The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-07

on that day, to regard all true Christians as
brethren and to be truthful. honest and in
du str ious, -, A. A..
Government and laws of the United states
Ihird-'lo vote for the election Of the Town
Council and to obey the bylaws and orders
Fourth To attend to the education Of tho
children end keep them at school as regularly
Fith"To abstain totally from al intoni.
cant. and gambling and never atten1 nor
countenance heather customs In surrounding
Sixth-To observe sanitary regulations.
Sevanth--To identify themselves With the
progress Of the settlement and 70 utilize the
"I Ms i%iy ISsyer TO ALLEVIATE. give away .,
sell their land or building lots or any part
to ss.s or rules VINO
Annette Island is eighteen miles long and
nearly ten miles wide. Father Duncan
save there is very little gold there. but the
enterprising prospector who has been nos
ing about says the island is rich In mineral.
II ia a good country. Prince OF Wales
Island, 20 the west Is known to be rich in
copper and iron. The Ketchikan country.
hard by, is attracting any amount OF
capital,
On Gravina Island there is a quartz
claim that runs 10 per cent and copper $40
in gold. At Thorn Arm stamp mill has
been put up. while a little way up the chan
mel, on Cleveland Peninsula. they have
found some Of the richest gold specimens
that have come out Of Alaska.
All this history makes the proepector
look lor gingly over toward Annette Island.
A well-known mining expert from Cali
fornia, who was passenger on the steamer
with me. said that in 1892 some Yankee
miners found ore on Annette lsland that
went $500 TO the ton. Father Duncan.
commissioned Of Cod as his admiring
historians say. took the matter to WASH
tn1,,,, and had tho ninera called on
The miners, impatient 10 prospect there,
argue that this Government has no right
TO give handful of disgrunted Canadians
n titls clear to an important strip OF terri
tory in the United States. to build an indi,,
pendent community, to make laws and
religion for themselves. II we must do
such a thing. says the kicking prospector
let us give the country to white Canadians
A white man is az good as an Indian, after
the Indian has become civilized
But while the prospector is complaining
Of Father Duncan's dominion over the
island Father Duncan is asking for more
authority and more pull for his people
Although he has long since abandoned all
the old -isns" and established a creed OF
his own he has the sympathy and support?
United States In his efforts to hold the island
for his converts. Prh fly the Indians ask:
First For an absolute Government con-
nrnation to their title to their land and
homes
second For tho protection Of the fisheries
Thrd-For the power TO forever enforce
the Intentions and rivalries OF Other. sectss.
FoIrth.so, the ms,ntrnanc,r, OF Plhla,o,
Wien he lines had been cast of and tie
Ross lie bacl I'd out. the CHEEKY voice Of the
Emperor called mer'ily goot-bv, end, as
t..nx htvv, hnI N
'a1tern high over his head and directing
he Iniians to pick up tho freight that We
had ltf and put II away In the freight house.
Al houch il vas nearly midnight, the
white village show cd plsinly, sleeping
peacefully on the gentle slope. brisk
breeze blew down from the roth. the
salrnon scamrercd hi her and ,hihsr rbout
The boat. flashing their silver torches above
the waves Ore pv one the lamps went
OUT. and he little empire SINK to rest.
N IL o happy community. To be sure,
thew are not all happy nor all good.
An lnCinn came cut on The RcsPln. Fe
ms very hittcr Hg"'ns' the Y hite-beart'nd
Fahcr. IIe hod dared 30 take 50 lie.
"hom q loved, from out of town and Father
Duncan had bsnish"d hin
So Tie man said fnanv hard things about
Father Duncan; but he "ss on Intian.
on Alaska InGian, m outraged ou,cast
lndi"n. according To his statement, and very
But that Father Duncan rules the is'n nd
no one denies. A steamer stopped there
that Gisplcased he Fa,hcr and th~ Father
notified ~" captain lint the .hip must
rever touch at Me'lrhl alta sgcin, With
thar mate aboard. To he sure. the boat
could land. spite Ct tie ruler of tie island.
hrt Il could get no freight, so they rro-
and the incident Nas closed.