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Maynard BIOGRAPHIES OF TWO OF THE OREGON IMMIGRANTS of 1850 THEIR BIRTHS — EVENTS OF THEIR EARLIER YEARS IN VERMONT, OHIO KENTUCKY AND ILLINOIS— DIARY NARRATIVE of JOURNEY ACROSS 'he CONTINENT— WITNESSES OF AND PARTICIPANTS IN THE BEGIN- NINGS OF WASHINGTON TERRITORY — RESIDENCE AT OLYMPIA —THEIR MARRIAGE — REMOVAL TO SEATTLE— FOUNDING AND NAMING A CITY— ITS DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH — LOTS NOW WORTH $40,000, $60,000 AND $80 000 SOLD FOR $5, $10 AND $20— A PHYSICIAN, A MERCHANT A FISHERMAN, A TEAMSTER, A BLACKSMITH A FARMER, A LAWYER, A JUDGE, A TOWN BUILDER, ALL IN ONE— COURT EX- PERIENCES IN 1853 -'54- '55 -'56— WAR WITH THE INDIANS — LIFE AMONG the SAVAGES — the GUARDIANSHIP AND HELP OF A FRIENDLY CHIEF— A DANGEROUS CANOE TRIP — A HOME ON THE FARM- LOSS OF A DONATION LAND CLAIM— DEATH OF DR. MAYNARD — HIS CHARACTERISTICS — A WIDOW SINCE 1873 —HISTORIC PIONEER FIGURE. By THOMAS W. PROSCH, SEATTLE, 1906. Lowman & Hanford Stationery & Printing Co Seattie. Washington //CfatVtcS yy-€^j * - JJuw^f / rf. (%U^^C ,A/4f c ,2S6/ e e.£ rrteZvaUrt^ are. alUy ranmrt.a storZ/t. * oft S v >£o trari,erzo ezcce-raltr*? fo fla£. G>f*f e/£Ae- rial cf tAe. Bivn,^**'**^*'. zn. JUno Coisrviy. tersTtirratcrz. Territory art*. /AaJ iAe, Jame if trt a.ccor-aCarte& zx-itA. At«/we u/UZ. tvts&e* arrcC desire. #f wfucA. ?te is /K >rof>rte.£or: tjza^lt'e SXay£3<± '753. ///. >£s?er 04# sc- c *o,< nrsj >« /Art pi.ta~*. cXC. Mnrri, "The Town of Seattle," as Platted by D. S. Maynard May 23d, 1853. 38 The Life of David S. Maynard. tendered to the Methodist Episcopal church a tract of land 44 rods wide by 106 rods long on the hillside east of his town site. His object was to secure there a school to be called the Seattle Institute, conducted by the church. The same day the tender was accepted as far as was then possible by the Presiding Elder, who appointed Messrs. A. A. Denny, Ed- mund Carr, R. H. Lansdale, George Hughbanks and Wm. E. Morse a Board of Trustees for the purpose of carrying out the idea of the donor. As no subsequent action was taken the land reverted to Maynard. If the church owned this land now, so generously offered it, it would be wealthy, indeed. The first recorded sales of real estate in King County were made by D. S. Maynard. May 16th he sold to Capt. Leonard M. Felker lots 3 and 6 in block 2 for $100. Lot 6 was an inside lot alongside the present day New England Hotel, and lot 3 was in the bay immediately to the west. This was a week before the plat was filed, and several months before a lot was sold by any one else. From the beginning he sold or gave away his lots rapidly, his patrons or friends being Henry Adams, Franklin Matthias, Henry Webber, Thomas W. Slater, R. P. Willis, Charles Plummer, John A. Chase, Wal- ter Abbott, George Plummer, David Maurer, John J. Moss, Solomon Collins, L. V. Wyckoff, W. P. Smith, L. M. Felker and others in Seattle, and to prominent men of the Territory elsewhere, as Elwood Evans, Wm. H. Wallace, Daniel S. Howard, J. Patton Anderson, J. S. Clendenin, Chas. H. Mason, W. W. Miller, Hugh A. Goldsborough and James Tilton. He received for his lots $1, $5, $10, $20, $25, $50 and in one case $100, lots that today are worth from $50,000 to $100,000 apiece. His largest sale at this time was to Capt. Felker, the block bounded now by Jackson and King streets, First avenue south and Railroad avenue — the so-called Point — for $350. Felker built a fine house upon it, at an expense of $4,000, in which court was held, and which was a favorite boarding house until its destruction by fire June 6th, 1889. Felker sold the block and house to A. C. Anderson in 1861 for $2,000, and Anderson about thirty years later sold the land for $51,000. Block 52 Dr. Maynard deeded to four of his Eastern relatives, including his son and daughter. He paid the taxes upon it while living. The Life of David S. Maynard. 39 but after his death the taxes were allowed to go unpaid, and the block was sold by the county to Melody Choir. In conse- quence of his enterprise, generosity and prodigality May- nard's lots went quickly. He would sell for almost any price that he could obtain. As a result the town was upon his claim during the first years of its existence, and it was not until in the 8o's that the business center crossed Yesler way. Having disposed of his land, however, the increased values given to it by the people and business he induced to locate upon it did not help him. In this respect — the one of personal benefit to himself and wife — his course was not so prudent as that adopted by Yesler, Denny, Terry and other large property owners, who, while encouraging the coming of new people, did not rob themselves for their good, but rather shared with them the advantages to be derived from the increase of pop- ulation and business and growth of the town. Dr. Maynard's character may be illustrated by an anecdote. He was prepared to turn his hand to anything useful. His experience on the Plains had not only made a teamster of him, but he thought a blacksmith. No one else offering to open a shop in his town, Maynard in the summer of 1853 purchased and installed a bellows, anvil, tools and materials on lot one of block seven, the southeast corner of First avenue south and Washington street. There he shod the draft animals of the Duwamish farmers. In town there was neither horse nor ox. While so engaged on the 1st of September, one of the new- comers — a tall, powerful, young man, named Lewis V. Wy- ckoff — stopped and remarked to him : "You are doing pretty well for a doctor, but it is plain you never served time as a blacksmith's apprentice." "I never did ; that's true," replied the physician, "and I'm not doing this because I like it. But, maybe, you think you have served time." "Yes, I have ; and I'm a good blacksmith, too," said Wyckoff. "Perhaps, then, you'd like to own this shop?" "I would like to have it, but I haven't the money with which to buy it," said Wyckoff, thinking that Maynard was likely to ask a big price. 40 The Life of David S. Maynard. "Well, if you want it, and will promise to run it," May- nard remarked, "you can have it cheap enough, and on terms to suit you." "Name your price, Doctor," the sturdy blacksmith said. "If you will keep the shop open, and do the people's work, I'll give you the entire outfit, and sell you the lot for ten dollars." "They're mine," shouted the astonished Wyckoff. "Here's your money. Give me the deed." Before night the quit claim deed from Maynard to Wy- ckoff was on file at the auditor's office. Probably no man in Seattle had more varied and diverse employments than D. S. Maynard. Anything good enough for other men to do was good enough for him — if useful, desirable, or profitable — and what he did he usually did well. The story also exemplifies his liberality or reckless open-handedness. Seattle's First Courts and Their Business. HE Territory of Washington having been created by Congress in March, 1853, and Gov. Stevens having proclaimed its organization in November following by establishment of election precincts and appointment of officers, and the formation of the Legislative and Judicial districts, the calling of an election and so forth, special pro- gress was made by Seattle in consequence. It was one of the two precincts of the county, the other one being Alki. H. L. Yesler, A. A. Denny and D. S. Maynard were appointed by the Governor as the officers of election, which was held on the 30th of January, 1854. King was made a Repiesenta- tive district by itself, but was joined with Pierce in the Coun- cil district. All of Puget Sound north of Thurston County was constituted the Third Judicial District, with terms of court at Steilacoom, Seattle, Coveland and Port Townsend. The term of court ordered by the Governor to be held at Seattle in February was found to be impossible. The first term, therefore, was in October, 1854, Chief Justice Lander presiding. Thomas S. Russell was Sheriff; David S. May- nard, Clerk ; Frank Clark, Prosecuting Attorney for the Terri- The Life of David S. Maynard. 41 tory, and Elwood Evans Attorney for the United States by special appointment. The first complaints were against Cap- tains Rand, Pray, Newell and Collins, for discharging ballast in the Sound. The charges were held against these mariners until the next term of Court, when they were dismissed by Judge Chenoweth, probably because of the newness of things, lack of knowledge of law and the custom in the past for ship- masters to dump ballast at pleasure. The next man brought in for that offense, however, was not let off so easily ; Capt. Marshall Blinn, in April, 1855, being convicted and fined. At the first term of Court the Grand Jury consisted of Chas. C. Terry, Win. N. Bell, S. M. Holderness, O. M. Eaton, Francis McNatt, Edmund Carr, Franklin Matthias, Henry VanAsselt, Wm. H. Gilliam, Henry Pierce, C. C. Lewis, B. L. Johns, Abram F. Bryant, Joseph Foster, William Heebner, G. W. W. Loomis, Wm. P. Smith, H. H. Tobin, J. L. Foster and Burley Pierce. In 1853 Mesatchee Jim, a bad Indian, as in- dicated by his name, had killed his wife without cause or reason. The white men did not like Jim or his act, and a party of them, organized for the purpose, promptly seized him and hung him in the outskirts of town. The attention of the Grand Jury was called to this act of lawlessness by Judge Lander and Prosecutor Clark, the result being the indict- ment of David Maurer for murder, October 24th. On the 26th the Jury filed into Court, and after a statement to the Judge by Foreman Terry, Loomis and Heebner were dis- missed. Heebner was one of the leading actors in the lynch- ing, and while that fact did not seem to militate against him as a juror in the indictment of Maurer, it hardly seemed to be the proper thing for him to assist in his own indictment. The jury retired and immediately indicted Heebner for mur- der. Later Luther M. Collins was added to the prisoners so accused. Robert Brainard was similarly indicted, but Loomis escaped. Maurer was tried first. He was a simple-minded Dutchman. When the plain statement in the indictment was read to him in Court, and he was asked by the Judge whether he was guilty or not, he was frightened, and hesitated and stammered, according to Butler, Yesler, Foster and others of the pioneers then present. "Vat ish de question, Shudge?" 42 The Life of David S. Maynard. he is said to have asked. It was read to him again, when he innocently replied, "I suppose I ish quilty, Shudge." Terry is said to have leaned over and whispered to him, "Not guilty, you fool, say not guilty," whereupon Maurer amended his plea by saying "not guilty." The first admission was disre- garded by the Court and the declaration of innocence was entered on the record instead. Maurer cried with fear, think- ing he would be hung, saying he would never see his family again, and he felt so bad. The trial jurors were Henry H, Decker, Henry Stevens, Seymore Wetmore, Delos Water- man, Chas. Walker, John Henning, Wm. H. Brannon, Samuel Bechtelheimer, George Bowker, Dexter Horton, Wm. A. Strickler and Timothy D. Hinckley. H. H. Tobin, Henry Pierce, O. M. Eaton, Henry Van Asselt, Franklin Matthias and Henry L. Yesler appeared as witnesses for the prosecu- tion, while those for the defense were Edward A. Clark, Lewis V. WyckofT, C. D. Boren, Sidney B. Simons, Luther M. Collins, Wm. H. Brown, Henry Adams, Joseph William- son and Wm. N. Bell. The whole proceedings were generally looked upon as a joke, but a couple of the jurors and the prosecuting attorney made it as serious for the prisoners as they could. Maurer was tried first, and very much to his relief, and quite as much to his surprise, was acquitted. Sev- eral of the Grand Jurors, it will be noticed, were witnesses for the defense, while Maurer himself was one of the regular panel of Petit Jurors, he being excused, of course, from try- ing himself, as Heebner had been from indicting himself. Heebner's trial followed Maurer's, occurring on the ist of November. The jurors then were Seymore Wetmore, T. D. Hinckley, Delos Waterman, Henry Stevens, Henry H. Decker, Daniel J. Sackman, John Hograve, Tarkington Sower, Arthur A. Denny, John Jameson, Wm. A. Strickler and Adol- phus Clymer. Heebner was a pretty tough fellow, and a harder fight was made against him than against poor Maurer. Some of the jurors held out for conviction for a long time. Judge Lander was as easy on the prisoners as he could be, without absolutely turning them loose. Joseph Cushman, of Olympia, and W. C. Pease, captain of the U. S. revenue cut- ter Jeff Davis, were attorneys for the defence. Heebner was The Life of David S. Maynard. 