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"These are publications of the Canadian Department of Mines… The whole bears additional evidence of the intelligent interest taken in these matters by the Canadian Government.

Canadian Ethnology 211
and "first native historian of North Carolina," These two volumes con-
tain a brief memoir of his life and a collection of his writings.
THE NEW
James T. Young.
66. $2.25.)
AMERICAN GOVERNMENT AND ITs WORK.
(New York, The Macmillan Company, 191 5.
By
Pp.
This book is one of the series known as "Social Science Text-Books,"
edited by Professor Richard T. Ely, of the University of Wisconsin.
The author, James T. Young, is Professor of Public Administration in
the Wharton School of Finance of the University of Pennsylvania.
There are many aids to make the book serviceable as a text, such
as the table of cases cited, references and test questions at the ends of
chapters and two appendices, one giving the constitution and the other en-
titled "The Distrust of Stale Legislatures. The Cause; the Remedy."
ANNUAL MAGAZINE SURJECT INDEX, 1914. Edited by Fred-
erick Winthrop Faxon. (Boston, Boston Book Company, 1915. Pp.
264.)
The magazines published by the various state historical societies are
indexed in the Annual Magazine Subject· Index. It thus becomes a
reference book of special value to historical students. On the whole the
indexing is well done, but greater care in the use of subject headings and
cross references would greatly improve this important index.
THE DOUBLE-CURVE MOTIVE IN NORTHEASTERN ALGONKIAN
ART. By Frank G. Speck. (Ottawa, Government Printing Bureau,
1914. Pp. 17 and 18 plates.)
SOME MYTHS AND TALES OF THE OJIBWA OF SOUTHEASTERN
ONTARIO. Collected by Paul Radin. (Ottawa, Government Print-
ing Bureau, 1914. Pp. 83.)
PREHISTORIC AND PRESENT COMMERCE AMONG THE ARCTIC
COAST ESKIMO. By V. Stefansson. (Ottawa, Government Printing
Bureau, 1914. Pp. 29 and map.)
THE GLENOID FOSSA IN THE SKULL OF THE ESKIMO. By F.
H. S. Knowles. (Ottawa, Government Printing Bureau, 1915. Pp.
25.)
These are publications of the Canadian Department of Mines of
which Hon. Louis Coderre is Minister. The first two are "Memoirs,"
being Numbers 1 and 2 of the Anthropological Series. The second two
212 Book RevieDJs
ARCHAEOLOGICAL REPORT, 1914. By Rowland B.
(Toronto, Ontario Provincial Museum, 1914. Pp.
are "Museum Bulletins," being Numbers 3 and 4 of the Anthropological
Series. The titles are descriptive. It remains to say that the printing is
well done and the whole bears additional evidence of the intelligent in-
terest taken in these matters by the Canadian Government.
A DICTIONARY OF THE CHOCTAW LANGUAGE. By John R.
Swanton and Henry S. Halbert. (Washington, D. c., Government
Printing Office, 1915. Pp. ,0+ 61 1.)
This is one of the valuable publications of the Bureau of American
Ethnology, Smithsonian Institution. It is listed as Bulletin 46.
ANNUAL
Orr, Director.
99.)
The report is lavishly illustrated and being printed on heavily cal-
endared paper the cuts are especially clear. Students will find valuable
materials here. The museum is certainly making good use of its time
and opportunities.
REPORTS FROM ANTHOPOLOGICAL DIVISION. By the Geological
Survey of Canada, 1913. (Ottawa, 1914. Pp.35.)
Sessional Paper No. 26 gives extracts from the geological reports
which bear on or deal with anthropological subjects.
Other Books Received
AMERICAN ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY. Proceedings, October, 1914.
(Worcester, The Society, 1914. Pp.459.)
BOGART, JOHN. The John Bogart Letters, 1776-1782, with
notes. (New Brunswick, Rutgers College, 1914. Pp. 69.)
CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
The Law Papers, Volume 3, 1747-1750.
1914. Pp. 532.)
Collections, Volume 15 ;
(Hartford, The Society,
Dow, CHARLES M. The State Reservation at Niagara; A his-
tory. (Albany, Lyon, 1914. Pp. 202.)
ILLINOIS STATE HISTORICAL LIBRARY. Biennial Report of the
Board of Trustees, 1913-1914. (Springfield, State Printers, n. d. Pp.
21.)


