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TIIE SUNDAY OREGOXIAV rOlTTLAIVD, FEBItUAItY' 13, 191G. FRANK G. CARPENTER TELLS ABOUT'METLAKAIiTLANS AND WORK OF FATHER DUNCAN. ,,tp?. pii iHBi rr V A' mMiM&aiMtk er VI fir i ill . . . 4 m v a arw""" til i i .-a.'--iiv -m" -v .: v-- r - aw. u ' v mrt i-i.n J t f ilillif 5 3KS3r 5?rl'J ill 1 1 b- sTAf . ?. : try . . " "S - "". A.n.n:ttk ffnm ! ,BB't Nlr TTS l-lM. AlxhJk. I hair 'tt. I.Unl Id Mtll Ih InJ in c rjr krouchl trr frum firlti.ft I'oiumbi bf ' I'udcao. no fno4g J jir l'vryon h hr.l cf t'ath'f Iunro cn r. w.rk rl-h iri Iciam. II l now It . cf f nl ftilt urorr b4 (all of lir. II I mnl;mt crlL rtth tniln Kiv him rxhc l II" I t i. Mr. ljttiO t"Xa tf a ronnr.MirrtAt Irvvlrr line Uii'l. nl i :t h on hl T loararj uUty of !-'!) )i4f ll wa nAt'iriftt'y rvtifou. anl d-- Id - 1 la i up hit nj -om a (ntionry. It l to ct'cso tct:nc to b srnl out to Indt-a. but lot' h' orl"-J lo Co to tti wtrn mt of lrtuFi t'olumbu lo Word lf" t-i"i uf IaUiAi. kooa J l" Tim;'n. Tho TiriTr-ln IndiAR wr tha noof th mo t b4rbfoLi of inr on Ih .Nortft ,m-riraa rontmrnt. ThT Ctvvn ovr to rannibtisn. Ttr wr hootrr ni tthor anj rtothS thm '! in t" of br in I o!v. Tbr Ka4 lril dnr. ounce h!n thcr or skuit of b-ara on thrlr womanhoo'i tr ron1nJ far avajr In cab n. and hB brousht back ro aupoafd to hat dropt-i dun from lh mooa and to b rvadr 'or marrUc. t'o urh orraln thara waa crrat f-tinc. and tho outha of th trib- ro Initiated Into due allnl. tho r"t: of AU-ki. and bia aniitn nd ou oincinc. rr.a riJ!an brli'rd In plrl!. and llirjr cad certain I2irrlra a lo bo Iranntnlcra lia of ou'. On th hoI. thy war on a vrjr low ral of clriaxatlon. hrn l ather t'uncan arrived In Vic toria on hi way to I h l work b waa told Ibal If fc want on lo lb Indiana bo would aurrtjr b killed. The man who him th warning waa th head of th Itudton'a Ir Comptsy, ht. when Iuncan atlll lnlled. aald: "Well, m r irnod man. If you are to b n " IDilK i , 1 1 t -'ri .i'-.V .tt..-;.;.v:-v;,w.M 1 C7hurc?i. i is the Zs&i-cy cs" n y the ZfaftecZ SZaie; Is an uncultivatpd spot salmonberry and elderberry bushes and fire weed have grown to the heiffht of your waist. The whole country about is clad in. perennial green. Landing', I walked from the wharf over the longr boardwalk to the otnees of Father Duncan. lie has one build ing which is his combined study and home. It is one of the plainest of the whole settlement, and is small in conj parison with the 12-room Kuest' houso nearby, which he has put up for those who come to see him and his flock. I knocked on tho door, and a moment later Father Dunean stood before me. I had expected to meet a giant with, a figure and face that might have re called Abraham or Moses. Instead I saw a short, stocky, roughly clad little old man. Father Duncan is of less than medium height, and he weighs not more than 150 pounds. He has a large head, a bit bald at the crown, but beyond that thatched with silvery white hair. His face is as rosy as that of a baby when exposed to the winds of the Winter, and his eyes are as blue as the skies that cover his island. He has a heavy white beard, and his faco is a benediction. His eyes radiate kind liness, and I was impressed with his sincerity ami his honesty. As I looked at him I could not realize that he vaa S4 years of age. and when he s,.oke his voice was like that of a man in his prime. Our first talk was about the Indians as he fought them when he came to tab!!nhed a braa band. They had a and holft the Stara and Stripes. They achoolboun and a church with an organ, which they were able to play. They had their market house, their . . . . ,. ahopa. their carpenter, tlnnera. coopera on lo 1 e moet Interested, and w aball - . . k . , . . b to let you do aa w!b. With Ihta permlxion. Father