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A local teacher exposes a fraudulent land grab scheme involving the intimidation of Indigenous residents and forged petitions to the Land Office.
“Pullen has been bullying the Indians to such an extent that they have become afraid of him.”
After years of legal battles, the Secretary of the Interior rules that Daniel Pullen’s claim to Quileute lands at La Push must be surrendered to the tribe.
“The acts of Pullen in taking and holding possession of the land were those of a trespasser, and that he can take nothing thereby.”
Survivors and debris on the coast near La Push tell a harrowing story of a ship lost to the jagged rocks during a gale.
“Heavy timbers two and three feet in diameter were snapped square off seemingly as easy as a person could break a twig.”
James G. Swan documents his journey to the Quillayute River, describing the geography, the Indigenous stronghold at James Island, and the aftermath of the Southerner shipwreck.
“To float this great tree and cast it high and dry on the beach, required a tremendous high tide or freshet.”
James G. Swan documents his journey into the remote Quillehuyt River country, naming landmarks and describing the indigenous villages encountered.
“The water is remarkably pure, and at low tide is fresh almost to its mouth. There are neither mud nor weeds in it, but its current flows over a pebbly bottom, which is distinctly seen sparkling through the transparent waters.”
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