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VOL. 8 No. 7. p-ftSSESS? Portland, Oregon, July, 1882.
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SPECIMEN NUMBER.
Mr. Duncan has done such good work for the I tome of then) seventy 'feet long and capable of
natives. ' Here Is a town of well constructed I carrying one hundred persons Vj. They are made
buildings, and a church which is as fine a build-1 out of a single log of cedar, dug out, with tude Id
ing as is to be seen on the Northwest coast, and I struments made by the Indians from stoat or mus
was built entirely by the Indians under the dl-lse! shells or iron hoops shaped la the form of
rection of Mr. Duncan, who first commenced a I adzes. In these canoes the fearless native. will
mission at Port Simpson, British Columbia, but I make voyages of a thousand miles, traversing the
afterwardsremoved to Matlahkatlah near the mouth Idisiance irom northern Alaska lo Puget Sound.
of the Skeena river. Mr. Duncan has been liv We now find the various queer devices carved la
ine with the Tsimpsean Indians since' l8. and I wood and stone which so stronuly resembler the
done a great deal towards civilizing and Chris. I terra cotta work of the Attecs and ancient Meal
tianizing that tribe. His mission is connected I cans and Peruvians. , These carvings all have a
with the fcpiscopal church ot London, England. I meaning ana signiucance. iney are not Idols pr
I rwt . . ... .1 I .1.1.-1. ..f i...!.!.. . - I. 1 ' .
.n.. .n lnhhitm . hrtiw me mission at rort aimpson is in cnarge 01 ine i "-" ."'H. " b irrongiy ascnoea
described, it becomes an object of attraction t0 Methodist; church at Ontario Canada, who have o them by careless writers, but represent, ejthw
summer tourists, and crowds of visitors flock to ",u " ."T' T'. .. . . . 'l
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A TRIP TO ALASKA.
As Alaska becomes more known and its won
I its interesting shores.
which, "standing on the summit of a hill lit the
1 We took a trip in the mail steamer, leaving of he f ld ,rdln PJt f lhe "udwn' BV
Portland in the month of June, the best time to
visit Alaska on account of the long days. Pass
ing down the noble Columbia past Astoria, Chi
nook, and other places of historical interest, we
follow along the coast past the entrances to Shoal
Water Bay and Gray's harbor, and sighting Point
Grenville, Destruction Island, Quilleute and Flat'
- tery rocks, we come to Cape Flattery light; and
after steaming on for seven miles arrived at Neah
Indian Agency for the Makah Indians and fori
the past four years, has been in charge of Capt.
Charles Willoughby, who, however, has been re
moved and Ids place supplied by CoL Wood, In
dian Agent at Quenaiult reservation, the Makah
worn by the doctors when engaged ( In their sham
anlstic rites!' One of the most common is the pe
culiar rattle of which we give an Illustration. This
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rattie is usea oy an tne northern trjbes and seem
I to have a general explanation. , We obtained from
a very Intelligent Halda chief the following le.
'gend! v":" ' " ' "" (
The rattle represents the raven, the tall being
the handle) on the belly Is carved the sparrow
Company, is a prominent object when approach
ing the harbor. '
' The good which the missionaries have done is
shown by the natives having not only built a
beautiful church, but have removed their old wig'
warns and erected neat cottages In civilised style,
making a neat and pretty town,
Formerly, their houses were decorated with huge I hawk) on the back is an Indian with, a frog and
columns carved with images of beasts, birds and I generally a blrd'i head. The Indian Is a mytho-
C.h ronrwvnlins ths toUmt nr heraldic detlims I topical nerannaffe called hv the llaldu. " ViHi.
v. 1. .... j:...v. -f t.Mii,t I 1 r I 1 '
.r w.rcre wB uu.. h-7 of the re,idents, hut these have been removed and hetef be was a demon who lived in the
lor me rraaer ana iook aooui .or omccu o. ot. . d . . whefe lh,f of work m uln, tnd WM once trMellng w y, cano. when he
hi. Nrnh hav Is the heidau&rters of the 17. S. r. ! . . . . . ...
