The Weekly Arizonian., 1870-03-19
Indian Troubles in Alaska.

The San Franciico BaH:tjh publseea the following paesieaiar. ot recent Indian troubles in Alasa4 :---
 1t seera8 some renegade Thite man had sold liquor 10 the Indians One Sylvan becsme in
 toxiea,ei oa the niehtof December 18th, and peat his squaw 80 unmerciuIy toat the blood
 issued from her moath Commodore Smith
 ipterposed, and sent a detachment 10 take oi-
 wan to the guard kouse. aud had the Indian
 woman taken to the house of one Of the laun-
 dresses in the immediate vicinity Bsiors rhe
 guard arrived to arrest Si-vau, he rraEeoded to
 regret his i'll treatment c bis ajta and offering
 to shake hands with the laanJrasa, zeized Ae
 hand, and before she Or hss has5aaa, sud a
 sergeant who was pTeseA., were arsze Of bis
 intention bit off enc her 1iuss.s. aai imme-
 dately escaped to the Indian village Lieut.
 Borrawe, the commanding ofhear of the post immediately despatched It. Lou1g fith a de- tachment of men to seize the Indian Si WAT was soon found, but refused to accompany the guard The alarm was rapidly spread through out the Indian camp. Lieut., Louls finding himselfto be overpowered, ordered his men to seize Si-wan, who, with his friends resisted No alternative was left but to give the order to fine on them. Si-wan was kille5 and his broth CT wounded. Lieut.. Louks tho0 returned to the garrison bearing the wounded Indian.
 9eAs soon as Comm7do Smith heard of the difficulty he sent his wife and child inside the garrison, and having been very friendly with the Indians and feeling that he had great in- fuencc withthem, volunteered his services, and against the inportunities of his friends, started off for the Indian camp to paciIy them. H. had hardly left his door when he was shot down by an Indian lying ia ambush He staggared a few steps toward the garrison, and fell ou @ log. The officers at the p-st h=;.riug the ti5 immediately ran down and found him sas.a- sible, and hastily arranging litter toos "'o- to the hospital, where Dr. K,~ke dras b.r wounds He had received thirteen shoLs n tLe abdomen and three ia the wrist lie lived 22 hours suffering great agony most Of the tune but died quietly Oh Sunday night, Dec. 26, his last moments being soothed by every attention that kind friends couldgive Sunday morning Lieutenant Mouks sent flag of truce demand ing the immediate surrender Of the murderer, making the destruction of the Indian viii lago at noon the ultimatum. The flag of truce party was met by the Indians in their war paint They refused to surrender the murderer, or ts have any intercourse with the garrison Every effort was made by the mi.i- tary officers to secure the murderer without re sorting to harsh measures but without avail. The Indians placed scouts on the neighbOring heights, and commenced an irritating fire, The garrison soon dislodged them and opened on the Indian village Subsequently some of the more friendly Indians secured Scut- doc and brought him in.
 Hostil.tes ceased, and cour tamartial be- ing organized, at which all the chiefs were present, Scut-doo was sentenced to be hanged All, the chiefs included, admitted the justice ofthe sentence, and Scut-doo was executed at noon, Dec. 29, The condemned said that his sentence was just, that he was ready to die, that he was himself chief and that he had killed great chief named Commodore Smith that he bore no enmity or i'll will to Commo- dore Smith, on the contrary, the latter had treated him with great kindness, and had often made him presents, that ths Great Spirit above had commanded him u kil some one, and that he had obeyed h. command, but was sorry that Commodore Smith was the victim, The execution took place in full view oi the Indian village and ths chiefs and medicine men were all present. Waen the moose wa placed around his neck hs asked if ail were ready, and receiving an affirmative answer jumped from the scalfoid before the drop fell. At sunset the body was handed over to his tribe With the execution of Scut.doo all hos- rilities ceased, and now all is quiet and peace ful