The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-06-28

back with flye or six. / attribute the
loss of life. in all these instances either
to ignorance OF the habits of the peo-
pie or a fool-hardy thirst for adventure.
/ believe that an expedition of five or
six picked men could be made into this
country and not be attended with seri-
Gus results IL one kept on the alert, and
carried enough weapons to defend ones
self with.
1.-THE only white man who has ever
been on Tihuron Island is an old fellow
named Encicas, who owns a very large
ranch right in their country. When
Senior Enclnas Grst moved down there
war to the knife was declared and In
dams would come upon his ranch, round
up his cattle, catch them, throw them
down, kill them, and tear them to
pieces, carrying off the meat to their
village. They surrounded Encinas
vaqueros in ambush and murdered
them. This occurred several times, and
then Senior Encinas let 1t be known
that he would kill any Serbs Indian on
sight. This threat was carried out with
such effect that the Serbs ceased their
depredations and numbering. Seeing
that they could not kill Encinas or
drive him out of the country, they
ended by respecting him, and he is now
the only man who can go into their
country without fear of molestation.
prevailed upon the senior to accompany
me on this last expedition, and 1t is no
doubt owing to his good influence
among the Indians that my mission was
so successful from a personal as well
as from a scientific point of view."
One Of Prof. McGee's objects was to
find out If possible something ABOUT the
men who had been murdered before his
arrival, but for long time his inquiries
in this direction were met with sturdy
silence on the part of the Indians. Lit
tie by little he succeeded in finding out
about the death of the newspaper men,
Robinson and his companion. Robin
son, 1T appears, could not have known
very much about the character of the
people, for he landed from a small boat
on Tiburon Island and, with a COM
panion, went up toward the interior Of
the country to hunt Logan and the
other man remained at the boat Rob-
inson had but just disappeared among
the trees when two or three Indians
approached Logan and asked to bor-
row the boat to go around the point
after a turtle which. they had seen.
They also asked Logan to lend them
his gun to shoot the turtle. To these
requests, after a time, Logan assented,
in spite of the strenuous objections Of
his companion. The Indians got into
the boat and padded off around the
point. A very short time after this the
sound Of a gunshot was heard, followed
by cry. But Logan apparently did
not think that the shot indicated dan
ger to Robinson. Twenty minutes after
this the Indians returned with the boat
and the gun, and Logan and his COM
panion, after a time, put off to the little
vessel in which they had come. Finally,
when Robinson and his companion did
not return, they knew that the two
must have met with a mishap; but as
their party was not sufficiently strong
to warrant an investigation, they finally
left the country, reporting Robinson
dead. 1t was with the greatest diff
Guilty that Prof. MCGEE succeeded in
getting even these meagre details of
the killing, and he could not find what
they had done with the body.
1.-THE Seris," continued the professor
"are perhaps the most primitive people
in America, and it can be said that