CHAPTER XLII

MARTIAL LAW.--DIFFICULTIES OVERCOME

Hudson Bay Company's ex-employees remain in Indian country--Suspected of aiding enemy--Governor Stevens orders them to the towns--Five return to farms, at instigation of trouble-makers--Arrested and thrown in jail Judge Lander issues writ of habeas corpus--Martial law proclaimed in Pierce County--Colonel Shaw arrests judge and clerk, who are taken to Olympia and released--Lawyers pass condemnatory resolutions--Judge Lander holds court in Olympia--Issues writs--Martial law in Thurston County--Judge Lander arrested--Held prisoner at Camp Montgomery until end of war--Martial law abrogated--Governor Stevens fined fifty dollars--His action in proclaiming martial law disapproved by the President--Dishonorable discharge used to maintain discipline--Company A refuse to take field--Pass contumacious resolutions--Are dishonorably discharged--Control of disaffected Indians--Agents in constant danger--Summary dealing with whiskey-sellers--Agents men of high qualities--Statement of temporary reserves--Indians and agents--Northern Indians depredate on Sound--Captain Gansevoort severely punishes them at Port Gamble, and sends them north--Colonel Ebey falls victim to their revenge 242