Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-03-29
ALASKA.

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The Secretary Of War has sent TO
Congress three reports OIL the condition
of Alaska-ope by Maior John C. lid
hi, $500 ~. xf,,c,r N Iud;no.
o"i' seooiu w aiaJoi H
ton, anu the third the census returns
Of the Territory, with regard to the
resources of the country:
Motor T,diroton savs thew consist
oImoSt ont;naiu NJ thrse articles-fIr,
sSh ona Irn,Sa, Tha farmer is by far
tha m'ost ;nana.ont and fiIrs are OBJ
tni,od ou,u pU traTing with Indians.
Mn srU O,y ~ ~ ssh Ia unlimited. and
@ suPp,y bouo estab,;ahed denots Mt
sovoroi nIocoS where Ash are cured and
nacLsd InSians doing The work. Tim
ber IL yerv vaInables but go far from
martet ss not to be Available.
THE Agricultural are very
cant. lSitb great care a few notatoes,
turnins and rodishes have been crown.
r. ID sa;d tbere ore nIaces In the inte-
rior where oroin ran hc raised. Int this
Il not certsinlv Known. settlements
ore fcw and distant from each other.
There are no roads and no available
military Major Ludlngton
enumerates various tribes of Indians,
his list differing In some respects from
that obtained by Vincent COVER our
ing ms u Most OF I nese .,D nortiv
c;Hil,1.G "i Thau suhs;st on the profits
~ tho cho.a S;t;9omo a. Sitta ore
oow s"o ., 'nos - t;noIu friendiy rcla.
.io", lii a,;I;.or r'hev arc de-
so.' WIN .ne MIA .arfs If n,ost
sciiueu Us d i9w oiass W TLo trn,,bIe
corruPs moral GiE.fa anao ,orsoS hv The
oilieiiy eA'sti's m ns ;~n,orny.tars
n,ehI y. ,ntarssteS in
mnH me,e Per
"Mia u 4 ronrosontod n h.
ndo To hr ,;oa onS The nresence NJ
uest"uSu oy We ~ ~ f,r,bor Ie1ro-
sle solule nc So ott'us W s"' M Mr,oSts ~
u tpe Gi,o " S %I,'roh &C. Dc not do much for
.lc uIeeA ~ ~. ~ noouio os tbov
o one eot ahnva onneo p;i IN nnhlic
"te NV tootooPp W. pnso,an In
saE ~ o.A "nU;o,. - he tro nanortod
~ soMa no ,t of the C,sr's domin.
;ors ond Major Indinoton thinks IL
ious, H Nv ha.trn eor oii noytiaS r. tbev
mou,u NC OU.o 4" Oh
"eIe se''t away.
Major Tldoall gives IN MS report
some interesting statistics touching the
industries Of tho country. He says:
Salmon Ia the nrincinal flsh taken,
and Of these I,16O barrels we're taken
with nets arormd Sitka bay last veal,
and zoo barrels around Prince of Wales
Island. Arrangements have been made
N take 2. 900 barrels In the latter vlcin-
inv newt yeor. The fish is worth IS
n.r barrsl or SI4 400 for the @
~ odJ;tion n this the fisheries Welded
4 nSo noiIons NJ onoj and doofish oil.
noouu.L =, n Tba salmon fisheries
WI" W. moSh,MSt;b,
w. Cur troJs hae dacreosed every
r.ar o;nco tbe Trnited States occuna-
seon mur,nn ,Sa Srst y",r ~ Amer
tlon' n" ky snG %omcyr,.d r. S35,-
nrN0ncn. d,,r;rm tho second S95 o00 md
SoSt vaor i sso than S3o non Tne cause
nas' .yio deoI;na &. tSo hotter nrices
VI tho II,,dOon pow comnony novs
mhiIii sno tiuI f
ING Ihulalis tor sAins -, l. 1-,;,od
Lne Sos so o. ao Ucc"P p,oU.b Y Ss si ! sun ann
oGiees ID S1''Io ainsdoI oS foiIoyvs .
piIes, a so ono. ,onr 90 5SS rnromn
ARMY, SS, sSN may, TD,oSo' 200
eusiei, sI TiGH,u ranortS thot tSere are
aiayoi LII" &c ,ippLar T." tha Terr;.
ous TWO hmao' o VI %.JIow cedor. the
sony, sp.I !" C,r;nr i, nnoi;tv ~ that If
Nranh;,Snm I'D Oroonn Tbe veIlow
coJar is ~oinabie m make chests, bu-
reona etc' as il nossesses qualifications
te"o'', StS', 60 a.aI r.,