The Garden Case

A Treaty is signed by the Native Nations and approved by the US Senate in 1839. It sells certain Indian lands in the State of Washington to the US government with a few restrictions that must always be followed.

Detective Rage is yearning for back home in Idaho and wants to plant a garden. All she now raises are slugs. Seattle’s weather makes a garden difficult unless you plant water crest. She researches the garden plants that grows in western Washington. After she researches, she calls her friend patrolman Jones for help. Of course he agrees and brings his shovel and a tape measure. The problem is not solved quickly. He goes to the property section of the County and obtains the description of Rage’s property. He finds that an old stream use to flow through this area and she has it on her land. They next find her west property line is off by several feet.

The County’s property section find another document that relates to Rage’s property and gives it to Jones. It is an old Treaty between several Indian Nations and the US Government. They cannot read it and take it to the Go-Shoot Nation to see if they can read it. After much effort they finally read the treaty.

The Washington State’s Attorney General receives a lawsuit stating they are violating the Treaty and must return all the land known as western Washington back to the Indians!
What is the white man violating in the Treaty, what of the sacred but now dry stream on Rage’s property, must she move? The biggest question is why is the sacred stream now dry?
Who is Running Doe, can she help Rage plant anything and how does she know Running Fire?