Peter Puget Memorial Project is Officially Underway

My new year is busy with jury duty and yesterday I had a wonderful tour of the Capitol in Olympia with a friend, Skip Dreps who is my project adjutant for our joint effort in creating monuments along Lt. Peter Puget's route in the southern waters of Puget Sound. He is very familiar with the Capitol and its legislative process, so I was in good hands.Our first stop was to deliver a letter to the office of the Land Commissioner.
He will give us the go-ahead or permission to put our monuments on the state  lands of Blake and Cutts Islands. Once that is secured, then we will proceed to gaining permission of the Olympia Port/Plaza Commissioner for the third site.

Our next stop was to visit with a colleague of Skips at the Lt Governor's Office, who was most generous with his time, sharing thoughts on our project and offering ideas for us to consider. All of this took place in the Senate Chamber. Skip and I stood under the Washington State Flag at the Rostrum for a photo op. Talk about a powerful setting to do some project planning. We have received the highest blessings for this project.

Then we toured the many Memorials along the Capitol Campus which were so beautifully done. Afterwards, we headed back down to the Port and had lunch at Anthony's overlooking our proposed site for the 3rd Puget Memorial. Wow, what a day. Thanks Skip, I am  in very good hands.

47 degrees 3 minutes

Puget Sound Postings

Merry Christmas Everyone,

Artwork by Marsha Matta

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I have spent quite a bit of time creating a Power Point Presentation to promote our project of placing 3 Peter Puget Memorials along his route in Puget Sound. I am pleased with it. We are looking towards May, 2014 for installations.

Printed Version

After visiting the Browns Point Lighthouse this month I am turning my research focus on Captain Vancouver's Exploration of the Southern Waters  26-29 May 1792. After reading several books by different authors they have made different interpretations of his route. I learned from the Browns Point Lighthouse curator that Vancouver landed on the Point and had a meal with Indians, took a noon sight and then began to explore Commencement Bay. We know he landed on Long Island or Ketron Island the night of 26 May, as he watched his young Lieutenant with 2 launches return from the south and head toward the anchorage of the HMS Discovery.

I am reading an ebook by Edmund S. Meany, Vancouver's Discovery of Puget Sound, 1907. I am awaiting my copy to arrive in the mail to tackle this phase. From Ketron Island it gets very difficult to read and follow his journal even with a chart in front of me. Did Vancouver get to Budd Inlet, there is a note stating he took a noon sight of 47 degrees and 3 minutes or did he just use Whidbey's latitude, which is Olympia, did he go into Case Inlet and camp on Herron Island as Puget did?  Most of his latitudes that I have plotted do not match up with known islands/points. His sight at Browns Point was 3 minutes off and his latitude of Ketron Island was considerably off when you compare it to his  Browns Point latitude.

I have my work cut out for me, but it will be fun to find answers to my questions. If you know of any references that you have used, please let me know. There is a copy of Vancouver's log in the Tacoma Library. I will have to make an appointment to view it. Meany's book give comparative pages in the log which will make it easier to locate pages.

Lets make the 2013 Boating Season a great one with lots of sun.

Gareth Curtiss- Lt Peter Puget Memorial

Today I met with Gareth Curtiss, the artist who will be doing the Peter Puget Memorial. His studio is near Olympia, Washington. We had a wonderful sharing session about designs, concepts, protocols and prices.
I was moved to wispy eyes when I saw the labor of his love, his attention to detail and the numerous memorials and full scale monuments he has done. The military ones and the Lewis and Clark ones really touch my heart. It will be an exciting time.

After discussions Gareth quickly sits down  at his table and comes up with these preliminary drawings.

Rear Admiral Peter John Puget's Gravesite

Rear Admiral Peter John Puget was born on 16 November 1765 and died on 31 October 1822  in Bath, England. He was entombed 8 November 1822 in the All Saint's Churchyard, Woolley, England. This year marks his 190th year since his death, so our proposed Puget Memorial comes at an appropriate time.

