Weekly Chemawa American., October 29, 1909, Page 4, Image 4

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. ALASKA INDIANS'.
Portland, Or., Oct. 25. -(To the Editor .
of the telegram.) 1 noticed an article a
fewdays ago which purported to set forth
the ideas of one Mr. Fell regarding the
position of the missionaries of Alaska
with reference to the natives of Alaska.
If all the ideas of Mr. Fell are based
on such ignorance of his subject as in
this case, he should commence as a child
again and see if he cannot get straight
with the world. He cites Circle City
as an example of what the missionaries
have failed to do. 'The natives had the
Gospel taught to them long before Mr.
Fell was born, it is more than likely.
In those times the natives did not need
help to make a living. The same would
be rue today but for the advent of dis
reputable white men who brought whis- ,
key and disease. This man in his ignor
ance complains and rails at the mis
sionary for trying to save the remnant
of manhood left by the worthless rene
gades of white men who have exploited
the natives to the extent of his wealth,
health and ambition.
Mr. Fell displays his ignorance of the
subject in every sentence, and one of. the
least is in calling the natives of Circle
City, Eskimos. He does not know that
Eskimos are never found living more
than 100 miles from salt water. The
natives of Circle City are Indians
pure and simple, and belong to the
Athaposean iamiJy of Indians, which in
cludes most of the tribes of Northwest
North America, even as far south as
to include the Apaches. The natives of
Alaska from Daws.on to Anvick as a
people are the wisest, kindest and most
lovable and confiding of all the natives
of North America. They try to live
like white people, antjpuntil. the coming
of evil white men wereadvancing, in all
ways of truth and goodness under the
teaching of God-fearing missionaries.
A. A. SELDEN, 145 Front Street.
Last week we published an article on
Alaska missions, taken from an inter
view of a Mr. Fell, of Portland, Oregon,
and we wrote a squib stating that any
one who understood conditions would
give the article only the credence it de
served, but unfortunately our "printer's
devil" was too tired to set it up and it
was left hanging on the hook. We wish to
say that the above article expresses our
views and is evidently written by one,
Who knows and not influenced by com
mercial or sordid interests. Editor.
We have been having foggy mornings
and beautiful afternoons and evenings
during the week.
We see by the Seattle papers that, two
boys, students of the Puyallup Indian
school, were killed last Sunday while
jumping from a freight train near the
school. They were Nelson Sampson,
age 18, the son of John Sampson, a Queets
Indian of Clearwater, and Daniel Sailto,
aged 17, the son of Benjamin H. Sailto,
a Quileute Indian of La Push. A third
boy Alex Hobucket, a Quileute, was hit
by the pilot of theenigne, but he escaped
with a few bruises.