Douglas Island news., 1900-12-12

ed on to the two women, and no doubt would have killed them if the Marshal and another Indian of the Sitka tribe
 had not been passing and saw the trouble their friends were iu. q will explain little here: The Sitka h. dians had two U. s. marshals with them from Sitka, to keep the peace and see that there was no fighting or drinking
 among them.) So they went into the
 house and attempted to rescue the two
 women. But several of the drunken
 men and women attacked the marshal,
 and he had to strike one man with the
 handcuffs to subdue him and scare the
 others. One of the drunken men fired
 four shots, and 1 began to think murd-
 CT would be added to the list before the trouble ended But l am glad to say
 badly cut face and broken nose of the one who resisted the officer was the
 worst that happened. This was Satur- day night, Nov. 17th. Early Sunday
 morning there were several large canoes filled (ffty-five men, women and chil' dren being in one) with Indians from Killisnoo. There was also boat with Mir. ZuberoF, U. s. commissioners, Chief Jakes, Kachuctee, and six white men to arrest and take back to the skookum house three men and two women-the ones who hurt the Sitka women. They had hearing and gave bail to appear at 9 a. m. Monday. They got off by paying s85.5O costs. Then the Indians had to settle their part among them selves. Each had to give the other par ty several blankets. Our Indians had to give double the number to the Sitka Indians-about 200, 1 belive. Now l was in the house alone, but the Indians who were not drinking came in to as sure me; telling me not to be afraid, that they would protect me. The Sitka Indians placed one of their policemen between the two houses to see that no one who was drinking could come into the house.
 On the same steamer that the Indians got their liquor two gentlemen came out to look at coal mines. My husband took them up Saturday morning. They had engaged an Indian the night before to take them but when they were ready to start in the morning he was too drunk to go, and the other Indians had not gotten over from Killisnoo, as it was quite early, so there was nothing left for them to do but get craft and paddle their own canoe. My husband had not handled canoe since he was a boy. One of the gentlemen had never been in one. The other gentleman said he could paddle if my husband could row, so they started of. There are very bad rapids in the lagoon, where they started from; there are also two other places between here and the mines where the waters are very swift at cer- tain stages of the tide. (Mr. VanHueb- her has very nearly lost his life twice in returning from our mine.) They had dood deal of sport in going through, as Mir. Van H. told the gentleman who was not used to canoe that he must not move or the canoe would upset. The gentleman replied that he supposed if he took a chew of tobacco he would have to put chew in each side of his mouth to balance the canoe. And when he wanted to smoke, the other gentle men had to smoke, too, putting his pipe on one side of his mouth, while his wis wis put his on the opposite side, as he sat in the end of the canoe, Mir. Van H. in the center, and the gentleman who did the paddling sat in the opposite end. But the next afternoon as they were returning, had gotten near home and were crossing the rapids, MT. Van H. was trying to keep the canoe in the right course so as not to get into the very swift water, he gave an extra stroke, his oars slipped out of the oar lock, and he turned a back summer sault, landing nearly in the arms of the gentleman who was sitting so very still
 for fear of upsetting the canoe. He lost one oar, but paddled with the oth, CT, and got to shore safe. None of them
 wanted him to repeat the feat. The gentlemen had to return in time to
 meet the steamer Sunday night, or they
 would have waited another day. Then i Mir. Van H. could have taken them in = = -l-:nE -.-..l AL.o-- ..r--lL hnrrn c.nnn