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J. A. M.
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J. A. U.

( JUST ABOUT US p.518 )

BY

Dr. Bertrand K. Wilbur

Volume II of Ill Volumes

Medical Missionary to Sitks, Alaska

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1893 - 1901
Sitka, Alaska

( Pages 195 - 569 )

Haverford, Pa.
1933

Appendix of Corrections
Just About Me/Just About Us Volume II
1893-1901
This appendix lists corrections to the scanned copy of BK Wilbur’s autobiography.
Page numbers refer to pages as numbered in BKW’s text, not to the page number on the scan.
p. 6 of Index: The numbers at the bottom of the index page are 104-109 and are hard to read.
The numbers are confusing. For unknown reasons, they go from 101-130 and then start again at
104 and go through 109 (and 110-127 again on the next page.)
p. 214: Part of handwritten sentence is missing. It is: “and when you are short handed that
means a lot.”
p. 221E: The last sentence is: “So dear children you can find out pretty much of what your father
did when he was a missionary.”
p. 233: The last three lines are: “But we are to climb the Arrowhead and must be up and doing.
Up, we had been some time, and how that delicious mountain air did whet my appetite which
ordinarily was so sharp it was dangerous”
p. 237: The last sentences are: “I asked Van how it went, afterward, and he replied ‘disgustingly
uninteresting.’ But the appendix was tumefied and inflamed somewhat, all ready to cause a lot of
trouble. I must say for Van that, in spite of his desires to”
p. 289: The last five lines are: “the second floor. A fair sized sleeping room was in front with
the same charming outlook, only more extensive for one could look way out to the open Pacific,
and back of that a small attic where we had any a jolly chafing dish supper, Mr. Gamble, or Aunt
Deal or Mr. Crose. A single ‘air-tight’ stove in the living room with a smoke”
p. 292: The last sentence is: “shrink until you are a tiny pigmy standing at the foot of this”
p. 451: The last sentence is: “embarrassed and finally said that Mr. Slator made a mistake. He
intended to”
pp. 473, 481, and 497 do not exist in BKW’s text. Apparently he simply skipped those numbers,
because the text continues on smoothly and correctly from pp. 472-474, 480-482, and 496-498.
p. 558D: There are two consecutive pages numbered 558D. Re-number the second page to 558E.
The following page has already been re-numbered to 558F.
p. 558W: The W in both page number places is not clear. The page that begins with “sight to
behold” is p. 558W.
Carolyn Wilbur Treadway
Daughter of Ross Taylor Wilbur
January 24, 2017

ALASKA EXCERPTS
from the memoirs of
Dr. Bertrand K. Wilbur -Medical Missionary
Sitka, Alaska - 1894 - September 1901

These memoirs of the seven years my father, Dr. Bertrand K. Wilbur, served
at the age of 24 as a Medical Missionary under the Women's Board of the
Presbyterian Church shortly after he graduated from the Hohneman Medical
College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, were written from notes and letters of
the period after Dr. Wilbur had retired from the chocolate manufacturing
firm of H. 0. Wilbur and Sons, formerly of Philadelphia and now of Lititz~
Pennsylvania.
Because these notes are memoirs, they are interlaced with father's romance
and marriage in 1898 at Cincinnati, Ohio, to my mother, Anna L. Dean.
Father was quite emotional himself and it would appear that his notes reflect the attitudes and mores of the times. There are also many episodic
accounts, antidotes, and stories of hunting and fishing trips with relatives
and with native, Indian guides.
Thlingit supersitions, customs, and folk lore jump out at the
prising.fashion.

~eader

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Dr. Wilbur left Sitka in 1901 and lived in suburban Philadelphia at~dmore,
Rosemont, and Haverford. He spent his youth in Bryn Mawr but attended high
school in Philadelphia. He raised a family of ten children -- five girls
and five boys-- Bertrand H., Harry L. (both born at Sitka), Donald E.(dec.),
Elizabeth D. Borton, Nelson C. (dec.)~ Esther W•. Calvin, Ross T.; Anna D.,
Helena W. Manfield (dec.), and Virginia W. Dimitrevich.
All publishing rights are reserved. No portion may be used for publication
without permission of the donor. This copy has been donated for research
and his·torical purposes by:
Dr. Ross T. Wilbur, son

16 Sherbrooke Drive,

P. 0. Box 56
Princeton Junction, New Jersey 08550

Introduction to this Digital Edition
Autobiography of Bertrand Kingsbury Wilbur

Just About Me
BKW began JAM in 1933 while still in Haverford, Pa, and wrote the final page in 1938 in San
Diego, California as he notes at the top of p. 737 in Vol III:
....It is a long time since I wrote any of this, and I am still anxious to complete it. Having brought
old letters and papers to do so with me in anticipation of having lots of time out here, which I have
failed to find, I have at last gotten at it. It seems best to describe events as a series of pictures,
rather than in anything like history. Its sad enough any way, but it seems to me that you children
will want the whole picture.....
As noted at the top of p. 278, Vol II BKW hand-typed five carbon copies of JAM. These three
digitized volumes were scanned from a Xerox copy made from Teddy and Nelson's carbon, when I
stayed with Teddy at her small frame house in Haverford during the summer of 1981 and helped
paint her eaves from a long ladder. I'm forever indebted to Teddy for introducing me to JAM, and
for her suggestion that I make this xerox for my family, particularly since all the original onion-skin
copies are rapidly deteriorating. And none of them would have held up to the digitization process.
Please note that in many places BKW apparently had later thoughts and memories he wanted to add
after writing the main sequentially-numbered text. In such cases he summarized these added
memories on pages which he numbered A, B, C...etc. I suggest that you read the main sequential
text first. And then read these lettered addenda pages separately; the events they describe do not
necessarily fit exactly where inserted in the text.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Begins with BKW's original 3-page Table of Contents which covers Vol I and Vol II, and later
supplemented by son Ross Wilbur's expanded Table covering Vol II and Vol III.
FORWARD
Written by sons Bert and Harry during the 1936 'Wilbur Welcomes Wilbur Reunion' in Lavallette,
NJ (pictured on p.62 of 'Happy Days') when JAM was only partially completed
PREFACE
Written nine days later by BKW after a coronary event during the summer. He describes the
genesis of JAM: .....this took form, and as it did, I pounded it out from my grey cells by the twofinger-and-thumb method... BKW speaks of spending many evenings with Anna Dean ('mother')
writing, editing, laughing, and reliving their life together during the preparation of JAM/JAU.
HAPPY DAYS & SPECIAL EVENTS
The 900-page JAM/JAU story ends in 1912 when the family was still quite young and living in the
big house with many servants, gardens and optimism for the future. It is unclear why BKW chose
to end his story at this point, even tho he lived for many more years and died peacefully in 1945.
But World War I was brewing in Europe, tastes and customs were changing, and the business
climate was becoming more competitive. Perhaps these were the 'sad' years of which he speaks
earlier in the text. And he might have had difficulty recounting those years in JAM.

-- Page two
-- Introduction to this Digital Edition
So 65+ years later, after a wonderful Wilbur Reunion in Virginia in 1980, youngest son Ross
Wilbur, then retired and living in Minnesota, was motivated to compile this heartfelt 190-page book
of photos and personal memories, that fills-in this later period of the Wilbur Family history to some
extent.
To compile this work, Ross interviewed his brothers and sisters who were still alive,
excerpted sections from the large trove of personal letters and memorabilia he had accumulated, and
added his own unique and loving memories. I flew up from Chicago to visit Ross and his wife
Helen during the preparation of this volume, and was honored to help Ross in the its production and
distribution to every living Wilbur at the time. So it seems appropriate that Ross' later work be
included now in this digital Wilbur archive.
SUGGESTED JAM READINGS:
To help readers 'get into' the story of the Wilbur Family, I would like to suggest a few episodes that
I have particularly enjoyed:
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Early childhood beginning in 1870 in Camden, New Jersey
Family trip to Europe by steamship, train and carriage in 1880
Arriving in Alaska for the first time
Courtship of Miss Anna Dean
Hike up Mt Edgecumb in the wilds of Alaska
Summer in Gratiot, Michigan
Return to Anna Dean and their wedding
Cruise of the sailboat Bertha captained by BKW
Meeting John D. Rockefeller in Alaska
Leaving Alaska for the final time
Beginning work at the chocolate factory, by 'God's direction'
Summer at HO's 'salmon preserve' on the St Lawrence River
BKW raises money on the Main Line for a YMCA
Buying a 1906 2-cyl Maxwell - top speed 35mph
BKW joins the first Board of Health; describes early sanitation standards
Discovering Lavallette and the New Jersey shore for the first time in 1908
Steamship cruise in 1910 from New York to Caribbean & West Indies
Early biplane flights from nearby cow pasture
Honeymoon in Jamaica by steamship in 1911
Early trips to Lavallette in the new 1912 4-cyl Cadillac
Harry Backus and the Family's black servants
Starting a Scout Troop soon after scouting came to America

Carolyn Treadway and I as BKW's grandchildren, enjoyed discovering, editing and digitizing this
massive work. We hope that future Wilburs will also enjoy reading it and passing it on to their
children. JAM represents our heritage. For we believe that within each of us dwells the ideals and
spirit of the man who was Bertrand Kingsbury Wilbur.
Clark Maxfield
Son of Helena Ruth Wilbur Maxfield
January 24, 2017

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Advertisement for Homoeopathic Physician at Sitka,
Alaska
· Corr~ission, January 23, 1894
Lectures about Alaska
Juneau, 1894
Sitka
The Hission, First Impressions - "The Sheldon Jackson
Training School"
John Gamble, !ian of all Work
Rudolph \-lalton
The Beauty of Sitka
"The Ranch" where the Thlingit Indians Lived
"A Morning at the Ranch - from "The North Starn published by U. P. Shull, Mr. Austin, and B. K. \-lilbur
Teaching Native Girls to Become "Boston Cooks"
The ~ission Hospital
Life at the Hission
Returns to Philadelphia for Surg.',::·
Back to Sitka with Sister Helena Elliott
The Hission Staff
~he Mount Edgecumber Trip
Childbirth at "The Ranch"
The School Students "Indentured"
NiS:S Gibsc.n~ the Hospital r;urse' s 40th Birthdc:;.The Doctor is a \.Jitness at a Hurder Trial of a 1·;';.1ite
Ean at Juneau Who Has Not
Lt. Com.'ilander Crose
An Operation
Religious Life
Trouble with Superintendent Shull
Exploring an Ancient Village
A \-!itch Doctor's Grave
Lt. Senn's Wife Critically Ill
The Doctor Pla:~s and Builcs His Home- "Raven's Kest"
Sum.-nary of Ny 1-Jork
Dr. l-iilbur' s Furlough After Three Years
Courting 'and Bethrothal
:Cr. \,;ilbur Returns to Silka
A Busy Time at the Hospital
Judge ;nl1iam A. Kelly and Superintendeats Shull a. ....:.
Austin
Our Hospital Girls (Nurses Aides)
Difficulty of Practice
Father Anatolious - Practices Nedicine
The \\'onders of Lazaria
Gull's Eggs with Chicks for Breakfast
Sleeping t>ith the Petrals
A Man Killed Getting Eggs - Paymc::1t of Blankets
The Doctor Uses S~in for Skin Graft for Hus~nnd of
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A Blessed Letter
Society and Other Things
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Social Life in Sitka
John G. Brady, Governor (1380 )
A Valentine Party
Missionary Boxes
A Christmas Play (A clash of the Indian Culture
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The Graphophone
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I Get a Letter
Aunt Helen Taylor's Letter
"You May Come for Nancy"
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"Darling I Will Come"
Getting Do~n to Earth
Mrs. Magee's Urgent Need (The conf'in~ent of a Russi~ sirl.)
Wedding, But Not Mine
The Hospital Cove
An Unpleasant Predicament
Freed From Suspicion
Will Bert Come?
Anna Visits His Folks
Planning a Yieddin.:; from 40:)0 tiiles
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"The .PlUmbing at "Haven' s l·:est"
Bert's Dover Chest
~here Is the Ste~~boat?
A Very Uncomfortable Trip
A Lover In "Cold Storage"
The Girl In Grey
Yrelcone to 520 Prospect Place
Happy Busy Days
. Wedding Plans
'l.'euding Proble!:ls
Ky Fa.."llily .Arrive
The Wedding Day
The V:edding, The 'lledding Supper, The v.·ecoing; Rece~tio~,
'\';hat the Papers Said, The Da.y After the :··e<id~ng
Gratiot Beach Again
Dinner 'i:i th Earr;; (tm:l Clara)
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Across the Continent, On the"Topeka", Yihose S-,;:ateroc:r. .1.S Tl:is?
Stateroo:ns Oversold, O!,ten !
Juneau and Uncle Sam, Independence Day at J~~eau
Sitka Tomorrow, Sitka and Eome, Anna Tells of !<.oven's -:;est,
The First Day at Ho~e
The :First Trip to the Islands
Our Rec8ption (The Eride and Groom)
.Another Picnic , Suppers at haven' s Nest
. Goodbye to the Leask Girls (Selins :>. n..'mie). Selina's Le-;;ter,
At Y..ork .h.(;ain, Annie Hines Letter
Medical \'iork,
The .Mountain Top:, Stumping and Clearing; (at lt!::.ven's l:es;:,)
More .about Raven's llest, ...nne. V.ri tes c:· Cur Doings
Lieutenant Stanford E. koses, Letter oi' Lie·..:.tenent Y.oses
(about the battle of Santiago, Spa.nish-.-:..-:::eri~an 7:·~r)
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A pathetic Family (at the Ranch)
We Neerly Lose the Nest, Fire at Raven's llest,
Christmas Boxes from Home, Christmas 1898, Entertaining
the Cottage Eoys, Ice Crea.'il Surprises
Row With Dr. V.hite (Naval surgeon)
The Big Potlatch (Opposed), The Peace Dance, The Deer Is
Captured, ~bre A.bout the Big Potlatch, CostU;ues ~t the
Dance
Herring and Eerring Eggs
A Baby Arrives (Bertrand JI. Yiil bur, April 10, 18 99), A True
lr!other' s Heart, A'iore .P.bout Baby, Bab_,- Eert, Ke'N Adjustments Necessary, .Maids Unmaid, Soapy S:mith:•.s :Deco.:;,
Helene, the Piazza and Garden
The F~rriman Exaediti::>n , A Note on F~rriman
Camping at Crab-Eay, Crabs and Salmon Trout,~~~ at Crab Bay,
Bring ~ Gun Doctor
Yachting; At Sav-J l.1ill Creek, Tripping In Silver Bay, Not iill
Play
A ?~risian In Sitka Eospital
Sch~larsnip Letters
f..nother Th;nksgiviin@: Dinner, Thenksgiving; 1899
.Acting Xaval Sur t;eon
. Ano.th'erChristr:.as, Christ:l:b.s 1899, t;iore b.bou";:. Christ:r:as,
Skat~r.g and Frost Crys~als
Colonel .. Y.ilbur, ls""L. Lieutenant ~dlbur
Ft>.nnie 'iillard (Flora Car:rpbell, Olga tilton) and Others
(Question of hi:;her education for natives.)
kdv-.ard 1:~arsden, 1.arsden 1 s ''l1!ariette 11 •
Difficulties and iroblems, Capturing Children ( ComE'eti tion
betv;een the govern:uen·t a.~d the l:i.ussien elementary schools.)
Baby Bert at Play
Cl!;urch Troubles, "Zeal l'."ithout Knowledge", Cffended l~atives,
Harmony Restored
Tmm i:::eetings
Trouble Va th Cott::..£e People
hiss Gibson's Furl;;ugh
Acting :Minister ....r;Ecin (Nr. kcClellend on furlough.)
The Cruise of the Bertha, The Charter, Perparation, Tie Sail,
Charts, Eack to Raven's Hest, Crab Bay, .".n f.nxious ;:i&ht,
11. Lively Se.il, Eio~ks. IslBnd, Sitka Eot Sprir!.6S, Rc·:;.oubt
Ba:y, Difi'iculties, .A Bad Situation, Ship Virecked!,.Saf'e,
In the Eornin~ Light, the i>X, Home, Settling i;ith Cleme:r:ts.
.r..:1 Unusu::..l Experience, Corres;:;ondence -;,i th the E::>erd (re complaint about visiting the :it;:,.nch rre>re often), i:.:y Reply,
A Poor Letter
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The New Ea.by (r.arry L~~v;rence born Janu<J.r;,', 11,1900)
S3.d, Strenuous Days, '{fe litll'le llim Earry, The Scourge kages,
l:iQ:r:e: Complications, ?£r. Kelly :Neb.rs De~;.th
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OYer the ~nite Pass.
Skagway and ~hite Horse, A Dangerous Trip, Skagway At Last
{mining for ~old & the gold rush, '97 -'98), Miles Canyon
White Horse, Town and Rapids, ~nite liorse, Yukon Ty.,
~ea, Dead and Deserted.
The Mission Doctor, No longer.
"The Alaskan" and Sheffler.
The Wreck of the Islander.
"Going to Press", Two Bad Boys
Squanshansky Bay,Anna Catches Salmon,The Scow Goes ~drift,
The Cruse of the Suchflopsky.
Leslie Jackson's Paintings
A Farewell Party.
The Pande Basin Hoax (devoid of gold)
My Mine At Billy's Basin,
Selling Out, I Return On The'Kelly', Goodbye Dear Friends,
Farewell to Sitka
Appendix to Alaska Section.
My Mother's Letter of 1902
Indian River
The Big Salmon Catch, Smoking Salmon, The Forestsr
Ptagm.igan and Redout Lake,
Hunting Bears, Chasing a Deer,Baranoff Island interior
Henry M. Field and Niece, I Meet ~r. Rockafeller, We
Expect Young hoacafeller to Dinner
A Birthday Letter From Mother, 1899
Anna's Letter, April l899,September 1899, Anna'a Le~ter
. to National Indian association.
The Model Cottages, The Cottage Settle~ent
Fourth of July Oration, l89ti
General Assembly, 1902 and Home Board of Missions
Miss Hindshaw's Squib (about B.K.~.)
Thinking It Over, My Last Report, As Looks Now
Canneries, 11 The Ship Is Sinking ! 11 , Ordered to the Eoats,
Volunteers Wanted, Seattle At Last.
St. Louis and Cincinnati
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Forward to Digitalized Just About Me/Just About Us

Bertrand Kingsbury Wilbur (BKW) lived a long and fascinating life. Born into wealth and imbued
with faith and the idea of service, his autobiography Just About Me/Just About Us provides a valuable
window into the changing times of his life span, 1870-1945.
In 1898, BKW married Anna Dean (ADW), who lived from 1874 to 1952. He took his new bride to
Sitka, Alaska, where he was serving as doctor to a mission school. This autobiography provides a
priceless record of rapidly changing Alaska, 1894-1901.
BKW and ADW had ten children: Bertrand (Bert), Harry, Donald (Don), Elizabeth (Buddy), Nelson
(Nick) , Esther (Toni) , Ross, Anna (Deanie), Ruth (Helena), and Virginia (Ginno). Toward the end of
his life, BK’s children urged him to write his memoirs, which he did in Haverford, PA, and La Jolla,
CA, from 1933-1939, totaling nearly 900 typed pages. Copies were laboriously typed on onion skin
paper and distributed to his children. BK made an abbreviated Table of Contents covering the first 572
pages.
In the late 1970s, my father Ross Wilbur circulated excerpts from Just About Me, copied from his
xerox of onion skin pages. Early in the 1980s, Ross had his copy of JAM/JAU professionally bound.
For easier readability, he separated the autobiography into three volumes and prepared a more detailed
index for each volume. The index of the first volume overlaps with BK’s own index. Volume I covers
BK’s boyhood and education as a physician; Volume II covers his time in Sitka; Volume III covers his
life at the Wilbur Chocolate Factory, Lavalette, family servants, and scouting.
In May 2016, with my husband Roy Treadway, I visited Sitka to donate to the Sheldon Jackson
Museum a cabinet door carved by Rudolph Walton, BK’s best Tlingit friend. This door was a gift from
Rudolph to newlyweds BKW and ADW for their new home, Raven’s Nest, which was up the hill
directly above the Museum. This door, which had been in my family since my childhood, was thus
safely returned to its Tlingit home for perpetuity. While in Sitka, we were honored to meet some of
Rudolph’s descendants. Talking with them and with Museum curators made me realize how much
others wanted to read BKW’s autobiography also. Thus began my intense quest to make this valuable
historical document available “to the world.”
It has been quite a journey, through thick and thin, to complete this digitalized JAM/JAU. The end
result is three volumes, indexed, with OCR (Optical Character Recognition) added. Standard computer
tools such as Adobe Acrobat and Preview can be used for basic searches; more advanced tools can be
used for additional searches. This autobiography has been preserved in its original form as much as
possible.
I am grateful to my grandfather BKW who deeply shared his life with his children through the written
word, and to ADW and their children for encouraging him to keep on writing about his life. I am also
very grateful to my father Ross Wilbur who preserved this precious family history so carefully and
passed on to me not only the cherished volumes of BKW’s life story, but the love of learning family
history and preserving it for future generations as well.
Carolyn Wilbur Treadway
Lacey, Washington
January 2017

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ADVEHTISEMET FOR liOM.EO?.r..TliiC PhYSICIAN AT SITKA.

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Sitka., Alaska.

Our Sunday School !lad supported a boy at the Sitka

.Mission School for many years and I had -written to him and we had received
many

letters fro Mrs. AUS~in ~bout him and it seemed as if

friend's place.

It

see~erl

it -was just a

the open door acd it was.

I applied without deb.y, received applic&tion blanks,

NI.S

invited to

co-x.e to 1;. Y. and meet the no·.·.€rs and encounter Tiolent orposition

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*Editor's note:

Father did not separate J. A. M. into volumes which I
have done in this binding in order tomake it easier to
identify the three periods of his life.
Similia.rly, father decided to change the title of his
journal tron J. ;... L:. to J. ;.t;._ U. at the time of Harry's
birt!': a!'ter he an-: mother ':!~:1 bee::1 in Alaska 1'or oTer
two .rears. This change occurrs with cat notice on page
519.

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196.

fJ'OJa Dr. Vaa.Len11ep and aoaroel7 leas 'Yiolent !'rom Yather. Be lle.d

alwqa •ppoaed wtY a1as1cnary 14e&t aaid lle wanted me in the buainees,.
.

\

• 4 whtm t.he Koaul plan waa dropped he had 11ot eaid

lrJUCh

more about 1 t •

Ww 'that 'there aeemed to be a more 4e1'1Di te plan I heard trom the

Deeter, • little out

or

the ~ place•, -no ohaaoe ~or a man

ablli t7 ad 'b"aiJliBg• J lntryhg JQ;Taelt, &c. Ao,

•r

~

J'a.ther wae nn-er

DarY abnt 1 t sal,- lDlr't ad 41sappoiated·. I tel t I

DIU&t

r•1i01r wy •

eonT1et1•a aa t.o what I eught ~ de and thoae eol'lTictione were ·Tery

•tresg. Wother dreaded to

1••• .. 'for •• were aloae together.

1t7 the tiaa of ••epeat lne.
a aiaaiOD&%7.

•t

bound

abe glorie4 iD haTing a aon 'lo be

So I went to 'lew York to ~e blqeeted 1>7 the auguat Secretaries.

•

It we.a the Jrf.IJ)er thing at thB.t tble for the young man

or

the better

f'am111ea to wear Prince Albert eoata and high llata to ehurch and
formal occasiOl'Js.

Clmrcb was ccm:nted a formal occasion. It seem

-.er!ectl,7 natural, therefore that I should don my Sunday best when
I went to ••• the d1gn1 taries of the elmroh, all the more u
~·

I waished

aake a good impreesiou.

BYiden\17 applicants for 41atsnt EOme Kisslo.na stations did not
appeal' at the 13oa.rd offices for there ,..... a oraneing of neue and
leoka ef aatcmisbmnt u

I Jaaaed the Cirl stenographers on

'llf3'

way

to the :Board reoma ad the tin er siX gre7 :ba.ired Secretariea seem-

•« •ere

tha-i a1ll"Pr1sed.

'l1ne4; 117 ab1 tin•,

•

na

wr

w:y lif'e waa

trailli.Jlg ad

~ntaed, rq

w:r nligi..u

mot1Tea quea-

'beliefs examined.

!he tield wae 41seussed ad yq duties ·to aome extent.

After thal

1 was 11ltro4uoed to the wnaen Secretaries ef the Wm:ums :Board. e!
· Jiome J:i atfion" who managed the school 8.1'ld hospital work and eder
whnl I would serTe

tt I ·was a-ppeilsted. ltere the deta.ils of the

we:rk . .r. • r • tl»rouabl:T 41ansaed., 117 aal&l7 .-ati••d· with · - ·

197.

ua1tat1n,I thought and C].aneea at that high l'lat ad :troclc coat.- It·
••••d .that a 11'•&1 Uo' l'ft York

1f02Ull,

Jl'l'a lUliott J' .sheppard, proTid-

M the Hl&rJ" aa a apecial tteran&l g1:tt. anlnearl:r fainted when I

uar4

the utn.iahbg tt.pn e:t t1200 ~r 7e&l'· I think t.bat $900

1t

waa the tep fip.re for aarrted a1aa1narias with lodgings 1Dcluded
• 4 a'bftt BOO ~er lmJiarJ1.ed
taaD was the

•••t I

ea.. •

tb&t I

eellld possible a:peot.

•ltJeet I tried te anea.r

t.l1olaPt '00 fora

medioal

While 1181l87 Y&s sot the

••t too well pleased at aaid it. waa entire-

•l.der17 •en , . H killd ad earaeat. liot.hillc wa.a def'11l1 ta17 .. t.tlad. Cld

ap.1n I

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J'aD

the pu:ntlet of the

i

wriUr ct.rla aa I l.t't U. e:t-

:tices and ret.umed te Br7n K&lrr.
the 'J'omena :Soard earned tn their work \Jlro an executiTe
a

-.i11ia~P'Af..
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In a whori. tilae he oaaa

aces. 1fat11rall7 I

llad

Secre-

,,. Dame .._t a 70U'Ds-r au than those I had

w

Philadelphia to tnterrtn -..y rarer-

pTe Dr.van•a

1 ~ aucl whn Rn. lteA!ee NJ.led

:!

tnre

tm

JlUle

for Q JJro:t'esaional abil-

him 'he'heard a:n earful'.

I waa

aot present, of eovaa, but Vu \old •• about it. &ft.ern.ri &lld what
· he \old VcAf•• about W:iasion Beuda, ll1aa1n Secretaries and lliaaions
ill pneral JIUat haTe li""Rn \hat heard headed aenUemen plenty
think about. I blagine Van heard •a• things ta. for llcJJ'ae

the \btid abr1Dkillg

m• lt7

fer he aa1cl

about

p

~

aay .:aeana.

~he

t.~

Y&a

Dot

:But Van nerplqed llia band

f•l17 of aen.d1Jlg a 11an of

w:r

ab111 ty

to \he 41rt7 tndiazts ill a li ttl• fro sen ••raar et the •a.rth. er words
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that effect, U...t. the Beard. waa .un I ,.,. the ri.aht

liUIIl

and

•oe wrote aski:ag wha I eould p.

thus tar, Dear Cllildren• I haTe 1rritten about "'lf3 beyhood but

·an 1 t 1a »re'ba'ble. that I will Ull about tmaaa teeper and •ore
Ullate laappeillp that an ter 70U al.J".
:rea4

......,._~~
lillY et what t~;.lna,

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1n-

ae pleue 4o aot ahn er
'

..,at ltaat aa leg as ••thar aatt I liTe.

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!!~;'!·»«·118.

penkl.U Alta I noe1n4 117 fiJlal •OIDI1••1m from

It -

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Ute Bae JO.as1• lloard, whioh 1a 4a.ted J'Ulll&J7 ~. 1894 md 11 1n a-

~11•

ef letten liD.d »•pera I •tlll Jran, all &bout

tat_ I waa

walkl:llg 4 - th!neeDeh atnet 111

~ faee

te t&Oe. Atter •ur ~etiDg I aalced it I

a'H4t u

ahe waa

what I ed.eratoo4 ller to

might walk along

.._ 'ti'bile she 1nmt i!lto a ateH wtrt,• • • .a:t

11"&1

to walking Yith a Yoman

car~

a 'buatle. •

aatural.l7 I w&it-

t.e pt. that. rather

I:D a ~- momenta ahe nturn-

tt4 ri th a 'Yery 41minutin yaekage,BDd rem&l"ked, ••oae
~•ct

set

aay. I waa aOlllft'hat taken

••t •• 'to 'H quite ao trank and,

1Btimate. artlcle of 1'em1n1n• apparel.

Alaakan ll.te

the oi t7 t:hat I . ., t

wtth her -~ aha nplied • .,..., lnlt I am piJlg to--:to
.t..t l•aat that la

7q

-.en eD-

a lnmdle." Then I la!ew 1t

,undle md net bustle she had said at r1nt. It ••••d

-\that We W"&s an onort1mi't7 pla.o.e4 ill

wr wa:r

to me

:prnidentiall;r, I

-or the opport11l11 \lea tor SJ1lendi4 aer-

wa.a ao aura that J'ennie ..... the prl. Se I .apcke et 't.he appointment
lJy

tlto Board,

er

ping aoon,

T1•• cul aa we turned toward Broad Street static I aaked if ahe

1t

'wol&l4 walk around ·the Plaza 'by the City Ball. As we crossed it we
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qui~·

away from others and I asked har if ahe would liB.rry me,

aa4 ao Yith ae to Ala.ska. What l:la.d 'baoome e!
tut7

to

l2ar father I do not

mew.

-.:r

"uixotic sense or

If I remembered I 4iaregarded it •

Yell.-- Jlaturall)", she was rather ~ia.,j., to }>Ut 1 t Tery aild.l7.

I reall7 bardl7 knew her, nner bad oal.led en lle%, aet her socially

at ahurob atfairs

•

quite often lrat thia---1n111. She was Tel7 J&Uch

»•rturbed lnlt far too fine

~e trea~

it 11P,tl7, aaid ahe bad neTer

thought e! aueh a thblg, 1'\ YU 11ot poaaible aad & Yent Yi th her to
~

traiB for

'fl&7 acl .11ade

114 ••' p

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Eryn

w:r

Iawr, gaTe

~r

aame roses I bad bcught . .

"ieua. .lpin I faced a 4&rkening future.

ft~ ~· :Br)1l

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~he

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ad tlaa fer a ln.a-r walk I ••

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there ll'&a

litU• l'Mtpe, -,erhapa I realind llow_ Ullreaeonable_• I had been. oerU.ln 1t was that I was dee,J.~ 41aaJJpointecl,but not entirely with•

'l'Mn Mgan 'the busy 4aya at aotul ]treparaticm. I became aoae-

'hiDI ef a eelebrity in our little oirole, was asked to apeak at
Chr1•t1an EDde&Tor . .etingw and mieaioaar,y •ooieties. 71th tna
:Board • • apprnal I }trepared. a lecture on Alaua with lantern al14u

hmiahed larse,. lo' Dr. Shtlldon JaekMn, whD 1"requently Sl'oke at
•11.r ohureh ad l2ad 'Yiei ted at oar llmae aa a aueat.

There were ne

JlOTillC J)icturea then and •ot •o 11810' Mlored al14ea altho tM early

tra"Nl lectures lty Ua.t picm-eer, Stoddard had a mBZ17 e_:r theal. sto4-

4ard'a leotures were nry fine, his peracma.l1t7 and- 4el1Tel7 TU7

atuaoti n

ud lfether and Father

al~a

had a eourae ticket a ad I

fnquently went with Yother. The lecturer facil'lated me. He JaadBUch

a amooth yay •f talking and the pictures seemed to come on at Just
the

ri~ht

lU!!tent with out

ant

sicnal from 111•. I longed to copy

his tecnic and tried hard to do it.

'J.'ime passed ...-ifUy, llother happy but lnlt ao etten aaid. •Row
I will

~as

70u.• There were suppliea

~o

11•t and haTe apprcTed,

aurgical inatru:m•nte, lll.edeeinea and J•rsonal eut!i t. Confersncea
r i th the :Beard, t.he llrge of spited for the Board aaid there waa the

lloapi tal all ready for •• t8 atep into . .d HSlml work an4 the

•ohool eblldren at Sitka 1D B . .d of a 4oct4r and the natiTe~

an ample
atock ot medeotnea •
o- ~ /~ .
d•d wot Deed 1l take ~ "Uao••·

lD far created Deed. The Hospital had

•

"»t Jt.cmoeo~athic

remedies &lld I
J

)[oat aup:pl1'ta could be bcugt thro their agent in Portland, Jlr.

Yilllam 'Jadhama whoa I would aee when I nached th4tre &C.&C •

. .,_r,-thi.Ba

an ,.

thn.sht ef ad arnmpd.

~

I wao very, very busy; takinG

e
'

~

cource in refraction at the

noo.

Dispensary, special operutions, did some operetin3 under Dr.·Vnns

supervision,

polisr.J.n~

up ey lectui"e an<! so ·carried on by cxciet- . •

ment that I did not feel the hux·t of t1Y oi:Jappointncnt very much. Be-

side I had still some hope for I

aa~ ~ennie ~ery s~~d~y

School w·here \'7e were both tee.cher::s tho I did not go

h"J:!.I.C

at Sunday
".?"i th her at

a.fterwa.:·d.
},!e..y we.s drawine near, the nonth vie were to lca.vo." ~!e? ·yes, !lothl

er' s l!ieter Aunt Deal. in Carter was ~o1n 0 too as a :.::atron at the school.
Sho we.s a_ widovi a."'ld not too happy and in some we.y wc.s led to apply
f'or tho position which she secured. Beside "It will be

Dart.

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nice for

Jell Bert loved his Aunt ~lot ~ut would a 11 ttl a re.thsr be

free to ste.nd on ·his o·11n feet. I spent the le.st -.veel:: crn.ting furniture, c, few speciE;>.l thines lilce r:.y c'tesk, paokinz books, clothing
f-.....ishing tac1clo, guns and ·what not.

I.Iarry, who thou~ht me foolisl:).

or enid so but I believe secretly ad~ired me 1 hn.d a lot

or

h:)spital

che.rts and forms :print eel and eave then to me with I c.ont know how
r.'lany thou.snnd 'furki eh

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cigaret ta, the !:ind Ve.."'1 ff!lloked.

'.fhen Dr. ~/illel' e.rraneed thn.t I sl:ould -~ive m:r lecture. in

bir: ~-!hi..ti'Ch

,just

a. week or

t>TO

before I

W!l.S

to lc<X'te. '.':here

'.7D.S

01.1r

a lar;;e

aurliencc, all my fa.mily with 'Jill unc Ees!lie and the loct.uro went liko
clock work.

I had n. bc;::utiful colored. ·;ic·.l of

a.."l

.:\.la.s,~o.n 1n~y with

of fl oo.tine ice, a.ll in oo:f t nun set colors. It ..,,,uo :r(}J.lly

"boEu. tifullY

-~~~

colon:>d e.nd an it C;J.o"!l.f'3 on tho screen I fifVUn~ into 8. cJescr.iJtion.I
4~
.
"
hu.d fm..md. it in nc..mt)hlct or other, u_.\ltls:ca/'"c Skys ot' r>~ber, of nzur.-e
"- of ::w.lents ·.:;reen; of red so 1;olc: £:nd corr;cous tb.o.t tL:~ 1c<~ fields
·b

lw:t~; •

fo rcn t<J of <1 c.~ r 1:

~!·tc·~

l i :;Ii.:;or

~h.:.1.(~ C:J

of r:rc; u'! '.'.•here i i'1Y cao-·

cades nnd biftgcr \7ater fo.lls tli··:0lc to tl~c durk ~:n::.tcr:: of' the bo.y •
::cird islru1dz• lo"rcly ond lcncly onou;:lr to bo the nrinon of :r..=r.o:

J .A.l~. PG· 201.
Bnchantin~ island~,

grow while

cry~te.l

tiee of the sea;

201.

in whose hidden nooks the lovely blue bells
pools, along the shore, are tilled with the bea.u-

carved ice-'berGs,nmr.X

±d:ZT- ilT-

of white and green

_and every ana.de n.nd tint of carr:1lean blue, float idly by to slow-

ly melt oway as the clouds of a su.'r!!l';r de.y fnde and di::mppear. I
Had worked h:::.rd. on'. that lecture and it waa quite as effective e.a

I had honed.
Then Dr .1a11er said so.me very nice and kind things about me.

and ended by saying 2 "In sending Dr. 7ill:ur to Aleska we are giving
our dearest e.nd our best." I felt I did not deserve that and wae
much embarrf:lsned..

:~any

greeted ne e.fterward,ms.ny to say good bye

because they would not have cnother chance and my brother Jill who

opposed my going and never "Nas free with pr:o;,is·e, sl:ook my ha..'ld rva.rr.:tly and said "~ni te Stoddardesque; quite Stod.d.ardesque. 11
•

"'t"

I was a. g

gre£~.t evening and ! felt warmed· end hU!!lbled by the friendship and
pre.iee a"ld upborne by a high pv.rpoEe.

The last

Sun~ay

at home had cone

~~d

as usual I attended all

. the services, taucht in Sunde.y School and took part in Crristian

Endeavor

e.ncl then went t~ the evening service.

As I was geeeting

frienrc.$in the aisle of the church Jennie rather hurried up to ne
and said. "Dr. 'Til bur will yon see me hone". 'Jould I?
but I TI'ns greatly nstonialJed.

~'Tell

I gucns,.

It was only a short \Valk from the

Church to her home on tho corner of ::?enn :3t. and

~::ontgo~ery

Ave.

but we did. not stop e.t the house but went on out I)enn St. '<7here I
did not notice only on until she said she must go home. I don't

know nll thBt \'lno ~c:dd except ~hat Jennie \Vented me to kno'.v she
die not rer;nrd l!'.Y propo scl 1 i t,htly c.nd res-,ectecl £:nd ad~ ired Et.nd

v.ll th:_-t,-n'!rt;rcerely f'.nd vc!'y l:indl;r.

I know I vo·.1ed !":tY love and

ea.i.d. there never could be a.."!lothel' and I was eure then that I Knew

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that was so. 7here was nothing mushY or gushy and no ki ss1ng· or anything of that kind.

It was all 3W6et and oacred. .'ihen \T6 z·eached •

her houoe and I must cay goodbye

I~1persuaded

much e.ei tation she ann:d wished me"succe:3s

0

to urit to me and with

.

&nd~t er'tlury 'blessing. And

I have never seen h.er since that night for it v;as not

~o •.ve :parted.

long after I reached Alaska thn.t a. letter came from. Lather telling
that Jennie hDd callled at the house one day and said thc.t v.fter talking about hor :promise ·,vi th her nether s11e rlecideC thc.t it would be
Ofcourse s.he mo.r1·ied

bettor if wa did not write to each other.
later on for her hen.rt
large family'.
':le

\7US

not tuched

P..nd

I

hco.rd sho had a.

haYe

7by, certainly 1 Mother knew all about it long before

were mnl'ried •

.:.i th

th?.t

pl'O:ni

se of letters fro:n Je:1nie I

\7U.S

full of hope

and ti ckeled at her spirit and nerve in 'l!W.lkin3 off with ::ne unde

1

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tho vo ry no se:J of her n~Jren ts • ..t\.un t Deal a."'ld I vrcrc ·to lc<.1ve ca.r:·
in tha

'.'Teele

~?...:J.d fin~;.l good1)yes

r1'1St

be tsaicl to clonost fri();1ClS.

VanLennep vra3 curt a~d gruff and rw.tter-of-fact.
a smnll o:peration 0'1

a foot so

Dr.

::::r:s. Van had had

w<:..s on o. couch o.nd I :ras o.atoni3hed

beyond measure •.vhc'!1 tho tenrs flowed freely c.o I hE:ld her hD.nd in

had

of fr:.end::>

final faro"<7Cll. 'Jc had t'.lwnys b.:;on

been so I.::ind ;rhcn I wtvs si&c t}:;cre but I did. not tl;in~ s}~c cc.red so
much.·
The nearer the final hour cnr:te the more hurried o.:1d preoccupied
we ~ere so that the last goodbye to ~other was doubtless r&thcr per~
functory for I c~:nnot reoall it.

I

co

not think s.n.;-o:1e -;:cnt to Broad

Stll•;ot ~tct ion w.t th ns ·tn see un on th() c~rc~!"l for t 3::9 ·!e:': t tho ·

·~

,'.···11
.,..,t1··.,
r '-"•
n·n"'" t''"'
·p ro •-..
lJ '·. ,} .:;,.. -.::;
' • ·'' ·'" '"
. 'v

ptn

Tr:.e

1Ta.:1r.
I

1)f'I.Y'!"
.

