 He argued that the few now present could easily be exterminated, which would discourage others from coming...

A Steilacoom band leader, Chew-see-a-kit, rejected the considered attack.The white settlers residing in his land were seen as deterrent to raids by Northern Puget Sound tribes, such as the Snoqualmies.On 1 May 1849 Patkanim led 100 Snoqualmies to Fort Nisqually, a farming and trade post ran by the Hudson's Bay Company's subsidiary Puget Sound Agricultural Company.