Show remembered HIS BUCK white man s defense of an indian meets with grateful recognition in the winter of 1855 and the BI of 1856 seattle and other new menta near puget sound were ng in war w th the indians of blut v ity under leschi a Ne squally says the author ot P aneer it IT bences ot puget sound lesch s w a against the a thorl les w i trying to deprive his of t valley farms ind force th m to on a cramped and bt rile re erva in the mountains they b ii n friends among the whites whom t e er bitter the w ir grew py careful not to injure one day in february A J 0 la was passing alona a 1 near yel n prairie when he wa i fronted by four armed horseback they at once covered with their rifles but one of 1 spoke to the others and rifles lowered jack baldwinn 9 the indian banded yes my name said baldwin you out to fight india no T am an express ye 0 lot pay you remember bucket of water it suddenly flashed upon mr B win s mind that he knew this nd during the year before the fellow been filling a bucket from a fl ing spring in Olyn rola when a bi it a white man came along removed the indian s bucket th t into mud hole near by and put awn under the spout mr baldwin who had witnessed affair it once interfered and pitch he ruffian into the mud hole aate adlan s bucket the incident had him into the good books of tha dian and so had saved his life go on the red man said to h we don kill you and go he unharmed without more ado |