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r.t•"'1C U'1

fro:~

tT:e

fc.ctOl~y

to

G66 U S .

lon::; .tr.'lin, cli'rJi.n'~ out U~r0 t1w ·.;cl1 l::uo·r t')'71'1~ tr.nard Bryn
t;4t-li

.t,.;;.·e;r.kl et:::.·ac;r;J.crl

U!)

U:c :>tee-)

_:r·~,_':;c

nn':5.l

'.'!O

p:-i.'D'~rl J~

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J,A.~.

203.

:.rdmoro, then, on n fO\/ !nilcopr oc.oior Brado, 1 t picked up speed
until, no Aunt Doal and I stood in tho veatibule of the laut co..r,
,.

·/ there ~era no obocvation cnro then, we rcirly 'Jhizzcd by n!;,vn ::t:.vr
sto.tion.

Eut not too fuot for ua to noa a c.;roa? or ci•ln

thoro, sa I OX)cctcd for
glinpae or t!sud
COI:lO

aaid tbcy 'i1'ould bo there, c.t lcuot

I thro'3 tho!:l c. bunch o£ camo.tionil &nd Ci:0.1.t3ht just o.

of thC!!l dic1.
lmps

~hoy

li~·nhnll,

Florenco nll:;!phroys, .Z::lily Clerk C'-"ld

othoro C.."'ld thero !!lay have bean a boy or

On TIG fle-a. around the curve at

!!ova; and

st~"ldint;

l1o~o

end 'boyhood duys a..11d

per~

t\70.

r:.ooomont, into tho cut by

frion~s

V'ill:.~

of -youth wore lci"t bchi:.1d

and before ria wn.s - - - .t\lasl:u.
Oh!

It

tiD..S

o. ·cood. life, thl3 lii"o fron t;hich I wc.u no

whirlinr; c:r;r..y: u rich ab-..mC.c.nt lii"e,

•

of t"riondt1, boyn

o..~d

i'~l

or

s:.:tioi"'uotiv..1s.

s~vif'tl;/

; .. hoot

glrlrJ, tho reapcot end kinU.ly intetcst or nuny

older pco:t'lc• the fino ezoocin.tiono of' church a'1d the dovotod love
·dear • Dominio 1

~tiller;

medical friends by the ocoro. unqucationed

tho poveriul bucking a'1d oertr-:inly tha ratil lovo und res:pect of tho
nost influcn-ticl

cll

· :prof'csoion;

!."!<:~Jl
i.;~:.c:::

in our School of ncdocino if not the cutiro

tharo beyond thana te·:r nilon of

onine trcclo: •
. ;. .

Lut I

re:.1

cure I

h~d

no rc:.:;rot exocl;)t tho uc.uoe of ncpo.rutiou.

Certainly I· did not fool I vo.:x mnl:irtg D-'lY great c3.arif1co or tho

•

loos oppooi ticn to -::;.y :plc.no lmd

nnrm:r~mca

ri::a:;r:::nz~

olo.rifi•Jd n;; oonvictioac

of' c. hlr;:I1 purpose :.:nd of buin.; zoJ;; epr:.rt for U.i''loclfioh

service: a diotinct rcolization tho.t I un.a hono.z:;tly. evan tho i:n~
:t?orfectly, tr:'!.n;:; to obey tho ::.enter' e co"l'l:lc.nu whon lie suid,

''~o

Y',; •

•

204.

J .AU. pg.204.

i7e went over the Union Pacific, the !!lOet unintere!3tin6 transcontinental line in rtY experience e.nd I

~.ve

travelled on them a l l .

except the extreme southern line~ and the Canadien. One day of the
f'ive _required to. cro~s to the ~acific cd~st, we looked out of our

windowz to see ··e. .hugh bold!!e on· vrhich was a metal sign which read
' S~it !hf the Roc!ry l:ountains, Continental
the F.ochica indeed!

Where were they'?

Divide. '

~ur.Jmit of

There was no.t a pee.lc in sight,

only hi~ly, DJ.moat rolling count.ry vri th rocky ledges and boulders

all about. The elevation was m~rked at DOOO ft but one would never
guess it and we ?Tere grec~tly diso.ppointec. at the lack of scenery.

It ':1as necessc.ry to stt>.y a !e':T days at Portland. to complete nv
list of sup:plies. !::r. 7c;.dhc::."":ls, the 13oards agent wan a bi.g kindly

man with a big full beard, ~he with his brother r~ ~ ~holesale
grocery buainses a~d so saved the ~iseion a good many dolhrs ins~
plies. Fe beam o.s the aGent ':1hen the stet1.m.ers ftor Alaoka sailed

