The San Francisco call., 1896-07-21

learned little later. The Coroner's jury
found that the victim came TO his death by
shot from pistol in the hands of Deputy
Sheriff Hopkins, whom 1t exonerated and COM
mended for his action.
Now, 1t seems there is talk in Santa Barbara
OF making Hopkins Sheriff, and Mayor Whit
ney and a number of the leading citizens are
interesting themselves to that end. OF all the
frightful murders that have been committed
in California during the epidemic that seems
TO have prevailed for some time that at FL
Monteeito is the only one that has been
promptly avenged, and that is one of the rea-
sons why the people of the quiet, picturesque
old town by the sea wish to show their appreci-
alton OF the fearless officer who has for so
many years been q terror TO criminals.
About a year and half ago Hopkins rushed
upon and disarmed two drunken Indians who
had just shot another officer in the pit of the
stomach. They had been running amuck in
the lower part of town aud were painting
things red along the boulevard when the first
officer attempted TO arrest them. When Hop
kins appeared upon the scene he was warned
TO beware, but he moved quickly upon them,
wTenched their pistols away and threw one
and then the other Indian upon the ground.
An examination of the pistols showed that the
Indians had snapped two cartridges at him.
Santa Barbara County has long been Repub-
hcan, and Hopkins is said to be lifelong ad-
herent TO the principles OF that party, with
many friends among the Democrats.
For forty years 1 have been studying and
collecting information apout the American
Indians" said DR.. ]. Simmes, the traveller and
lecturer, as he was getting his things ready
the other day at the Russ preparatory to start
ing on another little expedition.
II have visitet every tribe in the United
States except few remnants of tribes that
once lived in Connecticut. There are rem
nants in New York State to-day of nine dis
tinct tribes
''My intention is to publish a book on the
Indians of North America, 70 show also that
where Indians have intermarried with whites
higher type of man has been the result.
Some of the Indians so interblended have held
nigh positions in history, science and the arts
shall deal, too, with the impositions the In
dians have suffered.
'In three or four years the work viii be
ready for publication, but so far have done
nothing but collect the data, which in itself is
very voluminous. An uncle of mine, Stephen
R SHINES, wrote a history of the Indians of
the southern part OF New York. He was en-
gagged during seven years in collecting the
data for q work of one volume.
~ have just returned ON trip to Alaska
where went to study the Indians. All along
the Alaskan coast the Indians have interrnar-
ried with the Japanese. Their eyes have that
peculiar almond shape. They are shorter in
stature and of a sturdier build than the aver
age American Indian. The infusion of Japan
ese blood has also added considerably to their
energy for the Indians of the Alaskan coast
are certainly the best working Indians there
are. Back OF the Coast Range the Indian type
is higher. The men are larger. They are
thrifty, and devote themselves to agriculture.
Between them and the coast Indians there is
little or no intercourse
'1n Australia and the islands of the Pacific
there are but two classes of sborigines-Indi-
ans and negroes. The New Zealanders, the
Samoans and the Sandwich Islanders are ali
practically of the American Indian blood.
They have the straight black hair and the
oronzed skins. The Australians and the ma
tlves OF the other islands are negroes. Their
hair is curly and their skin is black The ma
tive Australia n is the lowest type of man on
earth. have seen them eat dead snakes that
were already decomposed. They scrape out
little wallows in the sand to sleep in, and at
night huddle into them like wild animals"
Dr. SHINES has given great many curios
collected by himself, to the Park Museum, and
ne has also given large number of valuable
old English books to the San Francisco Public
Library.