Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-09-05
Another Interesting Letter from
Alaska.
COLD EXCITEMENT, + PROVISIONAL
GOVERNMENT ESrNlalsuFp, -ruE
IMPORTATION eF "Nol NssES
rE0llWrHp. Tgr INDIANS.
IMPROVEMENTS. 1.as.. ErC

IMPROVEMENTS. 1'a&.ErG
Since | last wrote yoh maoy
interesting cycats have trauSpirld
hero in Sitka NOW understand
tie situation perfectly, anl there
is no doubt in my mind thu i
man-ot-war steamer is mn absolute
necessity il these waters
The jamestown is u sailing slap,
ana ean not pass through the uu-
explored regions Il this III, tcr-
ritory without piImg up hav bo9os
on sonlc unknown rcet
The mining excitement horc Is
on thc increase, md hundreds NJ
miners are prospecting il III IL
rcctious, and firmly believe, that
within I yoW, JheJ Viii be \ gold
excitement which Will equal ANY
they hayc ever had III tle United
States, Conp2teu, nal W2 alneet
daily discovering valuable mines,
and seNsral rirt companies @El ip-
terysting thenselvo, ia establish
ing mills tor reducing the orr.
| Tha Alaska Cola md SILVER Mining
Company the other day refused enc
hundred thousand dollars ii cash
Ion the stuart mime, which i u
successful alra>ioa q few pala,
from here
Should the present Indications
lyad e i large inlluN ~ Immigrants,
the latter would fad here 4 country
more fertile team AMY between thc
Missouri River and the Sierra
Neya,las. 1t pose soa amid eii-
mate, and nature IS houudlnlly
supplies tine .ult' ct poor mch
that thev could not .taryo, for the
waters arg aliyc with fstl, tae woods
with game, and the sell Wiil plo-
ouee anything cNccPJ topical
plants. 1t is country Na0rc .he
thermometer never tatiS below ia
degrees above zero. lFanrcniuciJ.)
1t is rich in natural resources, ad
il will surely develop rapidly, il
the present reports about the rich
gold discoveries prove true.
Through the influence vi Com.
mandcr l.. A. Bcardslie, command
ing L. S. ship, jamestown, the
citizens here have established
u provisional government, and
should this government be rocog-
nized at home, they viii progress
rapidly. They anticipate s.lons
opposition from the rich Alaska
Fur Company, who Do not want
any government here.
The most important cdiet q this
provisional government Is one pro-
hibitins The importation ofmolasscs,
Which is only another name for
the yilcst OF all liquors The In
dians and some of tie low
i whites here had n number of illicit
stills, and as il white man had been
shot ia the white settlement, and
several Indians hal been badly
stabbed in the Indian village. Cap-
tain Bead+lie, by and with the
advice and consent y tie Collector,
fthc only representative q civil
authority here at that timel decided
70 break lp these illicit s,iIls st
precisely the same moment thata
boat landed the wharf " sltla,
another landed on the heaeh ID
part IF the Indian village. and !
don't believe that such \ whole
sale smashing of stills had eveI
been witnessed before, either hcre
or anywhere else There were
black looks and Il good deal oi
nuttcring and cursing, Bit ~
blows had to be struck. Since tllat
time the hidecus noise. ii the
Indian village and the rows ii thc
white settlement have stopped, and
the place looks quite differently
Captain Beardslie is also doing .
valuable piece of work, II teaching
the Indians sanitary laws Theil
village y being drained. and tai.
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