from :rortl~nd in t.he early deys and wo.s so 3atln!actory th."J.t the
7/Q.. . J;;cz;.....,...MI
.
~~~
:Bo!lrd continued when -~ ls.ter""cmiled/~ Tacor:12.. In going over
the list of things needed C'l.t t.l:c llo s;:>i tv.l it n.p-peared t.hc..t sbout the
a con t.rnct phy:::>i cian in the ~o-..rer.n3!1 t sen-icc,
only thing r:ry :prcd.eces.30X 1"h~d orc~crcd ':'las a gr;;;at dcv..l o:' ':rhis!\:ey

and cu.tharti C3.
I h~d ~edical fric~ds in Portland, a group of brothers all
do ct.6rn. the younger having been a student of mine ~7hcn I vnlo :demon-

strator in Histology il.t Ha.lme:ua..'1n. ThGy wero fine peo-ple ~. nd \1C en'
joyed scs:f1t:nn. Cff t··.!llcs I took ~\unt D on c. river triy on the '.7il1~'1lette/~iver. a:ncl onothcr tine

"\70 ";'!Cnt

up the hciJhts b::1c"k of tha

c

city o.r.c:. had a. fino vte·:r of Yt. Hood, noo.rly a h'.tndred milc:J m-:;a-sr.
·/llc"'Cl we rc::\ch3d 7:-:C·")::lO. I f<Jl t qni tc <.Lt

h~~:1c

for I

r_:_~_,J

be :::1

in 1890 and it wn.s still more ir:tportant place thn.n :~ea. ttl e.• Our

t~·

1

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------------------,

J.A.li. pg. 205.

205.

and unending eurpriae at the narrow winding water ways. It was a
•

di ea.ppointment to pass
adinn

n Port

·Sim'9so~ e.e we could not lend in Can-

porta and not to sto:p at

tirst town at which we landed.

L.~etlakhatla

and Ft. -.irongel 1va.s% the

I wandered amound the Ua.tive villan"e

·-·

and thought of I:'1Y cominf life among these people for they were Khlinc;gets like the :people nt Sitka. It was here that our Sunday School

at Eryn llawr supported their first individual scholar, a girl at
the 1Useion home of Mrs. A.R.UacFarland, that heroic woman who was
to reside in
the first Presbyterian llissionary in Alaska, Dr. Sheldon Jackson
bein~

the first to eXplore and plan the work.

.I~.L~
-~ yea~s before

The Home had been

-

but the church wollc was carried on

bt Dr.

Clarcnc~

Thwing a brother of one of Helena's Holyoke chums.- lie had also

•

~

stationed at Sitka for some years but not immediately before I
went there.

Then I c&lled x.:t

on the '7/illia.m A.Kclly, -s.s.co·r;'r"'li::ls-

loner, representing Uncle Sam at that place.

He had formerly been

the Supt. Of the f3i tka. Ei asion and was destined to be the f..iuperin-

tendent again before I left the school.
arettes and offered

hi~one which

Ofcourse I was smoking 6ig-

he rather positively refuaed and

I sensed· at once that he did not a-pprove o-f a missionc:.ry smoking at
all. I fcl t oure he thought that here -rrc.s another big mi s:taJ~e the
Board was mnking in Gcnding ouch a :ftYcl...;u,., cigarrette sraol:in.::;,frcEJh

\

young man to Si tkc.. But he was pleasant if not

cordi~?,l.

"

·.-re later

became the beat of friends and I was instrwnental in savin~ his

life when he had a violent attack of typhoid.

~vrangel

was hardly

more thoo an Indian 3ettlcment for the mines on the Sl:ena River :t

•

that had made it importent years before' r.ere :pretty well ·:;orked out,

ns I understood.
Juneau was a fright. The rowest of r::;..7t to·::no, streets dc.;ep h:.
r.tud,

some just beginning to be planked, gambling housea, donee houBc:

eha.ck~

J .A.M •

206

:pg206.

:t:~.c-t~e.a;f;inister

in charge of the Mis-

sion station wl th hi·s :wi.re>:~.l~~lllag~-.c:the
. •::. .

were very cordial.

and rough men. j,£r:;
-,

and pl eaean t.

," .

;~·:·...·_.

..·!'.:::.,::~";-

.

,,

the omall home and school and vi ai ted

:'le went thro

the forMer church building,made of logs with a log steeple,tiny but

very churchly looking.

Alae, when the ne\r a.nd larger and much less

picturesque church wss erected at the ~~iecion this

'7TD.S

sold and a

eventuclly became a bre'ilery to brc'.': supposedly non intoxtco.ting
beer. There were 'Pl~n.ty

·Qf

eE.J.ooris but no liquor could legally be

sold to an Indian but they had plenty of it none the less, ·and the
effects of it were all too evident in the llative village down on
the flat~ near the water, quite apart from town. The houses were
poor and mean and dirty, the Indiana olovenl~ ugly and degenerate

~~sd come

and my heart sank as I thought that -&ses ...-rere th'3 people I

to work a.'Yld 117-J a.-nong. But they surely nesdcd ~9.Vinc;. :rhe.t v.... -; ..

\vhat a terri b~

TTe

white men were entirely resnonsi ble

I

•

or thu .....

fri ghtl:ul degredo.tion!
Of course we vi::;i ted the Trcad~·tcll ~ine acrone fro:n. Juneau
on the Gantineau Che.!mel ·where sonc 400 stt:.::.tps were falling on the
the low grade ~old bearing roc'k, night and de.y, every day in the
yec:tr exce-,t Christmas and the 4th of July.T'l.L8 miG}lty roar of the

ceasely pounding hurr.m.ors colcl be heard at Juneau nearly tw·o niles :s.

ruin of nature's lovltness.
G1 a.cier Eay made us feel we were indeed getting to the far
North as our

~tea."!'.er t!~On[;1lt its

\72-Y

a11on~~ the· many ber,iSof
.·'

floe,ting

1 ca thn.t .cro·mled it a -:·ni.tcr3. Vtl.::Jt glaciers conlcl 'b~ r1::lcn in evr::ry

co7o [nd chc:=J.nc1
th~.t

e.~

'.re r:>ovcd slc-:·:ly on t.{';·.;g-:od tha t'h'J greet

loorne d more c 1 e::-.r1 Y

£\

rA un.....
tr o. i c; }~
. . 1~. bnf
..._, o ...

l!uir
...

C'rl~cl"er,

...

";'i':J.ll •

t~o

•

:r.A.U. pg 107.

,2.07.

marvel of every Ala8k& tourist and of many scientists like ~ohn
Uuir, for whom it was named.

There are books telling.about it and it

would be foolish to do more here that try to give our impressions.
Our steamer edgee along until it is withings

a few hundred yards

of a wall of ice that seems to tower ~p to the heighta of the tallest city building. It is a greenish white with places of deepEX blue
here and there, with spire8 and pinnacles and towers marking the
skyline. The whole face of the glacier, miles long, is made up of
curves and angles and is continually changling form as hugh"blocks
of ice break of o.nd. fall into the water on which it seen'!.s to rest.
Uany of the.pi.;;ces of ioe are as large as

a: big office building and

they never seem to fnll fo1·ow·ard or away from the ·race of the ice

•

but to slip along it, grinding and smashing t1::.eir

\7t:s

to the mirr·ot

like -;;ater beneath. The cleavage is almost constD.nt,now here, now
there, and ·the noi::-;o is like the a rending roar aofte~ed by :tt'.JI a
sloshy sotmd (:!.s.the berg takes its icy bath.

Altl::.o the there is no

wind our stea-:-~er roc1~s t;ently with the we.vea these icebergs make aa
' . 1
t 1 1. f e.
•
.
th ey b ec;~n a ne·;r en c. ~nc.cpenc,~,n

I went ashore uith so~e of.

the ·otlte~ n"len and cli:nocd ~ ai·ouncJ the rocky edce to the top but it
minding mes of my boyhood visit to the l~er-C.c-c;lr.:_s or. :.~t ..nlanc.

-:B:u t tl.:.at over cb:::nging face or ratlle:t \7all with its towers ·nnd and

castles ever sliding into the sea and 1 ts colors chnngi.n[) fran green
to light and aee11cr blue, outlined in white,: the.t will never be

•

forgotten.

But tomorrow morning we shall be at - ~n·fi~A ~

I waA up early the next morning to catch my first glimpse of
the place I wns to call'homc' for yetu·s to come. I'icturee,
nnd much

rc~:C:ing

l.:.D.d created o. very clc;.;.r it:.c.r:e of rrh::J.t to c-y:;:-,c:ct

but 1 t could not reveal half the beauty of the mountains and islands

J .A.lr. J>g. 20s.

208.

that would dolir;ht our eyes ~o nll tho yoo.r~ wo lived a'nonG tho~.
:•

A <!coil bo.y a."ld o:nnll river

~n

ou1· loft, Ieo.tlcrms!:y Day

so~cono.

said and there on ita nhore wua Cld Sitka ~here the .Sitkes hud their
villnce in the co.rly J:uaslan do.yo but

\1e

could not aee cnlt si01n of 1 t

no':l. 3eo that waterfcl.l, half ~c.y up tho mountuin?

HoW" fu!lt tho

/

etoc..."'lor aee!:lD to go, e.o if 1 t wo.a as ear;er ao we are to soo our future ho!na.

J31tt there is no night of Sitko.. Thera a~e::ltt to bono wa~r

out ,,of tho hugh laeoon over whoso still nur:fuce we hurry elonz. 1!ounte.ins see~ to block oa.ch wo.y we turn. Tho da.y is clee.r with wee wisps
Tha ttir io keen but we do not notice 1 t n.o

of rr.:iot here and thore.

·1re loo!{ end look s.nd look tor our first glimpse

town.

e

Officero, never &ny too gracious,

era in tJ.:o ::?ilpt houno.

or

of tlm t hiutor!o

e~,eeiclly

to tii3oionur1cs

There flCe::ns to be no one to tell us ,)''·'"'

whore ::.nd 1:~. w1:cn • nut c:nync.y 9 I prefer to stu..."ld a:w.rt c.nd £:!C.:.:.:.,;
~~d drc~, t~d

uonder

~ru~t

do sil'O of :J'Oi3.!"3 t:l::J.OZ t

rx;7:J_y, .. - - Jitb:!

kind of life is so soon to be

XC~'..lizod.;

:::lY

mis~ion

•

ravc~lcd.

iicld.

A (:u11 boort cm:·w fcintly to us tl-::ro tl::.0 quiet

·:a 11 ttl o 1ne1.'7 then r.l th

~-/hnt

otrr.:.incd er.:.rs

boo...,_ of' thn.t cc:1non, in lntcr yeur:J

a~

\7C

would 1 t otcn for tho

w-v tl·ici! to tlo ottl" un:.\<..1

•

2)9.

•

lookln~ houses, the 'beE.!ch in front covered with cunouco of nll olzan
end mont of theM covered with~a.ts or plr..n~ct=:;. Ther6's the •.:int .... •,
the little

u.s. g~.mboat

that in nup:posed to 1\:cep order in tho entire

cost ror,ions of the country, a lon~er coo.nt line th.r-Jl the rest of
or tho entira trni ted :Jtutes.

-1e a.lr1ost

ccr~po

tho side of tho tiny

vessel altho our boat. uoehe 1••ropekn.'• is quite s::tall intnelf. :Tow

·.1iO

are slowing do·r"m end gliding up to tho wr...arf.
There wan no need to hurry cbout

l·oe.vi."lG the bou.t c.s this w·r~n

the end of tho trip Md tho ateaner would re~in horo for 24 l:.ours

.

8o we stood on tho unner
deck a. few cl!lutes. end. looked 6o-.·m
.
a.,_d Ind.iens as we aoon learned to

••

o! tliC people 'but the n~:.ti"'lCS did look better tr..::t~1

of the three in tho eTltiro ai ty •

ro~.d

•

elonr. the shan) of the

~·y

r.~d

~~.y znd

tl:-::n

le~c.inc

t!lOCC

c.t ,:·'"'r::c:.u.

u:J thro the tc:..:1.

tho J:ission in full view lo3u

q1w:rtorn ..-rere not qni to rcu.dy end '.7hon I s::..7 tl:on

wood!) clono. for

~-~·

end flOC for 1':\J:t13e

l

f:,~,,

rj~.. --j

-">4

--~"''·
r:.... ~--""~

c.~

3o I v:::::s

1 c: ;~: :~~
ci-~'0'1

·t1~·::.t

ci t:t

;.:':1

t~'

'-'."

-~~'. ;.l~...l

L~

l~;~t(;r l
t.; r:

l

~.; . ~

J:)mo uu thoil
a. roo:'j. in the r:.oyo

•

.r .A.l!.

pg. 210

Everyone waa most kind and friendly

aomitory buildine was called.
•

210.

and before we 1DtDI ha.d fairly caught our breath 1 t

ae we kne\v by the ringing of the la.rhe

bel~

wa::~

dinner time.
..

.hanging in the tower bebo;i '

between the two mcin buildings,

The teachern dining roor.t was partitioned of from one cornei;6f
ofx the childrens

di~~ing

room thro which we jad to puss on our wuy

to nee..ls. ·vaiting for someone to sho';T us the ropes we 17ere a 11 ttle

late in starting so the

h4>vt-

children.~

by them,.Thare was a host

all at the tables when we ucnt

of black eyes

~urned

in our direction to

see what the ne';7 Eatron and 'Doctc.h' looked lilce a.."'ld some friendly
mn.iles but why did the children, boys. arut girle all look alike

e.

except for their clotha? 7e never could lean to tell

fron

f~c~

.·

e

f~co

we thoucl1t, never. But ou:r. friends who l:md been/ there son~ tine only
laughed ~d naid thn.t every ne..,. CO:!!.Cr }l~d that S~.!!lC e;r,cricnca bnt.
1 t was not lone; t1cfore they wcn(l.ered

ho~·r

they ever could hc.vo th:>uc;ht

;A-~o ;_;o
the child1:en lool:·Jd alil::e <::.nd 1)roovcd true. ·
.
"...
induc<Jd by
At'thc Te<:lchel"s ~:·e:.1s', a tam i:i;i~~;:: l:'ti',;·i tho ~:avd. :..
a....._,..___
..,.o
.......,.t t.,.,,., o.._~...,r
+,.,,.,"':... '"'r'"'...; 9 1\ -·.,·:·-ro·'"'"''
T '"'n;;_-.. ~ ~·· 1.:.:.:;.::.-.~.· ..
J..:. e to'm
'i.t
t
u
u . ....
. . _ J.Av ····:"!
.,_,, ......
Of t ....
1.....,;,~

A..i.V

~..~ ..

~,~v_...v

~w

~·•·d

;J.

-

-

........

.;,.

_

..,

not
aionary for maoting his

fello~

asJoclctcs at tho

atctiu~.,

ta.c;ee aucl1 as fo·.7 r-10n in tho P:omc !.:i !J9ion fi cld ho.d

h~:;.d.

vith

~~

L:~l

enro

I

it did not T.'l[:ko t.~c pri!:;<~i~1h but it did md(c tl:i.o adj::t;:1t;;._;:;:.-1tr; more dif-

tended for ~·othc 1• c.nd .-y rc·:1llY <'~ul not for "1Ubllcn.tic:1. It

Vi:'-::l

not

•

a comple.int. '' I wish 13ome sooiety

.!lJ.l.

or

mission bnnd would contribute

enough to line and pa;"Jer th~ toaohor• s dining room. It ia fearf'uJ,.ly

tho

bare. The walls are oim-ply heavy cloth stretched over n~ fr.e::mea,
.;

and pa:per over thio.

,'.·

Of course 1 t is boarded on the :tnx . d~t~cide

but not lined on the inside with boo.rda and tho wind hm7ls thro

thi·Ej"~i;r•a:;Jo.ce and rocks the VTnll s in and out.

The paper is old,

ugly and faded and literally drop-ping off in S})Ots. The floor slopcn
0

at an obtuoe but varJ noticable angle while one r.cr~x
fr~ed

lone, poorly-

chromo of an ocean stenmor adorns the walls.

There is also

an antique a."ld very ugly sid:;board, made of a couple. of dry~ood.a

boxes, t think: a rag carpet on the floor. and a conglomeration of

humps and hollows, covered with green clnth faded to a

•

pol! tely

a soJ?u, stcnc1inG in Oil~ corner. C·f

c:-~lled

an old otovc, o.n old tn.blc prc::cntL"'lg n. choice
dm·ma end n6odcn

~outed

cr.:L:.iro, 3tonc china

C01ll.. se

collccd~ion

er~ccs

tint,

neutr~l

tl:crc

i!J

of' uus u1c

the boc...:.rd :rhich

if not bcm:utif"Ul· is certainly otrong n:nd of varied pattcrnn. A l:i. t-

tle

~oney

would go

in that roo'11.

~o

7e d.ont ';;'c.nt

oilvcr

end 111 ton cc.rpct tu.t oh! it in so dcsol:J.te. "
I am sure that tha·t afternoon I boznn to er-_;:;1lore r.Jy ne·,7

To~:..rd

hcd

U

·n u~
,.,.,.,d .uv,'"'
....
,J..

to.r 'but I h.c~d

'V

-1·
v 0

.;:•o.,.,
,...•.rl.-~
,.,n
J,.

.I."'

1·1"
'~"''>" ~r
•tA..-

..l.

ho iU~·.,...itol
..;._.J
~

~"'""'
.... (. ....,~

'7'~
j,
c:,... J.•

t

,_

i~"l
· - ·,;,

dlt..~~~
1 o;:.:.rn o(t 1tha t tLJ al torn tions beinG n::do c.t

"

were fnr fro:.'l complete. I

pr(~forred

everone seemed to be busy

t~~t ~aa

to t1nnd.cr

~.b::mt

su.xx:-;~:··:,:-

fur e (.oc-

alone and

t~G

r:.r

quite satisfactory to cvcryono.

'l'he door oi' the he c)i tal wo.a lo (;1-:cd no I orc..\vlcd thro o. windo·:r in t:)
the DruG roon.
•

~ihat

a ai::;ht!

what o.. .iu·,;llle of stuff. It

that there

\Vi.lD

::~ottlcn,

"'\7rl.~ evid<.:-~1t

much to be done

El!'lf;

.jP.r?J•
n.!:l I

jt~:;s

Lore end tl:.:;r3

VH~~1t l:~ra

c~~:;

anc! tJ":cra

'!.l tho thut ttu5 in L:u.y it v.:_:rpe;::,:L1

from nry letters tl.:.:.t the hospit.t:l.l \HJ.n not rct"'.dy for p.ationts until

•

early in December.

J.A.ll. pg.

212

~12.

JUst why the 'Mission Boo.rd did not know that there was s t i l .

considerable work to be done on the hospital

when I was commissioned

is ha.r4{ to tell. Probo.bally soree one ha.d reported that it was rearing completion and they thought it \vould 1e ready by the· tima I reach-

Sitka and doubtleos it would haTe been had the School had enough boys_
to do the work but of the 150 or more pupils in the school there were

at.least 50 girls and also many small boys, while not
boys were carpenters by any means.

the large

~11

The school was fu.ced with the

:problem of how to carry on the necessary ~ work of su9pl,ing fuel
wood
for the buildings heated by many.t\ stoves; the necessary upkeep &o
with regular school hours and at the
in the neighborhood of ten

ya~ra.

sam~

time have most of the boys

These little

fello~o

learned

more quickly, we more easily lead to our ways end to :Z.t:.:.:l the
ian way

a~d

much more amemable to discipline but the big boys

do the necessary work.

Ch.r~~~

coul~

·'-ve never lw.d enough help to do all that ought

to be done in fai~ose to the school ~~d to the scholure. But in
vnd second
spite of this I find that in ny first quarterly rc~ort to,the Board
a!.'ld

that the len~ eelaj; was due to failure to push the work u.z to reali ze the ir::roortance of t~otting the hos-pital in running order. I waa
in~i ;"':nan t v.t the condition I found things in

end my ftd th in the

:plying a.t Sitka while 1~r. & rra Austin uere on fulough in the East,
· took me to tho Ranch, rr th0 TI'ati ve Village WB.s
,.

never able to loo.n1, ~~t

~.w.lled, ;7hy I wail

t'.

as h-l vvas to return to his station
ncrson: .11 ty

,... '

.

'-"~1 '-·

'JJ_ '~~-·': ':r:
~~ : -~ ·J

r1 ;_~ t i ··:-;- :.;

~

stolid faceo lighted up oa \Ye went to their home!'3 thn.t nicht. It was
a.ll ne.N anci stranvd and vrierd r.1d seemed ~:t lU::e tl:.e reul thin;; in

•

J

.A.~!.

pg. 213.

missionary life and I felt that I was. in very truth, "on my field"··· .
·ye visited five or six sick who were !!lembers of or church but we coulC).
not call on a-ll the 200 or more homes that made up the villaGe for
Rev Jones had ·many things to do before im the steamer sailed. ·,Vhen
the people were told that· I was the new 1Usaion Doctor they seemed

greatly. pleased and very friendly. The dimly lighted houses, the

r:J

dark faces, the strange odors, not

filth but of wood smoke, .a.dif-

ferent smoke smell than any I knew,'l>dtted fish and beings of

''

::l.

dif-

ferent rece; the disorder of many houses and so many persona in one
room all tl:a house had; the stlent dark forma we paaBed outside,often
1

seeming to cmne from nowhere: a.ll these made a blend of real savag-

.

.-9--t~

ery that made me feelx

••

"

in a country very far from home.

Cf course,

there \"'rere letters to send "back by that £'.11 in:porta.nt step,mer for
·no other mail v;ould go for ti1o weekn and with those written my first
day at The ::;?::eldon Jackson ':erainins School \'ras ended.

I had been given a room in

rr.

Austin's quarters for ' a day or

two but soon moved to the roans I uaa to ocnupy for r:c.ny months.
They ~sre in a one story buildinG a hundred yards or so fro:n the

main mission buildings and consisted in a. living room in one corner
fa.cin;; the bay ~:·;nd a bedrom:-1. back:.:--:: of it, very cor:Iforto..blc <:..ncl c:'.lcy

when my thin,r~s had arrived r:nd bee11 un:paclced an.d put in ordc;r. At
the other end of the build.ing l'.r • .Jobn G:::.:.1blc~ 1:1&'"1 of all work, had
unfin isi1ed
his qu8<rtera and bctvrcen U3 was a large rmcce cluttered with lunber

,,-

e.nd buillUng material. Gamble and I soon beca.T!le the best of friends
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a friend::;hiu that endures to thia day altho I hrxve not bcrJ..rd x

from-:-: hiM. for yea.re. There was a. connectinrs door from his room to

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that big vaon.n t erpn.ce and it was not long before he begru1 to ulip
thro it, in ~ha t.tonting~,, i:nd td:ing u h~::uvy board he would

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lift it up and putting hia foot on it he would slor1 it down on· the

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tloor with a terrible bang just to let me know it was time to get u:v
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and 84!: to· broaJ~fast.

him

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I could seldom \"Taka up early enough to waken

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Once in o. \7hile I would get up in time to sneak

into the ··big room end hide until he came thro and slammed the board
then I would let out a feurful yell and a.care him almost to peices,

But not for long

when I. would rush upon him wd begin to pummel him.

tor altho I thought I was pretty strong he was big and po'n'erful and
would simply pick me up e.nd like. a.a not cr:.rry ma out and drop me anywhere, j)e.•i amaa and. all, or perhaps 1 t was on)'ta night shirt· in those
a
days. Yea,"noisy good natured ro'i't but we tTere quite alone aud no one
else living near. (Irate. You will not_ find that in my copies of my

reports to the Boe.rd, eo:pieo of most of them are still on file.)
At once I begsn looking after ti:e nick at tha ·school, none
3erious exce9t one little girl suffering with

dc-vot~ nurse,

Bsthcr Gibson

Thro all my sevon

vic~.

a~1d

kc~t

cons~~9ticn

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whom t14

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in her room in tl:.o girls building.

a. hD.lf :rears at Sitka ttat fin a

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contir:ncd

3:i;c -:ras e::1 Irish wo:ur:.:n, spare e..nd strong c;nd tt.L.::o::.:t n:::7'-'r ill.

Phyoically stronger then most. men yet gentle with the

s tcauly, lmco;-_,rpl a in in.g gl c.cL."le J s.

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all~

:b..ad ths o:p-

portunity to tell the cicl: of IIis lo--re, a::J oftun lw.")p>::med./it would
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of a man the Board· han sent out to be her boss and i t~ptetty certain

. that she resented having a boss at all. No doubt some description~f

me nnd my quulifioations had preceeded me· but I learned afterward,
thnt when she saw that that young e:pr~ g, the'new doctor' she was certain that tb.e noard had made anotfher blunder a1 tho her strictly pro-

fessional face end manner did not reveal it.
:Vell no tvonder.

I was young end I wae boyish e.nd I 1 oved run and

had been about enough not to be subdue~ by the rat~~r somber atmospher~

of the place and beside I emoked cigarette! But 1 t was not long be·
my
fore I won her respect for h2% professional ability and before many
months we»m were good friends another friendship that continues to
I

the preeent and we still exchange letters -two u

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or three tL"!lcs a

year.
One of the

~oat

happy experiences of

first days was to x

t~ose

dro:p in to the little cottage w-hore Rudolph ·yal ton lived, juot acro~s
a. little lcu1e fro:J. the hospital. It ';Vas called the'1:iller' cottage

"'-~ccntributC;Jd :rJ.uch
.named after the dear Old Do::n.inie as our church ~
of t:he r:1onoy for materials to build it. The very day I s.rrivad I
found Rudolph wri tlng ttl· my

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a.'ld this is what ho -wrote:

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lemrn ho~n'3 2c11d not:1or a:1d f<-1the1·. And for tho notl:or to see tho
the Ci1ilC. go way from ho:na.
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·· 1 :1~pe von t~o not think too r~-"~h ::;.bout y·o;_:_::; c~1.i.ld end. sou but
k c c:;) on n !' n:~ri ~ .,-t f 0 :r. ~1 n t i 11 l~fe r~~ c -~' ·~. .. . r~O.. l!1 •
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I nc.·. . i. ·~:J ~3li:} ttJll :~:011 (_:·...c.-~..:t Til~:.~ t<':'!d. :;_ll
abou.t ~)it}::n. fri.::,nd~'>. I ITish to tell :T:::>U P.bou.t nzywor2.: in Sitl:e. lG.nt
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the coast uell off from thE} lP.nd.) end come back \71th ten skins, and· '
stay in Sitka for to see Dr. Wilbur. I think I go out again next we.

I wish you keep on prayinG for us. I wish you r;ivc my love to lir.·.a
bur and Rev.?~r.'7m.I~iller and all my friends. I :must close with my
best love. Baby "'!ilbur, (his ne-:r born child) is well _and big kiss
·from baby.
Goodby from Rudolph 7/al ton."
~{hen we consider that this man, just a little older tr~ I was
born in
was ~kt~ in a hea the:ar home under condi tiona of savage pa.gan-

i sm, superstition and shamania:;.6.nd s'9ent hie early boyhood thert

entering the l!issi on school1 I su:pposc -ahen about tenx or twelve is;)..
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not astonishing thnt he could write auch o. letterj And he did write
and compose it without hepp. Yea, it is astonishing until we who believe remc!1l.ber that with God "all things a.re poscible"

that Rudolph was the first boy %imX whose school
by the Bryn t:awr Sunday Schoorand

\7e

You rt}call

eXpense~

were paid

had frequent letter3 from him or

e.bout him a.nd for some few years before I went to Alaoka nouciolph z

a..'1?~xc'ha.."lt:;ed

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1 etters.

Cne of the -r:inclovrz in my living

roo~

faced the

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hundrec. ye.rd s 8':7ay ,- but the otl;er faced the bay scarcely as dietv.n t.
'Jho that has ever seen Si tkn. Bay in all ita cr~.ncing beauty will over

for get it?

Eow I reveled in ·it as in the long twilight when wor_k

o-v0r for tl"C cloy, no;; ~,nd th~n I cs.ught a fe..-r mo~1.en ts to drink it

in. . 1\. xrr:-;: cx.:l

The gTonnd slor:cd gcn tly from my home to. the 1:·Jo.cl1 but

e

a row of loi1 everg:recns made a thin fring along the sho1·c. Ou't beyond
S'.'!lall wooded. rocky islenda almost co:n:rpletcly closed in ~h~ inner 'bay

a half mile from tl:e shore. Tr.~se 11 ttle iole3 were of many s:b. ."3.peo
.

lny ,jU~t ·ca·rotmd.

The eu"l

S·')t

just bcyc:~.1r:.u t£:ooe r.;ou·:::-,i.:l:1 :v.J:·:~·~ o I.'

the yeur vnd I find the follo·:7in'-; \7ri tten durinl:: my fir:Jt 'lirinter ·at

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"Let me J:'licturo, if l omt, a day in mid \Tinter.". :!rho· sun rises at
ninet gloriou3 in hit lJric;htnoss and soft tint~ of. -61rtk· a..~d r.trccn •
All C..n.y l:e shines on onm7 whose nyriad crystal pril'.:ma glisten lil::e
je';Vels in his "!r:.e.gical rays. Tho bay io blue E.B the sl:y as tbe :':1Qrning color fudca nwn.y rmd hardly more tlmn rippled i'Jy the gentle brcezo.
But U1e sun is ao coy as a girl v.ri th her f.irat beau and etee.la alonG
the southe1·n s1:y tmtil at about 3 p.r:1.he f:".li:os dm::n into the ocec.1.._n a
11 ttle~::::n~ of south. And then the ree.1 lt" color-ploy be;;ins. ~3h:::tc~oc
of red r'ollo'tl those of yellow v.nd blue: tint:J of crirwon and rarest
green :pursue ee.ch other; the encw cc-n~ed !-leaks ere m1:11ow in the :;oft
pink .lir;l1t illt14'1ling th<3m while all is centered in a blc.ze of glory n.t
the llori zon. Then, very alo~ly, .the beauty be ginn to fade and yet is
more lovely in i tc trc:nquil dcB.th than wl:en it firs.t had birth. So
the un!31}ertk;::.bly bes.utiful,~-naintinp; ch3nr·es from tone to tone until
about six ~<.:.en the c~nmiil'~~;:Fi ~c>:1 over the mountain to:;>s ~"'ld nL:;ht .
pe<3,ccfully follorrs day. 3till the beauty linzers fer the stars ~:9ark­
le far more 'brillic:ntly th9n ever dia.."Tlorldl:: cu.n and, now a::.d tLen,
l:E'Ct Aurora send her lo~g al;ns stroe:...'1ling across the al:y as if she
would brblG b3.ck again the sun, her lover. it
How ,I reveled in it all! Thnt this was at my vexy door and ~ine
to enjoy norrti:n.:.;,noon and night 1'rhen I h.':ld tim.e to sec it 0..'1d make
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1 t all ra.y O\'ln. liothing I have ever oeen can cora~:H-~l~o •li th bo~1ty of
Sitka Bay end this ua.s my home. I

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devoutly tha11kful

fo1·

1 t all

vncl <ihjoyed f.t to the full.

:nut there wo..~ much more to do than enjoy the lJcc:ut:r" n.J.:. a"bout

me for I soon found !"l-Y si ttlnr; room erm:ed with natives coning to
nee the new Doct<.o.,h

c1s

they called me c.nd now dcubt anxious to try

h5. s medccina whether they were oick or not.

·;;e never lccl:cC. cur ri.

doorc end n;~cJ.n r.Yl.d t;~;ain, retnrn.inc fro!il sono other duty/ I \70uld
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there were ocr:.rf pin r; lying 011 the burer:.u but never \Vt~o m;>-T ccdroo~l

entered of was there a sincle. article disturbed or stolen.
still it w~R not very ~atisf~~tory to try to preacribo to a

room full un<l to tell the truth a certo.in c.moun t of d i :Jtv.nce did
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lend enchc.ntH:cmt so ·oofore a mvnth l-;.::<0 p<.-ssO\.\ I h:..:,c~ bi:::c.~ c.;.":.::l-;:; to

t tLc ttvo

in th! front o:f t·':e t,os~)i tel fitted Ul} r:.,:.;:e ~~n :;;n
a..
office t~.nd t1:e ad.j o in in::: one ae ·drue room and moJ.~a shift :'r~rgery ~

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On the windo":: or· the office ·M.Y oiCI i7C:tt up, the sa~o one thl.::.t lmne;
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at 112: Spruce Street I'hlladel "hia, c.nd I be;;n.n to hold

ro~:uls.t

of.o

houl~u. (In the -photo u.lbn:ns Y!)tt \Till fin~f.,_n':ly vir.na of tthe~o /~uako.
days al t}lo aono D•re badly bleachbd b:r lzypo.'i'he \·:ater u.t 31 tka wae co
cold thv.t it wc.n ·diffiC:ntl·f ··to wehh/out tho hypo but I did not realizo

it o.t the ti~e I wan rt:~inf: '": 1.Y nri!'lts. I did ~1 r!.Y

017rl

dcYeloping

~nd printing itor a while but lnter sent tlle ple.tea _to Gcattle where

thoy were evontuelly loat.O
As a number of sick peoplo were put in my charze the nieht I
erri ved of course I. made daily visi to to tl! Ranch. To reach 1 t .we

lc~ae

·valked along the curving shore or the Eo.y,
tbe

tic~ e

•tran high, but at 1 cr:1 tide t.ha

of a !'iil e a7ay.

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tnc beuch.

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to the wzj:er when

rre.re nc:J.rl:( q quart or

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ato!ly rmd there

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no t:ro.sh thrtY;:rn

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hn.d s character! !':tic,
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c~uhch 'lth3 street loads stro.it;ht on to

the whn.r!' with oto.ros on oneoido end tho hotel, little more thr..n a
dwellinG houoo. end the Pcrudc grou1,d and tha

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bcrr::.ckn en t!.!t..:

tho ·hill ~here stood tha (;~n-tlc

whic vrn.s burnt dovm only c. short tina bai"oro
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which ncc~ed to l~o a yc.rd c.nd a h:D.t' lont; &nd ui tll tllc roci:;l i:·l,~":r;::Jfof a ctr.7boy in 11ir;h hoola.

~r:1'blod

up the :;li.;ht gx·c..de to tlli'J

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trained on the Indian village and from tha.,posi tion they could pret-· .
ty ne3.rly wipe out the -.1nol e to<m. The old fort h..'ld been partly burP cd

and exce:pt a omall section of the

atockak~oi · e.dj oining

i t the atocka.-

he.d entirely disappeared.
The Rench atreohed along

the beech f'a.cine; the ateumer c1k'1llnel

~
~ a lar,cro isle.nd, called .Japon·sky, on the other side. The houses
on the front row were almost all of modern design, just pl~in gabled
te<)

roof building$, mtmy of thQm tuo story~ end acme quite largo. Ba..ck

of them. were smaller houses set hero and there with a pe,th winding
between them while a subatantial plank wal.lc ran along in front of
thooe in front.

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f&;'f

of tha houses were of .the old style -vdth a.

door in the front -.vall and one, two or tlu~ea tlera or tei·racas running G.dound the entire interior.

Thcs3 terracos wore lil::a "ulG nt:.J:;;?S

while at tha bottom of the tier was wider platfo:.orl ~i th a o~)o.ce co··
cred \i'i th cra;vol on trhlch •~ fire burned.

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roof allowed most .of the smoke to eaca.pa e.nd

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ingenious but sh:_, . -

arrsnc:enent of hinGed plan!-::s could be adjusted to .k:eep the ·wind e..nd

whl te r.m:n' s style.

· In these ne.ti vo llouocs I found
·OUt

so;TJ

of r::J p:~:.ci c:1.t u, strutcl::..cd

near· the fire, the rest of tlla fc;;llilies, for there '.7or.J eon;zro..l-.

tho ti·3l'

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e;qlccia~ly ~.aoucrcoble,

nY yoe.rn I c:.nnot

2~1.

ct len..st not uhen you t:;ot used to 1 t. J.n ::.11

rcc~. 11

th::t I cyor tr:.:.s oi"fcrtced by fna odors of
r_1 ~~ c :1y·c J . £-,;;.1 aon ~:~.e ~ ·. t~:.; ,
filth of d.cco-Yi!16 fl0'nh. '?hey did not keep 1 klun!c 'It 1:1 tl:cir houses but
f.

prop~;.red

tlw.t at tl:nir fAn~·:-:. or c<~~:nJ. G~::_r1:t:...c;e ·sns thrc>m o.-1 t.h~- bee cL

wr. .i ~~1 nl co

11rovic~ed thf.dr

a-d. a:::-,~

only toilet f;;.cili tien, tho ~r.;ple ti<les"

o'ffccti"vcl~..
uc·tinz 4:::~o6orlooo c:tcc.ve.tors.' Tile c.;cncrr.-,.1 clcu:.1linesn. _of the vilL·..::;c

wo..s cue to the work of tb! Ga::;tuin::s of tho liavul ships atatio::t(!d· t2:crr;

in t'De et1rl1ar

d~yn

·.r::o h:::.d oc.cJ1 house

n~llnbere&. r::1d h~ld cc.ch o-."l':lcr

stri ely <.:cc:>un table for the con.d.i tion of }lis gro;mds and builc!.in_;s •

•

or :;.o intsllo;~ent

o.:J

his forebou.r. Thoro wore no tote1:1 polos in Sit~;;..

but thi :J l::nao=J r:<.!.n not bo.c): qui to a 11n:y fro~ the [icnon1.l 1 ine of th3

others -~ncl ·-;nla eluJ:;o:r:atol.y prdntcd 7.;1 th tho tota.:::1 of tl'. .~ cl:.~'1, 'l:.oot~t

cou~~ed LG

full blcoG

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· k.. 1· t c l-len Mo.• ~or~
·artoe ~_,::1..-..• s Gib ......, on or I ..-;o...U;i s-:Jcad
the
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The follouin;;,cntitled 'A llorninJ in the Ru.noh, is t•~Ein lJ:a

from 'TJf."~ :NCR7H G'r/..TI, ' a four page pv.pcr published by TJ .P. ;:>hull. the

Supt. of tho school ~,~r. Austin and myself a.~d later I took it over
and it cost me a lot of time and money.

Copies are among my Alaska

" Office hours over, morning rounds B.nd devotions, ordor3 issued for
tb.e day and· call ins; Frank };{brl·r.:ru Kininook ray helpe~ and interpr~ter
I ta~\.e up ~y medicine case and start for the Ranch. ( '.rllat ;nedecine
case was v. drug store, -;;>hara..'11eutical shop/ and surgical sup:ply estab-

lislr-r:te>1t all in one.

i'

A-::, I h<:d designed it I V!as not :.}'little proud

of it e.l t.ho I vroul d have Given some of the old time homo eop&. ths con-

niption fits of great violence;

Sacrilidge of s~crilidgen; to carry

,.,..,..."'"'11·
"' .,_, ce+io,..,s
. ~ ..... and d1· senfectm1ts.' Oh! Shad.es of Se.:.:1uel I::DJ:ne:·.:J..nn!
'

._:.

st·.2.c.es or not

t1:c~~

very t.:;nC.y too.

·.::ere &11 th3re in a

bro~7n

'.7c.

12 in. 62-'.Jin ln.:.s E~..nd :x

I ::::~.d. hc..d c" cn.sc nadc of thi.n mct:;.l covc:r<:::C: vri th

to

c~try

±

15 or 20

ss.ving ti::ne and money .'].'his case. or holder e::-:tc:1d.cd fro:·.1 end. to end·
0:.1 1 y

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in.

ing or what eyer m:tr> needed for som.c spo'?ial occr.:.sion vrhilc tho rem-

y:::.rs u.s·J I

CO'llC.

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cdr ia clcur as cry:::;t..:.l, one vr:.:3t

<.~v~""'le

of vit;.tl cnBrcy. I

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never lwvo

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seen ouoh marvellounly clear at~oaphore or such wondorully "exhilcra
a.t.ing c.tmosphoro anty where else. The Uatives hav crmm to l::norr us

and I felt greatly impressed. \Vi th/my reaponsi b!li ty o.nd hu..'n.bled who n

•

.:·.::-~t·:-Pran·k told me that aome of the nc.tivas referred to me as "God's mnn"
while another whox l:nerr some 3ngliah said' You papa to all tho Si"
wash in Alo.ska''• Siwe..sh 1o Chinook for Indian. In spite of reputed

~ stolidity ~!ling fo.ces greet n~ here and there. ~yery house of the
better eort, hao a nurrow platform or piazza running aiong the entire

fron-t.and tous.y these were full of people a.ll ge1;ting a sun 'bath but
not in thir birthday ouits or even inn bathing suits if they ever
he!'.rd of s11ch a thing. Blc.ru:etn of r1any colorn i"lash along the the
'l)Orchea while children, but :JauntilY

clt:~d run in a..Ttd out of the ho'.lc;e8

A bn.bl e of stre.nge and to my ears exceedingly ugly aound2 nesail

•

!!':Y. on.rs

e.~

t::cy call to each other <:::!:Yf to ao:1e one on another -porch •

·1e vm.l1:: aloncr in the veleo::.e sunshine a half mile, a. q_uei3tion

lH!re a greetinG there, ho':T a

~:::n

asks me to aee hio sick wife while

un,loo.scmtly for there is a. cood deal of ill :f'eelins between t.ha

;peo)l e of tho t,;o .churches and all connected with then.) Znt:;f:n
a sme.ll roor1 or shed built on tho aide of the laot house in the
·villas:: I fincl it full of c.ll ;::".ort5 of odds und cndn, n store roan

for even thin::; frc-::1 csno e -pt:..dd.l es to dried fish

t>. nC:

cor.Nci.cs. ln

the lo rccr room adj oinin0 is the femilY. The old grandr.:tothe:r ?l:.: ~

blo.c1:onod her fe.oe \71th o.. mixt'.A.re of cl1cLreoal undt oil

llS

e protec-

tion e.gninat w..z:-t:s mosf,;;ui to eo and annburn and more than li!:ely v.a

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n sort of aoothinr;

creo.":'t~

! for her dry old skin, :md is ntill

dled in bed c.s the fcnily are juat

bccinnin~:;

to get t?.bout.

slellp duy or nir:;ht if they ce:.n. '.Lhc room ia v.taut 8 by

1~

1:'1c~·-

Tl:.cse

f<.:ot

L'~

o.nd in gre3.t di sor.:cr, B.ll sorts of' thinGs being sen. ttered ·about :t

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J' .A.1:.2~1, PZ C.
with a gt:>od deal of rlirt ovor:,mhere.

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pnt1cnt 1 a constmptivo r.wth

1 s ai t·tin~ on the flonr and I do wh&t r/ofl-n, leave some "!!odocine ~~·
.
.
.
try to c1HJ~r her 0. bit. It 13 good to zood to eat into tho rrc3h D.ir
ago. in.

.J-

41tttle further on I find tho f~ily gather outdoors by a fire a
over i'1Ci ch ao!!te

are broil inc; spi ttod on sticks.

oal~o'!'l

Ji.!lother chron-

ie cvse is pr.eacribed for and I joking nnk if thoy will not give
ao~e brcn~fnat O.!ld they i'!:!me:iiutely an!c no to l'1..nve some. '.fl:.cn
I
.,

t!r.:lb:-.rratt:Jed for it it 'ei Veo the;n
that I hcYc noro

~ie~

Sh:l'll.O t

people to sea and

call e l~gun: 'llosh E:o::sch, 'the Thlinsi t

to
s~y

DR'ne

ho.VO a.

S..'!'t

{;;'.lCO~lec.d

goodbye.

or

U3

/~d no~

n man

my in tor:pretor •Dase•

ea 3 to wae•sec-goo? ( ...'bet do you vr~nt) aaks rrank. '1:Y che::;t, 1 t
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n~trt., a cut. 'bruioe -or :3ic1.--neue) end ao on, question !Jy q_u.u~.

it

f;OC!:: ..

?hey e.re ntrr'.nr,o -peo:nle rrhen their ills o.ro conc<Jl:nod ttild

t'..nd notl:or, t\lo dr.:.l[!htero
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to;r cook in[; utcnoil a c.nd ohinu di ~heo, 'r.!03tly un:Tashed. A bc::r r.:J.~in
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ia cryinl! on a trt\"le at one side. The f.ntff'orcr ha.a en

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o..."l)-~ulo:Jc.d hi~1

joint on ono oido nnd the the other with e.n ugly oinua from necrotic
~

bone"rmftcro r;reat pn.in at tinco.

&.ltet tell a ne of

ho·., tho Apo·u.~.ec:..:..J::r

of ·the !Tl.'.vnl ve::HH~l c0~e to her end told hur h~it v.onld cul:·e he if" n~1c
would strllmit to his adva!!eco, told it with tcarn r'.lllning do'.-.'11 her

rcee, very hosi tatinGJ.y n.nd hal ting~y.

:;vcn tho

r,.;mc:

aha is al.nont

as fair aa. e. \Thi te gix·l end rather :pretty is 1 t pooaiblo thero coulc:.
such a boaat eDlling hinnelt a. !!lnn:/ I could not report 1 t to ey navul
:f"ric:nds for it would be only her ~rord n.r;n.inst his t:.nd o-£ courno ho
would lia but I did not doubt her story for-;.o. 1;1inuta. I repacked

••

and t:m in::;:;irv.tion. '.71th no 11 ttl a to r1r.kG life

r...::~;;py

t:;..."ld end.urinc

wo1·J.r unlcso r:o nick oho could not •..vork.I took cure of llor for n;::.ny
l!!.Oll thn and W2.n •,11th her t1hcn Sh.C ptlt"H>Cd

C.\VD.j

in thu co;;l.fort of the

the little dcnce shirt for :Eort,little Chnlk oncowoo, the

eo little jny to relicvo its
F:o':'r

I dislike

:;:;gc~le

~onotony.

t}~io next vir.dt.'L'hc pl~:ce is a J::terc hovel of t·.:o

ro~o, in ei thcr of th~ I can t'hch ona wull, floor and coilh1(; v.t
tho nr:--;e ti!"!O. ri'he little rw.ticnt hnn tuiJorculn.r Glr..nds in his

aO"!!!e of

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'th~

nlrev.dy

'bro~cn

rlo-.m end

drninin~. A3

I ps.so the do:rr of

tl:e other. roo:'!l l see u :.1nrine fro ..l the Tir::.rrc.oks si ttin[j on
t;-:o :i:nd i:::n

~7C:'!l:•n

thin filth thin

neu~:.

tt

'bed Pnd

by l~i!':l turn a her face a.Y:ny in nl.:.c:'le. Thi o !:!i r;ery,
l,t~c.:rr:•::'-tion

io not of Thli;tc;it.ori,::in,c.t its

wo::~t,

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.".·.··a

~~

oaoea.

syphilia t.nd conmr.l?tion

l't:ti1

brousb.t by
curse at::!.A the

Thoy aro the

und tortureo tho body to
nnd wo'll trot homa. n

plo::~no

vhi to cown.rd who r..1in:1 the ooul

7a

~. :;z

his oun dosirc:J. "Cnc more co.ll, .L"l'C.<'1k

}"'rnnk io c. nico b:J.J. ona of tho

ara nnd ho c;rino np,:rociativcly. o.t til thou,!;ht rr::t!
good friends.

.,

woro not origion::'.ll;r nitivo di··~

or

antol' n lurco hou:::se ncar the center

!:ic~1on

achol-

dinner. ';Jo

or

c~ra

tho tunoh.

It ia pcintcd ;;hi to end ha.s on air or non.tness thut . is i'ully curried
.
out by t11e wo~l scrubbed floo::,o:rdcrly e.rJ.~n~u:uent &nd sno·.1 vhitc
bcdn in tho tiny oloaping roourJ.
m~bors

T'Jleoo 11aoJ,JlO hcvo been church

for nuny yocrs and greet uo

co~dially~

but I v;ao not

~ropurod

tor vllo.t .,1aa to follo11. Like all tho t;ll·ls of' her tine 1:ro. noc.u

qui to larc:l. !Tc'T." she t"nJ.o o. Cl~ri~tir..n
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:BBS~Suxixr~ not very long after I reached the etq_tion a
man come to. the hospital office evidently struggling to get suffecient

lUX breath.

-.1by

the poor

#ellow had walked the mile from the Ranch
~

do not know but as he belonged to tha nusinstead of sending for ne I
e•itated to ask such a concession by the
sio.n church he probabolly h ~
the Doctor. ·:lhile the priests of that J:h
one eo high and mighty ns
... 1tin" in the Rench they e.J.waya maintain ...
church" did a good deal of V1 u
~
ed a distant end superior
siena, not a no.tive

at~i tude •. I

remember that ame of th"

Hu~e

but a white man, coming to my office lCUt kneel-

ing down,tuching his head to the floor as ha begged me to ccTia and
see hia wife. It "<7S.s not because that I hc.d refusod to go for that
was the first time I

•

seen hin but it wus a hold over frc~ the
!.~ J..-...:.
da.yn of tha serf in Russia an)"i t un.s. tha !)royer v:ay_ of a:p-prcach,
h~d

~

but it mucte me very t11gry to have a human being a.bj ectly knceeling

to me. I never knew a native
had

The~~~

m~ber

or

the Greek church to do that.

been an independent people for centuries

~ell

~~ara

of thoir

equality if not superiority to everyone else.

,!::J pati.ent,zas

suffering from a tumor in the larynx o.:"ld wc.s bo-

ing slowly aephixated. An operation was

i~erative.

There was no way

to trike care of the na"l at the hos::9i tol 1 't?l!.ich r.aa u,ll torn U.J! 'i."i th
'

· tere.ti on n I

~o

al~

~
·we h:::td to do the bGst '"e could in hitJ home trhich :fort'GJ'1S. ::.'.>

.

was clet'.nor thn.n most of the houoeo altho it

was~

quite e!'::all.

:.~ion

Giboon and I got thinGs ready a.o best we could while friends o.nd relati ves began to gather in the l!rnlall room, coming in without Jmockine
as their custom was ru1d a 'gUo. ttin~ doim on the floor quite as tho it

•

was thcilr own home.

I wD,s new to the!ll and I did not wc.nt to offend

and eo hurt::ny inf"luenco ao I did not put them out. Of course ·.ve had
l

to do o.ll our tc.,_lking tr..ro c.N. interpreter. A to..bl o uaa rigccd. up for

the operation,a tracheotomy and intubcttion,there ".ve.a plenty of boiled

•

;r .:A.M. PS• 223.
water with which to rneke
biohlorid e o r mercury ao 1 u-t 1 onfor
·
7ti thout
no operP..tion was considered se.fa.

"rin
... ~ibs. on
!:" ve t"t...
· tl.1er or
l•. •Hl '.r
·
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HO c

other

chlo reform. and my as si ste.nt wcs the only doctcr in to•m, e. IJoctor Roger:
who ;va~ also clerk of court nnd fer ~ore nervous tl:t::.n
I \7L.S •

·a

rec.dy the patient on the t:::.ble, br·ci.tt.inc in GEc:ps,hia
faoo
blue from lP.ck of oxyrren end ever..r vein eo reed with U:e effort
to
A \Ves

to brertth; :~ tin.'! f i the roo'n full of friendo unc rclz.tivcs •.11th
~

my first cut the blood flew :f.n t.J.l direction~ ~nd f:.n {'.rtcr:; ~ the

blood clear across the roor. ! ..y e.~sistant cried out" ''Oh, my---You've cat hia throa.t: .. 7ell thn.t we.s e:r..B.ctly what I '!:ad intended to
do but n·ot in the wn.y he me any. The artery cli-:;s n.v)licd cJid with
so~e

pressure the

blcedin~ wa~ qaic~ly

controlled but as I

~lonced

r.-.bout tlle roor:t the fP.ces of t!1e :rativcs see~ed fiuroc <..nd :J,_;:Jo.cl:t.'~,

for they too thought I ho.d killed their friend .. ?.:ore vcsncls en:..;.~
b(~fore

8

I cut again, this tina into the trachea and. c.:::.rofully provc1t-

ins tLe blood ente~ing the vrind_pipll, for the oozin~ was still ve37free,
~-.

I pried the slit o-pen and with a tremendous :3asJJ the life-civing e.ir
e~1

tcr11d tl1e
ll~

n eeci.t.. o.x::rc:en
ct:~~1:ccJ

to one of rcl ice and ccn:f1rt and confort c.:1d 5.n :.: fo·.r minutes

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Ti1110-:~. t,;;J

OYer

ion of cnti nfncticn n.nd as toni nrnent. In re:~rrrt' to tidm c::~oe I find

•

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•""i•'.lt

"..7hr..t o. lnr;jo field of i!'lfl1~cnoo 1Jalonsn to tr1~ Ch:::-intit::n n:t:."'!.1~1
pocio.lly tl.:c ::in:;ionc.ry :;ul·oo. 7ro::l bcinr; :.-.. vc~J bed r~;...n c:..nJ ::>
drizi.:ur ho ":TC:J lud tv {'.CCO:Jt chriat £!3 l::ig =~c.viOUl". C~'::o .}l·oc:.:
wn.c co fo::::1~ t:1~: t it c;::·:J::.."cod lit. tlo in:fluc:1c:•; for r:"Jod on t::.1
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ncccptod tho J.'r:..1th.

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·.n:dlo Dr. f:ol;Ora

h;].d

a-wa,. as one huving &l:ooat

boon no l1olp c.t all in tho o)oratiou ho
su:parnutul.~

power &nd be

c~z

o.y ~l'o;;.i:.JO;J

all thru our little coLl:mllli ty. l!y i:c-r;uto.ion tr..;.s catubliched t:.wo;lt;

the vhi ten whilo tho Natives, who ht'..d probubr.:.lly nover ccon r:t

••

would llc:v-a t:::ken o. lone; tino to live it dow.

Trc.ohcotowy is

(>

t:.

o~tz·-

si:.1-

children. o:t ho:r o:m but it dovolcpod tb:t.t oho trc.r; o:t:pcotod to t<l:o

churgo of tho too.chors -ki tchan nnd toc.oh tho cirla ho-.7 to

•

cook· und tho imp:rovci:lcnt

!lcnc.:.~:o

it

in tho tcc.oherll food ·tr..:.s vory notic::.:.blo.

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.not e.f a cheerful and happy dioposi tion e.nd she found 11 ttle pleacu•
ProbabMly
the teachers ) and that includes ull of us in
.

in her work.

the general term, ruther took m::rttuz

the 1mproveoent as a matter of

n..

i

lI·

TQ~:~r
course _and did not Cl.-:preos appx·tciation as we'~ ought. Then, too, the

I

work was

I

har~ physionlly

1

hardJas she had to riso eurly and do much

of the actual work herself because

~

the girls were learning to do

by doingbh~~om the IIessenger, dec. 1895. 11 I;:rs Carter. h~>s "been struggling to suLi6-of the girl o frorn save.r;es accustomed to cook with a
kettle and a stick for a broiler into good cooks, Boston style. The
t:ce..nsforr:w.tion iG difficult. The SB.rle directions must be reneated

many times before they produce effect."(Then too ia that constant
1

proDl ern. to be ool vcd.: h:nr to get the neceos8.:t;nrorl;: of the :J.n sti tution
carried on &"'ld still be ft-ir to t:!.1e scilola.rs 2nd really te<~ch them.
As a. result .just about the time ono srou:? !ez-:ins to be e:fft)cient enother batch of ne\7 girlo are sent to'hcl"'J''? the Eatron(aa the cook
of the te2ch:)rn club i ;'~ cc.ll c~. ) " Graccu~:lly the ; l rL1 1 car,1 n.nd if
they a_,) :r..o':; beco:io c:~orta at leaat they hn.ve rro--r,-.:-esse<i so nuch it
is so1!1eti:r:1es h::}.:ni. to r.;;ne::::.ber they h.:.d co::to fro'n Ind.io.n ho::.:co not
mw.'1y nonths befora .. ''
Poor Aunty, She poured out her woes to me,e..nd it was quite o. •
~r

down pour, too. I hope I wa3 syt'lpathetic but I fee::.r I vro.s not as kir.d

as I should have be9n. But at heart I did not synpathizc for she loved

to be a lady, wear nice clothes and receive a lot of attention.

She

had never lived that way except during ths many months uhe lived at
Bryn :t:a;7r with us ) but that uas Yrhut she thoue;ht t:r.rr.:I the \\·orlcl owed

never unkind to the girls •

.Ai1 thro tho3e early months I was trying to GBt the honpi tal
work finished a.'1d begin medi cul wo1·k there.

The Super in t 2:1dr:n t did not fV·:~:-, cn:d oun to push

· the ..,.,or!:: drng,ged.

rut I kent
,

oo:~rs,

r:t

ur e

t.i>ey

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·v):r~:J.n':~
~t.J·111

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But, a a ! ha7o zc.id ,

llt

it. C;le difficnlty

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t 1
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c; ;'_::no u . ~.~:~1

had l:·ccn reared

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'.'Ti th

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.r .:~ l} a 3t s [ .": (l

no reg,llr>-r he"bi te

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ctraint fro:t tll~ir ba0y d?y~::-"it:- w:LJ a -~tLZ"~'vclc , I

r1c:.::.t1

u r:_;~·-1 mire.cl:J,

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that they ~vor could l>e rn.nd.o to do cny work. 71th very

!C'.V

exception:.;

they vlore \TillinG nnd industrious workera, but they 1;01ere boy!J, just
the

e.nd v;l:ero 1 a tbo 'boy thu t tTill not tulk ond plD-y a. t l".i n v;orl:

o~:u:xe

someti~eo.

7

Fortunn.tely for me, I had been trained to reeard honest \Vork uo
never belo·,T cny :::1on and 'r.'..Y

sunm~.er

6n

Gre.y' s Earvor had given no

tical c:;,:pcd:~enco in ::nany \7ays so I volunteered to take :::txr.,z

pr~~c-

ao:no boy3

and ga·t tho ditch cl~ so \'Te could got ~vater to the hoepi tal.

Tho

Uieaion had its own rrutar supply, there was no town suuply, and x
/

200 ynrds of pipe hud to ba laid over n little hill, in atronch dceo
enough to keep it from frcozinc;

stU~TOY,

~nd

most
of the uay thro ~ rocl~y gx·ou.."ld
.

lrni t to~ether by roots. So blue j can a f'or ma and 111[")1 ru.bber boo to,

"'

.lii... ed. \~o do thinG:J end I ..-:orl::cd 171 th the boys, a.s hard
end. wbc. t a. di:!.':t-c::::·r.~ncc tb:.. t ~"lc.1:oG.

.:..::3

4-nj"' of thc-,~ 1

I cucnn tho ncn ,_-;ere r::l.thcr n~::t;;)-

tic:.~~ n"oout the :Joc'o 2-'bility to J.o t:::nythin;::; cut of his ir:_~ciic:.te

i.'hc boys, too hcd been a. little incline:1 to

c11t-ni}Dd thei1· r:1.inC:~.

eo

olo~.r but when they nr:~;; thnt I could and did uork, and th2:.t I ·aonld.

h c:.:v·e

., - '
!\c) r)crrtst..:-~lf:~·J

free

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lCt.!.ot l:~'lf-:r:. ~::-·~in the fieloo:V~ooY:'!) rrc 'l.'lould have ho.d tho li"nc :::un in

no tbv:: b~1t eventuc.lly :ttho \1oter rro..n florrinr; in tho offico D..nd l:i t-

7

•

ohcn. l-ittle 'b:7 littlo t'he ro·r,o..i:cn '.'7crc ccn"CJlotcd.

;~r. 1~::.:-'lblc h£ . d.

!\1Lcda l'!?"e hc~tcr for tl!e l·nilc!int: 1:y cuttin;': h~\lf of o!le end of u. 50
[:~',

11 on i ron

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tm u~

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door ond
-

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;r .A.M. pg. 227.

227.
?

of wood and so keep a'fire quite a while. The teachers room and mine
·•

as well had small 'box

stoves~,

8

inventions of the devil to try the

,

patiente of the saints and test ones resiotanae to profanity.

They

are poor heaters, enormous consumers of fuel and if for one oingle

motnent you forget them 1they
sa.tisfv.ction m1d glee.

bu~

out or go out with every evidence of

Fortunately for my hOIJe I!Jf

sa~vation,

I did

not he.ve to use the.!:l very long before the 'ai1; tight' appeared and

our heating troubles vti th wood fires were practicall;t over.
The upper werd directly over the one below was heated by a amoke

.dru.'n,

E"•.ll

arran gem en t of

sto~ve pipe~ to

recei va the amoke a."ld heat

f<"

the fire-below and distribute it through a good deal of additionv..i
.,.r

radiating spaca.

It was veryeffective.

£inally all was ready, at

l~ast ·.ve could begin ) a.."'ld on th~ l?J.Xe afternoon of Hc-;e·ncer 2~~, 1805
__

I

Mias Jibson took u:p little Agana, whom ahe bad had in her room for •

months_, ru1,1 ·carried her to the <?..n\Y,7Y bed in the Girl's

along with :'lcr 'but the nurse

~:;:-,uld

not

tl.'U"3t

!':l.e to

part way lent she ',7ould. not be as comfortable.
littJ.:) ::1orc

wt~.rd..

C<J..rr·y A8;;-.:.na,

even

J3ut tl.:e chllJ was

a s:-.:eleton and as I llsve said, l.:isa Glcson

tj~;;.n

I wont

YlU-:J

as

strong a3 a hl.l:Jl:y mD..n tho not U. big vvcn~11. The llosJ.Ji tc.l TH>J open!!!

with

hcr-p~.. t~.~nt

8Xld into h.cr roon on thw cnc;:,nC:. floo::::,u. corac:r roan

facing tho 13ay und gettinfthe morning c:nd. uft,::n-:1oon mm, tt..~,:.?~l when

\.
t '.tl~

,..~ 1' a Wf.trv.:1 •
'7Cr'!.en t "1 or t..r:!.r-

oTclnr by t:hi ~l t'ine /-~nd it is

1 "'0 r;. I wro tc tl' i.

to

'1ld

its

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228.

Sitka JUssion Hospita.f,o.n I ::f"lr!med it, was so much r.zy- mtn and I spent
a
so nu1:h 1. time in 1 t th~ I think 1 t i a worthy of u:r-.J: full description. In 1 t Hurry L;.11lbur \7as born md in it were· :rauaht those many

tights

~ith

dioeuse and death.

"It was one o~ Sitka's most cqarming days as the ~ueen (the

large tourist

ste~er

that ran in the summer tima) cmne to the dock.

""'le had looked foreward to this place with much a&"lticipation.,,and lost

no time in going ashore. There were four of·ua, the Judge and Ethel
his.daughterl the Doctor and myself.The Judge had wished to go to

the Greek church at once but nothing would satisfy l.Ii:Js :Etlel but to

hurry to 'that hospital that our society is.sending boxes to and
wor1~in 1

•

for all the ti:na' .:ros:>i tal s, esJ;>ecially t:h.i:J one were

fad nncl as the Doctor sided

old fol?.s had to y<J~~ld.

'>Vi th

h3r, he a1·,7ays did, of coursa

>)

tf-:rell, m~ Der:.r, le~::.cl

,,

said. the .Tudge, ind:Ilgently.::rro doubt you know tl";.o way for

have r:c2.. d everything o.'bout Sitka you could get your ll:::nds o:n
ye~,

in~lee d..

1
I ao.

<7C

It -.va.s ctra.."lge how the Doctor r:w,;,.,. thinc;s

just as the eyes of tho..t ::;>retty ~il:l sa'3' then.
on~

2thel~o

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You go s t rr.1 i .:;1. .1t t1:9 -P... rom t'h
_,~.e T:tla.rr,
a.rouna• ·cnc

Greelc church c:.nd th13n you go on tm til the road see:':!ls to run into the
''I

front ynrd of c=~ lwuse. :B'tt it docJr;:it. It just ru..l"ls u.long the :.:ho:co

of the

j /1

B~y

end you see the llission ••••••

A dcli:;htful 7."n.lk soon broucht us to tho I!os:pitr:.l door o.nd. a:::
there ":'raa no/bell ·.7e lcnockcd. I n'tst sa,y I had ~rurablecl a li ttl·~ r::;:

es we passed the Greek church. ' it's a. ehome to go right by this

•

church juot to see a little, :poorly arrpointed house with a couple o:Z
r-

oots nn1 by courtesy called n hor,f:!a, brdly ru...4 n~c1 none toe clean.'
I hn.d pee:I enm.1n:i1 of thcce frontier ho;.:pi t~ln to knt::~'ljuat v."hnt to t)Y~­

'Pect. 'c, well' suid the Doctor,' It 't'ront tP.kc lon13 and 1 t will

t"'.n.l:c

-sthcl hr>.p-py a.l'ld' with a sly glcnoe the lovely eyes, 'l.'laybe it '\1ill

•

:arta
cure

Hospi tel

As we waited a monent or two the Dootor re~~rkcd, (f 7hut sian
look a like

Bt.tt

buninco~.
>7 ( (

oxcn~c

ne, 7.30:

•

229 •

3thel of her obsession'.

~iss

·I

J' .A.!!. pg. 229.

--'i'hy, I don • t got broW:fa.st

"

before. eiehtJ' 'Ye:.1, 'naicJ tho Judge, ('evidently thono good people bolieva in Ben Fru.Y!1din'a maxim, ·enrly to be-d &.~d early to riso,:1h,
1Iajor.''ct"
'Yea ~>I grumbled, u they -probabnlly
to bed -..,vi th the chickenn. -t J

zo

A bright faced l!ndie."l girl in e. neo.t nurse's

co·t:~tnmc

opened the

d oor. ~I s th e Doo t n:r 1n an d l!ley \"'e r;o t•nro the 11osp itr-l''~?,tr.
._ : .~..o. s i r,

the Doctor has gone to· the Rtmche but 1!ims Gibnon will show you
>)

around.

Con a in.

with papers

~nd

7e en terod the Doctor's office.

books placed neatly to one side end

the center cUd duty e.n a

de~k.

Above it

~ON11Y ~"rT<-'-Y

c::bir-et U!ld t'-:o

Tho "Joctor turned to loo1r: at the books. v The:ec.rc not

nt ell but-- ecenll

the~e

Yo11 c:::n seo E'.!t:;zr

covering

~blotter

:Plein cr..rirs, chelveu

ff!':l

~~ '?T~ll

of l'i1CC 1 C7:'1 bcok:! 1

plain table

ol:el"V"er: ,;·i th 'bottles

~ere

P.nd instrtmcnts in orderly arrPn[':e!!!ent. A
vrl th e.

l~

fr~:::!.Gd.

~)Z>.d,:no~.

~.>

quae~ bQo~s.'

:ny ti::..c :m1 t!l;.'-t':J t'..ll

:l}ill~
;,_,

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I'll j'.lnt ':rait ontrjtdc. 'Bettor "tsit, :Joctor. Yo:1 r:..~::y t:ot
u li ttlc:-!

hurt he did Yrai t but not with very good 6ra..ce.

e

anouy i:nrrm entered· tho r.r>O"l nnd e-;?o1ozlztn·-; for
lnvltcrl

: n('

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J .JJ!. pg.230.

Sitka Hoepi tal •

•

230

euoh great claims but on the sly, you see, they have to fall buck on
the good old r!!nedies we taught them ho~ to usef!
her

lip~

The nurst}i:losed ..

tiehtly and gave the doctor a look thet, had he sesni t would

eurely h8.ve withered him.

'

she did not like his remarks

~vidently

Sll.rJ.

but she quietly 'Oh, those were left here by n former

""

lie

pl~sician.

find them very useful tor salves and liniments and TO lGLL ~R:.IrJ. '

11

The Judge laughed softly but the Docto:rJ apme'tvha.t startledJhald his

Everythinr; was in perfect order and..so clean that I began to

pee.ce.

think that here was something different fom other frontier hos:pi tals.
~

v

.

!.£ll3re said the nurse t.ta.re our remedies, all keP.t sep~::.ra.tely in these
oonra.rt~ents.

,,

.

Returning to t11e offi cc vre entered tho e. door tlEr'!::cd ".lard 1.

•

or men .. A large stove near the center of the roon furnished her-.t
and.
~-

so~e

chairs wera convenient for convalescents.

number of sheetz of p3.-per

th~.t

wer·e hanging nec.r the head of each

bed ann handed them to the Doctor.
•

1)

~Ah, indeed. Do you keep such

rt

a complete recorld of each case?'tYas as far as

ter.1:pe.ra.t'..lre record but &.s we
.ind there is only Dr7ilb,lr

Our GUide took

the

from ten to fifteen :patients

8.ver~.ge

and~eto

possible,ul~ays

do it it is not a.1'.7a.ys e(>.sy.

u

?as sing thro tl.:.e w2.l"d. we f'.;nte:r.ed the dining roon r:ri th the l'.:i t-

chon adjoining.

TIE.:re tY..a Indi !;!..n girls wera pr6:paring dinner.

thinG wa.s ploin 'but bright and clesn.

~;;-r;ery

Ups-ta:irz,At the head of

the stairs was· the nurses' room, A IDflCR:'!IK

chc.nningly bright pretty

room, vri th a superb vie·,7 of the Tiay and mountains, o.nd opposite to it

•

waa a cood eized room for

c~creency

cases or

~hite

patients •

it w::.n 1 i[~hterJ nn<J. the l!:ttle grou-p of patients here seemed eo hr;.pPY that is looked like a v~ritable

h~ven

of reat.

\J

Sitka Hospital.

e

I.

pe. 231.

J .A,U.

. 231.

~thal was in s«±xz ecstacies.•ch! There is the picture I sent •
'))

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.

and ~:;hut a pretty frt>.me!' '7lw.t. was ruade by one of our boys' said the ·
.nurse, 'rbut., l!.iss Dronson, ul"<;/'trom the society that sent ue that. S:Plen-

did box. last Deoembar?
O(:Jl'

Are you really? I an so glad to meet you. You

t ir.1agina \fhat ·e. oo:ufort the· w1derclothing and those blankets

l.~.ave 'been, and the picture books a.nd tha gtl.!!les have shortened many

lone hours for our sufferers.

••

The.Dcctor looked aomewh~t mollified but he did want to get in

e. ra·p on that homocopath.
\7h<:.t a. :pity you h.?."t!e

·.my I ehoul(: thinl'::

3.

l(l!his is very nice indeedl',he aaid, ('but

man \vho does not know anything about surgery.

it would be most i:1portant.

But, of course, these
I)

t . omoeopathn don't lm<n7 r.nyt}d.ng about-- wiJY-- why,·:rhc:t's that?S
for the l!uree had. her h::ulCf o~ o. door marked 'O:g•:rating Room.<i 'Jon t you

co~e

in Doctor?? 7A good

siz~d, well

lighted room o9ened before us • •

·rn.ero ·;ras a larg·~ n:~yl i;:;ht in the ~o:i.l ins while 7n:t.ll g, shcl-:res, "t<"'-"'~10 ·
pi tchcrs .:.::.nd basJ.n ~. e;li stenad in ~j;;~el

hold. n. :nrpri zinc;

t'.l'l'ay

~tie.

A cheat of dre.wei

of in str::r:::to:t tn, a.ll :protentod by ~no":'TY co-ver-

A.'1.. Arnold sterilizer stood in ita a11eaial eom:;:Hlrtr:H.mt. 'J~ld

ings.

'Ye3, ~:1i te oft.s:1. The l)octor is "73-ry s".rillf'-'-1• :;~ h0.."'.;;;; done

ationn :.;.r.d ':?e

hc.v~ never loo.t c.

aP-.se or failed of

pri~::try union.

ti

told you you nig!'.t cet f.c:nc id.es, "Doctor!. laug'hed .JUd/3e Bro::lSOn. But
stot·e roar: ~md the nurce told

tt!:.l

thFt all f'L~uzo,tompoas,

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Eonpi tt,.l.

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t;i voa tho::t l octuroo. '

bcda did you ac.:;'i

Voratoviv.•

r>n

:::s~

•:nut you

~vo

cnothcr- truincl.l nurca, t~tcnty

:3uroly, one trained nurse could not

a.ttc:r t:.ll

loa~

tllis.' •:ro, thore io no otlHu· truincd nursa but the :Iativc .:;irl::; r.:.rc
very

hcl~>ful

c.nd \ora cot nl one vory co:Jfortc.blS;. • • I

sco

c~-.nno ·t

ho·~

you

m:mugo it' for when I ro:Jc:nborcd tllat in city ho::z;d.ttus one nurso ool-

do:n cured for Doro then ai.x bodo

then ror cnly part of tho t:1cn t:r

!~nd

tour hours ouch dey ! narvollod at tho

wo~n.

sa quiet und

aont~incd

end evidently mc.ster o-r tha ai tuo.tion.
l~os WC

••

nut

l.~Y

bid !.:! cs Gi btl on good'byil U."1d turned to-.vard t1l.u Cl:!.uroh t'l~o

liro wc.n not ti.ll -uork end

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and with only tho jc't7Clod sky nbove un wa \7ero soon nslcap.

'!.:uch to our d ~liGht tho next Ziorniu;;
tr~o

d(;.~med

bri;:;l1t nnd oleur..

#

c:lon.r deyo in oucccosion baing aufi'tlciently unucuc.J. to bo. ai>prccis.r!

etad. C'...ti"'.:·::fO:·.:t.'ra 1Io, ":TC did not rina ct du.ybrcv.k.
ccnfcuo it, ut on co, for

dv.ybrc~ ".1C.:J about

in ro:.:.con in o.ll thincrn:

~~lU proru~ion.

outlinin~

orr

nut the

to the

then in white

fcront in c!zc

~o~th

to~.

~~d oh~pe

vio~s

lay

bo:rond

~c~

~isllt u:J~

\1Cll

thrao oolocl: c..:r.1. Wltl tllc1·o

spraad out beloll u:;;.» u:J, itl

tho

~aci£io,

its lonG UJells

J:he ·iulunda tllc:nsolvos woro ao dif-

end contour

1:-:r tl:c mir:cion buildint;o, tin,:r doto
\1r;.J

•

.233.

f"''

tJ••~eJL•

th~y

nover loot their intoroot

0e~dcd

in

t!:~

srcon end u l5.ttJt

t!!c to:;n. e-nd '";l.'m.rf and tiny ;·intu 1.:::::·::-.t

;;lic~';_;ni:Jt.; -;-,;~:L~.J

in

tr1.d r.:;1 .fret:. t::c

tm~ f'crHl

•

.

:a sr.doa, l oa1::.5lil:e

cl~·-~:u

the ou::-:·:L t

or

-~~-,::-:; t::r:ri•:...

t~~..J

...• ,_..;.,J
..,_. --. .
...
~

!

,._if...: \,.

-~~~

._T .A.:7.

•

l-~.~01.

~-;

Appendicitis.

'"

to carry nro".lnd. ·;e cnchcrJ-6ur ctuffl c B.!'1t1 jn:Jt :.~3 ... ;~:.:r:.: wcro lo::,vin:;
the li t!le onr.19 the oound of the risin~ bcl!b a.t tho Jchool cr:..:-Je ft•.l:wc

ly to our ears.

'l'he aides of tho Arro:7ho.:.d looked ulmost rreci~i to:1 ·.:

but by vtinding aronnd. it \7as not so difficult until o.t tr.c

Here there ·..,az hcrdly

D.nj:

here

cr£tnnies. ·.7:-'l.at sccned to

•
there en

end

t:"lc

vc,::-;i tc. t 1 on, :m:.::t

juzt

(.).

~re_·y

tiny bit of

top.

:-'1.03!3

tJ1e
bc'\r: oh=:-.rp point of

the .'>.rrovr hc<..:.d an we s<.w; it fro:n the vc.lley actually rt"z.s a fnil'ly

level plc:ce,4J xCO ft. or therer.bout:J, covc:red -rrith g:rco.t blc&~s
of jc~ccd er~nito.

t:FIAJ

?hey were :oztly split in irrccula• rcct~lGlos

/

their ~:J :JointinG to the sky u.nd u.s they w~rc ::lix to nine .feet

high end so close together thut

·-

fl~t

on

stc?

i'.ro~

,_, n'i
"")
..1.J.
\.,.1' .... ..;,

·i

therc.w~s

thcx·a

~n~re =:.o~tly

too

\;,. C.:•

c·+1~
I -... ........

,,,,..
-

-

•--u·;-'· (.:....
•..

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1x-:::c;:; 1 r·:.:d tl:c:-rc ·.:c

l1r1.rd.

·~

\....:....,

to

J
#\.

in cot tin,:; to the to:p of
those
c:~.nfy

-

~~~ r_,~~...

one to -:l:e otht.:r ::..··HI it '7;o.s QUite c. pro'blc:.1 • .;.'ir:r.l1y 1:::y
~i th c. . 1 1ft hc~e :.:.nd a Gr::. b tl1~rt.1 r;.:1d. CL Z3::a"':c s.o~. . ·::~

""''' c1·l
_.

