Connecticut western news., 1902-05-08

with them. Thus armed with the authority of the law the minister re- turned to Kluckwau and began a search for the lad and it was i've days from the time the boy was missed before he WAS found. One evening while the bulk tf the village was in the barracks of the Salvation Army, the minister and trusted assistant were securing the town in search of the lad whom they finally found in this way. They had about given up the search when the preacher heard 8 sneeze right under his feet and upon lifting up board in the old building they were in there the poor lad was, tied hand and foot and crowded into hole under the flooring with an old blanket over him. They lost no time in lifting him out and cut ting the cords that bound him and carried him to the mission, and on the way some of the Indians got wind of it and came rushing after them and the missionary and his assistant were obliged to hold them at bay with their revolvers which they were armed with. Once inside the mission the doors were barricaded, the lad laid in warm bed and warm gruel given him. At the same time upwards of 50 Iudians were hammering on the door for admittanoe saying if the door was not opened 1t would be smashed in. The minister told them he was right there rife in hand. and the first man that broke in was dead man. He told them he would kill any one of them that broke into the mission and advised them to go quietly to their homes, but they told him there is only two of you and hundreds of them and they would get killed quick. The minister said: "Yes, that is true, but if you kill us the soldiers will come and march you to the Skookum House if there is any left after the soldiers got through shooting you" Near midnight they dispersed to their homes The minis ter. who is a personal friend of mine, said he sat right there rife in hand all night, not a moments sleep. In the morning some of the thoughtful In. disns came to the mission and wanted ed, and the minister gave them his their injury this time but it must never be repeated again and they must not make any further intimidations, all to which they agreed. The lad is ssfel- housed in the mission school at Sitks, l50 miles south east. Some of the leaders were so frightened, however, they went across the Canadian line for Q short time.
 Alaska Indians are self supporting and enjoy all the privileges of the whites, locating mineral claims and other property and are citizens of the District of Alaska, as Alaska is Dis- trict similar to the District of Columbia. Alaska Indians are no expense to the government, and it's my opinion all h. dians ought to support themselves as az, ee with the President who said in his message he believed the time was ripe when the Indians should support themselves, or words to this effect Why should the Indisns receive better treatme | than the white man. If they had to earn their bread by the sweat of their brow as the white man has to, they would not have SO much time to p actice on the scalps of the white settlers. It's all wrong to encourage these people in idleness I have no sympathy with the cry of the poor h. dians. robbed of their land. Was it theirs, or were they allowed to live here so that the beasts would not over run the land until the time was ripe for the people to possess it2 Who it was held in reserve for Exodus 23 29 30) the Ca- nasnites and other tribes were allowed to renal for the time SO the beasts would not overrun the land, and we have DO record that they were support ed by the chosen people. On the con kroR hat ko ha vvsx lao Indians served this purpose and when the God of Destiny was ready he guid- ed our forefathers to these shores and has prospered us until we have become one of the foremost nations of the earth. Still we are sn infant nation, only 126 years old.
 An English writer says the resources of America are capable of sustaining the present population of the globe and not be any more thickly settled than the British Islands. Be this as it may, it's certain our country has a great future, and in proportion as we adhere to the principles of our forefathers, so shall our greatness be, for history, both sacred and profane, teaches us that nations soar to their lofties, b, ights when her people follow justice and virtue, and decline when they be- come corrupt and forget God. There will never be another George Washing. ton. IT Abraham Lincoln, or William McKiney, or Theodore Roosevelt, bu, we can all be true patriots and serve our oountry's interest, and in no way can we serve it better than by perpet uating the principles of our Pilgrim fathers as taught in sacred writ. And in the proportion that we as a nation follo~ these things, in like proportion shall our greatness be
 Respectfully yours,
 1 H. F. EMMoNs,
 Porcupine City. | Alaska