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The Double-Curve Motive in Northeastern Algonkian Art

Reports From Anthropological Division

"The most notable event at the annual meeting of the Pioneer Association of the State of Washington, in Seattle June 1 and 2, was the change in Secretaryship.

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ality in Europe" in lectures June 21 to July I. He will be followed by
Professor Charles H. Haskins of Harvard, July 6 to IS, on "The
Normans in Europe." The third in this group is Professor George Lincoln
Burr of Cornell, who will discuss, July 19 to 28, "Europe in the
Middle Ages."
These leaders will hold conferences twice each week for graduate
students. Besides these remarkably attractive courses, work is offered in
Ancient, English and American History by Professors Herbert E. Bolton,
Eugene I. McCormac, William A. Morris and Richard F. Scholz of the
University of California Faculty.
Marking Yakima Historic Sites e
The Sons of the American Revolution and the Daughters of the
American Revolution are planning to place bronze tablets on basaltic
columns to mark two historic sites in the Yakima Valley. One site is
where Captain Wilder of Major Haller's command was killed by the
Indians in 1855. The other is where Indian Agent A. ]. Bolon was killed
by the Indians in 1855. The latter incident was the spark that kindled
the conflagration known as the Indian War of 1855.
The patriotic societies have had the aid of the scout and writer L.'
V. McWhorter in picking out the exact spots. The Indians who took
part in the killing have all gone to the happy hunting grounds, but Mr.
McWhorter got his information from the oldest Indians and is confident
that it is correct. This worthy work is in line with similar plans in other
parts of the State.
Flag Day Celebrations
Flag Day, June 14, was celebrated with unusual fervor this year.
The principal address in Seattle was delivered by General Hazard Stevens
of Olympia. He is a notable pioneer in his own right and he is especially
interesting also because as a boy of thirteen be accompanied his father,
Isaac I. Stevens, on treaty-making expeditions to the Indians in 1854 and
1855. The father was then serving as the first Governor of Washington
Territory. Hazard was later a member of his father's staff in the Civil
War and was severely wounded in the Battle of Chantilly where the father
was killed.
Pioneer Association of the State of Washington
The most notable event at the annual meeting of the Pioneer As-
sociation of the State of Washington, in Seattle June I and 2, was the.
change in the Secretaryship. Edgar Bryan had served so faithfully for
W.a(5hingtoTlJ Pioneers 219
more than a dozen years that he was expected to continue III the office
for life. He rebelled, said he wanted some time to visit at the reunions
and refused reelection. Thomas H. Cann was elected in his place.
William M. Calhoun was reelected Treasurer. The old trustees were re-
elected and James McCoombs was chosen on the board to succeed Mr.
Cann. William H. Pumphrey was elected President and Edmond S.
Meany, Vice President.
Samuel L. Crawford, the retiring President, being prevented by
illness from attending the meeting, sent an address which was read for
him and the Association sent a committee to his bedside with greetings.
The attendance was larger than usual and all enjoyed the addresses,
music, and especially the hours of visiting at the reunion.


