Show War ia Alaska I San Francisco 12 Victor dispatch The United States rerenne ter Corwin which has armed from the north brings the particulars of the fight with the Indians In-dians and the destruction of a village The Tillage destroyed was located at i Hochinoo on the Alaska coast The The tribe had seized and held two white men and tha steam launch which had been sent out with a tug to the whale launch provided with bombs An explosion ex-plosion occurred and the Indian chief who was assisting on board tho launch was killed The tribo surrounded and captured the launch with t vo white men and nearly succeded in getting possession I of the tug Tho latter however got away and steamed to Sitka The Gorwm I with Captain Merrim n and sixty sailors and marines were dispatched to Hochi noo Uaptain Merriman demanded thesurrendor of the launch and the prisoners which the Indians refused to do Next morning a galling CUD was played on an Indian canoe on the beach The force was afterwards after-wards landed and destroyed all the canoes The Indians fled to the woods The village was shelled and the huts that remained standing after the shelling were looted and burnt Several warriors war-riors who ventured out of shelter of the wood were killed The severe lesson was required as the tribe had been guilty of many acts of cruelty toward the whites Rearing while at Alaska that the Indians had taken possession of one of tbo American Ame-rican furtrading company stations and held all the employees prisoners Commander Com-mander Healy went to their relief and as the Indians were wery hostile shelled the village and released all the men held as prisoners The village was totally destroyed and two chiefs were made prisoners I I |