THE OMAHA DATLY BEE : SUJTOAY MAY 155. 1889' SIXTEEN PAGES.
BROWNING , KING
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SEAL HUNTING IN ALASKA.
How a Monopoly of the Business
Was Obtained.
is OUR UNCLE SAM A TYRANT ?
AVIint a Hen Captain Und to Say About
the Holzuro or Certain Vessels
The Annual Slaugh
ter.
Alaska's l c Monopoly.
- VICTORIA , B. C. , May 3. [ Special
Correspondence of Tmc BEK. ] Do you
know anything about the origin of the
Alaska Commercial company ? "
This was n question asked mo by an
old sonlor while in Port Townsend one
day last woolc. I replied that it was a
subject dbout whinh I was little
acquainted.
"Well , sir , " said ho , "General Rous
seau was United States commissioner at
tlio time of the transfer of Alaska , and
there was at Sitku certain buildings
belonging to the old Russian Fur com
pany. General Rousseau , on account
of his oHlciul position , Could not be
come a party to any private transaction
that grow out of his relations with the
government , but there happened to bo
a young man by the name of Hutchin-
sou near at hand , who had accompanied
the general to Alaska in the capacity
of private secretary , and it did not take
him long to improve a golden oppor
tunity. Of course the sale of this ter
ritory to the United States ended the
existence ol the Russian Fur company ,
and Mr. Ilutchinson conceived the idea
of taking possession of the fur trade of
Alaska , together with the seal islands ,
and ho readily found a purtnor in the
person of a Mr. Kohl , an Englishman ,
whoso homo was in Victoria. The
llrm , I believe , still exists under the
ntuno of Ilutohiuson , Kohl &
Co , , although I have under
stood Mi * . Ilutchinson died some
six years ago in Washington , D. C
leaving a cool million as the result of
his in to rest in the enterprise.
'Tho linn of Hutchln onKohl & Co. ,
however , is putting into execution
their plans for taking control of the fur
and sent trade of Alaska , encountered a
rival in their now enterprise in the
porbon of a Captain Morgan of Connec
ticut , who waa already in the Hold with
experienced sealers , and just us a fight
seemed imminent , a truce waa declared
and the boason'a catch was equally di
vldod.
' While the above combination was
quietly pursuing its capture of. the
lenlti , numerous attempts wore niudo by
organized parties to break in upon this
valuable ground , but the combined ef
forts o ( Ilutehinson and Morgan drove
nil now comers from the Held. The at
tention of the government was at this
time attracted to the islands of St. Paul
and St. George which constitute the
Pflbyloll group , and which wore said
* to contain the only extensive seal rook-
cries in the world , nnd in 1KG8 congress
passed an act designed to proborvo
those rookeries from indiscriminate )
slaughter. In 1S70 the Alaska Commer
cial company secured a lease from the
United States for a term of twenty
years at un annual rental of55,000 , und.
n tax of 92.02 on each bkinand the com
punjr were limited to 100,000 skins
year. The amount paid Russia by the
United States for the whole of
Alaska territory was about $7,000,000.
Thus it will bo seen that Secretary
Soward'n purchase was not such a poor
investment for the United States , after
all. "
"Docs the Alaska commercial com
pany control the fur trade of the terri
tory outside of the fur seals , by virtue
of any contract or lease from the United
States , " I inquired'/
"Tho Alaska commercial company at
tempt to control tho.fur trade of Alaska ,
and they have trading posts all over the
territory , but they assume this author
ity without the feast color of right or
protection from the United States gov
ernment. Their franchise is confined
absolutely to the islands of St. Paul and
St. George in Bohring sea , and in this
they are protected by the government.
Any man can take into any portion of
Alaska territory outside of the islands
referred tOi any class of goods , with the
exception of guns , ammunition and li
quor , and may carry on a trufllc with
the same freedom that ho would in any
part of the United States. "
"Is the generally accepted theory
that the only ooal 'rookeries in the
world are at St. Paul and St. George
islands , in Bohring sea , true ? "
"If I wore to answer your question
from the Alaska commercial company's
standpoint , I should say 'yes , with the
exception of a small rookery somewhere -
where near Peru , South America , but
if 1 should answer you with n
proper regard for the truth , I
should say not by any manner
of means. Capo -Horn furnishes
nearly , if not finite as many , seals each
year as do the islands of St. Paul and
St. George. I am * awnro that the idea
generally prevails that seal hunting is
to-day a thing of the post , outside of
Bohring sea , so far as a Huecillo occupa
tion is concerned , but the cause of the
prevalence of this belief can bo traced
to the door of the Alaska Commercial
company , which has spared no pains to
make it an established fact. Why , I
understand a text book has 'been ro-
nuntly published in which the question
is asked , "Whoro is the only place in
the world that the fur seal is known to
live'/ ' and the answer is given , 'In St.
