Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 July 1896 — First Horses in Alaska. [ARTICLE]

First Horses in Alaska.

Dr. Walker, a prospector in'Alaska, took some horses up with him. At the first Indian village -he sight of the horses drove all. the dogs fowling Into the woods. The children dropped their rude playthings and fled crying into the huts. The men and women stood their; ground, although In wonder. After much inducement they were finally prevailed upon to approach the horses, and their wonder anew no bounds. After a girl gets man-led she queers the unmarried girls by looking tough when she comes dotyn tdwn.