The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-11-05
T N)ILAIcH NEXT SPRING.
..s or sOITHEAsTERN ALAS.
"A TO JOIN TOGETHER.
xs., Feuds to BE Patched In
Monster Gathering Planned
chief Kutawnt-Ho VIII Ex-
.epA . Large Amount OF Money.


potiatcn with kutawat. tha
chief a the Cnllkatz. vas 20 give
.sis fsll, has been postponed until
.~-srx Txs bucks have been 50 busy
- s,r. n@r and Up &c villain the last few
-. /. connection wlIn ihe traffic 20 the
...~u,srs placer mines. while time crept
..are. uatil az last Kutawat awakened
- sxet that stormy weather had ar
go winter vas coming on good gee
- N Inc race q the seasons. and that
- tribes ana clans from afar could not
.s.vss IN fbeif canoes either with con-
sa~t or without danger
(,re agndrea years ago The Indians OF
.,,.ss were more b.oodthirsty and quick
- =, "a war than they are now Van
.,vsr found this cut 10 his sorrow IN his
-, voyags Into Alaskan waters. He had
suh, with g1e Chiikats and allied tribes
- Point Retreat and Shelter island, near
=. en,ranc. - Chatham straits which
,~.A ram Lynn cana. 10 TIE sea. and in
=. snSagerlert vas compelled 10 retreat
as hIs ships. Point Retreat takes its
,sws from the result % this battle. The
.-sgka,s claim that vast section Of coun-
NJ for their own which II drained by the
ragka; river AMI Is tributaries. and in
,sseh tse PorcHpane placer digginas were
discovered
n. siiks.. the Hoonahs and the Chill
rat. DO not .ntsrmarry with the sixteen
.rt Fart Wrangsi tn9ians, This is al
rs,s the oniy exception Of the kind In
Southeastern Alaska. and there Is. OF
sa,rse n reason fer u This effect springs
ton a bloody and cruel cause In fact.
r. wrangsl. and the chilkats. and the
p,enahg and the Sitkas scarcely speak as
.hsy pass by in their canoes on tho water
sghsays They have as little to do with
-t-
uent has lived for a century. II !z all the
mare remarkable from the fact that there
: many laughing and buxom Mime
Asha among tho WrangeIs whose women
sra nrshahiy more comedy. rs n rule, than
hose 81 any other Southeastern Alaska
trihs, although among the chtlkats one
nsy sps not infreauently a handsome girl
), GOOD figure ard regular features
ore hundred years ago the Chilka;s. the
nos, powerful % all the Hoonahs ard the
rTsas paid visit = tho natives ~ Wrang
q ]. gas ostsnSbly a friendly visit. mada
ar N. purpose 81 promoting a.nicable re-
a.icns between the tribes The army from
u. north came bearing gifts of meat and
sIne, SO 10 speak That Is. they brought
.ssa. and "a large quantity OF hoocainoo.
ia native intoxicating liquor. But a sig
nsesut fact. which. apparently. tho
wrasges overlooked. WAS that every single
oacaIaat ~ Tia canoes was a buck. AMI
"a, woman or g child was among them.
Ordinarily the Alaska Indian does not
s.as4 IN his canoe without hts s1uaw or
sqgaws. In early days p0iygamy was
sonuson Institution for all who could afford
L.
A grand feast vas given. a. Is usual
"A npon such occasions. The visitors
tgrnished part u tn. dried sal
asa and The deicacies such ~
asrriss preserved IN flsh oil and iarge
ains AZ hoochinoo This liquor. If carefully
rsis with certain Ingredients. is about -
Feng srsi just aboa. 90 vile a Chinese
"a A few irinks * II would make ne
stem pole In Pioneer squars dizzy ant
sat Il 10 sleep on tia grass plot The
usfy guests frars little then selves. but
rs,entsd 10 drink much. Trey made
Issrseives agreeable ri around and urged
sas encouraged the uasuspsct3ns Wrau-
sSs men. women ana children. 10 largo
AZ frequent pot'9ns - the native talk
sstsr
Ths result dcslsnei-the ouly result as
raty white n1sa. - we'll IA an Indian.
Azs lsarost - h's sorrow soon followed.
Tbs Wfange bucks in particular. were
gsstched oar IN an manner OF Shapes "a i
sranken sleep ari supor. whfle earh
Bfsps jnIlyld4aNy and collectively. {. om
- nerth. MAS ce-n parative'y ssh r. hut
served 10 desperate deeds. Then up hey
sffsns attn A whoon sHf tAtnaha wke.i.
s'shAe3 clahhei and tutr'1eret the drunk
ta sai 3efers"i"ss Wtanxtls I'll Al tat
ssrt l@ft aisa Vrfs 10 oh men. TIE
taffssn thai bangs %, tare the ~, tra north
AZ mast . tlfeuf.a1 y frrHt - t9e Ecr3s'
nas followed The alA.1 ;ri5. were TIA