George and St. Paul islands in Behrlng
sea. ' I hope the parents of the Ameri
can youth who are supposed to gather
thisln as a part of their education , will
abcortuln that mien , is not a fact , and
instruct their children never to nniko
such an assertion to any 0110 not under
pap from the Alaska Commercial com
pany.
"How do you regard the position
taken by the United States towards
American and. English vessels sealing
in Bohring sea'Waa the seizure of
those vessels in 1830 and 1887 justi
fiable ?
"Come on dock a moment. You see
yonder schooner'/ The one with a man
near the top of the main-mast painting'/
That is one of the vessels acl/.od by the
United States revenue cutter Corwin in
1887. , She was captured in Bohring
so a out of sight of land , her cargo con
fiscated nnd the vessel sold a short time
ago by order of the court for $1,500.
Her purchaser immediately sold her
for $5,000 , and she is now being re
fitted , and will henceforth sail under
the American flag , with her name
changed from Grace to that of Luoy
Lowe. It Is an old proverb that suye ,
'A country may claim as its water ? such
distance from its land us can bo pro
tected by its guns on shorn , ' and this is
generally conceded to bo a marina
league , or throe miles. The Grace was
captured at a distance of. sixty tniloa
from the nearest luna. and its hunters
had not taken a nonl nearer than that
distance from shore. Of course , I do
not think Dtho position of the United
States right. On the contrary , I think
the seizure of English and American
vessels in the waters of Bohring sea
ono of the most arbitrary acts of which
my nation was ever guilty. Such con
duct might have boon in keeping with
the maritime law that prevailed about
, he year 1821 , when the c/ur of Russia
ssued un imperial ukase claiming con-
; rol of all the waters of Behring sea ,
jut , if you remember , the burly Rus
sian was prevailed upon to withdraw
from that attitude by demonstrations
made by the United States. The case
is exactly similar , only the United
states has changed position with
Llussia. "
'JPcrhups it makes some difference
whoso ox is gored. "
"Yes , and it may make some differ
ence it the ox gored may prove to be u
ohnny ) Bull.7
"Well , what is going to bo the out
come of this question'/ saw a schooner
with a crow of twenty-one men fully
armed and equipped for an expedition
to the scaling vutors of Bohring sea ,
spread her sales last night , and in the
language of the captain , she proposed
to 'beard the lion in his don. ' ' '
"Yes , and I understand an English
gunboat has been ordered into these
waters for the purpose of seeing fair
play in an open Held. I believe it will
eventuate in tlio government controling
the seal rookeries by placing olllcers
upon St. George and St. Paul islands ,
and the seals captured in the open sea
under certain restrictions. If there ia
a profit in this industry the government
should receive thu bonolit of it. Tlio
rookeries should bo preserved at all
lia/ards. The fur seal is too valuable a
luxury to bo destroyed as would corr
talnly occur wore men allowed to go ,
upon these islands and slaughter the
seal without regard to ago and BOX.
But they can bo protected from annihi
lation , nnd at the same time
men may bo allowed to capture
sucli seals as are found outside
a certain limit. The lease of the Alasicu
commercial company expires May 1 ,
1890 , and I believe the days of that
monopoly are numbered. "
"Captain , can you tolf mo something
about the habits' of the seal , the man
ner of their capture , etc./ "
"Yes , sir. The seal in Juno and July
as regularly as the months come around
may bo seen in swarms approaching the
Aleutian Inlands from the waters of the
north Pacific ocean , for the purpose of
breeding and shedding its polago. The
old ones are known as bulls and cows ,
and the young , pups. They approach
the low sandy beaches of St. Paul nnd
St. George islands and drag themselves
along its shores whore they lie in the
sun or wander about seeking comfort
able nooks where they arniit the hour
that limits the period ol their gestation.
