The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-01-06

Mrs. Pul<ham invites women VINO are
IN 20 write 10 her at Lynn. Mass, for
advice, which is freely offered.
to stop the murder and secure the execu-
ti0n,r. ln those days means OF communi-
cation between Victoria and the towns
200 northern cass0r were not up 90 their
present marE. aal the detective arrived
too late. Tine hunt occurred and az
convenient spot on the banks Of the St-
kline Descura frQnug- knife. dexter0us-
lv welded disem10welel the poor little
Slwash. and Che body was slipped under
fhe i.e of the StiNne river that seldom
gives mp its dead.
The day following the murder the de-
farfiVc arrived ON the scene a friend OF
Descuta's offered Go help him find the
murderer and they started OF ON their
wud-g0ose chase. Tho troachcr0us guide
Ied lin hy one spot whcre twenty feer
away 40 Indian woman with back toward
them was scrapins tine bloody snow from
lhc spot whore the murder was COM
uired. lod him br the 'epee where Des-
cu}ta was gathering bjs possessions 10
l.fncr Preparatory Orb going into am one
forced retirement. 'ed him day march
CD the wrong direction. and then ad-
mltteJ that Descu',a must have es-
capped
ATTEMPTED MURDER LAST AUGUST
Tbere baye been other executions
among the Tahraus for the crime of
witchcr.ft. even within a few months.
In Ausuei. lS>. 1000 Indian girl died at
TJhIau village Before hor death she
confessed that she bad been Dewitched.
and declared thaf little joe CulIihan "a
l2-year-1Id orphat who was purchased
L4- l-
the b0y chat bevitcaed her. OF course
joe denied the aocusatun but the eitl
died and That proved her story. according
t1 tine Indian belief An Indian named
Leii took upon himself the right to mete
ONT fate tO little Joe. and tied the boy up
hr fhe thumbs. according t0 the best
methods of the tribe. AS snow would
not arrive for az least sixty days and as
it would bee contrary 10 aIl prrcedeu, To-
order big hunt until there was snow
on the eyaund and i.e On lhe river. the
victim had considerable length of time
90 attend I'D his sore thumbs and acquire
better understanding or fire ni-rdta1-
t4ces of being 900 up-f0-date witch. un-
known OBJ oneself ana friends
But This nttie boy bad 90 better chance
for his lif. than had his predecessors in
witchcraft for the sudden rush of gold
seekers toward Che Canadian Kl0ndike
bad landed Within twenty miles ~ Little
Joe's home. fully foo0 civilized go'd-seek-
crs. 9o Canadian soldiers and "a dne body
of provincial police under &" command
of w. H. Bull0ck-Webstar and the mat
ter coming 90 The knowledge Of the latter,
tho murder was prevented.
COFFrNs or TIN AND ZINC.
on the summit ~ the mountain that
rises back Of Telegraph creek there is
burial ground OF the Tahltans that U.s. "a
curiosity t0 an the white pilgrims that
go over Telegraph trail. The last rays Of
The setting sun fall upon the burial
ground Of the sayages. aud graves or the
Tahltans reflect the sunlight upon the
town Of Telegraph for am hour later than
the town could otherwise expect the suns
light. Every grave is above ground-from
five 10 twenty feet above ground-and
the coffin ie OF tin zinc. or painted wood.
The older inhabitants believe in crema-
ton. and N-n00 RIO trio crnf@s to bury
corpse they take the remains 90 the
graveyard. lay tho body upon "a funeral
pyre and ignite tho pitchy wood. When
fhe body Us destroyed they gather np The
remnants Of the bones OF the crcmated
together with a handful Of mixed ashes
and deposit Thorn in a trunk purchased
FOR tho occasion. whcreupon the trunk
is erected upon q pole as high as the dee
ceased Indians standing in the tribe.
To tho ceremony come an the Indians
In the vicinity no matter 20 what tribe
they belong. Into the trunk with the
ashes arc placed now blankets. new guns
and valuable articles of att kinns-crcrt--
thing new. 10 may seem strange 10 see
am enemy OF the dead Indian deposit a
new gun and new blanket in the trunk
but there is method in his madness. for
the next Of kin Of the dead mar must
return the gun and blanket tenfold az the
ueyt polish"
TAHLTANs ARE GREAT GIVERs.
'Potach" means "to. give" An Tn.
dian ranks highest iu his tribe accord
ing 10 tho amount OF wealth he has given
away. The indian takes literally TO HIM
self the text - the effect that II Is more
blessed 10 give than 90 receive and The
happiest dag of his life is when he can call
an of the Indians together and give away
everything he possesses. down 10 the
clothes he stands in. The Tahltan who
has never given potatch is buried but
few feet above the ground. He who
has given tbe most potlatches Of his tribe
is the "hias tyee' or big chief. and his
tin trunk is thrust closer 20 the skies than
are those OF his brethren.
While excavaung for an addition 20
the local Jail az Telegraph Creek during
the past summer the wOrkmen unearthed
collins of some OF the younger and more
Civilized IahiCans. WHO dff rot beite'e IN
cremation. yet the fact that they even.