Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-05-13

| ances. 1nere wss no ouuvt hDout
there being a copper deposit somewhere
near BY. which was visited occasionally
| by these people. for We found among
tdem copper buliots, arrow heads, q
long spatula for digging narrow OUT on
moose and caribou bonca and n bag OF
fneN powdered azuritc or the
blue carbonate Of copps. The latter
was used by The ladise for tstieoing
their checks and chirs, o sutton that
think Is dying out n little faster than
The tribe Thoy allege that ono %
them strikes boulder Of copper with
IN AZ or other Instrument he will die
soon after. In some mystrrious why
they seem impressed with the idea
therp was bodily danger risked al the
copper mine II knew there was hnnn-
olai danger In fooling around amy sort
Of mine. but had never hoard this
specific charge before. Next morning
jackson" volunteered TO drum up
some indians for me In exchange for
"hard-tack" he took along, bui re.
turned la the evening reporting ho had
been following a fresh moose trail all
day and had forgotten cyerythiog
about the Indians lie evidently
wanted some meat TO go with
his bread. | got the two boys
out again that evening, however Tor
the prospects were dismal. Some sug'
Ccstcd squnws Il necessary u Al out q
quota. Among most Indian, the women
are practically slaves doing all the
work, but the coast Indians OF Alaska,
however. are u conspicuous exception.
Al h.. HHH NW
regal descent and In many othgr ways
have rights" unknown elsewhere.
These inland natlvca anoug whom wo
found ourselves leaned more towards
tho former than tho coast Tribes spoken
Of An Incident told me illurtratcs Il
better than any general description.
Two miners Of the Yukon valley had
married squnwe, one (smith2l having
secured. hls bride from tho coast tho
other'a (JoncsPY sweetheart having
been.an ialand maiden. Their sun-
mer's work over Smith and Jones start
ed out together IN two boats, up the
river, 70 reach the coast Ny Informant
passed them where thore was good
tracking and IN the arsl boat WA
Mrs. Smith steering aud Smith hay.
ing ahold the tracking rope tuHgiug
along the bank. while JUS. behind was
Jones stretched ont steering bis o,uit
and Mira Jones playing tho part OF the
tow.path mula. Next day four rafts
roated out Of tho Pelly and the parties
csmpod about u milo below us. There
were fifteen TO twenty In tho whole
party and our prospects looked more
hospitahle.liltc and less hospltAl-liko
than they d. gave them day for
reflection ter explaining MY plan.
An idea that has the cou;Fac; 20 pierre,
on Indians Uranium. not only has 10
get through thick skull and tough
hide, but also dense thlckst OF hair,
So it u &c given time unless sho, Ia
with C. A few others came In
fro " TO day, but ave paoker. was
tn alt could roach. and oil Of these
had chain cables and steam wlndla-ses
attached TO their promises Worst oi
all. as tests proved. these
woslsllngs could not DO depended
on for over 60 pounds each. II
was mourntully evldont the white uon
would have TO face tho iauAie x we
ever expected 10 make n start. A map
maker. Photographic or chroniclCr,
etc, Ia more than handicapped who has
10 pack and attend 20 these duties
white keeping along with n lot OF rae
ing savages who have no more idea OF
these than they have OF cosmology.
Independence day came Ca the
Fourth Of July this year and was
greatly surprised 70 and the savagea
had anticipated and were longing 10 eel.
citrate It, | might have expected II In
sam" who came from the Alaskan
side, but where tho Others caught Il tho
good Lord only knows. Here on the
Queens sacred soil the very .ayagos
were turning themselves inside out
celebrating another oountry'a sopara.
tion from their sovcreigp. while In
quiries showed TINT Her Majesty
birthday was unknown to them,
think tho Indians desire TO cole
brate was based on nn oinnlpzcsont
eagorness TO burn gunpowder and
make noise. and that the patriotism IN
It, like the result OF the oxplosions, wa,
all smoke. Gum and pistols were bang
ing away at frequent intervals, aud IL
tho evening several tough stumps aud
logs were blown up Ia lieu o; n nation
al salute. | noticed one Instance OF the
economy OF physical cxertion tina
rather Impressed me. The problem