The sun., 1899-02-05


table on which the WhisEey bottles stood The
bottle and placed Il under his, blanket. Gen.
Davis nearly had a spasm when ne saw MS
st9F idea ise Of hs 5s9sptSSt al Yelled that they
mustn't take all the ghiskey. only Invited
them 4, to have drink; r,o 1,a,,o. r.rn,.a
on the table. We didn't have any whiskey
biers were in the Generals auartere to, treat
the sltpG R%ehf Sn GaYe eSs sSsn enped sn
and got rid Of them as soon as I could
II was the custom TO drive the Indians
NcClintock aud sauad OF men had driven an
time the three chiefs had taken their depar-
ture from Gen, Davi Sc quarters. The bucks
had SGTf @ R% Getnn IN To make Rs Tsfs ss I they
for the gate THfS EsTs within tG nnndTsd nTs
them. McClint2ck's men ,brusguely ordered
tho Indians TO hurry on The Indians didn't
fortunately prodded them with their bayonets.
The whlskey made the 1ndians courageous.
The Indians turned on the C9rpor9l,s men and
and made for the gate. There sentry. was on
duty; One of the three chiefs grabbed his
him with the butt OF It, Then they made for
their village.
men were called TO quarters and twenty vol
nnteers were asked for to 20 and bring in
those hose three Indians dead or aliye; l was one
% ssarcRnE aaar sFH 3G al nsat nsa
top Of every Indian hut within reach OF SitEa
Most OF the Indians had taken to FLIGHT: We
got our men the same day though; and they
Eioul Of died the next morning from the hurt
THE second time we had trouble with the
Indians / also took. part In chastlslng them.
their way n"rth f to What Is pnf now The en5 RIonaRs
had been waylaid and murdered by Indians.
sixty Of us started out to ayenge the AmSri;;
provisions. We were gone four months and
travelled oyer thogsapd miles; We Ind sey
them It was had thing to monkey. with I'm
Gle Sans, regulars. our party. visited seven
lmd@9 Villages and we put the torch to every
which the. three chiefs became unruly was a
indians thereabouts that they were to be on
hand at certain spot to take part in the fes.
10 take part in. We got a big pole. made It
right. and on the top Of It we placed Mug Of
dian who climbed the pole. Now. an Indian
will dc most anything for plug OF tobacco or
had ever tried to climb q creased pole. and
they amused us for several hours trying to get
@ FE thu grand T event OF eah ay sak GoE psce
bottle Of whiskey was anchored 100 Yards out
in what Is known, now, as Sitka Bay. Three
for the prize. There is war canoe lust like
the ones used that day In the Metropolitan
have You know Hn% t viii hod forty
or fifty persons, These three canoes GER
"iRly Eo held Yihd thGs many indians apiecs ,,
and at the word they got an even start. They
fairly flew through the water. neck and neck.
shat and F the 5SWs & he thee
zane together with crash. You talk about
"a MFSsks THf boes m an stAn se tnnSss @s afr wsas w4
wrecked and every Indian who, was in the race
had TO swim 10 shore. The only happy Indian
the much coveted prize. He was nearly torn 10
pieces the same night because he refused to
share the spoils with his fellows.
Faster Dav is n very JOYOUS occasion in the
Russian Greek Church, The custom Of the
%Sy Il on Kit day is
PAINTED Easter eggs such as we are familiar
with and n when they meet friend or acIuain-
through many hands during the Russian
~, II will never forget nn incident OF my nrs.
IN SitRa requested Gen. Davis to
send couple of men and firing piece to the
honor Of Christ's resurrection | was one Of
three privntes sent to the cathedral with
n salute at n given time.
We creased the howitzer well and put In n |
full charge. We were stationed Just outside |
I he cathedral When we got the word we let
her 90. The concusson was great that all
the windows on the side OF the cathedral near
est us were broken. Many rushed from the
church and there was great excitement
among the worShippers. During tho uproar
that followed one of the church dlgnitaries
ran out and yelled at us:
"..,'stop! Stop, Christ has risen
i was In Alaska nearly three years.
learned a few things about the country and
its In Inhabitants in that time. NV only reRre.
now is that | didn't push further north when
had the ornortunity into the world famous
klondike district. IF | had been q miner
those days instead of one of Uncle Sans regu-
lars might now he posing as a millionaire
AS II ia. | am only q police CAPTAIN In charge
Of district that thrives on its past reputation
for wickednesS."