Sound, and it is believed, will be found not wholly uninteresting.It has been the aim to attain as nearly the facts in every instance as possiblewhich in any way lead to a proper understanding of the natives of the country as theywere found by the first whites to arrive. Mika mam-ook mika tum-tum de-late wa-wa.Ko-pet mika ip-soot halo mika tum-tum ko-pa o-coke. De-late wa-wa mika tum-tum,nan-ich Sahg-a-lie Tyee; my heart speaks truthful and I hide nothing I know concerningthe things of which I speak. My talk is truthful as God sees me.

From the old pioneer and the more intelligent native have all the material facts beendrawn, and as these opportunities will not endure for many years longer it is the belief andhope that this work will find an enduring place in the home and public libraries.

For material aid in the compilation of the historical and pictorial matter of this workthe author is indebted to Samuel F. Coombs, one of the few pioneers who has a genuineinterest in the preservation of the life and habits and traditions of the aboriginees; H. A.Smith, of Smith’s cove; Rev. Myron Eels for valuable information and assistance, touchingthe Skokomish Indians; Edward Morse, son of Eldridge Morse, than whom, probablynone have a truer insight into the mysteries of early Indian life on the Sound; E. H.Brown, and to W. S. Phillips, F. Leather and Raphael Coombs, artists.

Seattle, December 14, 1895.

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