I love a good story and long before Facebook, there was the "agony column" of the London Times; Our famous Rear Admiral Peter Puget's grave-site disappeared from the annuals of history. For over 140 years numerous people had tried to find his burial site, but to no avail. It was as though  his remains had disappeared east of the great pond. In the 1960's a die-heart historian and ship builder in the Pacific Northwest by the name of H.W. McCurdy of the Seattle Historical Society, wasn't about to give up in his efforts to bring honor to this Admiral.

As a final resort, he placed an ad in the"agony column" of the London Times, and within days he received a reply from a Mrs. Kitty Champion of Woolley, who stated they had a Rear Admiral Puget buried in their churchyard and unfortunately," it is the shabbiest grave in the churchyard." Unable to read any of the inscription, she began cleaning the tomb stone and researching the church records. Inscribed: "Rear Admiral Peter Puget C.B. of His Majesty's Royal Navy who after a long and laborious life spent wholly in the service of his country, terminated his earthly career in the arms of his family on the 31 day of October, 1822". In 1965, The Seattle Historical Society honored the grave-site with an memorial bronze plaque.

Today, I went on line to get an image of his grave and discovered some old photos from the archives of the Seattle Times are for sale on E-Bay. This photo was taken at the grave-site in Woolley, England at the ceremony in March 1965 when the Seattle Historical Society installed their plaque. I love serendipity. Amazing to see this old photo.

"A bronze tablet marking the recently discovered grave in Southern England of Peter Puget, the naval officer for whom Puget Sound was named, was dedicated in the churchyard of All Saints in Woolley, a suburb of Bath, in Somerset. J.E. Green, left, of London represented the Seattle Historical Society, which had sent the tablet to England. The Bishop of Bath and Wells, the Rt Rev. Edward Henderson, dedicated the plaque. More than 100 persons, including Wilfred H. Evans of Burton, Vashon Island, Washington, a civilian employee of the United States Navy in London, attended the ceremony." Seattle Times, 31 March 1965

So, on this Thursday, 8 November 2012, 190 years after his burial, let us all bow our heads and celebrate his extraordinary life and embrace our mission of creating a memorial to honor him in the waters he explored and the waters we, as boaters, so enjoy. McCurdy and the Seattle Historical Society honored Puget in England with a plaque and now its time to honor him with one in Puget Sound.

ref: Peter Puget, by Robert Wing and Gordon Newell, Gray Beard Publishing of Seattle, 1979

Chart of Peter Puget's Voyage 1792

Another week of rain has driven me indoors, so yesterday I spent all day drawing, coloring, and typing Puget's route through the southern waters. Email me if you'd like a printable attachment.

Olympia Budd Inlet- Puget Memorial

I return to Budd Inlet in Olympia again. This time I have my hand-held GPS off of Shatoosh to take some readings along the Olympia Port Plaza, which lies along Joseph Whidbey's historic latitude of 47 degrees, 03 minutes and 00 seconds. The Plaza is already staged for future memorial sites, which makes this a no-brainer location. Everything is so perfect about it.

You can arrive by boat, car, bus or by foot. You can dock and dine at Anthony's Home Port Restaurant, visit the Farmer's Market, amble down to the State Capital, visit art galleries, coffee shops and funky shops. There is enough to see for a week's trip.

Lt. Peter Puget and his exploration team would be delighted to see what has taken place in 220 years. I am getting way ahead of myself in the lengthy process of getting a memorial on this latitude, but I can already see it situated where I am standing. I'm going to keep my dream alive.

A Memorial to Lt. Peter Puget

Shatoosh, Pashmina and Hira are continuing in the wake of Lt. Peter Puget. It seems his following sea has pushed us from traveling in his wake, to having an article written in Sea Magazine, and now to launching plans to create a memorial to honor his historic adventure.

It has been over 220 years that the HMS Discovery anchored off the shore of Blake Island in May of 1792 and Lt.Peter Puget, Lt. Thomas Manby, Joseph Whidbey and Archibald Menzies and their crew of 16 able bodied seamen plied the southern waters in 2 small  launches in search of the Northwest Passage. To this date, there are no known memorial plaques to honor their efforts in Puget Sound.

