The Somerset reporter., 1890-10-02
ANOTHER P0CAHONTAS.
A. ALASKAN VERSION q THE JOHN
SMITH ROMANCE.

All Wig, ChtDsse Cook, IL Cast Away
Rescued by Indians, and Is Being Pat
! tened Tor the Pot, when an Indian
Maiden s~yes nj. Life.
Ppc.hOntse has been ocl1ons by al
Alatkau maiden John Smith vas oril y
In danger ~ having his braiI1 spatt@rel
over the surrounding real estate When
[ Pocahontas rescued hin with Der love
{ The John Smith Of Alaska was not only
in danger II 5eing killed, but Of Using
eaten. when to woman in whose eye-
he found favor ,ayed him.
The Alaskan John smith var bt a
titled explorer when lie fel into the
/ hands q the sayages. nor wa his narls
| John Smith. He was OILY common,
! yellow skinned sea COOK His name iz
An Wing and there is nothing attract
I'VE about INN He i. about az homely
a mixture of Chlnaman and Malay pi
rate az could 70 found il day's walk
/ His pocahou,as answers II the maine o,
Julie just now. but noooay knows wha,
4 her Indian name was She Is long
way Of oeinz Pccahoutas equal IN
| beauty, and the Siwash features Of gen
erations vera consolidated when her
face wa made Still the romance l.
there.
All Wing and Julie. now Mrs. An
Wing arrived here On cJihsh schooner
several month. Eince. bu. have not gone
/ into society yet They reside Oh Ro%
all.y. in Chinatown. and submitted %
AZ interview. They only submitted to
| It, they did not take part in it, and when
IT came 70 securing the story Of their
tcrs ths reporter was obliged to obtain
| his Information from a third party, 70
whom Wing had conhded it in explana-
ton Of his OF, color bride
SAVED BIZ JULIE
An Wing some nine years as1 WA
cook in the employ Q. the navy depart
ment and was shipped north Oh the
jamestown While on the Sitka station
Wings time expired OF be deeerted-jus,
which u not quite p.ain-and shipped
aboard a whaler The whaler was
wrecked and Wing wa- cast upon an in.
hospitxble ice foe Julie WAS the daugh-
ter Of chief OF tribe Of Indians, and
vhils hunting wlsA her father di-cov-
cred All Wing, who WIS a. near dead
from starvation. cold and exposure as il
Was po.sbls FOR him to be and retain
life For days and days Julie nur-ei
| him, and he finally recovered to ind
himself the object q great deal Of at
tentiou Oh the part Of the Indians. They
could speak no Chinese or English. and
Wing had no comprehension u their
dialect He was at loss - understand
the so,icitude with which they fed him,
apd the interest they took in watching
the accum alatiou n fat on his RIBS At
last the horrid truth dswuei upon him
at least - lie sava They were going
to barbecue and eat him
He attempted TO escape. but was
captured AMI returned to the village aud
put under guard The fatal day arrived
;" ing as igIt5 rli5, o. hat .s
an incision would be male IN his neck
and his life fuii allowed to escape into
a sasIStone basin he gave all up for
lost, when ne was inspired ny the sight
Of Julie in tears he male love 70 her
She coiIprehend.I and went to ask
papa The CID chief was fond q his
daughter and could refuse her nothing
He issued an edict against baking Wing
The remainder Of the village protested.
and the chef was obliged To state why
he desired the strangers HE preserved
The directors gave in. and Wing and
Julie were married in Indian style,
Wing lived with the tribe for some
time, but never became very popular
He WAS not much Il hunter. and Pre-
ferred 10 lie around the house. sewing
with tie women. 10 chasing polar bears
wa!ruSes. seals and the like.
Finally he had chance 10 escape. A
boats crew came in from q schooner to
trade for skins Their cook was dead.
and Wing legged them 70 take him
away with them Wings tather-in-law
gave MIN leave of absence for three
months and sent Julie along with him
to insure his return
MINING THREE LANGUAGES.
They sailed away, and after much
marine wandering and transferring from
one vessel to another, arrived in san
Francisco Wing hal a taste FOR the
needle ard secured a job at tailoring
The faithful Julie proved an adept and
shares Wings labcrs They still find
some difficulty in conversiug VIM
knows few words Of English and few
Of Indian Julie knows a few If En-
glish and - Few y Chinese.
Wien their discussion becomes ami
mated they resort to all three languages
nj euce, and the talk i. very exciting
There /. little Wing now. and hs IS
/ learning all ,b-n., Ian ty7,ares