Puncan waa allowed to bo to Korl Flmpaon. ot far from IT I nee Itupert. and ha there began work. Th story of bow be narrowly -aped beinc murdered and how be B'aduaMy worked hi war Into the confldenr of lb aavagea I next had speeches by the Hon. IL R. lawson, the United States Commis sioner or Education, ana Dy gainer undr th(, cioudv sky. About Tort Ijuncan. and later on divine aervice Cheftcr the ,anJ slopes gently down to consUilngr of son and praise In tho tne gea Here the tree3 have been cut away and a few hundred acres have been cleared and divided up into town lots for the buildings. At the left as you come Into the harbor you see Be,.. They fc4 mdi'-.n men ho shall tell later aa h (av It to m dur were rri4s and who tried to fnchten Inc my stay. Lake and which he built to supply the needs of the people. Right at the dock Is a salmon can nery which has at times been a very profitable undertaking, giving work to common under such. aI1 the People and bringing- in a great British. Columbia. The old man's eyes deal to the colony. Its capacity is nasnea as ne toia or nis ngnt wna about 1,000,000 cans of salmon per the ollicers of the Hudson Bay Com- I wisn I could show you Annette . .... . r T ,. ,.,u.- of the most beautiful , . , ... ,. T . . i. ... .. . me 2U,UUU Caaea Ur UUAi'a Uiu iwi 1110 luuiana t. i c itiiij (.aiiiiiwain ping- the fish. At times as many as when he found them, and whether he 10,000 salmon have been handled in a had actually seen them eating each single day, and altogether a great other. He replied that he had seen a many million cans have been shipped woman killed, and had seen the sav- to the markets. ages eating a boy who had died on the One of the striking buildings of the beach. That was almost 60 years ago. new Uetlakahtla is the library and He tells me that many of the tribes Jail. This is painted in the colors of along the coast of British Columbia the American Hag. at that time were cannibrtls, and that The first story is bright red; it is the there were other cannibals north and Jail. The second story is snow white; south of the Tsimpseans among whom It Is the library. The cupola on the he worked. Some of the tribes were top is bright blue. more addicted to the eating of human llesh than-others. Cannibalism was a ClOSe to the beach and running back nn.f f Ihnir r..ll"-inn nm! wa run. ; Chester, a short tance inland from it toward these public buildings nected with lhe rite3 of their medicine at an elevation of SaO feet above the h(ltn., of th MDie. Thev are several hundred in number, and they used by them in rules and regulations as might be pre scribed by the Secretary of the Interior. Island. It is one parts of Southeastern Alaska. It is IS miles Ions and 10 miles wide and is formed by a long mountain, on the backbone of which are a number of beautiful lakes. The mountain is wooded and it assumes a purple tinge IT c i.--i.e milti bideoua not". If th dmoa of disetse did not leave, th wlua detor wou.d bak away th aor ptaree on the body of th patient witr their katies. or eu--k or burn away th ai'ina; fteh. They pointed ul etiitdrea and thr a (kmwwJ of evil splrtr c.i a h-in wtuhe. and In surh - the tribe felt they must kl I hote o 'lrt.l The In.) n had alo ruriou cue tome retarding lh treatment of their niMH. Vo-iftC rirle arpro'-hin and other mechanics. Thty kept the Sabbath and led moral Uvea. What ha Tsimpscan languaice taken agra to aciompllsh with other people, these Indians, under Father The nejtt day a sawmill was unload Duncan. accomplished In le.a than St d- nd th PPl began at once to Ma i thg fnrKl. anrl ttrort th A huilfx- U.K. for their new homes. They built ""very cascade tumbling down the . . ... .v . . .v. i u . i ... slope of the mountain. It comes from . k w M ttiia iniir ilia, v nui ' i. n Riiiiri j nuu i 1.11 j cnt auuv. 