When their young are born they euro
for them much the sumo us a female dog
dooe for Its pups , and in a couple of
months they are sullielontly largo to
paddle around the shallow cores , and in
October and November are fully
equip | > ed to join the multitude of older
seals in their exit from the rookeries.
Between the months of July and Oc
tober natives are sent out upon the
beach to drive the seal to the killing
grounds. The mon'startinat the water's
edge and by means of bolls or other
noisy device , alowly close in upon the
seals , and when once headed toward
these grotfuda they are easily
guided along. When they arrive
at their destination small de
tachments are cut off from the
main herd , nnd the slaughter is com
menced by beating them over the heads
with clubs , A oarty of alclnuora are
then brought in , and in duo time the
skins are taken to the salt house whore
they are salted and sorted , and soon
they are ready for shipment. I will re
mark bore tluit no fonuilu seal is al
lowed lobe killed , nnit none younger
than ono yo.ir. The killing with clubs
is the only way they nro dispatched on
the islands , for the reason that tlio llr-
inguf { runs is thought to have a ten
dency to frighten the heals from the
rookeries. I have seen them on these
islands so thick that , ono could hardly
step without walking upon thorn , and I
am safe in placing the estimate at hov-
oral million in number. You known it
is only during the months of .luno ,
lulv , August and September that the
killing is done , and that 100,000 seals
must bf taken in that time. "
MIXKK W. BKUCK.
HDUOAIlONAIj.
Cornell university has put ? 100,000 in new
buildings the past year.
In Michigan university a larger proportion
of women than men uro taking bv choice the
full classical course.
More than 2,008,000 of the youth of India
uro to day receiving nn education in the
English language.
Michigan university has now more stu
dents in attendance than any ether Amer
ican institution of learning.
The University of Mlctnin , with l.SS'J
students , probably hus the largest number
ever enrolled in uu American colloga.
The opening of Clark university at
Worcester , Mass. , was announced to take
place in October at a meeting of the trustees.
The authorities of Holland linvo decreed
that women cannot serve on n school boiud.
In Swcdon it has bo n decided that they can.
Twenty-live state legislatures , besides the
national government , have inado seienltllc
temperance n compuUorv school study in
their respective states und territories.
The city of Cleveland pays $ .10,000 a year
additional for the special instruction In Ger
man in the public schools , und a movement
for ttfo removal of this bm-den has been be
gun.
gun.Mudlson
Mudlson university Is to have a new lib
rary building' , to accommodate 2.r)0,000
volumes. It will rest StOO.OiX ) , und J. 1) ,
Colgate has volunteered to give this sum.
Ground was broken last week for the new
structure.
Garrctt E. Wlnriauts , of Horgca Point , N ,
V. , hus inforinotl thu tiusieos of Rutgers
college , Now iiriiuswiclc , N. V. , that hu will
build u largo und expensive dormitory for
that ancient und hohorablo institution. .The
cost will probably bo $100,000.
Columbia college , In New York cltv , will
permit young women to enter an "annex" by
passing thu same entrance examination us
the young jinpn. The ladles who Imvo the
"annex" in ujind propose to furnish the
money to rent or build It.
There is still some uncertainty about com-
inonccinont.At ( Columbia. Hitherto each de
partment had if * own commencement , but
this year tti'o tqustnos voted to combine the
gruduating'uxerclbcs of the academic , inlnoa
and law school * , and fixed the coinmenco-
meat of thiko upartmenU for Juno It ! .
At the last session of congress ttf.OOO was
appropriate ! to" pav the expenses of ua ex
pedition to lAnfiolu , Africa , to observe the
total ocllpso of the sun , which will occur
December 3'JSgO , , and will bo of unusual
duration. , l'/q.f. Todd of the Amherit
i..i
- .
.department , 1ms boon
pointed by tlio , secretary of the navy ( to tultC up
command d/'thU , ' expedition. The Ilcv. Dr.
W. J. Holland1 , 'O'J ' , of PitUburg. Pa. , will
accompany tho'oxpodltlon u naturalist.
Millions la It.
There ia a big fortune in those cash
railroads wo see in all the ladies' shop
ping stores , says the Now York Sun.
Ono company lias gobbled up nil the
best devices of the sort , and is reaping
a great harvest , because no ontorprU-
ing storekeeper pretends to got
along without tnoui. The own
ers will not soil the apparatus.
