The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-03-06

Legnic fought Mr.. Duncan With all the strenetlh
and ticrceness he possessed- He even attempt.
Cd to have sim murdered, r,s Smh .. ana .6e og gsn9T =
ended by sacrificing his dignity and pride, DO
coming converted. and. Joining tho colony,
where the wild chieftain became q carpenter
and a cabinet maker, securing. an excellent rep
utation for peaccfulneBs. and industry. HIS
paul and no took his name from that saint.
being known as Mr.. Paul LeRaic.
30 far did tho fame OF tho colony and It's found.
err spread that from all portions of the country
delegations OF Indians came TO see for them.
selves the wonders he. had wrought. At one
time 500 Chilcats came to pay n visit and re.
turned with the resolution to adopt the ways Of
the white man. Explorers, seientists, states
men nna from Al o. over ri ne e, world yT5nt THIS, Sisit SSd inc seo so'o1g
1875 Lord Dufferin, Goyernor.Goneral. OF Can:
ada. and his wife visited the colony and praised
But in 1881 the colony was attacked, disor.
ganized and disrupted on account, OF religious
s simpIs carist hnS ind tauSh GOf them aP BY 'Ms. Dun
can, but they could not understand the Church
Of England. The trouble eame about because
duco the form Of worship OF the Establiahed
Church. After some months of investigation
S Spu his residence at !McctiaSSStia. abruptly dis.
missed him from the service Of the missionary
society which originally enabled him to 30 to
upon the indians tho Church Of England.
ine "s and painful al n i1i 'O Il Is sufieient 10 say that
they succeeded and thereby destroyed the col
ony and their influence over the Indiana. Tho
latter did not understand the nature Of tho
quarrel. They did understand. however. that
Mr.. Duncan, their friend and guide for twenty;
five years. had been attacked. and they rallied
to his support. During the succeeding six
years tho society spent 5000 and the Gov
eminent n like sum in attempting to force tho
Duncan. To break down the colony was their
intention II IT did not submit to the spiritual
domination of the Bishop. As a result OF the
work OF the agents and the Bishop the Indians
served formal notice on tho society to vacato
Its houses in tho village and to let them alone.
ter and undertook to enforce the law that two
acres only should be allotted to each Indian.
The man. of-war Cormorant was Bont to enforce
the surveys. With one accord the Indians 70.
their colony, their houses and farms, their an.
~cestral lands, their dead and their gravoyards
behind them. The Government refused to per-
init the tearing down and removal Of tho houses,
SO they were .leftbehind. A band Il Of emigrants
sought the ioEay shores Of an nninhabited
with them only their household goods. their in.
dustry and their faith. They founded a new
colony, built new houses and have lived there
unmolestcd until the present. time. Now 1t is
of the lands given them by Congress, to force
them again out into the world and to loot their
possessions for the benefit Of n few white men
who want to work the gold lodges.
h.. Mr. b:, p ~ SonDd is 81 sr%0 wing g Gni,op For forty % year,
hope to be their guide much longer, and II the
injustice Of British Columbia Is repeated by tho
Congress of the United States his band must
perish or return to avagery. The inhoEpita.
BILE coast Of Alaska offers no other refuge.
difficult and there is no unoccupied territory
further south where they could locate.