~· .~

.A. ., J. ...,.)

hrirdly ~~Y o~uce to p2n3

you

c::.~t

end. rcn ted

s~c

on

[~C.".j

o::!in;; .::.::t

t~~

top of

2.tc r:. ·,)itc of c;:ocol:..:.tv

r:.nc~

-t.~~~c~~

effccit:n t.

but we

,

~

lo...,.,r.,/'! 0

t1

i..:1. not

of the of the
so

~re

'
il y
11r.st

v~·nt

"t0

va~t roc~~
1
'
•
cecenu~n.

tr2<:a vny

~

ch~·:ncca ~~

in a. fee, even
t·o

our

c~~":p

t~1o

ljoing

Lhc

cc:.!.t~O

tl:c trc:.il v:-ac fc.irly

i n t'.nc m<::::.r
..:c.·cit', •

builc'in1.; blocl-::1 "iW.i ti:.1:; for his return.

<lu~m

.<'.1 tho I 11vcd

~oc~~

~~~~~~--------------------:---------~~----

235.

J'.A.J.'f. pg.235.
th~ ;·1 n!15.on.

I.ife at

Appendici ti£

at theJ ~i~sion. Hero is~ avera.~
__ _

I ha{d gotten into tho life

a:r

11);,...

day. Drcu'!cf~;.nt t:.t 7.30 Tenchcr's !':es:J, "'.7hic!1! pcrsu:;.0.ecl to change to

,, Tench3r

1

.,

s Club, I l!'e"'rer did lH:o the uord ~:.con. :8urin;: t'he winte.r it

wu.e more confortc.bl e to carry n. lanternmorninz and night. l!eals

"'T ere

eerved promptly and it was not a r.l:)'Vable feast so I mn.de it 9·;>oint to

be- there on ti:ne. Off5.ce hour::: follmrcd to 3ee the soho,lc.rs th<;.t· had
minor ills.

The boyn. ccne by thenselves but the girls ha.d a ~.Catron

with tllem. P.ounde thro t~e wares followed ~nd ~rescriptions filled;
my 'bag over!:r.11lec. Gnd Pr<:'..nk ,my helper r-nd interpreter, reported and

we ·•:ere off for the R~·!nch ~.t le<"st 'three C!eys ·e. week and often r:.cre

fre(luen-:ly. It w'?.s gcn era11y noon ::-.nd dinner time '."J'hen we returned
ar:::-,' t'n e;:1

"'"00..,
C.-ft 0v"'-11
~ •'

Orf·i
.. .,.
.•.
_C<C'

.-.,.... 01"'1~+.-'-.-.:""
... "oJ "'0::-"
..• e Of
v.J..L.
w

'"011,..,~

! : ·-.., ·~•

J

__

the scholcrs re-

:ported then o.nf.. ~fter I succeeded in .eettint; the i(eL into tt.e !:linda
Of t Le 1ictti"t0S
;;~.ti

tJ.'l"'Y
"' ""'QU'T
.. ·~....:.r' co?"le

.£.

t tlm t t•.l.l!':.e. Cdd tiJ-".es, w~;.5.. tins for •

snts fi stuti oc., 0::r:~nged su_Qplies or w:r·ote c.::..aa recorC:.s. If ua
l

h<::d ~mjr

.

.

o:1er2tior9
- , t1"PY
--- f'o11
- - -- o7·c·c
· , D't· ..."' ,..,o-....
.__ .. e s e vere ones ·.vcr:J :0crfo·c:--::_::;.J.

t1r.•
-·l:LJ t o ....
t.ne
n~on.

If tl:-ere '."Tore no z·)ecic1 d·1tie3, 1 1·'.-1i""e1·,t
-..-,·n.~
~._.;. -~ +o
.. b~'._ :(Jt::.du,dreosin

sion.a ClROS for the

for

t:t.

supry~r

nt five

o~

(irl~

.

1n

n

tr~i~~ ~~d

before I

it the b2ll

~ncJ

f!vb

these nerii ces other ntcht8. ~hen a cn.ll p:Jr}w.po, sooatu103 to the

reading

~~d

oft:n

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t_...

f.··

r

I

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-..,;

•

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.T.\.~1!".

~:openclici ti~

;>:;

.~3G.

·~0(i,

(This hns been a. lone nttv.ok but I'll get at it nmv!)

'Paino in the right il ir.,.c region and rras not:' so very \Tell. The aymptomn
increased until I was aure it could be nothing but appendicitis. The
1re.val Surgeon e.r;reed with me but I had more faith in my decision tho...l!

in hi a. I had seen eo much of ap:9endici tiz with Dr. Van, who spPcin.liz ..
ed in it, comparatively a new disease to the profession then and the
~
alwnysAfatal results in neglected oases that went on to perforation

and peritonitis that I

cou~d

think of nothing to do but to get to Van

a quickly as I could. I could have gone to my friends in I'fortland,
and would have had the beat care
~.:L

~

or.

and I probabally should have done

so but if I had. I :pro bally have never met Anna Daan,m.y life's great/

.

A

est blessing. So,in February 1895 I decided to go home. Arrangements
were mz-.de fer the 'next boat a.."ld the night before she came· in I had

a terrific attack of ton2ilitis. I uus delirious most of the night
anc~411 ss Gi boon had to hold me in bed a good part of 1 t.

The stee:...'11.cr

weo at the wh<:;,rf a..."ld not tmother for T,70 '.V:TlKS. In the morning I y;as
bettor tho with a terribly raw throat and very shaky. It eemn.ed i:n::po;;siblc f~r a:1yono to go 1Hth me even to the so.und(Sco.ttle wao o.lw::-:.ys
refcr.r·cd to in the. t WD-Y.} ao I uen t aboard, not without sGrious mio-

giving it nust be confessed. I ~teen a more desolate you ma~ would
J:w:vo bcc:.1 hu.i.'d. tv fiud. th<...n the you."lg doctor as he stood on the doc:::

1 c<::\- :.~10. true and Jdnuly hearts behind, . burdened wi tll. doub .~n and o;:.rm.-

pathy.
r had my remedien ond by the time I reached Seattle I was in vory

fair shn.pe.'I'he Great !Torthern ttas a. comparatively new road and I

I

ch0:::~ it for the ec.};:e of variety. 'rhere were a cou-ple of tha hic:!;.~r

o f:fi ci !jl c on the tr? in e.nd they

'i'!OUl s

sit by the window \7hanev:'r a.

west 1)au.nd train :pusaed us wai tin[! on sooe mTi t.ch us?. we plo·,;-1;;;· · :.ved
.
r...<.L "'- o-r........- :·(~
by. 1: o ting ho·N fevr P""r.J otmge1·a there ;·;ere v.nd there 'i"1t::l'e only· s.
,.nc.- 1\

APPRrTDICITIS.
J' .A.ll. pg. 237.
· ~37.
~
•n..
in great di strazs and :3won.r e. t the w;;.y the Road wao lo~s'ine money-.

'

All the way across tho continent I ftd t that tumefied

~ppendix move 0

up vnd down in my tu:nm1y ns 1 la.y in my berth a.t night and I was

mol'O

than a little fearful I \vould have a sevel'"atta.ok and po put off at

some little j ork-water to"'wm to die, for large cities wore .t'c;v; und far
between.

But i i!::proved and was feeling almost myself whiln liarry :met me
one night in Chicago where he was managing the ./estern :Dranch of
H.0-.711 bur end Sons. He expected to find a sick man and hn.d a wheel
chair in readiness b~t when he saw a sn<l.ppy man wi til a blue ov-erc~t
trimmed with unplucked natural seaJ. sl~in, walking :)ris~ly toward him
he was not a,l'ittle taken ab:::..ck. I ho.d bought that skin in Jitka a.nd
..., .......... ...
the tov:-r: teJlor made a good. job of it. It ;1a.s vei·y ultra lnd.cod.
~

. ; . ......

•-1 .....

--.J

is::;, picture of it in the albums •
.0r. Van Lenn;z:p sald tho.t if I would stay in tli..; ....;<.::.st I '.7ould

need to be o?crated..
.

I

,j;ld.1...
l

,

~

SU8p'-l~GBCl.

..

.

I had no thous;ht of t~1at; not iu the 1:~1:.:t, for
., . .

:--~.'7"\ot.~~ .:~r

ne ';1a.S r.lU...:;:J.ni,; '"'""'"'

v~·~

---

..... o

~r-~

+o

........

T,, ........

..,

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,...._.. -; "":""(-:":,

~

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dJ-J t£1 2 5 t'!:-c. of :.. :::~.rch!' a ::onduy. Sun lay c>:er1ing I ::.::::mtcrod in to t~e
C8.rr;rin_"; ;·~:r r·:ri '",)
ho;.>.1ltal .l1e:;.·:;--L:1~:; co~.l~ in frc,u .D:-.:y-;1 l::.J..il' on ~~110 traL1 <J.nJ. ~>.J:;>:;d i:~,.)
-

II

ra::lid~ut3

•-,v

"",. ..

~

and

~

:;-

;'

-~~·

an~ oside fro~ sufferinz intendely frog thirst(for not a JroJ of ~ator
was allO\·red tlto first t.-J,::mty foar

l ''

1wurs~ h:.:.J.

.

l :·:

little (lintrJ:.::•}. Cn t>;

. r.. _:

- ; l.

.. ' ~

~

~-

-

•

..... .

..., ..,. r'
. ...,

ct.Er,yn

keen nc .tith hk:1

c<J.ro of me cheerfully und

too~..:

;l(:

witl~out

<.m;J IK'}~

f'(F

hi n zervi cea ~md hol pod me bruah up on. ourgicw unci ~uJ.icCJ-1 1:1..:.ttera

in every

~$Y

poaoible.

rreabytcricn Cl::.urch '.7as for it to hold

1

rcvivul ocrvicos.' ..:lot the.t

1 t MbiJ diJ not ho.ve muny eu.rneat !!lC!J.bero '.tho fciy thol;.r own l~ck of

apiri tual lila but evc..mgelis~s 8nd r_cvivo.la did not u.~:>:JO~l to oi thor

the minister or the people. li'or

sol:l.C

re.J.aon the need

six d2.ys a rreek for three weeks. This

•

\15.3

or

a d~opening

a. great a:·tw.t ior ::to £l.nd I

for 1 t neant so muclo to >lcr to h;cve ::1e ·.1i t!l l: .r • . ic :/ovoJ. eccc:t other
dc:J.I'lY but I hc:ve h:::.C. to -..n.:.it tJ.,eae lent; ycar:l 1:.c:f:Jn~ I f,_llly rc::.11.~"'·:: ~

v;m t it cost hur to havu ~ie go so fo.r u--;:.ay
her
:c
d.:rl5tandin~ ·tlound. a.z -r:J.ol.'e clo soly to

t:km.

\7l:~n

to

sy::;..;:;;.. t~;..;l

at

~

-:children.
.

... -

~

,. .

>..t-.:..' ... ·• .

......

3chool.
gro~n

hO!"lC

•

to like her
:.:o tl~er often

interested. I

~""'!~

.L.c.:-.-.

l1.~cl

}- (:\ ..•..

v;;:,r-y

':"

,!"-"

"'1;;~~·-t"'o

nuch. ::.. tltur:.:..lly

ZTiO}-:e

but bo
cbou.t f,._,"'lna Dcf.:.n <;,.nd I could not help

of-·tcn aocn thia

~·ins

.JcLn

in

~l':c

...:rLi~

ti:...n

~ndec:v·-~-

;.:

.l

X

Enter Anne. Dean.

239.

J.A.r:. pg 239.

'BllCh v. love-ly girl'.
'!ell, I fonnli. rr<.y cetel'l'llOnation to be b"achgetting
~
elol'~a little shaky. I was cul'ious, to sny the least. so, one dayU

c.ncl

~-'

I was going to the station,. nt the' Bald-..7in Gorner' I saw a girl wa.i tin:;
to• cross the otreet and sa.id to my~aelf;Ah, tha.t't Miss De~n'. and

1 almo at spoke to ·her 'but wr~ile I never could hu.ve been called shy in
those/days I was not accustomed ~o''!?ickin;:. girls up' v.s the clana hud
I

it but I loo~ed at her pretty intently and feo.r th~t that she must 7:-:c
have thought r:1e rude: Tho jol~e is that it \7U~ not lliss Dean

:c+

at a.lll

I cmmot rem.enber that I even called on ey fol'"!j_er friends, the
girls of earlier days but no doubt I did. In aor:te ·,yay they seem to
have ceasecl to make any. impression.

I

then 1::ut I rsr1e:-1ber nothing about it.

su~-pose I corresponded with
As I had only been a-r:ray a lit-

tl e 1 e ss thu."11 a year I am. sure I did not dro-y them fo1· they '.'rJre
still very good friends end while I mey have been thouchtless, at·
times, I was never rude, intenticnnlly, c:;.t least.

c

It was at tl:e close cf one of ::9r. I.::nnhn.ll' s a:t'ternoon scrvico:J

re.t.:'l::;r

u..>l.ur.u~l t~~lin!J for me as I generally spoke to Dr. Eiller or

no·.·r us•3(1.

by the Eoy ocou ts end

.

uJlcha~ced, except

by the yec.l'"J,

"'!i:.ho1.1t r:nj" oofinite purposc,noved a.s one would..bc by tho

to r"rcet an oJ.(i. friend T '.7alked ;;.t once to tho. t ;~~rc.u~1
,.>

cL;..'~~·~
. , ....

~- ~..:..

- ~ .:....
1

·

240

J .1...~.:. 'P:! 2-40.

'ihc other r:;irln,to nho"'l I hnd just been introd'..lccd, :;oom yo hu..ve
I
diao.;;rpesred snd un ~.:ioa Den..~ tmd ..•:.:wlked ·to·.1nrd ·ColleGe in tho bricht
Sprinc n'mohine a"ld tl?J.l:ed together it soc-.:1ed aa tho we wero old b:

rri<.mdn end ht:d lmovm each other e. lonG time. ·:;hat \leo oho li:Cc'i Dif/

f'er~·n t fro~ ot!'le;f:.:;irl3. In oo-:ne "tlUY she sco:J.cd to be scpo.rato fror.'1.
nll others I hn.d ::tet, one n:pa.rt. :m a vivid per:>oncli ty.

noat E'.rtd

tri~; ~~~t ~ ~. sensible ond well poised, nrrcct und lovely
with sunny wavy hci:r o..11d wonderful eyes tho.t

ner light.

'

Jiot n.cny do.ys ls..ter I took

eolJc::e in our

,

'

n

\.•

~tylish

~

l~othcr, 'Eclcnc.

surry end trpcn

or

gloYred ,.,1 th an tn-

o..o."ld 17.a<lel1nc to the

dc.piJlcd t?=Iz:3 chestnuts, u

•

1.:1na Dovn

so·

t:1UOh

to dinner.

co~c~

to tho teem,

1101

241.
I did not intolld to

dl..i"9'c

with ono

lu:..."l(. ,

or to tio tl1o rcinu around tho w:1ip! Iro1 thor of uo wore tl:.u t l:ind.

So there: 7o soon droppod all

fot~ol1ty ~d

caat

uni~c

GloYco unu

hata end waro .junt happy good friilndo, dalightinc in our conpC!licn-

•

•

tmd t!tl3 boc.utiful countrJ ntuo. 'Jildt!
•

t~hip

in their ;pti

~cr.:.a -~~1•3r,)

prirlo end !i1os Dot.-:."'1 e.dr.:lirad them greatly so aha aoon l:ud c. bauquot.

I uus

acour.~to:led

to do tho.t for

l;r nc.tUicl, but 1 t asa:a::t to ha.vo

Uotl:al~

.:.nd

so i

Eel~"l

~

aoouad.

lliss Iloun u.s qui :to \U"lum.tr.\le

impro~:.msd

\

pcl.~fcct-!

I
1

·Je talk ad c.bout ouroclva, our hopel3 1 f!.lY ~~ t-torl.: nn\l tl.;/" plc111s. and
in
wo ooon lenrncd that~ tho easential purpooo3 und cc~irca we ~ere in

hO.??Y h.:"ll'tlony.
.$.'"' .. ,...
•.;,; ....,
v-J..,..ll
to ..11·n-

\.t..Ji

~~l

·then, just an va wore naarL"'tg hone, for abo wno
"'.. v_u.
"'1.', ...
,_,~.,..
"'""o·~.e. JmTili,..,
1~ ,..-r.,.,o ....,--.,,· ··-·-···'- T... .-·-..,.
__
v• ""t
•

J~nd
...
1

~"'u

~v

~~.J

;;..:J;;..i..:a.'~-.40\..,j

:rc:;o.rdcd t:hr;.t o~l~ionoa as a.b.:ost/ sacred aud ki.i~lC l t vcrJ

tho

OU:i'CC3.

rut 1n

£0::10

lGa·vo fox :..lack a wi thfu
cvet'l tho 't'IO

of

r.s

w~re

v-.:.:r I fcl t I
~

j;f.lOt

~

c.a

Judead

!:~:.d -~2:.Jro us.;J tho thouc:l-;:~fi if zi.1c oho':::.ld

·.;:-..n·::.o

to

~o

::l.~.Hl

t ''""·in
-· • .. z

l"llO-.-t

1:nt

kno~-;: ~-'..:::: nh'J?~:;:::::k

I

·~-;::~n

to

ch~~r.ninG

by thQ co0.u ~cud I

lt;.,.,·o r::o C""'rJ :; i-:1 tl;r~
u

-poor gi::t:l~onl;;- ti;.·;;~):.:~~ho

he cr.:n ncvor lo-:;o. z::.c;ciu.

l)o;.:;.n wn.s

'!ol·

rc.r

week.and I W3ntc4 her to ~"JlOi:7 a1;ou.t it.

actu<J.lly ·Dtrv.nzors

fuba·e she o·.:.;:;:1t to

II

at tho dinner tt.blo t.ml bore u;;

.t'i.:.~~.;••'.J

:t. n coou' pr:.:r t •
!~;;

..

tell :!:'..Jr)

i'.

1, .·'
t.J-···.....,~;.J...

#r!J•.Jo·~""'""'

l::..~d t: ~l::::;:::· ~t!lt~,~~ ·:·1t tu\t:J ..
~lith t:.~~ l~~~~.·ilj''

; "' !",.

J ...... ~·~" .......

...
... ., ,.·':'
. . .. .

..
~

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•

.r.t... !~.
~elievins

that I haf not

pg.842.

~uffeci£ntly

cc11o;::;c tho..t evcnon{.:, I.:isB

D~on,

ho.:i rrr::mged viith l:\!!r

mute to send

in :.:.ituutionr>

17£>B

li~e

the

·with her uoual thoucht for others,
'.lillitl..~,the'Lmteru ~nn'

for tr:.in functionD.ry to :"l.cot the nh.-~0.­
fro::n. the city
ents t:.t the station when they cu~e ai:r:t c;.. fter c'l::.rl: or act fl.a ez:cort r:

~l!

for her. !t

roar.~

recovered to escort her to

thic.

cu~ton

};ow, nhoteher the roo:n. nn.te tlorgot

7illi['..r.J. was busy ,or AnnP-'s
lantern atte.ched. to

ch~-:1:

or

acted with ·mc.lice afore-thc:.1ght the

C..id not appear for

whi~I

:::~1 ~1nr!.

"'

shall be

it canso the h~::r::.
M~.icen

m'.lch distress ::.nd she

\7:.li ted

had to na1ce ·the beat of :Bert.

•

bonn~r

'

and hoped for Tillic:.=n, r.nd finally,

I was quite f'i t en.otv3h for. tl~r..t short

-'
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Xo:.:tl
1'\o·,:.~ 1-)u·:~

vro rl:.

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i11

:~n rJ~_tcl~ ltt:-~~)i':Je~:::;.

;\.3

r:ty

fr·~a11d. Yl~~s

~~o

tllc::."'c on the :3tepr> of tl:.c colle::e we se.i<l

j_ ~ l 0

C' ;\ ·.': t. C~ J. 0 VB

1_1: :-~ :~

rGt\.1.}11

to

~;oo<':.nfGht

(!

C: r 5_ 0 1J ~

r_:.~ . . '1
,--:

:~t~r

and

~71- f' (': ~-.-·-<'<•<•-.

:.rc:_:··r:'(':< :'.D ;,:·('!r.c-,-1 ~"'' 1:1 Vt.!::":~· tr'.th i.t iG. Y'Jr,, :to do"'c~1jt y;c ·:r:ro t·Y.)
E:XtT0''1C

in

so~'!c

t'hi'1;:::· b·J~,

n--.nr;J~

Cod, ···t:t:cn -;;e

~

pli~;ht2d C'l"'r ~roth,

wo

·I

J

Y,anLennsp and I:n.rtlctt.

. 243.
still h~.d a weul th of a:f'feotion and as.resaes to g1Ta. ".7e had not •

ready sucked tho

or~.ngo

dry%

It proved th~t that we ~ero to mGa7 one~ ~ore before I otartod o n.
my 4000 ~ile journey for 1tiaa Doe-:1 n.nd a friend cnllcd th'l afternoon

before wo ·aero to leuvo r.rut 'to suy eo~dbye to l~rs. Zlliott ;::nd. dear
little !'~delinc and I ?, uell ! hul·:rpenod to be there too! .ilth Lotbcr,

we all stood tocather in the hall for she could only 5tay c
and -.vhun the goodbye a \vere beint; sc.id

"iTO

~inute

felt sr. .y a.:'ld conotraincd, ao

like a child• I ~ ru.;.l:f' hid behind

m:r

o.round her for the final handclasp~

Than e.ftcr they ;rere gone I kick·

. ed nysclt all
•r.;rcvc:Jt

O'VCr

me fro:-1

.

rn.othor e.nd ~~":ZZ!

tho .norch for 'being such

ccn~
A

D(f.7

P..n

put my hand

ass. But thn.t
did not
.

f.ricmd a lot of rll)dest little buff :roses

end o. little fr-sc<roll note the da.y I

de::~orted.

•

Tho third e;oodbyo

you eee.
Shortly before I wv.s to lc<:;.ve Dr.

Ve.~ ~ekec.

=c to cc:::u t•) din-

ner •

1:.:r:'l Va."'l Lenne;> was a"3o.y but the Doctor had nsf:cd Dr. ::Dn.rtlett

e.l so.

Dnrtl et h::.d

be~n

u lecturer,

pfofez~;or,

in !:!Cn t:::l

tiin<Hl.GC:J

and oould'nt lecture any more than a cal! cnn oltmb e tree, but it
;mn'nt rzy dinnnr tablo and we hr•d o. -plaammt rte<.:.l.

~'.t'tc:c

d.in'1cr

~;l.th

second only to hinoclf in colle;:;c r:nd hos-pi ts.l .und would :.:;i"Vo me every

•

hnd

bo.tt~r

'·

~·Jyuo,.

lmn

Cj~':'lortuni tico.

cvon lo ........
y "''l

1~-1.,.,
·~ '

Th:yy both pointed

'·•tt
I• ''"d
no
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t.- v_
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o~lt

-:.· .......... -~.lc~v·t

t'·:e fi;·lo op-

1 i~.~·~

•:d

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I b·.<l t'.l·ae.:r3
•

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~.A.!f.

little More

th~n

r_) A A
• .,·.i ...~.

~

0

a fool a.nd 17hen
be-Gt>.11 to 'be r~rsonal
. 1\

vnd . to CPll nnnes it only n<:..de l"'!C nngry and tT'ore d.et.ernlirted than ever
to ret1.1rn. It ended rc.tf\er un!Jlcasc;ntly. Junt

I at".rtcd I ·:;ent to

n~y

dey or two 1;efcr:oe

r:cod dye to Yen b:nd &ft.er hir.

he to0k me to tlle ctation.
you ret·.lrn,rert, t!lere

~t

offic~~

houro

.A.s I '.7-cs le3:vinc he said ''no n:atter r7ho:n

\7ill :1l·.vs.y2 be<.!. :plt:ce for :r::m.u a pro:niee

it is rrorth while to reY1e"'lbcr in the llsht of later events. But .lt

I::-rs. ·~lliott had 'heen living nt ho~~· ufter 1\oy'
tmxi ou s to rcl i eve ;·other of house hold. c::;_re!J..

B

death a'!'ld wns

J~ut ::o thcr could

not let go. She did countless things abo 1.tt.the house tlJ.-::t she sl:ouJ.d.

••

h::'YG

}:;2C

t1:e :-:.:::, 'L ,· 3 d::: :f':; :;:- ·:;c harl cnoilgh hel·-;}zor

!"1e~· t~ l~e

I'c:rff; c-t.:!.:'

coT"fcr-v·'blc lmt s::e ~;:-::_ not :-:.':no·.1 1:m;r -to let othera c,_o for }Jc:r.

C~QnE!
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Fel enn did than qni t.e :.:.s well.

l• .j..._,

d"'v

~n:=!-

-

L:

not think

~'thC
-;:-.....,......,

So Helena was restlecu

1:vt I h::..d no

very li t.Uo))r ~~er o'7n.

,

! .. r:;::-in ::t Iry·.., -:-·~::.".7!' I tosned r::or~.c flo':'?'crn to tbe nJ.c.tfo:r:::'.: A~;ai:.1

t tr"'
,'
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f c ... l rr;.

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245.

J'.A.:U.pg.245.

SI'IY..A AGAIN'.

and the other girls.

The trip west wv.a unevtJntful.

?~a.del ine

tras e. good little girl •

and in about two weeks f' rom the time we 1 eft :Bryn 'Ma'.vr we landed
in beautiful Sitka again. The cordiality of :my fello":T workers in
their welcome to;f me was delightful and the evide:tt pleasure of the
Natives touched ... my heart.

Dr. VM would only consent to my retul'!l

on the condition that I would take v10rk very easily end providential~
ly tb.e work was very light that sur.tm.er.

r.:rs. Elliott r:.nd I were

'3oon settled in two of'1the !.:odel Cottages -ml"r± just across from the
Hospital and vrhich .happened to be :vacant at the tir1c.

They were

onlY little four roan houses and there.waa no reason ~hy we should

it

not be co~fort<J.bla using one for ki tchcm and dining roo:n ·and the

·e

the other for li"Ving roor!l a.nd sle~Jping. liero a very a:::.'..tsing incida~t
occured. frequently.

L:adeline was afraid of the da.rk.:...~n:.'2:t:siX

I

•

syr:tp:J.tlli zed \7i th her for I remembered tae tr3rrors of ::.y o\m chilC:.hi)Od
but I <lid not wish to interfere '?lith Hele~a' 3 ma.'1a,se~snt of l:or child.
Helena would put Madeline to bed. after supper, on t~c 3cccnd fl0or
lea:vin& the larnl) turned low and the door et::jo.r.

be l'epea.ted a time ot

"'~

qo.D-4Il

8oon s.ft'Jr zhc; c,:n.:!

tT,;;o end then, t1:::adel ine if you

qu;t· e t I.'LL come u-p
_ end spa11l: you! '

do !!Ot J..::c,:;p

..:\11 u-ould ce still for

a few minutes r!nd then a \Vr;.iling voice mingled ·.vith teo.rs ~auld

,. -.11.
\.I .... ~ .... ~

Cf courBe u~cre '.vas u ccrtr.in crtotmt of. rutine 7:•Jr.-: for t>J
;11·

.1.

1 ,.~

"'-'.) C .. 0 • uU

t the
'"n·tive"'
, . '""' .
-..

(!

"'""', ont mor.)t of the Sll!'l,"'.ur in t~lil· C'-:-~~_) ..; :.rl
"'"

.

•

-

·-

J .A.J.:. pg.246.

It's higl1 time you met nome of the 1:1naion at~lff ur:tll

\7llor.l

I -rv·to:r~:~. .

nnd lived. 'i'he,-a wei·e chr:nr:;ol'3 from yeaz: to yce.r hfr.J!!IlB but nost of

theoe v;ero there e.ll the tir.1e I vmfl at Si tkn..

The Grou-p photo in the

e.1 bttM.a is bLldly mc.rre<t but ahcre is e. hc.lf" tone in the Fob. isoue of
the r:osnenger

as w·ellk as a. very good view of the Misolon buildinc;o

Thane are in the bound volumn of the

1~essenger.

There i a ::r. Austin who carile to i:\i tka

in 1880 and hu.u J.•"euu:ined· !i

ever since having been ordained to tha n.i'nistry na.ny year~ before. Ilo

was rJkindly genial na.'l with a sunny smile and sincere and devoted.lic
· hnew and. loved. the -peo-ple ond ·.vst~ loved by them.

As he ll:::.<l been

t1

ho:n.oeopa thi st e:~ ho:-:1e he had done who.t he could \'1i th hin book oi' :~:x:­
to }:.ol T) thG •· ~t i VC!'i
ily pre.ctice ;;:;.nd tll::t.t ".'7U.S the res.son that the :Coo..rd ·':'fantod a bomo;.;;o
11

•

cepted. by oi ther the

Eonu:1~:

tne :;'orei(""l Botrds' liot-ehat they \Vera

~: oc1..,'JI~3

0f

~~·:_c

E;en t on t fi r::-:t an.d to avoid. confusion, tl-::.eir :;uccesf.tOrc &nd. coYmx·:~u=::
lwd to b~ of the s:::~v:lo School of prc.ctice. ·,7e- all 1:~ ha.cl rot.:.l affei~tio·~

I went to J..lo.cka I henrd some of them read to our 3.3 •.7hcn .i~nnn

•

C..'1cl

fro"'\ the r-:orlr, end lsckin~ a. ouffeciently vivid ima~~inll.t.ion, vie .,·;c;.rc

sorely 'Put to it· to !:lninto.in the ntc.nd.ard eet ·oy .;.._.i:a I.u;:;tin.

I wont out.

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.,.,.

The ranking officer .of the Staff rtaa the Guper.tfndent.
had chnrge of tJ.~

entire :plo.n t and noted for the .Do<..:.rd..

As it took

e.t 1 east a month for a. l otter to go to !! • y. nnd .b&c.r<
~al: if unyone wished
appeal from any ~eci sian he nade ,or rule he issued ,you ce.n sec ti:at
his power was prB.cticu.J.ly absolute. :Eut the men vtho held t~.t posit~±a"'i
c:~
~
ion while I W::!.B tl:ere vrere ~;~:3::- and never dic'torial.
1\

I believe I::r. Gcmble wua Acting -S~pt '.7hen I first reached Sitka
but about July of t~t year thc'ne~ Supt.• arrived ~id ~uch curios-

ity and speculaticn.

./hen U.P.Shull c.rrived frcm '.'titichu

T'
.~...unsas,

witt. his v;ife e.nd titree children I' think thtero wc:s a general cmnt(

pr0s::;inG of lips e..~d some silent prayers :thn ':Zay it be .for the best •.,~,

.

,,

1\l

:&'l·o-.7sy d.escrioes my opion of the outfit.

"'

H~-.veYcr 9

T'rof. 011ull h:.::.d

baen hir,hly recomnended. Hieh Schl)ol princigi!J,.~ -?.:c. Z:c. and -oroved to

be e. nl easc:1 t :m2n who too}: up his ne·,-, duties carefu.lly tut
i:Jing

ener~:;y.

Sta. r,

~.:r

~:r.

little

est a.,.,d.

•

1~ .~

Iscon

le~rned

Auztin beinG

C-'1

to like :tim EU';d \!e

".7~;re

good. friends

r

•

editor also•

:1eor::e 3eclc was the Industrial teacher tho.;ii s ~e t:.:t.u~;ht the

~rd

t~:.e

to

kno~

at first, but we erew to be vory good

oinceri ty of our purpose to serye Christ.

f~icndJ nnd

He io still

rtcn.

b1 .-~ in

·~rith :pro.

}'I.?T'

fir3t

lifd "f!''l(~ •)rcdnccdr:.:.th0r nn'Cil.VnJ.';.~ol(} i:1.;nu::JiC:1J.

•

T
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:pg.

e true Chr13tia..'l'l end after a tima wa were good triendl3. I have a lc-tF-r

hera now· that io 11ai ting for u.n anmver.
: ..rs 7ade 'tr.ls not n.t the station very long after I arrived a..T'\d
!tra 7alln.ae 3ncceededto her poaition.

llrs wade was a oaintly

but very h"llr.1an \71thal. I could sit a.t

her~

for houro

.....
..

WJnc-..11

f'eet e..nd linton to··:llOr ox'

:plein the l~ibl~"'only she did not fe.vor men aittinGat her feet ,but

.

G!lC

did tc1:.ch the J3i bl e cl aos \":e work era held once a. week a"ld nhe :mad a

it very profitable. She

c~me

noaror to being a real mother to tha

boys, es;?eciv.lly the little boys, tlwn most wone11 who accept ouch
/

7c \7cre all -r;cry sorry ·to see her GO. u-;'lay.

poai tio!lo.
:~1 sa

Eat tic 7ae.vcr rta3 tha Girl' o lta.tron, a qui at, conscicn tiOU3

fcdthf~J.l little •Jc::::r:.:n b~1t rcc..dy for n joke -r;hen tl~t rr:.t.3:!.er liv1.2ly

er

~~d ~

good Gport.

s~w.da hur ~ho.t tr:o -rcJ:y dilute soluticn all!.:! ~7etjl u:.:.~.i.n~ would not

any l lC 1 pl.... U 1

fiCM i C id. 2-.1

.. ,..,
nt
:J.1::1 "'-c
.!-~ ~l

--~ CC"t.••
(~li

py in b.;r fn1 ci cd c:ccu:ci ty but
Euoy

so~~ lu~d

it

bo~n

invented

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TE~ :::m·T~CTJi'IC

?Rl:P •

joke whether on

~ .A.l1.

scf/. ""

her~r so~~
.1\

one eloe.

249.

Gha wns n good teuohcr,

~

women end a good friend.
Mrs. So.Xl'!!o.rf:.\

huab~.nd

hud been drowned with Louin Puul whilo

on e rissione.ry journey and :!..li..rnul' s 17idow

•

eood

Tilly Puul w<ln one of

the .;ste.ff ...U tho a full blood Thlingl t sl1e had b-:.d. a better educv.tion the.n ~eny a.11d wa.o a fine typo of :c-:-ative, a good mother to her
rn e"".;r,:crJi.:;:!'[ sJlr± zr.
three eon~ \'7hO vere atudcntn in tho school. liaving ch~.r1.:;e of the

school laundry, her. 'rrork -was hurd but she was :fc;,i thful t:nd ef:f4cicnt,
~

ar
arose becP-useAthe wide

3JD£d: an ernent Chri otia."l end c. value.ble hel o in tho m:1nY :problens
.b~
~

tr2.t

eiftercnce in ta&Xative point of view

and that of the Fissionaries.

·Je v1ere &.1-..t."ya the best of f:tiends

and I heurrrom her occasionally.

my closest friend

~~tho

he had not he.d many advantcr;eo. He

of the }:indest rne'!l I ever l.-new, free fran

hr.·.nd ~wTI

~vu.s

one

c~nkineos unr~ ~oods ~.nd.

t, tho superentendtmt.·

The:-e -;7era othera thero

~

tkey -.. ~~ but only for cc::::po.r:J.tl70-

ly short :poriodo nnd did not cJ.'fect :my life to r..ny extent c:t.:ce:pt

A.l th 0 the work vw.s lit,ht thD.t nm~.;:1cr there t.hcrt'l

emount of routine

•

\70l'k

thelr·~intcr eup~ly

but tlwre wer·o very

re·,7

\'li..l.G

a cert:.·.:!.n

:rt:::.tive::; in tha :R:.::ncho

of foods,borries ~hich t~cy out

11p

ran in ce~l

J .A.n, pg. 250.

used by any other
wor!c ehe hn.d

:f[!l~ily. ~:~isa

Gi"bson \7as very tir~d with the extra ..·

had ..,.,.bile I was a.•:my, i;l'le hoapi tul

WF.l.S

clooed

fo1·

discnf

f'cotion end thero iraa noth1na neellina o.ttention at the school so 1 t
VIHG

o. good opportunity to take a trip some-.vhere

we decided t.o

~"1.d

-go to Yruzoff Icl€:XJ.C. end !.:t. :I.;C::.gecomo c-.bd the t:!c.::;.el :L<.:.cl:. It mt~st ·o<U

confesced thB.t., wbile I was feeling fine I would hardly ha.ve allm7ed.
a man with aner'l.ttbdon.inal sc:J.r to go on e.mounta.in trip, but it is
for a. qoctor to te..ke his own :medeclne.·

b.c:~rd

l'~ruzoft

cre.ter of

IslrnC:, cl.t.t.o hel:.vily woocled,is of volc::.;nic origen the
bci:;1g

~}3.gecor:.'b

plo.inl~r

·&.ins lie out-lined 8.Gainst

,

.

blue

th~

vis:fble frorJ. S.i tka.

s!ly o:f

SU."'1'''H~_r,their

As these mom.1.t-

green and red

sid.en neared by be.nks of sno·;·:, and '.Vi th the glintinG wr..v-es dashing

to

~Ji

..

+
c..••.•J ~.r·r
~
,.,

for

tke. . ' s alree.dy s.bund<mt store.

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to lc<:.ve tr..o stc.tion ct one time.... sncl £;.s t'hc

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G.c~y

was finn

we ".7cre v::;r.y c&rly.

A dclichtful

'

s~~l

of

EC~e

fifteen milee brouGht us to a snuc

li ttlc cove on a rocky shore where big boulders stretched fs.r out
i:--. to tl:o sen.. The

'
of t;."Je
once

lJ0~;t

wu.s r.:nct.ored. \lith greatest c<:.ro

..... roc,r.~., ...<tf'lt·~p••d
,., ~--v "'""d cr--cked

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w·~s

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C:c::ld

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ho.d lw:1eh

<::L:.:Ji tr;.e:.~t'J.:·'

'l H 1 ~ BDGT.lCmtR r::'RI?.

:J .A.J!.. rb• 251.

1

with reP dine C.ccl: and ro'<lia of

~!Sl.

aee.tS~

conlilcrte.blc bi..'.cl:s; there, x

,..c,.

w&s s. pile of lave whose colur.ma reminded oe of the GiE.nt' a Cavs;.
in Irelan.!.

ever 'beyond the blt:1.cl<: lr:.v:::. is L1·oken into blocks laid
I

.

in order like/the stones in ~. wvll,uhile, nc2.rb:r ia ±z is a big bubble whose top has p&rt.ly blown

e.w~·-Y·

In some

pl~.ccs

thel.·e ure po.tcl1ea

of debl'is .m.d rnoes from \7l::ich hundredo of loyely l1luc bells \Tv.ve
loell'
their tiny ~.
Cur pcckn

are~oon

:onde, even I hr..d fifteen or t·.;-;enty pound3,

tl:o I w~n foolisl:;. to do it. s.nd afte::-.· following alon;; the ".J·'3~.nh a

sl~ort d.istc-..nce we tu1·n into t!'le f'~rest, in cf-ang li"ae, si:1rJlc file.
!

Throu[;h s;7arrrpn, u2.ding_ creekt, over logo, up end do"';"ffi over ridges
nut -~lith c;. fc::ir trr.o.il !;lest of the '.7'i't.y, ·t;re c2:1p <:bout tl:t.l'ee miles

fro11 the "b.tl?.ch. ·Jvon

r~t

thc:.t the

p:·~ks

see::t to h<:::."TC c:oublcd in siz,;,

end \7Cight. Jtnd r..ow the predictions of our Native friends c.r0 f u l - .
fillr;C. fer the r&in that iluo been drizzlint;,

Il0".7

ecnd then,;settle:J

c.o-crn in cc::-.rncnt tut still it is net ver~" uet, as ~\l.s.::!:::n rc-·.ins g0,

::i salon ac:o.in.

••

3o the ladieo J~ad. that tho.t firflt nizht an<.l v.-a men

*/'-tE

Jrf

[- --'l

mrr-en

!i
!&e arrt:l

q

nilat

,G

aoarl

Etr

_l
0

E

0"

rr3El

+
han.rrh

-

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T"p"gr+at't+trr-l
p,ob* |
BKW
lrc.nhndru. rpto
today story,lng
route t*en by

Camels

I

Bact'sadle

betvreen Mr Edgeolrnbe
on south. and

old

voharfc cralerr on north.

I

I
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I
I

dcdd

,_.,

r~

..,., , ,

";71 tl:J.n the ti"\'!'!bcr 1 inc. Lore the guiC.co Buid .,,a woald cc..np, cs there
".1an

r;

a;.w.ll flP.t of ocariu and pu~iso, t1e~l dr~.incd c.nd a o::tr.:.llx~t

B;_TT,---· ·;'hat is less fun than putting up a. tcmt ond m8kin3
cc.~11 in o. stee.dy rain;· ..':..l1S\7er, a bad toothache,-- ao:n.eti::.1aa. :•,robczo

,r

.

we.s .1ubllent 'bccc:1so he had brought· the tent abost a.Guinrr co~c.nds
not to do so, but :to did not rub 1 t in and we '!Yere hu:nl.:J;a und sa.id

ho·;., c;l::.d "."le wcJ... e, ~r<:..i_:i ti~ca. i1J.an we propofJed ·to lc::~vc it for tho
. bro ls.c.Ucs ti1cy would not hear of it for a ·ninute L!.lt o;;·,id vrc muot

a.ll sh~~re it. I never did lil=c wet cloth~s t:nd. I .::;:;c:;s noi tl:c!r C!.id

••

:1.nC. ;rhJ.t c CCJ:·!.fort it \V~:: to got !n out of the r;et! 7ho tont vrr:.n of

to

big })iccoa

occnr;ion.

o:

npr~ro.

lo:;e, 12 or

14 inches in di~·neter.

'.!.."lu·ca of the

::[;.t-

")

""o.l

•

--and with no re::<"'-rd
TIG

-;T)!T-i·~(Y'~

~erioualy

yarne,

Re did

lcrtO\V

7.~!!'.

253.

J .A.Jr. Pl3 253.

for' the truth·;1 he could ~pin the moat in teres tine•

innisting thn t they were actual :9arnonal oxperiena.

a~ot about the Uati'ves and told the moot n.otoni~ ohing

Indinn legendn and folk-lore tales one ever heard, half true a~d k
half imaginnry. But he kn0".7 that \Ve knerr he was rc:-:u.1.ncing o.nd when

fla.tly aacuocd. of it he frankly c.dmittcd it with the best good hu.raor.
and we could not help likinJ;_; hi!!l.

Perhaps I should not au.y too much

about Frobeze's veriaity for when we were on •our way ho~e so~e one
proposed a contest ao to who could tell the biggest lie and by m1e..m.ioua consent I w~s -pronounced tl"~o victort

Some of the Natives had ohot some deer and the fresh liver and

ete~s nddcd to our nlensure £nd when the eun ca~e sifting thro the

,e

tree!'l the ne;d mo:rinc; there wan Braa.t rej olein;;.

i).

;3:1ort ~li:.::'b c~1t

of the ravine and up a ridge brof~G.ht us to th9 rin of a r;ror~t crat8
-:re were in the s2.ddle of the So.dle :Back whicll, in re:.J..li ty

YTS.G

not

L

t1ounta.in of t?lc Croo:J wit11 Git::a ~t their
in tho trec<J, lookinr'; 1 ike tiny 'buildlnr.: blocko licinG il1'180n.e· P'l.osz.

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~irDctly c~~ositc

to us on one ed2e of the

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and the Cc!!lel r.ac1-: on the other, th::.t ·vn !3t co·:;l, cort<dnly three r:1il o s
across WRs P-n elMont porfcct ovul. The botto:n of' the

-

hu~e

pit wu.o

a.e flat e.e a tP.ble top, oovorod. ?tit.h c;rc.nnefl,tiny -ponds here end

there

B~d

great treen

re~ching

up almost to the level of our ayes.

How that great caldron must huve boiled a."ld ro&. red in e.gca -pe.at! .7c
could s~e the huge 1 e:va waves \7here they hn.d cooled on tho it ru~.y _to
sea and

\Ve

know they had flo-aed on, two miles or more to form 3t.

Lazeria. Island, one git;entic he!'.p orf
I'rof. Libby,·:1ho

crater

••

h.:~s

coml), r::·l t}lo

le.va.

Kruzoff in 1J85, .saya that this big

vi::~ited

not been ective for hundred-s of yea.rs and t11e C.s.'""'.el' s
'
co!1~1ir1t?r::;.'"t~1!! };_i;:~her

ti~~~r1

t1le

ot11e~ vct~~_{s~

~r:.l.. }~n

ti1~J.

1:-:t. ..w

est vol ce..nlc ection. "?o.rc(!s th:-Jt h::d lain dnr:m:.:1t for a long tir.::a

deer

'

wei~d.ly fasho;1ed

on

t1~e

floor. Cf co:n:nc -;;c did.

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\

n..v foot

drmmod! Af'J ......-;, bcG<'1 to stir

in the w::;.tcr: ' :"!"'.. en, ::;'y,

t11~ w~ter'

e rnnning

:~11

t<il.(l.cr our lJ!Jd.c!'

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And,

pno?·~~3~.JI01TfJ, '!IO?J.( TI''!fl~SD.

oure enour:h, it ;;na!

8

1

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The dim morning

255,

-revt1led a eood o1z0·
,·_
ine
·

li~ht

treDI'.l flowing thro the tent and dirt3ctly under ou.r 'beQc% :·no.'! ".7ell

tho probc.bili ties of rain on on:r C:!!."l-pinz trip in 3. i. t.J.ue~~a the
0:1

the ground be fore putt inc

tho~a

brt'.:tchel:S hc..d held us above

1 ves had plo.cofl e.. lot of snall br:t:1chec

the the ep1·ucc bouzhs above the-:t and

the flood. Tho heavy

do;m:~our

?h~. t-

in tl':.c ni::!:t had. so s·.':ollc:1 the 1.1 ttlo

brook in the gully bclo71 tm tr..at it had over flm-rcd ito bc:n.ks o.nd
tried to wash us e..way.
The mom ine \'7a.s

ed. in clouds a:t1d

we

Luckily, it had

T~il d

~ioocd

our

~revision~.

and stormy, the peck2 \verc hcc.-rily shro\Yd-

wc::re pretty

d~p

e.nd

oo ·.7e lroJ.co

di:::~cour~Gcd

in the line of r!~l'1Zh -..nts S}:oday, c. gc.J<l :-.::;.n b:tt not ·~:.:.c1: c·ror flvo

feet t<?ll, E.md not over pro-portio:1ed in ::icl th but ·i:-i th T:to .::.vcrs;::o

aized d_eer .on hie back he trotted c.lone eo.fest

t1:~.t

I had 211 I

8

:Being 'Ttct we lme·w ,vc couln not get riuch wetter en so hc.d c j ol-~ixty w~n the

worne for the experience. I never did r;ct 7JTJ :::~:c;~comb

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lhich thO' Irtdircn r.o";lon bc~r their child.:rcn t~.~:::.t
relieve
¥b:paetcd I r:nuld novor he called to l:clp :1~~-4. tho oui'forinc; z.~. no tLt;1;:1u.t tl:c;

CG.{Hl ~-:!th

7

er nuot boo.r na a. pnrt of t.ho price cho ount p:1.y tor hor children.

It uc.s c. ct·co.t.

cuX?riz~.Jl

Rcnc!/.l.t onca to nee

t.t

therefore i7l".en c. cc.ll c:;::.c to

c::-:.cludin~ uc·:.:1cn ~ror.:r. tl:.c house
1 1U.;
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ins childbirth I CA?cctcd to find
b~ck

tl:~

~t

just before: c.nd

c~;r..;..

in one of tho3e little

r~~ ~uticnt

tenta or bruah uoothu in which they ltvc
sone of t11c::l

to

women ~:hooa child hc.d juot been bol'"!l. l~Yiow·inc:

tho.t the cuoto:a of
..~1C..•.J
...•"

co~e

uuch

timo~.

I had coon

of tll TIZ'ncha in ey vioi t:; thare and r£:.d curiouoly

exr:zainod the otout ntr:.kc set in tho zround to v}:ich tho vo:::J.un

c~unc

e.s in oit'tinG' poaturo she br.,u::-;ht forth. hor younG, to be rocoived

••
C:10

for

,;·~1ct b-:y.~·

proceed for in older d<."'y:::;

i~~1r

tl:.orJ·~ i~:·i<:::l~s

ci:.oo no "16

"J'O:~!cn wot~ld ::r:;:~..:r=

;·:. :;~ll'l

die end

~-4llc~·~~}·

:1c tc

~0::10 ~ctm:~lly

;r .A."..!. 'PC• '257.
i.

of the ono.ll houao incroueod tho Gloom.
veo:ple, out off frorrr/ holp £-nd cdvico.
elf:~

. 257 •
.;/~'"'ol t

tc:r

Tha dtt&ky

of thaoe

i't\CC:J

n:1d blood relatives. l!.loro 'POtent for lllu:rJ. then

huab~nd

or oono,

or ?To.tivo cuaton, looked f'iorcc und thrar)!tcninc, moro x:1cn-

boaa,.l~O

ncine thvn when I did my firot
sc.vnge ttL"'ld

l.ri~o

It all

so~~cd ~ild

:.11 this puocod thro r.J.Y ninu in u. i'lcnh.

action, not drccns of 1'0asible
wan noon

trnchooto~y.

end

Gibson c..'ld I,onl7 tiny \7hito dotu on tho dc.rk flood

of su11erdtition.

Glb~nn

o.~ruy 1"ro':l "Whi t o .

corr~ctod.

ho.I"m \1:.:~a

1

needed nncl the condition

?hen, r.nid tlloao oxcla:!r.:.tiono of

to enro for tho patient and loft

nnd fifty of tho "ttero o

hr~-o:Jy

Iiut

~ia

t·:o.l~-coo

tmd

housa.

lot,noot

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s!~OC r•:)]:in;~,

~

1Jl;~cl:.:.:r:-tithin[:; ~-nd l)i~H~

:_'he girls ·:rero

fittln-g.

trvu£l:t cool: inc, newinr;, houJe koopi.n.g ·mtl lrmndry worl:~ Very rE.'.:-ely
· · t30rne of .t~
did we he.ve ~~y trouble. Once in a whilc.;\:;he big bo:'o \vould run 2:

r..7rrw,c;ct

r~

crnoe e.nd

nnd bring th:.::::.. 1;r.ck.

i~t

\iOUld ce,usa a lot of thoublo to find them

'i'l:oy were put in

E;.

bc..l,red roo;n, 7..-i th 1 i:::r~i ted

food [end in n 1 it tl e '71hil e they were ret'..dy to be good ac;ain. The
boys hc;o o fine 'band, self tnucht a."ld with uniforms.
"be z::-.ble to

pic~c

stinct altho·
They

~11

up any inat::-u."'n.cnt c.nd to read music

only :Intive inotrument

tl::~

loved to

sin~ ~nd

;-:~.a

a sort of rude

1T - .. ., e 1<::..
•\O..i.

-,, '
.,..,.U.

~eld

by indrt..~.

every eve-

I led one ·of these/ services once

I often rroliGu with
T~cy

€'.l;:~ost

devoticnRl aervices were

nine in one of ·tl-:.<: school rooms.

good fricnda.

7l:ey seeJned to

the~

r...ad sooil l::eco.::J.e

were

•..• - n
.l..;..l.;;>..,

, .• ,· ,_ ••
~..;_Wv

on ~o
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T-~-.:.·.:-

of t~c ~o~c~t ~c ~e~idad she nuct have a ?roper c~lebr~tio~. A~ ohe
~..../
A

t : . l:ir1 ·~; ·t·. 70 ElC o.1 o
.

t:l.

d ~)r ~:t i t::J. 11C ·~~ c in --v-i t eel ~ ~ i". c:.n<l ·.·. 1 ~3 )~..~1 £~- t "1.:1 ~ ·;_·_·r •
1

~-11

to the

'..l t~::.o

ut

prccc:1to:.1, m0st of which y;ere jo:k03 r.md grinds, a bottle of 40 Olivcr.J

'

In one ha.d. the t~oll held

P.

etick to drive

i

I

•

259.
box, she he.ted tob:::.cco nbovc all thiugs; u.ome ot.he1· gifts and. 40
pote:.tof::a, r.1~:::;t of tl:ei:l r:i th facea pc.inted on ther:t at her "'[lic1.ce.

The guest were ~-11 sec1·eted in the vroocl aheqCntil I.:iss Gibson k
heti come over form the hos:pi tal to the uoual. evening meal. :3he was
completely surprized

e.

:!fnoc~

was just 1Jer;inninf; to reco-ver when there waa

~~nu.

at. t!le door· and a

a black bea.rd

gro~7ing

youn~

Iriabman,s:nooth s:P..aven except for

over his neck up to the mo.rgin of hi::; chin ·

a..'t'ld j a·;ts• clad in brown knee tro;vaers •.vi th a long :t:rtt :::;-;-To.llow tail
coat and o.cco:r.:.p::mied ty a buxom irish wmru:l"l who sported a he8.VY
m.oust<.'.che_. caue in. It \7as Gam."ule and my::;alf,

·g~nbl~

yositivcly re-

'/e had h::..:cdly been so.:::.ted. whu.:1 u d.::o1· s·.JunL; open

en t:·.e bC'.c::: of which ~...-c..s 1.Iiss Jibson's mou.."lta.in suit ctuffed to lif.J
1 U:e

pro~ortionc

and with a false head above.

As th0..t suit had
VC:";_. ·

re~c.:rr.ed by· tr..ost of tl:c steff .::.3 re.ther shocking.

l.'",C1 ci.~·:; ~,

ti!"'~c

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t~eQ

I sang some Irish
end

.i olly

-t

~.7~

h&d a very

the Austin s rretting a. bout as much i'un out of it as

tr:e :-7::';.cst of .C.onor dicl.

nu.t it

!"l.!H:nt

a lot to the ft.ithful ifurge •

.. .1

a ne·.v rnd
