Daily Sitka Sentinel from Sitka, Alaska • Page 3

I FromSttka'sEasttfinta Brought 1 By ROBERT N. DcARMOND Alaska Historian gunboat Pinta returned to Sitka Jan. from a cruise to Killisnoo, Security Bay, Wrangell and Shakan, bringing with her a number of prisoners for trial by the civil court. One was accused of participating 'in the murder of two white men in 1869. Another was Katz- kay-ishi who Was said to'have killed several Indians, including a woman, at or near Shakan.

Both men were taken before Commissioner John G. Brady who questioned them. Whether he was able to do this directly or had to use an interpreter is not known. He had picked up a good deal of the Tlingit language by then, but some years later, after he became governor, he was still taking Tlingit lessons from Mrs. Tillie Paul, widow of Louis Paul.

She had joined the staff of the Sitka Industrial Training School. Katz-kay-ish told Brady that while he might have killed the woman, it was whiskey that was responsible. Moreover, he had settled with her family by paying blankets and guns. Brady committed him for trial by the District Court. Quanni-na-qua admitted that he had killed the two white men, Walker and Maager, at Murder Cove.

He said that he had come to Sitka peacefully, with his brother, and that his brother had been killed by a soldier, without cause. When Quanrii appealed to General Davis, he was abused and repulsed, and he killed the two men in retaliation. Quanni had a champion in the court, although we don't know for certain who was. In all probability it was Willoughby Clark, who had been on the Pinta expedition as assistant U.S. Attorney.

Clark had a good deal of sympathy' for the underdog and a few months later would argue successfully in District Court for the freeing of an Indian slave. He also was the organizer, at Juneau, of the Alaska Secular Union and Association, "To advocate the protection of all citizens in their equal civil rights and political rights, without regard to their religious belief or want of it." Whether Clark or someone else wrote it, a piece titled "Our Legacy from Military Misrule" appeared in the editorial column of The Alaskan on Jan. 16, 1886. The following has been somewhat condensed from the original: "Within the past week two instances have been brought to notice showing the troubles that still afflict Alaska, as residuary inheritance abominable military that unquestioned liberty of one man to make, construe and execute laws. "The Indian Quanni, when asked to answer the complaint charging him with the murder of a white man in 1869, said that he came here as a peaceable man, with his brothers, and after some trouble caused by a Chilkat chief, in the course of which two Indians were killed by General Davis' men, he got permission to go home.

In going, one of his brothers was killed by a soldier. He went to see General Davis about it, but the general told him all Indians were bad, and sent him off crying. "Then they took the body of the brother in their canoe and went home, found these men there and killed them to pay for their General Davis came and burnt the village their tribe, though only one family was involved in the killing. "Listening to this recital sat two chiefs of the Hootznoo tribe, who had come over several days ago to get the governor's assistance in their claim for some hundreds of dollars against the United States government, for the destruction of their houses and property by Capt. Merriman and Collector Morris in 1882.

These two men were away from the village at the time, but even on those who were there no criminal guilt rested which could justify the means by which Merriman and Morris wreaked their petty tyranny on a whole tribe of men, women and children. "An' Indian had been accidentally killed in a whale boat; there was no law 'but Indian law over the territory; under man were entitled to-pay from; the company by whose negligence or misfortune'the accident took the'two company employees who had charge of the boat totheir village and told them to write' to the a 1 demand of blankets as indemnity for the killing, before would agree to their release. "Thecompany agent went to Sitka and Merriman and Morris came to Hootznoo and released the two men, who had not been in the slightest degree maltreated. They then made a most exhorbitant demand of blankets as 'exemplary Failing to get them, they burned the village. "The act of General Davis, while far more justifiable than that of Merriman and Morris, need not have been committed had he shown even a slight disposition to recognize Indian law.

It has always been conceded that the killing of the Indian by the sentry, from which the murder of th white men grew, was a most wanton act of cruelty. The soldier was punished, but that did not satisfy the family. A small sum of money, however, would have done so and would have saved the two white men. "And now the civil officials have these cases upon their hands, to deal with justly and legally, as far as they can. There is probably no way of.

settling the claim for damages except by Act of Congress. And what chance is there for that, as matters now stand, when even the plainest rights of white men, citizens of the United States, are denied, for want of a voice to plead them?" At the time Commissioner Brady bound Quanni and Katz-kay-ish over for trial by the District Court, Alaska was still without a District Judge although President Cleveland had appointed Lafayette Dawson of Missouri to the office on Dec. Dawson was duly confirmed, arrived in Sitka March, and held his first term of court in May 1885. Quanni-na-qua was indicted by the grand jury for the. murder in 1869.