I, along with Skip Dreps, a dedicated advocate for military/veteran recognition, and bronze sculptor/artist, Gareth Curtiss will be undertaking the creation of three memorials to be placed along Puget's Exploration Route to commemorate his incredible Exploration.

We are looking at Blake Island to commemorate the launching of the expedition on 20 May 1792, Cutts Island to commemorate a breakfast site on day 2, where they shot crow to supplement their food supplies and Olympia, Budd Inlet, where on 26 May 1792, Joseph Whidbey took his noon sight of 47 degrees, 03 minutes and 00 seconds. Lt. Peter Puget determines that the southern waters have been explored and the infamous Northwest Passage did not exist in these waters. He orders the men to store the oars, step the masts and the southerly wind fills their sails, taking them back to their mother vessel, the HMS Discovery which was anchored behind Restoration Point on Bainbridge Island. Captain George Vancouver honors Lt Peter Puget by naming the southern waters, Puget's Sound.

Don't you think it is time the boating community of Puget Sound and the State of Washington honor, Lt. Peter Puget? Lets make this long, overdue memorial happen.

Please see Gareth's beautiful work on his website: www.garethcurtiss.com.Gareth Curtiss

SEA Magazine October Issue

Feature Article:
Rediscovering Puget Sound: Cruiser Retraces Peter Puget's Journey...Page 48
A cruise in Peter Puget's wake leads to fresh discoveries for one longtime cruiser by Hira Barbara Reid

Almost a year ago, I received an email from Mike Werling, the editor of Sea Magazine. One of the magazine readers had contacted him that he might look at my blog as it was worthy of publication. Mike took a look, liked what he saw and wanted to do an article on my recent cruise to the San Juan Islands. At first I was disappointed with the choice. Earlier in the summer, I had crossed the Columbia River bar and cruised my pocket cruiser up the Washington coast. I thought that was note worthy of an article, for sure, but Mike talked about the San Juan Islands were more reader friendly, as it was a favorite of cruisers. Ok, Ok, but in a hushed breath and a bruised ego, I said to myself, "I don't know of many men, much less women, who had taken their 25 foot boats across the bar and up the west coast of Washington."

He described how he would copy and paste from the blog directly, select photos and I would have to handle some special requirements for them to have increased DPI's done. I thought that sounded simple enough and he would have the hard job of sifting through the numerous postings, editing them and coming up with the article. I agreed to give it a go. Months went by without hearing anything, then I heard that the plan was still in the works. It was at that point I told him about my plans for replicating Lt. Peter Puget's Exploration of Puget Sound.

His ears perked up on that note. Months went by and then another email. Was I still doing the Puget trip? Yes, I said.  It was upcoming. He shifted gears and Puget became the focus for the next article.  In August I get another email. There has been a sudden new opening for the Puget article, but we have to move fast. The photos have to be sent and I ended up not liking the selection the art director did, so I renegotiated photos, especially the one of me in my Peter Puget uniform. I make some important points about Puget's exploration that could be overlooked in the numerous postings. Mike is so easy to work with and listens to my concerns.
I surrender to the process and head for Hawaii.

I am really pleased to see what a great job Mike did with all the info. This is just a sampler from the blog and Mike refers his readers to my blog for reading the full journey. He did manage to pack a lot of photos and information into 5 pages. I was happy to see my picture in my uniform, but really happy for many things.

Sea Magazine is the largest boating magazine on the west coast and has a huge subscription base. This gives readers a look at my blog, the Albin 25 pocket cruiser, and the incredible historical aspect of the Voyage of the HMS Discovery and Chatham, Captain Vancouver, Lt. Peter Puget, Archibald Menzies, Joseph Whidbey and Lt. Thomas Manby. I would be happy if readers, after reading the article, cruised Puget Sound with a new awareness about these explorers, perhaps they would cruise with one of the history books on board, or replicate Puget's exploration on their own terms. We could all become more informed about these explorers and really embrace cruising Puget Sound with the passion and commitment of Lt. Peter Puget and the members of the HMS Discovery.


Boating/Marine stores carry Sea Magazine and you can also check with local book stores.


