| Show ALASKA INDANS ALARMED They Tear a Bill In the House to Rob Them of Their Reservation Iomnt literary ot 10 ill lelakhUa Itidlessal Cm to Their I on a Srlh 1rOo llld New York Feb 6The Metlakahtla Indians In Alaska have recently been made considerably excited as well as apprehensive by a bill offered in the House of Representatives by Jlr Dovener of West Virginia and referred to the commlllee on Indian affairs I Is a bill to segregate and to return to unreserved public domain mineral lands Included In the MHlikahtla reservation res-ervation which consuls of oil Island about forty miles long by thrty seven miles wide lying In Alexander archipelago archi-pelago Southeastern Alaska gays the Washington correspondent cf the Tribune The recent history of these Indians Is I Interesting and somewhat romPVie In 1M7 William Dune an well ot by tho church inUilxary sunny of Lot don England as a Ity I Missionary to the TalmpMieian trbo of PiltlPh Oel umbla Klnie thai tVa duns riuc through his tlYjri oemg rau < l uem n 1 state of nuvaer t clvl union Trouble having arisen 18SObetween Mr Duncaia nljnv i < till eelmal government of IliHUli Columbia mainly main-ly I In regard to the ownership In the winter of 188087 they sent their leader to Washington He conferred while here with the President the secretary of the Interior and oilier olllcers of the government and relv much encouragement encour-agement that In tile spring of 18ST the Indians concluded to leave British Columbia and move In a boy to the contiguous territory of Alaska In order to come under the more liberal laws of the United Stales In the Interviews Inter-views with the President and the secretary sec-retary of the interior no positive prom Imes I we mae but Mr Duncan WM given to understand thai If his people lemoved to the United I Stales Congress I would take action securing tl them suitable lands for a home Tbl was subsequently done In section 16 of the act of Congress entitled An act to repeal timber culture laws for other purposes approved March 3 ISJlj Which reads as follows Till I 1 otherwise provided by law it r body of land known as Annette Island Is I herebY set apart no a reservation for tile use 01 he MetaknhUa Indiana to be held by them In common under such rules n1 regulations and I ubJct 10 such restrictions as may be prescribed from time to time by tho secretary of Interior the 111rtor |
