ˌɔn sɛptˈɛmbɚ twˈɛlv ˈændɹuː mˈʊɹ, ɐ mˈɛmbɚɹ ʌv əlˈɪmpiəz ɹˈoʊd kəmˈɪɾi, tɹˈækt ðə kˈæptɪn dˌaʊn nˌɪɹ pɹˈɛzəntdˈeɪ ˈɛlənzbˌɜːɡ ænd ɡɑːt hˌɪm tʊ ɐɡɹˈiː tə pˌʊt ˈælənz mˈɛn ˌʌndɚ ɡˈʌvɚnmənt kˈɑːntɹækt.
On September 12 Andrew Moore, a member of Olympia's road committee, tracked the captain down near present-day Ellensburg and got him to agree to put Allen's men under government contract.