[72] In the Budget of 1864, out of a total of £135,639, there was specified for gifts to Indian chiefs, £200, (Government Gazette, Feb. 20, 1864); out of a total appropriation of £122,250 in 1869, £100 was appropriated for Indian expenses. (Papers Relating to the Indian Land Question, p. 98.) [73] It might have been well for the enthusiastic Eastern philanthropists, who were so zealous in inveighing against wrongs perpetrated by Westerners upon the Indians, to have directed some of their efforts to their own neighbors. [74] Papers Relating to Indian Land Question, Ap., p. 4. [75] Id., p. 4. [76] Schedule of Indian Reserves in the Province of British Columbia; Papers Relating to Indian Land Question, pp. 104-5. [77] Report of the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works, Id., p. 103. [78] Id., p. 137. [79] Id., p. 33. [80] On this phase consult letter of Rev. Father Grandidier from Okanogan, Id., pp. 145-147. [81] Id., p. 124. [82] Government Gazette, Jan. 30, 1864. [83] Papers Relating to the Indian Land Question, Ap., p. 4. DOCUMENTS The prominence given to the name of the Indian Chief Leschi in the City of Seattle is sufficient to lend an interest to the following record of a meeting of pioneers in Pierce County. It was copied from the Pioneer and Democrat of Friday, January 29, 1858, by Harry B. McElroy of Olympia. Mr. McElroy has a fine series of old territorial newspapers. Indignation Meeting The citizens of Pierce County, W. T., after returning from witnessing the disgraceful transaction enacted at Fort Steilacoom, the place appointed for the execution of the murderer Leschi, on the 22nd January, 1858, assembled at the church in Steilacoom City. Mr. O. P. Meeker was called to the chair, and N. W. Orr was chosen Secretary. The chairman then stated the object of the meeting. The meeting was addressed by Messrs. Sam McCaw, E. Cady and Henry Bradley. On motion, A committee of five were appointed, consisting of A. L. Porter, O. H. White, W. R. Downey, E. M. Meeker and M. J. West, for the purpose of drafting resolutions expressing the views of this meeting as regards the conduct of Sheriff, Geo. Williams, U. S. Commissioner, J. M. Bachelder, and such of the military officers at the Steilacoom Garrison as assisted in evading the execution of the law, and likewise the disgraceful course pursued by Frank Clark. The committee, after retiring for a short time, reported the following resolutions which were unanimously adopted. WHEREAS, at connivance, as we fully believe, of sheriff Williams and others, an arrest was made of said Williams for the purpose of preventing the execution of Leschi, who had been tried, convicted of murder, and sentenced to death, therefore,