The Evening critic., 1881-10-05
ON ooNALAsKAs SHORE.
Very Interesting Dispatch from
Commander Lull.

COMMANDER hu''
COMMANDER Edward l.. lull, OF the u.
,. steamer Wachusett, writes from Sitka,
Alaska, under date OF september :, 1881, rs
follows
" have the honor TO inform the Depart
ment That since the date OF my last report
everything has been quiet in the territory
On the morning OF the l1th uitimo the
Wachusett got Under way, with inc James
town IN tow, casting OFF thirty miles from
the anchorage, the jamestown proceeding
on her way with fair, wind. we then
SNAPPED q course Tor the harnor OF SIMEON.
we were detained two days ny iog !;
anchored IN Simeon August J..
Lett SIMEON August ~, arriving vt koot-
lehoo tne same night' Leu hoYtHehoo
august y, ana proceeded 10 iioonIon' Leu
Hoonzoh August y and reached Chilcot the
same evening Just before reaching the
anchorage nj the latter place thc snip was
run upon mud Dank, Dut got hor OIL III q
rev minutes Without trouble or uaihage OF
any sort Inc pilot declared the Dank,
whicn was at the mouth oil river, TO DC
new FORMATION, put from us iorIn ana inc
9eptn OF wafer near at mana u mas evi-
aehtiy Deeh thousands OF years III renching
lts present magnitude. ltls not shown on
any cnart OF sketch IN our possession, Dut
was well-khown by the Indians; inc pilot
had peen running IN llgnt-drnit Vessel
wn,ch w9uiu nave gone sa,eIy where we
TOOK the Dottom. Oh the @oth we ieit Onil-
COZ lor rockwell where we arrived III tne
alternooh. LOU hockWeii On inc @ouh
reachlmg inns place INC ioiloWlng any'
AL SIMEON is the ste OF a saw-miil, nearly
burned t g0wn' puo Wnicn Is soon 10 DC re
putt Inere Is pun smaIi Iahch Oh IN
oiins, ana all quiet ana orderly
kootzenoo is large village, III inc
nam very quiet put inc Wntc trader 10
cated near by, informed me that inc ilquor
known as woochenoo was often uistiiled by
inc INDIANS producing Droils ana lghts
amongst themselves, though they uiu not
IN anyway modest inc rev whites VINO
were tnere' Inc same story was toid NJ
HooneyGh, there was Oh course no sign at
ather place curing our visits Nothihg
put the absolute suppression Oh the SAFE OF
Iholasscs anu cheap sugar VIII prevent Vhe
preparation Oh Woochehoo'
AL Chiicot ! sent Tor the chleiS ana lead,
ing men oil inc TWO totcms-W males ana
Crows-that had recently been nj war with
each other. i found that they had Just
settieu tncir uiihcuitics by the payment OF
one hundred blankets by inc former 10 the
latter, ana III my presence they shook hands
ana promised TO i've peaceabiy with each
other ana WIN the whites' Ihey nave
never molested the latter Inc villages
OF these people arc, uniortunateiy, twenty
hVe miles beyond inc reach OF the snip,
peing up rapid ana SHALLOW river sun,
thihK thero Is no danger oil iurther CALL
SION among tlcm.
since the return oil tne snip TO TINS place
q uiincuIty, growing out oil the suicide oil a
Cnlicot indian IN the guard mouse mere, iast
winter, reported at the time by commander
Eloss ana which was caused ny inc inter
terence IN ms uohestic aiiairs by oitKa
indian, mas been adjusted by inc payment
Oh plahkets by inc irienus OF inc lattcr TO
ehe relatlVes Oh ,ne SUICIDE. 1 had strong
impulse 10 iorDlu TINS put, as according TO
Inuiah iaW, IL was u Jus. transaction, III
whlch pom parties agreed, 1 ana hot IN
ter1erc beyond restraining tne rather largo