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 | | Originally from Illinois, Bell was one of the two oldest members of the fabled "Denny Party." His was the last family to join, aboard the small schooner Exact, which threw anchor in Elliot Bay, on the spot now known as Alki Point, on November 13, 1851. |
 | | Bell tried to uphold relations, it was he and Denny who made the special coffin for chief Sealth's wife, when she died in the brutal winter of 1852, but radical factions of Indians wanted the settlers out. |
 | | In a letter to Arthur Denny, Bell said, "My house was burned on my claim during the action but the outhouses are still standing but your house in town was robbed of flour and perhaps other things on the night of the attack. |
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