Remember that Anne and Laurence Yeadon-Jones will be coming out with a new Dreamspeaker Cruising Guide to Puget Sound in 2013. Check out their website: www.dreamspeakerguides.com

Gig Harbor to Zittel's Marina My Final Leg

17 June 2012 Sunday
I've had some to time to visit with friends in Gig Harbor and run across some boats I have met in other places. A long cruise a home was docked in front of me and was departing ahead of me. So I had moved Shatoosh farther down the dock to give him more room. There were about 5 people helping the older man and his wife. He would have to exit and turn the boat around in a narrow area and I wanted to be there as it looked as if problems would arise with the breeze blowing. I was right. The skipper put the boat in forwards then proceeded to be looking down and apparently not aware that he was in gear and headed straight for Shatoosh. The line handlers, and 5 people including myself were yelling as loud as we could, telling him to stop. Finally in the nik of time he looked up and shocked to see what was about to happen he got the boat in neutral before hitting Shatoosh. That was close.

I pumped out the head and was on my way at 1030 to get to the Narrows in time for the tide to change to flood. The south westerly wind would be on my nose, I was towing Pashmina and she was riding well. Off Fox Island we hit some pretty big tidal rips which got me to a standing position for a few minutes.

A coast guard Rib came flying past me, but didn't board me and later off Anderson Island he boarded a 45 footer heading north and then flew past me again. I was happy as I didn't want to be boarded in this wind. I have only been boarded once by the CG, and stopped last year by Customs.

I tied up in my slip at 1330hrs. Put Pashmina on the swim platform and continued to ponder a way to keep her secure on it. Of course, the ideal solution is to attach weaver davits, however with her flexible sides I do not think that would be possible.With Pashmina the Zodiac, my motto was always Stow Rather Than Tow and now with Pashmina 2, my motto is Tow Rather than Stow.

Day's run 18nm
Total Trip: 230nm

Day 1 Blake to Penrose

Day 2 Penrose to Cutts, Alarm Bay to Penrose

Day 3 Penrose to Jarrell's Cove

Day 4 Jarrel's Cove thru Totten, Eld and Budd inlets

Day 5 Budd inlet to Blake via Restoration Point

Continuation of Day 5

Day 6 Blake to Gig Harbor

Day 7 Gig to Zittel's Marina Johnson Point

16 June 2012 Gig Harbor:Shatoosh and Hira Get Dressed Up for the Dock Walkers

Too Tall Greets me as I arrive in Gig Harbor

I see Too Tall on the dock and he says Lt Puget and I respond, Mr. Whidbey. He has brought Skol over to Gig to be sold at Gig Harbor Yacht Sales.

I am in Gig Harbor soaking up some long overdue sun. It is so beautiful here when the sun is out. I took Pashmina out for a ride this morning along the back sides of all the docks, poking her bow into some some small spaces to see starfish and jelly fish. I stop at my old marina, Lucca's Landing and recall the fun times of having Sabra in her special slip on the end of the pier. Easy in and easy out.

One sees all kinds of dock walkers, but I had to take a photo of this ? walker. She was in her kayak and later I helped her out of her boat. I have seen a parked wheel chair on the dock when a person with paraplegia was out kayaking. Items left on the dock does make one stop and ponder the situation. Then you have the many who walk by and never take notice.

Day 7 Peter Puget- Eld, Budd and the Discovery

26 May 1792, Saturday- Day 7: Eld Inlet, Budd Inlet, Johnson Point, and to the HMS Discovery.

At dawn the boats headed for Cooper Point, which is the sharp-beaked point of peninsula  which divides Eld and Budd inlets. They were unable to make their way to the termination of Eld inlet because of the severe shallows. They were met by canoes of the most hospitable and friendly Indians thus far. Lt. Puget was interested in them, so followed them to their village of open walled sheds, housing about 60 natives. This location was southwest of Flapjack Point. They were all busy, skinning animals, smoking fish, and cooking other foods. The stench was the worst he had smelled. While some of the men were dressed in warrior like outfits made of animal skins, they carried no weapons. Unlike other tribes, these Indians wore exotic make-up of  red ochre/ black glimmer, their hair was covered in down from young birds. They took great delight in seeing themselves through the mirrors which were given to them by the explorers. Peter Puget called this place, “Friendly Inlet” and made notes stating of all the natives they had seen, these were the most terrifying looking, while their behavior was just the opposite.This puts the old saying in perspective, “ don’t judge a book by it’s cover”.