A demurrer to the indictment was entered by his attorney and was sustained by Judge Dawson without objections from the U.S. Attorney. Judge Dawson cautioned Quanni about obeying the law. Katz-kay-ish did not get off as easily. He also was indicted in May, entered a plea of not guilty, and his trial was set for the September term.

At that time his attorney entered a plea of guilty of manslaughter. The U.S. Attorney agreed to the plea, the whole matter was explained to Katz-kay-ish by an interpreter and he said he understood. Before he passed sentence, Judge Dawson questioned two Indians who had been present when Katz-kay-ish killed the woman. He then "The evidence shows that this was a wanton arid unprovoked murder.

I am accepting the lesser plea only because the prosecutor has agreed to it. The Indians must be made to understand that the practice of killing each other must be stopped. I sentence you to 10 years at hard labor and a fine of $1,000." HONORED Doug Fabcerano, right, receives Alaska Pulp Corporation's Employee of the Month award from maintenance foreman Roger French. Falzerano is a member of the woodroom maintenance crew, and his "uncomplaining, conscientious a-titudc along wltli his varied work skills make him a valuable ptset to the company," mill records state. (Photo provided to the Sentinel) Homer Man Campaigns For Vice President Job Dally Sitka Sentinel, Sitka, Alaska, Tuesday, February 23,1988, Page 3 Services Set for Qeorge Eliason Services Richard Eliason, 83, will be held 1 p.m.

Wedra- day at the Assembly cf God Church, with the Rev. 1 Weldon McMath reception wi' be held afterward at trie' home of Richard Eliason, 1513 Halibut Point Road. A visitation held 6-8 p.m. tonight at Prewilt Funeral Home. Eliascn, a long-time Silka rcsioer-V Saturday at Sitka Community Hospital.

Pallbearers will be George R. Eliason II, Richard I. Eliason Stanley 'Dean Eliason, Steve Jehley, Charlie Brown and Wayne Westover. Honorary pallbearers will be George Eliasqn's sole surviving brother, Clarence Eliason of Gig Harbor, and his many friends, too numerous to mention. Woman Enters Plea in Juneau Airport Mishap JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) A woman pleaded innocent Monday to three felony charges and driving while intoxicated after she allegedly drove a stolen truck into a parked Alaska Airlines jet, causing at least $20,000 damage.

3The plane was repaired and arrived back in Seattle by mid-afternoon Monday, about 11 hours after the early morning incident at the Juneau municipal airport. No one was aboard the aircraft when the accident occurred, and the woman in the truck was not injured. got the size of a pie plate in the right outboard trailing flap," said Lou Cancelmi, Alaska Airlines spokesman. It is the flap closest to the end of the wing. The damage caused cancellation of the airline's 7:40 a.m.

flight from Juneau to Anchorage. Passengers were offered seats on later flights. Mechanics arrived with a replacement flap on a scheduled midmorning Alaska Airlines flight from Seattle and the aircraft was repaired within a few hours, Cancelmi said. A new flap costs about $17,000, with labor estimated at $3,000, Cancelmi said. The woman, Cindy Reddekopp, 26, was charged with driving while intoxicated and three felony counts of criminal mischief.

She pleaded innocent in Juneau Superior Court and was released into the custody of her parents. The judge ordered her to stay away from the airport and to avoid places where alcoholic beverages are served. She will be allowed to go to work, but must return to her parents' home each evening. Reddekopp's next court date was set for March 11. Police were called to the airport at 4:25 a.m.

Monday by a Federal Aviation Administration employee who reported a female in a pickup trqck driving around the into things," said Juneau Police Chief Mike Gelston. The truck was a city- borough airport maintenance vehicle fitted with a snow sweeper on a rear trailer hitch. It appears the airport truck may have been the second vehicle stolen by Reddekopp, Gelston said. A vehicle stolen from a private residence was found near the airport, he said, "high-centered on snow." Police found tracks of a barefoot person leading from the abandoned vehicle to the airport property. The suspect was barefoot when she was arrested, he said.

"The gate she came through was closed with a padlock and chain," said Airport Manager Paul Bowers. "Ap- there was enough slack in the. JUNEAU (AP) Andre Marrou, the Homer Libertarian who left Alaska and his House seat 14 months ago, returned to Juneau on Monday as the party's vice presidential Marrou is making an eight-day swing through Alaska with Russell Means, a relatively new Libertarian best known for his 71-day standoff with federal marshals 14 years ago on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. "As far as Russell's name on fundraising letters it works," Marrou said, explaining why he named the Indian activist his honorary campaign chairman. Marrou was selected in September as the running mate to Libertarian presidential candidate Ron Paul, a Houston-area obstetrician.

