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Show Tn 1 1 liiillnns or Aliiskn. BJ Officers recently lent to exploro and BJ inrvey tbe lest known parti ol Alnika, ,BJ with a view to getting hold ol more BJ definite facte regarding Undo fcam's U Artie provinces, havo brought back to BJ Washington much novel and entertain- M Ing inlormatlon (or tho War Depart- Bl ment. The coatt Indians all bear a BJ close retemblance to tho Japancte, be- BJ Ing imall ol itatue nnd prominent ol BJ cheek bone. Moit ol them understand M the Rusilan language, which li the BJ torgue mainly uied. On the other BJ hand, the savages ol the Interior do not BJ understand either Russian or English, J so that It li very hard to communicate BJ with them. Tbe tribes uie smoke H ilgnali to communicate with each o'her. J The coait 1-dlani are deformed, M : nioiroi tbt SSbLmm ( phyilcally. In the 'laWTTeglon, whltli rM Is drained bv tha wtitern trlbutarlei of aV the Copper river, dwells a Iribeof giants fl who call themselvei the Matanutkat. fl They are tbe wildest, bravest and least B known o( Ihe Alaskan natlres. Several ol them were observed who were not B. lets than lour inchei over ilx feet. Tbey H I alnt their facet and bodler, n ear brace- H 1st! and Onger rings, and the worsen art H quite beautiful, while tho men have a B proud, fierce look The latter are very H Jealoui ol their squaws, regard white H men with suspicion, and reient tbtlr H pretence. One old medicine man In H thli tribe was noticed, while slaik fl naked, catching mosquitoes and eating them. H The chief ol this tribe of giants Is I known as tha "Tyone," and no marriagt li valid without hli content. He comet H In for a iliare of the game and fish that I everybody catches. Among these peo- I plea woman that outllvet her husband li unfortunate, as bit pottetiloni ate divided up at a big (eait called a "pot-lash." "pot-lash." She ii poverty itrlcken, and II ihe does not marry again becomes a : slave other relatives, the eldest boy , becomes the head ol the (amlly and his brothers and listen aro his slaves until tbey are old enough to marry, Waili-lngton Waili-lngton Pott. |