The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-08-26

uus. are VERY wi.f. Eeroeious xnd
t-sarherozs, and knesles3rs OF
ne4e~r zeap1ns. which they have or
fsfneS BIZ earserizg skins with the
sexfprs and others. makes them
very dangerous They are sworn enc
mics 10 the Essitss. tsough appearing
FAIR y, roar face. bat never fading %
attack any Seaier or other ssss<l that
i got rsrs<sffy Ezsrhsa and Kill and
rinnser ali fh<y can lar their hAnsts
GA This bitter e-szafsy arose through
the sezsers. IN years gore By. gesax ca
she-e and iii-nsirg their rs1era, stealing
their skins and sbu$iax tie women
ard cfsisdrsn. Now tbsy res1aiats On
eTsry opportunity that offers. The
Ai1qusfs are far Inferior 90 the
-tsaeis n 4ppearzn7e. sire and
strength, bat What they lack plsTsa-
ea43y taey n axe sp a s71iaz
TEE MISERABLE MF~Eos Tribe.
The nexs tribe. which T. iocat-a in
The southern part, are the Cape Horn
or Mission Tnaizas They are the
most miserable, dsmiaatfTe. vie. dirty.
halg-starved booking specimens Of ha-
fnanftFf haze ever sen, though those
that have beer uader the care o{ the
mission .face chIAirea hare q far BET
ter appearance. They i've for the
most Fsart ia their canoes, on whsle
hiubher, sheII-6sf1. berries and a spe-
cies of fungus, which tbeF get OF the
trees. They are VERY cunning, cruel
AMI trearher0as. and the com mon be-
lief i that they are eanni1ais. k1m9r
states that years ago, when short OF
food. they used 10 ILL and eat the Old
women 81 the tribe when past their
usefulness. but M Bridges and Others
Who have lived for years among them.
could never End any traces showing
this 70 - true, and ! DOUBT il myself.
srAkvED TO pEATH.
hare seen them many times in
great straits for food: once especially,
being eiose 70 some rocks. some three
| mile. from the mainland. we saw some
dark objects lying on them. which we
took for seais. We pat OF in the boat
in hopes OF getting a shot, bat on
reaching the rocks We found what we
took for seals 10 he Indians, one man.
two women and a boy. The man, one
woman and the boy we're dead. and
the Otlsr women nearly 20. Some
days before they had pat of from the
mainland in hope OF reaping a better
stock Of fish. A storm came on
smashing their fraiI canoe on the
rocks, and not being able % get back
there had died oi starvation and ex-
exposure IL seems 10 me II they had
been c4nnibais the strongest could
have sustained life for some tine.
have Travelled with many a white man
wouldn't trust in such a predica-
meBt The woman We took back TO
the mission, where she recovered.
This tribe OF Cape Horn Indians is
fast becoming extinct, a eonsumptiye
disease peculiar to them selves prevail
| ing amongst them, and is rapidly
throwing them down, and before many
years ! think that tribe viii be thing
OF the past
TIE NATURAL EEs0URcE-.
The northern part Of Terra del
Faeso, with is plains. lakes, rivers
and lne woods. Is capable OF great de-
velopInent, but the southern part,
with its mountains, huge glaciers and
densely packed forests. seems too wild
for anything. The mineral wealth Of
this county Is largely exaggerated.
the geols gist OF Bove's expedition in
forming IIie that the country was not
near az rich In minerals a. reported.
After six months cruising we went
back to the Falklands, which I was
not sorry for, as left it with the feel
ing that life was too short 20 spend
much Of Tin such a wild region.
r. r. KINGDOM.