Means joined the party at the same time. Marrou, who was known for railing at length against big government during his one term in the Alaska House, said he does the same as a national candidate. Losing his state House seat in 1986 to Democratic Hep. C.E. Swackhammer meant a loss of the legislative fellowship he enjoyed, Marrou said.

"On the other hand, that may be a blessing in disguise because I can go all over the country, not just Alaska, and talk about the Libertarian Party," he said. He- opposes stationing American should not have any say on the disposition of private property, Marrou said. Though he believes the Libertarian party is hamstrung by a "media bias" that it can't compete with the Democratic and Republican parties, Marrou concedes it's unlikely he'll be the next vice president. But he said his campaign is worthwhile nonetheless if it increases public knowledge of Libertarianism and boosts more party members into local and state offices. Pioneers Plan Festive Event Pioneers Home residents are plan- ANB-ANS Hold Joint Meeting The Alaska Native Brotherhood and Alaska Native Siterhood meeting of Feb.

15 was called to order by President Frank O. Williams Jr. Opening prayer was led by Isabella Brady. Election committee members include Virgina Phillips, chairman, and James Roberts and Bertha Karras. Election of council and delegate will be March 17.

Ed Thomas, president of Tlingit-Haida Central Council, will be the featured speaker at the local general assembly. THCC general assembly will be held in Juneau April 21-23. A seminar on Southest Alaska villages, 14(c)3 provisions of ANSCA, cosponsored by Alaska Native Fund and THCC, was announced. The ways and means committee submitted a report which was adopted by the membership. ANB will sponsor ANB-ANS members to attend the Conference on Community March 3-5.

ANS reported $303 was raised at a recent ANS food sale. A joint meeting of ANB-ANS, T-H, ning a festive event to brighten up SCA and Shee Atika was held to February's dark winter days, manager discuss future Alaska Native cultural says. "A day for Wine activities. and Roses'' dinner, scheduled Feb. 27, will take place thanks to a special donation by Alascom.

"Last spring, a representative from Alascom asked if the company could do something for us," Sheridan said. "Our residents council thought a fancy dinner sounded great, then chose the date and theme." Alascom, the state's long distance communications carrier, is underwriting the entree, decorations and entertainment for the occasion. "Alaska's pioneers are one of our He opposes stationing American premier'resources -We wanted to say a completed red cedar panel, carvei chain ttat; 5 soldie rsoverse a wantsto aiathe- tlmnk you' for building Alaskitand-iWilliany Burkhart in honor of thrnnah TT-IO i tn-a oriinHfafhw 7.0 Help Celebrate the Bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution Meet Dr. William B.

Allen, Professor of Government, Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, California and a Presidential appointee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. February 25, 7:00 p.m. Sheldon Jackson Allen Auditorium Humanities. The ignition key was in the maintenance truck, which was parked near the gate where the woman entered the airport property.

Bowers said the top of the sweeper hit the wing flap of the 727 as the woman drove under the wing. In addition to hitting the Alaska jet, the woman apparently drove into a commuter airline's Piper Cherokee, Bowers said. She caused minimal wing damage to the single-engine propeller aircraft, he said. She also ran into the airport manager's vehicle, which was parked near the terminal, pushing it into the base of the FAA tower, Bowers said. The car dented the metal siding at the tower.

Police estimated damage to the manager's car at $1,500, with $5,000 damage to the pickup truck and sweeper attachment. Conference Set Parents of young children are invited to the upcoming conference of the Southeast Alaska chapter of the National Association for the Education of Young Children slated for March 1112 in Sitka. Theme of the conference is "Cherish Every Child." NAEYC is a professional association for teachers, child care workers and early childhood development specialists, but the association invites parents to the conference, particularly parents of young children who need special help. The two-and-a-half day conference will feature talks by prominent national authorities, plus workshops conducted by practicing professionals from around Alaska. Also scheduled are tours of local facilities, a reception, a luncheon and a banquet with Native dancing.

Featured speakers will include: IRS, eliminate the federal income and slash other taxes; make all government employees liable for their actions; and take away the government's ability to control such individual actions as use of drugs and alcohol. Applying his philosophy to Alaska would mean opposing the bill recently passed by the Senate to make marijuana illegal again, and halting subsidies of hospital drug-treatment. Drug abuse is an individual choice, and as such should be neither subsidized nor forbidden by the government, he said. If Libertarians held federal power, they would allow Alaska oil to be sold anywhere, he said. Federal law now bans its export except for limited amounts sold to Canada.