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ume gIves a record of the society's activities in the nIne years since that
event. It is to be hoped that the volumes will appear more frequently
hereafter.
Instructors in History
Instructor Ralph H. Lutz of the University of Washington is at
Stanford University for the present academic year, taking the place of
Professor Edward B. Krehbiel, who is absent on leave. In his place at
the University of Washington is Instructor Charles W. David, recently
from the Universities of Wisconsin and Harvard.
Governors of Washington
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer is publishing as a feature of its daily
editorial page a series of brief biographies of the "Governors of the Com-
monwealth of Washington." When completed there will be twenty-two.
such sketches, fourteen of Territorial and eight of State Governors.
The Columbia Highway
The completion of the Columbia Highway has been celebrated by
the publication of a most beautiful book by Samuel Christopher Lancaster,
Highway Engineer. The book is appropriately and lovingly dedicated to
Samuel Hill, the well known advocate of good roads, who is given credit
of having conceived the great highway. The book is most sumptuously
illustrated, many of the plates being reproduced by a new process directly
from natural colored photographs. The sheer beauty of the book wilT
cause it to be cherished even by those who have not been privileged to see irr
nature the wonderful beauties it reveals, through the modern printer's skilL
Story of the Mercer Expeditions
The article in this Quarterly on the Mercer expeditions is of unusual
value. Readers will discover that the author, Mrs. Engle, was a member
of one of the expeditions. She writes from first hand information.


Instructors in History

"The railroad from Portland to San Francisco was not then finished and I came up the Sacramento with a freight wagon.

Griffin, John A.

Washington Thirty Years Ago

"Though this book has no particular bearing on the Pacific Northwest, it is of interest at this time to citizens of all parts of America.

The Military Obligation of Citizenship. By Leonard Wood

"Agreeably to your wishes to hear about our trip from Manitoba, I will try and give you as good an account as I can.

Campbell, John V.

The Sinclair Party - An Emigration Overland Along the Old Hudson Bay Company Route from Manitoba to Spokane Country in 1854

"This is an attempt to give in the form of episodes a connected history of Old Oregon.

Howay, F. W.

Early Days in Old Oregon. By Katharine Berry Judson.

Index, Volume VII

"Hughes, Mrs. Flora Eloris Payne, died January 9, 1916. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James H. Payne, pioneers of 1853.

Prosch, Edith G.

