I found this historical article regarding the settlement of Seattle and the interactions between the settlers and natives in the area.
This is where I found an account with my great-great-great grandfather John Kanim 1835-1943
“Alki Point had not been a general camping place for the Indians, but soon after we landed and began clearing the ground for our buildings they commenced to congregate and continued coming until we had over a thousand in our midst. Most of them remained all winter.
Some of them built their houses very near to ours, even on the ground we had cleared. Although they seemed very friendly toward us, we did not feel safe in objecting to their building thus near to us for fear of offending them, and it was very noticeable that they regarded their proximity to us as a protection against other Indians.
From Pioneer Days on Puget Sound by Arthur A. Denny, 1908.
On one occasion during the winter, Nelson came with a party of Green River and Muckilshoot Indians and got into an altercation with John Kanim and the Snoqualmies. They met, and the opposing forces, amounting to thirty or forty on a side, drew up directly in front of Low’s house, armed with Hudson Bay muskets, the two parties near enough together to have powder-burnt each other.
They were apparently in the act of opening fire when we interposed and restored peace without bloodshed by my taking John Kanim away and keeping them apart until Nelson and his party left. He still lives, but John Kanim was killed years ago in a similar feud in Tulalip. However, it was not unusual for them to have a great war of words and no one hurt. “