They put it in a store under a
lease at $1B a year for u dtation. a sta
tion being each ono of these atonping
places ever the clerks' heads whence
the baskets are sent to the cash desk.
Some New York stores have ns many as
i50 stations , and consequently pay
$4,600 or more a year for the use of the
device.
TWO ARE LEFT FOR TORTURE
A Brutal Practice of the Govern
ment's Indian Agents.
RATION DAY AMONG THE SIOUX.
The Noble Krrt 3lou 1'urposoly Wound
Cuttle to Set : Tli D in tiiinY-r
and Then Kat tlio
X.lvers Itaw.
A Hcvoltlnjr Hcenc.
CiiA3iniiirAiN : , S. D. , May 10. [ Spe
cial Correspondence of Tim Biii : . ]
Saturday is the great holiday among
the Indians as on this day they draw
their rations and provisions for ttio
weclc. This is the only day in the week
that they arise early. The Indians
that live the farthest away from the
agency come in the evening before and
camp out. By 10 o'clock almost every
Indian both largo and small is at the
agency ready to take bib place in the
line at the Up of the bell. At 10
o'clock the line is formed and they pass
through the ration house nnd draw
their rations. They uro divided oil by
fumilies , bands and tribes , each head
of u family having a curd with his
name , number in his family , number of
the band he belongs tound what trioo.
The tickets are ibsucd quarterly and
hnvo.twelve numbers on thorn , ono be
ing punched every time ho draws uis
rations.
At the ration house , sugar , colToo ,
Hour , beans , cracuers and pork uro
issued to him. After the provisions uro
all isbucd , the Indians all repair to the
corral , about one-half mile from tlio
agency , where about thirty head o :
wild To.xas steers uro waiting to bet
i killed. Tlio killing is done by one o [ the
I agency employed who Htands in a box in
1 the corral and shoots the cattle until all
but one or two nro dead when the In
dians commence firing. They do not
try to kill the remaining cattle but just
wound und
JIN'UAOi : TIIK 1'OOIt 11KASTS
who'go touring around the corral trying
In vain to lind something to wreck ven
geance upon , the Indians meanwhile
Keening up an unearthly yelling and
howling. After having as much fun as
they can out of the poor beasts they kill
them and then everybody makes a
scramble. The tongue id , in all cases ,
cut out first. After this ceremony is
ono through the steers are partitioned
oil to the ditferent triboj and they im
mediately commence the division to the
different families. No part of the beuht
IB left unused , the entrails being a very
delicate morsel for the noble red man.
As soon as the liver is reached it iu im
mediately divided and oaten raw. I
saw one old hag with n piece of raw
liver tied around her neck , one end of
which was in hermouth. . She was un
doubtedly making time count , na HIO
was eating und carving at the same
time. This killing scene was the most
sickening and disgusting one that it
tma ever been my lot to witness. The
Indiana are naturally of a very barbnroun
nature , and the sight of the blood und
the poor tortured bcusts Is very grati
fying to their bight. The government
should furnish each agency with a
butcher , who should have the cuttle nil
killed und cut up for the Indians on ra
tion day.
After the return to the ugency from
the corral , I had a long talk with
number of prominent chiefs , includ-
ing Iron Nation , Useful Heart , Little
Phcasont , Medicine Hull , NogaandfLoft
Hand Thunder. These chiefs all de
clared themselves as radically in favor
of
TIIK SIOUX HKSKUVATJOX HILL
as passed oy the hut congress , ana
signified their willingness to sign.
There seems to bo some misunderstand
ing between these chiefs and their fol
lowers on one side and the half-broods
on the other. The chiefs say that they
want the commission to hurry up and
got to work , und say that in the con
ferences they want to bo heard as well
us the half-broeas. These Indians
seem to bo pretty well posted on the
principal events of the day , and I was
aurpribod to hear them talk of things
that happened twenty or thirty yonis
aijo. One of these Indians was saying
that ho didn't like ono of the agency
employes , whoso folks reside in the
south. I asked him if ho didn't use
him well , and ho said ho did. I then
asked him why ho didn't like him and
received the unexpected answer that
ho was a rebel. I oxpluinod to him
that the gentleman was , not old enough
to have served in the rebellion , und ho
answeredthut that might bo , but that
his parents had owned slaves and that
the gentleman thought that peonlo
with colored bkins wore not as good nb
white people , and ho was afraid that
they would want to make slaves of
them.
