The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-02-04
INDIAN FIGHT AT ALAsKA.

INDIAN FIGHT AT ALASKA.
The following communication Is from
. gentleman well-knoxn on the Sound,
and throughout British Columbis. We
publish it. in order that all s,des of the
question msy be discussed. and think.
ing il may have it, weight in inducing
our authorities to do justioe to the peo-
pie Of Aiaska. BY iostituting . Terri
torial form Of government
F0Rr WaAxoEL, Jan. Is.
Ed. 1NTgLLI0EHCE1 As full &C.
counts Of the fight between the Hoo
chinoos and the church party Of Stick
Gems have bsen sent to several papers.
I will endeavos 70 give yoa briefly the
cause that led 70 It 5: The United States
laws give any Indians power TO destroy
liquor and stills in On Indian country
or terdieey. This Law may work veil
where there is only one tribe inhsbiting
the district. bat il 10 cslculated .
create III feeling and bloodshed in
Alaska, which properly speaking.
especially that portion between the
soutkWa snd and Ctsss. SQUAD. h not
a lodiau tersitory. - the Indtsns ere
sell-Snppoeting, trading among them
selves and With the whites, and in
fact wberevee the latter ssttle, % here
and ct Sitks, they beceos bswers Of
wood and drawers Of water. Besides
thu. fges navigation Of the 1tickeen and
oshef aseams ~ guaranteed - the
Hii6sb; uhioh IL IL direct violstlon Of
the laws regarding Indian territories
- no one 10 permitted to trade il In
dian territory unless security b given
TO the amount OF either 5000 or tl0.-
OOO; which IL carried out weuld bar
AnesicaSs from doing business in this
ooas1fy.
~Thsss il alvays . Jealousy between
the different tribes, aud in fact more
between the Stickeens and the other
tribes than the others among them
selves. For the Indian Of one tribs to
dxtEoy the propssty Of another. will
d the first opportunity be revsoged.
unless payment be made.
On the 18th inst Sunday Mr. Cor.
liss. attached to the Pse.bytsriau Mis-
sion. went to the Hcochinoo camp to
preach. finding the Indians drunk. aud
having more zeal than common scnse,
he insisted that Jaks,a 0lickeeu, acting
% pDlicemss, shoold' destroy their stili.
lake, . so-cAlled Christian Indian. OBJ
jectsd on the ground that it Was Sun
day; Corliss insisted. and Jake did it.
On the next day, Charley. > Christian,
went to tho Hoochinoos, sud
through HE actions and subsequent
conduct caused the fight. End the kill
ing aud wounding Of several on both
sides. iopeEilling the lives Of the resi-
dents and The destruction Of Wrsossl.
fan attempt hsd been made. -
threatened. 10 tske the powder. BY
either party. or had any whites been
killed, I have no doubt bat that We
would have bad . general fight, which
would in all probability resulted in the
destruction Of the town; and q both
pastjes REGARDED Corliss @ the cause
0fths tsoubie, his house would have
been undoubtedly sacked. Il 10 some.
what stsange. bat ssvesthsless trus,
that Tho most xealous Of the indiana,
who have become Christianiscd, were
in early days before the Csssiar ex-
element, known q bad Indians, lew.
ing toll on whites for the privilege Of
sacepdmg the 6tickesp, and o6srins
then petty ianks: JAte and Charley
are no exceptions
The missionaries are . we'll neanins
-
log no experiences. even Of whites. i'm.
s.ipe they are Thoroughly sc,,uaint.d
vjth tie Indian charnctsr. vhso their
intefcoarse With tbem Il onlv = church
prayer meetincs and visiia IN ths;,
VILLAGE. vher, the hrieht side /. onIv
go: and the lndian 81 s;o.;ne |. fa-
hymn aud asyine : pra,er IVA revo.
lutioai,,d opieiooa Ssld for e.ner..
lions. I inegin3. aud trust. that the
hxht and The eabseouent conduct II
The church lndians have taught them
that they ere still aey,Res. and that
thesr ia Of Ohrist.initv crude. re-.
oufrine moro than - s.ner,t;on n
cnd2us5D their reeindie ~ rsrds,
an civifised' Tnns,s the s.;cI -,
chisf alain. 80 from tSs .A.,ss.s.s -
sli ~ old ss,tl.rs ths - 81 ~.
sli. The hod;ee a. ~ to Hcc.h;rc c,..
vers cerr;ed Ia IL hc,,ss ,rr.hs.S 49,
= -. ~ riddIed ~ 800 ..,. s.S
an sitsrvnras: Chr;st;.r,tv "a "a
the nafnral ;nstioct .s.rr..j ;,s 80. ~.
No terms 10 ~ hae,S rre;, : .S,.;s.
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