, 1869-03-24
ALASKA INDIAN TROUBLES.
InteTestSnx History nj Our North west.
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About two hundred miles from 5Hk1, on
the Chtkaht River, dwell . tribe Of Indians
Ill OWE as The cai'kahts. who barc eeea for
SINE years past undtr the leadership Of q
chief namcd Chats quit, bald adreu:urer,
who has lnafntalrcd bis position as chief by d
seri.s Of daring nd>r.akiDgs, calculated TO
win the adntrall1R Of his szTage followers.
But recently II Is understood that Chats
Us hold upon The alec ions and reepect OF
the people was lesstuing, be conceived the
Idea OF capturing 3itka With all It's troops,
munitions Of war, and provisions. lie con-
municated his plans, sonc time before
the. attsck was made, to While tra2per
asked LIN his object. He replied tha! be
believed the esrTltou could easily be sur
pri=ed aud captured. aud Ii he could succeed
in his designs, Ills people could be pleatuully
supplied With arms, ammRnlt1on, and pro
v,sions from it, contents, and with these be
srrat chief among the Indians. The trsppcr
etdea7oEcd t. dlssuade him from his pur.
pose, representing that the unl.ed 3ts:es
G.vtr1 1neut could send tens Of thousands Of
met to she country and successfully carry on
= war Of extezmins t1ou against them, and
Cu7ded By the z est government as an invita-
lion to hu+tlllties. Chstsqutt appeared to be
convinced By the fine Of the trappsr's argu.
NEXT, and the latter, suPposiug he had Gbsn-
doned his project, thoneht no more OF the
ma1ter. Bu. It appeared that the ambition
ior he determined to carrY bis plans into eIs-
cutfop. and &C ii accordingly.
o Ghe 3lsf j Beceu: btr, Chatsqult aud
sort Of deputy ch ,et Of the same tribe, known
as "sitki Jack," arrived in the village with
about one uncred men. 4 special military
rtrT.,v n t4frrd that ell Indians Fhanfd 1.up I've
The gates Of the town be1ure suudowo. and
a. the hour approached the Indians depar ed,
with the exception ot CaatsQult and Sital
Jack, who l,itered behind. Iney had b ,th
been drinking, and 1t Is not supposed they
Lad intended to make the attack At tha.
they made IN attack upon tho senttuels aud
dtsa,1ncd them. The seltioe!s had no right
to dischAr,e Their firearms without orders,
and consequently, could only engage In 4
band 20 hHLd fight with the :sailt1t+. 81 kA
Jack discharged the piece which he bad cap
thort distance with his mu-ket, then threw
1t back and ran Into the tud m eucamp uent
and Joined bis men, but Sltka Jack was
captured By the seniineis, heavily
ironed and imprisoned. Toe matter
Va. then reported to General Davis,
quit auo tripg him IN: a gnard then
sen. in charge Of an ettscer. III. Hod accom-
panying The party, car15lre lantern for the
purpose Of pointing out the guard The house
occuoled hy Cha:squit. The paft5 approach.
ed the building, aid Just as they reached The
Lhe house shouted simultaneously, sitka
Jack" and ruEhed npo, the troops vita
spears, guns, Knives, and other weapons.
The detachment Immediately got out OF the
door and eown the steps, when the indians
came out and continued the attack, firing q
yelley upon II: troops; but owing 70 theis
elevated position their aim was too high, aud
but one wound was inflicted, one Of tie sol
diers belrg slight ; wounded In the shoulder.
The officer in command Of the squad ordered
bis mt TO fall back, but IN The Confusion his
works were not heard, and the nea returned
the fire IN se1fdtfeIce. A second order to
isll back was obeyed, and the detachment
Davis.
| ard every pretautfon VAS taken 10 guard
| Aeairst turprzse, after ~hic1 General Davis
| sect xord to The United States steamer Sagf-
| raw and Gunboas Reliance, lying ID The haf.
night. The next moul:g the Indians
! marched out to an open space near the town,
| but thty had eyidently become satisfied that
they weze pls ying DANGEROUS game, aad re-
turned It once to their vnlaee. General
Davis then sent them message, allowing
| t4A.s4ull eAiCtt3 tEA A4MulSa ~ 1tsA ~
give himself up. The chief did not hurry
! himself, and, ut the expiration Of the ap-
| pointed time, General Davis sent out q
ft sa,Isfed that the General would
not admit of any Iriaiog, and
| Cnats1utt 9sye h1mseli u2. Both the oelllg.
| erent chiefs were confined IN cells, loaded
| down With ball aud chain. and kept on bread
| aud water tor lew d:ys, When they were
| taken before the General, and seeded 70 his
every proposition, psedgfog themselves
| aga,nst inv further stm}tar attempt, au1 were
F? allowed to depart cres,tallen aud completely
| BUNDLED. Before releasing them the other
| Itdiaus were allowed to take their departure
on similar pledges Of future behavior. Dur.
Ing the night aueceedloE ne atack canoe
! hiled win Indians attempted 70 escape, aud
| w&a fred upon, MORALLY Woundtng three men,
| who died soon after. Durin. the whole dif-
| fculty I've Indians were Killed, while only
| the one soldier mentioned sbore vas harmed
On The 9Th ot January, while Chassquit
Was still IN the hands Of General Davis, and
the Indians were threatening m attack, the
| Wayanda apreseed In the harbos. The
.steamer was vel kpoWn to the Itdians, and
her appearance h&d the effect Of causing Al
Immediate cessation of their threats, How
STE should happen to arrire At that moment
| WAS beyond their conprche- -sion, and they
| expressed The belief that General Davis had
| ZONE means Of communication through the
| air, ana that the Wayauda could ee driven
| great distances At marvellous rate Of Speed
when urgent necessity should require ".
An anecdote u related Of ChA:s4ult, Nus
tz1sitE the chlv1ltie ldeAs OF the savases N
Alaska he had quarreled With Shiel o. an u
mortal combat The cha11enRe was oee.'aet
on The ~ und that the challenger was not
I nh tqnA1 ID tauk" anu s6tfA ftandlnR. 1a9
parties aceideutslly met in tue ntese1sse 1s. o.