Tragedy on the Duwamish River

It seems that the Duwamish people came to town Thursday night and reported that the body of a dead man had been found near the head of the bay. The story is a sad one. The facts are about as follows: Last Monday night, the Indians of the Duwamish tribe, engaged in a celebration of their own, secured a large quantity of very bad whiskey, which they drank very freely that day and the day following. During the drunken debauch which followed, an Indian by the name of Mooses, who lived at John Burn's place, was assaulted with a hatchet and terribly cut in the head. From the effect of the blows he became delirious and ran off into the woods and has not been seen since. The general supposition is that he died from the effects of his injuries. 'He was an intelligent Indian,' said one who knew him, 'and he was a doctor, and I think he was a good man and did all he could, but some of the Duwamish Indians thought he was a witch or somehow done them harm. I think when the Indians got drunk they made up their minds to kill him. He had a wife, son and daughter and was very well liked.' Deputy Sheriff D. K. McKinley will go out to the scene of the trouble today, and endeavor to arrest the probable murderers, as well as the parties who furnished those with the bad whiskey.