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Blake Islandin saarella Elliott Bayssa
Blake Island is not in Elliott Bay. Authoritative Washington history sources place Blake Island in central Puget Sound, west of Alki Point, while Alki Point forms Elliott Bay’s southern boundary.
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The location is misstated.
Authoritative Washington sources place Blake Island in Puget Sound, not in Elliott Bay:
- Washington State Parks says Blake Island Marine State Park is "located in the heart of Puget Sound."
- HistoryLink says Blake Island "lies in Puget Sound" and is "between the south end of Bainbridge Island and the north end of Vashon Island," about four miles off Alki Point.
- HistoryLink’s article on Alki Point says Alki Point forms the southern boundary of Elliott Bay.
Putting those together, Blake Island is outside Elliott Bay: it is west/south of the bay boundary, in central Puget Sound between Bainbridge and Vashon islands. So describing Chief Seattle’s birthplace as being on Blake Island in Elliott Bay is geographically incorrect, even though some sources do associate his birth with Blake Island more generally.
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- Blake Island Marine State Park History | Washington State Parks
"Blake Island Marine State Park, located in the heart of Puget Sound..."
- Blake Island -- Thumbnail History - HistoryLink.org
"Blake Island ... lies in Puget Sound approximately eight miles from downtown Seattle. It is located ... between the south end of Bainbridge Island and the north end of Vashon Island."
- Alki Point Light Station - HistoryLink.org
"Alki Point ... stretches into Puget Sound to form the southern boundary of Elliott Bay."
Hän oli mukana neuvotteluissa maaliskuussa 1854 ratkaisemassa kiistaa Whidbey Islandin maanomistuksesta intiaanien ja siirtolaisten välillä.
The March 1854 meeting was not about a Whidbey Island land-ownership dispute. Contemporary historical accounts describe Stevens’s visit as a response to the killing of settler William Young and the search for the suspects.
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This sentence misstates the purpose of the March 1854 meeting.
Reliable histories of Isaac Stevens’s March 1854 trip say it was prompted by a murder investigation and armed response, not by a negotiation over Whidbey Island land ownership:
- HistoryLink explains that after William Young was killed, Seattle residents asked Governor Isaac Stevens for military action. Stevens then came north with soldiers, met with Chiefs Seattle and Patkanim, heard the account of Young’s killing, and proceeded to Holmes Harbor on Whidbey Island to demand the suspects.
- The U.S. National Archives likewise says that "two months later" (after Stevens’s January 1854 visit), Stevens rushed to the Seattle area "at the head of a detachment of troops in search of Indians who had murdered a settler." It describes the meeting with Seattle and Patkanim as part of that confrontation.
So Seattle’s involvement in March 1854 was tied to the aftermath of William Young’s killing and the search for those responsible, not to resolving a land-ownership dispute between Native people and settlers on Whidbey Island.
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- Dr. Wesley F. Cherry dies following arrest of murder suspect Tom Taylor on March 6, 1854. - HistoryLink.org
"Residents of Seattle ... drafted a request to Governor Isaac Stevens for military action... They met with Chiefs Seattle ... and Patkanim ... The story came out that engineer Young had gotten drunk ... Tom Taylor ... killed Young in revenge. ... Stevens's party went on to Holmes Harbor and ordered the residents to deliver up the suspects."
- Thus Spoke Chief Seattle: The Story of An Undocumented Speech | National Archives
"Two months later, Stevens rushed to the area at the head of a detachment of troops in search of Indians who had murdered a settler. During a tense meeting with Seattle and Chief Patkanan of the Snoqualmies, Stevens introduced himself and explained the purpose of his visit."