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man lias boon arrested.THE METLAKA UTLjAN.To the Eiutor:--You kindly published (August 12th) a letter from me, •M.S.H./' which contained the following:“An exeurionist, a short, time ago wont to Alaska, and after sneaking of the wonders she had seen there, said substantia 1} as follows:.Metlakahtla where we landed looked tor-lorn. An Indian was asked what it mount, and he said: ‘Wcure going to remove to a new set-t lenient in Alaska. \Vc intend r* movinir the doors and windows, and having ml.cn all wo want intend setting lire to the place so that W0 may never conn* l»aek and that no one else shall occupy them. A poor woman was crying, and she said she was crying because she and her friends had to leave their land, the home of t heinselves, t heir children and t in .r ancestors. She was asked wh\ she was compelled to go, and she replied. 'Lieu use t/n {jovcrnnunt fiavt hiktn our luml uwaufrom us and sold it for ' and so we have to go—wo have no land left to live on.' She was asked how she know this, and the reply was, ‘all my friends say so.'Now, Mr. Kditor, who has been Inculcating these and other lies of a similar nature into the minds of the Motlakahtlnns\ These barefaced falsehoods mislead the Indians and going ahroad mislead ot hor people. By moans such as those the Metlaknullnns are seduced intoAlaska.Someb*dy signing himself “J.B.N.* in your issue of August 24th, says :II■'.I. S. H.' has rather mixed things up. It. wan not an Indian woman who cried at tin? thought of leaving .Metlakahtla, but a kind-hearted American lady when she saw those poor people about to depart from the land of their forefathers.Learning that my informant had not yet, left the province, I called on her yesterday and showed the letter of “J. B. N.” After reading it the lady said: “Why, 1 had the conversation, you so correctly reported, with the Indians myself. They spoke English. As to the ‘kind-hearted American lady who cried,’ 1 really did not even see her. The Indians di«l not in any way refer to the Songhees village, hut distinctly to their own village, .Metlakahtla. The Indian was in a boat tilled with household goods, and lie was much concerned at going; the Indian woman was ashore waiting until he was ready to start.” Probably these two misled Indians are only a sample of many others. 1 hope your correspondent will he satisfied that “.J.S. II.” has not, “mixed things up,” but sim ly related a fact. “ .1. B.N.” subsequent y writes :The .MetlukahtIans are going! Lot them go in peace! and if ‘J. S. H,' cannot help themW i f 11 II Lit H I VV i i ?*I I I 11 * i • II if t I oti e f li.tlil bio nan mt
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Victoria Daily British Colonist
Victoria, British Columbia, CA
Sun, Aug 28, 1887
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