So a little after barrington does his dance from the devil some white people kill some Haida somewhere on not Whidbey Island. The Haida respond by going after this dude Kellogg who lives on Whidbey Island. Makes some sense, he generally hires Indians to paddle canoes for him (travelling doctor and all) but outside that doesn't take too kindly to the "red savage" as later Kelloggs would recall him saying. Unfortunately for the Haida, and fortunately for racist historians, Kellogg was out of town curing some white person (undoubtedly spreading disease as he went, but w/e) so the Haida hide for awhile. having hid for half a week the Haida abandon the plan and instead kill this Colonel named Ebey. They shoot him in the head, but just to be sure, cut it off anyway.
Presumably Barrington wasn't around. Or maybe he kept the skull stick. who knows.
Results:
1. Ebey is forever remembered as a "martyr" for the island despite his having little do with the place outside the farm. He was more like the living incarnation of the state in those parts, regulating white people.
2. Racist dr. Kellogg gets to write in medical journals about how much he hates indians. Future generations of Kelloggs would take up this mantle and record indian hating histories of the Haida and others.
3. A really pretty state park bears his name and records forever the imposition of white folks.
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