THE PIONEER DEAD OF 1916
[Miss Prosch has continued the work begun by her father by
again furnishing this annual feature of the Quarterly. Owing to sad
afflictions in her own family, she fears that she may have omitted
some records, but she has done the best she could. The Quarterly is
grateful for her help.-Editor.]
Hughes, Mrs. Flora Eloris Payne, died January 9, 1916. She
was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James H. Payne, pioneers of 1853.
Mrs. Hughes was born near Halsey, Oregon, in 1858. The family
moved to Seattle in 1869, and Miss Payne attended the University
of Washington. She married William H. Hughes in 1878. She is
survived by her husband and a daughter.
Burnett, Charles H., one of the earliest coal operators on Puget
Sound, died January 9, after a short illness, aged 68 years. Mr. Bur-
nett came with his parents to Port Gamble, from Providence, Rhode
Island, in 1857. For many years Mr. Burnett engaged in a general
merchandise business in Seattle, his partner being C. P. Stone. In
1884 he became interested in coal mining and was at different times
superintendent of mines at Newcastle and at Renton and later he had
an interest in a mine at Burnett, Washington.
Wolf, Mrs. Regina, wife of Simon Wolf, was 77 at the time
of her death, January 9. She was. born in Bavaria, but came when
very young to America. She crossed the plains in 1860 and lived in
Portland for many years. She and her husband were the second
Jewish couple married there. She has lived in Seattle for twenty
years.
Clarke, Wellington, speaker of the Washington Territorial House
of Representatives in 1886, died in Los Angeles in January. He was
born in California in 1856. In 1880 he moved to Walla Walla and
formed a partnership with Judge T. J. Anders and Judge Thomas
H. Brents. Of late years he has resided in California.
Glore, Michael, died in Caldwell, Idaho, January 6. He was
born in Illinois in 1837. At the age of 16 he crossed the plains with
an ox team to California. He moved to Seattle in 1874.
Fleming, C. P., an Indian War veteran, died January 21 at Gar-
l'ard Creek, in Lewis County. He was a pioneer of 1852.
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Dunlap, S. S., a pioneer of 1858, died the last of January, near
Hoquiam. He had been a hermit for many years and died alone in his
cabin on the East Hoquiam River. He was over 80 years of age.
Van Brunt, William D., of Bellingham, passed away on his 88th
birthday, January 27, 1916. He was born in Pennsylvania and lived
for a short time in Utah and also in California before coming to
Washington. He served two enlistments in this territory, during the
Indian War of 1855-56, the first as a member of Company D. Wash-
ington Territorial Mounted Volunteers, the second time in Captai~
Oliver Shead's guards in the First Regiment of the Second Washing-
ton Territorial Volunteers. He moved from Steilacoom to Whatcom
County in 1880, where he had a ranch on which he lived until a short
time before his death.
Brewer, Mrs. Margaret, a pioneer of the Willamette Valley of
1852, and of Mound Prairie, Washington, of 1859, died at her son's
home in Hoquiam, February 2, aged 81 years. She was born in
Georgia. Soon after her marriage she came to Oregon. She was of
the party which was lost in the Cascade Mountains for three months,
during which time they suffered extreme privation, men, women and
children dying of starvation and disease. Her husband was at one
time agent at the Oakville Indian Reservation.
Templeton, William, was a pioneer of 1847. He was born in
Missouri in 1845, and died in Seattle, February 14, 1916. His parents
took up a homestead near Brownsville, Oregon, where he continued
to live until a short time before his death, when he moved to Wash-
ington. His wife was the eldest daughter of Ezra Meeker, and he is
survived by six sons and a daughter. Mr. Templeton was actively
interested in the affairs of the Presbyterian Church, of which for over
fifty years he was an elder.
Denny, Orion 0., first white boy born in Seattle, passed away
February 26. He was the second son of Arthur A. and Mary A.
Denny, who headed the party that established homes at Alki Point
in November, 1851, and later were instrumental in the founding of
Seattle. Mr. Denny was born July 17, 1853, in a log cabin on the
present site of the Stevens Hotel in Seattle. He was one of the
earliest students of the University. He took up marine engineering
as a young man, and he was chief engineer at one time on the steamer
Libby, and at another time on the well-known Eliza Anderson. He
