Settling Claims on the Puyallup Reservation
Superintendent E. R. Getty visits Steilacoom to resolve land disputes involving settlers on the Puyallup Indian Reservation.
Mr. E. R. Getty, Superintendent of Indian Affairs for Oregon and Washington, arrived in Steilacoom on Friday last, for the purpose of settling the claims of parties in this county who had settled on, improved, and were subsequently compelled to vacate the lands now known as the Puyallup Indian Reservation. Notwithstanding the dissatisfaction of those claimants at the price put upon their improvements, we believe they all accepted the amount tendered them, and that the unpleasant business is finally closed.
“Notwithstanding the dissatisfaction of those claimants at the price put upon their improvements, we believe they all accepted the amount tendered them.”
This report captures the displacement of settlers during the formalization of the Puyallup Reservation. It highlights the friction between the federal government's land management and the individuals who had staked claims on territory that was being re-designated for Indigenous use.
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