43 acquitted also, whereupon the charge against Collins was dismissed. The witness fees in the Maurer case amounted to $57.70, while there was a charge for meals to jurors of $24; the meals in the Heebner case coming to $42, at 50 cents each, evidently seven table sittings. The court was held in the Felker House, kept then by Mary Ann Boyer, known to all old residents as "Mother Damnable," on account of her fierce temper, profane language and hard character. She was a good cook, had the best house in town, and got the patron- age of the traveling public. Lawyer Clark made a stiff fight for conviction of the accused men. He wanted to make a good impression as a lawyer, he being young, and they all new to each other. His course aroused some feeling of unpleasant- ness, one manifestation thereof, perhaps, being a large bill for accommodations at the Boyer House. He objected to it, but she was firm. He at last paid, but said that he must have a receipt to show, and to prevent her from exacting payment again. As she could neither read nor write she could give no receipt. By this time she was angry, in a rage, and, telling him she would give him a receipt, she stepped back into the kitchen. Returning with several sticks of stovewood she ad- vanced upon Clark with the words : "You want a receipt, do you? Well, you shall have one. Here it is. Take it," let- ting drive at him with all her great force one of the chunks of wood. He had become aware of her hostile intent, and fled, she pelting him with the sticks as long as he was within sight and range. Clark never afterwards wanted a receipt from her, and when the story got out no one else who heard it cared to risk the experience he then had by similarly annoy- ing her. It is doubtful if the U. S. Marshal, who paid her $39 for furniture and room rent of the court during the short term, had the courage to ask a receipt from her. If he did, it is possible that, being a smooth politician, he adroitly avoided giving her offense. Dr. Maynard had trouble with her about the same time. It was a case of trespass. Justice Holder- ness decided in favor of Mrs. Boyer, but on appeal to the District Court Holderness was reversed and Maynard won. At the April term, 1855, David S. Maynard was appointed by Judge Chenoweth a U. S. Commissioner, to take acknowl- 44 The Life of David S : Maynard. edgments, bail affidavits and attend to the other duties of the office. At the October term, in 1856, Elwood Evans, H. R. Crosby and William H. Wallace were appointed by the Dis- trict Judge, Chenoweth, a committee to examine Maynard with a view to ascertaining his qualifications for practising at the bar as an attorney-at-law. The committee reported to the Court that Maynard was of good moral character, and was qualified in all respects required by the statutes, and recom- mended that his application for the right to practise law be granted. The Judge accepted the report, and on the 28th Maynard was sworn in to support the Constitution of the Uni- ted States and the laws of the Territory of Washington, and to demean himself faithfully and honestly as an attorney, counselor and solicitor. After this term (October, 1856), the court in Seattle was abolished, and not revived or renewed until February, 1864. Though Mesatchee Jim was much disliked by other In- dians, and they were glad to be rid of him, they believed that the white men should be punished for his hanging, and they were disappointed when Maurer, Heebner and Collins were released. As some sort of compensation for the killing of Jim, they went over to the ranch of a lonely old bachelor, commonly known as "Old Jack," on the west side of the Duwamish river near its mouth, and killed him. In a general way the justice of the act of retribution upon the whites was recognized among the people, looking at it from the Indian standpoint, and no attempt was ever made to punish "Old Jack's" mur- derers. Deterrent effect upon the vengeance of the settlers was also caused by the fact that two other Indians had recently been given the same treatment that Mesatchee Jim had re- ceived, for crimes they were supposed to have committed. Further, it began to look like a dangerous game longer to play. The honor of the County School Superintendency was bestowed upon Dr. Maynard about this time, being added to his numerous other official and public favors. The Life of David S. Maynard. 45 The Treaty of Point Elliott. N the 20th of January, 1855, and for three days fol- lowing, a council was held at Point Elliott, near the present city of Everett, by Gov. Stevens with the head men of the Duwamish, Suquamish, Snohomish, Snoqual- mie, Skagit and other tribes further north, including Seattle, Patkanim, Goliah and Chowittshoot. Stevens was accompa- nied by M. T. Simmons, B. F. Shaw, C. H. Mason, George Gibbs, S. S. Ford, H. D. Cock, Lafayette Balch, E. S. Fowler, H. A. Goldsborough, J. H. Scranton, L. M. Collins, D. S. May- nard and others, the only steamer on Puget Sound, the Major Tompkins, being used for the purpose of the expedition. After considerable talking, feasting, handshaking, smoking and ne- gotiating, a treaty was effected by which the natives relin- quished their rights in the greater part of the lands bordering the Sound, accepting as their own places of future residence reservations at a number of different points. For this and promises of peace and good behavior the Indians were to re- ceive instruction in farming, carpentry and the like, free schools were to be established, $15,000 were to be spent in improvements on the reservations, and for twenty years blan- kets, cloths, and other goods to the amount of $7,500 per an- num were to be given. To Maynard one of the gratifying fea- tures of the council was the good feeling evinced towards him by many of the natives. In making the first talk for the Indians at the conference, Seattle concluded with these words : "My mind is like yours. I don't want to say more. My heart is very good towards Dr. Maynard. I want always to get medicine from him." Chowittshoot, of Bellingham Bay, wound up with : "My mind is the same as Seattle's. I love him and send my friends to him if they are sick. I go to Dr. Maynard at Seattle if I am sick." The Governor promised them a doctor, as the desire for one was expressed by each and all of the chiefs. Maynard was the appointee, later in the year. The treaty was not ratified by the U. S. Senate until 1859, and, of course, the promised benefactions did not reach the Indians. They did not understand this, and complained and protested at the delay. In January, 1856, when the first year's goods were due, the Indian war was at its hight. The Indian 46 The Life of David S. Maynard. superintendent and his agents did not know what to do. In his desire to keep at least partial faith with the red men, or at any rate have them think that he was doing so, Agent May- nard bought $1,300 worth of goods from Plummer & Chase, Seattle merchants, and distributed them among the natives as tho they were a part of the promised government bounty or payment for the lands. As this was not in accordance with custom and regulation, the Department at Washington never could find a way for settling this claim of Maynard's, and he lost the whole amount. The War of 1855-56; Maynard an Indian Agent. HE Indians of Eastern Washington became seriously disaffected in the summer of 1855. Their mutterings at first were disregarded. The army officers and some of the officials of the Territory would not believe there was danger. As time went on the feelings of discontent and hos- tility were insidiously and diligently spread. among the natives in the western half of the Territory and throughout the Terri- tory of Oregon. Finally there were overt acts of war. A party of gold seekers from Seattle, bound for a reported min- ing district in the vicinity of Colville, were attacked in the Yakima country. Several of the men were killed, and the others escaped to tell the tale. An Indian agent was sent to investigate the matter and demand the punishment of the murderers. He, too, was killed. A hundred soldiers next went into the country of the hostiles, only to be attacked and driven back with considerable loss. The war was now on, and its scene was rapidly extended to the west, particularly to the country included within the limits of King County. Attacks were made upon the whites at a number of places, citizens of the Territory, U. S. soldiers and settlers — men, women and children — being slain, houses burned, and other property ruined and destroyed. The town of Seattle was fortified, and though the citizens were assisted in its defense by a slnp ...QJLwar with one hundred and fifty men on board and on shore, it was attacked by the savages, and a desperate battle fought for its capture on the one side and its protection on the other. Gov. Stevens, who was also Superintendent of The Life of David S. Maynard. 47 Indian Affairs, evolved the idea of separating the Indians, the hostiles from the friendlies or the supposed friendlies. In furtherance of that plan he established several camps on the islands and on the west shore of the Sound, into which he gathered as many Indians as possible, placing them under the care of agents, feeding them, and keeping from them as far as possible the emissaries of the enemy. For this purpose he looked up men for agents who were discreet, who possessed the confidence of the Indians, and who could be relied upon to do what was right by them and by the government and people. One of the men so selected was Doctor Maynard. He was given charge of the Indians of Seattle, Shilshole bay, Port Orchard and Port Madison, with headquarters at the latter place, upon the reservation set aside for his old friend, Chief Seattle, and the tribe of Suquamishes. There Maynard watched and cared for the Indians for a year and a half, mak- ing frequent trips to the other points of refuge, and carrying out the idea of the Governor most successfully and com- pletely. Several thousand Indians were in his charge, who would have given a vast deal of trouble had they put on the war paint and joined Owhi, Leschi, Kanasket, Kitsap and their associates. In this way the services of the men of peace were no less valuable than were those of the men of war; in fact, they may have been infinitely more valuable to the weak settlements then scattered along the shores of Puget Sound, saving some of them from destruction that otherwise could not have been averted. While so engaged Maynard was also attending to professional calls from his neighbors, and was by no means neglecting his duties as an officer of the Court and as a citizen. They were trying times to all, and no less so to him than to others, though he gave little evidence of worry, owing to his hearty, jovial, good nature. Dr. Maynard Becomes a Farmer; Events of i85g-'6o. HE war being ended, Maynard returned to town. Conditions had greatly changed. The farms of the country had been practically destroyed, but little more than the land being left. Homes in town had been simi- larly treated. Quite a number of the survivors either had 48 The Life of David S. Maynard. already left the country or were then preparing