The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-07-03

this, fact has bsen accepted BY the govern
inert a. evidences sufficient to entit's
theta 20 BE- ciassed - natives In
the meaning Of the statute. But
uns;rupulous whites have taken advantage
Of tais construction Of the iaw and many
cases Of clear evasion came 70 light Men
come into the country. marry" native
women, and when they have accumulated
sufficient wealth BY the pursuit Of the sea
otter or grown tired Of their dusky part
ners. leave them and return 20 the States.
Thec!ass OF people Who generally become
squaw men are hardly the representatives.
OF community, and what they desire has
verv little to do with the case. Other in.
dussries. better fitted for white labor than
sea otter hunting. are rapidly springing up
in this part OF Alaska. and these squaw
mes vito are bewailing their hard lot can
easily find employment il they really want
it. working for the cannery compa-
MEG o. in the .cosl mines ~ Cook
inlet and elsewhere along the Aleutian
cham Of islands which are about to b
opeaed up. Every white sea otter hunter
in the territory can get work in one mine
aioae-thas st Cook inlet. operated by the
AIssks Coal Company-if they 20 desire.
Ths company has on the way from San
frsncisco now q vessel loaded with the
proper outfits and mining experts TO open
up she grea, coal deposits known to exist
In the shores OF Coal bay. and 1t 10 the in.
tens.on to send back cargo Of coal in the
ship this fall. Besides this opening for in
teligeut labor. there are several gold and
silver mines in this part Of the territory
which will furnish employ mcnt to large
nusaoer Of y hits men in tho near future.
Reports from the Apollo Consolidated
misas on Unga island indicate
THAI rich ore has been struck.
and the company 10 doing some
extensive improvement work. New ma
chInery Of the most improved pattern
car,e up this spring and everything points
to this locality As likely to develop into .
second bonanza Besides these fields Of
labor men are in constant demand ut all Of
the settlements TO assist in the building OF
of new wharves and houses which each
yer are increasing in numoer. Alto
ge,her. the white squaw-man - not likely
TO suffer. and his discontinuance as .
feature Of Alaskan life would be . thing
dewoutly to be wished.
What Is pulling the senior oficer Of the
Be-ing sea fieet moro than anything else
Is sow to deal with the otter hunters who
tit out their vessels in San Francisco dur.
inE the winter and spend their time up
he:e during the summer killing otter on
tn: Alaskan coast Its admitted that these
huaters with their large vessels and steam
lat.nches are doing more real injury to the
ses otter industry than all other influences
combined; but. as they claim to hunt en-
tiraiy outside the marine limit Of twelve
mixes from shore. il Is hard to stop them
with the present Law. During weather
unsuitable for hunting they lay 1T anchor
in isolated harbors seldom if ever visited
by, government officials. 1t would require
m.yre vessels to watch them than the
Uaited States has. and it 10 almost certain
that much Of their work Is done on forbid
den ground. Probably ii one of them was
se .sed and the matter tested in court an
order might be issued by the government
restricting them to tho use of only such
ports as are ports Of entry. In this way
they would be brought more under the
surveillance Of the authorities and pre-.
vented from doing any Illicit hunting.