This ngoncy , Lower Brulo , is sit
uated about live miles below and oppo
site ChnmborJnin , and is reached by
boat from this city. The agency con-
slats of about twenty buildings , and ia
made up of residences for the olllcials ,
barns , a carpentorand blacksmith shop ,
store , u church , which IH presided ever
by Rev. Luke Walker , u full-blooded
Indian usohool employing five teach
ers , and other buildingu. The Indians
live mostly in log houses built by the
government. They are very lazy and
shiftless. Some of thorn are dressed in
the government clothes that nro fur-
nt.shcd them , but the most of them
dross the same as they did twenty-live
ytsars ago. There are a few who have
boon olT to school who dross just the
the same us white people und who are
nuito .smart. Most of the IiidiunB un-
dorfatand and talk Hie English lan
guage. At thla 'agency the Indians
have organized a court , of which
KiituTiiimmiu is CJIIKV JUBTICK
and Spotted Ilorso prosecuting attorney.
To illustrate their sense of justice I
will toll you of a trial that took place
hero recently. A young Indian who
lives on White river was arrested and
brought before the court charged with
rapo. After examining a number of
wltnosac.s and consuming half u day in
arguments the case wits finally submit
ted to the judges and the prisoner
found guilty and the chief justice was
instructed to bcntonco him. Ho said
that this bofng the first time that the
prisoner hud been before the court and
us ho was a young man the sentence
would be light. Ho then sentenced him
to three duys In the guard house on
broad nnd water.
The government furnishes a squad of
policemen ut each agency to keep the
peace. These polScotnon are picked
from the better elans of Indiana , and
are furnished uniforms and revolvers
and paid a monthly salary. These In
dians would HOOII become civilized oltl-
7.0HB if the proper course was pursued.
They should be given u farm and their
rations taken away from them. They
know that us long as the government
furnishes them provisions und clothes
that they dn not have to work unless
they uro forced to support themselves.
Prof , George S. Morris of the chair of
philosophy in the Michigan state university ,
died Saturday night , after an Illness of iov-
cral wcnUs.
AN INFANTILE AVENGER.
Ho Shoots a Hnrulnr and Wondon
What IliN Girl Will Think.
Charlie Taylor , thirteen years of ago ,
who says ho wants to bo a plumboi
when ho grows up , shot a sneak thlel
last night , says a Chicago dispatch to
the Now York Herald. Charlie is tha
son of Chief Clerk J. C. Taylor , of the
Wabash olllco , and lives at No. 1U01
State Htrcet. Two weeks ago thieves
got into his father's shod and kitchen
and removed every portiiblo object.
Young Taylor suspected two young
men who were ostensibly peddlers.
After the first robbery the thofU con
tinued almost every night.
When young Taylor came from school
yesterday ho found his father's 32 cali
bre revolver.N Ho concealed tha
weapon , and at night hid himuolbe
hind a door in the shed. After a vrhllo.
u man entered. The stranger felt bli
way around the shed , putting a quan
tity of nigs and carpet into a bug.
When Do loft , Charlie followoa. The
man run. Charlie was close behind ,
while a crowd of several hundred
youngsto rs brought up the rear.
At the entrance to an alloy an eight *
oon-yeur-olcl youth ran up to young
Taylor and tried to throw him off the
trail.
trail.Ho
Ho started up the alloy ahead of Char
lie , who claims he hoard him say : "II
you como in hero I'll kill you. "
Charley drew hla revolver and flrca
throe Hhots. After the lust report ha
heard some ono cry , "I'm ' shot. " Ho
went in niul found the young man lying
in u pool of blood. Young Taylor put
the weapon in hln pocketwulltod homo ,
washed his face and hands and waited
for the police.
The wounded youth was taken to tha
county hospital , where a bullet was ex
tracted from hiu hip. Ho gave thenutna
of Juinos Rlloy ami said he was nut a
thief , but was merely assisting.young
Taylor in the chase. ICIIoy's wound wna
not dangerous. Young Taylor was per
mittcd to go home after toiling hia
story.
when I saw Charley to-day ho &ald :
"I don't want my girl to think I'm u
murderer. I alined at their logs be
cause I didn't want to hill them. II
wasn't worth killing a fellow for just a
few old traps. "
IJy the will of the Into Charles L. Flint of
Uostoti , Andover recolvcs 3,000 to establish
a scholarship.
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