to leave. The population was much reduced. There was almost no busi- ness. Money was exceedingly scarce. It was difficult, indeed, to live in the ordinary way. The town was set back for sev- eral years. There was no demand for lots. In fact, there were many more lots than there were people, and some of the dis- couraged ones were led to believe and say that land enough was already platted and sold for all the town that ever would be seen at Seattle. Maynard, being of hopeful disposition, and inclined to optimism, was unable to share in the gloomy views of his fellow townsfolk. At the same time he could not endure a life of sloth and inaction. His thoughts turned to the soil, and he began to talk of the pleasant life of the farmer. He was sure that if he were a tiller of the soil he would be prosperous as well as happy. Visions of the orchard, the veg- etable garden, the poultry, the horses and cattle were before him. The more he thought of these things the more he wanted his visions realized. He did not reflect that he had land enough, and good land, for this purpose. He must have another place, out of town, in the country, and yet near by, where he could maintain his agricultural operations and still, if he chose, make a few dollars occasionally from the practise of his profession among his old neighbors. While in this frame of mind he fell in with Charley Terry. Terry was the keenest and shrewdest of the local pioneers, full of energy and action, and one who knew a good thing the moment he saw it. In trad- ing Maynard was no match for him. It did not take Terry long to effect an exchange of his Alki Point claim of 319 acres for the 260 acres of Maynard's claim then unplatted. On the nth of July, 1857, they passed deeds each to the other, Terry acquiring land by the transaction worth today an average, perhaps, of $100,000 an acre, while Maynard got land that possibly might sell for $3,000 an acre. In other words the land that Terry got is now worth not far from $26,000,000, while the land that Maynard got is worth $1,000,000. The Doctor and his wife moved over to Alki and lived there for several years. They had a good home, and they endeavored to make the place attractive to visitors, having company fre- quently, and doing considerable in the way of hospitality. His The Life of David S. Maynard. 49 place was a port of call for boatmen on the way up and down the Sound, while the Indians, always glad to see their old friend, camped there almost continually, and fed upon him until he had little left for himself and wife, and nothing to sell. Though he talked loud and often about the free and happy life of the farmer; sent samples of his finest garden stuff to the Olympia and Steilacoom newspapers, in illustration of what could be grown on the Sound, and kept up appearances gen- erally, he became discouraged after five or six years' trials, and was rather glad to get back to town, especially after the burning of his farmhouse and contents. Upon resumption of life in Seattle, the Doctor tried to sell the Alki farm. Men would look at it, but would not pay the price. Year by year the latter was reduced, until in 1868 (Sept. 28th), he found a man who was willing, able and sufficiently courageous to pay him $450 for the 314 acres of land then remaining. This ven- turesome individual was Knud Olson, known to all the old settlers from his long residence on the Alki place. A few days later Olson bought 161 acres adjoining, now in West Seattle, from George Bannock, for $300. These prices give an idea of how little value, less than forty years ago, was con- nected with Seattle property now worth millions almost be- yond computation. While Maynard was on the farm it is not to be supposed that he was doing nothing in the town or for the country. In illustration of his life during the six years there, 1859 may be referred to. That year he was appointed Court Commis- soner for King County, and was also elected Justice of the Peace for Seattle precinct. There still being no resident min- ister of the gospel in the village, Justice Maynard's services were frequently availed of by the young men and women who were spoiling for matrimony. On the 28th of August he made two couples happy, no previous day in local annals equaling that in this respect. Lewis V. Wyckoff and Mrs. Ursula Mc- Conaha were then legally joined by him, in the home of the widow, while at the Terry residence Capt. John S. Hill and Miss Addie J. Andrews were also married. A fortnight later (Sept. 15th, 1859,) Miss Nellie M. Andrews, a sister of Mrs. Hill, and Sumner B. Hinds were married by Justice Maynard. 50 The Life of David S. Maynard. These young ladies were from Bucksport, Maine, and had been on the Sound but a short time. Hinds's partner, Charles Plummer, was also married by Maynard, at Alkt, on the 4th of July, i860, the bride being Mrs. Sarah J. Harris, not long from Lowell, Massachusetts. Plummer, by the way, was one of the most enterprising men in Seattle, who believed in doing in the best manner whatever he attempted. The dwell- ing that he built was the finest of its day, his store building and hall were the same, and so likewise were his hotel build- ing, wharf and other undertakings. On the 22d of July, 1859, John H. Scranton gave to the Olympia and Steilacom people the opportunity of coming to Seattle on the new steamer Julia for the low price (at the time) of three dollars a person. Two hundred people availed themselves of the privilege. Scranton advertised up the Sound one of the attractions as follows : "In order to give zest to the entertainment, Dr. Maynard, hyas tyee of the Seattle tribe of Indians, will superintend the grand clam bake. The clams and other shellfish will be cooked on heated stones in the ancient style of the aborigines of our Territory." Seattle people made every effort to properly receive and care for their guests. A salute was fired from the wharf. Mrs. Terry threw open her house to the upper Sound ladies. The attractions of the town then consisted of the three wharfs — Yesler's, Horton's and Plummer's ; the Woodin tannery ; the Methodist church; the Yesler saw mill and cook house, and the old blockhouse fort, in addition to the stores, hotels and — saloons. Capt. A. C. Rand seemed to head the committee on reception and entertainment, members of which were the townsmen and townswomen generally. ' A free ball and sup- per were given in the Plummer Hall at night. All went on successfully and happily except the grand event — the clam bake. To the great disappointment of the citizens, and to Maynard's utter humiliation, the tides served badly. For sev- eral days they refused to go out so as to uncover the beds, and it was found to be impossible to obtain the shellfish requi- site for this feature of the day's program, upon which such great expectations had been based. The Life of David S. Maynard. 51 It will be pardonable on the part of the author to say that the occasion of this excursion was his first visit to Seattle. His two older brothers and father were of the company. We boys, after looking over the town — the task of a few minutes only — decided that in standard Seattle was not up to our own Steilacoom. It was not so large, so well built, so clean, so handsome. Many of the houses were unpainted ; not one was plastered. By comparison we were proud of our home place. Seattle was not and never would be the equal of Steilacoom. Our exultation was beyond suppression or concealment. The town boys with whom we came in contact intuitively and otherwise were made aware of our feelings. They resented them. More than forty years afterwards C. H. Hanford, the present U. S. District Judge, told me that he and his young neighbors were then very anxious to tone us down ; they be- lieving that we were too cocky, and that a ride on a rail, duck- ing in the slough, Sunday clothes and all, and other perform- ances of like character, were due us as a part of our just en- tertainment, the lack of opportunity only preventing our re- ceiving the full measure of our desserts at their hands. Steil- acoom is today just as populous as it was then, and of less gen- eral importance. Seattle is — well, everybody knows. For many years Puget Sounders believed there was much gold on the eastern slope of the Cascade mountains, in what are now Kittitas, Chelan, Okanogan, Ferry and Stevens counties and Southern British Columbia, and every year there was talk of Swauk, Colville, Similkameen, Rock Creek, Wenat- chee and other places where it was supposed to be. Pros- pectors went there, and occasionally brought back exciting and sensational reports — 50 cents and $1 to the pan, and $20 to $100 a day to the man. Seattle was eager to get a road thru the mountains, that it might share in the trade benefits sure some time to be derived. On the 20th of August a meet- ing was held for the purpose of getting the Snoqualmie road opened. Capt. Rand was chairman, Jasper W. Johnson, sec- retary, and L. D. Harris was made treasurer. J. C. Kellogg, A. A. Denny, F. Matthias, H. L. Yesler, D. S. Maynard and others were present. It was determined to open the road from the Snoqualmie Prairie to the eastern side, and the job was 52 The Life of David 5. Maynard. placed in the hands of Timothy D. Hinckley. Maynard, Yes- ler and Matthias, as a committee, were put in general charge, and they expended $1,350 in opening the road to a point seven miles east of Lake Kichelas. They issued a report in which they told what had been done, and praised the route as cen- tral, practicable and available for immigrants, miners, traders and travelers to and from Seattle or the country to the south and north. The next year there was quite a rush to the Rock Creek diggings, and to other streams on the way. Plummer & Hinds sent two pack trains of fifteen animals each. Rob- ert Russell, Thomas S. Russell, Joseph Foster, J. C. Kellogg, Low, Richard, King and others went. The Yesler mill was short handed in consequence of the exodus. A single party numbered twenty-five men. It looked good for a few weeks. Portland, Victoria and Seattle planned and fixed themselves for a great rush of miners. But, like too many such affairs, it did not "pan out," and by the end of the season was known to be one more of the long list of mining failures. Return to Seattle; Business Efforts, Social Matters, etc. |PON resuming his residence in town, Maynard began about where he had left off. One of the first things was to start the King County Agricultural Society, in June, 1863. Then with Christian Clymer, Thomas M. Al- vord, Josiah H. Settle, Joseph Williamson, D. A. Neeley, Francis McNatt, Edmund Carr, S. F. Coombs and others the Society was organized. Maynard for a time was secretary and Clymer president. To reopen the hospital was another idea. From the earliest days he had occupied the field as physician and surgeon to the fullest extent possible. He had cared for the sane and the insane, the sick and the maimed, when no one else could or would. This was far back in the 50's. Now in the 6o's he resumed the difficult and disagreeable burden. In the first issue of the first Seattle newspaper — the Gazette of December 10th, 1863 — appeared his advertisement as phy- sician and surgeon, and the additional announcement that the Seattle Hospital would be opened on the 15th. The further statement was made that in connection with the hospital the The Life of David S. Maynard. 