New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-14

A SEA TALE OF A ROCK RULED By INDIAN
CONJURERs.

From The San Francisco Call.
Drhe strangest island in the world" said cap zap
,oin " I Uealv Of the United states steamer DO
recently AZ the Occidental Hotel, - hlngs lsa.iu,
800 miles northwest OF here ard l-o miles OIL Tic
cCar' Hl almost in the middle of BehrIng Straits
almost equdisian, from the Asatc ana eeons
ever set eye, yes, cgIiren Of ali ages. and besides
those there numerous dogs or all degrees IN
Tho island Is little more than rock rlsng on,
n, me s,orm-tossed waters Of the ever Oue,'
straits II Il about n mile long ana nan d III
wide. and It's sides are so pFecphous 'ha' 'ney arc
Almost in the middle Of the ISLAND and at the
800" ,rs This is expanded INTO a funnellike hole,
rrtching Into the island and our az the top al an
angle approxlmatng ATTY degrees The hoe IS ~ isS
Tnot deem and during stormy weather the NATIVES
let down rope and drag up the seals wairuseS anu
other sea animals which they have taken. ..,s,
III il on these animals that the natives suDSst,
"0n The right side OF the island above is the village
r In" houses are made Of warus skins stretched on
lgh, frames. The ground is go rough .ilat r Id" ILL.,
SKIN aboles are ranged one above me other, me ne
houses in a mining camp on mountain side In
the distance they look small ana ,Itts ,S. o"' '"''
The island. although II sort OF Republic in It's
Government IS ruled ~ rev The medicine
mon hold their positions By their remarkable leats
OF legcrlcmain. Many people have gone 20 sra
Hermann. and l}litz also. Ia ms ll.'.lo anu nr,V
wondered At the feats they have seen them perform
But under'ake to say ,nat . r9ng more m
velou. things than | have seen these barbarian
medicine men DO there .- ,,,,..
''For Instance, | have Pcen one or these red'lHe
men take a man and lay him on a table ana take
biz knife and stick 1t right into him to tho hande
The man would writhe turn pale. gasp ana dle
Then the medicine man would withdraw the knite
20 through a few ncantat.ons tumble over me
victim and In "A moment he would get up ana go
about sound as ever. $500. ,,, ,
Il have also seen them pluck out rabbits birds ana
other forms of animal NE from impossible places
rhey would do things before your eyes, that were
marvellous 10 us. and to oil the natives. for OF
course the natives believe implicitly in the super
natural powers % their medicine man
''But the strangest thinS cav happened on
hoard my ship one day. There were about 100 Of
these natives aboard. one Of the natives. SRI,
fell down with 4 hemorrhage and vomiied blood
ali around The blood came from her lungs In
streams She was lying there on the deck as pale
az DEATH and | thought 10 myself that she would
lie there. 20 rushed man of to get DR. Yea
mans the Bears surgeon $500.
',Refore the doctor could ge; there the chief
medicine man rushed out ana. going TO the girl
ne BILE first into ear AMI then into the other.
and then tapped her on the chin. and 81. 'ot up
and was all right again. and she began ing
around on the ship : healthy and active as III
there had never been the least thing the III T
with her And mark you, this wasn't two min
from the time she had the hemorrhaces. | new
saw anything marvellous IN my He. There wa,
all the blood before mo on the SHIP. TOO.