The Washington Historical Quarterly VOLUME V. 1914 THE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY UNIVERSITY STATION SEATTLE, WASHINGTON The Washington Historical Quarterly Board of Editors CLARENCE B. BAGLEY, Seattle. W. D. LYMAN, Walla Walla. J. N. BOWMAN, Seattle. T. C. ELLIOTT, Walla Walla. FRANK A. GOLDER, Pullman. CEYLON S. KINGSTON, Cheney. EDWARD MCMAHON, Seattle. THOMAS W. PROSCH, Seattle. OLIVER H. RICHARDSON, Seattle. O. B. SPERLIN, Tacoma. E. O. S. SCHOLEFIELD, Victoria, B. C. ALLEN WEIR, Olympia. Managing Editor EDMOND S. MEANY Business Manager CHARLES W. SMITH VOL V, NO. 1 JANUARY, 1914 _ISSUED QUARTERLY_ Contents CLARENCE B. BAGLEY George Wilkes 3 LEWIS H. ST. JOHN The Present Status and Probable Future of the Indians of Puget Sound 12 THOMAS W. PROSCH The Pioneer Dead of 1913 22 W. J. TRIMBLE American and British Treatment of the Indians in the Pacific Northwest 32 DOCUMENTS--An Indignation Meeting Over Chief Leschi 55 BOOK REVIEWS 57 NEWS DEPARTMENT 66 NORTHWESTERN HISTORY SYLLABUS 69 REPRINT DEPARTMENT--George Wilkes: History of Oregon, Geographical, Geological, and Political (New York, Colyer, 1845) 72 THE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY UNIVERSITY STATION SEATTLE, WASHINGTON Entered at the Post-office at Seattle as second-class mail matter. The Washington University State Historical Society * * * * * Officers and Board of Trustees: CLARENCE B. BAGLEY, President JUDGE JOHN P. HOYT, Vice-President JUDGE ROGER S. GREENE, Treasurer PROFESSOR EDMOND S. MEANY, Secretary JUDGE CORNELIUS H. HANFORD JUDGE THOMAS BURKE SAMUEL HILL PRINTING DEPARTMENT UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON _Vol. V. No. 1 January, 1914_ The Washington Historical Quarterly GEORGE WILKES