Weekly Chemawa American., January 08, 1909, Image 1

VOL 11
A Fourth of July
At an Indian Reservation.
(By a Pupil.)
The Fourth of July is over and the
people had a good time. Most of the
Neah Bay people came down to attend
the fnn and some of them made a little
money. There was a second class foot
race, which one of them Gtis Bowochop,
won. And there were many other kinds
of races the sack race was the funniest
of all. Some of the runners fell down
and couldn't get up again.
The Neah Bay people won the whal
ing canoe race also,. but the canoe didn't
belong to them.. i The Quileute people
let them use the best canoe, for they
didn't bring -a race -canoe with them.
It was Yakalado's cauoe.
The swimming race was a good one
also, but it was quite a distance from
the shore and did not give much of a
good time. The . capsized-canue race
was funny, too. When the .canon was
tired they hnd to capsize the canoes and
then hale them out, jump in, and pad
dle fnr the goal. - There was one (ance
that did not get a place became, the
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men did' not bale the water out or get in
tne canoe tney were excuea. nere
was another canoe rac which caused
laughter and, grea t fun, it: was . the white '
man's Tace. : :? . r-: --. '
The horse race was the first r.ace:, to Ijo
given. It occurred in the morning and
took place on the, .beaqh. After, that
came the Indian game called "Shinny.'1
There were two men on a side, the Quil
ents against the Makabsand was decid
ed in favor of the former.
At noon the Neah Bay people were
all invited to dinner at Stanley Gray's,
and the white people were all' invited to
Joe Pullen's. ' After dinner ' the fun
was started again. The running broad
jump was held. It was open to all and
was won by a Quileute sprinter. The
pole vault was also won by a Quileute
athlete. The record for the pole vault;
was nine It-tit; Next was the shot put-,
tin? and the wrestling match. .
They bad no ba-eball game;; the
Neah' Bay team did not vvant to play,
but 1 don t know why. Probably they
were afraid to play agaiust the Quile
ute tea tii.
The grand ball was ...commenced at
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JANUARY 3, 1909,