Show Braves Smallpox For Savages A tale of ot thrilling heroism In 1 th the f fat far r north hundreds of miles north of at the arctic circle was brought rou ht to Seattle b bWilliam by William D. D of ot X Nashville sh Tenn of the Alaska boundary survey surey Mr described the ra ravages ages o of 01 1 smallpox upon the village of ot Indians Indiana at nt Rampart House and how bow all fled and kept n way away from the hundred o or more disease ridden natives es except Thomas Riggs Jr of Washington chief chiet of ot the American party In the th e Alaska boundary survey suney Co Courting death daily for tor a considerable considerable consider able period Mr Riggs although be he hewa wa wag without authority the settlement being on Canadian soil soll went among the natives and personally for forced ed the Indians not ill UI with the disease Into the water while he administered an anold anold I. I old fashioned scrubbing to each After Aft er a thorough cleansing he vaccinated all the well members of the tribe and sorting out the afflicted and those with symptoms of or smallpox he quarantined them on an island isolated from the rest of ot the tribe I |