Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-12-05
ARMOR TELLS OF TRAGEDY.
Ancient War Clothes and Weapons
 Found in Siberia.

Seattle, Dec 5-A tragedy of the far northland centers about two suits
 of ancient French armor brought to
 this city by John J. Haugan, from
 Anadir, Siberia. The suits are to be
 donated by Haugan to the French
 museum, but will be exhibited first
 at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposi-
 tion, which is to be held in Seattle in
 the summer of 1909 to exploit the re-
 sources of the northland.
 The suits of mail were bought by
 Haugan from Siberian natives. Old
 Panganto, wrinkled and bony patri-
 arch of the Chucchas, related to Haul
 gan the following legend:
 Many, many summers ago, a great
 horde of strange men came to the shores of my fathers in big winged ship. The men soon began to kill
 my fathers people and to slaughter their game. My fathers rose up against them many times and were beaten back. for the men devils wore charmed coats. The walrus came and went twenty times while the devil men stayed. At last my fathers people rose in great numbers. and completely surrounded the devil men. For many days the battle ragged. The arrows of my fathers had no effect on the charmed coats. But at last they closed in and fought them hand to hand, and killed all the devil men except two. On. vas bound and placed on a high mound. The other was bound round the wrists with a long thong of walrus hide and was pulled rapidly over the snows and ragged, jagged. cruel ice. Three times he was hauled around the mcind on which the captive brother stood, and at the end of the journey he was a senseless mass of quiveriLg flesh. Then my fathers took the other captive and pu. him on his ship and told him to go back to his peo- pie and warn them never to trouble the world of ice again"
 The outfits which Haugan bought from the natives consist of two suits of mail. two shieldT. two helmets, and bows and arrows. The mail con- sists of thin pieces of hammered steel. bound together with leather thongs. and big enough to protect the warrior from chest to knees. The shields are of hard wood. covered with walrus hide and embellishei with heraldic symbols burned in with a hot iron. The helmets are made of long. hammered steel strips. with flaps 10 protect the ears
 era mt. and made of several kinds of wooc, Intrieately inlaid and wrapped with rord. They are capable of hurlins the long. heavy arrows 900 yards and embedding them four inches in wood. The quivers are of vslrus skin. The whole outfit is light and responds readily to the movements of the body-
 Fastened to one of the helmets are . number of French coins of small On me side of these s the Latin inscription Lad x Wig ouii c. Rex Fir ct Nav" which Is translated Louis XVI. by the Crac If God. King of France and Navarro" From which fl is figured that the rarrfors vho wore the mail were .rchers of Louis XVI. considered the Dest fighters of their class in Eu- -ope-
 The portland contains q wealth If auejens relics of rare historic D. crest and these ST. being collected l Or exhibition at the Alsska-Ysko1- ,sriee exposftion of 1908. It Is in ended that the displays from Alzstl nd Yukon shall make the fair | uniquely interesting