The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1896-07-02

The strsngest island in the world said
captain NJ. j Healy OF the United States
steamer Bear recently at the Occidental
Hotel is Kings Island, 2 500 miles north
west OF here and 1870 miles of the coast
OF Siberia
| 1t lies almost iu the middle OF Behring
Straits, almost equidIstant from the Asis
tic aud American shores. 1t is is inhsbit
ed by lSG OF The queerest people ever
set eyes upon The Inhabitants onprise
men, women and children OF all ages.
aud besides these there are numerous dogs
OF all degrees except high.
The island is little more than a rock
rising out OF the storm tossed waters OF
the ever turbulent straits. II is about
mile long and half mlb wide, and
it's sides are so PERCEPTIONS that they are
like cliffs.
Almost 10 the middle OF the island and
at the south side is an indentatiou made
by the rushing water. This Ia expanded
into u u funnel like hole, reaching into
the island and out at the top at an angle
sppro1lmating fifty degrees. The hole is
IS lSO feet deep and during stormy westb
er the natives let down a rope and drag
up the seals, wslrnsses and other sea AMI
mails which they have taken.
1t is on these animals that the natives
snbsist.
An the night side OF the island above
is the village OF the Indians. IL iss queer
town, whose miniature houses are made
OF wslrns skins stretched on light frames
The ground is so rough that the little
kin sbodes are ranged one above the 9th
er, like houses in mining camp on n
mountain side 10 distance they look |
small aud fragile but they are foil Of peo
pile aud active 81 bees.
This islsLd, although 9 sort OF Rrpnb
lic 10 its G1yernment, is ruled by q lev
medicine men, Zach OF din, degrees
Of importance. The medicine men bold
their posi- ions by their remarkable iests
Of legerdemsIn, Many people b We gone
TO see Hermann, aud Blitz also. in bi.
lifetime, aud bsve wondered At the tests
they have seen hem perform. Bat | nm
iertske to say that none OF these proies
'ors OF the black art have performed more
n'rvelIous things than have seen these
barbarian medicine men DO there.
For stance, | have seen one Of these
medicine men take a man and lay bin 90
= table and take big knife and stick IT
hight into bin TO the handle. The man
would wriIbe, turn pale, gasp and die.
Then the medicine mao would withdraw
he knife, go through few incsntations,
umble over the victim, and ia q MON ent
be would get mp and go about SQUAD az
,ver.
have slso seen them pluck ont rabits,
birds and other forms Of snimsl life, frJm
impossible places They would do things
Jefore your eyes. that we're marvellous
o US, and TO all the nslives. for of
ioutse the n'tiVes believe implicitly 10 the
upernstural powers OF their mediclpe
nan
Bat the strIugest thing | saw happen
ID no board my ship one day There uefp
bout 100 ot these natives sb7ard Ose
'he ua'lVes, girl, irll down sub
u.brfbs 50 Vomitei bioo oil srauad
.- hloot came from htr Iuogs In streams
sss lying there on the deck a. p.Is .
= dr"h ard thought 10 m,salI that
be soold die there, 50 / tu.hed man {
Il to get Dr, Ysaman., the Bsars n.
e,u. :
Is tore the doctor could get there ,la
III medicine msn rushed ont snt % =
~ "a tue sIti. he bl-~ dr.t into oaa -,
M then into the other, ssd then r.pp-d c
on The chic, aud she 20, % .n4 a..
"a risbt sgsiu, aud she bsgsn a.sclay
teund 90 tie ship a. hesltby sof .r,fv- .
= though there bad never been the l..t
hing the ms't ~ith her. And u,,E
on. this sss1t tso mioates f,ou tLs ,
Ime sbe bad the hemorrh.ses | ns,s, /
.~ snythiog % marvellous ia nv llis
here sss all The blood before me OF the G
hip, too. Z