'J of Knjcland ben to meddle with their structures until they had a town lnfhee llum'iin'i exnerlments. aendinir hall a Kreat rhurch. a schoolhouse. a over a blshon to ml over him and the store, a Dubllc library and the other tne 8ea Indians. Father Duncan found that his bulldlncs necessary to an Intelligent l ne most conspicuous Duiiaing in tne were all built by the Indians and with work waa being undone, and he then Christian and civilized community, town is a great white frame structure money which they have earned in con asked the T nlted Stales to allow his They put up comfortable homes with witl two towers. This is the West- nection with Father Duncan. The Indiana to aetii on our territory. That Hardens of vegetables and flowers, and. minster Abbey of Metlakahtla. It is houses are cottages of one, and two waa In 17. Th matter waa much In sort, established the most advanced Father Duncan's church, and was built stories. They have glass windows, acltated In th Tntted States. Father native community in the western part y the Indians at a cost of $12,000. It porches and' comfortable surroundings. Iuncan was supported by JC-nry Ward of the North American Continent. ' the largest church in Alaska, and Each has a lot about 80 feet front and Beevher. I'htlllps Ilrooks and others. The settlement was called the Sew will comfortably seat 500 people. 90 feet deep, and each faces upon one and through their efforts a territory Metlakahtla and since, then the Indians On the left of the church is the Gov- of the wide boardwalks that form the meat. They learned to make ropes and waa allotted to him and his Indiana on have been known as U.e Met lakah tlans. eminent school recently erected by the highways and streets of the settlement. brushes, to weat and to spin. Mr. th northwestern aide of the island. In 1S91. Annette Island was set aside Lr.ited States, and still farther away Each house has its garden, borne nave. I um An went to Kngland and brought They came in August and the first by Congress as a reservation for them is Father Duncan's guest house, his patches of potatoes, others have flow K.rii ,r,, I inarmirtrnta and ihev thine- thee did waa to erect a flaicnot and It was provided thnt It should be office, his school and the great store ers of various colors. Wherever there li la enough her to sar that he con verted eight or nin of thes tribe to th Christian religion and mad thm about th most law-abiding and elvll lied peopl of th Indian rare. They had th'tr own council and they gov erned themselves. They had their own boats and they established a canning factory and put up salmon for sMp- men. Upon my asking hiin as to the people he had seen eaten, he first cited the case of the woman referred to above. He said: N "I had heard of the cannibalism, and one day an officer of the fort ran into my house and told me the Indians were about to kill one of their women. He warned me to keep in and said that i would surely be killed if I at tempted to interfere. A moment later another man rushed in and said that the woman had already been killed. ( OoiH-luded on page. 6.) UNEXPECTED VALENTINE OF roire. !eat:nr would scarcely be valentin-a unle their ram un- peet!;y; t.lr muel b some thing Jeli .ht: Jl'.y mvterUua about te-n- irti u!rir as lo w!;o sent t r m to m theni real valentine. An-i o tt w with A c.rf.ou. reper one. bearing a bleeding heart. whH-h ar rived fur Mr H'.Iti on th moraine of ft. Valentin day. It e.