They made their way back out the inlet and entered Budd Inlet, traveling to the mud flats at its termination. Mr. Whidbey accurately takes today’s current latitude of  47°03’ N of the capitol city of Olympia. Lt. Puget realizes that after exploring all these miles, the Northwest Passage did not exist in these waters and, in fact they all ended in tidal mud flats and marshes. There was a southwesterly breeze, the tide was ebbing, so Lt. Puget ordered the masts to be stepped, the oars stowed and the sails hoisted. While, not noted in Lt. Puget’s, nor Menzies journal, some historians say they made a meal stop on the southern side of Johnson Point at Henderson Inlet.

They continued sailing and passed Long Island-Ketron Island at dusk. They could see a fire and thought it to be natives, however, it was in fact Captain Vancouver and a small group of men. They noticed the boats and fired several rounds of ammunition, but the exhausted explorers did not hear them. They continued to make their way to the HMS Discovery, arriving at 0200 hrs. on Sunday 27 May 1792. 

Mr. Menzies noted in his journal, upon arriving at our departure anchorage we could not see our mother ship, the HMS Discovery. We fired off some shots from the swivel guns, to which the ship responded and located their anchorage, which was nearer and inside of the point.

The HMS Chatham had joined the anchorage 2 days earlier and Captain Vancouver had departed with 2 longboats to explore the eastern bay of Tacoma’s Commencement Bay, and Case Inlet. Thus ending the southern exploration by Lt. Peter Puget, Mr. Whidbey and Mr. Menzies and Lt. Manby. After Lt. Puget’s exploration of the southern waters from 20-27 May 1792, Captain Vancouver named the southern waters, Puget’s Sound. 

3/4 June 1792:  Captain Vancouver finally gave the explorers 2 days of well deserved rest where a great feast was held, everyone got extra grog and in their finest attire of dress uniforms they celebrated the birthday of King George III. In a ceremony on shore, drums rolled and Ship's guns were fired as the flag was raised. He proclaimed that the entire area of all the inland sea be known as the "Gulph of Georgia".

Day’s Run:64nm

Total Run: 162nm

Points of Exploration

Day 6 Peter Puget-Pickering Passage, Totten and Hunter Point.

25 May 1792, Friday- Day 6:  Pickering Passage-- Totten Inlet-- Squaxin Passage

After rising, an inventory of all provisions was taken and  it was determined that sufficient supplies were available until the following Wednesday. The men were not opposed to eating crow, and there seemed to be an unusual abundance of them to supplement any lacking food supplies.

They departed with a high moving tide, headed down Pickering Passage and took Squaxin Island to port. For some unknown reason they failed to explore the immediate inlet  into its reaches which is Hammersley. Having failed to see past the dogleg, they could have thought it to be small cove.

They entered Totten Inlet and noticed many abandoned Indian villages, which they thought were temporary or seasonal. Lt Puget thought this inlet to have many beautiful spots and were in full spring bloom. By noon they had reached the end of the ebbing tide and were 2 miles from the inner end. Not wanting to run aground they reversed their course and made for a lunch camp near the entrance. Then they moved up and around the headlands and reached a very pleasant spot on the east shore of the very narrow peninsula (Hunter Point). They made their evening camp, had no Indian visitors, were pleased with their sweeping views of the vast southern branch, and enjoyed their solitude while their campfire flickered into the beautiful night.

Days Run: abt 14nm
Total Run: 99nm

Day 5 Shatoosh Budd Inlet to Restoration Point

12 June 2102 Tuesday Day 5

With a weather change again to overcast and mild drizzles, at 0700 hrs I put on the radar in addition to the depth sounder, chart plotter, GPS and refrigerator. We cast off the lines from the famous noon sight lat./long dock of our State Capital and head north out of Budd inlet.  We pick up a tug and log boom and check his position with the radar when he is abeam. He is headed for the log port in Olympia.

