, 1879-03-14
ratlons evcrr ten days. md clothing, once 2
month Or when needed. must say that think
all a0ltl!cts md o1leers, wero

for It wns magnificent, csnccially In the sntntner,
Though, as 10 tlln heat, don't think have felt
J. anywl,cro as did there. Men could unf diA
lie round anywhere, especially, on tho i'carl1,
whcrc they wn,ila 10 III k'sltnmlng AMI Rick up
eeancrs Gencrally a splendid bay alornuti tho
town, which San francisco or nny Ntlcr town
would 10 proud If. Mountains cappcd With
fow frn% AL summer greeted ic eye 81 syary ono
penetrated them, for They weEn afraid Of tho
wt!l animals TINT abounied there.
The tlrst winter was there II was fraul1ttully
cold; llox eoltl lcann9t now say. but ,aany, ',a1y
had to bc changed every hour, instead Of Iwo as
wns cllttoutary; bnt tn sag IL WIS so cold all tu
time would be All untrutf1.
Alley ,r M now sr TO- .sy something abpnt IT,
Ind d tribe known ns the Httka lnilans. With
Sltka .Iark ns their Ct!cf. who occasionally gavn
us 4 great tleni of trouble md anxiety. After
To vs., lal ,;a eye,ytng unpacket a,a every man
u fnct, wcro In full marching ur1cr, tho first
Sunday inornlng, for tnspoct!on,-It would hare
done nny one good 10 1laye seen those Russians
mi s'ika lt,lans 1I sar o. tc perfornacc ~ we
THUR mouths wide opcn, nhl they thought aurc
the Devil Ind rot them Tint time, although he
had been 50 many times 10 sce them before. To
Get IN conversation witl, fnd!nns or lsusslNn
understood English to any cxtent, except thu
liovcrnor n!d his officials. W. iuunl the
lndfans md soldiers 10 be the
MOST IGNORANT AND rnoFL1GATE SET or DR.
VIC ever experienced. From what little we saw
when Nc cntne lahore to hoist ahe Stara u,,d
Stripes, wo thought ;llat the aqttaws wcrc the
wives OF lie soldiers, rs they vera 50 very fautt.
lar, until wo found out that they had full run
Of ilsc town, aud would sleep III tho quarters
With tho sul1era all night, H,ll return tu their
reservation when they felt like It.
1t Is true tho Russians lad some kind Of
guard-monnt,- t,-whcthcr miitary..or not, III leave
Tor some one clsu to say:.. ANY way they haA
posts, via: !, 2,8, !. 6. Each most lad 4 bell,
utMl a big ono at tllut, 80 tint they could cam
munlcate with one another In case of danger
tlle sentinel at the post ringing the number Of
hls bell, mud 40 on ti' the guurd was called out:
for ono Sas called out muny times on tic full
trot, every member Of alie guurd seeing tnt hts
plcce wnuld speak ttsc first t!tnc 10 provo that,
afies. the old gnnrti catnc oil VIC would be
tafkct. when tint would lln!sh US for that lny.
The regulations laid out By tlIe commanding
ol1lcur
WEIR SOMEWHAT SEVERE;
and SO they needed to be. especially in reference
to tile smuggling through of Intoxicating drink,
wlIca tho Indians would try to ''fie under their
blankets; but they found out that American
eofdfors Wcre not Russians, and would not put
,tp Will, their notions. No. Post was tho bar
was down on t1.e wtnrf, wfurc the boats uncd to
land; No. was the nnrkot nltl entrance to the
Indian torn; No. was tho magazine; AM! Nc.
was the brewery,-nn outside post closu tt thu
| lntl!an bur1nt'gfound.
Whllo was there, troubles will, the Indians
! were Of frequent occurrence. remember. not
lung after VIC wcro there, onc lnlian was killed
at No. Pest, the market, through, some Hlisun-
dersa',dLng OF tho part of the Indian, evidently.