53 lying-in apartment would be under the care of Mrs. C. T. Maynard, aided by suitable nurses. A fortnight later, the editor, J. R. Watson, mentioned a supper given at the Union Hotel to himself and friends by Dr. Maynard, who was said to have been that evening in one of his happiest, story-telling moods. The "boys" thought it a good joke on the Doctor to inveigle him into a funny society under the delusion that he was joining a secret organization devoted to the advancement of his political principles. He was surprised at the ludicrous character of the initiation, but he kept his temper and pre- tended to enjoy it as much as those engaged in directing and watching the mysterious performances. When A. S. Mercer arrived with his first company of young women from the Atlantic they were given a public reception, at which Dr. Maynard presided, Rev. Nehemiah Doane making an address of welcome, and Mercer responding for the ladies. Maynard was a devoted Mason, and promptly joined the first Seattle Lodge — St. John's, organized in i860. One of the last acts of his life was to deed to St. John's Lodge one of the very few lots he yet had remaining in his "town of Seattle." Shortly before his death the Masons determined upon having a ceme- tery. Maynard was one of the men who selected the land — the present Lakeview — and his own was the first body that was there interred. Among the later organizations of Seattle in which he took interest were the Seattle Library Association, and the first Society of Pioneers. Though an admitted attor- ney-at-law he made but little effort in that direction. In 1865, however, he formed a partnership with E. L. Bridges, as May- nard & Bridges, opening an office, and offering to practise as attorneys and counselors-at-law in all the courts of the Terri- tory. In 1870 he and Dr. Rust were associated in partnership as physicians. Of course, in a work like this it is impossible to mention more than a few of the deeds and associations of the subject of the narrative. For this reason many matters — some of importance and interest — concerning Dr. Maynard are necessarily omitted, and others reduced to the shortest possible mention. 54 The Life of David S. Maynard. Strives to Get Land Title ; Loses Half of Donation Claim. URING all these years Maynard had been unable to perfect title to his land. He began promptly, and did all that he could, but there were delays at Wash- ington City to this day beyond understanding. He laid claim to 640 acres, in as nearly a square shape as possible, under the provisions of the first Oregon Donation Act, that of Sep- tember 2J, 1850. By the terms of this act, and of later acts amendatory of it, a man who was a resident of Oregon on or before December 1, 1850, was entitled to 320 acres of land on his own account, and if he were married then or within one year of that date his wife would also be entitled to 320 acres, they being settlers and occupants of the public lands. A posi- tive requirement of the law was that notice should be given by the settler of his claim on or before the 1st of December, 1855, those who did not give such notice being forever de- barred from the benefit of the law. Maynard wanted the 320 acres for his wife, and he tried to get the land for her, tho he apparently realized the difficulty in the way of so doing. The first Mrs. Maynard complied with none of the terms ; not residing upon the land herself, and being divorced before title inured to him. The second Mrs. Maynard might have ob- tained the land as the widow of Israel Broshears, but she made no such effort; she might also have obtained it as the wife of Maynard, had she married him sooner. Tho efforts were made in behalf of both women, both lost. Doctor May- nard accompanied his application with the necessary affidavit, made before H. L. Yesler, as Clerk of the Probate Court of King County, on the 26th of October, 1853, in which he told of both wives and both marriages, and gave the other neces- sary information. He used the expression that he "was in- termarried with Lydia A. Maynard, his first wife, until De- cember 24th, 1852," and further on said that he "is inter- married with Catherine T. Broshears, his second wife, and that he was legally married to her on the 15th day of January, 1853." There was no intended deception in these statements,' but years afterwards the government land officers misunder- stood the first one, and reported that Maynard had sworn that his first wife had died on the 24th of December, 1852. Ban- The Life of David S. Maynard. 55 croft and others have used this statement to the detriment of Maynard's reputation. Without entering into the detail of his divorce, he meant neither more nor less than he said, saying it in as few words as possible. The erroneous impression of the land officers put upon him the odium of a perjuror, which it is well here to remove. After he had been upon the land four years, as required, he made proof of residence from April 3d, 1852, to April 3d, 1856, and thirteen years later, May 14th, 1869, the Register and Receiver at Olympia issued certificate to David S. and Catherine T. Maynard, the hus- band to have the west half of the claim and the wife the east half. Two years later the Commissioner of the General Land Office got around to this case. When he saw the statement about Lydia A. Maynard he concluded at once that she had been upon the land, that she had died there, and that the half section belonged to her estate. He accordingly (July 21st, 1871,) returned the papers to the Olympia office, and directed the officials there to make inquiries along the lines he indi- cated, particularly as to the heirs of the deceased Lydia A. Maynard. The Register and Receiver held this investigation on the 6th of March, 1872, when Lydia A. Maynard herself appeared before them, proved her marriage, and made demand for the apportionment to her of one-half the Maynard claim of 640 acres, asking that it be cut into north and south halves and one of the two assigned to her. She was represented by Col. C. H. Larrabee, as attorney, or by Larrabee & White, partners. Mr. James McNaught represented the opposition, in behalf of the Terry estate, Hugh McAleer and others who had bought from Maynard and did not want to lose their properties. The upshot of it at Olympia was that Register Clark and Receiver Stuart found that Lydia A. Maynard was entitled to one-half the claim, and they awarded her the east half, taking into account the fact that Maynard had sold all of the west half but two town lots, and that making division of the land into north and south halves would entail upon inno- cent parties a great deal of needless trouble. Before these proceedings at Olympia, however, there had been much agi- tation at Seattle for several months. A deed was filed from Lydia A. Maynard to Larrabee and two strangers on the 18th 56 The Life of David S. Maynard. of November, 1871, of her right, title, interest and demand to her one-half part of David S. Maynard's donation claim. This was done by her as "the wife of David S. Maynard." The lawyer thought, perhaps, that this latter statement weakened the deed, as shortly after another deed was received from her substantially the same as the first in which that statement was omitted. In March, 1872, Lydia A. Maynard gave to Larrabee a strong and sweeping power of attorney to represent her and her interests in securing the wife's one-half part of the claim, to demand patent, plat, sell, and so forth. Of course, all this made much commotion in Seattle. The people chiefly concerned did not know what to say or do to protect their rights and save their landed possessions. The whole pro- ceeding was regarded with disfavor, and those engaged in it were viewed with suspicion. It was explained and reexplained and promises were made of conciliatory character. It was felt that if the new claimant from Wisconsin won her case the people of Seattle would have to pay. Quite a number went to her and got deeds, under the apprehension that she had rights in the land, and that the prudent thing to do was to deal with her in the beginning. Attorney McNaught, at Washington City, presented to the Commissioner of the General Land Office the appeal from that portion of the decision awarding to Lydia A. Maynard a half interst in the claim and the apportionment to her of the east half thereof. The Commission, on the 12th of August, decided in favor of D. S. Maynard for the west half of the claim, but against both women. Appeal being taken to the Secretary of the Interior, he, Columbus Delano, affirmed the decision of the Commissioner on the 1st of March, 1873. He found that "Maynard had fully complied with all the re- quirements of the law relating to settlement and cultivation." The title had not vested in him at the time of the divorce, the legality of which was not questioned, and Lydia A. Maynard could claim no interest in the land by virtue of her wifehood. Nor had she ever been upon the land, and therefore had no claim in her own right. The conditions prescribed by the" law "not having been complied with at the time of the divorce, the interest of Lydia in the premises was terminated by the dissolution of the marriage contract with David." As for the The Life of David S. Maynard. 57 t United States 0I America, To all to whom these presents shall come, Greeting: ©RihCrCaS, There has been deposited in the General La^d Office of the United States a Certificate numbered ^fpt^uA/.. of the Regfster and Receiver *\.lLUUfvrrtrfZt^.^/2iL/<^^ it appears that under the provisions of the act of Congress ap^rovetf the 27th day of September, 1850, entitled "An Act to create the Office of Surveyor-GeneraTof the Public Lands in Oregon and to provide for the survey and to make donations to settlers of the said public landVVand tjie legislation supplemental thereto, the claim ofa^tz*<^.££.^k^s^!Z^^ Notification Na..^.(^ has been established to a donation of .<£-2i=£^. Z^. section, or^*fc£^ / ££^*z^l£££.j£?a«i&^5^ij^a<;res of land and that the same has been surveyed and designate^ according to the Official Plat of Purvey returned to the General Land Office by the Surveyor-General, .<^^jdn... i\0tXJ nrtuttl tj£ t That the United States of America, in consideration of the premises, and in con- formity with the provisions of the act aforesaid, have given and granted, and by these presents do give and grant unto the 8aid^aLi?S*x s ^i2£^£2*^<~ftaita-— heirs and assigns forever. §n testimony mhtrtof, President of the United States, have caused these letters to be made patent, and the seal of the General Land Office to be hereunto affixed. (Sines under my hand at the City of Washington, this : day of g(/f^v-^.^/?/ _, in the year of our Lord one thousand under my hand at the Oi of j40&*C£*v*ut££/ML. . hundred and^^^^^SJ&fe^T...... and of the Independe oMhe United States the one hundred and By the President: £j| Copy of D. S. Maynard's Land Patent. Steretary. Recorder of the General Land Office. 58 The Life of David S. Maynard. second wife the decision was that she was "not entitled be- cause she was not the wife of the applicant on the first day of December, 1850, or within one year from that date. The act was evidently intended to limit the additional 320 acres to cases where the person was married before the 1st of Decem- ber, 185 1." This decision ended the contention as far as the west half of the claim was concerned. The fight for the east half spread over a period of thirty years, and was engaged in by the city of Seattle, Hugh McAleer, C. M. Bywater, the heirs of Lydia A. Maynard, Harry C. Algar, J. Vance Lewis and W. C. Hill. With the help of attorneys and under the various land laws the struggle was carried before the land officials of the government and in the courts, the claimants one after another being eliminated until their number was re- duced to the three last named, to whom awards were ulti- mately made. It may be truthfully said that including taxes, the cost of litigation and all other expenses, this land has to this date been of more burden than benefit to its claimants and possessors — something that cannot be said of land else- where in the city of Seattle. The issuance of patent to the Doctor's half of the claim was delayed three years longer, until the 14th of December, 1876. He had then been long in his grave, and was therefore denied the satisfaction of witnessing the final outcome of his efforts to secure a Donation claim, of holding in his hand the deed from the government promised him by the law nearly a quarter of a century before. May-- nard was the only one of the original Seattle town site claim- ants who was entitled to the larger bounty of the government — 640 acres — and he was also the only one who was deprived of the half of the land promised him by reason of his migra- tion to and settlement in the country in 1850. The outcome was pitiful, but it seemed to be unavoidable. Death Claims and Removes the Pioneer. HETHER or not his troubles during the years 1871- ? 