At 0845 we are at Zittels Marina. Too Tall Tom will depart and take care of his coordination of selling his Arima Skol with the Gig Harbor Yacht Sales. If anyone is interested call Wayne. I get a block of ice and top off the water tank. I fix us a big breakfast and Too Tall musters enough energy to off load his 6 bags of stuff. I hang for a while to time my arrival at the Tacoma Narrows with the ebbing tide. Departure is 1115 hrs. and I make the ebb tide at 1320hrs.

Just as Puget departed Olympia and headed north to close the gap on his journey, I have decided to follow suit and make my way north to Restoration Point where Puget had to find the HMS Discovery. I reach Colvos Passage at 1345 hrs and follow a mid line course to get the full effect of the ebbing tide. Later a slight southerly breeze began, just like the one which had been filling the launch’s sails. Shatoosh with Pashmina in tow both ride nicely at 7.6k.

Blake Island

Restoration Point

Leaving Vashon Island to stern the winds picked up and push us down on Restoration Point, the southern most point on Bainbridge Island. I round the R 2 buoy to port and the sleeping sea lion boringly lifts his head to see who is in his territory. The waters calm themselves and I can see where the Indian Village of the Suquamish tribe would have lived. When Captain Vancouver called this the most miserable village he had seen, he would be astounded by the elaborate homes that are here now. I was even surprised at the real estate.  So at 1600 hrs I complete my loop, I squeeze my eyes a little and pretend again that it is 0200 hrs, 27 May 1792 and the HMS Discovery lies at anchor ahead of me. “Job well done”, I say to myself. “Mission accomplished”.  I turn Shatoosh around and set course for Blake Island where I will spend the night. The wind has picked up some  from the southeast and I slow down to make it easy on Pashmina.

Blakely Harbor  and Restoration Point
Position of the HMS Discovery and Indian Village of Suquamish Tribe

I have tied up to the dock at 1645 hrs. Another great adventure comes to a close. I have learned so much history, cruised in the wakes of the HMS Discovery and her launches, expanded my awareness of these explorers and their accomplishments. I will love Puget’s Sound more than ever before. I am now officially a member of a select group of people who have journeyed in Lt Peter Puget’s wake. There is no such club, no known members except Richard Blumenthal, Too Tall Tom and myself. Sam McKinney, Robert Wing and Gordon Newell are all deceased authors who honored these explorers and took the time to imbibe their journeys. For all of them I am eternally grateful. There is enough rum (a thimble full) for one last drink of grog. I raise my mug to all of us adventurers and sit down on my bunk in the fore peak and crack open the computer to catch up on writing my blog.

Day’s run: 48nm
Total: 194nm This total includes our run from Johnston point-Zittel’s Marina north to Blake island. If we subtract  that from our total we are left with 124nm vs. Lt Peter Puget’s Exploration of 163nm. Our journey was less as we cut out some of Carr and Case Inlets and the Nisqually Reach. I plan to do these and add Hammersley Inlet which they did not do. Gosh, I have all summer to explore.



13 June 2012 Wednesday
I stay another day on Blake Island and visit up at Tillicum Village. It is totally fascinating to me. Every time I come I see new things. This afternoon I noticed a book named, Eagle Boy, by a friend, Richard Vaughn who used to live on  Vashon Island. The lady at the register said it was new today. It is a children’s book with wonderful illustrations. I remember buying a copy years ago for my great nieces. I was surprised to see it.

I spoke with many workers, had lunch of salmon chowder which was delicious, spoke with Ed, the wood carver and print maker. The Indian artwork is spectacular and some of Ed’s work is all over the world, including the Smithsonian. The new aspect about the village is that they have a small order café that is open even between the boat tours. They serve beer and wine as well. If you live in the local Seattle-Tacoma area, I would encourage you to come to Blake Island and visit the Tillicum Village and take part in their Salmon Bake and Salish Indian Program. It is superb.