thn t I ri oh n2.n.

Ir•F

<'iC t

t t d.id us all good fot' as tho sonr.;a tor so.idt

ll·t-L.~~r I c t1JV1i=:t:~ so ,;oot' 'by Lctlf
tl1~1

inclined to

il'Odn

t

t itlC

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11

11

jolly cood hC:'c' ty 1:.::.~: ::)t • A~3 I

l.J.. t1:o zcme of our ··;or.!..:cr:'1 may
nc ·: £·:c. ·!:l':. ·,~·:, ·._:.
- r·; ;
'f

bust.

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1~in~ion life is not different tro::t othex·lifc, li<)lt

n:1d ohodo·.'! :;;

follo·~7 each other c.t vurying intcrvD:l:s. ! ned Ju:;,rd-ly cotton over
tho b!rthd~~-Y :p:::trty bcforo I

11.::.3

troubled and o~d('.ene<l by n. t:rr;.r;io

occur£'..noc in tho H:::nche.
sn.id a ~e-:-1uty 1.1' .;~. :~a.rnL:..!.ll.
"tl'hc Judr:e UP.nt~ to occ you riv.'::t _(;....Tay•"A I '.7;;s st:::.rtlcc.l lor

bit disturbinc. "I'll be down o.t once' I told hin 'beins dorm'~c~-~1-

ing thnt I ~ould

co

. n:ort~.
to do a .nont

·-

to town a.lnost a:n:ilo nttay.
/..n

"Doctor, I want you

Indiun • s been ldllad in s. drunken br<:wl b:.tt

,.

I lcurae.:i tbc.t o:1o o£ our forc.u:r r;cllool boyn,Don8-l ... J~.llntin 11~.-:::.. ~~ ·.:
9

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ana.. re 1 c.~._..i·ven wc.,;clHHl
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As aoon as I rc.l sed the top section of the al::.ull I eaV'I a l a r g .

clot, a big ae a man' a hand, lying bettTeen tha pia nnd the dura e.nd
t,

I

.
C.Xa:-:!~nation

makin11 suffeci eti' pren nure on the brain to cause death. U o fracture
Of the inner table COUld be ltfftr:t.found. 7he routine

the rest of the

b~..,dy

was made lbnt all was nornal • .i\s I re=Jle.cecl tho

top of the slcull and drew the scalp back fro:n the fo..ce o.nd
stitched it

:people\ a nd

c::~refully
aR

Of

into plnce(for I

the .hair wa.a

reo::~ected

i.:.--r.m n

the f.eelin,::;s of these

arra.."l~e<l so thu. t there was hardly a.

tre:ce of what had been done the Natives were z.stonist.ed. bcyo:-td measure
a!ld a;::,~.in rff 1 oak ed on thci~ 'DCC'l'·1~h' with v;ond.er o.nd. a·:re.

Here was

sor.1ethin3 else he co'lld doJ and. in this· aa in othGr ".7ays he ·.,-as kind
to,tho~,a~~ ~cted

""'
l~i i s

as their friend.

0
~an
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d
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· ·::>nd
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white men had done this thing. Fa.r more sinned. ~_sc.;..inot tl:.c...."! :::innin.
So I w2.s inC'.i:S;lant as I went to tl:..e it.Qti.Cct~
eoroner and t:agistrate.

R'e lie YfaB a nev.r man e.nci 1 su.r,:.;JOscd. he uould

rule out nE',ti ve testimony e.ncl

n~

.

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T.,

• 1., o ,,·r·
·rcr r.:i
'·

upl~old

the v:lli te mt:-.."1. in spi J..,o of &11

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dcnth coald hr~ve been~ 02-nscd by an cit nunpin ·-:; mottbri:,~·: b.s hnd been
deocribcd o.nd v;h:>r and hm'l 1 t1ith very M;inuta c1en.cription of condition:;
I found •

Then he turned the via.l!'3 of hin

ri~htcoua

loose c..nd rJcornc tl1c accnscd un mercU'ully end

inclit;m:.tion

decl~red

lui'T3- rr:J.:::;t be

obeyed. aa long c:.n he \7aa on the bench. The pronpector, n biG wild

lool:in g r.1en with n grcrt t full ben.rd wc.s held for

cma~t accused

of

of :Doneld lmstin a.."!<! I ~n~ subr>Oe!:ied to uppen.r at t1;.e :t
in
trio.l which '\70ttld be held m .Trme~.u. Altho 3i tl::a. \70.n the CC.T>i tol of
tl:e

mnr<~cr

t.J.us:i:;:a it was

~uch chea~or

·occurcd in .Jnnca1J. or
~3o

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been

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for
not

J?,O

to J'tmeau nnd cx,ected to l:e .:::one

c:~.-·:-te

"'~)_-!:, t.~l(';!'(~ ·.;~.s

over

t!1s:.t brine

~lace~.

for :--:1.e to trcP.t the i.:n.tives. !

,-.1j_:1c.

:~'l::'.C~:r~

ne~:rby n~x

fo::cod to

U:lcthic~:.J.

'J':::-C'::.; 1 ··rc11

t:lJ

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for the co'l!rt to go to .Jnnc::,u

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Bi:~~ht

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~l?.AU.THZ V~RDICT.

Just damn hypoori tse Get away from· ll,omo where

they think no one will see 'em e.n the7' er no better than the rest.

0

seen that doctor from Sitka in t.he Golden Palace last night and
damned if he did'nt have his arm around Chiloo.t Sue!"

Uow. if I had

gone to the Golden Palace those poor, painted drunken Indian girls
would have had no attraction for me but these rough men, who aeemed
to hate all t:i asione.ries by: instinct~ would not hesitate to e.dd that
interesting detail. So I did not go to tha Golden Palace or any simi
ilar place: I cou:~ld not take any chance /o! that sort of critic ism.
~finding along .the be.y sonewha.t apart from the tom1 J was a. board

t

walk which passed in fron of a lot
t'>1o 'but '<Ti th z::rz;:r

ot littl 9

cabi~n,juat

a roon or

a la.rga windc':T :facing the wc.lk,a'1d not !:'.uch more

then ten feet frcn it.

At niC:ht the interiors ua:re brichtly lighted

revealing a very ne~:t a..lid attractive ladieo boudoir, n-i th tho .lady.
herself, quite ric1:lly clothedJsee.ted or ~c~king a'bout the rocn. I:..o,ny

of them were eneaged i:t brushing their h~j.r ·while they lcol(cd

Cl..'..t

seductively at tl1e men passing by or st:::.nding wa.tclli:J.g thc:r:J., thr)

1 ta nttre.otion for a young fcllo~:r who wae waary 3 'Hi th f::;~:o:;:; ::,l icUr;-

tho office e..nd 1 i 'Vine :roon1 full of roaz!:;1, every tino:.J you paid your

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!164.

CLiil ty he could :not rcveroe the verdict of the jury, of '!Tot G:1il ty'
ann

after all it was only an Indian that had been killed and

who~

would give a white man's life for and Indians? Very, very few juries
in Alaska at that day. 7hat a. rel'ief

it was

to

get on the ctt>!1mcr

at le.at and leave·that crude,coarse,dirty town, filthy without and
wi thin,physically and no rally! As I look back now it see:ns clear

that I could have made more of that experience.

There <rere some nice

people there and I neod not have been so aloof %ma::i: toward the rouc;h-

er element

and

possibly helped them and learned a lot.

But I belonged

to a~ ostraciccd elasa and I d±~ ha~ no desire to show them that we
also uere hmna.n.
pro-vod to be a very amusing inoirlcnt occurc~d ~.7h1lo I ·;r:::-.3
fro::."'! the Sound(3eattlc~)
wai tin::; for tl~ caee to be called. A docto~ appeared. a tl1o ho·>.:::l ;.;:ci.
~.7hat

•

I wa:J told he had been brought up by the defense to rt:tzzel duzcl me

-r;hen I ·Tras on th0 -,.,i tno3s stand as 1 t wan believed my testrunony
go f'<1r to;vard conviction.

~:oulcl

The !.I.D. was said to be a prominent life

in surnnce exar.1iner and I certainly did bone r:J.Y brain <:.."lo.to:my, and
\

fct not n little a'lxious. But when I got on the stand that man neYer.
:pee:;, eel. It.

i'!<:1G

a case of 'one wua afraid a.'td the

oth:;~r d~:ts

'nt' I

elent .<:.nd 1w.s ::1otLinc to do -rrith the case." Than he '·;7ould lov.l: e.!"t:::clC.l
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by his croo.t
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lec.rning. I had the greateet difficulty to keep from laughinu in hi o

fece.

':'};e firct duy I arrived ut the hotol I

pried~ cro

on the front porch

"Do yo:t ·t,r:ne r;c2.1 !l

~r3.hl

unpc~ckin[S

3a\7

one of the t;;-o pro-

toilet sets.,

de hote or a la carte'?"

[~nd

o.sl:cd hi:.::,.

Eo turned

c.~.rc.'!.nd

and c:,ri:ld !Tie fi ~rcc1ly a..Yltl said'' I dunno,wo have. dinner at t?:c;l vr::

o ' cl o c:-c ! ''

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could to

m~o

tho Childron enjoy 1 t. This nocond Christ:::.c.u :i.'or r:o

nt tho l:iooion :.:::; •.'}unblo.
for

reindeor V.!1d fixed

lt

Gunblo

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D.

Ticc!: and I rit.;ccd U? u

~:mit

or akin

p:.dr Of .horno to a fro:::tO for tho hcc£.

end Eocl.:' end I tho door.

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tha old 8tdnt into tho cb.siclrenc dining

to c» alcd

!~.ttc.ahcd

in tho

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nidc·~

~o

pulloQ

of thoir ·

entortninr:tent to tho c:roc.t· delic;ht of ull e.nd ho-.;r tl:cy did le.uglH
you lool: no r-u-n-n;r.c-o-.

IJ

0! loo~! noct,:"!v{

'Jilbur, lio ~ko t1~o

tho t::rou'ble.
I ht'!.d nc.do ::i0':'10 7c:r:y [;QOd f:.-icmda c.:=.on~ tha officcra of tho.
.

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a s:::'!:'-11 np:'C'J :::·.::J.idc!ti'?;J 'ITi th Ci:lrt:i.ln4Cd oti)..tc:rocn. . o-pening clone each
w~ll.

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Calling at the Pintn.
tr:'.vellcd

r.-1e~1

of "!"..Y

2CG.

clees '\7cre ve1·y refreshine

o;711

~21d

n great

boc~1

to l'ilC espoci<-'1ly eo r.c tl:e men seemod to lil:o me. 1~.~1on.:; my fric:ul::

en the Pinta was . tho Exeeuti:vc Officer I.ieutena.'1 t Craven.

He \vas

on ardent'ein~~e t~~er' and statfed in to convert me to tho theorv
I

in real earn

~

He co.m.e to cca me quite often in t:-c;.e earltj days

~l3t.

and insisted on my reading p<:l!!lphlct:s and artielee, most of the:::n by
Ecnry :}eort;e. Wt Got
after~vard

c;t

little boresome after a time but I

WG.e

r;x·:..;.tcf;vl

for I hud never given ta.xe.tion much thought and was \7oe-

J

fully ignoren t on tb.e ff'hole subj eat. Of course we could do•nothinc;

about it as we had no·taxes, no elections and moat of the til'!l.e worr::e
~hb.n

·.7hen one called on the ·.rard :S.oo::1 in tho ovcnir:;

no covernr1ent.

one n.l-:;ays formd out in advtmce vrhen the launch natle a

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tri~

to

r.::~::..orc.

would e.nnounca, "Lo.nch( ;rever launch) L~nch is a.t the side ,Sir. u
Tl:e vi8i tor quickly

r:.:e~de

hi2 &.clieua c:..nd as he went c,mrn the eid.o

the Cffiocr of the deck. \7ould raise his

han~

Jrti.:ffl;Jt in salute and

sta nO.' stiffly at attantion.As a. civili:1n I always felt I Bhould

taka off
:i:~in(;.l

L'Y

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1lat end r:.18.l:e a :profo"'nd bo7r c.nd say

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~~ui te

so,

qui~a

so

e-vcn5.nc: , :Jir ver:r fine evening., or othar inrw.ne rb'2P.rk. I fol t

wl1ich -1is to rn.ise one's hat vnd bow slightly.

There were eone very fine !!len e.n:onz those officers one or t71o
becr;mo 1 ife 1 on:7, D.;::;d dea.r frienC.!!t.

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c. n d I

!'.:l e en e c1

fish, or

no

~1ear
1

g~.:'110 fll1om

to c

nu~rrcl
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t.=m..xl' ati ves who

!.::y bczt friend, :!ill ian Cro 20,

at our first

'.'I ere

mcctin,~
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that a decn

oi t ting along the oide walk •

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Cno da~· U!J I wu:1 dickerine for n :pD-ir of' wild duc~~:\'.7~.~:} conc.dc..:.::::l!l,:; ( )
I ~:--!·:T CTIOJ·1.

r;r;; lust offer> cYld nothinG
up uud in a. rc.thor

oee!~d to

oup~rior

wc.}l

no

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bo doinz. a no-.1 liu.v:-1 cfi'iccr

r.w. id, "I'll tc.ke tllono

du~n"

c;:.,~~j

., end

\1nrd but timt morninc ho n.cy ho.vo bocn in a hurx-J o.nd 1JOrhcp:;; b::.d
l:roa::t hcn..rd my h~sGling end thought I t1a!l tryinG to Jc·:~ r.

poor Intlicn

dotm and his o·.;o:cbocrinc mr1n...~or nettled ma J no I pc.id tha -p:rica end
:picked tll~J ducl~o cJ.noot out

theset'.

Eo looked

f;\.3

of his lu~tdao I

cc.id "I h:.-~ve just boucht

tho l::e wunted to tmihilata me then end thoro

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comfort in cold \7Cr:..thor. J.:oct unfort.unatoly they had been very poor-.
•.

ly built end were so cold o.:1d dra.u,ehty thn.t we all had nu..T!leroue ooldo.

The former Girl's hospital , where I. lived when I first reached

t~

!~

Mission, hnd been rc::1odeled and enlarged to be ueed as a J:unse and

Mr.

an~

'l:rs .h.untin moved into it o.nd the

cam~

end

all.

I[~1as

.

~h,are

Tery

kindly asked

Ul3

to

their new quarters as there was enough room for us

arranr;ed tha.t Helena would cater for the family end for

atima sile had a. Chinese man to cook, but whether his na!:l.e was One·
Lung, Two Lung

or ~No Lung I cent remember. but I know she had

her troubles for lil:e all Chinru:J.en, I judge, he would say, 'ye~, :..i::::::::;.r,

yes, I do him,' ~~d then, he would cheerfully and smilingly proceed
to do exactly as he choose which waa prob~balTy exactly as his honorE.ble r<:3cestor:J :r~n.d done it to the hundred end t'::el th senera.ticn

'

r1ho 1 i ved in the reign of the ::2:n.-oorer Chung. But we wero comfor-Gc!.bl e

trouble for u~. -:rl:o Auotinz \vera dears nl tho ~ it must have bee;:.I e. a

inccnveniunce to huve us.

The house uas ::o rn:.r::t ~:nd chcerf:::l it
done the r;o:~:,:

Georr;c Becl<: did was·done ric;ht a.es far as it was possible for hir..: ·~o
do it.

I

a.~ they had practically shore duty

\'ii th

end Eel o:-r!).. ~'1'\n I did onr ~hare. It

\7D..t5

sea pay.

They enterto.ined

no unco~an thinr::; for us to

U.on nar e-vening dreos and put on rubber boots, put our patent leu.t~ .. ,. . : ·

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J .A.n. p:'). ~69.

A.T-f OP'iiRATIO!:l.

·

269 ..

Returning late on night fro:n the Brady' a I waa net by a l:fativ.

in the Rancho and e.nked to come at once to eee a !nan \Tho
nick.

\7l?.o

very

Altho in evening dreas I went to the house at once to find a ...

r.:wn ona of the greek Church people, onfferin8 from acute bowel oi::J:!~ ..
8

tructiar, It wo.a

hardl~

a eaoe for avenin:-; dress so I went to the

hoopi tal, after ch!:!.ngeing my clothes, got tha necesm:::.ry th1.ngs and
returned.

The cold that night was intense and I remember that as I

walked v.long I found my cigarette did now draw well

and then discov-

ered that the moist eDd had frozen in the interval I carried it in
!!tY ho.nd. Smoking W<:!.s tv.'boo at the 1:is5ion and I only indulged in the

seclusion of -m.y room or on some enecial
occasion such as
.
. this.
Do all tho.t. I couJ.d I cculd not relieve ny patient e.n..l urgcJ.

them to bring the :patient to the hocpital but they refused., und th-a

~atient died. The family and elan friends whera nystified as to th~
most

I found tha.t there was a. large lu1·-::rp in the bmvel which

unus'la~.

h'ld tightly

tw-i!3ted one loop around a.nother. On

op~nin·~

t.hc bo11el

thi o 1 urn:n -proved to be hardened ta.llovr and I then learned that the
·--::·:1

h.no e1:.t6n

g

lr-,.rt:e quantity of mel ted decr'd tallow r:hich hD.d con-

t·,,.... n')r1-: end the rounds are out of tho
b~ d

•

the patient, v. wor.::r:..n of

\Vt::~.y

c'nr,rncter, is broue-;ht in to the o-rern.ting room a.¥}d ple.ced on the

':'}~TCI~·
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nt' t'he ?::;;,:-.J.t..:-'.1

::.:-.;~')-:)r·

been :::.t r1

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l'J.;; r'!'O

r·:~~t·r:}!'

l :;·:rr~epn who is to .r~.s~ist ~i1'}

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not

t;·:1j_-!\:>1·:·.1~,

'be!fo-r·d.

cor;.:1

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t':o

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but o.~ u.ll i:J irt

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J .A.r •PC• 270.

rendy' I dacide to bet3in 0al i
a

ev~inr::

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su~ferer

•

that be will come n t t;.ny L"":.i..n:rta.

As n::.r c'.l:Jtom was I lend in short prayer asking for

tha

I

Di vin~

l:J~l.

:) .{ ,).l'

anrJ for gui ~1L'nce and holp for each of us. It sec;;1.cd

end fitting to do thio, first becauoe I felt my oun need of

wL~;..;

wiodu~

and strength crcater than my o-rm, nnd bece.uee this looking to God at
euoh a_ time hue. v. :powerful influence for cood on the patient.
!Ii ~ s Gibson gave the Jither, she had become ve1·y ·:lkillful in

e.naesthetizing,one of the best eirls was assisting anG. as rele~xa·tion
we.s com?1 ete I started to open the abdomen..

"71th the first f"lo\v of

blood one of tl1e new eirl s iient dc'71!1 on/the floor in a faint. :ao one

girl c2~e in to help her out. L~fore long sl1e was bacl\: again lool:-

•

ing very pwe but gritty, only to c;o down c.:.ga.in bo:t"ore :::.o.ny
he.d pcot. So it kept up. Out in the Ttal'd a uhile, in at;ain, L.~1o'cllel'

faint und out '-'-.::u::.n.

nut I

YJa:.>

occneional eye

~oo "tm.'3y to p::.y her ::m~rattuntion except to keep o.~.:::-r
071

~1er to Cjee th2:.t her oondi tion did not become ~x:t.--:x

a huc;e tu:nor of th~ utor'..IS fro~ e:1dlesa adh~:t.3icns. Al'l hour pa:mad •

. tv:o lwurn, nc~'.rl;r t>.ree Pnd the p2ticnt gro·,;ing \7Cc>.l;:er until I ~.-.ro.a

bed,c.lil of

U3

holpine to carry her to the !3incle

l

1

oo;n beyond t}lc

ward. I injected no~ol saline solution into a vein and she linGereic!:ll C.ea.th nnd I felt very badly. :But when I fct:nd thr"t I cculd
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a d:t vhl~ 'Juvio'-.'r Bnd if r~sr eoul

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saved,c.ll ottr anxiety anQ. 11

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effort and di se.ppoin t~en t were not in Tain. I never did get e.ny eo..
ie factory explanation aa to why that Navel eurgaon did not npyear,
bu,t .. I. alwaye etronglyaected he forgot 1 t. Still that was most unlike .hlm as he always been reliable,a Christian man and n warm pereona.l fl·iend.

''

He was the only one of the ships

sur~eona

thu. t I xm.xl!:l

ever ce.red to e.sk to atwist at operat1on5 for l>racticv.lly all of :til
the~

were no help at all. Some of them were

presen~

occuaionally ea

spectatQrs.
Of course this CD.se \Tas not typical of our work by any means.
?here i7Cro tir'lcs, however, ·,1he'!'l 30~~thlng ",lnn.:mal occured.
Gener~lly everything moved ar1ooth.ly and ii'i th precision.-\ There \tan

one night when a.n ir:crncd'ia.te opening of a manto1d df
Tho:t·e wa.s no electricity in

t:!;.y

friend Sko:.

:a t::u

c.nd :re had

o. big' oun burner' kerosene lamp over the operu.ting t~>.Jlc for nic:l1t
work. naturally,wa could not use ether ~:md the tuoao. of ch.loroforn.

were broken do~ by the fl~ue a~d chlorine freely liberated. Before

long we all began to reel pretty sick but we could not

sto~;

it was

too cold to open the windows for ~e used so much bicluoride solution

for washing the -.vou.nd t:n.~t every !'laticnt

;nLa

pretty s'-lre to ba quite

r:.nd t~·eTe· T'lP.n <l.C.t1r-:er of ,settinfcllillcd.

wet in sr>i te of every precaution, 1\ .:e just about C.id. n:;.n<;lze to r;o't
tl1ro t1:c.. t 07)Cr:.:: t ion but I felt ncnn for so:-:tcti:::e B.ft;;;r:;ard c.nd -c.y

'i'xo.:-J. r.;1y :3to1·y, thtA.n far on a night e.lt:'.'..ost thin.\:: th2.t :. asnion

life consisted
vro~tl(!

1

ulmost everythins except rcligioun i7orl~ but tha.t

1;c \'"cry r <:o.r fror the truth.

re[iliz:ttion of that need

·~-ro

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a

!!~l,c,;;rc

tjrcup of pen

tried to sup·..,ly it. Hnt that

do·e~,

nnt

•

free

und sanotiTicntion end ell the 1.·oat of those

r:n~ce

ic1';1 problC':!.S

tJ~~tt

the:~loc-

~

aorne suppoee are the constant to-pic of l:io::;ion-

nri e rJ·lj conversntion. !To. r1e talked just like folkos c.r.d we were.
:But we attended church rec;ularly in the oorning ond most of

ut

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'!liGht rend ooma of us tuu.r:,ht in t:lundsy School. I had a clc. zo of the
boys end their vrives t:;UJd found the;:'! very l'ri.~ht <J.nd uttenin the oven in e; nn S ;:t~': ,; ay
stayed
ot
tbe
Honni
tive.I ecnerally
- t~..l.)\ ~nd. conducted C.evotions in
eotte~e

tho \Vercls eo that Lias Gibson and the girls· coulC. go to church.
Then there \vas the Teacher' e Bible class once a weel:, which I led

!or c:ui.tc

t/nile,and. I tried to h::.:..ve a h<Z-lf Lour bcdoJ:c brer.;.J.:fc.nt

Et

for J3illle study and r:edi tation.
It \7ae one of Sitka•a perfect dnys, a dey tl:£..t D~dc J.t a1~Jont

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bont

c~rcfully ~&a cat~blishcd

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of tne old tir1ers 1e.u13hed at ny ourpizo as tl1cy told :;no thv..t tho
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the Eo ;;;1 i. tu.l !-~;
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or
ron u.n Gl..:.;:.puron o wo >7eru cwc.y.

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~ftcn

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quite hccvily VIOO(l.ccl~wi th the most hnt

charming little cove

C)

nnd sundy benches thc.t nnde fine landing places. The cirls Wru'ldered

or the

here and there,,rjatherinc; blue bells
wild rice,bulbouo

root~

with small·partiolea nbout the size of rice

which tte Natives used ns food.

as tJ:e tidet

flowers e.nd roots of the

older ones stayed near the boat

~e

t'r.d :fell -rri th slllrpriscing rn.pidi ty but we never
tired of explorinG the tiny- sea poo11 alonr; the rocks, 'l'hese-r.ere verrc~e

i tabl c gardens of morine be'9.uty with purple and red and green Anem-

one, sterfi sh, perfrlinJdos and here and there a chi ton or
:;m::i as the n.'CI.tives C3.lled them in

~:nglieh.

for food e.nc. when boiled t:vere worthy

of

'eum.

boots'

They also ".''"ere uced

ia

their nane for they vrere
S or:::;; tine o

e

there ".vas

2.

picnic

ct~pr,;cr

end scn8times the Teacherc '\7ould huva a.

picnic on the islands but that could not be. arreJlEcd very often.

of delight.
T hr:ve

~aid

~G

tl

thr.t ?.t first I like t'he auperint-endent,:.:r.

Shu3lJ.. He was fond of [;lmnin~ a..nd we ~rent out for ducks a time or
two.

I-H:e o thcrs }".e hf'Cl to 1 earn l)y- experience· and hud n>rvor seen

crept

1 arc1 ~~ in
\tit~ ':re<.1test care

::me. t'Jok a uot shot

WE'.nted du~k for his dir.ner.

s
But the duc1c slowly S(.;.nl-:: before hia

'r ct.'1red . . . ..-.,., ...reJ"" decc'l'Y'-'
d czen we 11 pt:t
JC

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w~th both bc;.r:rclls for ho

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~v,k
·-

.::n
~

tl'1~ slw.lltr:r ~;;atcr.

r._:hull '\7c.s o.ronnC'.

ry the end of his firn t yctlr t:rin,:::..1 be;·:.:.n tl")

E

'L'hey

~ c.-Lu':J..·~~ .
b+:-rrhrl~~<l

,

J .A.l.r. pg. 274.

all over the plant. It
n

WP.8

·. 274.

the cut!! tom to line the boys who were to

work, morine end fftemoon end assign them to their Tariuos jobs,
the

su~erintendent

and

l:~r.

Gamble doing this. The boys were never

told to do this or that but ilm 1 t was always. 'John, you may harness
the team'. Giving permission seemed to take the sting out of the

necessity. Shull got

so indolent that he would lean e.gaint a wall

and with his hands in his trowsers pockets lounge there in front of
the line of boys.

It was hardly inspiring,to say the least and the

effect of his negligence was evedent all thre thro the work. Discipline grew very lax e.nd at last most ot us were thoraghly disgusted.
and our relation ·.vi th Shull bec2-I!le decidedly s_tr-;ined..
How, the usual method,to follow, under such conditions, was

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'

tor the wcrkers to send in complaints or criticism to the l3oard,in
confidence, so cailed.

That struck me as a very underhand and mean

thing to do end so after much consultation they agreed to my plan
to file a for.:Ual complaint with the B6ard.aaking for his removal
and giving Shull a copy of what we sent. The following complaint

was therefore drawn up and signed by all but three of the fifteen •
workers on the Staff~

Sitka, July 12, 1896. To· the Supt. &C&c·.(usual heading)
Sir,

Pot the past two years you have been

~ong

ua as director o!

the work at this school and it is not without sincere wegret that
we fe.el celled upon to tnke this action and to present it to you.
·To

mo~t

of

u~

you have been friendly and courteous in you dealings,

neverthe-less :---·'lhereas, you have recently made al. terations in the
~ission buildin~s, for your

'

l

personal pleasure,entailing a needless

end wasteful enpenee, with the loss ot time o! both teachers and boys
and

r>erm~n~ntly

1n.1uring the -property of the Mission; and; ·,/hereas

(Pa.ratra-ph!:! .omitted.)

You ·have for a year and a. half neglected to

make.needful changes, viz, to extend the sewers of both the boys and

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J .A.!!. pg. 275.

275.

\)'QilEliHBS ar.d of the honpital in 3pitc of tho .fact that you

had been rcpen.tedly notified by tho 3chool physician tlwt the prtJsO
ent condition wa.e anl'l is c. neno.ce% to ·tho haalth I of :sohole.ra and
the eta:t'f: end:
JL.

f!hercc.o :-- He.ving bean nd:ificd, on niz!lt during the past yoar, that

three cirln had run away you not only did not go in aoarch of

the~

nor did you send anyone to search for them and thus a.llov1cci theso

cirls to get some thirt7 or forty miles

fro~

Sitka.

Your indiffer-

ence in thia o::;.u:3ed one o:r the workers to looee one weeks tine; a.llowed

t~o

of the girls to be away to be s..wa.y in the compuny of men

tor a number of niGhts and pl&oed the
and teacr.er who

~ent

~ives

or

both the scholars

in aenroh of them in jeopardy, while all of

thio ni3ht hc.ve been &voided and tho girls returned tSt'tlle school

-

within a fe'Jr hourn of their eucnpe had a search been organized at •
once 'r:l:en you r.ere first notified; and;
~.-'hcrecs:-

- - Three boys having recently run s.way fro:u school, you

no effort to sa cure tt.eir arrest or re·turn in opi to
end;
of the :;.dvice of ao~e of your helpers, the boys being still ·at larca;~

m:::ce

a."bzolut~ly

''n1ereD s:- --

You have d·ctained

:~r. Gaablc, unnouttasarily 1 ina toad

of nenC.in~; for tho winter suppl~-t of wood. thus causing hi•:l to loose

at len.st 1 t.hrce \7CCk~ time

'111hOn 70U

we£1

1.""""!Hl\1

tl~.t t:~iG Cult;..;f WOuld

r:lt!.ke t!'!e aocurin.:; tho rcquini to supply of wood i~lpuus..i.11e oi· cxtl'Orle-

ly e<'.nr,crouc; and:

.

.

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"!here:1o:---You hn.ve not c. \veekly religious .meeting for tllo toa.chera
c.n required by tho Ruleo·of tho ~3oard •. J.hilo il:. ·is.tr:<l~ tllli.t the
t"'!n.c!:cr~ !'!Oet re~.11u.rlJ· t{}6t·tdy tha !)i':Jle

or;~'"lniz'!d

nor su<T,;:a::ted by you, nor

lll:.VC

theae ::wl:otingo •Horo not

you becny{c,_:-:;.llc..:.r in

t::.ttcn~O

nnce, by e:n:r ~cans; nor have you madu v.ny offort to :~;....;o i.-ll the
t<.H'.chern ettend thooc meetings as required l>y t.lt.G ruloo of tho ~d..

J .A.?.:_. :PG• 276.

•

.... • You do not maintain even fair di scipl1ne, allowing botl'l:m
~· ·~5,

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~-d eirls to break rules without punishaent; per.oitting pupils

to t } Y: to you in a surly
C!irect

you::~:

com~ands

and

i:r:lpndent m.~ncr;

end even to disobey

:---and:

·;::s :--- "f.ou hD.ve allowed the entire L:ission plc.nt to run .down

nne·
'.Vhu

·,c)teriorate: and :---::'s:--- It is our opinion that you are generally i.neffecient

t.

e.nd that you do not lndi t'.ate in

s:ny~t

you are deeply interested

in ., '- e \'fork of the Yi ~Hlinn or school:
The· -fore:--- '.'le, the undersigned workers in the institution, com-

mL

• :med ei thor by the Eoard of Eome 1:1ssions or the U .SoJovernme-

c..n~: th2.t you send your resicna.tion to the Board at your earl~

•

o-pportunity.

i (,:

it.

'.7e tal:e thi rs action -.:ri th very deep regret yet

· ·~ our conviction th~·t it is honorable, j,~ct ::-..nd ~dnd •
~?S tbat before the ~reat Tribulal of the Universe, rre can

01 LL •

EL

h::::ve <1one our duty, he.teful thou.:::h in truth it is.

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Let us

b~ · ~-ch you to con eider this in the e!liri t of kindliness and frankin "Which rroi:rit alone it is offered.''
A9 I was the' ohiof conspiri tor' it became my U.."lhap!)Y dU:tY to ·

I!'

·

~-1t tl:.i s d.o cu::ncn t to I_fr. Shull and I decided to do it in per-

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junt to send it to him by nesoencer.

The
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~as one ufternocn I walked up there and present~thi~is ztill.

y, ·... vivid. It he.d been siGl'led by Hr. Au::.;tin and eleven other -.;:o1·::~~.::.:
r:.ll but three of the Stnff c,nd all of those who hc.cl 'been

•

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·.:;st.

The Su-:Jerintcndent greeted..~

thcrr~

me plcasr::ntly for,t<.ltho (Jur.·

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his

~rn:per

L~T~R.

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pg.277.

. 277

end I believe he neve1· did but he cruue very near to:t d o .

ing so that day. Of course I was very ill at eaee

a~

I watched him

begin, to read what he probabally thought was a testimonial of appre-

ciation. nut after a fe\v sentances his face flushed, hi3 jv.wo began
to grind and. he frowned savagely. JJy the time he had finished he
was trembling from head to foot but he did not loose control. I
said,

";7e

.B

are sending e. copy of that to the Tioard by the next boat".
~

Scarcely able to apeak he said he did not care to discussAat t:r...at .
'

time and I left the office. All credit to hiLi for his oolfcontrol

It was far more than I posessed.
"le would have to wait a,,t least a month and much ·norqiikely
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six weeks for &."r!Y reply to our complain t to t h e J_;ara..

En.

of us exnected Shull would re3ign and, ofcourso, thi-ngs ;o1ere very
d i s u gr c e 0..bl e •

~:!r;:T:-r:cr::tX:~JZ:::t:IJ::~::.b:r:;r:r.:~xt:..:::;:±~~ 'But

they :rrci c)1 t have be

a gre,, t deal mo1·e so haci not Shull shown ~- ra 3.lly fin a OJ.Jil'i t.

he refuncd to discuss the r::a t ter, isnored±±

Ee

it ~nd 1 e t it be knm·rn

th8,t the teucher.s .hc:.cl no thine to do vi th it. It y;s.s o.

::l'lS

tter "be t7r\:H.m

hi!'Il t'.n(l the ;Boe.rd. A new ~te.tron had cone to the scl:ool c. ohort time

to be one of
c3lievc nhe wo.s. ::;he actu;J.lly kept a little boot: ':7i t1: }'lor in which
::-:l:.e put do·:r~ anyth:Lne:; th:::.t we.s sa.id critical of Sb:..1.ll o.s she sided
".::l th hi-!!1 vehemently. But ohe WEts such a. fool or v. brc.gc;e.rt

that she

:-- cb1::.lly told sonc of the teacl:ers on tLe oth.::;.,..· ai(1_e, :li~1d. ynu.,o.bout

ti;J• t. l'·()o'k. Tht s !:make in the gr<tss wrote to tho Ilo::.rd u_9holcUng

. . -f;;;;;::- (~ r

r:y 1 i fe t1· ') r.-; o:r.d..

an

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278.

J .A.U. pg 278.

'~no t a 1\'laya cover tLle
story
(lifficult to r;et the alliQ1:··ent if tr,(3 sheet's,.
I en m::-Y:inr: fiYe duplicc.tos, eo that at lcnnt five of you children
T118Y have a. cony, if the sheets are -put bv.c!: efter writin: thut :p;,__-:;e.

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''·-~. l1e nl~-:~i n,; d o
( "'fnn

on the

pPr~e. It is

Eer.ce the headings e.re nut do't7!l ;7i'lcn· I beGin each pc.::;e and I S01'letil.J.Ot>
do not eet to that :pa.rticule.r aubj ect but a.t least you k..'lo·;: i tn cora!:c.)
.

a...-J_~

Helena e. nd the Austins,_were very he;p?Y together. I:elcnu soeood

ha:?~ier than c.ny time since her husband • s daath end ni.1e m..~~de f:riencts
with e.very one, she and 1 Tias Gibson becoming close friendn. Letters
from ~-~iss Dean ca."'le about every month I grew to admire her mor~ and
at length,
more p~d,to love her. I belived sha was TH3 girl and so I decided

" to marry me. Pooliah?
to ank her

~es, but I was only t~enty oeven,

old enou~h to lmow t:etter, but I did'nt. So I sat dovm and TY.F::D

my pro~osal!

•

rut fates ~ere kind for the ve~ mail I was to ccnd
~
.
it I recl'7ived a letter :from liiss DGan express"~ <iislikGd: to t;r~;;-

/

written letters gnd I quicrtly copied it in longhand. Then I ~.-;a.i ted.,
t:trillocl tri ~h ho-pe

~.1 tho she had not exoreased any dee].) affection

in un::thinc:: cho hrLd wri tte:n.
ho·:r '.'Tell

rc:~t:d.ns in doubt.

Apy1rently I did ny usual v.ork tho
So ! vTa.ited that long month before I

:Before I cs.:1e to Sitka Dr. Sheldon Jackson, famous in the oR-·

for the
.

/

u.s.

in '"Ua.ska, had built a

bnilr3ir1'i at t,}-;e !Si£1sion to hold vurious 3squi'!:lo

brou(":llt ·rror'l hirr Arctic cruises.

a group of

o'bj~otz he:!

}:..::d

These \7ere placed in the co.:t·e of

rcli~ble veople,·oo~a in and sane ~utside of the ~iasion

staff cnllecl t!·e t ..lrv3Jre. Society of l~tlmology and 1Iatural IaotrJry,

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' 1 . n ct ."'""
...,,., ... to coll•"ct,
etttdy
and p ............,....,_..,,
ne>WT'"e obj e ... ts connoctod
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e. rti cla eo::1etimco oonneotcrl with the obj eet of the society

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,T .A.J~. Pf:• 279

EX'FLORIT:G A1T .t.!TCI!i:TT VIL1AG"ill.

but more often hc.Yinr; no connection \7h:::.tc-ver.

The o'.:;ctin:..;n wsro

dull, poorlY e.ttended end the Society almost moribund.

I objected()

to ouch meetings, said we ought to confine ourselves to the object
0
do~~ in the cnstition

laid

and nearly lost the friendship of the

entire Tirady familY by r:J.Y criticisn altho I tried to be humorous and
kind in doing 1 t. :But it had the desired effect e.m.l

11e

bec;[;;..n to eon-

sider whet we could do.
About six mile from 51 tka was the site of en old Thlingi t
villftge, called Katlee.nsky, or Old Sitka. It had been e.bc.ndoned

~

I!!.El.nY years before o.nd the §tory will be found irjoooks on .iun.aka,
such us :Et>ncroft' s Ri story of
be

e.:;:Doint:~d

i11~n

suggested that a

co::1...~ ttee

to ex-;_1lore this village B.nG. was :.:ppointed its Chairman.

I could lecve wY ".'Tork for v. ':Jhile v;e eat out,

wood and myself.

ine.

J~.lasl..:a., •.I

·:1c -;icrc

~~iso

P'i..tton,

gon~

three dey[) .:..nd it ;·;;_·.:3 noot intercotc..u·; un

'rhe first. day :.:r. f'o.tton i.:.cU.'L"t

~

r:.:~·; ':'{~liJ.~

flne stl)nC

fu:.,,.:d.
:.·

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evidently worn a a ear~ rinc;s or on a necklace.

J.!r~.

l:;.de ;vho had

Om:_

been a nineinv.ry n.non: the plains Ind1.and for ye<;rs, :..E .. id tlw.t thir:1bles were worn tb3.t wny by those :pcp;:>le
were

Chinc~e

a.s far

<.19

.coins "':':hich

very interesting as there is no record

w~.s

;ve Jme'7 of E.ny ·Chinese in the Terriory before or at the.

ti:-ct.3 of the Pu::ainns.

one

knife~

&t the preocnt tino. There

u~cd

..'\. queer knife Frobese clc>.ined to be a witch

to kill witches nnd he said that a peice of tibsr

rope fc:und in the

e<?~e

box yroved that. it was a witch--knife because

the ro~e was use~ to tie up witches. But I think Frobese•a imagina-~:r.~:trr

tion wr..s

rt·~nine;

rlot e.gain !or the best authorities st<.::.te

tt::t t!:c bodic::: of :;eople killod e.s vti tches ucre e.lt-,':::.ys thro>\n in
they v:cre never 1:·urned <?nd the

tl:c scr •

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a f:::T<l".ent. of a. t~.ttle e.lld one or twu IJieces of old storage bc~es,
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hr.d no co~pnnctions in enterin~ these ruined gre.ves for they were

:::o old. t!·:s.t nero_::; cf the ~Tr-tive:::J seemed to know or ce.re about h~
the~

•

cxce9t in

tradition~.

placed a 1 fye e1 f'YC ".'H:tS fi rDt
f.::J rr.cd
tree tx·unj: tl" t.

pUt

in tho :post-hole and the large

by no mean a er:.s:f to fool '3hel ion Je.c!c~on

•

A -rrTtJE DOCTOr?:.;

Here was

thie was

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:r.A.u. pg. 281.

0P.AV.~ •

a. splendid opportunity to
confirm t:b...a. t statement

ir.1po rtan t sot tl e~~wn t in ita day und

2<31.

toG

the renomted Chief, :P:aht-le-a.n, wold have tlcmy slavos end wnulc! oh0\7 hio
CCI't~inly

po'fer and high c<:.ste. by killing them on every possible occasion. '.L'hat
\Taa

the cOlrmon cu TJ tom and tho more rrun tonly a :man threw n:.Yay his

YVet:.l th, either in sl:aves or eoods th1l.,ore was his influence and :power

in the tribe ex..'ll ted. 1Tothing rer:1ained of the old wa.lls of the houses
i"robabc.lly tho plunic und loga had been carried away yec.ra before,

but,by remuoving the brush, we coul make/out the outline of aonc of
the buildings. A le:rge house had evidently stood in the c<::ntor of

the village, junt v:here a c:hicf' s hou3e wmU.d stend and ;;·e bcc;:.:;.n to·
dig at a corner • .D-:·:m thro e[~rth, ru:Jt::; and gr;;.:.7:::l 't.t.re·::; fe;.:;t, four

feet .snd still de C}):Jr.

:C2.ch

. l:t:&.::£111.

I expected to see a" bone, thtm

DO!!! en t

another until until Vlith utlnooe care we uncovered tl1.e tuisted bro.f-: ....
~-

the w4:.tcr begins to flm'T in as we are bolo-..r tide level and not very

far

ri:1,..

the

beacl:y~ut

not a. bone. we

wo:r~r. nn iron bc.r do~

t}lro

c:-c.vcJ cut it rove::.:.l n noi til•.)r tho end of the post which rrould be
lens lii:,;ly to rat in the '.7r~tcr shut f:_,;yr:;.y fro:::r "ci>.e c.ir nor did o:.n

Ci.
'·cleto'l
. •

antly we

-l~11t

s~art

I ..r:J.U~Jt

ol!Ct buel~

to

1:.1':--.
,;

Yncdical work ::md very rcluct-

homa.

crc:.ves.
Elt

c<:!!:

e o:"' r; lcnely r<t:..-:::·;~

;"';(l::;t

o:::: ·:

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- 282.

grave!3 had been rifled ~lonG ego,Jftuoh to r:ry dicgust. I wanted to do
some rifling myself!

nut the nat1ve2 never ' atole from them.Your

could not induce one of the older ones to go near one, they were too
scared of tho doctor'3 spirit.
Ae the others in the

my pa.i11s end. I really did not

m

thou,J;ht I ;;ould have my trouble f::or

bo~>:..t

e~ect

to find anything I went alone

up the oteep hill to the ruined dead house.

Asthey had said,

The roof had been/uorn off and only a thic3.::
eL
layer of moss coverA the ftoor. Not a sinsle thing was left of all

there was nothing in it.

the rat tl os and churr-;.3 and r..:o..GJ:ca,

neclacc~o

a..."ld cmd crovms end t.1any

f

other didoes that wore the doctors stock-in-trade li :tlf. in his ·corr;mun.ion and control of the powero of evil:

1~ot

a thine.

But I' 11 cli.:--.:'b

•
.is tl:c re-o tal bond thi'.t

to

~Y

oft~:.:n

-rro.s put around the b<:tca • .':i th fcv;:;r-

C0::1"0':mions in tho boat thn.t I hn.d r::c..do o. find

I wns jubilcnt.

•

~o

~hese

io-tahs were of the

gr~atest

t"....'"'ld

here

i~ '.''v.:~t

rarity and value

bl<.:.:11e 'on L:;. :3l:ull 'n helpern who failed to CC!.rry out his inGtl'U<.:t-

lriSS D"8A1T' S

e

L~TY::R

_ARRIV':::!S •.

283.

and we thought it \7as very tmfair to us. I wa.s yol.Ulg and impulsive
and very indignant

~out

it

but~

rereading that lettr

no~,

for I

l'l.:>...

still have it, I can appreciate more thouroughly the position of the
Board

&ld

the letter eecma fair enough except for a rather too evi-

dent tendency to ·diacount our stn.te!!lents.

But the Secretaries were

terribly upset for,we learned afterward, they had had trouble with
the three previous superintendents ~~d had felt sure that Shull was
just the man for tbe place.

Then too they bad Shull's defense and

letters upholding him, from tha.t l'!:anning woman, no doubt. Provident-·
iall;r I we. a given w_i sdom e.n strength better and higher than my own