72-'73 hastened his death cannot, of course, be told. It is not at all unlikely that they did. He bore up under them bravely, presented to the public as strong a front as possible, and was as light hearted, or pretended to be, as The Life of David S. Maynard. 59 ever. The burden he carried was a heavy one, and in the end it proved too much for his strength. A physical ailment was aggravated. He weakened rapidly, and on Thursday evening, March 13th, 1873, his spirit took its flight. The tender, com- passionate feelings of the community were aroused in his behalf, and at his demise there was general and generous exhibition of them. The funeral services were held in the Yesler pavilion on the 15th, conducted by Rev. John F. Da- mon, and participated in by all the town. Places of business were closed. The procession was headed by the Seattle band, and two of the principal features of it were St. John's and Kane Lodges of Masons. The new Masonic cemetery not being ready, the body of the Doctor for a few days was placed in the toolhouse of the old cemetery, now known as Denny Park. His first wife, Lydia A., did not long survive him, she dying at her home in Wisconsin in 1875. The second wife, Catherine T., is yet (1906) living. Characteristics and Anecdotes of Maynard. OCTOR DAVID S. MAYNARD was a man of marked individuality and of strong characteristics. He was richly endowed with good qualities. No one could be more liberal and tfind than he. This disposition on his part constantly led to impoverishment. He could not say no to those asking his services, his moneys, his lands and personal possessions. Had others treated him as well as he treated them he would have been rich all his life, and instead of dying poor would have left one of the best estates in the Territory. He was fearless. There was evidence of this from the beginning. It showed very plainly in the long, dangerous trip across the continent. The lack of money, the cholera, Indians, storms, rough waters were to all appearances the same to him as the ordinary and less exciting or depressing events of the road. In war, in peace, in business, in all the affairs of life, he was the same hearty, courageous man. He was affectionate. Tho he separated from his first wife the fault is not believed to have been his. He treated her better than she treated him. Not a word did he at any time utter 60 The Life of David S. Maynard. against her, nor did he ever do anything hostile to her inter- ests. He cared for his children tenderly until they were grown, and afterwards did what he could for them, tho his abilities then were small. The second Mrs. Maynard was always sure there was no better man on earth. His good nature and good humor were unfailing and irrepressible. The day his first wife came to Seattle, in March, 1872, he stepped into the barber shop, and said : "Dixon, fix me up in your best style." "What's up, Doctor? What are you going to do?" "I am going to give the people here a sight they never had before, and may never have again. I'm going to show them a man walking up the street with, a wife on each arm." Sure enough ; when the steamer came in from the upper Sound Maynard and his second wife were there to meet the first wife, and they walked together to his home where they dwelt until Lydia A. left on her return to Wisconsin, some- what to the surprise and amusement of the general public. One would not suppose that he would have felt at all jocose under the circumstances, but if he did not there was no be- trayal of his real feelings. He was a home buyer, a protec- tionist, a friend to his nearest neighbors. Stepping into a shop one day he told the keeper, whom he had been patron- izing for years, that he would not see him there any more. "Why, Doctor? What's the matter?" inquired his astonished friend. "We are going to have a shop in Maynardtown, and I always stand by my own side and help my own people," the Doctor replied. The shop he was giving up was on Yesler's land, about sixty feet from "Maynardtown." It was always this way with him. He favored the United States above all other nations ; Washington Territory above all other Ameri- can commonwealths ; Seattle above all other towns or cities ; and his own nearest neighbors above all other peoples. In his willingness, or desire, to help the needy, the unhappy, the unfortunate, he sometimes went too far, beyond the limits of prudence and wisdom. A youthful pair from the upper Sound one day made sudden appeal to him. They were anxious to marry; the girl's father had refused his consent, and they were sure he was then pursuing them, his objection being her The Life of David S. Maynard. 61 lack of age. Maynard's sympathies were at once excited. He wrote on two pieces of paper the figures "18," and saw the girl put them on the inside soles of her shoes. When the minister, being doubtful, asked as to her age, Maynard said that he did not know exactly, but he was sure "she was over 18." Not long after the angry father came along, and he both censured and threatened the Rev. Daniel Bagley for what he had done. The preacher took him to Dr. Maynard, who laughingly told of the stratagem he had practised and pro- ceeded to justify it. As is the case generally in such affairs, the parent was compelled to accept the situation, and, dropping his opposition, make the best of it. Maynard's course in this affair was one that the most friendly biographer could not excuse. It illustrates, however, one of the most prominent features of his character, that led him more often to the com- mission of good acts than of bad. As a physician Seattle had no better during his time. He was one of the olden school, not the modern, which relies too much upon surgery, upon the use of the knife and the saw. Nor was he a great medi- cine doser. He depended largely upon the most simple means — upon pleasant surroundings, a cheerful atmosphere, confi- dence upon the part of the patient, the alleviation of pain, fresh air, sanatory conditions, and occasionally a bit of par- donable deception. Many a person who imagined himself or herself dangerously ill was cured by him with a prescription of water, disguised, perhaps, by the addition of a little salt or other harmless ingredient. He wanted people to live well, and he lived well himself, the only exception being the habit of drinking spirituous liquor in excessive quantities ; a habit which grew upon him in the later years of his life, but whch was never known to result in injury to others. In fact, it was a local joke that Maynard was a better physician when full than when sober, and a similar comparison was often made by the same jokers between him and more temperate physi- cians, which was very hard for the latter to bear. None of the first people had more enterprise than he. He was the first of many things. In Seattle he was the first of the immigrants, coming one, two or three years before his contemporaries, 62 The Life of David S. Maynard. the first professional man, first official, first employer, first real estate seller, first merchant, the first in and of a great number of movements and undertakings of business, social and public character. There was no holding back with him. If a thing was desirable, he was in favor of it; if wanted, he would go at once ; if it had to be done, or it was well to do it, he was ready to devote to it his money to the last dollar. His usefulness in his latter days was considerably lessened by his lack of means. By that time, however, the solidity of the town was established, its great future was assured, and there were others able and willing to direct events and carry the burden without that assistance which he would have gladly given had he been able. Under all the circumstances it is not astonishing that Maynard possessed the sympathies of the people ; that they sincerely regretted his misfortunes ; that they mourned his departure as that of a true friend and of a public benefactor ; and that his memory has remained with his surviving acquaintances green, fresh and pleasant to this day. MRS. CATHERINE T. MAYNARD IN 1865. CATHERINE TROUTMAN MAYNARD Born and Reared in Kentucky; Married in Illinois. I ^a i "t CENTURY ago they had large families in Kentucky. I NnL One °^ these was the Troutman family. Michael |jC^P^ Troutman was twice married, and had ten children by each wife. It is said of him that he got together most of his descendants at the home farm, in Bullitt County, on Christ- mas day of 1813. Ten of his children were present, ninety grand children, nineteen great grandchildren, and three great great grandchildren. All of the 122 sat down to dinner with their progenitor in the one dining room, the length of which was eighty feet, the house being a three-story brick as large as a European castle. There probably never was a more remarkable family reunion in the United States. Grandfather Troutman, as he was generally known in his later years, lived to the age of 89, while Grandmother Troutman lived to be 96. Their landed possessions were vast, including, it is stated, 30,000 acres. Another large family was the Simmons's. They lived in Meade County, about twenty miles from Louisville. In its various branches were eight, ten and twelve children. Michael Troutman Simmons was the father of twelve, and his father was one of ten children. They also were well off, having three plantations, one being devoted to cotton, one to hemp and one to corn. Three hundred negro slaves were a part of the Simmons family possessions. The Simmons and Troutman families were allied by marriage. One of the members of these large and wealthy families was Catherine Troutman Simmons, sister of the Michael T. Simmons referred to. She was born on her mother's planta- tion in Meade County on the 19th of July, 1816. There she was brought up, educated and lived for fifteen years. Desire for a change came upon them, and in consequence the family moved to Pike County, Illinois, in 183 1. Mr. Simmons died, and the mother remarried, her second husband being James 66 The Life of Catherine T . Maynard. Morton, said to have been a cousin of Senator Morton of Indiana. On the 6th of December, 1832, Catherine was mar- ried to Israel Broshears. Her father and mother gave her a grand wedding. There were four bridesmaids and four groomsmen, and a great number of guests, dinner being served to all the company. Broshears was a pilot on the Mississippi river, down to New Orleans. After marriage he became a farmer. Migrate to Oregon; Cholera and Death on the Plains. R. and Mrs. Broshears lived in Illinois until 1849. They were then taken with the Pacific coast fever. They prepared that year for the journey across the plains and mountains to Oregon. Michael T. Simmons had gone on ahead, in 1844, and Andrew Jackson Simmons, his brother, had followed five years later. Mr. and Mrs. Morton and several other Mortons and Broshears now made ready to go, and with them were Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Rider, she being a Simmons by birth. He was blind. They left Pike County, Illinois, in December, for Jackson County, Missouri, where further arrangements were made for the journey before them. Intending to go slowly, and take plenty of time, they made an early start, on the 226. of March, 1850. It would have been better for them if they had gone more rapidly, as they would then have avoided the cholera which assailed them with great virulence before they were half way over the road. When near Fort Kearney, the latter part of the first week in June, Israel Broshears was taken with cholera, and after him six members of their party, with fatal results. They inquired for a doctor at once, and were told of one who was riding along on a mule not far away. He was called, being taken first to Mrs. Morton, who was then near death. "Never mind me," she said, "but look after my widowed daughter, my daughter with the blind husband and the others. You can do nothing for me. I am going. Help them, Doctor. Don't desert my children." A stream of rapidly-moving immigrants passed by. "Hurry on !" they shouted. "Leave the dead !" "Save yourselves!". "You'll die if you stop to bury them!" The Life of Catherine T. Maynard. 