Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-10-27
ALASKA.
Iterns from si;ka.

PoRT TOWNSEND (W. ~, October 26sh.-
The steamer California arrived at noon to-
day, bringing Alaska news as follows:
On the 5th day of June, 1880, four miners,
named James Hollywood, John German,
Keuan Cambion and Thomas Maloney, left
Sitka in the schooner Gold Hunter on a pros
pecting trip. During the following month,
in French harbor, north of Cross Sound, John
German was capsized in a small boat and
drowned. The party then proceeded to
Behring's Bay, where they built a small log
cabin at Yakitat and transferred the vessels
stores thereto, leaving in charge Hoilywood's
wife, who is an Indian woman. The three
men, accompanied by an Indian named Ka-
katow as guide, proceeded along the coast
prospecting, and were gone twenty-five days.
They found dig ginss which would pay about
$40 dsy TO tie man. Evidences were pre-
sented of rich gold fields in The interior. The
party then returned to Yskitat, for the pur-
pose of proceeding in another direction.
Hollywood remained there for the purpose of
constructing larger cabin for the party to
winter in Cambion and Maloney started
eff subsequently with the Indian Kskatow,
well armed and provis;oned, rot expecting
to return until driven back by snow,
which they thought woald be about
Christmas. About one month afterward the
Indian kskstow made his appearance at
Hollywood's cabin, unaecompanied by the
men, and stated that they both had been
drowned by the upeetting Of their canoe. and
that be himself had narrowly escaped with
his life. Hollywood became satisfied. from
subsequent conversations With the Indian
ard his manner, that he had murdered both
men. Hollywood remained with his wife at
Yakitat until March 23d OF the present year,
when they left there for Sitka, arriving June
1st, having lost his vessel By shipwreck
on April 2i. During the winter the Indian
and bis family lived near Hollywood in an
adjoining cabin, and at different times. to
different members Of his tribe, he confessed
that he had murdered the two men. Tbs..
Information was impaired to Cemras, ,de,
Glass, of the Jamestown, by Hollywr, d. bni
she being sailing ship he was nowerless
Early last month Commander l,nll proceeded
in tbe United States steamer Wachusetts 10
Yakitat, taking Hollywood along. and visited
the village of the prinej pal chief. who sur
rer6 .red the Aurderrr and he was brought
, tc Sitka Septeahec 2ad and confined in the
guard dhouse, together with some Indian
women as WITNESSES
Inc ei'icefs .nrnanding the marine guard
a. uar .sburg having arrested and confined
!, an Indian for bad conduct, were threatened
by the Siwaskes in the village with an at
| tack. This being reported to Commander
l
spot on the steamer Rose with en- additional
| force, SO that the guard at Harrisburg now
consists of four commissioned officers and
! forty-ssyen men.
! The Northwest Trading Company are i'm.
proving the wharf on the warehouse st Sitks,
and have a very fine store. They are doing
| thriving business. They loaned their pilot
Pamsnakoff at great inconvenience to Com
mander Lull, of the Wschusetts, on her trip
to Yakitat.
The steamer Rose is making regular trips
between Sitka and Harrisburg, and is meet
ing with deserved encouragement, the conve
nisnce of such a boat being severely felt
before she was placed on the route. The
schooner Ocean Spray arrived at Sitka on
the 23i day of September, twentyone days
from San Francisco, and sailed FOR Chilean
and Klawack on the 26th. AT the latter
place she was TO load 800 barrels of salmon
for San Francisco.
The steamers Favorise and Rose were both
at Sitka when the mail steamer left
Special Agent Horr arrested at Harrisburg
on the 18th the barber OF ship for having
| in his possession large quantity Of whisky,
| which he was endesyoring to snsuggle ashore.
He also ieizsd the liquor.