PREFACE
BLAZING THE WAY
CHAPTER I CROSSING THE PLAINS.
CHAPTER II DOWN THE COLUMBIA IN '51.
CHAPTER III THE SETTLEMENT AT ALKI.
CHAPTER IV FOUNDING OF SEATTLE AND INDIAN WAR.
>CHAPTER V. THE MURDER OF MCCORMICK.
CHAPTER VI. KILLING COUGARS.
CHAPTER VII. PIONEER CHILD LIFE.
CHAPTER VIII. MARCHING EXPERIENCES OF ESTHER CHAMBERS.
CHAPTER IX AN OLYMPIA WOMAN'S TRIP ACROSS THE PLAINS IN 1851.
CHAPTER X. CAPT. HENRY ROEDER ON THE TRAIL.
PART II. MEN, WOMEN AND ADVENTURES
CHAPTER I. SONG OF THE PIONEERS.
CHAPTER II. BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES AND SKETCHES.
CHAPTER III. DAVID THOMAS DENNY.
CHAPTER IV THE FIRST WEDDING ON ELLIOTT BAY.
CHAPTER V. LOUISA BOREN DENNY, THE FIRST BRIDE OF SEATTLE,
CHAPTER Va. A NATIVE DAUGHTER, BORN IN FORT DECATUR.
CHAPTER Vb. LIKE A FOREST FLOWER. ANNA LOUISA DENNY.
CHAPTER Vc. ONE OF THE COURAGEOUS YOUTHS.
CHAPTER VI. ARTHUR A. DENNY.
CHAPTER VII. HENRY VAN ASSELT OF DUWAMISH.
CHAPTER VIII. THOMAS MERCER.
CHAPTER IX. DR. HENRY A. SMITH, THE BRILLIANT WRITER.
CHAPTER X. FAMOUS INDIAN CHIEFS.
PART III. INDIAN LIFE AND SETTLERS' BEGINNINGS.
CHAPTER I. SAVAGE DEEDS OF SAVAGE MEN.
CHAPTER II. PIONEER JOKES AND ANECDOTES.
CHAPTER III. TRAILS OF COMMERCE.
CHAPTER IV BUILDING OF THE TERRITORIAL UNIVERSITY.
CHAPTER V. A CHEHALIS LETTER, PENNED IN '52.
CHAPTER VI SOME PIONEERS OF PORT TOWNSEND.
CHAPTER VII. PERSONNEL OF THE PIONEER ARMY.
FORT DECATUR. JANUARY 26, 1856
BLAZING THE WAY
OR
TRUE STORIES, SONGS AND SKETCHES
OF PUGET SOUND AND OTHER
PIONEERS
BY
EMILY INEZ DENNY
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY THE AUTHOR AND
FROM AUTHENTIC PHOTOGRAPHS
SEATTLE:
RAINIER PRINTING COMPANY, Inc.
1909
Copyright 1899
By
EMILY INEZ DENNY
Published 1909
To My Dear Father and Mother,
Faithful Friends and Counselors,
Whose pioneer life I shared,
This book is affectionately dedicated
By THE AUTHOR
A star stood large and white awest, Then Time uprose and testified; They push’d the mailed wood aside, They toss’d the forest like a toy, That great forgotten race of men, The boldest band that yet has been Together since the siege of Troy, And followed it and found their rest.
—Miller
