Douglas Island news., 1899-01-25
INDIANS ON A BIG DRUNK.
The Fight Among Themselves. Resist the Officers Of the Law. Shct in Self De-
 fcnsc. Deputy ". $. staley Sick.

Officers of the Law. Shct In Self De-
 fcnsc. Deputy ". $. staley Sick.
 There arc good aud bad Indians just the same as there are good and bad white men. Some Indians are the vcry best when they are dead and the same can be said of the whites. One great obstacle in dealing with the Indians, not only in Alaska. but in Washington, and in fact everywhere, is that when the white mans civilization commences, the Indians thirst for whisky be- comes unquenchablc. Whenever you have any trouble with the Indians, nine times out of ten, whisky is at the bot tom of it. Whisky in Alaska is so high priced, the profit so great, that some of the whites will take any kind of chances in selling to the Indians and we really believe that with high license law, whisky selling to Indians will be reduced to a considerable extent.
 Last Sunday afternoon there was a big fight among the Juneau Indians on the upper water front at Juneau. They were all drunk and fought like de- mons. Alaska has very fair Indian police system. When Jake Williams, we will call him Jake for short, of Ju- neau, heard of the fight he went and arrested one of the Indians and took him to iail. But one was not cnongh, so Jake went back, taking Fred Chase along to get morc-in fact he had an even half dozen spotted. When Jake and his assistant got to the scene ofac- tion. the six indians wanted, resisted arrest. The two officers returned and .U. s. Commissioner MalcOm issued some warrants and deputized B. j. Nc Guirc, one of the guards at the jail, to serve the warrants. Mcclure, Kit Gal lagher and Jake then started out to ar rest the Indians wanted, and again they resisted and this time assaulted the of ficers. They threw Mcclure into the bay and peltcd him with stones and clubs. The three officers were pretty badly treated and McGuire had to shoot one of the Indians to save him self. Indian Jack was the fellow who was shot, and he is very bad, bad In dian.
 Deputy Marshal W. s. Staley of Ju- neau has been confined to bis bed for the past week or ten days with a severe attack of the grip. He has been under the doctors care during all that time and that accounts for his absence dur ing this trouble. Marshal Staley is one of the best officers in Alaska. He is not a large man neither is he small, but a happy medium between the two, but when it comes to grit and nerve, he has enough of that needful quality for a whole company of Rough Riders.
 Jake returned alone and reported to his superior, Marshel Staley, the con dition of affairs. Mcclure aud Gala gber he left down on the water front, and Jake told Deputy Staley he thought the Indians had killed them. Marshal Staley could stand this no longer and he got up from his sick bed, organized a posse of picked men armed with Win chesters and went down to Indian town, and he didn't come back empty handed for he arrested nine of the Indians and marched them up to jail where they are now confined.
 By Monday night everything was quiet. No further trouble was expect ed for the present, for the Indians are now without leaders.
 B.J. Mcclure was seen by the News man yesterday. His face was scratched, his right ear was torn and bruised and he had also been kicked in the side, and with all the injuries he had sustained, be was pretty we'll done mp.
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