-n tr aalirge. a.vjre snvetp and was .i-lrel Very pitinty to Mary I.Uea. fh opened it in one corner of tft I. in a -room, while b-r Itttt sister. Jan. wt. hl will breath! Interest. Ther was another Interested watch er, loo. Ih.i(t neither of the I. (tie girl knew It. lie w Tommy, their brother; aad Tommy waa peeking around on of tk portiere, kia ear propped wlJ open, aa lb aaylng Is to hear what h rntcM hear. Also, he was chuckling- to hlro;r la high gle. "Oh! Isn't It a beaulrr cried Mary l.tlen. "I wondr who sent It." Jan waa so Interested that she sloppd looking at on she herself bad Just received. "Ain't there any name? tr aa Initial?" h asked hopefully-. "No. Jane. 1'v looked In very cor ner and even on th envelop. " Then ah rememberod and added. "iMti I aay ain't. Jan you must re member. W?;o do yon suppose sent IIT "May be - was Arthur Thomas?" Jan Suggested. Vh. no! I already bav bia he bad his Initials in lhe rorner." -Wei", then. Willi Smith." Jdaxy LI leo seised the envelope and f. 11 . '' I i.i ill Jmlt . ' i V v s A ill1 I Iti' j 1 M$Sj' 11 TTIt.l AS IUC ULLU ll TMK frrrtl VALL.1TI.M2 JitsU ILXIs UlUt lUU IUJ5, scanned the writing closely. "No." ahe aaid presently. "It Isn't Willie's hand writing. We know how everybody In achool writes and and I don't believe this came from "Franklo Drown! Frankie Brown!" chirped Jane, dancing triumphantly up and down. "Jane! Of course not! Mary Ellen's tone plainly Indicated how absurd she considered Janc'a guess. And well she might, too, for It waa we.ll known that Franklo tlrown had no use for girls. II Just haled them! He send a valen tine T Hidlculoua! "lla bia writing! It' his writing!" Jane persisted. "11 sits In front of me at school, and I guess I see him writ a a a million times every day!" m Hut Mary Ellen refused to be con vinced. Sb knew that Frankie would aa soon throw & cent Into th street as lo spend It for a Valentin for a glrL Just then Tommy came walking Into tho room boldly, noisily and fairly aching lo be consulted about th mys tery. II had not lung to wait, cither. "Who do you suppose sent ma this Valentine. Tommr!" asked Mary Ellen. Tommy took one look, and declared promptly. "Frankie Hrown! I'd know his handwriting anywhere. Ye, sis. It waa Frankie! Then Tommy grinned. t"m-m-m. I bet the fellers'll laugh when they hear about it: But Mary F.llcn refused to become Indignant, e'ne had always disliked Frankie because he waa so rude to girl, and she didn't rare If the boya did tease him about sending her a Val entine. II 'it, somehow, ahe couldn't quite make up her mind that be had sent It. Both she and Jane tried to think ot very boy they knew who could pos sibly have sent It but always there remained the fact that It waa Frankle'a writing on th envelope. And so. as the day wore on, the mystery still re mained unsolved. The next day. during recess. Mary Kllen could stand the suspense no longer. So she watched her opportu nity. Just before the bell rang, and walked boldly up to Frankie. "Did you send me a valentine yester day. Frankie?" she asked. Frsnkle stared at her In amaxemrnt. He waa speechless; he Just stood and stared and stared. Proecnily be recov ered, hU wit. "I aliould y I Cida't Huh! Me send a valentine! To a girl! And what acorn he did put into that word "girl!" , That evening there was great excite ment In Mary Kllen home. Tommy, her small brother, came running In, crying at the top of his lungs. He was a slxht, ton. His face was dirty, his clothes soiled and stained with dirt and there was a big lump on bis forehead. Frankie Brown, he bawled, had been beating him. Yea, Frankie Jumped on him aa he was coming home from school and had gotten him down on the ground and pummelled him and and and the rest of it ended In tears. Mamma went straight over to see Frankle'a mother. And there, from Frankie himself, she learned the whole etory. Tommy. It seemed, on the day before S! Valentino's day, had asked Frankie to address the envelope to Mary Ellen. And Tommy had ex plained that he wanted to send her a "comic" Talentinn in It; one that made fun of her "pug" nose and her "taffy" hair. If he addressed It. Tommy ex plained. Mary Kllen would recognise hla writing. So so well, Frankie "Just hated girls" and he was willine. And there you were! The mystery was solved! And Tommy? Why. you may be sure that next St. Valentine's day Muster Tommy will not try to play any pranks on Mary Ellen! Our Puzzle Corner mN if o If 1- "h Uli FKACTIOV ri'ZZLE. I AM composed of ten letters and di vided into five parts. 