and prevented from fool~nh and preoipi tate action for I was boiling

mad. Shull never wa3 as active. He literally hustled and"with it all

shd'~d

a t.r-..re Cllii nti~.n spirit. He attended the Teacher3 Ei ble Class

re,~larly but with hi.m and lii ss 1:an11ing present I could not conti~t·

aa leader

It

~~d

resibned and he took charge.

\7e.s ste~-rner

day and I looked

~.n.:>:io:u.sly

for the

m~il

but th;

'bo.::.. t u:::;.s o:Cten days le.-te or. very rarely o. day or trro aht3ad of tine .
B.nd

C:d~~:~..:::>.::.:::C:-.::...'::

there

';72.3

£_g_cr s i o:ne.ll y on tir:1e., according to a \}nedul.a. Eu t

the boo:n of the cannon at the 'bcrracke, for

:sec l~or lon:; b;::.foru
lu~d

no

us~J

U8

chld, tho ball hc.d

r~.tne

crorrd for everyone \'7as too intent on c•JttinG thnir

•.J~'.ch

0
crud

for C.inncr but I

for that for that long expcctJd letter

f7l.d still "':'Trite to

the~'

fro~:!

n~.il

llis:J Dean

to notice

•

othG:r bnt I tl:ou,-2lt tl1.::1.f. '.T·.n only 1'...;!' de :ir:.:

tcfoe kind and I wont ouyt'nd WJ.ndered ::.iJ:lleas aro<td. I conld. not

•

284.
a:~

b2.cl: to tl:c Tcc,cher• s Club for dinner •. NothinG seemed to matter •

J3u t I f'el t e:mpty

nf!-

•
all gone so went to the orlly reatuurent in tm7n

which ·.vns run by's. Chinc:m.an, Sing Lee. He came to the table rather
bleary-eyed for I 1cne;v bjT the odor th..:.t

h~

hacl be'en ::r::1o}:in.;; O!,iU.T'l.

0

a.nd I ordered lun.ch. But I c ald not ea.t,) C7lo.llc7i~d a cun of the

D.7l-:-

ful coffee and wa.ndered .out.

But it was time for my aftern9on office hour and I returned to
the hospital snd took up my work. Fortm1ately I

r~d

my work. And if

Miss Dean wishad to continue our eorresnondance, well I '7ould try.
D:r. Roth.r;::m13er, the naval surgeon whom I knew and rnther li.l:cc."

. r;en t 11ord e sking !'le to eo:Me e.t once to Lieutcnan t Se!ln' s house us

••

peri toc:li ti 3 t'l..GC. ';;·e.::; ir:cleed cri tice.lly ill.

I~e

dccico(:i

-~o

try t:_:;

· 0:9iu:m treatment and began to administer large dooes. I kne-.;'f nothing

abo"lt thet but he \Vc:.nted me to be with him :md as

condition developed either one or the other of us had to be

const~t-

'

ly by her side watching the-respirations, They;{ must be ke!Jt at 12
per minute and the ·d.oae of the drug was varied

accordin~

there c;oi:1[; ho:'lc c11y- for chr•.nge of clotht> c.nd to c•.::t

to

clc.,;~')

be

tl~ r~c-·

m1 ::~/

off dttty _period. Duyo pe.at. r:ra Scnn seamed to gain, to holding h£..;r

owno The whole to;rn uaa aynrpathetic. It was the first ba·by and s1j.r;
v1ao

a

'bGm'. tiful

youn0

\Vo:r:en ~:nd

well 1 iked by ::dl. Her motl1er

there but utterly rclpless u11d roo.lly t.n awful

'

1'78. 3

botl~cr bQc.~~:·. ur?.u
CC"::C

of

lnto
1"'1 ,,.,..._,

,._,

-~·.-'

;--~

-"

chloral t and she would flop down and any couch hundy a go ir.;;::lediV.ti;;.l.J

to eleep.

neighbors ecnt in tood of Hll aorts us there was no :un::

f

. I PLAIT TO ·JO

~A3T.

to loo1c after the

. . 285.
M.Cal

a tho Helena did ..-rhat s_.he could but ahe had •

look after ~:udeline and the mother bein~ entirely incElpable. ItJhad
become a Totrm affair.

Soon tho dining

room table ;.7as loaded with

all oorts of food fl on j ellien and puddings, cooked meat and pies,
1

to o. 11 t.tle rout pic sent in by a wa.rm hoe.rted Irish fa=nily living
ne~r.

Liet.Benn was terribly anxious but calm and controlled and we

three men he:d to -d"O L.:::..nsr
usually

~.re

to do many things for the p<:-.tie!!t t.he.t

h~d

done by a nurse.

'Hiss Gibson ceme when she could but

she could not leave the Hospital very long t>.n(l much of the time Rothganger end I were there alone as

ur.

Senn had to h!f:o duties on ship.

Thcn,one nieht, it seemed the end r.ad come. Roth_::;c;.nger said
she

e

dieing. The house

W<.'.s

Vier<J not

nr:..d~

\Tas

Et:l

~U'.'j:.;d.an ont~

ar.d the

'i71~do~ra

to r(:;.i s e but in the zunh one or t;;c o: the z::.:all ::;sne:J

I:ctthg~mger sat

were hint;ed SO as to be openeJ..

pc.nes

old

c'.l!!tost in a l:lw9 flli'1lc n:J..ying he could do

not go into the 3icl.: l'oom.

by one Of the O:p?ng
!!O

:_:ore a."l.d Viould

I -ti:ied to brace hlm up and then return-

ed to l'.rs. 3enn' a bedside. I could not sec that sh.e wae a::1y wor:Je,

and in to bed af l;cr n ~c.1·ly a wc0:;: of. a1L103t con tim.to 7~s duty.

4fe·;r. '\"reeks la.tor i.:r. Senn

CD

,.._e into ra.y offi CD s.::d p:.1.ll cd ou·t;

· ..., ~ [!;0 1.1u. ;;~·";Ct.;;:,
·
"' .I CY~!:...~· c,.,
the 'bigr,r:::~3t roll O!·· :~.J,
o'·~.r·! ',_,-'·-1 ~·
" ',->.:'. •"d
._ '!..' c r r..1.-cy "'o tll •
I told hir.1 I 1.va::; "'):·.tc: for r::y ~L·:3 c.nd t~!SC th·~:.t':J ·,"'_;.s no ~~ ''.r:->;,,;•:ay
1; c

··'

no~-::.

}18-~TB it anu in:.ds·ted
c 1t'. c 1- p • n...~ '. lt. h.·~
' . - '.•.rould
- -- "'"'.
u ·' t

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~m

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7}:~

\"las

Home mi saiona.ries were allowed a vr. cution or furlough as 1 t

officially called, every three years, o.nd altho I hud been

~~ast

in1895 for the operation they did not count that against ::ne but said
I wao entitled to the the three months va.cation in-the oummer of 1807.
It does not see:'1 ·to

he~ve

occurod to me tlm.t here wn.o

<:

fine opportu-

ni ty to sho"G my apvraoiction of their kindnocra in :keeping me on pay

during that three month -period, by re!'1ainin,3 at \7orl: for another ;r
year anr}3o saving the e:>..-pense of lost time and travelling expenses.
Uother and father had been out to aee me.m.

and Helen<:. '.vas still there

and I did not oven expect to see -:1-:'!.iss Dean so there c,7as really no

reason for ne to go :::a.s:t that summer. But, with the lees thoughtful
vi-~:.v·s of youn c mc.nhood I did not think a.~ou.t

gan to

~a}:e t'l r.:::1s for:t

it tl<...o. t -.;o.y· ~me. so be-

the s:un::nor, a s".lm:ner tl:a. t ".7<15 to pro-.re

nost 1:1o':",Hmtous one of my life.

It seems alr:wst certain tl:at I :-:-...::r

would h&:ve nisscd the Gl'eD..test blessing of s.y life 1-~cd I re-::.:J.i::::r;.;.i ~./~

Si tl:a thr.:.t su:>1:mer.

Looks noa like on instc>nce i!herc fn.iltng to d.o

you duty wao a. good thing butucxceptiono pr~te the rule."

h:::cl concluclod t.l:?.t we could not understand

4lc:.1..x:ncd lonG rcftt.:ruard, that I

,

and that

r

iiC.O

C9.Ch

other c.nd c.id net

too rc~igned,tonl:';-ro'toc ,:;---::\.1::·

did not really love her elaa I wonld not so e!:l.sily thin.-,:

·nn oruhan for yc:::.rs, took her to ~urope to'r:~J.ke b~1· fo:rget.':.'.::P:

l.Y :~on

ss

nean eent m~ a. book\Vi th pacseges marked here and there

i'].:_

••

RA"!mfS lf1S'l' •

J" ~A.1!. pg 287.

287.

and as I read ther:t I understoon vrhy she h..1.d sent 1 t.

3he did not

want to hurt me by just vrri ting that she never c011ld love me and

•

that the correspondanoe was not proving satisfactory ana that after
a year of letter writing it wan meully not worthwhile to continue

it. She was too kind hearted to just write that and too fine to
cause me any more pain than she had to so she marked a passage here

and there to let me know that we had cone to the end and so I interpreted it and wrote to let her know she should not feel obligated
to write any more but I must have put in, some polite phrase about

hoping I micht see· her when I was. :;:ast. That was the wo.y I undarxstood the situation and I did believe·that I was never to marry but
'u..¥thC'.r:rpcred' a. a st .:':.1ul putSJ it, I would be free to d~vote ny life to

I::issio'!l service.
:much

:But I can't sc.y I was ha'9:JY or e·e1on resi,r_:,;.edt not

a::!6!. more resigned th:m a wilC. ~.nim.al who is so tied up he can't dn

r...'lythin,:;.

B:tt 1 did tr.r to oee the nany advant>J3''" of tho bMl,ol.

or's life a."1cl thought ·r prettY. '77i~ll sacceed.ed.
In the znring of' 96 I decided that I must find ss.::1e q-:..1:;;.,rtcl's
where I could live.

I was not a very heroic ty;~:; of :.:ifLlio!.!c.ry. 1

fcD.r th<..:.t I tl:oucl1t too much o.tvnt tr..oa laborer

bein~;

•:ro:t·\:: 'lor

conscicntioun motive or th~:.t I dl~ not try to l.LY(:: up to t}~':...J.
er, I

'.1<il.O

• ::.1y J.n t crp:rvr>tnt"O"'
too brov.•i J.n
... .1 ..
1

his

:J__:th~

Qt'"
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~l"''~P"'~"r''[ fCjj.'
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;;.<.;.... !.,
''-"U • "''"'~"'·--· ,

my be 3 t -qo:r~:: ond too :->rona to think I .uaa enti tJ.ed to pro tty near

tho beat. :;-.at 1Ye rt:.;.ct rc:1C-::'.1:or tl:::>.t ut th::1t ti·.··.d I 1.lid. ::1ot >:ncr.7

f.~!,;r.:r,

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:r-·~Jr;:.

no, then.

One fine day I Wa!l

explor!n~

nnd between 1 t c:.nc::_ the Carl' 8
ynr1s beyond s.:1d se-pn.r~d

Which l7aa t\VO or

o(

throe btmdred ~

f1Verc!!eenn'l';..,.1 nido c;

almont proci'pitous r;rcy roc:'lso::ns forty

hi:::;h, bro};:en h0rc and thora by lcdcas and crannies in \7hieh mosn

an~ fern

ll!'ld

e.nd had been

little T'lants ere;1 profusely.

~w.rtly

direction::~ were

t:r..n~1

EiOc!!C

fro-m it by a a1U.'11p

of this hill or bluff were

f~et

a 1ittla hill just beyound tho ::ur, ~ ..;

a

J-.n~m~rcd

The to:J 't7as qui to level

cleared SO:'Tietirne in the past but the vic1.1s in all

superb. I must have a house there. It \Vas not t'loro

ynrdc fro!"!. the honri tal und really I hs.d no fit

quart.:::::.~

ern.Ic!.':''ll(l not live in the hos'Pital, there was no roo::n in tho ;~unse

N2-t:t7c f;;::Iilios in thc2.

•

::!~COO"i.ty!

80

I

bl'!'J7r0d

Gn~bl o lo~.aa.
... ~:: th·'n
• -..
,.. ' ,.,or~

•

011! yea! a hounc for ne wc:.u

SO:Je nnncy frc:o lone

. I.Au
Cl10'.,.h

.-,.,_ hi....,
•• b•1c-v
·.,;;,_,.
to J~e"'~)

A.GSCL~J?:

Q'1

~Uf':f"Grin:-;

fatbr, Cre3

_
.; '.7()Uld
Thev

h<:~ve c1 or..c:

my r,e:rnonal n:if~'dr~ r:.ftcr h:;.vin;: c:l~t-t5.ci:::c-d ::hult for <~6h:t;t>.~t!~:.;.t ·;::~

Ve:..·y \:.li~_ng. 'I'::"'J.Ot ny ti 'I""JC

tf(;),fl

!)~..i

r,1

40

.!.

or

....v t1..1~
-- ...,,
,_,, -·-·
"Po"r-"

,....,

.;;r.... ·.T
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....,_,j.

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1

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280.

and forth thru the to;;:n I \vent -.ti th some byya to hel-p,for tho bette:;:
-part of three da.yn e.nd, for

together.

!~

~onder,we had three! ~ oleo.r do.yo a
V

dear llother wrote thut she felt I would hurt my profes-

sional reputation in doing euoh work, at least so publicly but I raththink I gained approval by ohowing tr..a.t I- could do no.nuc.l \·mrk. Tho

lumber wo.e -piled by some l!a.tivcs in a roadway thut ran bet\'roen the
:t:a.n5e and and the hill and thoro it stood until to·::o.rd fall.

Then, one day two strange men walked into the office,
end asked if I was thinking o~ building e. house.

~dQy,

They had seen tho

lumber piled there and were carpenters, v~d been hilllting gold and
were busted and if I was going to build they woulG. do the job very
cheEl.p. -.Je etruch :;.. bar,;in a.nd t}1ono fcllo"ITs certt:.inly knew their

e

bnninens a..?Id rushed the li ttl(3 hoase up in a hu.rr;;.· :.::r. L~C:c, our
school cu.rpe?lter kept

V..."'l

eye on it._ and we got a

[J•JC. j

00 so thc..t b~o

3e-,tf.-':noer the house ';7S.S finished c~nd the :?l'03pccto:·:.; l.:.c.t•. m·.:r;H;y in

States.

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J .A.L:

200.

pg. 290.

•.:chat

d:ru:-.1 on tho aecond flool' kept the whole house very comfortable.
smo}~e-dru.c'll v;ae

a. unique affair, very comyuct and ho.d o. aort of C.c::,,c:r

arrangement by which I cruld reGUlate the heat very nicely. It wc::::::J
all very cosy and

ver~

comfortable

0

and the most delichtful !cation

True, I was too busy to spend much tlmo there but it ~.7o.n

in Si tku.

so restful to have it to come to vrhen I ho.d a. the tlx.e. L.r.Gam.ble £md
I had put up the first electrical device in Sitka. when we put a bell
from the office door to the kitchen in the Hospital ond we later put

one from my .1~'Y
~lT; room to the Eospita.l so the Nurse could call·me
at night when needed.

idea of the amount of prof~ss1on~l work during those

Some

fi rot tl,_ree yoar3 !:I2Y 'be hci fron

•

the follo71inc fis-ure3. '.I:l:e ti:J.~')

duty po.rt of the t:L"'le. Yisits to tl~c R&nch,~

puyils or

t

,,:o_-r
-

'

.

~:cc:.c.ncr:::;; t

t "'11 J' ,., ~... o·~J..
!.,,..

.... ,:..

lvCO, to -:he

~cbcol

472-;

+··'t'r'\
,..,_..,n,.."'
v ~ v
-- ...J
v
f

£,0 tt:,:."'.1.

v .. -

~, e"'p
in thirt,.,.·
t'liX. an-:!. of ni.r:::llts
SlJCrlt i~1
~
J
,_.
t..J

.J,.

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...

-svery S1L--:'!I'1.Gr r:r. Gmnble took a crew of the big boyn and y;cn t

to

13ome b<-'.Y or

t.he 17a·ivc;3.

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I

~TAnl'

":A'JT.

J .~...~.~. pg. 291 •.
~

3hort1y before I was to leave in the CQ~er or 1097, Just/ as

they were getting in the

lan~or

the loco tor the

291

e~er, n loG rollod

on rr. GW!lble o.nd fractured hits thich. 1'hc boys brought hi:n to the
hoal)i tal where he Wn!! plt~ced in one pri vc.te room not·otHl the ho.ll, o.t

tho head or the ota.irn.

or

courea I set 1 t and ~n1t on the uouul XJ~Jl:tt

splints and counter weight. but it wo.e very hard for a man no nctiTe

aa my friend to face a long period in bed. tut we dicl overyth1nt.t poaaible a~d he wns s good patient. I hated to leave him but thoro were

t•o Waval surgeon " in town at tlmt time Dr Altred,e w~rm peraonnl
friend and Dr.1.h1te, who wna 'Perhaps a better surgeon and as ull

pl.ana had been mnde and I was a delegate to the He.tional Convention

•

or

Christian ~dea.vor which was to meet in ~t'-n ?rDnciQOO that yea.r

e.nd booked for en addrel!!s or two end ae l:othcr and Helonu who hud
been spending tho winter in redlands, Cs.l, tlw.t is Lena hc.d, ll.."'.JJ:&

were to Moct me tl1ere, it wao decided beat for me to
goodbye to my friend with great reluothnce.
doing nicely

en~

~o

but 1 9uid
~

However ho ae~a \e bo

was over the worst or it and there was roally lit•,

more t~e done !or him as the bone un1 tod I started :.;outh. or o.s

wo nlwe.ye eaid,' 'lent below'.

3hull was still thoro but we had

gotten on a fairly friendly bo.sia c.go.in and the Doo.rd ho.d written

that rather thnn hurt hie reputation by a

Bt~ary

dismissul

decided to allow him to fill out his time, nbout a

they~­

ye~r ~ore. ~

MacAfee ee.id in his letter," /hat nre the losn o! o. fo·,, t.;.;.."lC:l·e'~L

lara"to the loee

•

or

a :::LOn's

reputn~ion7"

~ol-

:Jell I guess we could

atand 1 t a wh11 e longer end Shull wns doing n lot bettor in u.ll

linea •
l'ho ,reut Convention in ;jan Pr8Jlc1moo wo.9

a.:1

enJ oyad 1 t all. Coming tram !s.r "BY Alna!:a I was
novelty end

wpo~e

1na:>1retion. ;e
ao~othinc

three different times once to the whole

or

o

ns~~bly

/

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e

292.

292.

~TRIP-~AiT.

10.000 people, a Teritable ncenn of fRcee, and I was told I lt't"'.n haa.rt

even on- the last ro;T o'.1. aee.t "'... ,
ie meohenioal ones.

.

...
.uu.
and -e
'L..~d no 1 o dd aneal:oro then, thut

Dr. Francis :-::.clark. :·'stl:er ~lo.rll as he wu.e

be ginning to be called, the rounder I

ment, watt -present end presided.
by hia wotld wide populo.rity.

)1

the Christiun :·;ndeo.vor move-

lio was a kindly plain aan unspoiled

Amos R • .7alls.a noted :;ndenvorer who

became preaiden~o.fter Dr Clarka death, gavo the most ra.";'lll.rk~ c.blo
address on'g1Tin8'to Christian work I ever heard.

tears lo.tor I

ueed the •em• plan in a nu:nber of addreeaeo to aocietieo and cburchoa
and it always orao.ted ~uch interest.
Our trip fro!!l Sea.ttlo to Ja.."l ?ranc:sltsco g3ve us S'Jt:~e beautiful

•

Tins or the ,Colnnbia faiver but all day we travelled along one side
of a great Y•XkJ

valley with ever changing vi~e of i"t. Shasta on

the other side, Tery beo.utif'lll.

.fro':!l

J.~r. J. I. tobb, end old friend n

ond with hi'O a rrof. or l!oteny o.t tho

Dfyn :~u.wr was a.t the convention
TT

or r.

A Dr. Harshberger. 7heae

twu joined u~ for a tri~ thru the Yoe~ite Valley and tho ~1g Treel
en route.

-7e were ro.tber glad to get away tro;.t io.,l:isoo. I nov~r did·

like the city. But a friend did to.ke ue to China.t~y.vn·;· one niGht. Jc
bad a poor fr.llde e..'ld the tri'9 did not c."'!lount to mach, oll the various

horrors being 'Painfully absent. nut the wec.ther in 7r1aoo wus

r~o.rk­

able, days clear and belmy, it w~s lnto :une,but every evening about
eeven

the

ocloc1~,

~olden

ae re{;"ll crly ae clockwork, the

roc would d.ri ft in thro

Gate and it would get eo chill and raw that an ovarooo.t

waa neoeseo.ry. !t grew to be every unpleasant and monotonous.

'

The ~ig Treen were o.etoniehing. You know they do not have ManY
or Tery large bra.nc'heft o.nd

rro~

e. distance are decidedly

ing. As yo't a'T'l'roaoh their tbrunks they do not sec

you nl ace Y"'l hE'...nd 1!1 on thn.
-..... c:-

a~

die~~?oint­

lc.rge tL"lt1l

Then, as if by ~ai1o, you aaeo to ~
_... __

-•

+l--.a

~nnt.

nf this

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293

tramondbs

giGnt of' the asea.

Ono huco log lay on the cround -.thore

wo stopped i'wtthe hi&)tt. It bad been bumt out thr'll tho center eitl1er
betore or

after it tall end we sn7 men on horaebook ride tnru

au thru a tunnel. Tboro wnu plenty ?f room for they did not

~t

eo
to

]UlVO

driv~ thru

stoop to avoid touching. 7e had aeon Tina of a wo.son

one tree that hnd been out out at its bo.se end enough or the trunk

en~

'oa.rk left to hold 1 t upright. and keep it alive, but I bud

auppo sed it wna some amall taOl!l tl:w. t waa photo{;l"aphod,

al'il~·a

·.1e wore trav-

elling on a ratherlorge atago with tour r<>'Ts of so,.ts on top> ou.cll a

B"" t~t

holclinZ tour 'People ,and with four horaea. ·•;e

tree eono dis-

tunc• ahead Bnd again it gave the 1mpreea1on of Just moder11to eiU•

•

Tho bolo looked tar too pall to all<>'T us to pnee tbro. lt atoott.on
a ahort aide road while tho main road passed to ono eiUa. Jreo.t
our

a~rue when

WIJ.B

our driver turned to tho aide road ond ha!lAicd tor

that tr••• It did not seem 'Poaeibla we oo'Jld

a~uoeza tl~·

uut our

driver 41d not slacken the pace but clrove straight tor the hole. Jc
all began to ahrink up, get our !::ends down

~repnre

bot~

our shoulder bla.

to bend way over. But the t.oraoa had <.'Iltored t.llo out. in t.t

tree ond in n brontbleao moment we ·.•ere in it., sittin!>

atr~>it;llt.

right and with "Plllllt.Y of roO::! to llpllra,

tho most.

It

W!.'B

one

OJ:

up:C·

<l~C'

t1v• thinga 1 ever s~~.
To Colorado !lpringa end Tho Gurden of the Godspp l'ikes :·oalo c

the winding cog-wheel rn11 road, vi,...o get.tin;;; finer "nd battor wit
each nii'N tu:nll the aummi t very nonr now 'b'lt wl:w.t is t.lle mu.t. tor.

'

uothor~ srowe uncomfortable

D""

Nld don not acem to brauthtcao11Y und

la not very good color, re.thor dullll<Y and 1 teal o bit oppro •• od •
llother grow• worse no we climb the next tevt hundred reet
reach the top 1 am _,c.oua about }ler tor abe 1•
. and

end as "'

ar

'Pont~n& {II

o.ir •m-

decidedly cyano•Od. Tl::e vlii\YB wo•e wonderful ond wtt he.d plc.nn.

•

TIL~ YOS~~!r~ YALL"SY.

TC

HA.~

pg.

~«J4.

' 204 •

J •.:...1:.

OUR L1JllCE a.t the au1".mli t and stay a while

b'~t !:other' 3 oondi- .

tion wo~ld not permit it and I wa3 not feeling very confortable either.

f~ily that lived
at the top but none of tham paid much attention or see~ed alarmed so
I concluded. that the ea"lle thing often hnp-pened ~d th::..t 1 t could not

Other tourists were around and the treinrnen and tne

be as serious as it seemed.
rarefied air for
same

trai~

~e

Of course I kne"N the trouble was the

were 14000 rest above eea level. 3o we took the

back and as soon as we had deecended a few hundred feet all

the unpleas3nt eympto~e disa~~eared.
But I r..ave o~itted the Yos~rnite. The trip was ra.ther tedious
by et~ge all the way and part of it wae very duety. Sarshberger was

•

a rather rotund

lo~

~an with fat cheeke that mad~ nice little shelves be-

his eyes. re did not bother to wipe the dust from his faoe and it

piled up in little pyremide on these little ehelvee,most droll to
see.

Eut the

beauty

an~

Velley was

t>.

gem. There ere eo me,ny descriptions of its

~tt~mpt to describe it in
allt3l ~apiten, The Half Bomes,

wondere that I rhall not

but we were cba1med with/them
Falls e.nd all the 1·est. From

the

detail
Nevada

windows oro·ur hotel we had. fine

views of the Yooemi te Fe.lla and 'll'e took e. horse back trip up the winding, zigzag tr&il to the top of the rim and stood on that overb&nging

rock a.t Cbaerva.tion roint one always eeee pictured in 'Views of the
Valley. The vi ewe of wild, rugged, bt.re gnmfte peaks is inspiring
wlile just et our feet

16 the lovel;• wooded Valley, a great gaeh of

wonderous 'beauty in a.ll tr...at tumbled e;radure.
•'J
The fgnilY had rentec our nryn ~awr hose and were livine at the
J,orrnine Eo tel, at T·l·o:tC: and Fr.ir!!lount Avo. in

!'hile-~clphic. ~very

night anC morning hundreds of people on bteyles past back and forth
t
.
to their work. t;o great was the tre.ffle tl1at ncrrow z.n.,helt
strips

ho.d 'been laid oloee to the curb on each eide of Broad

~t.

to e.ceom-

..

I wo.a busy a.ttendins olinicn, workinG in the

.~ye

Clinic at tho

DlepenaAry leamlna to rerro.ct, tolldnc on Alaska til Societies and
Sund~y

schoole, renewing old triendshipa nnd tryinc not to think or

e certain fair haired cirl I loneod to see. nut my pride would not allow me to write to hor tor I

thou~ht

it would only siva her pain end

what was the uae. Sne had probabnlly toraotten

~e

and

b9sid~

aho bed

indicated thnt our triendahip wa.a c.t an end.
Father had long been talkins of a trip to Jood's llole for elk
and grlzzllya. That wan in the park count17 ot the

side the Yollowaton
cided to go there on
impossible.

to

Al~aka.

~o

rark

end

my way

cnoo wna

reportod plentiful. Ye

weat when he round thnt

~u

de-

bua~ness ~de

it

I stayed on until 1 t waa ueo.rly time for me to go baak .

Then one night father brought a letter tor me

tl~t

had

been address in his care to the office.

I late.r tho.t lmdnd writinc;.

It wo.a t..nna Dean's! 7/hnt could it moan7

(rip~ed 1 t open end this 18

what I Xllll. road.

"?he Det\Dery,

Deach,
?art Huron, !!ich.
(The post mark, waa ~e~t.t,lD~

"l!y dear Dr •. 7ilbur,
1:a.y I know acr.:tething

'

Juot out-

r.o~ios,

~rv.tiot

of your pluno for returnint; to
~lltka this fall'i
-:o lea.vo Gratiot in two week:; and I huvo buon unx1ouo not to mieo you it tho opportunity ubould bo given for that talk~
ot visit.
or course you.r s\ll!Der nt home ht:.s boen full of work LJ'ld pleu:
ure. I oort fo.noy your return to ~itkr. and tho ovv.tion tlmt a.,o.its
you there in the otolid hearts of your romer pationts e.e tho;; come t
the dock to meet you.
I'lenaa do not thinlc thnt I n.'U trying to rann tho paet or to
hold on to n rre1ndahip thnt lett me so greatly your debtor. ~erhaps,
I write because, woman like I want the last word or perhnpa beac.uae
I oannot help ncknowlodging the sweet friondl1ne3s of your last lettc
-:-:....r sincerely your rriend,
Annn ~lliott Doon. "
Sel)tember third.
Instantly I wroto that I

~lnnned

to return in nbout a weak, thn

I wanted to eee.her,would be hn?PY to conform to hor
ndded a tew worda thAt lett her in

~o

doubt

~lBn3

wl~tever ~a

snd then

to oX&otly

•

I GO TC:

296 •

J .A.'\. pg. 29f:.

G~I.'l"IO'l'.

a f'riendshi-p, fo.ce another period of broken corres;>ondenoe and, :per-

haps another misunderstanding. llo. Tl-.nt wa• worse than useleas. (must
be more then f'ri endnhi p or i t·"'Muot be nothing at all. If she answered

letter and aske~ me to visit her then she must kno~ wr~t to

my

expect and, nt least was reody to oonnider it.

now restleotlesely I waited for the answer but I did not have
to wa.i t long for very

-promptl~ telegram ca..'!te f~om l~s.ry Dean ~

the oldest of the six Doans and the head of' their household, inviting mo to to visit them at their summer home at 3ra.t1ot Beach, about
a mile from :rort nuron , !f.iohige.n. Jhen I received that -r.1essage I
was like a crazy

•

turni ture while

#Bn•

I ran all oTer our apartment, climbed the

~.rother and

Helena. t4r1ed to get hole or me to see

what the telegrnm said.! hugged
then
guat.

beg~~

th~

all singlj and in groups and i

to tear around the apartment againtmuoh to rather's dis-

A tuuny incident ocoured when that important telegram wo.o sent.

.

t.nna was not

~:>re

what to do, to

e~

• come' or to wait but t.unt Helen

Taylor who was her confident and really a mother to her
her to at least eee me.
in that laat letter.

could ask

or

pereu~dod

-

course Aunt Helen did not know all I wrotE

So J\nna, eomewha.t reluctantly tol! :.r_u.ry she z

invite Dr '!Til cur to visit

t.h~

and tbon, j uot e.e r:ary

was going to take the oa.r to go to town ,Anne. called, ""Yes, you oc.n

a end it but l.t don • t mean anything! • a phrase tlul.t was ..emcmbered
by her mieohev•ous brothers

'

great eonfuaion.

and frequently repeated later to her

·That could an invitation to a eummer cottage mean

more tban juat en inTi tation, e.nyway1
3o, en sept~ber 14th. 1897 , a very carefullY dressed young s

man etepped rrom the 3aetern train at 'ort Huron

abo~t

ten oolook

ln the moriling to be greeted by a eunny haired maid and her laughir.

~
I

297.

A ·;;JY. I~ T}r:; r:ocmLI GilT.

brother }!orris.

1~i~s

Dean s.nd I both tried to tnlk at once to eho·.y

how mut:lfa.t anso we wore &nd to preYent that dreded '1''-'uoo ror e:.oll
wanted to tnlk about things that nither dared to tnlk about, and,
beside tt.,.t,

~.•orrin

was there.

'!itse De&n/told the Joke about the

great drought in •nglond during sueen V1ctoricl3'reign onlY she got
fuased and oaid it had onlY rained once in >ngladd in fifty years.
Corrie laughed uproariouslY at Ann's niseing the point and 1 laughed

mrz!hl: moderately to be poll te but 1 reallY oould not quite aoe thll
whnt

WBB

thenl)

funny. (Just think. mY De are. that j oks ...... in it. i nrcnoy

A plea.aont trollY ride thro the tine littlo oity, paeeing

5d1eon'e eurlY

~e,brou~ht

us the the Deanery and to meet' her'

ilY none or whom bad met mo.
and 1 ocn' t

rr.~C!!1bor

rnm-

Eut thoy were friendly and cordiul

that 1 bad dreo.ded meeting thlll!h :titiL

Ye were

standing on tho rront poroh of the cottage that raced the bench and
Lal<• 'ki chis an and with --1n a f.., teet was a long glass door with thll
shade pulled down toS the floor. 1 wae racing thst way when sudden•
lY the shade en&l)ped to the very top of the glaaa revealin5 a girl
in travelling drees and hat, blushing violentlY and then fleeing

~

like a. soared deer. lt waa Bessie Dean, i•nn' s yo•Insu st•ter who wa.;
just ua.vintt tor Cinoinnati but must sse' t:hat )!issiona.ry' before sh
went.

ena~C

But ahe pulled the side of the shade a little too
there ehe stood facing him.

~rd

and

The brothers and aieter roared

at bar oonruoion in which I heartilY joined when 1 underotood whnt

;

had ha-p-pened.
BUt mY tra.in h&d been late and Anna

tage wbioh

belonge~

Till, .nd in
she

8

my

::oct or
to Vft&t•

~~rried ~·

~illiom ~aylor,

Anna's RUardicn, Unc'

room dainty and sweet, Were lots of

a1~ 1uneh wao

all readY for

to the next oc

th~t&d waited

~htte

aster•·

it tor me and she

•

did sm::X want !!1e to m£.ke a r:ood impression.
chance to study

aide e n

t~i se

l~t

Dea.n for !1ary was not so

the tc.bla ua

a..o to place uo

cr~.1de

by aide. No , ehe had not changed much.

ae well as when I

sa~

I had

She did not loo·

her last, more th&n two yeuro before.

as tbo ehe had been troubled and worried or eJ

90 l:~.d

90'1le

Sh• lo

illneea.

I realized that abe was wondering, too, if I r...ad changed a."'ld I was
tully ooneaioue that the brothers m1d !.:ury were

balance very carefully.

~eighlng

Just whnt thoy expeatod a

me in the

mi~oionury

to be

I have never been able to find out but it must hnve boon so:1ething
Tery treekieh and unpleasant. I suppose it wan frock
face, sanctimonious twaddle and a good dsal

•

unuterable relieve it dawned u,on

or run

and the joys

or

~l"'!'loBt

long

1-.ypoaricy. To their

tho I was renlly

~u=an,!ull

live and willing under proper provetion and

if no ladies were about to say
that they

th~

or

co~t,n

·~a~~

'dnrn'! It was ouch a relief

tell on my neck and wept and took rne to their !lut

..J
tering boeom.e. Anyway I did'nt know whnt the thou~l:.t !Hooiono.ries

were like e..nd findinr.

th~

informal ant! Jolly nne friendly I wo.s sc

at home and quite myself with a constant resolve to be

j~at ~s

nice

ae I knew hon.
I found the first tour lea.! clover thot afternoon and 1.':'t3e Dct

round one too •.1ho dar•s ee.y they don t t brine luok?
and

Itt"::& in

'{e

took a swim

I won approTal by beine; eo at hol!le in the wo. ter. The girl

all wore tull skirts to the knees black

etockinc~

and full

~aiste.

and we took a walk after that and watched the euneet but we found

•

we oould not talk very easily about the

ocmmonpl~ce

and were not

quite ready tor deeper things but I said I would r a thor ta!'(e o. wa.:
that eTening than to go tor a,&ail in the moonl izht.

W•

\

a1 t on the porch a while after dinner and l.!orri s sooa to e

his girl, ·uarion cr~ while George ~~iea hi~ ~~d then in tho ooft

299.

light or the Ho.rveot ,.~oon,ho.nging lo~ over the La.ko,...,c stroll away

or

on the _Boardwalk. ~ost

tho ootta.~er3 ho.ve gone for the oeaeon (IJ'ld

wo nre nearly e.lone. ·1e wa.lk to th~ en1 and po.rt way back and turn

toward the beach tr~·1ng to/ na1nt e~ell to.lk. now onect she wae, so
trim and dainty, a bit dietr.11it but eo !31'1care. Jh:J.t lovolj' ho..lr;-a:
what beautiful eyes that would not qui tc loa?./ into olno; what poise·
and «raoel But more than these. there w~e the out-going influence

or

a tine and beautiful soul. I loTed her anv n9 we neared tho secluded
shore I told h~r tso.

I could not aoo her:K% eyes, tho moon had almost

gone, but I kn~ there waa a glad ro~ponoo as we sat ~~d talked.
Dut soon thea old·probl~ x=e"tet:ncd returned nnd ull the old queat-

ine. I di~ not l:nm-r her. All the!5e yeu.re since 1fe se.~ ae.oh other.

•

~Ten then we di~ not know each other s~d ~eople chanr.o in two yeara •
Ho• could 1. know her. l!ow could I mow her'i

J..nd if I die not kno;r

her how could I love her;~ove her ennugh to blend oar live~ tor a
lit• time?

"Vhy, tha.t wa.e not poesible.

It. wen e·1ch a eerious, u

sacred thing to ~ledge one's troth, ao sweetly eaored.

One muet not

just yeild to impula=l ona must not be lee by enotion.

0ne

~ust

think attout this wond ert'ul thin3, this love. Ch! it mno t bo rso true,

....

---..

so ~.e,, so ent1.urincr.

lOTI like thnt and

laiow.i

•

nurely true love iu adlvinu cnn how cun one

~romisG

to lovo for lifo, forever if one doeo noj

There eeemad to bft nothing more to !uty or do eo, troubled and

t11rne~

ho~!'.

roo~

wft

wa~

barr! to bo nntu:rel flnd unconcerned 'bttt. t:J.Y Al nske. views helped

t"'wnrd

acme n.nd it wae

The fa."'111Y

we:.~

sad

t~oon ~u~ecntet\

in the Livinr.

.a.nd it

that I must be weary wt th the j oumey

and I got awny to ~Y rt\om.
I lay end ·thought e.nr\ teased e.bout and alent s.nc1\. \Toke

e.n~ won-

4ered and t.r1ed to see what it could mean and arg-..1ed that ehe did

•

~1~~IT

(Ui'

aort(Jti.·"t_o.

ure

3 BO.

.....T •. ' .... , • 7' ~· 30).

--------·
th:".t nhu

TJG

no'~ 1~·"'' :"'~• a~:o :; :!.~ 'J~~·~

r-..rt

P~tf::

d!.-:· l'>·rc n·..;

:r

loon{r.r

·U.'.l

tt

,...~ '·• n"~• yot, ,arh.!l.p~• ·

t-~l.t

ho.r

1 L"lUJ:u her

:.t l~~t the ·~&orniT'IC Ct'.r'H~ nn·~ TTi t~ the GlHl:-l11n~ sun fl')'r.le r.1ec.ss- •
o!" no...;bop a. ! wtnld vrn1 't nn r:::cc. ~ donnnt~ tnY bent "WlJi tc flannola

no C.rc::c no

=tj;'laso~c tor

t1:o

to follc;-; thonc footatn-:-·n nnd

~ar,ch nn~ uo T at.~11c <:o~m to the eo.nd
live te~tn o:1r fJ\'!.C;11ng,! het..rcl. 1!orr1a

oc.ll, "~h, .·.ncy% ro' c ~t r.1e yhi tot' on!"
f,nJ 1 t ·.,-c.o woll t1"c;..t I rolln7C~ t:~rue.

••

oo!tl~

l)OO~lc

r.,orr.rir~.tii

l"'.L.l! bsr""l. a1 t't.1.n!,: cl-:-ec, !:'ldi by r.ido,

G1de combti c.n1 n lccy l:9.!'!<l'\r.ercb1ef
I stcopee. c..'1.d .to,:: the-.i np wi tn
o.ga.in to

quoc~ion,

~~.! hcl'~

"'n~r~cca r..::.r;;.

nl~o"t

1!1 tl1c ac.nd
wc;rc two duUaiY

in !inc c:·ibroidery.

,..;:.cremc!lt.cl c:.re and bocun

l!o•.7 co·1lt' 1 t 'be·; t.nno.

:}c:t~ v;a.:z not

a gi:rlr.t to

r-,u~. ?heJ ·.v~re wild
onr rctur~l \YO :.11 ·.vent tor

thout;ht to lt.a:: t!'lo norvl i'or 1 t wa:J vor:J
aa1loru but 1t ;li<i not bnthe:r no :md on
a rr.ri:'!l o.."'ld so tllo 1nornln;;

•

I bettor
I could

;tc.~!!3.!.

•
J,ml ntill no olgn.

~W:c o.rrr.nGO'!'lcn ta to l1C.,<.'l7t b tt :lC::lot~irL::
not 1:1d~e u-p tlY mind to r.n nor oo'tl~t I !1'1d

reason to s tny.
Arter dinnar H13a

1llNt

su~:\ested tm·.~
w..

walk but uked r1e if I oared to raa.d one

we

or

iO

!>r.

'7e1.1 - 1 rr..tost

uao:ltl to hold

a..,,

t:10 •

tl(~o1uato

t:~o -:ood:s !or a
~iller' a semens &
t.o

\

•

~YJ

00 FOR

~!\IT1?

I ho.d mentioned thnt I lu!.d one nnd we were both very fond o! him.
It was anly to/ his nearest and most loved that he ever gavu n eer:

mon for he would hardly allow one out of hia hnnde nnu nQver would

havo one printed.

They were beautifully typed and

nu~tly boun~

and

this one wo.a on tho text 'la.ll thinsc work toecthor tor good'. I won• ·

4ored it ahe knew thut tlmt vno the text and wanted to tell mo in
could not

that wo.y tlmt, altho elle~ loverl

me

still 1 t would be tor tho baat in

the end. Eut that wac hardly possible. so,undor tho hawthorn tree I

read it to her.

J~d

ao we ao.t there quietly tbQre aGemed to be e~ne

bond between us, acme sense that we were eepeoially near to each other
~bat we belonged to each other. I could not understand ~t but I relt

••

it.
Then, whon 1 t wc.a ended, eho called a little oolorod e,;irl, Lulu •
tho daughter of the cook, and asked hor 1r ehe WO'lld like to go to
the yoods with ~1s.

Oh, thunder and 1.to.rs! .11ly did ahc wu.nt to tuku

that. sirl with ua when I wonted ao much to tulk to bor c.lone. Lut. I
could not protest. If abe wsntod to mc.ke tba.t concession to tlle proprieties, well, n!tor all perha~s it wua best.
I

The woods wers: cool and beo.utif'.ll as tho Scpte~bc1· nun aifted
thro the leaves o.nd 1:1ade dancing patterns on the grotmd. Tho first

tew leaTes o! Aut~ were eoatterod at our teet but !ems and wild
geraniUm and S))ioe bush were at.ill inviting in their alliZr!lur gx·oon
and we both lovod the woodland. :7e wondered on. As if by mucic_,
1
·Lulu ba4 disappeared, api)nrently into the t fn Jlr without leu.vins

4lt .

.......

e'Yel1 a .tiny cloud ot dusky duet to mo.rk her going. ·;;c wero very

quiet aa ·~ litted acme rerna ond put them in our baa~et, euch w~it•

lng tor the other to apeak and I 1n too groat a quundry to know Just
what to aay.

\.

Than, as ye wondered on in doeper aolitudo I" tried~

again to tell her or my love.

•

T:C

~

:But she ropulse::l

· to bein.g

:ll'li!T:I•

........ .

T • •r

!3iTP.0'!'!~.~...t.

'!'16

~[;.:so:.

nor d!d oho tell mo wh:,·.

I

c~-no

lir- r actions fHHJ:lll tlO nontr:ldiotor:,•.

very nea.r

·;;.; :'&.t1 moe

was fte:-trly go::1e. I l•P.0~m to fool thc.t pc:-:k~9:J I did not lt:noa har &.:f'ter
ao~"ti~' eene-1 t., co.ro s1 nr:..:ch an~ tt>Jn

we'd ha.vc it

O'lt.

t? ~1-:l:lst clir:l t!:c ne •.Yell -

I't! fin~. Cilt j·.1st i7'!nt ollo did w::.nt i.L."'ld then I!d

go o.way.

::o, we r~st~~ in a 11ttlo ~o:tJl'

or

le:1-voe :rith .,~t·l~:1-hair !ern

all ~b"nt, ~he '3itt1nJ on" little lc:;, I, r.~lr lyint';

?:"1

tha on the

greun~. I -w::.!l puz£lo" an~ 7lorricc :."'1c! ~lmoett 1rrit3-ter! 'lnt I could

not be Mt1l'Y ;rith thc.t cirl, o1tt1nr; tl:erc so troabl~d befora ne and

•

At luet, I oo.i~ "'~hull ! !jte-p telli::'\: :·o·c~ or r.;/ loVG ~'-'1d t:O ewny?"
ns YO to.lked,
"Ch, noS ~:ol Uot thr~t.•• !.nc! "t!ic:!,t!n
u~·..tbt:l :--:1<! ~ncartt>.ir.tiea !led
,(

r.w9.y

tor

wo knew y;e 1 ovod -::1 t~ ~ ~c.::.~ 11fo-flll1.n;; Cl:!.dncss. reo.co

troth.
t,oo avreotly e< ..Ol't'd to tell oven t.!lcc J so dar.r to her

l1lt

I wen ted t.o

tell the worlr,.; to oll.out to tr.o !:·.r t!l::tonoo:; of ~pr.ce t1wt .f,nno.
You ~Hat be ~'{'o~~. 7hin.:.: or ell t::2 ~~~d tht:1G:1 ;,·o11 :>oao1 'b1y con when
~

we r.;:.re e.t tho t-..tp,cr t:."tilEJ or ~·ou cyo= v111 :~:n'"'Ql~· toll O'.lt accrat.
Sho oai~ in '0u1· F.l t\tor.r' ":th:::t;&..b~:(;!::~:~-;:~~··nJ::rnexcl"f::rl:'l~ "that

tho tr:blo lbn;, nerolful!:: hid hi~~ 1('".1.~:ir::: c:;,..e~rt t'nd if nn:·one noticed tmytLln~ they a~!.J r.othinc r..t~o:~t t t t~o ~~f:'.ry, I th~H!f:ht lookud

I

nt

U5

rather l~novinclY•

:.n.-ul-' r. eyes J•. tr;~ vo:~11. not ~P.c~ tho gladnoee

hidden tJ1d e.s fo:.· rlc, I 1'.:.-C: ~~~ ,:ct~bl·:: en; :-.'1"' tic tn:" ~ babblins
!rem
exu'bornnoe to p1·event 11. ~or:eo!. G.J;:Jci o: Joyou~ hilc.)\1 t~· cecc:pine.

Ae we returnttd to tho house attar a 11 ttlc ~uiet time in th6

•

•.

30Z

Jli..PJ'Y .DA YH •

the crovc in
l!o.ry r:ot US

t~c

npecioU! ya.rr!., whore we dco1dcc1 to tell tl.c far:1ily,

&n<1t

tl:c iMpUloc

~n

ot the Tn0'1ent 1 / ..nna S:lic.,

oome your nO\T Jsrothcr." To Anna• n utter f!.:nnzencnt,

about "'!l:r

noc~

r.nd lr:i snod nc.

:.nno. felt fto ettrt!

ua but nh" wn!l! dear and sweet e.nl! I
·1~

Anns'

B

nu~ter

!~rlry

for;;ot l1cr lovine woloomo.

ol<'!eet brnthex·, GeorGe i1ho wa.o rooMlncr in tlle :.lL.ylor oottaae

c.

l:l c

•

heurt~· weloo~e

W~D

all r1G:ht. •

the gabled roor. •}:cw
long would he otc.y;

so

it

WR.!3

to the cl:m·!md
~·orri o

ovor tho

bod enr\ talkin~

w~..u.t

put har arma

.,yent to the beP.ch n while a.?td then I 1·oturnecl to tu.l:lt to

that 'he

tor

YOl•

::t'.ry would oppose

tru~ t

also. !t was n very f'ronl: and prnctioul tnlk but ·1corga
gave

"C:omC

YNnt

ha.d bcCM !:t

~artitions

did she 1 ike the

"~en G<!or~e c•:l'!Hl

\7t:.D

fine o.nd

at !')ncu to tall Anna

r
woo.,
gotting ree.dy

hi~

whtch did not ronoh to the
Eu •ua'nt 00 bc.d..

~)oci

ln and

~'orri a Wf.l.n ted

How

to know

all nl'lcmt o.nd 'MtJ.rY had been loTln~ J..nn e.no wi ohiniJ her

!T~cb h~n?i~c~~

ann thero

~as

a general

or e.ll tLie but lay q'tietly 1n bed

l~ve

!east. I knew nothing

tt.~.u.n1rf'nl to~- }Ol1

tor thi• greo.t

girt, tna love or a noble wa.oan.
Tho De en~ u1 o;yaya hnd morning devotions uhen ev.cL one rcpee.ted a
vcr~o of 3criptu:re a.nd

om

the next :nornin~, \fhan : raponted.

t.hln,6e c.re ;>!l~eed aw~y, behold, all tl:1nt;l!

o.re lltDOO:Ja lHU'

necrly bz·cl=e np t~.e meetinp:. No lonser did .:.!ts:1

i.)t)tm

1

Old

1 t pretty

sit o.:roes the

table ·fro!"!. n~ ~·.lt by my aide. ·.ve tried to be tl1screte e.nd ~ropor but
ho.nds trill WP....,d~r "beneath tho boo.rd :!!\d if they !1nd warn ans·.yering

·-

tingere, well - - yo,t know - . There 't'fere r>tC'lios \"There I dletintrtishod myself ns wood~n, a
e.n-i bl"'ct rides 11nr1 or.lle e.T10 frla!1~!1 and nj e!ld of tof•Ding. The bo;,e

inai eted t:t.9.t tho t Anne. hed -put those n3ters 1n

expresu pu%1)~ae to oont~tantly riU'lind

1',!1&

l'!"'.;T

