The Chemawa American, December 01, 1912, Page 13, Image 13

THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN
W ard, 1225 Sixth avenue west, who came in 1853; C. B. Bagley, who
came in 1852; E. M. Lyon, who came in 1858; N. Jones, 414 Fourth
avenue; Walter Graham, 502 Fifth avenue; John McArthur, 411 Fourth
avenue; R. C, Crawford, who crossed the plains to Oregon territory in
1847; S. D. Crockett, 359 Olympia place, who came in 1852; J. M
Loyns, 168 Boren avenue; Mrs. E. M. Reynolds, granddaughter’ of M^
M. Bell, and Mrs. Charlotte E. Patten, daughter of William N. Bell.
Tvee Webster opened the ceremony, briefly introducing C. B. Bagley
who spoke for the committee which was appointed five years ago to
secure the statue for the city. On behalf of Messrs. Zbinder, Crichton,
and himself, Mr. Bagley explained the history of the monument, thè
selection of the design of a local sculptor, Janies Wehn, and the name-
mg of the triangle where it stands as Tilikum place, in honor of the
Indian Chief and his tribe, who were the tilikums of the early white
men. He told also of the modern organization of Seattleites whose spirit
of progress is accomplishing much for the city.
Tyee Webster then thanked the city for naming Tilikum place, and
Tilikum John C. Slater affixed at the base of the statue a bronze tablet
bearing the triangular symbol of the order and the name, “ Tilikum
Place.”
Mayor Cotterill accepted the statue on behalf of the city. He said
in part:
Tvee Kopa Konoway, pioneers and fellow citizens: It is indeed
appropriate upon this, the sixty-first anniversary of the founding of our
city, that we should give honor to the great chieftain whose name the
city bears, and to whose friendship its very berth is owing. W ith us
on this platform are men and women who, as little children, were in
the party which located the first settlement of what is now Seattle.
With us also is a lineal descendant of that great Chief Seattle, whom
we have here to honor, in the person of his great-great-granddaughter,
Miss Myrtle Loughery, who will unveil the statue here before us. We
are standing, and this memorial will always stand, practically on the
dividing line between the donation claims of two of these pioneers who
founded our Seattle sixty-one years ago, David T. Denny and William
N. Bell. And this spot, then far beyond the northern borders of the
little colony they founded, is today almost at the center of population of
our magnificent Seattle.
“ On behalf of the city of Seattle I wish to thank the gentlemen who
have secured for us this memorial. I wish to thank this loyal order of
the Tilikums of Elttaes, who are working in friendship and harmony
for the development of our city, and for whose order this spot is named.
I wish to thank the Seattle sculptor, Mr. Janies Wehn, who has mould-
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