The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-06-25
ALAMA'S PEOPLE.
EXTRACTS FROM AGENT JACkSONS
REPORT TO SECRETARY LAMAR.

Extent of the Territory Population -
Some Native Characteristic Gre
oics of Alaska and the Bulldogs of the
North Pacific.
Mr.. Sheldon Jackson, the general agent
Tor education in Alaska. has just presented
q report to Secretary Lamar, in which he
gives some very interesting facts relating
to that country and its inhabitants. He de-
scribes the extent of Alaska better than it
has been done before II is as large as all
the New England and Middle states, to-
gether with Ohio, Indiana Illinois, Wiseon-
sin, Michigan, Kentucky, and Tennessee 1t
is about one sixth the area of the whole
United States ana it has coast line twice
as long as that of our Atlantic and Pacific
shores. 1t is as far from tn northern to
the southern point of Alaska as it is from
Maine to Florida, and an air line drawn
from one end of Alaska to the other would
be as long as the distance between Wash
mgton and California
Still this vast territory has a population
OF S5,Sl3 or only about one-sixth Of that of
the city of Cleveland, and 1000 of these are
whites. About oneh half Of the rest are
Eskimos and !, 156 are called creoles and
are the descendants of native mothers by
russian fathers The population of Alaska
has few of the charac teristicS of the In
dians, and they are race entirely different
from the Indian tribes of the United States
They have better brains and stronger
muscles and they yield rea lily to civilizing
influences. They five, as rule, in perma.
nent substantial homes and cunnort than,
s.lves Tba, haze ,,r,,,t an,hiT,1, =. -
come Amaricapi,eI ~ tho It, n, =,
than wapt To bn,lJ Am,,.ic.,, h,r,,. -.
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"ay W .n' nam iooni' WHICH Is LON WE'VE
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A. nt IN. 90" 80, ~ ihea' ani uSu- ihey
a. 90 "ii' "nd "i''io '"eS sihaCA
' .neli NJ over te'aS el "Sh OF pu'ri" oil,
'ney VIII TURN up 'helr noses al mouthiul
VI 'ie ''i'e9' o'i heu o'e'. ihey al SMOKE
'ooact"-l'tHi NotIe9 anu chti lftn, anu
''9 f"N@ gu ,'iiHusA' IAN 10
nuiIn '"sS come 'or i'n'ifuS OF miles 10
"1 Ta
ue o'epies = -s'a'A@ are mixed up some
wat III ''eir i'Nthe WIN Tue Aleats. lnere
are ABOUT ~'o'' o. tnese last IN Alaska and
' ,mo5 o'eupS JUS -Nieaoiai chalh Oh Islands
n9' 70, 'ieh ar Sil''iet Juan tue ES=imo''
H. oi'SN n,ii i"s'ead "a crown
- : = az ihNs .'o i.e7''
i,l,,,s[ lls' - ,,.s'e'N usn
r.. ~. 'l ~ o0'i'1' anu
and ha,-a r.. t.atI,a - -,
oroa.j e,,.ea3s IL - - -, W.
AR. bung with colorad ,,ictnra. All -.
light them with coal oil IN 10 Ia -
they are fond Of a. 81 80 =, rai,sI,-
every home Won viii ,io.i hal go, =
coraio, ~, n ,,,,,;, ~ -
comin~ A,,sr,,.s,,;,sJ IA, - -.
American f,arrns,ts ma ,t,ir I,,,,,.,, -.
the fashion nlatasand try 70 i,,,,,,, ~
latest STYLES Many If tb.r lo,, - .,,i
most of ,bo,, a., ,,,o,,,I.,,,. g
Greak church IT,, asI. = bJ,sziao. 80 -.
meals and ,,ho,, tb,,- ia 80, 10 -
friend. it * with a 4ii,l bles. W., y re-.
peopIe live in tbe ,rrsat al ,sl,nJg ~
Alaska.
THE TISyFfTs Ann THE uvn,y-
The Tipnahs ,.h, ara NOR, H. rho T.,
Jians than any of the orher Aia.tans orr,
polyram,sts and tb.v discard onJ -,
wiye, at pleasure They rar5Iv no -, p,or,
than three wives but often mora thsp on,
The Tennehs hurry tb.;r 40, in no., -,
the grou.d Tbsv ba,,ara in ,,j,,,,eraft
and II NOT ,,T,,.,,,,,,,l,,, ,.,i,,.- -
~ . ~ tusi' leili'is Ua"i'7'