1. One-fifth of me is found in a girl's name. 2. Another fifth can be found in the opposite to big. 3. Another fifth is in a word mean ing agreeable. 4. Another fifth Is in a sharp-pointed instrument. 6. While still another is in a fruit. AH of my parts, when Joined, will form something all children expect on February 14. ST. VAI.KXTIM3 BEHEADIXCS. L Behead an animal and get a preposition. 2. Behead custom or practice and get a wise person. 3. Behead a Jewel and get a titled person. 4. Behead existing In fancy and get a business transaction. 5. Behead to have courage and get a verb. The beheaded letters spell the name of a personage very popular on St, Valentine's, day. v Ansveera. Frsction puzzle Vslentines. 1. Eva; 2, little; 3. pleasant; 4, pin; 5, grapes. Beheadings Cupid. 1, cat-at; 2. usage-sage; 3. pearl-earl; 4. ideal deal; S, dare-are. pipe Hat?" said the Umbrella to the Cane. "He's stuck up because he's always on top," answered the Cane. "Pshaw! I don't think he's such a much," said the Umbrella. "If it wasn't for me. he'd have the starch taken out of him many a time." e "Where is the Silk Umbrella today?" asked the Mackintosh. "He's in the hospital," answered the gingham Parasol. "He was attacked by a strong north wind yesterday and three of his ribs are broken." m "I wonder what's on foot today?" asked the Overcoat, as it hung on the Peg. "I suppose I'll be on foot, as It's very wet out, and Master has a cold," answered the Rubbers. e "You all think a lot of yourselves, don't you?" sneered the Riding Whip. "If I cared ta, I could whip the whole crowd, and I will do it, too, if I hear any more boasting." At that moment the maid swept a lot of dust down and they were all quiet for fear of choking to death. Don't Watch the Clock HAVE you ever noticed while prac ticing the piano how often you look at the clock, and wonder why the hands move so slowly? It is a mistake to watch a clock if you are. ambitious and striving for success in any line. Don't be a time server! Our great Thomas Edison's advice to a young man. who asked the inventor how to succeed was "Don't watch the clock." When you are working keep your employer in your debt by doing 4 little more or a little better work than is actually required. Remember that you are working for soniething more than a stipulated sum for a certain number of hours. Sooner or later there will come a day of reckoning when you will get your pay. Heed Edison's advice and don't watch the clock. The Distinction. "Pa." asked Willie. ' "what's the dif ference between an invalid and a sick person?" "An invalid, my son," answered pa, "has money." VALEXTI K rlZZI.K. Overheard in the Hall Solution 10 Valentine I'axalc OUR master is not a very fast run ner," said the Derby Hat "I Jumped off his head yesterday and he chased me for a whole block before he caught up fo me." "Don't brag so," said the Cane. "You. had the wind behind you." "Well, so did he," answered the Hat. "The Derby Hat is all out of sorts today," said the Cane to the Riding Whip that hung on the Hat-rack. "I don't wonder," replied the Whip. "You see the Brush rubbed him tho wrong way. and his feelings were ruf fled. He looked as though he Felt very badly." 'wb.at'a the master .Willi tho gloves This boy is mailing a Valentine to his sweetheart. See if you can tmS jtVi sweetheart by cutting out the, black spots aiV nitiu theu together,'
