CHAPTER XXV

INDIAN POLICY.--TREATIES ON PUGET SOUND

Beneficent Indian policy--Intention to write account of his Indian service frustrated by early death--Indians of Puget Sound, helpless, ready to treat--Organizes treaty force--Decides on policy and terms--Sends agents to assemble Indians--Great pains to make them fully understand and to consult with them--Council and treaty of She-nah-nam or Medicine Creek; of Point Elliott or Mukilteo; of Point-no-Point; of Neah Bay--Speeches--Visits Victoria, and calls on Governor Douglass to restrain Northern Indians--Napoleonic campaign--What was accomplished--Present condition of the Indians 448

ILLUSTRATIONS

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General Isaac I. Stevens, at the age of 43, from a photograph _Frontispiece_.

Grave of John Stevens _to face page_ 2

Birthplace of General Stevens, Andover, Mass 14

Infant Jesus. Crayon drawing at West Point 44

Old Wanton Mansion in Newport 66

General Stevens at the age of 23, from a miniature by Staigg 74

Margaret Lyman Stevens, from a miniature by Staigg 76

Low Horn, Piegan Chief 374

Charles H. Mason, Secretary of the Territory, from a photograph 414

MAPS AND PLANS

Route, Vera Cruz to Mexico 118

Battle of Cerro Gordo 124

The Valley of Mexico 162

Battlefields in the Valley of Mexico--Contreras, Churubusco, Chapultepec, Molino del Rey, Mexico 172

THE LIFE OF ISAAC INGALLS STEVENS