67 "Help you? No!" Past the plague spot they went, in abject terror, whipping their animals to hasten their movements to the utmost. But Mrs. Broshears would not go until her hus- band, her mother and the others were buried by the roadside, their bodies as safe as they could be made from the teeth of wolves and the scalping knives of Indians. The Doctor ren- dered all the service he could, to the living and to the dead, and then rode on to rejoin his own party. He told of the promise of help that Mrs. Morton had exacted from him, and of his determination to keep his word good by giving to the stricken people all the aid in his power to the end of their journey. Getting together his few things, he returned to the Morton-Broshears-Rider company, placed them in her wagon and took charge. She had five yoke of oxen, two yoke of cows, a large, strong wagon, and a first-class equipment. Had they possessed less there was then opportunity for getting more merely for the taking. The cholera destroyed whole families in some cases, and in others there was such decimation of the trains that it became necessary to leave by the wayside much that could no longer be cared for. Wagons were abandoned in some instances, with all their contents. Goods were thrown out to lighten other vehicles, that faster traveling could be done. In the effort to get away as quickly as possible from the accursed place, every manner of relief was sought. The widow found in the beginning that the Doctor (David S. May- nard) was not a first class teamster. In fact, it was his first experience with an ox team, and to put a novice in charge of seven yoke of cattle under such circumstances was imposing a burden and strain upon him of momentous character. He soon learned the business, however, becoming an expert in the line long before he reached the Columbia river. He made up for lost time ; he passed numerous parties on the road, and he drove into The Dalles on the 16th of September. He also was given practise in milking cows, which animals in their way did much to render the trip endurable, and at times pleasant. The Doctor sold the cattle and wagon at The Dalles, and provided for transportation the rest of the way by water to Vancouver and Cowlitz river. Mrs. Broshears found it convenient to leave everything to him. He proved to 68 The Life of Catherine T. Maynard. be thoroly capable, and in every way worthy of the trust. It should be said, however, that on the road they picked up a man by somewhat singular accident who served them faith- fully to the end. George Benton, a nephew of Senator Thomas H. Benton, had started with another party which met disaster in the river South Platte. Several wagons and animals were lost at a supposed ford, where the water was both deep and strong. Benton saved his life and his horse, but lost all else, including shoes, coat and hat, and being left entirely alone on one side of the river. He, perhaps, saved the Broshears-Mor- ton people a similar misfortune by pointing out the danger, and he immediately took service with them at $18 a month and clothes, the latter being an advance payment that was absolutely necessary. When he got to Portland Benton went into the timber trade, received high wages, saved his money, and in a few years was comparatively rich. After leaving the canoe on the upper Cowlitz, they rode to John R. Jackson's on horses. He made them welcome, and gave them assist- ance to Ford's. At Judge Ford's (Sidney S.) they met A. J. Simmons, then on his way from Puget Sound to meet his mother, sisters and other relatives and friends from the East. The story they told him of the calamity that had befallen them, of the losses they had sustained, and of the awful troubles they had endured, were a surprise to him he had not contem- plated, and a blow of appalling character. The blanket which Mrs. Broshears sat on from the Cowlitz river had a side saddle placed upon it at Judge Ford's, and the remainder of the ride into Olympia was thereby rendered much more comfortable. Life in a Primitive but Ambitious Town. HEN Mrs. Broshears arrived at Olympia, on the 25th of September, 1850, she found it a very insignificant place, in the first days of its existence as a town, or a settlement called a town. Prior to this date, Newmarket was the center of population and trade for the upper Sound. It was two miles further inland, on the Deschutes river and at its mouth. There, on a claim located by Michael T. Simmons, had been built small saw and grist mills, on account of the The Life of Catherine T. Maynard. 69 water power, and in addition were a store, a few dwellings, and close by, on Bush prairie, several farms. The name was afterwards changed from Newmarket to Tumwater. Sim- mons had recently sold the greater part of his properties and rights there to Capt. Clanrick Crosby, for $35,000, and about the time of the coming of his relatives had moved down to the new place, then started by Edmund Sylvester. Sylvester was so anxious to get Simmons and his store that he gave the necessary land, two lots, at First and Main streets, where Sim- mons built a two-story house of 20 by 40 feet, in which he opened a store, having taken in a partner named Chas. Hart Smith. Smith was a smart fellow, who bought the store goods in San Francisco, who sold them at Olympia, and who, if he had remained and been honest, would undoubtedly have been one of the leading men of the Territory and State of Wash- ington. It is said to have been through his insistence that the town was called Olympia, Isaac N. Ebey suggesting the name instead of Smithfield, by which the place had been known for a number of years. Simmons & Smith made money fast, and after a couple of years Smith went to San Francisco to again buy goods, taking cash and credits to the amount of $60,000, belonging chiefly to the two Simmons's and Joseph Broshears. He kept the money and never returned, his asso- ciates too late learning that his act was only a breach of trust and not criminally punishable. M. T. Simmons was ruined pecuniarily. During the two or three years Mrs. Broshears lived there, Olympia grew, a hotel being built by Sylvester, other places of business being opened, a newspaper estab- lished, and the place becoming known as the chief town of Northern Oregon. Simmons, by far the most prominent man, endeavored to keep his mercantile affairs going. He was postmaster. In partnership with Hugh A. Goldsborough he was trying to do business in real estate, and they were also ship agents. In September, 1852, they were advertising a ship from London, the John Brewer, and they were also offer- ing cargo space on her for the return trip. Elwood Evans, Parker & Colter, George A. Barnes, W. W. Miller, S. P. Moses, Quincy A. Brooks, Samuel D. Howe, Wm. Billings, Chas. E. Weed, the Sargents, Close, Williams and many 70 The Life of Catherine T. Maynard. others settled there, or near there, during the time referred to. M. M. Smith sailed a boat, called by him a yacht, named the Laplete, carrying Smith's Express, passengers and freight from Olympia to Port Townsend, by way of Poe's Point, John- son's Ranch, Nisqually, Steilcoom, New York and Whidby Island. Seattle and Tacoma were not on Capt. Smith's map. Romance and Marriage; Unfortunate Opposition. JOT-WITHSTANDING the newness of things and their primitive character, life at the upper end of Puget Sound was not uninteresting to the widow. Men were many enough compared wth women, there prob- ably being three or four to one. Women were correspond- ingly in favor. Nothing was too good for them. They could have what they wished for the asking. Mrs. Broshears soon found herself to be in high favor with the bachelors and widowers, and she was evidently regarded by them as a "catch" of the best character. Her people speedily saw the trend of affairs, and they tried to direct it into quarters to suit themselves and their own ideas of propriety and personal desirability. They found out that the beginning of a romance had developed on the plains, east of the Rocky Mountains, and that it had attained with the passage of weeks and months such life and strength as to be quite serious. Knowing that Dr. Maynard was a married man, from his own admissions, they disapproved the bent of inclination shown by him and their widowed sister. They made suggestions of other men, introduced them, and did what they could to break up the con- templated alliance between Maynard and Mrs. Broshears. They restrained her somewhat of her liberty, and prevented her going with him when they could. More than once they were on the verge of stopping by force the marriage. Mrs. Rider threatened to shoot Dr. Maynard. The latter was not intimidated, no more by white men and women than by In- dians or disease. Though M. T. Simmons was a foot the taller of the two, and a giant in strength, he was unable to alarm or keep away the Doctor. The latter offered to get a divorce. When he left Ohio he said he did not intend to go back to his The Life of Catherine T. Maynard. 71 wife. She understood that they were separated ; he knew that they were. He would treat Mrs. Broshears honorably, would marry with her, and in most correct manner would end the trouble. The widow told her relatives that she would marry Dr. Maynard or no one. He went to California ; returned to Olympia ; moved to Seattle ; got his divorce from the Oregon Legislature, and on the 15th of January, 1853, he and Mrs. Broshears were married near Bush Prairie, in Thurston County, by the Rev. Benjamin F. Close, in the presence of A. J. Simmons, Gabriel Jones and wife, and Joseph Broshears and wife. Five days later they were at their new home in the new town of Seattle. It would have been vastly better for their sister if the Simmons opposition to her second marriage had not been so prolonged. She was entitled to 320 acres of government land in her own personal right as a "settler or occupant." She was also entitled to the land as the widow of Israel Broshears. And further, she would have been entitled to it as the wife of David S. Maynard. There was a time condition to each of these provisions of the law. She was prevented from exercising the rights first mentioned, and the last one, as Mrs. Maynard, was lost through delay alone. If she had been married on or before the 1st of December, 1851, as she wanted to be, she would have secured 320 acres of land in the city of Seattle worth today two million or more dollars. It was very unfortunate for her. It also involved her in in- numerable and distressing troubles needless here to specially mention. Her case illustrates how liable people are to err when their intentions are the very best and they are exercis- ing the utmost possible caution. Mrs. Maynard at Home in Seattle. FTER her experience in Illinois, on the plains and in Thurston County, Mrs. Maynard was prepared to pioneer it anywhere. She assumed the duties of her new position at once, uncomplainingly, with the understand- ing that she was located for life at a point where a great city was to be built, and that she was a partner n the enterprise and was to be one of the helpers in the work. So she sold 72 The Life of Catherine T. Maynard. goods in the store, induced people to locate in their part of the town, as nurse helped her husband in his professional business, and did whatever she could to advance his plans and increase their mutual prosperity. In September, 1853, she went with Dr. Maynard up Duwamish river, and thence by Black river to Lake Washington, she being the first white woman to see or touch the waters of that lake, this being on the 20th of the month. Dr. Maynard, according to her, was the person who gave the name to what is now known as Cedar river and lake. In 1854 she and her husband visited San Fran- cisco, going and returning by sail vessel. One of the first persons Mrs. Maynard here became acquainted with was the daughter of her husband's Indian friend, Seattle, the woman to whom later attached the name Angeline. The two women were about the same age, though Angeline always looked the older. Mrs. Maynard gave her new acquaintance instruc- tions in modern housewifery, and it was under her guidance that Angeline became an expert washerwoman, enabling her to assist the women of the town in their laundry work until her increasing age and debilities compelled her to cease. Their friendship continued warm and intimate to the end of the Indian woman's life, more than forty years later. War; Life Among the Indians; Act of Heroism; Stories of Savages. 