retired from business ten years ago, and since then had traveled exten-
sively.
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Noyes, Mrs. Melissa L., had been a resident of Washington since
1859. She died March 16, aged 80 years. Mrs. Noyes was born
in Maine, May 30, 1835. Her husband came to Port Gamble in 1857
and she and her five-year-old daughter cros~ed the Isthmus two years
alter to join him. The family lived at Port Gamble for twenty years,
and at Utsalady ten years and later they made their home at Mount
Vernon.
Frost, Mrs. Jane, was born in Lewis County in 1858, the daughter
of C. C. Padgett, and she died at Chehalis, March Q1, 1916. She
lived for many years at Winlock and also on the Cowlitz River.
Creswell, Donald C., was born in Illinois in 1830. He came west
in 185Q, settling near Salem, Oregon. He moved in a short time to
Benton County, Washington, where he lived until 1900, when he moved
to Walla Walla. He died there at the home of hi~ daughter, March
~l.
Grennon, Mrs. Genevieve, aged 81 years, was a native of Wash-
ington. She was the daughter of M. Plomandon, and was born at a
trading post near Spokane, her father being in the employ of the
Hudson's Bay Company. Mrs. Grennon lived at the Hudson's Bay
posts at Fort Nisqually and in Victoria. She died in Tacoma at the
home of her daughter, March QQ.
Callbreath, Captain John C., died at the Kenny Home, Seattle,
April 9, aged 90 years. He came around the Horn in a sailing vessel
to California in 1849. He was one of the earliest legislators of Cali-
fornia, and represented his state in Congress for several terms. He
went up into the Cassiar country and located mines and built a trading
post on the Stikine River. Twenty years ago, while in Alaska, he lost
his eyesight and since then has lived in retirement. He is survived
by two sons.
McDonald, John Fulton, a pioneer of California and a resident
of Seattle since 1897, died April 1~ at his home. He was born in
Connecticut in 1836. In 1858 he went to California, where he lived
for forty years before coming to Seattle.
Wolf, Simon, a pioneer of Oregon, died at his home in Seattle,
April 14, closely following his wife, who passed away in January of
the same year. He was born in Poland and came to Oregon in 1860,
where he was a merchant for many years. He is survived by two
daughters.
Bunch, Mrs. Sarah Isabell, was a pioneer of 185~, living near
Pioneer Dead of 1916 35
Brownsville, Oregon, for forty years. She died April 16, aged 72
years. Mrs. Bunch had lived in Hoquiam for a short time, later mov-
ing with her family to EIma, Washington.
Murray, Mrs. Henry, passed away in her chair at her home in
Tacoma, April 22, while weaving a quilt. She was 84 years old. Her
parents were pioneers of the Red River of the North. They were
John Ross and Isabell Melville Ross. When she was six years old,
with her parents, she came to Fort Vancouver with Dr. John Mc-
Loughlin, where her father was employed by the Hudson's Bay
Company. Later the family moved to Victoria. She was married in
1851 to Mr. Murray at a place near the present site of Dupont, the
ceremony being performed by Colonel Ebey. They settled on Muck
Creek near Tacoma, where they resided for many years.
Jenner, Charles K., was a resident of the Pacific Coast since
1850. He was born in Wisconsin in 1846 and came with his parents
to California four years later. He obtained his education there and
was admitted to the bar in 1871. In 1876 he moved to Seattle where
he practiced law for many years and was prominent in the affairs of
the city.
Hill, Robert Crosby, of Port Townsend, was one of the best-
known pioneers of the state. He was born in Pennsylvania in 1829
and came by the Isthmus of Panama to California in 1850 and to
Washington in 1853, settling near his two brothers on Whidby Island.
He served during the Indian War on the staff of Major Van Bokelen.
About 1870 he moved to Port Townsend and with Col. Henry Landes
and his brother, Tathaniel Hill, formed the First National Bank.
Thereafter he was actively interested in all that pertained to the
growth and welfare of Port Townsend. He was prominent among
Masons, by whom his funeral was conducted. He died May 1, 1916.
Byles, Mrs. Mary, was a pionee,r of 1852. She was the widow
of David Byles. Her death occurred June 11. Mrs. Byles was 88
years old, and she had been a resident of Elma for many years.
Bornstein, Mrs. Louisa, died July 11 at her home in Seattle. She
was born in San Francisco in 1855 and come with her husband to Se-