Government for helping make this a good place to live," explained Tom Jenson, Alas- corn's public relations director. The 89 residents of the guests, the mayor of Sitka, and local legislators invited to the party. Alascom has donated door prizes also. As the theme suggests, the decora- Photo Workshop Announced The 1988 Sitka Photography workshop has been set for June 6-10. Landscape photography is to be the main topic of this year's workshop, with an emphasis on the use of color transparency materials.

Fieldtrips will be arranged to photograph in the Tongass National Forest surrounding Sitka. Tim Frazier, an accomplished photographer who also teaches photography in several workshops and university settings, will be the instructor. Islands College will sponsor the workshop arid L.J. Evans is the coordinator. The workshop will address the creation of traditional as well as contemporary landscape images.

Hands-on field work and one-on-one instruction in the techniques of landscape photography will be alternated with lectures on its historical development. Special attention will be given to meter and exposure problems inherent with use of color slide materials. In-house processing of film will permit daily bias curriculum for young children; cri ues student's efforts. All came-Dr. David Lillie, professor of Early Childhood Special Education at the University of North Carolina, who will talk on educational and psychological strategies for working families; -Dr.

Lilian Kate, professor of Early Childhood Education at the University of Illinois, speaking on curriculum development; -James Greenman, director of child care services, Minneapolis, who will talk about children's settings. More than 30 workshops are scheduled, covering such topics as using sign language to develop language, creative dramatics, cultural awareness, survival training, going to fish camp and much more. Those needing more information may contact Terry Johnson, conference coordinator, Box 6057, Sitka real and artificial flowers on the tables and in the dining and lounge areas. Entertainment will be by "Sassy," comprised of Taska Barlow, MaryAnn Hoffman, Cindy Gebhert and Doris Crooks. 'The music will be the familiar spiigr.

of yesteryears. CardofThanks A special 'thank you' to all of our friends and family during my recent illness. Thank you for your prayers, flowers, money and all your help. We couldn't make it without you. Love and prayers, Pearl and ClarenceDick Jr.

and family ANB will write a letter of appreciation to Georgiria Kacyon for her effort in working with the Spirit of the Rainbow project held recently in Sitka. Pat Paul reported on parole board activities and a bill in the state legislature to garnish permanent fund dividends. Use of the ANB Hall was approved for Cultural Center visiting artist Ernestine Hanlon, who will demonstrate spruce root weaving March 19 and 26. The hall will also be used to display a completed red cedar panel, carved by art in honor of his Use of (he hall by parents involved in the SNEP program was approved for March 27. President Williams will arrange to meet with the bingo-welfare committee; ANB will review the 1988 calendar for approval by the March 7 meeting; and ANB councilmen were instructed to meet and organize before the next regular meeting.

ANB treasurer Ellen Hays made a verbal report and will subnut a written report at the organization's next meeting. Committees include: ways and means, sport, health, fisheries-subsistence, picnic, teachers reception, health workers reception, Memorial Day, scholarship-education, rituals, Christmas, human resources, fund raising (general), convention, and land acquisition and legislative (federal and state). Members may sign up for these committees at ANB-ANS meetings, where a sign-up sheet will be posted in the ANB Hall, or check with the ANB- ANS presidents. 99835 or call 747-5578. ra formats are welcome.

Frazier's images are in numerous private collections in the U.S. and Europe and are part of the permanent collections of the Art Institute of Chicago and the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Frazier has been a staff member at the Zone VI workshops in Vermont for 10 years, received a master's of fine arts degree under Jerry Uelsmann at the University of Florida and is presently head of the photography program at Idaho State University. Students will be housed in Sheldon Jackson College dorms. The fee for the full five-day workshop, including room and board, double occupancy, is $450.

The workshop fee without room and board will be $300. Registration deadline is April 1. For further information write: L.J. Evans, Sitka Photography Workshops, Box 6124, Silka or call 747-5689. Join Jay Hammond this week as he visits Lenora Weaver, proprietress of Anchorage's legendary White Spot Cafe.

Meet Richard Proenneke, the 70-year-old author of "One Man's And see how the world's exotic fruits are brought to Anchorage by the "Apple Anna Oobbs. "Jay Hammond's Alaska" Sunday, February 28; 7 PM KTNL Channel 13 Brought to you by Alascom. ALASGQM TtMoneyoucilcn.