r;o, ':r:l with the

to' ast hc1·' t..J t does not mean

anything' a~poered at all t~ee and in a Tariety

or

!o~s. I cL~e in

•

1. VI3IT mn
tor 'liJY tull

ll0".:-~.

sho.ra.

304 •

~

I oertnlnly was a i'uat worker.

they 4i.d it in r~laskcf

lo.,ecl ODndlosl

·;;uo thc.t tlle

Did I bavo c. cood otock or oundlon~

w~

t..nnu.

t.nd otter I hod upoot u oanw.a ea.111nG cc.noo that

aeorgo had 1:1o.de and dumped ua both in tho vc.tor soma ditltanaa from
shore they

11\701"8

that I ho.d tired or bar el.raudy and bud tried to

drown her and only their timely reaouse lw.d foiled r:JY foul aohme.

~hey were 1nvoternte teaaee end
·~· Ye.rlon Cram without aomeona

poor

~orris

could hardly start otr to

t.okin& up c. bnJ;omognphone Q.Ild sinsinG,

"4oea the girl tbnt I adore, love me lena or love me mora?
starlight, atar briSht,t.ell mo do you JnoW&'

0

~ery

cottage on the

beach must haVe heutd.

•

otoourae lettor• snd t.elegi'W!la want • to r:J:.i i'w:lilY u.nd th hers •

l!Y letters bome

J:~Uat

have beon most inoohoront !or I still huvo o.

le~

ter trO!ll~
~ urgaing :e eo.rneatlY but atreotionatel:r ta think o! tho
prs.otioal thingo o.nd to tolk all those thin;;u over wi tll

cl.o~ .·.nne..

Yother had grown to love A.nnn deo.rlY while aho wa.s in oalle&Q and

afterward and the familY nt

Eryn

uawr were delighted. Dear

was oyerJoyed and wrQte u4 a fine lottor, ond we wore vory
1 really had not thousht of ony plWl but to

so

Dr.~iller
bap~Y·

on to Ji tkc u.o

arranged but that meant lacving in a dey or t;.ro and it d<>mcd o¢:lo
tha.t tt would not be fair or Just to do eo and I decided t.a ""it. unti
the next stalll!ter. :lurely I lllUat see t.unt llelon >cylor v.nd Uncle 'Jill

tor they were like Anna.'a perenta so we soon
Cinoiunllti•

I

Ur, :;cmbloa 'Po.ranta lived

to aee them while 3aat. if poeaible.

pa~od

up and

a.t~' ~d

~o

l~!t

!or

I had proW.eed

1 lett the troin aurl:; the

following momins 1111d want. t.o a. hotel tor bretU::t&at. 11ever in 'IllY

u::

)lave 1 aeen euoh an 03:rfJ.Y or aide dish•• as theY aer'f'ed a.t t.hnt 'bre

r ...t.

Thera lllUet ha.va been a doaen or mora or tho li ~tle atone ahi.

diahoa aet ·&bout the 1DJ3.1n dish· lieodleaa to oo.y, I b.o.d enough t.o

•~.

~ '

'•

•

305 •

I found

~r.

and

~rs.

Gamble

found it. diffiOul t to be qui to
gentleman, a doctor.

senior,

n~>tur~>l

~lain,

kindlY folk who

in the rreaenc<> of this strange

They Hst.ened without emotion to. ull 1 told :l:lo

them a boll t John, thanl:ed me for coming to see them and 1 left, well
knowi ns that theY· would treasure end talk n'bout ey vi o it long af ur
I ha.d J\nl\B
gone.end 1 greeted each other on ,.y rea.ching her home 1>t 520

proepeot

~lace,

it Beamed a

Avondale, as tho 1 had been

l,O'lJl

time since 1

QSW

~3~Y a month,

end indeed,

her aboUt 24 }lours bafora.

She had

a host o£ awfullY nice glrl friend• all or whon wanted to aee Anna' a

~issionarY end

some boy friend• too, who did'nt interest me as much•

Then there was that

•

interYi•~ vith ~ncle •ill and

the Decn brother•

~ <Ac>C-~~J~ary•a rtenCe~ost
no time tL in telling me,earlY and often
how atel"'l and un'be:tding "Jnolc ·~ill was and what a to•1gh tl.Jr.e 1 would

inoluding

he.VO end how 'bitterlY ;\un t :aal en felt toward me e.nd • s 1 hnd barelY
lllet thee& good people

the:~t raecals did not ~uiet my norvec TU'/ much.

In due ooun• we were invi t.ad to the Taylor' e to dinner and o!
oour•• they were very nice &nd courteoue but my appetite wae not up
to it• accustomed vigor.

n shortlY after dinner cncl e ··rill took me

into his office end 1 told him all !>bOUt myselft my

!~~ilYt Y~ rroe•

pecte, income, end very fullY about mY pest and preeent condition of
health.

He l i otened quietlY, ._eked few questions, lteft very l i ttl•

to eek about and then told me about bnn"'r. f2milY end her rarent•
and ria in& took m:f b,ond end said it wun u.ll ri gllt.

;.nne. ht>d been

talking with ;,unt !llolen in another room ond nervouslY -.aitins our
return end when uncle ".7ill went to her and J:ieeed her ar.d

I

-.~.ehed h•

grtat happiness she oiled into MY eyes end •• .,ere ver"Y he.P"PY• AUJ
Helen waa trNO.Ot and rriendlY b"t wan not 'l"i te re&.dY to take me ttalked.
har heart, at l,east not without eome rcecrvat1onc. .._ :Jo "'" oat and

•

.. ...... .
T

Time

-p&tJfUHl

'

••

t:s"'ifLl'•t C'
"

1f\ (-.
;:.........

_..,.

-.-.').,·~
,,J.;•
....
-!t'+,-·t

.........
c,

togather. In ap1 te oi' thai>· teL sinG

"ttA.. (,.... 'o~ ii"A--

~-

!1£ not in ten rero.

11 ttl a Archer ooul <1 not "'" • • oon cil u;: tc 1:1

~ :-' :.tl!·

and l1l:e all tll'lall 'Ul otl,CS.~"- l uac;o tcC t!•" ;: ,,.

•~~m~~
hardlY kn ~.., what t~

atranr.:er whn

raRou wl1en I

eo~ets.ntly

·;(;l"O

1 ,., In[

,_,,,a

t

or U.c

only

~y one

el so

t1!'1a\0Wll

J.oOO~'" hio aictcr-~c< L~ e.:·. elcoc~o r.c.o al'.Y and
.,...;.c o;: t~:c "t '''·" ;u ·
b•t ~. .-ro.c. tor::- 1, :1!' ertbc.r•
outlt\l.t l.ol ..,., ti.e c:,~rry tr oo ~-,a :-.o:":1~:1::. ;.rter t,ll&t
to

Ll,

we· were bettex· ft i &nL.s.

1 had -.rrH hn thu nv•a to Ji t":u lo t t •a t > ·"·tel". the bryat on

which 1 had in tencl

~a

to

.._,::. ":l'h"" i

l'O tuLn

~

gre...,, •·Jongrntu1a.tion& fl'Om ..11 of '.\00 .. n ·;t"tl ct.

•

~

e;ru:!'f tell ow en•l ! 11o.r J.lY tr.ou.;l'. t 1: """"" ny n:r:'.c •

wa:r the teacilero coulll • on.: a tolo:;:r e"!

date Md I could not ace .mY

" 1111bn rba.n

P:"""

8

t, "t ion u 0

-r.ary went wit.h us ror ,.nn:>

an~

~

',(0

the onlY

~::' .,.ett t n ~ l• 1., to

~:.-~:L·

r t'n:O:

t:: c

lb1 eond.

t.nnn f'11llY agree

~ e "n h

\loul~ ,~t :>:.co.:: of •·":fl"'~

•·e&.oi>e<l

th~

~e•

to rot·:"", \'1 !airnosa to

!1:' '"

rj· ro.r

"! c"

01'1 c •

: ohn •.n d

!::nodbya nt hom•

t~•Ol d to cT'a tel·; "Hh~rtrlf tc
the other and of the long plo.trore! l!n1 l·>!t ·•~ "'1o.,•. ?I~ ant on the
e te'Pu of the ba!ll'."r." pl"tr onr. 1 oc'dr.;; '~''·'" the 1 c 1 tn o of track•
al011!l -.rhieh that te:rri'tl• tro.ln "''"V cc..,e. '1'1 ere ~· was no one
elee about ue we tried to steel onrsel,·en fo~
lnt'.!l rorew•ll·
e. e soon

a~ ""

'7"'"

..-c•· ior ::c

the noard, before m:r next tulour.;l:,

•

~,..o e''"'" a talthe ~.J.,-eer added,

&' !. ;-. """' t"t

• t<- t1 >tl

Nl

+,}1r.+.

~ -.• J,e\7 much we -.roul
end loved o.nd ~oil 14ui.oklY th•

Ann e. - • ohee:r!ul end •:ppu:E!n tl:r be.';lilY t clli..,
· • -- +»A 1

ett.ere, no" that -.re

kn0-:1

•

307.

J e!H't' e 307 e

t9>e tir.<e would

pe.M nnd what U

to be • • - married. 'le hardly

joY i t woulrl be when 1 c=• back

~ere~

to •nY it out loud. I tried to

do my 'Part to no!<• believe tho.t of all thingn tltir. wuc the thins; we
all the time
most wented to do but !milll:m"":tl! I l:ne\0 th"-t doojl in our hearts wa•

~reo.d •-n~

ache tho.t could not bea entirely etilled.
?ar down the trcck e hendlight ec~e into view. The trainl can we
endn1·e
not ,.,nke thi • lest ao.reee
forever'/ ·nth what appalling pift-

e

.

~

.

~

noen the trr.in o.rl'ronchee. Gueoc yo11 better co,.,e ihi e way ,r.ert, Jolm

cRll~, " they
eo ,.eet.•

Goo~l-yc,

Con't at1>r lonr;.d~

!'Y !ln:rl ;n'll ~- !.11 nl-ocrd.4

/
Jnhn.
!'ary, dec.r, You've beon

I etu.,ble

U';l

the steps and into

~.
th< e!'lo:<inG roonl<
t.o n "indo;-r.

•

ni~ht

r.ut the ate.tion is back there in tho
a eea.t
a.nd I dro;l into
eM1ltY
in
The :t'OC'"'\
bi tte:t~t pa.i~.
vri U:. my ftweet~cr.rt.
stifle the
t,
:dtb
otriV"
t~o.r!"l on~
ra.p-

end keep

br~ck

~!".e

li'7e o.c'J..in tr_C'ee
l
nomol'Y,
In
idlY into the pMt
"" r

hnvo~berore,
~

her

ble-!~ed

de.y~.

elre~c'y ~lip-ping

so

en~.
thin~ of my Belove~ ,1 wee, as 1 never
e~quiel.te finess\thc stren~th and beauty of her

character, her des:>

rot~

eteo.dy l)iety.

She

WaR

right, I did l>;ot knOW

her, ehe is so re.r "beyond all that I had dreamed. And then the thoug
of her g:reat abiding love, un7orthY as I felt msself to be, brought
•

strength t>.nd -pec.cc.
Father ho.d !'one to Chicac;o :to< on bUeineu and 1 etayed there
witl1 .him and J:arr:r for n daY end then father and I went on to st.
r"ul where I

J::o.~.

was going pro.rie chicken

•

~"Y for -connections, I think :te.thGI
shootl.n,.. with hi~ friend l\r. Lodr,e. JU,

to we.i t over a

Lodge had n very prettY dO."!l"ter, LetLa.nd father hod her all pic1<·
ad out r or tte l:'' t aomethin r. alee hll"l>enad.
Then to 5ee.itle to find that tbe
days, 1t

prove~

ate~er would be

7

delayed S1

to be eight, beyond her scheduled sailing date ar.

•

308 •

e.oaoluteiy nothiT'Ir: to do nbout 1 t lmt ~rin c.nd ber.r 1. t.• If I aould

... ·.
. .
not
nave tiff order. 1 t there woull kax.Ii:l:T be ti ~c fer me tir;o ~a!lt and 1 t

.

_,l'
.- "'>O~~ ib'... e f or r..nna t a 1!188 t
mi"""t
b•
-

...... "
did not oocnr to ne thr.t '1. t ---

7

."'~~ ~-t _sone h~.ff "'':ny n1nc~.:: al"l~ 'b~s id'!$ 1 lmd c:.~'l'~ht

1

~C<.).VY

cold on the

I CO'lll! prnbn.b~ly ho.V:! mPdc te-M}lorary

train a.Ttc felt pi et t:.y r1en.n.

connection~ ~1 th f'IOn:!e ho!!~:t tal
was no

t•.

ho~l')eona.thtc ho-,p1 ta.l

a.Tlsd

in

s.,en no"'le 1')-,erFttin:~ but there

:1e3.ttl~ ::'~~

the

feelinr~

bet•.veen the

echnol!! WEI.A e.'!lythi.nrs b11t !1 iencn~·· On
had Mane the '1C'11lt:.'\.nta.ncc
who.., I ll:ed

v~ry !'~nc11

t>.nd

o1· two, .but I co·,ld not

•

on~ or my tri11~ 'XPlll.t east I k
of n ~)~n.t.tlc b::m!~er by the na:ne of VanTuyl8
I c"lllati on hiT"' ~:nc1 wn3 111vi teci to a mea.l·

epon~e

on the-n too rtnc'h, a.no the weather was

vile, crizzly,'l"l'ith e 't-it of ani')W nl')tt

nn~

the!l, a!ld ru.N &.nd -penetratir:

rent ·.1hilc tht::: C:-lln i7ln'1? from t11e interior t1erc always dry.
quen tl y hec.rd ,eonl e ee.y, in winter ti:tc .. ·•·t;hy, its

~:1

here tr.·m i t 1.!!

thf!

t:~uch

warmer k

'11')!mn."(~'l?:Ct t;')•ln~.)

pr~t ty blu~

·:ell I ""•

tiO

I fre-

and

tele:;r~-,1-ed

·'"no ,1 dou"bt H there ;•

~. loni": ~.i ntc..-;ce ~l·~ne ~ri: ar.o after four or r;.ve d;::.ys I :tu::.d lettere
fro~ t:er e.no t.tinr~ looker brighter. rhe firnt •'lOillliP;; o.fter I
arrived : r.::rr eom~ re-port of n r,~ePti.n~ of tr,e 3ynoo of ·:.a.shington
in ~~cttle cnr I r:-ent to one of tLe meet.inr,s c.~ soon t:.s -pQasible

rr.~

end mor-e so'.l!e ncrtu::.in tt.ncerl

of

•

tir'!CS.

r W~' !I

wrs

~ur-pri zer,

morr. thr.n

~ooi'

t"checuled to

ti?ec2~

a numbe

to find Dr. r:obertn, chi er ex-

utive of t't.c "one nor.rc1 c.nc' :(ro. 'T'ir.rsnn, .Th" held a sirdlar position with tr.c

W'm~nnr/ r,r,.~r~

were rtY bo!!r.e:3 P.nd

eu~~o~ed

her~

to ba in 0itka:

!

of Eo .... e

""e-~

or

tH~ston~

in atte'!'lClance.

in :>eRtt1c three

oourse I

hn~

'lfeo:--~

told the

They

o.fter I was

I~uro

of mY

•
•

J .A.-·.

thnt I we.B

!St~1yin;:

v~

309i.

:509.

over n etcc;.,.,cr und "V"thy. ! t.nd not time to

~·-zl:

thom

i r I oonl d, end would r.avo ate.yad BI!l'W"-Y even h!ld they oo.i d • no • , I ta
renr they muot have round r.te ro.thcr innercndant. rut if
1-n"" I

wo.~

pluy1n"

h~okcy

they

M.1~ noth1"'~

u~eao

t·.vo

&bo•tt 1 t u"d t!'.oy •ould

not be likely to rnn'1 Uhat <!cxtnil ony,.,r,y. oo I onjoyctl the

op~ortu-.

ni ty or to.lk1nr. w1 th th""- nbout the work altho I had been to tho 1\oa.rd
roa:i while
......,. I was ·;net. :..nnn' e letters cr.ne every dr..y o.nd ,yhilo she
we.e even more disn?Pointed nt th1e loet tine
wwcre rull of cheer fine.'! cort!ort • J'•Jt it

W"?-5

t~cn

I wuo her lettero

tc<HO't!J

wo.l. tl.nr;, tlst'-Kll

ea,eciallY so be cn•tM there wns no woy to tell where the etc".mer

•

was.
-

<e only 1m e.,. ehe wr.a on her wey f'rOJ'l ,\lnaka, 1.! a)1e had>< not
sunk goinr. or co'"-int:•

Wt'S

.'/e

would revc no wore or her until ol'o

within nbont 24 houre or 3er"-ttlo.
C'f course MY thour,hto were maoh ><1 th .,.,y betrothed end
e.

c.:1

old let-

ter tells Cl! my or:rort to r.t"ke her reel in my lo').line ... •;hroo lotters in yo·• hllrld wrttpnc
hnve reached me na.rely nn<l I hn:rc th""' olJ.o•.
'
out strewn over ·MY table in • obdiod tltoot<!cr'.
eo no. turo.l, eo t rno to yO'' bef oro

MO

lith yo•> datu photo

rn d the 1 o o:·· or ,.o,.r hd r, I k

·•r

hevo ere at ed ~"ito c.n etmo eph ore of yo o elf c.Uo•l t "'" • "
),.a
'nlen tho nt • .,..., er et 1 a at'cr:'!!e tn ) 1 1 ot ten ., ttr. vr.ri 0'1 n co"l!'11 eo·
time. to get thinSB eo I went ahop"tn;:

and bon(':llt 4 al•-"'lin•rt a·tpo

tor olllDping, ~ wl.ll uee th""' sO"'e dc.y 1 hope", enq•.11red the prioeo
}

o! •t0'188

ut tl etl with the photogrepher

llbaU t

h!'V inG my p 10 t \lrBS

1

•

of Alneka printed, bought n con t !or "n e of the hoe? 1 tul {li rl9 w1 th
man ey ehe hll d wn-ved

an~

&en t to me, n rubber he. t ro r :·r. ·;,:nbl a,

type writer rrtl>on, eo"'o medGicineG, c.lnrn. aloai<, a thcr.:lo"'ator rar
'!.'las 'Jibeon, book tor Y.ra. Carter, •.c • ·,c.

;:'inoll:r I\. went
"boc.r<l
.

the •• •· Topeka and wrote to Anna, •?encY ,.. sl tting in tl•e oald
onY.ey enrtneo rt\tt11nti tht'! bnc.t eo the.t it

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J .A.J:. pg. 310.

::M RO'"T 3 TO 31 rrA.

hard to write, stevedores trucking and banging,men yelling and Pessongera trying to find where they are at.
sailing has bean postponed.

All day lone the hour aor

Ten r.I~. was the last_,but it is nearly

that now and the piles of freight see~ scarcely to have bean touched.
The day has been long and time passed slowly,and the expectation of
getting awny has kept me on edge. I am so anxious to get to work and
!eel I have been e~ay too. long Jb~t thankful I waited over/ for all
.
that. Then, too, I did not get a letter from you but I know ita on
the way and perhaps the :rurser will find 1 t when he gete at the ma.il
after we start nnd I will have it as a delightful surprise.I have a
•in gular sort of room mate whom, I suppose, will shook me with his liD

••

mode of life.

It is one of the unfortunate things on this trip that

one must room with all sorts of people
I

must tell you what Capt Craig, one of the beat pilots on the

run, told me in his rough homely way.

Uiss G'bson came down to the

wharf when the boat reached Sitka on the last trip and asked,
TK'J Doctor?

1
'

.

wher!:

lia.ve you got htm'i• "No" I aez, "he's off gittin married.

It was a Chance ehot but mighty near the truth.
1

Then he added,"I

hope them old maide nt 31tka will be happy now they git yu back.
anxious to see ~t." He thought he waa tea~
They seem eo - - - - ing me but really meant no harm.

:rort Townsend, ~/e.eh was the last crumce I would have to llt>.il a
letter· to Anna until we reached 31tka and I wrote, " ----- You will

,

be glad to know that I am finding eome pleasant fellow travellers
Allow me to introduce the the ~~iecopal Bishop of Alaska, The Ri~1t
ReT. Eishop Rowe,who haslived in Sitka !or the ~ast two years, a

f'riend of mine. a good ma.n,genial and refined. '!!iss Dean, His Rever
.
ence. Eisho~ this is my tianoee, Just the sweetest, lO(~iest woman
~

that Gad ever bleat a man with.

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SI$ A AT LA31'.

;r .A.?,. • PG. 311.

Dr. Uoore, of Idaho, graduo.te of the "'T~.o.f :t:'•

311 •
'78, about 45, very pleas-

ant with good principles, apparently,and likely to be very interestine •.
Rev. Nelson, Sweedish, goinfto Juneau to start a church
white people. Talk

a~ong

the

,listening ability, ---. but will doubtless help

to while many hours away.
MAJl, residence unknown, 2f. Or 27,

dru~~er,

seens

thou~htful,intelli­

genb and, I think,will prove good company.
The rest of the caste in made up of nondescripts, ships officers,
and so forth.

So you see I have much eheed of

The trip of nearly nine hundred miles by

•

me.~

~he

steamer route was

monotonous tor I was torn between the desire to get
e

fr\nds at the :'ission and town and to

my

bac~

to the warm

work and the ever present tee:

ing that evel(turn of the propeller was takinG me farther and farther
froM my betrothed. Bishop Rowe was always interesting for he ho.d trave
eled long distances in the Yukon Valley and the interior Qnd wws

in-

formal and friendly. Uy roam mate's toilet equipment consisted of a

-

pocket comb and pocket mirror but he did take of hie coat end
when he turned in at night!

The drummer eoon began to tell the ueue.l

kind of etoriee common to those men and I dropped him·p:n..S ~o
almost

unchan~eing

tro~ere

succession of snow clad

~·a¥~

(

..

\he

mountains and rook

bound shorew slipped by,day after day until we came at last to 8itka,
The girls from the

,

hos~ital

Miss Gibson did not come.

were at the wharf to meet me but

X%x3KMWX•

Greetings to mearly everyone

and many ot the Natives and I was soon at the liospi tal. They ha.d
decorated the door way and my office with evergreens and bunchberry
and t t was still very pretty even if somewhat wilted by ita long
wait tor the oTerdue Chief Surgeon, Head of the Eoard, Chief !eeiden·
3urgical aide, Chief T'eaident , l'edical aide, !~anagezl-, Supt. of Hoep i
te.l, Coneulting

Surgeon, Coneulting rhysioiun,Directoi111 o.f the l'rair

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J' .A.!.7. Pf!• 312.
~

Training School for }Iursea,Druggiet, 1Hcroacopiat,
Dept, Chief of tho

~ye

~~nr

~epair

man, r=c,

Chief of the

Dept. L:hief of the lJose and Throat .:;ept.

Chief of the Dept. of a.eneral

ion,

~U

~fedecine,

Dietl tia.n, Director or Hecreat-

Yell as I we.s aoyinrr this ps.rty we.:;, overdue

r~c,:

and when he looked into the /o.rds he aa\v thirty putients_, for mce.oloe
we.s epide-nicJ 11th in

ll

fo·s weeks there were forty p!l.tient:J in tho build·

ing at one ti""le, floors were filled and every epuoe crowded. but under
!tis Gibson'a

mo.n~.:::;e-,ent

ahe and the four t;irls huddled the

splendidly &1'ld I stayed in the office some nightA so that
could get the necessary rest.

Then

!.~r.

~c..~ble

of the::1

How little

or

the doubts ane! qneations and di!finor
cult decision we had to mnkeJ when we had no X.-rayr e't radiocraphn to

medical men

•

eo~e

wo.n still in bed ua

union had b een delayed and I telt very ba.dly about that.

or

situation

the present know

tell us just whet was the matter nr

ho~

the ends of the bonex upproxi-

mated. He needed mae sage of the thieh muncles end I did that.

Dul·ing

the six weeks after my return I made 567 prescriptiona in the wurds,

197 in the office, 4::> in the nonchc, lBl in the
and performed 7 operations.
!~ava.l

had

e.ll

~chool

I had been called in consul tr~tion

surgeon and mo.de a forceps delivery for hi'!l'!.

bee~

dormi to1·1ee,
b~·

the

The poor fellow

etrugg1ing for a long time to get the forceps npplied.

~o,

in all. I did not ha.ve m'lCh time to pine for tho.t b ~ny r:Jc..id

4000 miles e.we.y.

In add1 tion to trying to oust the Superintendant, !.:1·. :.Jhull I hud
taken it upon "7lYaelf to recommend hi n eucoessor, Judge iilliEl.I!l A l. elly
whom I have mentioned before.

'

~:r.

or

Austin end
hi~

in the

l~r.Gn""lble

hi~he~t

could be

pers~1aded

and they

re~lied

He had been tm::perintendnnt before_,.and

end t!e othere who had worked with him epoke

terms but thought it was very doubtful if he

to rotum.

I urged his

nicely to that. Skmn•

a~pointmant

on the Loard
\.

Along about the early part or

•

OUR HOSPITAL GIITLJ.

. 313.

J .A.M. PII• 313.

of the year, befoz·e I went

)m
~

Enst, I went to Ur. Schull and we. had

a long frank talk nbout our lbte unpleasantness, and while I still· ...

maintained that we had acted in the moat straigh(forward and honorab)e
way Jwe parted with complete
hold him in every

~ayt

understanding~ and.

possible we.purted

when I promised to up-

frtan~s.

It

w~s

a great re-

lief for I had nearly come to the point of resigning and leaving the·
work that had become so dear to me •
.i:.t,rom a letter in the letter file it aeems that a letter I wrote
to

~r.

7-:elly influenced him strongly in his decision to accept the

position ne the head of the Gchoo~and he took up the work shortly
!
ed
after llr. 3hull left, 11\t once, every department reflect %ka his wisdom and energy. ·:;e were all very happy and gave him our ·enthusiastic

•

support. He was a quiet

~an

of few words, with a personality that

impressed you with his force and

~aetery.

Li! blua eyes snapped when

he was in earnei!;r aroused but with all, 1n spite of sandy hair and
a big red beard, he was always fair and very kindly and self oontrolled.

·~1e

were t:he best of friends.

Altho I have· referred to tham I have not told you of the tour •
splendid girls who ma.de up o".lr staff in the Hospital, with l£iss Gib-sm
son ae their chief.

Two of them, Salina and annie Le~s~ were sent to

ua from lletlakahtla.

It was a great compliment to the oedical work

of outrhospi tal for '.Villi am Duncan

'&I1Jl

who ruled that cot:t::1uni ty with

an~ iron if a benevolent hand, was most unwilling to allow an.y of hia

young people to go anywhere else for instruction or any kind. I haTe
letters from him referring to patients he wished to send to me tor

'

treatment and I was not a little proud o! this evidence of the confidence he placed in our work
Salina was the older of the two aieters w~o were daughters of

ur. Duncan's right hand man.

\

The two aiatera evidently had a good

•

Our UOSJ'ITAl.

:314.

GlP~J.
'

deul,of white blood in thair veinr; r:nC: looked nore like Irish girls

with their blue

a."ld fair hc.ir, thsn lil:e Untivee. They were
e.
older than ~ost of the girls in the Qchool a'ld ni the1 they or the
two
~
other gi1·le attenc!od c.ny cl&snea except ~ny tr;.l\:c o:-: Ann.to:ey and so
eye~

torth. ~hey were nico intelligent yo'.lng nomen and 3elina e:J-peoially

Anna llinea was "ith

eoon became vary err•ctent.

U3

the longest of

eny, most reliable and tr~etworthy but rather linited i~ her mental
equipment. She was a good girl and never ga.76 us a."'ly anxiety. Daisy
Dean,

(.x

have no idea how she came by that name a.s she and .t..nnie XX

Rines were Tr..11ng1 tE~ we.c ty-pical of her race. Younger than the other
girls it was harder for her to conforn with the rules but she seemed

•

to take to the operating room naturally an~ waFr rey assittant there
and a very good one too.

Cne time she rnn s.way s.nd I vent to the

Ranche at once to find her.

It was s good e.eal like lookinr, for a

needle in the hay stack but a.:s I r.c.nd.or around 1nqu1rine rro-:n friends

thero,a r.ative woman of not very good

re~utation bec~ned
A

come with her. ~he lad me to her small houee on
I
motioned to me to enter it.

to me to

t~c back path and

When I entered ! cou!d not oee Daisy.

Y.ary, the woman, motioned to look under the bed and there W&9 Daisy.
I ordered her to come out and as she cr&wlod forth she began to curse
and swear end call rte all kinds of vilo names. Nor would she eto-p

~ or pay any attention to my orders. So I bnCked her to the wall
and began to choke her vigorously while ehe clawed and yelled and

grabbed my necktie and began to pull 1 t tight e.x·ound 1!'-Y throat. But

•

I had the better hold and when she beg&n to get pretty short of

n••t';:

breath ahe auddenly go.ve u-p and trailed along behind me 't·ack to the
Jliseion without a word.

l:iss Gibson and I decided xmti to ehut her

up alone for a while and as ahe and Annie Hinen

roome~ together I

nailed some slats over r. akxxxt .;Twx ka& a window in a closet and

•

The

wrr·1
e

OL!1 !.In.

.

J .A.!.•. pg.

1 Zl5 •

ther we locked her up. The closet was largo enough for her to lie
ci~wn· .ooatortabl( on a mattress that was given her every n1t;ht but
.

'

· ahe had only bread and water to ent at first.
·:·.· .

·fore··
she
·....

It wan two weeks be-

said she was ready to be good but we never had the alight-

eat trouble with Daisy afterward. 3he was re~lly a Tery nice girl,

full of fun and a fine worker whprt

Jn~ereated.

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1

~ .J~v~A;~

I had been treating an obscure case in the
morning,whan the atewner was in,
on her.

~agine

~anche

I was cD.l.led to do a

my surprise when I reached tho

~ouae

~

and one

~oat

mort&r!l

to find this

patient still alive: The clan relatives said she would aoon be dead
s~r

which I saw wo.s true;e!Hi made some cc.lls e.n<i then returned to :Cind

•

that she had kindly accomodated them and, incidentally, me also •

•

Do not think that I was ind,!ferent or hard hearted with these

iTe people.tor I neTer 1 was what other faultsJI

hnd~ut

~at-

these people

aeeoed ao indifferent there seemed tof be no need !or eyopathy.
I began, as usual, and opened the abdomen and then went to the
head but at once there was aloud clamor and I was told I could not
examine the brain.

I was anxious to Teri!y my diugnosie nne wcnted

to see the condition there. It developed in the

~alaver

that they

only wanted to get at the abdomen us they were goinG to ehip the
body on that

ste~er

end thourftt they could re4uce the freiGht by

renoving the body contents.

That gave

to know the native reasoning in

,, You must pay me

•

the brain.

II

~5.00

~e

my clue !or I hod cotten

s~degree, ~t

least.

,,

11

Jell- 1 aaid,

tor what 1 have done unless you let

~e exa~lne

Great consternation and much excifted talk. AfterwhileJ

convinced that I meant just what I said, thjVreluctantly consented
and I tound that my diagnosis wae correct. That seving on freight
explained why they were eo a.xious for a pont.
It wn.e

~od

to get to thtt

little'}~est'

when 1 had time. It was

•

3lG •

ao cony and COMfortable end thoee wonderful vie•va fro:1
V.ra. Carter 11vod there for a while mtd

~r.

e~cry

window.

Go..":lblo at o.nothor per-

iod. !lore aooura.tely, he slept thera tor his duties kept hill r;.way at
the Uieoion moat of th~i~e.

So nany ni~hto he wo~ld co~c in and

tind me wr1 tin g to Anna and he would say 'There wo.e Doc}ry, with hi a .

toea dug into the floor, writing lil:o a good f'ellowt" lr.l'!!loet every
Sundey night we harl e. oha.!ing tUsh supper in the 11 ttle loft room.

·v1th an alcohol lamp or two and some canned things and rolls or buns
!rom the bakers I could put up quite a meal. l!r. Crose enjoyed them

1'!'11!1enaely and came frequently end

•

!~r.

l!oaee once in a ,:;whilo. It wa.e

quite a teature.

It muet be evident thnt the Pacific Coast
echedulo

or

Jte~ahip Co~~any'a

ea111ng dc.tes was only intended. tr> raise hopaa in our

brea.eta that were very rarely realized. 1!othor tells of a Scotch

woman she net jn her trip Abrond that said, \then ae}:ad whon the etellm-

er on one

or

the lakos would

it oomee airlier end

arrive,~ ~o~eti~es

sometime it comes sooner, and I've even aeon it before that.'' But

or

that waa never true

our mail boats. 5oo.etinee

thoy oa:ne late
otE;.te of mind

and _sometimes later end generally even nfter that.

l~y

while waiting for thosa'blue'lettere 1 (hnna

usod a

.ehade of blue writing paper and envelopes)

Journal November
"I

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~

-

~.

ti~e.

1~

beat told by

ep~oicl
~ ~v

1897.

~so P~xioue

days behind

ulwny~

to have the etoenor

co~e

I wno buay gettina tho

toduy for she is.threo

Chric~~ua pRok~eee

to eend

off, hllving finif!hed my oftiee work , but ne-e.in o:nd agnin I went out

to see if I could eee the
~:abaon

mo~c

over U1e low hillo.

oe.lledt''There'f! the cennon! and at once I mo.de u. det'!h fot the

door as it I would ruEh down to-n1 at once.

caught

Suddenly '!thee

my

.

coat which I

.

pr~~~tly

\.

But she cha.ee'd ::ne and

wriggled out of and started
I

orr

~snln

•m.rn
•

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L'1TT3RS'

J .A.i!. pg.317.

:517

p1ungillg.int.o the office where one or the teachers was •a.i ting to
aee me,_ to my utter confunion.

Of OOQrae I had to get my coat and

hunt up my pro~eaaional dignityJand attend to her while I received
no end

or

surtin~ about lattere.

Then the sulphur tires must be

started to clear· the l!'.easleA out of the wurdo for the ble.nkets were
hung over every windo~,and the othere hung about the roo~s and pounds
of aul~bur burnt and the building nearly burnt down once {and too

know now that it was all utterly ueeleso!) !hen a man oame to see me
al~ all the w~11• blue letters, blue letters, blue lettera,was ringing in my brain and they were only h9.lt o. mile awa.t..t 1

.1ell, at last

I did £et awa1 and lost no time in getting to Box 22. In my hast~

•

key 1tuck and the box would not open. And then, :BLU3 :E:IV2!.or:ss 1

n

rLI~TTY! I just wanted to shout and I ho.<! to se.y to Lrs. l·.rchnngelsky,
the post miatreoe,"·Jha.t a lot o! blue envelopes tod&y."

She did not

see the point, however, ~~d merely r~~rked, " Yes, I guess it must
be tho style."{Dut a little later ehe learned what those blue envelopes were and go.ve me e.dvonca news of the number.)

·.1ell, it 1 s re-

freshing to henr·fro~ that dear girl whom I grow to lovo core and
more deeply every day. 0h, I don't care. I

~<now I have an uwful bad
.:

attack and ~not noh~ed to ~wn it)for I ~~very ~roud of the causa
1

of tl.e me.la~y e.nd veryglc.d I a.on afflicted. :But it wo.s neaxly nine
that night berore I had a ohro1oe to raru! all the letters. 1 read the
first and last alnost as soon as I received them but the otnere had

to we.i t end often they have to wa1 t until after the ste~or has gone

,
Business
letters must be answered 2nd ofcourae a final message to

Ann~ and Yother, even it it takes all night as it often does. But
Anna.certa.inly d~ea write good letter3, 'sure 'nuf' but shades of
the Auro~norealis: whnt are lettBre compareu to - - -\. well, co~~ured to other things ??~1~?7 !!!!!!1

? Three years! Ye gods end lit-

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I 4000 ~IL"'13.
J .A.l!. pg 318.
ZlS.
rerhapo it wan just ao well that •ste~er day ' onme only twiee

CCPJl~3!'~DfJiC:: AT

. • ..

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.

was

terrific.

Tho ship was

'

sup-posed to ata.y 24 hours and generally ·

did ao_ ;but 1 t ;ran orten_,..~.~rec or tour hours after the steamer docked
•

#~ ~

•• :

•

before the letter mail:waa,all distributed, the packaGe and pai)er
mail coming later.

On one mail I received seventy letters and they

c.nd mailed
were nofall from Anna, either. She wrote every day with very tew ex-

ce'Ption!!

..

'\

and

the nu::tber that oa"11e on any boat varied with the irree;;

ularitites of the ships.

I believe tho

,...

number I ever received
"\

hi~

in one ma'll was twenty 1 and the.t wa.s not half enough for my starved
hea.rt.

Just lhink of itt..
~

Anna asked a question, say the first of the

month, and tho very best possible hope of an answer would.be the last
of the month. But that presupposes that I had time to read that par-

~

ticular letter before the stea~er xa~a4 sailed !rom Sitka.
letter

~~ppcned

to be the earlieet or latest in that

Ir

partic~lar

that

mail

it would be read· and nnswered)but more often it would not be answered
until the following mail.

So moat

ort~

when

~nna

asked a question

it was like thiea--· /..nne., :rarch let. 'did you mean tha.t you

had~·

not been well in you letter o!Feb.l2th~' This rec'd at S1tku about
rs.roh 15th bnt not read until l:aroh 17th. after the etatmer has sailed
I!i:.·lver. 2oth. rndled },•ar.23th. !irat l!la.11

~oaeible•'~

of 3/20 aSks it I had been ill about the middle or ?eb.
was sick with toneilitie then but

~

all right now.

I~

Yours

Yoo, I x
sorry I did

have a minute to read tlll your letters be!or last boat left. ?lease

do not feel at all tr,ubled tor I

a.~

all riaht.'

Reed by lfiso. Dean,

April l'>th or thereabouts. Net result, inquiry made at Cinc1nnnt1
•

.

in ~onth, that is theoretically, for tho tension in those 18 to 20.~

l~arch

l.s t. a bon t

1!~11

my

health on Feb.

2~Jth.

J..ri arrer recoi ved

at Cincinnati, kpril 10th, approx. lhat a satisfactory
a girl that you still loTed her.

WilY

of telling

It 11 a wonder we did not get all

1:L.

•

OP

DI?FI~TY

J.A.!!.. !'g.

~RACTIC~~

319.

31~.

tangled up in mistmder~.ta.nd1nG3 but wo did •n'tJyot as the montho pnsoed
it grew mora and. more unoatistuotory end I hnd not been in Sitka lo~g

after my return befor0 I began to clamor for n aubstantiul reduction
.. in ·~h'e: tlt10 of r.t:r bMlslJCent. I wrote nou.rly everyday bJ.t nulled tho
lctter,po.cea long, only When OCOEiL&loned offered.
l.Y no other wo.y
and

hae

wirele~e

or

There

W~O abaol<~toe.

com-nunlcllting with tho stat.oa,no telosre.ph, no oo.blc

not boen hcnrd of. Indoed I hardly daro think

or

what nicht have htlppencd if we had onrried out our origiono.l plana n.ca

or

to the dato
I

••

toun~

our mnrrlnco.

the greatest eatiaraotlon in my surgical work und losa

e.nd lees in medical work in the Rancho. At tirat I thought I wu.a doing tl:e eiok n real sorvioe when I went about end drop;>ed

ims

or

no:nooo tin otures or dilutions in

~

~· fer;;

I:'lin-

hulr Glc.oo of wa ta:r &.nd

told the pa-tient to take a tearspocm!ul every hour. ·nut I soon loarnod that it wae ti!Ile and troublo thrown awa.y.

1den

or

~le paasn~es

or

timo and were nevor

11l:rtlY ars not they wouhl drink tho whole

Thoy .had kiX

litt.lu

~othodicul. ~uito

thin~

at

once~ t

aa

wo.s .fortunuto

that it woo n homoeopathio r~ody~ or givo it to oo~e aiok neighbor

or juat throw it out.

nesidB tl:i o homoeo-pathio rcme!1 ea o.re preJLJ.trtl:Ur~

scribed on close diff"ercmtiution of aynptoms.

l.ior~

could ono hope to

do thnt,when the entire Thl1ng1t lunguuge had only one word rot sick
hurt, pnin, wouicl, aahc, br..tise. There vu.o

Jslt:KXJI

hard or bud pe.in but

nothing for rsharp pain or dull pain o1· ahootinc; po.in. n'hilo tLey

•

had worda for theoe adjectives they did not know how to ap~ly tLa::1

to

~

••
''u-noeke, the word !or po.in.

h. shootinG pain woul<.l

mean a pc.in co.usod by a gtmshot wound and that only. -nw.t wo.o the
poor ·~~edioo. to do when one

or

tho school boyo cones to the offioa
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and in h1a kind or J'tgl.ieh •eys' It alway" be aick,on t:2Y hee.d; •
aonetii:lGBl

J.t . ' ,:

t

Or e ~e.t1Te

non rr~ tho i"'unoho, t}:ro /\llnie

or

;)uisy,

DIP'FICTTLTY A!TD

DISCOrm.r..G~r?mT

320.

J .A.'-~. pg. 320.

_

who interpreted for !!te in tho offive, c&.mo in a.nd ec.i<!, in answer to

,,

,,

the us~al question,u-neek-a.-gc.~· lfl:J!tkJI::nmlc:a 7here are you sickj K
" I:lake uneeke.
.
!' ••I m!1. not sick," and then, with their expres_eive ·gestures,

or

ho rube hie hend around the beck

his necl: r.nd eays,

~ne8k.-~~-ri.en
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down his chest and a.bdo!r.en and acrose his beck e..nd contorts hie face

.,

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and says 'H:!l!,!~~! I can almost feel the -pain tor while I cannot

,,

,,

talk thinglit I know what uneeke ~eene. llie hand passes down one ar.m

. so,

•'
., then down one leg after the other
and then another and agnin,uneeko,

,,

.

and around hie anklea end -pointing to his feet he eays TT-necke.

)

after m~ny questions I find the while he e~ys he in n~t sick from

the crown o! his head to the tsolea of his feet he nuffer!l -pain. I

•

know I cBn hel~ him for a bottl~ or soa~ lina~ent,whic~ we r:~Le in

~ ga.llon lots, and a

CO!!l!lO".Uld.

tablet. which 1 have begun to nee will
II

1

II

But we take great care to tell hln th~t t~e no~,
medo\

give relief.
•cine ie very strong nne he m~st take it just aa we tell hi~ to or
he ma.y be Tery sick. Another m£n is wa.iting on the porch. ;rhave

given him med~cine before but he says it has not helped htm. I was

.
me if 1 will give him klitzeene nockh, strong medtcine.

not charging any fee

ho will y&y

t~1en

tho we decided to

,.

l~ter,

a..T'ld this man says

..

It takes quite a lot of explaining to convince

hi!!l

that I ~~giving

him the atronceet ~edic1ne I have and he goes away not well ~atisfiec
A young Native "Homan 1 s the next pc.tien t ~t."'ld she hna r.. toothache.
ene of her molar a hr..s a big ce.vi ty and I get -:ny torcep!3 end take her

,

to the Drug room end get a. gri-p

O':l

that huge tooth.

Tha nr.tiTee

generally ha.d fine teeth and aeldom any tremble tmt11 the:r gr.ve up
their harsh, coarse native food and

beg~"'l

to eat

c~T'ldY

nnd the

soft prepared foods of the whites. I yut her in a chair, just
aturdy wooden chair tor we have no other, end pull

::L"'ld.
\.

~

a~

hsul but the

tooth does not bulge. 3ho doee not utter a aound, tho I use no ana.e

I

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pg. 321.

DISCOUnAG:!:!:.ZIT.
'·

Failing to_ budge the tooth

I

:!_thally put her on the floor snd wi. th
~

Daisy firmly holding her bed there I twist and yank lll'ltil ' out somethbig that looks as if it might have come f'ro':'ll an elophe.nt. l3ut never

a· whimper of a

eoun~ and she goos off with

in her hand, very proud indeed.

muoh r;rati tude and the tooth

So the time goee.

An old woman has 'been in the ward with a cataract and ago.in and

again we exple.ine what the operation io and what she must do during

the operation and afterward. She eee:ms to undcrsta.nd and give promise
of being a good pntient.
escape

or

In spite of' my beet effort there is soma

the Titrioue,!ollowing tho lense e.nd I know I mc..y have

trouble. She has hardly gotten to bed before she begins·to be very

•

obstreperous. The girls f'ind her with her fingers under the bP~dage
rubbing the eye. In a short time suppero.tion follows c.nd I plec.d with
her to haTe the eye remoTed to •nve the other one but
bad end don't do anything tor

her~~he

she~

are all

has had constant attention

and eTery poBsible oare, insists on getting up L~d going to the Ranche.

Nothing but physical force will restrain her and we oan't use that.
So telling her

or

the danger, over and over nguin>we allow her to

loava and she goee growling end/nngry end tells all tho peo-ple how
shmMe!ully aha hns been treated. I feel very b~dly tor it hurts our
influence end there is almost no way to conb~t her lies.

It io especially unfortunate just at thts time for the Russian
Church has sent out a new ~riest who h~s so~e ~attcring of ~odioal

,

knowledge, to work among the Natives.

There is a good doal of ill

!eel.ing between the rroteetanta e.nd the Ruesiana for we knew that they really hed little influence !or good over the people. Thfhad

· d.one nothine !or the Na.ti~es in a.ll the long yer..rs of Ruosinn ocoup-

~aney except exploit them end tench them to·drink liquor •. Onx the
other hand the Russian told their people thnt we were heretics and

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322.

every yen.r 1rhen, 'f:i t1• 1'":1P
town

th~y

v.ltiyll

eto~I~ed

cereo.ony,

m~

t~oy

jnzt nt tho line of the

property,

~~inaion

th1nl:1ng, no doubt, tl'..D.t 1 t wc.tt m!!inonv.ntly fi ttine th&t hie 3atc.n1a

l"ojenty ehould dl'foll with his

o~n

people.

"'e F.raTely An wo p!t!1oe<l on theo etrl•rt

with

th~ tenahor~

o.t thf!

orphP'lHli;C,

The prier.to

I W!l.o on. apcu.kinr, tonns

~nu

:·r.

they we1·e good '"en l1..'1d we never heard

J'opoff f fell wcu b:: ! 1 r

or

e.nythin~

'~ttY l's.ti~"lte

I found he

pre~crib!!~

interpreter who told lien

Tillinn~ue

