The strict discipline, high morale and good conduct of the volunteers were remarkable, and very creditable to them, and to the firm and sagacious mind that organized and commanded them. All captured property was turned over to the quartermasters, and properly accounted for. There was no case of murder, or unauthorized killing of Indians, by the volunteers. There was no plundering or serious offenses of any kind charged upon them. They obeyed their orders with alacrity and zeal, no matter how arduous or how dangerous the duty required of them. They were the best type of American settlers, brave, intelligent, patriotic, self-respecting. They went into the war in self-defense, and were determined to put it through as soon as possible.
Study the maps of their marches and scouts; count the blockhouses they built, the roads and trails they opened; consider the unknown and almost impenetrable forest region the theatre of war; the rains; the hardships, the labors they underwent; and reflect how uniformly successful they were, not only in engagements, but in throwing the savage enemy wholly on the defensive, in completely putting an end to his attacks and depredations, and hunting him down so vigorously that only flight or submission could save him from death,—and one cannot but realize how necessary were their patriotic services and achievements, and how well they justified the wisdom and ability of Governor Stevens in calling them to the defense of the country, and carrying on an aggressive war.
FORTS AND BLOCKHOUSES BUILT BY VOLUNTEERS.
| Stockade, Cowlitz Landing | Fort Ebey, Snohomish River |
| Blockhouse, Cowlitz Farms | Fort Tilton, below Snoqualmie Falls |
| Blockhouse, Skookumchuck | Fort Alden, Ranger’s Prairie |
| Blockhouse, Chehalis River, at Ford’s | Blockhouse, Port Townsend |
| Fort Miller, Tanalquot Plains | " Point Wilson |
| Fort Stevens, Yelm Prairie | " Bellingham Bay |
| Blockhouse at Lowe’s, Chambers’ Prairie | " on Skookumchuck |
| Blockhouse, Olympia | " Vancouver |
| Stockade, Olympia | " Fourth Prairie |
| Fort Hicks, Camp Montgomery | " Washougal River |
| Blockhouse, Camp Montgomery | " Lewis River |
| Fort White, Puyallup Crossing | Fort Mason, Walla Walla Valley |
| Fort Hays, Connell’s Prairie | Fort Preston, Michel Fork of Nisqually |
| Blockhouse, Connell’s Prairie | Blockhouse, Klikitat Prairie |
| Fort White, White River Crossing | Fort Kitsap, Port Madison |
| Fort Posey, White River Crossing | Fort Lander, Duwhamish River |
| Fort McAllister, South Prairie | Stockade, Seattle |
| Blockhouse, Lone Tree Point |
BY SETTLERS FOR MUTUAL PROTECTION.
| Blockhouse at Davis’s, Claquato | Two blockhouses at Tumwater |
| Stockade at Cochran’s, Skookumchuck | Blockhouse, Dofflemyer’s Point |
| Stockade, Fort Henness, Grand Mound Prairie | Blockhouse, Whitby Island |
| Stockade at Goodell’s, Grand Mound Prairie | " Port Gamble |
| Blockhouse, Tanalquot Plains | Fort Arkansas, on Cowlitz |
| Blockhouse, Nathan Eaton’s, Chambers’ Prairie | Blockhouse, on Miami Prairie |
| Two blockhouses, Chambers’ Prairie | Blockhouse, Port Ludlow |
| Blockhouse at Ruddell’s, Chambers’ Prairie | " Port Madison |
| Stockade at Bush’s, Bush Prairie | Two blockhouses, Boisfort |
| Blockhouse at Rutledge’s, Bush Prairie | Two blockhouses, Cascades |
BY REGULAR TROOPS.
| Fort Slaughter, Muckleshoot Prairie | Fort, Walla Walla Valley |
| Fort Maloney, Puyallup River | Fort, Yakima Valley |
| Fort Thomas, Green River | Blockhouse, Cascades |
| Blockhouse, Black River |
A few days after his return Governor Stevens was requested by Colonel Casey to take charge of a band of about a hundred lately hostile Sound Indians who had recently returned, or been sent back, from the Yakima. The colonel complained that he had already sent them to the reservation, but the agent had refused to receive them, and, in order to prevent any disturbance that might arise from the “strange conduct of your agent,” he had again received and was feeding them. The governor, having learned that Stahi and other known murderers were with this band, and that Leschi had been recently seen near Fort Nisqually, the Hudson Bay Company post, at once replied, positively refusing to receive them until the murderers among them were arrested for trial, and formally demanded Colonel Casey’s aid to that end:—
“I have therefore to request your aid in apprehending Leschi, Qui-e-muth, Kitsap, Stahi, and Nelson, and other murderers, and to keep them in custody awaiting a warrant from the nearest magistrate, which being accomplished, I will receive the remainder.