5JHE coming on of the Indian war of i855-'56 inter- fered greatly with the growth of the town and the plans of the townspeople, including the Maynards. The Doctor was appointed as agent in charge of the Indians at Seattle and in the vicinity, but with place of residence and office on the reservation near Port Madison. There, sur- rounded by fifteen hundred Indians and with thousands more within twenty miles, many of whom were openly hostile and more secretly so, he and his wife dwelt for a year and a half, the only people of their race on or near the ground. They had the friendship of Chief Seattle, and he had absolute control and power over the natives under him. So, as far as his tribe was concerned, the Maynards were safe. In addition, they The Life of Catherine T. Maynard. 73 had the protection of that thing of mystery to the savages — the government — and besides the Doctor, as agent, was in constant receipt and had the distribution of rations. The Indians were not like the individual who killed the goose that laid the golden eggs. The man who had the rations to give out was safe among them except in the case of hostile visitors, fanatics or other excited, unbalanced creatures. More, still, the Doctor was a "medicine man," with an influence thereby of unquestioned character, added to which was the recollec- tion of past favors, courage of high order and politic man- ners impressive and pleasing to the red men. During the progress of hostilities Chief Seattle kept in constant touch with the Indians in and about the town named after him. He was aware of the doings and plans of Leschi, Nelson, Patka- nim and the rest, from his messengers, who in turn went freely among both natives and settlers. T)n the 25th of January, 1856, he knew that a large number of warlike Indians were hovering in the woods back of the town, waiting favorable opportunity to make attack, and, if possible, capture the place and destroy it and its people. He communicated his knowl- edge to Agent Maynard. At the same time Gov. Stevens, accompanied by Capt. E. D. Keyes, in command of Fort Steilcoom, M. T. Simmons, Truman H. Fuller and others, was on board the United States Steamer Active, in the har- bor of Seattle, counselling with the people of the town and with Capt. Guert Gansevoort, of the United States Ship De- catur, as to the war and the local situation. Stevens believed, or pretended to believe, that there was no immediate danger at Seattle, and he went on to the north to visit the reserva- tions he had in view. At the Port Madison reservation he invited Dr. Maynard to join the party, but the Doctor declined, saying that his presence on the reservation was of some im- portance, but that on the ship it would be of none, and that he feared trouble was near at hand. The Active steamed on. The agent and his wife discussed the situation, and concluded that warning from them to the people on the east side of the Sound was due. Indians upon whom they could rely were called in, and as a result a canoe was got ready in the dark- ness of the night for the fourteen-mile trip across the stormy 74 The Life of Catherine T. Maynard. waters. Sally, the daughter of old Chief Kitsap, said also to have been a cousin of Angeline, was captain, and under her were five other women and one man. Mrs. Maynard was the one passenger, she going as a courier or messenger to convey word of the threatened attack upon the town. The wind blew fiercely that night. The waves rolled high. With all their strength and skill the Indians could hardly keep their frail vessel afloat and moving. At one time they were blown upon West Point. Hostile Indians were there, and they examined the party. Finding that they were women and only one man they let them go. Before doing so, however, they inquired what was under the mats on the bottom of the canoe. Sally told them clams. In truth, it was Mrs. Maynard secreted there by Sally when she found that they were in danger. After a hard struggle the canoe was placed alongside the Decatur. Mrs. Maynard told the men on guard that she must see Capt. Gansevoort. He was wakened and acquainted with her and the object of her visit. She gave him a letter from Agent Maynard. The Captain had hot coffee and food provided for the Indians, and he urged Mrs. Maynard to stay at least until daylight. She said no, that she must be back by six in the morning, before daylight, so that her trip would not be known among the reservation Indians. On the return the wind blew harder than before, but it was a stern wind, and though dan- gerous, did not prevent arrival of the party before dawn. When the guns of the Decatur were heard booming an hour or two later, Chief Seattle was in great distress, and made pitiful demonstrations of the anguish he was in. He always felt his responsibility for the Indians under him, and he was sure now that it was a serious moment with them. Nor did he want his white friends hurt. That the differences between the two races would pass away gradually and easily was his hope and prayer. Nearly half a century later a bill was intro- duced in Congress by Representative J. H. Lewis to give Mrs. Maynard one thousand dollars as compensation for her haz- ardous and extraordinary services on this occasion. The bill, tho, did not pass. So firm was Gov. Stevens in the conviction that there was no longer danger from the Indians at this point that, upon his return, on the 27th, he was quite incred- The Life of Catherine T. Maynard. 75 ulous, and could hardly be made to believe that the day before they had attacked the fortified and garrisoned town of Seattle, and that had it not been for the protection afforded by the warship, her great guns and one hundred and fifty men, they possibly might have overcome the citizens, destroyed the place and massacred all the people, about two hundred in number. It was real heroism that led Mrs. Maynard to doubly risk her life at this time. She had little chance against the gale she was facing, and none whatever against the savages had she but fallen into their hands. How near she came to the latter mishap has been related. Only sheer necessity; the strong love she bore to her neighbors and friends in the town ; the desire she had to frustrate the wicked plans of the hostile Indians, knowledge of which had come to her; could have nerved her to run the risks and make the effort required of her in this undertaking. That she was entirely successful is one of the happy events in the history of Seattle. Mrs. May- nard's life upon the reservation in January, 1856, was not so assured, comfortable and cheerful as may be imagined. Early in the month John Swan, agent near Steilcoom, was captured by Chief Leschi, who told him that he was after other agents as well. One of these was reported to be Maynard. Before he could accomplish this purpose, however, Leschi was driven back into the timber on the east side. Owhi was on Lake Washington at the time with a band of Yakimas and Klikitats, plotting, scheming and working for the destruction of the set- tlements. His emissaries were sent in every direction among the friendly Indians for the purpose of inciting them to deeds of violence like unto his own. Over and over again they ap- peared on the Port Madison reservation. Word of their pres- ence was always brought to the Maynards by order of Seattle, with advice to keep indoors, to extinguish their lights and take other precautions. The Doctor never went out of evenings without being done up in a blanket, disguised as one of the tribe. His wife was dressed like a squaw for weeks. They had no fear of the Suquamish Indians — of Seattle, Angeline, Sally and the others — but they knew not at what moment they might come in contact with the Robbers (the meaning of 76 The Life of Catherine T. Maynard, Klikitats) of Eastern Washington, who were desperate, devil- ish and dangerous. A few days before the attack upon the town of Seattle three of these Klikitat warriors and one woman arrived on the reservation. As usual, their coming created a tremendous sensation. It soon became reported that they were there for the purpose of assassinating Chief Seattle and Agent Maynard ; their idea being that as a result of the uproar that would follow the warship Decatur, and possibly some of the citizens of the town, would be sent there to quiet and settle the disorder, and that their absence would give favorable opportunity for attacking and taking the town. AVhether true or not, the report greatly excited the reservation Indians, who at once seized their weapons and started out in defense of their chief. The Klikitats became alarmed and fled, getting to their canoe, and paddling away rapidly as they could for Shilshole bay. About the same time there came report of another affair of unpleasant character. Gov. Stevens, as commander-in-chief of the Territorial forces, endeavored to array Indians against Indians, for the protection of his own countrymen. Companies were organized to fight the hostiles, and as inducement to them and compensation for their ser- vices, rewards were offered for the slaying of the enemies. It is said that one hundred dollars was the price for each dead Indian. Patkanim, chief of the Snoqualmies, who was bitterly opposed to Leschi, accepted a commission of this kind. For the purpose of seeing that he did what was right he was accompanied for a time by M. T. Simmons, Luther M. Collins, Truman H. Fuller and others. His warfare was not of the most approved kind, was timid when it should have been brave, was noisy when it should have been quiet and was in- effective when it should have been full of accomplishment. At one time he had some captives, or he pretended to have, and to get his pay killed the unfortunates in the most cold-blooded manner imaginable. In the presence of Col. Simmons he had five of them laid out on the ground. With sharp knives and axes he cut off their heads, which he threw into a sack, as a farmer would throw in rutabaga turnips, and then sent them The Life of Catherine T. Maynard. 