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Show LAST INDIAN SLAVE DEAD Schickulash Pete Had Lived for Manyj Yean Among White People In State of Washington. j At Hoquiam, Wash., Schickulash) Pete, believed to be the oldest man in the Northwest and the last of tha Grays Harbor Indian slaves, has just, died at the age of one hundred and tea1 years. Another of the slaves, John Kettle, died recently at the age of one hun- dred and five, and with the passing of Pete they have all now gone to tha happy hunting grounds, the New York Sun states. The old Indian, better known as Humptulips Pete from the fact that for more than thirty years he had lived in the Humptulips valley, was a resident of Grays Harbor for 75 years, sr since 1840, when he came with a war party of Indians from the Columbia Colum-bia river to attack the harbor Indians. The invaders, a large band, came into the harbor in canoes and landed at. James Rock, about six miles west of Hoquiam. There they camped for the night, pulling their canoes high, up on the beach to be out of reach of the tide. During the night the Indians of the harbor attacked the invaders and the last big Indian battle of the Grays Harbor district was fought there. Most of the invaders were either killed or captured, only a few escaping. escap-ing. The captives were made prisoners, prison-ers, and among their number were tha two Indians known after the white men came as Humptulips Pete and John Kettle. Both were freed by the Governor Stovens treaty with the Grays Harbor Indians. |