CHAPTER IX.

Puget Sound Agricultural Company.--Its original stock.--A correspondence.--No law to punish fraud.--A supposed trial of the case.--Article four of the treaty.--The witnesses.--Who is to receive the Puget Sound money.--Dr. Tolmie, agent of the company.--The country hunted up.--Difficult to trace a fictitious object.--Statement of their claim.--Result of the investigation. Page 67