11 to the Governor as proof of the justice of his demand for pay. It was with good reason suspected at the time that the slaugh- tered Indians were slaves that Patkanim had had in his. cus- tody for years, who perhaps had outlived their usefulness, and whose disposal of in this way would be quite advantageous to the Snoqualmie chief. With such stories in circulation, and with the excitements and wild scenes about her, it is aston- ishing that Mrs. Maynard could have done what she did on this occasion. Few women would have been equal to the de- mand, and not many men. A full measure of credit should be awarded to her by the community she then so faithfully served. At Alki Point; in Town Again; Widowed; Free Reading Room. HE Doctor and Mrs. Maynard stayed on the reserva- tion a year and a half. Soon after their return to town exchange was made with Charles C. Terry of the unplatted portion of the Doctor's claim for Terry's claim at Alki Point. The Maynards got more land, but Terry got more value. For six years the Alki place was occupied, Dr. Maynard trying to do fine farming, and his wife keeping the house in good style, and helping outside when able. Both were glad to get back to town in 1863, where the old life was resumed with such modifications as were necessitated by the changed condition of affairs ; the town having grown, the University being establshed, a newspaper started, a number of steamboats appearing, the Freeport and Blakely sawmills building near by, many new settlers in town and country, and other signs and evidences of growth and development that gave proof to them of the correctness of their location ideas in 1852-3. In the first King County fair, held about this time, Mrs. Maynard entered a number of articles of her handiwork. The cake contest was quite spirited, but the premium was awarded to her. In 1867, November 15th, her brother, Col. M. T. Simmons, died at his home in Lewis County, respected as his distinguished services to the Terri- tory justified. She and her husband then made an extended LOFC. 78 The Life of Catherine T. Maynard. visit to his (Simmons's) family and home. From the earliest years Dr. Maynard had cared for the maimed and sick, at his dwelling 1 , or in so-called hospitals, his wife always assisting, and becoming by her practise there as nurse, and by her ob- servation and study, a good deal of a physician herself. So strong has been her leaning in that direction that to this day she has not been able to restrain a propensity to "doctor" all her- friends, advising them, prescribing for them, and even compounding medicines for them, in the effort to cure the ills from which they were suffering. The home of the May- nards was in the middle of the block on the east side of First Avenue South between Main and Jackson streets. There they lived until his death in 1873, and there she lived a num- ber of years longer. The last thing she did there was to start a free reading room. In a large, light apartment, opening 011 the street, she placed tables and chairs, procured books, mag- azines and newspapers, and invited the public to use them. For a year or more, in 1875-6, Mrs. Maynard kept the place open, clean, warm and pleasant. Her example had effect with others, the result being the establishment of the Young Men's Christian Association by Dexter Horton and associates, who took from Mrs. Maynard the burden she had carried so long. The magnificent tree and fine fruit that have come from the seed thus planted by this poor woman are known to all. "The widow's mite" was greater for good than the proud wealth of many of her townsmen. Her health had become weakened in the meantime, and, under the pressure of necessity for a change, she went to Eastern Washington. For about twenty years she dwelt alternately at Ellensburg, Medical Lake and Seattle, making her trips over the mountains on horseback as though she were a young woman of 20 to 40 years instead of the mature woman of 60 to 80. Her appearance on these occasions, riding gaily on her pony up to the homes of the McDonalds on Second avenue near Columbia street, the Meydenbauers, at Third and Columbia, the Kelloggs, at Fourth and Madison, and other of the first families, cannot be forgotten by her old-time friends. The Life of Catherine T. Maynard. 79 80 The Life of Catherine T, Maynard. Rounding Out a Long, Interesting and Useful Life. URING the past ten years she has been living quietly in Seattle, at the corner of Cherry street and Broad- way. Notwithstanding her age and frailties she is yet a woman of considerable activity. She has made many pairs of socks, slippers and mittens for sale since her 8oth year. She has done much fine needle work, in which she has few equals and no superiors. These tasks she does without the help of glasses. She gets out on the street shopping, to church, to the public grounds and to see her old friends and neighbors several times a week. She has a strong and clear memory of past events and people, which and whom she freely recalls in ordinary conversation. She does not care much for new people, and once in a while resents their intrusion in plain words and striking manner. Not long ago a nice look- ing, white-haired woman of about seventy years, called upon her, introducing herself pleasantly, saying she had heard much of Mrs. Maynard, wanted to know her, and had taken the liberty of coming. Being hard of hearing, it is possible Mrs. Maynard did not fully understand her, as she said to her visi- tor: "I do not feel like talking, and I may as well tell you that if you insist upon talking to me every word I say in reply will cost you 25 cents, and it will take a short time only to run up a charge against you of $25." The visiting lady did not care for conversation under such circumstances, and her first call was not only a short one but was also her last. The pioneers of the State, of course, are all interested in Mrs. Maynard, and she in them. Every annual meeting of the association finds her present. She is a veteran among them. No other member of the organization can equal her in the three claims of fifty-six years residence in the State, seventy- four years since her marriage, and ninety years of life. At the annual renuions the newspaper reporters and photogra- phers are eager to get something from her. That she may continue to dwell among them happily and usefully for many ' years yet to come, is the sincere wish of her numerous friends in the great city which she helped to found and build and sustain, as partially narrated in these few pages. The Life of Catherine T. Maynard 81 Postscript — November, 1906. jINCE the foregoing was written and published (in June and July last), the end has come. Mrs. May- nard is no more. October 15th, in good spirits and in good condition, considering her age and physical weaknesses, she was out several hours, visiting neighbors and attending to personal affairs, among other things looking for a house upon the Maynard land claim within which to make her home. The weather was not pleasant. The wind blew, the rain fell, the temperature was low. With the dauntless spirit that pos- sessed her, and with that determination for which she was noted, she kept on, regardless of her individual comfort and of the danger to which she was exposing her frail health. She went too far. She was out too long. She overtaxed herself. When she returned to the little house, at 1223 Cherry street, her strength was spent and she was able to do no more. The next morning she arose as usual, tottered around a few min- utes, and fell to the floor in a condition of collapse, uncon- sciousness and paralysis being combined. Nearly four days she lingered, in a condition of coma, the physician, the nurse, the housekeeper, the friends being unable to do for her more than to make her comfortable. Just before her departure for the spirit land, and while apparently fully aware of her ap- proaching dissolution, she emerged from unconsciousness long enough to say to Mrs. Hill, who for two years had been living with her: "Farewell; a last farewell." Shortly after, with the going down of the sun, on Saturday evening, Oct. 20th, 1906, she passed away. Her age was 90 years, 3 months, 1 day. The newspapers — the Times and the Post-Intelligencer — next morning had much to say about her. Each of these great journals had two columns concerning this remarkable, this historic woman. Of none of the pioneers of the past was more said, or better. Their articles were illustrated with her por- trait. They honored her memory in a manner quite gratifying 82 The Life of Catherine T Maynard to her acquaintances and friends. So they also treated the cer- emonies connected with the final laying away of her remains. On the 23d was the funeral. After a short service at the house in which she had so long dwelt, conducted by the Rev. A. L. Chapman, pastor of the church to which she belonged, the procession of carriages and people proceeded to the First Christian church, on Broadway and East Olive streets,, where was gathered one of the largest assemblages of people ever seen in Seattle on such an occasion. Among the number were many of Seattle's oldest and most venerable citizens, such as John Wilson, J. R. Williamson, Edgar Bryan, Theodore O. Williams, F. M. Guye, Samuel Jackson, Mrs. Bagley, Mrs. Boardman, Mrs. Meydenbauer, Mrs. Edwards, Mrs. Venen, Mrs. McLain, Mrs. Parker, Mrs. Dyer, Mrs. Shorey, Mrs. Randolph, Mrs. McElroy, John M, Lyon and wife, Walter Graham and wife, David Graham and wife, George F. Frye and wife, and Charles Prosch and .wife. Rev. George F. Whit- worth, President of the Washington Pioneer Association, himself, like Mrs. Maynard, in his 91st year, assisted the pas- tor. He spoke most feelingly of his late friend, whom he had known for half a century, and dwelt particularly upon her services to the people of this city during the Indian war of i855~'56. Coming from such a source, and spoken with such earnestness and sincerity, the words of Mr. Whitworth were impressive indeed. Rev. B. H. Lingenfelter, who had minis- tered to Mrs. Maynard several years before the coming of Mr. Chapman, told of her religious life. Mrs. Maynard joined the Baptist church in 1834. In 1847 she transferred her religious allegiance to the Christian church. This denomination being unrepresented in Seattle until a comparatively recent date, she had temporarily associated with the Congregationalists. She had been wonderfully faithful to her church, attending its services whenever she was physically able so to do, seldom failing, and being one of the regular contributors to its sup- port. No one in the congregation was better known, none more respected, and none would be more missed. The services at the grave were brief and fitting. Under a canopy, they were conducted by Messrs. Chapman and Lin- The Life of Catherine T. Maynard 83 genfelter. The body was laid beside that of her husband, Doctor David S. Maynard, in Lakeview cemetery. A wealth of beautiful flowers covered the grave, contributed by those who had known her long and well. One of the finest floral offerings was from the King County Medical Society, which took this method of publicly recognizing the fact that she was the widow of Seattle's first physician, and further, that she herself was the first woman here to engage in hospital work. Another like graceful acknowledgment was from the Young Men's Christian Association, in token of her work thirty years before that led to the organization of the society, now so strong, so benevolent, so useful and helpful as theirs. Others who sent flowers were Mrs. Ursula Wyckoff, Mrs. S. J. Plummer, Mrs. G. O. Haller, Mrs. A. A. Denny, Mrs. P. Paulson, Mrs. M. E. Shorey, Mrs. T. W. Prosch, Mrs. G. Kellogg, Mrs. E. W. McGinness, Mrs. A. Mackintosh, Mrs. I. C. Parker, Mrs. R. B. Jones, Mrs. Quackenbush, and Mrs. Moore. Six pioneers were the pall-bearers, namely: Isaac C. Parker, Lyman W. Bonney, Clarence B. Bagley, F. H. Whitworth, S. P. Randolph and Leander Miller. And thus, surrounded by friends who evidenced in every way their respect and regard, was laid to rest all that was mortal of one of the first women of this country, one who had lived long beyond the ordinary allotted time, one who had seen much of change and progress, and who had figured prom- inently in times and events that meant much to this commu- nity, and that will insure her memory among those who here projected and established what has become the State of Wash- ington. m ^ I*'' ^ '± '■#: . 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