attle in 1881. Her husband, Julius Bornstein, was a prominent mer-
chant of this city. Mrs. Bornstein was closely associated with all be-
nevolent work from the time of her arrival in Seattle.
Gillespie, John W., died July 18 in Seattle, aged 69 years. He
was a native of Wisconsin. With his parents he came to this coa~t
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by the way of the Isthmus in 1855. He lived for a time in Portland
before coming to Whidby Island in 1857.
Ross, Mrs. Mary Jane McMillan, has been a resident of Seattle
since 1858. Her father was a well-known clergyman of Oregon,
where he moved in 1853. She came to Seattle shortly after her mar-
riage to John Ross, and has been a resident of Seattle ever since. Her
death occurred July 27.
Jacobs, Hiram J., was a son of the pioneer jurist, Orange Jacobs.
He was born in Oregon in 1860 and graduated from the law depart-
ment of the University of Michigan. He died July 28. Mr. Jacobs
is survived by his mother, three brothers and three sisters.
Alexander, Joh~ S., died at his home in Olympia, August 12. He
was born in Wisconsin in 1886. At the age of 15 he cI;ossed the plains
to Portland, Oregon, and from there came by the schooner Exact to
Olympia, at the time that the Denny family was brought to Alki Point.
He served in the Indian War, being stationed at Fort Ebey on the
Snohomish River. Later Mr. Alexander took up a homestead at
Coupeville, on Whidby Island. He was married in Port Townsend
in 1860 to Miss Anna Lanning, who passed away at her home in
Olympia. At one time Mr. Alexander was deputy collector of customs
in Seattle. During the Klondike gold excitement he had charge of
the building of a fleet of steamers for the Yukon River. After an ab-
sence of sixty years from Olympia he returned there to end his days.
Denny, Mrs. Louisa Boren, the first bride in Seattle, died at her
home in Seattle, August 31, aged 89 years. She was the daughter of
Richard Freeman Boren and Sarah Latimer Boren. Her mother later
married John Denny, the father of Arthur A. Denny and her husband
David T. Denny. Mrs. Denny was the last of the original band of
adults who came to Alki Point in November, 1851. She married Mr.
Denny, January 23, 1852. They took up a donation claim on the
shores of Lake Union.
Rabbeson, Mrs. Lucy A., aged 81, widow of Captain A. B. Rabbe-
son, Indian War veteran, and daughter of Nelson Barnes, pioneer of
1845, died September 4, in Tacoma. Mrs. Rabbeson was born in New
York in 1835. In 1845 the family crossed the plains to Oregon. Her
father had one of the first grist mills in Washington.
Henry, Mrs. Eliza B., for 63 years a resident of the North-
west, and for 54 in Washington, died in Seattle, September 9, and
was buried in Olympia. She was the widow of the late Judge Francis
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Henry, prominent in the early hill.tory of the territory. Mrs. Henry
crossed the plains in 1853.
Crawford, Samuel LeRoy, was a native of Oregon, having been
born near Oregon City, June 22, 1855. His parents were pioneers of
1847. Mr. Crawford lived in Oregon in early boyhood but moved to
Olympia in 1869. He came to Seattle in 1876 to take charge of the
mechanical department of the Daily Intelligencer. In 1880 he and
Thomas W. Prosch purchased the paper and he remained with it after
its consolidation with the Post. In 1888 he formed a partnership with
C. T. Conover to engage in the real estate business and he was con-
nected with the same firm until his death, October 11. He was an ar-
dent baseball enthusiast and introducep. the game to Seattle. Mr.
Crawford was known far and wide for his many benevolences, giving
not only of his money but of his time and influence.
Cochran, Jesse F., veteran of the Mexican and Civil Wars, died
October 17, aged 93 years. He was born in Indiana in 1828 and
joined an Indiana regiment to fight under General Scott in the Mexi-
can campaign. In 1857 he came to California, attracted thither by the
gold discoveries. Later he went to Alaska and then to Puget Sound,
but at the outbreak of the Civil War, he went back to Indiana and en-
listed, serving throughout the war. In 1869, Mr. Cochran came to
Seattle, following his trade of sign painting. He joined the rush to
Alaska in 1897, where he suffered many hardships. Later he went to
Goldfield, Nevada, during their mining excitement. He is survived by
nine sons and daughters.
Brents, Judge Thomas H., died at his home in Walla Walla, Oc-
tober 28, at the age of 76 years. He was born in Illinois in 1840 and
