Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-09-13

our way, giving hack 10 the su,, .vsrv
eint OF tue Rainbow. When We 90,
hiohRside, II locked like a mountair
soTc,inR up aoovs oar head mast. and
you Know seven eigbtbs of an icebarc
low water. We steamed an near a.
uareo IN the shore, for every few
uI.huIes these monstrous pieces brsak
IN ana go piunRin9 into th. W ,tsy. and
sush, lowering small boats, ~, x@n,
aznnre; We teond that the glacier i,
insteao OF seventy five feet, fye or Al,
nuhoteo feef high, and extends ia tn.
anRuiar shape about sixty miles uoon
tne pialnland. There IL IL f.d hvtne
sue" ana Ire from the mountains. and
always IL u pushing dosn aud s5oyiuo
on tnsse ics beTgz, but never Itself dI
ninisniig or chauging. There are IN
.uin0 out mud and rocks around IL: and
.nele you nav see the moralne in the
sfah ana along the sides, which .havs
now THIS glacier could level a mountain
stood III its path. We saw other
smaller glaciers, the Auk, Davidson and
EHRiei out after sight Of this mon
stet, ike the other innocents abroad
We refused To be sstounded at anythin1
ihe SHIP Rrappled ice from tue ola cier
Ior W'ter and ice cream. (which ve
designated as iceberg cream and
Alaska. "
GOOD IsvEsrMEsr.
think the country has vonderfn,
resources why, the seal fishing alone
pays iair percentage on our invest
men. IN paying the country, and there
ara thu GatFnnn and A.. q
Tar trapping and the mines: and there
are rich gold, silver and coal mine.
tnefe' especi lily IN the vicinity of Ja-
mean, which place we visited. IL was
Ine unanimous verdict of the party that
when the immens. resources of this
Territory are fully opened no. there will
issue from 1t an exhanstless revenue.
lhe Inhabitants are mostly natives
(lndians) with few whites, mostly Rus.
SLAMS and Danes. Physically thew are
more like the Chinese than like onr In
dams. TLsir eyes are obliQueiy set. and
the oast of their features ID rather after
the Monaghan type. Above the waist
they are finely developed, from their
constant exercise in rowing. Bat thew
are rather koock- ueed, bow legged
SET, from the squstting posture they al.
ways take in their canoes. rhey dyn't
ride horseback, as do our Indiana, and
have no domestic animals but dogs.
AN ALAsKAs COSTUME.
They dress iR furs aud skins, with
the tails left un for trimming. Some of
the less civilized paint their faces and
adorn themselves with all sorts Of qew-
Raws equal to our American Indians.
The women dress in flaming colors aud
many paint their faces, all except the
nose, a dead black. They have as many
curious customs and legends as other
Indians. At Fort Wrangel We saw the
totem poles, standing twice as high rs
the houses, aad engraved with ancient
legends. The missionaries have done a
great deal for them ou the coast. The
tribes in the interior, where We did no,
go, are still savage, and war fieroely with
one another. But along the coast they
are peaceable ana friendly with The
whites, and have great confidence ia the
missionaries. twenty years ago cruci-
fixion for witchcraft was o0mmJu; now
it il unknown where the missionaries
and their schools and chnrches have
penetrated.
Il wore my heaviest winter ulster,
and good share of my attention WIS
engaged III keeping the fur collar we'll
up around my ears.
Our party brske up at YELLOWSTONE
Park, some remaining and others COM
ing on"
Prof. Richardson kindly permitted
the reporter the freedom of his porto
lilo, which IL rob in all sorts of strIk
ing, picturesque and curious sketches,
wvidly illustrating every point touched
upon.
DR. BioKSRLL's IMPRESSIONS.
An interview With DIR. Bickneil, when
he passed through st. Paul ON the way
home, elioted similar impressions of
the Alaskan trip. He says the evidences
of extensive deposits OF gold we're nu-
meroas, and this fact sooner or later
will draw ia a population. There is ab-
sointely no agricultural land in the re-
gion. The islands afford fine grazing
opportunities The natives are an in
dustrious PEOPLE, glad to work for 81 or
Sl.2o a day. They have = peculiar civ
ilization of their own. They own their
lands and louses by right of Possession, D,
having nothing to correspond to our
| deeds. The laws of primoseniture and
hereditary descent OF property prevail.
The totem poles alluded to by Mr.. Rich
ardson are used ~ records or geneslo-
gioal trees. The man of greatest brains
becomes their chief. and his son sac
ceeds him II he IL man Of superior
intelligence. There is nothing. thought
DIR. Bicknell, to hinder Amerieapa from
going into the eoantry aud doing a
thrifty traffic. The fisheries, especially
Of salmon and black cod. are liiniilsss
source of profit.