Pierce County, now a model of intellectual and moral progress, with a thrifty, energetic and law-abiding population, was, in early Territorial days, a hotbed of local feuds frequently resulting in homicide.
"Memoirs of Orange Jacobs"
Orange Jacobs
Of the feuds which the tribes of Israel carried on at this time, some have remained in remembrance.
"The History of Antiquity, Vol. II (of VI)"
Max Duncker
Whatever violence and cruelty had been exercised since the settlement of the Israelites in Canaan, however many the feuds and severe the vengeance taken, however great the distress and the oppression, the nation, amid all the anarchy and freedom so helpless against an enemy, still preserved a healthy and simple feeling and vigorous power.
"The History of Antiquity, Vol. II (of VI)"
Max Duncker