Tillicum Village and larger glacial erratic

After Thoughts on our Exploration/ Lt Peter Puget's Exploration

1. We had a cruising study of the architectural digest of homes. We have seen just about every home design on this section of the world.  We have seen one room beach houses to 4 story mansions on ridges, some cute as a button and some as ugly as a gila monster. It is amazing at the wealth of all the people living here. The homes and yachts are huge, not always attractive, and you rarely see people around them. A few people came out on their decks and waved and Too Tall, spotting them with his binocs,  would tell me to honk my horn back at 'um.. After the first honk, he thought I needed a bigger horn.

Cooper Point going into Budd inlet
This was spectacular.

Shatoosh Dwarfed by Beeg, ugly boats Blake Island

Olalla-right on the water

2.Grog: We experimented with it each evening, A spash of rum with cold water and ice, lemon or lime, a touch of sugar. Rum with hot water was our favorite and lime- no sugar for me. Rum and water plain- no ice.
Some one called me and said, it is strange to hear that you are drinking and you don't. I replied, "Hira doesn't, but Lt Puget does." A thimble full of rum is not much diluted in a large mug of water. The real ratio is 1 part rum to 4 of water.

3. In the southern waters' Journals there was no mention of dogs or horses. Later on I found Lt Manby speaking of dogs in the Indian villages over by the hood canal. Captain Vancouver up north in BC spoke about the Indian dogs that looked like Pomeranian dogs in England. The salish indians would shear them and make blankets from their wool. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salish_Wool_Dog
The Spanish brought horses but I don't know when they appeared in the Pacific NW. The Spanish brought small pox which killed off the majority of Indians in these waters.

4. Along the way, we spoke with many people who had never heard of the name "Peter" Puget and never knew how Puget Sound got its name.Some folks said it was discovered by Hood, Vancouver or the Spanish--just like the San Juan Islands. I was also ignorant before I began reading the history.  I'm hoping this journey will shed light so people will be come more aware of the history. These explorers did an amazing job of finding and charting the waters and shores. I am always amazed how big the inland waters are and how numerous the islands.

5. Lt Peter Puget went on to have a long Naval career and reached the rank of Rear Admiral  in 1821. He died in Bath, England on October, 1822 at the age of 57. As with many of the explorers on the HMS. Discovery, Admiral Puget disappeared into obscurity after his death. In the 1960's, a Seattle Shipbuilder tried, unsuccessfully, to find Puget's grave. He resorted to placing an ad in the London Times. A response came from a woman in Wooley, England who stated a Rear Admiral Puget was buried there, but the tomb was in terrible condition. Together they with the communities of Wooley and Seattle restored the tomb, translated the worn tomb inscription and brought honor to his grave. The Seattle Historical Society  placed a bronze plaque on his tomb to commemorate his exploration of the Puget Sound. The inscription on his tomb read:
"Rear Admiral Peter Puget of His Royal Navy, who after a long and laborious life spent wholly in the service of his country, terminated his earthly career in the arms of his family on 31 Oct 1822." His wife Hannah Elrington is entombed with him. They had 11 children. Peter Puget, by Robert Wing.

6. Chief Se'alth(Seattle), the young son who lived in the Restoration Point Indian Village of the Suquamish Indian Tribe is buried on the Kipsap Peninsula, across and near Agate Pass and Bainbridge Island. There is a museum and monument as well as the grave honoring him. The Chief rendered these words upon the signing of the Mukilteo Treaty in 1854 and created the honorable image of these Indians in Puget's time and present." My people always love its winding rivers, its sacred mountains, and its sequestered vales, and they yearn in tenderest affection for lonely-hearted living and often return to visit, guide and comfort them. Every part of this country is sacred to my people. Even the rocks which seem to lie dumb as they swelter in the sun along with the silent shore in solemn grandeur thrill with memories of past events connected with the lives of my people". Reprinted by Tillicum Village

He states this well and I am forever grateful for his words as I will always travel these water ways with a new found awareness which is infused with honor, gratitude and love.Thank you Chief Sea'alth, Captain George Vancouver and members of the Puget Expedition for your incredible lives and accomplishments.