, 1878-03-22


f., day its resources would been de.
,.,,onrd. and itsinhabi,autS be better
morally. physically and intellectually.
Military rule is curse to any cOun.
try in time of peace, ami Alaska
wants nomore of it, 1t will be- very
rnriou~ indned if the people of Alas
K, cannot be governed in th" same
m INNER as the Dominion govern.
nrnt controls affairs in CaSsiar, Fort
>,impson. ON the Skpcma and Mas
rivers, Queen CharIotte's Island and
hundreds of other places in British
CoIumtia.
At the above named places they
have the same class of people to deal
with that we have here and then it is
thc fear of the law that keeps things,
oniet, while here people do as they
nlpase because they believe there is
uo law that can reach them.
A DIsGRACEFuL AFFAIR
orrlrred here on the night of Feb'y
18th: an affair that puts to shame
ANYTHING that has occurred at this
MACE heretofore. a gang of bum.
mers and rowdics have for the past
3 months been in the habit Of prowl-
iur about town al Midnight, making
the most hideous noises imaginable,
disturbing everybody and insulting
those who objected 60 their internal
acts,
On the night above mentioned
these hoodIums being drunk and dis.
orderly started out ON their midnight
orgies, and after kicking mp rum.
pus all over town, finally visited Il
house occupied by an Indian woman,
rave her whskey that made her beast
" drunk, and then left. Shortly af.
ter their departure, the house occu
pied by their victim was discovered
to be in flames and ere any assistance
could be rendered, it with the wo
man was burned to ashes. The
burning house being near to the.
custom house, the people had diff
Guilty in preventing it from being
burned also.
A man 10y the name Of Beedy is
the individual that gave the woman
whiskcv, and he having had agrudge
against her, the assertion has been
made that he, after making her
drunk, locked her into and then fired
the house. This Beedy is the same
man that Capt. Bancroft one year
ago sent out Of the territory for his
and for the crimes and mis-,
demeanors that he has committed at
this place; he richly deserves ton
years in the pcnitentiary. A little
law Just now at this place would be
very acceptable and II magistrate
could distinguish himself and be-
come savior unto our people in
sending by sentence several bad
characters beyond Alaska's rock
bound limits never to return. We
shall wait patiently a few months
longer for Congress to extend law
over this region, and if our appeals
are not needed, then we shall or
ganize vigillantee committee and
take the law in our own hands, let
the consequences he what they may.
A few DETERMINED men can be.
come power unto themselves by
acting in unison and doing that
which is for the common good.
Vigilance committees are not de
sirable in any country, but what
other recourse have we should the
present Congress refuse us aid? We
must have law and order; this fact
each day more fully demonstrates
ALMOST BLoODSHED.
On Feb. 10Th, nine canoes loaded
with Indians arrived at this port from
AUX" The customs officials, desrr-
inc to search these canoes, sent one
of their specials" ga Stikine Indian)
to do that duty and while he was per
forming the same, Takoo Indian
came rushing out of his house with "A
muskct and attempted to shoot the
special" The gun being an old
''Aint.lock" would not go off, hence
no damage was done. The customs
officials thon summoned the Takoo In
dians to appear before them, and as
a punishment for the attempt at mur
der ordered that he surrender his ca
noe. This he refused to do until he
was Informed that unless he did, he
would be tied to post and whipped.
Not relishing the idea of being dis
graced in this manner, he gave upI
oil