The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-04-01

enough importance to be touched by
the returning steamer. thus making .
short round trip.
We wake up next day in Glacier Bay,
on the first vessel of the season to
essay 1t, as it is only visited in the in
terest of the summer tourists.
At Sitha we were crowded with pas
sengers of the spring court term at
Juneau. There were ten prisoners,
only six of them being murderers.
mostly confined to half-breeds and In
dams The naturally resulting con-
yersation disclosed q statement that
there had never been simon-pure
lynching, nor legal execution. In
Alaska. At Wrangell, in early days,
murderous gambler was made chairman
of a vigilance committee, the chair was
pulled out from under him and he
broke this peaceful record-also his
neck: but any one familiar with from
tier Justice knows there is a wide
chasm existing between this and lynch
ing. In somewhat similar action, an
Indian murderer performed traction on
a rope, TO the satisfaction Of the vigi-
lance faction and the greater dissatis-
faction of the lesser faction. killisnoo
is very agreeable to the eye but some
what abominable TO the nose,
due to a fourishing herring fishery
and attendent gu8no factory.
The United States Marshal attempted
20 arrest a native here for trying 10
drown q squsw guilty of witchcraft. /
have never yet seen anything bewitch-
ing about an Alaskan Indian woman.
but suppose tastes vary. This Alas
kan, Cotton Mather had some inkling
of the proceedings, so he secreted him
self in the Alaskan woods, where the
proverbisl needle in hsystack would
be as conspicuous as a circus poster by
comparison. There were not eleven
prisoners from Killisnoo to Juneau
Juneau reached, preparations were
begun at once, the first obstacle being
the report that the Tahku river was not
yet open. A big canoe, a two-ton or
three-ton affair, was easy enough TO
get but packers themselves over the
land trail were hard to obtain until
sort of sub-chief of the Tahkus, Yash-
noosh by name, a local policeman,
stimulated by the citizens, took hand
and recruits were slowly obtained.
Even then l could only obtain half
enough, at good stiff rates of course,
and had to double packs (averaglng 100
pounds each) over the trail of nearly
100 miles as it proved.
The 25th Of May we got away, seven
Indians and three while men, six Of the
natives being packers and one, Robert,
the owner of the boat. On the recon-
mendation of some citizens who be-
lieved in the horror of the average In
dian for all legal papers 1 had huge
contract drawn up, Respondent with
many colored seals and ribbons, and
this they signed by touch of pen, while
the United States District court inter
prefer read aloud its contents with
solemnity equal to that given a death
warrant. still retain that page OF L.
gal righteousness, and while admitting
it may have done me much good, yet
can only compare it with the verdict OF
the frontier coroner's jury wherein,
sitting on a mans body dragged from
the rivers bed and riddled with bull
lets, they concluded that the deceased
had come to his death from drowning,
caused by water pouring in through the
bullet-holes.
So about noon of the 25th, with the
American flag hanging from the peak,
we got away in the beginning of wind
and drilling rainstorm that later made
our first days trip one of the most un-
pleasant of the whole journey. An en-
thusiastic crowd of citizens lined the
shore near the steamers dock, and as
we padded away down the channel
gave US many hearty cheer and many
warm wishes for our success.
Let us now take a hssty look at the
IN Tod
dams being sufficiently described to pass
them over till events call them up in
detail. The commanding officer was
the heaviest one of the party and made
excellent ballast in the rear part of the
canoe.
The scientist of the expedition was
DR.. C. Willard Hayes, representing also
the U. s. Geological survey, through the
courtesy of Major j. w. Powell, the
head of that government bureau. To
Dr.. Hayes also fell the Photographic
work in the main, as well as the topo-
graphic or map-making. / had hoped
to get professional photographer, and
felt sure of success when Mr.. Lander
kin, one from Juneau, made an applica-
ton for the place. He was caught on
the grand jury, having already been
sworn in, but we both thought that
a mere bagatelle as an OBJ
stacle, but the Judge and District At
torney thought otherwise. Both were
willing enough, but there was nothing
in the law (the Oregon code prevails
here, by act of Congress 80 far as it is
practicable") that would allow it. The
only excuse whatsoever was one of Sc
we're sickness, attested under oath by a
physician.
But suppose grand juror dies?" 1
asked the Judge.
81 could not excuse him from duty on
that ground" he replied, slowly, shak-
ing his head. So Mr.. Lsnderkin re-
manned and DIR. Hayes did double duty.
Mark c. Russell was the only other
white man in the party as we started,
which organized on the basis of all
my previous expeditions, or Just as few
white men as possible, with natives to
do about all the work of transportation,
guiding, hunting, ETC., etc, with which
they are so familiart In heir own coun-
try.
The Indians were very hilarious, evil
IDENTIFY stimulated by the enthusiastic
departure given us, and they showed
their appreciation by squirting" Zero
ciously every little while instead of
settling down to steady work.
We stopped about 9 o'clock in the
afternoon in a pretty little sheltered
cove for lunch, and really enjoyed our
selves for an half hour, protected from
the beating rain. Robert impressed
me with the fact that the tide was then
ont, and asked me to note that when
it was in, not a landing place was to be
found anywhere along the shore for
probably stretches of many miles In
bright green prairie of few acres in
this ceaseless timber tract, and border
ing the shore was picturesquely perched
q Ia hlr,l town of ten houses Ahk-kwan