Thomas Henry Carter, The Laws of Alaska : Embracing the Penal Code, the Code of Criminal Procedure, the Political Code, the Code of Civil Procedure, and the Civil Code, with the Treaty of Cession, and All Acts and Parts of Acts Relating to the District : Annotated with References to Decisions by the Courts of the United States and the Supreme Court of Oregon Page 5, Image 44 (1900) available at The Making of Modern Law: Primary Sources.
Offenses Against the Person, § 21. Assault, being armed with a cowhide. That whoever shall assault, or assault and beat another with a cowhide, whip, stick, or like thing, having at the time in his possession a pistol, dirk, or other deadly weapon, with intent to intimidate and prevent such other from resisting or defending himself, shall be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary not more than ten years nor less than one year.