Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-03-30
ALASKA.
in the Far North

Fort WRANGEL, March 29sh-T'he mail
steamer Eureka arrived here to-day, after
making 8 voyage sll through southeas .ern
Alaska. She landed men and material twenty
miles north of Cape Fox 20 build salmon
caDnery, aad also landed large gang OF men
and material at Chillicot river to build
very large canuery. There will be a very
large business done this year in Alaska il
canning salmon.
Toe mines at Harrisburg are beginning to
look up. The steamer landed several miners
there this trip. Mike Powers and his gang
are working 10 the Tresdwell claim on
Douglas Island, and took out 81, 500 last
Tesk
Sitka is completely deserted, about every
body having gone to the Harrisburg mines
The United States steamer Adams will
leave Sitka next month for Harrisburg.
Everybody has got the gold fever. Fifteen
miners start for the headwsters of the Yukon
river, by the way of Chillicot. on the LIST of
April. Il has been very open winter. and
the snow is disappearing fast
The citizens of Fort Wrsngel are very in
diguant at the Rev. S. Hall Young, who, in
writing an article for the Presbyterian Home
Missionary, calls the Catholic priest Rom
ish nuisance. Mr.. Young is very much Gis-
liked by the citizens of Alaska, for he is al
ways getting the different tribes OF Indians
into trouble with each other. Last month
there was some trouble between the Takon
tribs and the Wrangel tribe, and through the
meddlesome interference of MIR. Young came
very near terminating in serious trouble but
the Deputy Collector, Mr.. Oskford, and Mr..
Buch got things fixed up satisfactory to all
parties. The citizens of Fort WrsugeI would
feel very much relieved il Mr.. Young and
bis family were removed thence.
News reached Fort Wrapgel last week
from Cordever Bay of the drowning of Mr..
Pgrdy, with another white man and one In
dian. Mr.. Purdy was the trader for the
Northwest Trading Company st Cordever
Bay. He was out in sail.boat with another
white man and two Indians. The boat cap
sized and all were drowned but one Iudian.
Purdy was young man, liked by all who
knew him. lie leaves wife in the Eastern
States.
All the Cassiar miners left last week on the
ice.
Wrangel citizens are going for Captain
Csrroll's scalp, for they blame him for burst
ing up their Custom-house, although there is
nothing there for Custom. house officer to do.
2. ID. Campbell left juneau February 7th,
in company with two miners, for the purpose
of hunting deer on Admiralty Island. On
the morning of the 18Th he left the camp
alone, for the purpose of hunting. As he
did not return by the morning of the 10th,
his companions became uneasy for his well
fare, and q vigorous search was made for
him; but without avail They returned to
juneau and reported his loss. Two scouting
parties were Immediately formed for the pur-
pose of a search. After sixteen days they
returned without finding any traces of him.
On the night of the 18th quite heavy snow
fell, obliterating all traces of the course
taken when he left camp. Fears are enter
tanned that he has met foul play at the hands
of the indians, as on the grounds where be
was supposed TO have gone it would be impos-
sible for him to lose his way. He was ma
tive of Canada.
The deaths in Alaska during The month Of
February were: Fl. Peterson, J. T. Gal.
lagher and James Edwards. an OF juneau.