crossed the plains to Oregon in 1858 settling in Clackamas County,
where he remained until 1855. In 1860 he went to Klickitat County,
in Washington, where he herded sheep day by day and studied law
at night. Judge Brents moved to Walla Walla in 1870 and took up
the practice of law. He was elected delegate to Congress in 1878 and
was re-elected in 1880 and again in 1882. He was elected to the
Superior judgeship of Walla Walla County in 1896, and held that
position until 1912.
Porter, Nathaniel E., a Whidby Island pioneer, died at his home
near Austin, October 27. He was born in Nova Scotia in 1837, and
he early showed his love for the sea by varying trips made to remote
parts of the world. In 1857 he decided to give up his roving life
and he went to California and came to Puget Sound in 1859, taking up
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a donation claim on the west side of Whidby Island. Here he en-
gaged in farming for himself and family, providing them with a com-
fortable home.
Weir, Allen, died at Port Townsend, October 81, after a lingering
illness, resulting from an automobile accident, in which State Senator
D. S. Troy was killed. Mr. Weir was born in California in 1854. He
came to the Sound a~ a very young man, living in Olympia for some
time. In 1874 he purchased the Puget Sound Argus and published
it in Port Townsend for many years. He was closely associated with
the political life of the territory and state. Mr. Weir has resided
in Olympia during the last years of his life.
Munroe, Mrs. Elizabeth, aged 73 years, a resident of Washington
since 1853, died in Tacoma, October 31. She came to Thurston County
with her stepfather, Franklin Kennedy, when she was fourteen years
old. She was a cousin of Michael T. Simmons, one of the earliest of
the Puget Sound pioneers.
Steward, Mrs. Angeline, died at her home in Vancouver, November
8, aged 77 years. She was a native of Missouri and crossed the plains
in 1852. She was married to George Steward in Oregon. They moved
to Vancouver in 1862, since which time it has been her home.
Chambers, Thompson McLain, was a resident of Pierce County
for 71 years. He died at the home of his son in Tacoma, November
17, aged 82 years. He belonged to the family that gave its name to
Chambers Prairie and Chambers Creek. He served in the Indian
War of 1855-56 as second lieutenant.
Isaacs, Mrs. H. P., died at her home in Walla Walla, November
18. With her parents, Colonel and Mrs. Fulton, she came to Oregon
from Illinois in 1855 and to Walla Walla in 1864. She was one of
the first advocates of equal suffrage in Washington.
Israel, George C., one of the best-known criminal lawyers of
Washington, died November 26, 1916. Mr. Israel was born in Cali-
fornia in 1858. He practiced law in Baker City, Oregon, in California
and in Olympia before coming to Seattle. He was connected with
many of the greatest criminal trials in the state.
Drumheller, Mrs. Martha A., a pioneer of 1859, died at her home
in Walla Walla, December 16, aged 72 years. She wa~ a member of
the Maxson family, which came to Walla Walla in 1859. She married
Jesse Drumheller, a pioneer of 1862. He was an Indian fighter and
one of the largest land holders of his county.
Pwneer Dead of 1916 39
Duncan, William, known to many as "Big Bill," died in Seattle,
December 17. He had the unique distinction of being the most promi-
nent cab driver in Seattle, conveying many of the best-known visitors
about the city. He was born in San Francisco in 1856.
Murphy, John Miller, former editor and owner of the Washington
Standard of Olympia, died at his home there December 20. He was
the dean of Washington newspaper men. Mr. Miller established the
Standard in 1860 and edited it continuously until 1911. At the
time of the fiftieth anniversary of its founding in 1910, a golden jubilee
was held and scores of newspaper men attended from Oregon and
Washington. He was born in Indiana in 1839. In 1850 he came with
the Barnes family to Olympia. He had the first news route in Portland
for the Oregonian. During his residence in Olympia he was territorial
printer. Mr. Miller was ever an ardent upholder of the Democratic
party in Washington.
Barr, Mrs. Margaret Jane, died in Roslyn, December 80. She
was born in Ohio in 1827, her parents later moving to Iowa, where she
married Samuel Barr in 1849. He came west to Oregon in 1852, and
Mrs. Barr followed him in 1859. They resided in Portland until
1870, when they moved to Grays Harbor, where the family took up
a homestead.
EDITH G. PROSCH.


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