TINT, but concealed weapons, which WIS strictly
forbidden The affair ncArly ended In nn Indian
var, but for tho pron,ptness Of den. Jefferson
G. Davis an his statf-otllccrs IN calling out the
troops. remember, VIZ had the head Cncf-
Old sltka jack, ns he was famiisrly called by
| thc communicable several OF his eutorInatcs
III ha,,tlcHf{s Anl shacklcs III the guard-llouse,
cd every minute. l'hr Indians didn't half like
the idca Of having. their Chiefs In prison; but
| LIKE IT THEY HAD 70,
for, when they fund out what Gen. Davis was
| nlrd what he wns going to do, calling cut bis
command, and oil hands on the mct.of-war,
American anu British, that lny In the harl,or,
standug, to thcir guns, which iaccd tlle Indian
Reservation, they cooled dow, al,,l showed The
white ilag. Tad the row To. fairly started, |
don't Know where the troub!u. would liayu end
ot, though one thIng is ccrtaIn: whit tlero WAS
Of the sitka Indtnlls wonld have bcen totally
nnnlascd, not outy BY tho troops, but bS The
fire from thc guns Of Tho lnr'i.of-was, which
ronldnt miss them, being 50 ctoEo to the shore.
The General commanding thought, had that
t9ken place, It would have ratsed the war-tlancc
could have got assistance, being without tclc.
graphic coInnl,lntcatiol,-.vi u. c., bcin,
tho nearest placc,-,wr might llayo NIL suffered
tho enhlo as Custcr's command lid on tl,c Rose
bud; butt as IL was, 1t catpo on all right. After
tins this Chiefs we're liocrated. It was
| rumorcu round tint Old Jack euuld rinse 5,U00
warriors In Alaska, taking IN all te tribes which
| would hayn been allies; but at tint time wo
doubted it,-for what rea6ons l cannot say.
They seemed to be
ALWAYS nlTTEK TOWARDS AMERICANS,
as they said they liked King. George man, hut
Mcl!cnn man wus i,o Eood We found out their
rcasone. for thn!; It was, sli4t they were nearly
pany, Which uscl to supply tl'ctn witt, every
thing they wanted, rum ni,d whisky included.
Rum, 1t seemed, was their chief drink, mud nlsI
that of the nussta1a. Tllcy would drink II
almost tho ea1ne n. water, but still get drunk
nlcn, women, nt,d children, It was nl the same.
The Russians used to Ect their allowance every
morning. unl would share Will, tito 1ndtans,
wien t!icy would 80 sluEse ilc to the warehouse
w,cro 1t was kent III harscls, Of which thcY llud
lnany, under which nll the green hcal-siins we!c
slowed IN dozens In a packet. We often stood
at tile barracks, on tho stodps, watching llteis
PROFESSIONS, Wishing ourselves W. could draw
rutluns like that; hut VIC used 10 ret 4 min now
md teu from tho Russian women, aud aofs,c 0f
our men used to Get too much. The conac.
auenco wns the Euard-lloase wah the only place
lii which to cnol of. Not only did the enlisted
officers must tnstc Ut tlle l&ussian run, until
Slku bore anything but a rcf'ntabiu nane: mi
no wonder, fo7 the way things wcro clrrlcd Oh
while Twas there, It seemed Us II everybody
WAS nRar ON MAKING MONEY
on the poor cnlistcl lnau, Who had to foot nj
tl,e bills In The shape Of c0urt-art1ass, Eirrls0t
Clh genera3,-WhcH Was Company Clerk. Il
took nu nearly all my time making out charge!
md specifications, which at times were BiLapl1
ridiculous, hut orders had to be uhcyed.
Va were paid otf IN grcrnbacks-whlcf roal
1zetl Us cent? on dollar-Shuncycr they felt III
r,ucu IN Ban FrapclBgo to RoHd us payulastey
when thu Suffers llsctt to get all or ncarl5 all
by charging suci! c1orb!tant prices for nearly "
efyth!ng. they so1 W!!.ch was by checks, y y .
tlicy woull find out. For 81! '.hai they gu
chcnted, at,,l Ito wonder at Il: The Suffers stor
waa uMiler thu name OF Kihkcnl Bros, .,-thrus
sciyes perfect gcntlcmeI.-whutslcr ehartcrct
by tic Government or not, cannot say. An!
way Ii was Il REGULAR rendezvous Tor tho olllccr
aud tlrir citizeu.lrIcads, except Con. DAVIS
who, ata Inclined to tt'ials did not apn''otyc j.
npat,y.coil,manAer Hyt. Mai Charlcs q
Wood. Who o!ten ccilsurctl his hrotl!cr-oll!ccr
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