Telegram-herald., 1888-11-13
A LUSIEUL HE'LL
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knasa Ia lals atg hss fecsaily rstnrnsi
fon a. s1lenaea l8ur tasoasA ths great
Narha-st 9o4 reporter sas related soaas
o. ne sxpsri@aess oi hsf travels
Il a4fs .0arasYsd ever lsou3 misa -
land aad ~4lss sac sd. "aus i1s met
dsats "a lns zip lave 1esns d.fs say. pl1ea
hks those u otasf tourists so Nilga rs
sans route Wnaf aas inpfsssod Ils aa9st
profoundly AID slled ne sif1 a heffof
waic1 kross viii lAs Ieeoiiectloa oi lt. -
ths asl1l coalition 0f ias laa.Aa s0sa@a
Ia Alaa1A if people realized thai "a t1s
wlda u IS Alssks territory thla eif.itei
Uallsd states holds a psffsct Inferno ~
crime and l0rtgrs. soere bel lsss @gnisn
s1f mers cbilar7a ars being sacrificed and
gradually sKtrFu4n4ls1. surely sons fe1saf
a. b. be iouad.
In al thai country there . 40 laN-
there - 40 restraint nl-snd ll1 o~sst trlhial
pass. u8 0f tns folzh n4ners L49pefs,
hantsTs. soldiers AM sailors fass u1cas-z -
o.. TIE lptiian ~Oman Is ceasioe1ed lao
lastll spoii Ut hsse men They Sea. them
90 thsy can II not. they bay them from
{ 81 parents for kuifs. Jug " rum or a
stnns "a beads. IL these cCnsidsfsgious do
n4i ssiza. thsn hey MAKE ihs old people
erI1k snd carry o. tne r. miner wli
eoiie and 4lckef for siri 0l IA and bear her
OF shr sklaE uitb terror. o2e becomes fae
save OF the snois camp and IS nusly ssnt
bsek - Der people to de.
A iady sita whom l iaiksd Of these
horrors OF -lfka told me Of q cass which had
come audeF bef ON observation. as shs
ecu v0uch f5r iEs IuLa ia every rsFOlung
parucuiaf she knew u ltt.s giri naE "a Z
been carried on fosci0ly by some soldiers,
snd one day. tsw moOths alter. al Indian
woman cane - her 10 great gr.ei, a0d
begged the ~hlle mother. a. sae
ca ed this lady tO 20 aDd look AZ
her dau <htsr shO was dying. The iady
went TO the place where TIE glFl lag on the
ground. Of rags and nth she had
been returned % her people oy her caDtOrs.
% whom sue was no longer useful such
horror - felt 0y The lndIans AZ fhs approach
II anyone afflicted a. she vas that they
avoid the victim IS though she vas plague
stricken. ia tas case OF this goor child.
~no xas Only ID years Of sge they nad
butt q stOckads about the place where she
lay, compietely inciOsinx her A small
sDertafs a. been lsf. on the side close %
the ground, through which food aud water
was thnFss 20 her. TIE white mother
crswled tar0ash this hole 20 reach the SUIT
ferer and did what was n Der power for the
been kid.sped oY soldiers the brave white
l.dy senE word 10 toe garrison that they
must give msdical aid A physician came
throuxh whose Efforts the chllds life was
saved. The girl Dow keeps vigilAnt watch
ever ,1s youax IodiEn children IA her
vcfoity. She = puFii in the school
''When I arrived a. Tacoma. l called on
Mrs. MeFsslsns. he iady 10 charge OF the
missionary school. | could not repeat the
details Of the dreadful story she told me Of
The baroarous condition Of Ifs In that
nsikaoorhood. IL IL really uuspeakable.
The story / have lust repeated Is a mild IN
stance Of the orutShty which seems tbs
sirteright Of these poor little sqatss.
sons OF ths principal practices prevail
ing came within my oHn observation We
we're az Juneau on the Fourth Of July, and
celebrst0u vas arranged There Vas an
Indian dance. The drst move Vas 20 ply
the Indians with rum 1ctil they we're stu
ridlv drunk Then the white men carried
taem outside ike logs, dung them on the
xrouHd "a their soddeo sIsep and returned
u the souen. when thers ensued scene
taAt - beyond description You could not
print the story. The Alaskan horrors are
rior- GrsAdlul than the pine wood air0ci-
kss They are worse than anything known
O. n modern times.
DrrR8fr. Nov nderstanding that a
nnfnber Oi Detroit gentlemen nad been re-
e8p-yisirors IN Alasks. reporter showed
tae sorsgoing despatcn 10 suca a. be could
hoo, and asked tnsm regard ng its truth.
Tiers is iill.e n snY virtue among the
Indian women of Alaska. said Prof. 9. A.
Kent sho recently rrturnec IRON that ter
rit0rv. Before white men came there In
numbsrs Iudian men used 20 canoe their
families down 10 Victoria. b G.. ia Orrier %
eel their women for the tims beng 10
white men. There - doubtless more or
less q such traffic between whites snd IN
disns. out 1 thi8z tlst the element Of force
l. iscking. There may os occasional cases
s3cl ss ths Que described DV n a N1ornles.
Do I should thins them very rare. Ars.
Nrs. Nuorhies proca0iy fou1ds ser sweeping
assertions en- nueor TWO cases. That's she
srOGole vita women. There's 40 reason
Wy he United ota'ss isw should not bs
observed There are Jnted States Com
n ssionsrs there whose authority = sup
ported ov soldiers aud sailors The com
missioner 81 -itSa - ar * miss orsrv Who.
I soould imagine. would oe Jealous IN sa-
forCing isN
"a va o6s Of party q I'D wno recently
vsut 10 A.ss<a. SAID J. b. Nalhken. the
railroad superintauosat. "tbief justics
Waite ~ss OF fbs parry. We heari no such
siofi-s. The womeS are Iosthsomsiy IN
sgtrsciive. 1 regsrd drs. VOORHEES, st0ry ss
o. psr win Ms 0osusQsrs story aoog'
toe n Mchigsn wocia.
Z speni a ysar and bali in Alssks
sal or Lns Pitcher thIs afternoon. Il
never heard of sncb stories A. Mrs.. Foorhie'
teis shout. The fsamOrslty Of the Indisr
women. Of course. is ter-i8ie. There = q 81
scIss< sf Waite men there soouf the v0rs
In fts vorld-the nafcasss of Montana. Colo
rato and other western camps. but d0a
believe there sny ssch violence - claimed
font believe tns snIdier si0ry. The mill
tsrv and nsvs' officers sre Gentlemen ans
vsuIdn s.l1w t. I tske ths Alssks papers
i1ciut.ng Govern or Swinsford =. and th.
missionary psper 'h- 6i1cirr. snd nsvs'
s~ snr sucb stories IN them.