Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-14
Remarkable Bill Presented by a Bar
Der to a Customer.
THE SIWASH is A POOR SERVANT
Why the Execution Of Five Indians
Was Delayed.
ONLY TWO WE'RE HANGED

Copyright. 1890. by Cy warmanD
Written FOR The Evening Star
Cheechawko lodged a complaint against
Dawson barber. complaining that he had
been oyercharged-robbed. as he put st. The
barber replied, cooiiy. that the man had
not been overcharged. The man swore that
the barber had taken twelve dollars and
fifty cents worth of dust out of his bag
and the barber acknowledged the dust
DO you mean to say that you charged
this man twelve dollars and half for a
shaver" demanded the magistrate.
No. said the barber. His nibs had
fixiu's. Here is my BILL" he added. passing
a scrap of brown paper over to the court
This, according to the courts testimony.
was what was written: Hair cut, 81; hair
singed, 81: egg shampoo, S1.J0: hair tonic,
90 cents; bay rum. 80 cents: shave. sol
cents; wild hair removed from nose. So 80
mIstache dyed. 50: total, sI25 80
The man, being cross-eXamined. said all
these operations had been performed. but
he supposed they all went with tie shave
No. interrupted the barber. "iNins isl
extra, and he produced other BARRIERS
who testified to the correctness of the bill
The barber was discharged, and thel
Cheechawko cautioned to ask the price ID
fiNin's in the future, which he proba bl
did.
nv AZ n servant
Told by Capt. B.. who was the victim.
The Siwash is short, dirty. undemon-
strative, Misunderstanding Indian. He an
pears on the surface TO be part oriental an
the rest Esquimau. Perhaps a Chinese on
japanese sailing ship was blown cut "a
the Boring sea and up the Yukon, the sur
vtvors got ashore mixed up with the abo
rhymes. and the Siwash resulted
The northwest is not densely populat e,l
but where 1t is settled the native Is a s.
wash The natives here. however. are IA,
SO useful as the natives of South Africa
The English who go there TO trek ;.l
prospect use the South Africans for scr
wants and for beasts of burden Some ,
them try to use the Siwash. but with lit
success. Capt. Il. Of the British America
corporation had one, however. that was
Jewel. His master grew very proud Of hi
SlwaSn servant, or man" as he call"
him. One day friend WAS visiting al IN
cabin. The visitor had been out for a strcl
with his host Returning to his cahin tn,
passed the window of a little fran-to tina
mad been fixed up as the captains bath.
As the men peered in through the opo
window they saw the Indian. He hal ;us
stepped out of a warm tub. I-Don TIN. dno
lay the soiled towels The Indian VI
standing on his masters bath robe in frur
OF the small mirror vigorously scIutbi
his teeth with his masters tooth brueI
he visitor. who hated Indians looked a
the captain. Without a word the capita
grabbed an old barrel staVe aad dart,
around to the door. The visitor head
81 ank, "A Yell, and saw the naked silva
shoot out through the narrow window ;,l
ScCot for the woods.
Liberty or Death
Told lay a private secretary. who knew.
The Siwash Is strange animal. He
by no means a bad" Indian He is n
bcisterously happy. hut the little happinc
that is his ne must have. He will live a "a
thrive and grow on a glacier. Shut up in
warm. dark cell. he win 1roop aud pit
and die He did not kill. partly because.
l. not vicious but mainly because thei
Is no one in his country worth killing II
was good. as certain homely unattracti1
white folks are. having no temptation ia
N a.I me discoveries of gold on the Kl"s
dixie brought the Prospector with hur>,
and cattle. picks and pans. he Was tempt
beyond his ability To Withstand.
Inc nrSt outrage occurred when half
dozen Indians saw couple of miners v
a dazzling outfit. They followed the pr,
pectors. and when they came to what a
leared TO be an opportune place set ul,
them One of the mon was murdered 7
othef escaped, and the story of his hal
shlps written out would read like The vi
est bit of fiction. After days on lakes Il
rivers ana along an unknown trail
found help and was nurSed back TO lif
me indians: being amateurs. We're eaS
found out They We're arrested tried q,
sentenced to be hanged at Dawson.
Inc day of the execution WAS fixed 50,
months ahead. and before the day arrly
one OF the Indians. a mere boy. died.
"a rev days before the hanging WAS To II
place. the sheriff discovered that the !
was Good Friday. and. by some uukuov
mode of reasoning. persuaded himself In
me Indians could not he hanged on Go
rdaY. The local Judge thought otherMi
but the sheriff would not agree and So
matter was referred TO the minister al &,
taWa.
The Laws Delay.
II took many moons for the papers to
I" the Canadian capital and back 10
klondike. The minister of justice ruled
effect, that man might be hanged on
Sabbath. or any other day fixed bv
court; that an Indian was a man and n
the hanging must go on.
BY the time this decision reached
sheriff the soul of another Siwash
scared away.
About the time the sheriff got things
ranged the local judge decided that the d
fixed for the hanging had long since pas
into history The sheriff was now eager
have done with the diSa greea BILE bllsir,t
He demanded a date and authority. ..Bu
Said the Judge. the day fixed for the =
cudon is passed and gone. | can't IA
back the universe and give you ycsterla
These Indians. 50 far as I am concer,.
were hanged on Good Friday-they're ue
all of them
Again the sheriff took his troubles to
tawa. The minister of justice gave hin
date. and told him 10 hurry up or the
dams would he dead. Already the best IN
Of the nve had gone over 10 the ha
hunting ground.
Finally, on August /. 1879. many ma
moons after the murder. Jim and DaW1
N&ntuck, the only survivors were hans
by Captain Harper of the northwest nof
e'' police, a. the town Of Dawson. -
treir yellow clay a minister read the Chii
of England funeral service. and they
sleeping in The Klondike vale tonight
CG WARNAN