- 1 I l. .... . nn i M. Karlnll I I nti nil i mmm itnMma Anil nMr H nmttAM 1 1. m..w
in the Prince of Wales archipelago. I I ashore and ran Into the , woods for shelter and
After leaving Fort Simpson, we pass by the en. I would occasionally descend to the villages aad ileal
trance to Portland Inlet into which the Nass river I children which be took Into (he woods and ale.
flows, as one of the many tributaries to this vast I The frog Is supposed to possess a subtle poison
bodv of water. Here Is the great fishery fot the I in Its head, and when the Medicisa men with to
and Quenaiult reservation having been unuea into ettlaenon ot torch fob, which Is so full of grease I work bad spells they eat a frog's head,
; that when dried It win aura as reaany as a eanoie. i n. ..i.i.. .l.
The Makah tribe numbering nearly 1,000 per- nil peaie f the consistency and color of soft from tht fl0g.( ica-ka-beta
lard, and is usea as an .rune u. UKt v, u. .fw.rf, tulBed m,0 , UrMi ,, jv,.
The eulachon Is a small dsn reKmuiing tne
sons derive their living almost exclusively from
the ocean. Formerly they took a large number
of whales, but Utterly they have given their atten
tion to the procuring of fur seals which abound
in the vicinity of Cape Flattery from February
till June of each year; then they fish for halibut
which constitute the principal article of food, and
. Inn of it are dried for winter use. Neah bay Is
the only harbor of refuge at the entrance of Fuca
Strait; and its Importance is becoming known to
the wants of commerce.
From Neah bay we proceed to Port Townsend,
. the port of entry for Puget Sound. Here, after
taking on board the U. S. mail, passengers and
freight for Alaska, we leaveor Victoria, Where
more passengers and freight are taken, and after
a Brief delay we proceed to Nanaimo where a
suddIv of coal for the voyage is received, and
then we are fairly started on our journey.
We pass up the Strait of Georgia, through Sey
mour Narrows where there U a terrific tide rip,
makiru? it a verv daneerous place for vessels. We
then pass through Johnston and Broughton straits
and IntoOueen Charlotte's Sound, which we cross
the Wonderful labyrinth of channels
and magnificent scenery which continue all th
. war to Sitka.
lives
smelt, and is cured by the Hudson's Bay Com
pany at Port Simpson, either with salt or by
ilrnple drying and smoking like herring, in which
Hate they are exported in large quantities from
Victoria to London and are much prised as an ar
ticle of food. ..... !
We next pass by 'old Fort Tongass, built by (he
U. S. Government at the time of our occupation
of Alaska, but soon abandoned as a worthless and
useless structure. From Tongass, we pass through
the RevillaGigedo channel, np the Duka of Clar.
ence strait and turning to lhe right through Stack
inski strait, we reach Fort Wrangle on Wrangle Is
land near the mouth of the Stlckeen river . Here
it the ereat commerca transacted for the mining
reeion of Carriboo and other rich localities in
. . ni.:.L
British Columbia, the oounairj line 01 nin
Columbia coming very near that point,
Here reside the Stlckeen tribe of Indians who
closely resemble the Haidas of Queen Charlotte's
v . . tf ill V-
Island in many or their customs. , neie wm w
. t:.. ,J mai4 whU-k U known
seen tne pecium
, Puwt Sound as the Halda or aorthero canoe,
. . m a ! ft. .
and which difler from the uunooa canoe in bv
Unrer head and sterol our Ulustra-
1 tjona wiU v a good Uea of totm nos.
peculiar form of rattle is used In all the northera
tribes, and the explanation given varies with the
different localities, but has a general significance.
The spoon, of which we present aa Illustration,
It also a very common household Implement. It
made from the horn of the moualaia goat
"AtfMirut itfWaise "which U found la the
mounUlnouf regions of Alaska aad British Colusa
bia. Some of these spoons are elaborately carved
and bring high prices from tourists to Victoria, and
Iba same remark will apply to the silver bracelets.
finger rings and ear ornament made by the north
em tribe. . Eves their food dlshei art carved to
resemble a totem or family coat of arms, aad tome
of this work is beautifully executed,: '"" '
Some of the combs they asa are nude of wood,
very fanciful, but not adapted cither' to reasova
dirt or vermin they seem to be simply scratch
but of late year the native-made combs have
been superseded by more civilised work, and k la
only the old person la remote village who coa
tints to as the native maoufactare. '' '
The halibut book Used by the northera tribes U a
very clumsy louklag Iii not aear as alt work
a the hooka auul by the Makah IndonofCapa
Flatten! but ther an v effective, and Isamrnaj
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