Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-05-12
Affairs IN AInska.

Of April II By a resident there, furnishes ~
formation relating to the excited state 81 'hat
section of country which is cot wlthou! Intel
est. The writer states:
According 10 tic records of the Greek church
which have been furnished by the Greek priests
20 have in tho immediate vicinity two hundred
ed forty eight persons who are, according 10
the provisions oil The treaty between Russia and
the United States, entitled TO the protection OF
the u. S. States Government. Not only are
their lives guarabteed protection, but their
property also.
I'VE have Fifty 6vo native born Americans
and twenty SC ven paturaz.d. All this lrcludes
the men, women and children. OF the above
number three hundred acd thirty persons We
have fifty who are able 10 bear arms in defense.
| four OF which are boys, and several men over
| fifty years Of age. OF this fifty, .iztecn arc en-
| ployed at Cultiog T. Go. = salmon canning cstn5.
| ishDent, miles from here; twelve Of US will 60
20 Silver Bay, fourteen m l. from here, where is
situated ihe work and uiGe5 CT the Alaska
Cola ard Silver Mining Company, Of Portland,
Oregon, aud two miues belouirg 10 SAP Franz
cisco companies. All these firms have txpeud'
id large sums OF money to develop the resources
Of this Territory. The Alaska Gold acd Silver
Mining Company have already expended over
$50 900 in developing their mines. and Cutting
Il &c. have a large establishment urd have
been to great expense in their undertaking..
| There is a man ca board tho Alaska, guest
Of Captnin Bfowc, who claims to be special
correspondent OF The New Iolk Herald, who
piv;s his names as 7. 3. H. Stenhousc, and
who aiEl 10 doubt give an unfovtrib!e report
10 the newspapers throughout the county. II
he says Alaska is barren country be tells q
faIschuCd, as in short time it Hl be proved
that ninca as famous es those on the Com
stock" will be developed. All over this island
arc Minerals 10 abundance, either gold, cooper.
silver. or rJn. Vegetables can be grown here in
abundance for tn, wants OF tho people, bu! what
is the use 10 growing them aud have tho To-
dams come and take hem before your eyes and
you cannot stop then? Wheat cannot be made
o SUCCESS here, as the hummer season is too
short to admit tho cereals ripeaing; but hay
can he grown 10 abundance.
But TO rourn 10 our condition as L COMMIT
nifty. II We take twenty eight men out II Sika,
what force is left 10 protect the women and
children? We Of the mines can protect cur
sel9es agaiost any number Of indians. because
at close contact VIC can enter our tunnel and
defy them; while they cannot see us. VIC can
see them aud pick them off With cur rifles At
tho canning establishment tho men employed
there would have DO show, ss they are almost
unprotected. With twenty eight men away
from town what could twenty Two men do to
defend their lives, as we'll as these Ct the dc.
feuseless women and children, from the hands
OF 800 bood,birsty redtkirs, whose numh,r
could be itc:eased to several Thousand 10 q
short time? They will ntv,r attack Us openly,
tu! it will bo in tho right time. when We are
asleep, and when To are 10 condition almost
unable to protect ourselves. Were We en- mas;c
VIC could get the women aud children into the
custom house IA log house, Ter place OF safety
for them, aud then deiend them and ourselves.
At the last outbreak, short tipo ago. the
whites were notified by friendly lndan that
such an occurreIco would take place that night,
which gave the people charc' TO come to,
Rcthcr, tho Russians, seeking shelter at
The priests house, while tho baIauce
collected at Colonel Balls, at the custom
house. When the rcd devils, 10 all their wtr
paint aud hootng and yelling, neared the stock.
ado gate, an old Ibdian threw himself 10 the
breach aud cndeavored to keep them back.
They turned on him and cut him SO badly that
he died short time after. Seeing what they
bad done, they ceased. The nearest protection
was 10 the British government 10 sending their
ship Of war Osprey for the protection of Sitka' >
Inhabitants, and those gallant commander came
with all haste; and when his ship entered our
barber her topmass was lowered aud her auDs
ready for action, IS lie was eager for the fray.
Frcm what Captain SelloD, OF the revenue
cutter Oliver Wolcot, says 10 letter dated
March 10. it must bo So. Here it is: Tho
Eos li5bman il impatient, and at every provo.
calico wants TO fight" Ii he were left TO his
oan inclination we would have bad fight long
ago. | don't know but his notions are best
after all. Clean them cut ard talk afterWald.
The Osprey commander told Col. Ball that If
he wanted tho Indians cleaned out be would
serd detachment Of men ashore on one side
Of the ludiGn village and would then take his
ship opposite, and once he opened fire 90 them
lie thought that there would be not ertr four
or five Indians who would get away. Prayers
hive assembled en- high for the safely oil the
officers and crew Of the Osprey, for their
prompt acoo and for the interest they took
10 the defeuceless situation Of The people Of
Sika. They camc prepared to take on board
all cut women ard children and take them 10
place Of safely. as we'll as to protect their
lives aud tbs lives and property Of their hu5
bands aud brothers. 10 short. they came to
protect 10 tho full sense OF the word the lives
| Of American cizsrs on American territory,
acquired by purchase. 1t cannot bo said that
any of tho English sailors were disgrace to
the ship to which they belonged, as not one OF
their sailors so Ter forgot himself as TO
become Intoxicated while 90 shore, while it is
! jus: the reverse with the men OF tho Alaska;
they come ashore, get d,uuk, and stay hero all
tight, and the captain comes ashore, employs
Indians to cstch his sailors, and pays them $50
for catobiug six Of them, ono of whom wss so
drunk that lie fell overheard. As Captain
Brown, the commander Of tho Alaska. Intends
starting from here to narrow, Colonel Ball, the
collector Of the port Of Sitka, has already sent
aD earnest appeal aud dcuiud 10 behalf of the
citiz,u of Suka for protection. He sends
demand ior protection for himself and family,
ss collector Of this port te is doubIy entitled
to, as the Uoited States flag h,ats over bis
house. MIR. Hu5ter. the superintendent of the
c4nrery. has appealed 10 him by letter, as a!.o
has George +. Pix. superintendent Of the nit
irg interests here. 10 case Captain Brown
refuses 10 grant the foregoing requests, Co..
cncl Ball has requested him to take cur women
nd nhildron m unne mimi m PUunk Snund