~~~...n

wu.e sent

it •

co~b&t

1'\ the Fenobe constr..ntly?and •hile he to 1.d

a

t.nd yot

to the contr!.t..ry

influence, evo"l with their own pcoplo r.nd eo this no-.;&

w1 th

rro- .

I

(hlr Q.Ot1v1 tioe in the mcdio~;\l work ~Tin6 a. profound

about them.

out to

nalutcd

~ltrnyo

to-po-porr an<i Mr /.rchtneel c'ky but there weu no eorciit·.li ty.

•

or

<!rove the dov11 out

~c

ho ·:r..,u.lu not

!or anyone o.ok1ng it. Ee had
nbo~t

us

end lc!t

ri~~t

w1111e I do not belicrve /.nntol1ous lcDQ'<7 it or nonot1onorl
wa• seriottaly orippled ror e. tine.

respect fr,r my surc;ical if n"t

a\ hla own rsqueat,

w~s

r.tj•

1ntorrer~

!::ow~var •

work

it)~·

.t.natolio:ls hr.d c'.

-cedical ability, I

l~d

c~nuine

balievc,~nd

-present when I opern.tecl one n! hin own

;t~o-

and di soo,Irn.{~in~ to oeo tho a.: !or

I hr.d

ple.
Put 1 t wna

done

,.

~o

muoh,

10

tryin~

eanil;r turned against me. Then 1 would

Stren r.th in my hour o! nee<! tlnd go o:t with
It wno
brl)ther

nn~

a~me

tl,..,a

before~

rtho~

s~etl-::

e.nd 1"1ncl

~ro~ tcr ~.. oti vi ty.

tri-p iflst tl1at 'tlu'iol11!1,ny 'fhlin£'it

I decided to go to 'lt .T.'.'.Z!1l"ic Isl!1.,1, one of tho 1net

row on the outer ed!!e of Sitko, or T'YJreproftl'!rly <1t.
I quote, in part, fro!!\ ""lY article in the 0cto1:er 1 £JS'f

'North Star. •

.•

:~iohA'll!!!

?oy.

\.1s3~.un

of tbe

'.Jell, Rudolph• •hull we te.ke MY ao.ilboat or

co

1n

¥.

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•
;

32Z •
.Xruttt

a .oenof', "! nskcd. ''I thin:i-:

\70 hu~t1 oP..n~e.

'fe

heacl wind. They

(iOt

·1·& no plnco to nnoho1: thora, no cnor~ p1 c.oa ut nll. Canoe is good, I %
thinJ:." "'l~ll rir;J:t, nil' ll st!l.rt l'.t ono pclocl: ,pro"!!!lt. ''
got nTOu.•• as pa.tiant;:; ':7111 cono juat 'W'h:nt tlio uoctol ~~w.·lts ~ li ttlo

e~t.ra rrcedo!!l:

Cur oo.noa

ltn.!!

quite old u.nd. l:ad bclon~~J. to !:udolph!lo

ra~tly n long time but aa 1 t wns red cu1nr o.nd not

B)r".lCO

1 t. was

utron[I on& 2t~u~3~ c."ld unlike mo:st of tbca~se boc.;.ta ·~u.o otl·aicl.lt at the
stern ts.nC not. doubla ended.

Like n..11.n? o:f t.he H< tivc::s : u~olph bad

ocra foren-ard nnn tr.c ~an in the etorn would hel? with puddle and

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nteer o.t t~o oa-:.c tima. 7ho ort'..!t wen about t'.7ent:r i'E#ot lonD.four
.rset \Y1do

o.~idships

-ror thlhr:ve

P.

bie i"lB.rc, und.

·w11il~,;

it looked bit;

on the ah,te it :3cemd very tiny incecd when U"C wc1·o fur out on tho
J'acific. I too~ tt.c or..rc. at rirt;t e.nd. wit!~ t'l<le ~;;,aptt.l.l ctu.ff end
tho oonv~lesoEntr. -:::l-vin& !rom the rocks ~t ou.r o·iln little covo wo
Ttore

orr tol ~. fiftocn Mile -,ull
f-..rJ.

t;

f).Cl"CSC

tho

<JU tel·

O«J.y.

·

., . , ..
""""'' ... r.udolph

tho r.inrl w.:..o unrnvor ...ble we 1~..:.:1duc! on c.n

fotmd u pool of rn.in wntCl' high on the roc1::l mH'! here ·.10 h:·c: t!Upper.
ThGil in tho onl:n of

~he cvcnin~

Md t'le •mc!Tntin:;

t·,7i'\i;~:t of the

J·l~ni:rn ou-:'!'lr.le:r ntr.::ht we go on over t.he gre:1.t ~-woll'3 or

thJ :"•.oi!1o.

l.bo,lt ten oclccl~ wo lmd on the sho1·e or r1·qzoff Ish:.nr~ ID'Ut

l.nzc-.ris. 1a no -pln.oe to

nwr..y c.~;n.1n
coes

'

orr

9

so

e.nhore i~ the dt·.rk if you cvcx·

nr.d ·•o ht'.ntily put. np r.

t~nt

tttvl etn.l·t c. ftl·e.

tt> b'J!lt c1 ser W111l e I h1mt t:lY blan1:ct'l.

rt>use &nd -;>Ut l!lY

h~Cl out to feel if he lut~

'bl nn'keto t!'Jl-pty.

T1!n lnw hrnr,in~ oi:l:l;r 1lU""7":er

e.ll about, lo"t

i7ll.nt

as

to get

r:udolph

l~i~V.in l~nd c.q:;ain I

l·oturncd. but I rind his
!lOOn

U" Ct:.~tlT!5 1 t6

111lffi;1tt~ 'bnahce noe.rb:; w:t1.'-91t. hnruor cnything end I

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.

rs:n«n'bored that it

on thl ~ very isl&nd thc.t !:udolphs rather wo.a

\TC.'3

killed 'by a beo.r, but as be wns huntinG bear
thoy did not bla"'lo the
•J
.

A

~

.;

·'tl

bear. I wo.s not huntinc bec.r but I could tell one thnt ll.s I could a ~

"

not apeak to hir.lin Thlincrit nnd I doubted if tho bours oni:ruzorr'cA
=Y gun, louded wco ~,
would underotc.nd ::nsliah. It wua vory lonely. I wus not c.i'rnid,.,.but .
iw1shed ihldolph would como back Junt tho so."llo. It wna duyli&ht when
·
but without n doer,
he finally" ca:oe and so.id we better go boforo the wind bet;n.n to blow.
A_ snok of hnrdto.ck o.nd chocolc.te and ve woro off £o1·
mil ee nwo.y.
/.a we near the ialt'.nd thore seeas

tho Sky and on nearer

•

np~roo.oh

t.r/t>Y

L~ariu,

two

clouds of gnuta in

theae prove to be myricds of oou birdc,

puffins, cornoranta and t;Ulla tho.t wopp over uo and to':lurd us t:.."'ld
about us.

nut the Isla:tdl

ao wierdly before us4
eheer fra:n tho aea.

1hnt vast work

or :;uturo is this that. loomr:

Orea.t cliffo of blc~ lavu riso n h:.mdro~ foot
Tell tress oe.p their night~· crests nn the high

blu!fa at either end while in tho center n l~N, tido-~e~t buo1n is
aorrounded ty !ontaotic ahapoa. col~o, o~ires, daneo ~~d oinurata.
Thera i o no beach on -oi thor side

or

tho lslc.nd, t\io cilos lon;, u

narrow oleft in the wull of tho busin is the only 1:1atm~ of lt.:ndinG•

·;a row alowly towF-rd 1 t while thousu:ula

or

other birds, !ric;htQilOcl b~/

. our approach add their crya to those already in tho u.ir.

:::ouolph

calla to me to•no·;• and po.ddlins withmt;ht snd mo.in he deftly guides
the canoe on tho crest

or

n big roller no wo o.re swept c.l12ost to tho

center or the basin. Leo.ping ashore

'

YG

hold the co.noe e.go.inat the ll

baCkwaSh that leaves the cleft nlmout dry and before anothar wuve
comes we 'Pull the canoe higher and unloo.d our duffle. nut ·;;.ho canoe
ia not eafe there and ve lift it bodily end carry it up on the roo~s.
\.

It wae the heaviest load I ever lifted nnd I boliave enothor pound
would have etUl:Qad

1!10,

even

tho r.udolph hud tho bo-;1, by fD.:r the he&v-

•

325 •

A little to one aide, in e clad~n a thicket or small treeot
above the tr.e reach of the tidee we make our cnt'tp end I start to get

.__. breakfast while Rudolph goeo tor water tor there is a spring or

•

~;ti:;~o-ck. 1~yl the eorree is

cool neet water in this r.tasa or

sood. lhtt we hardly tintah before

~

Native chum says we must go tor

eggs tor other natives might come and get them !irat.•Rudolph,ia the
rest

or

the island like this?"

..

"You coin to ••• it", ho replied. •1

bin told 70u eome ia Tery dangerous.

Some plaoe is awful bad. The

around don't hold on at all, it Just alip out tram you teot.I think
•• goin to go now,,.

And what e go1

where, high up on the aides, hundreds

·.1e pass ·greet shallow caves

or

cormorants have their neata

on the ledges and their xz croaking& co~• to us like the Toices o!
mocking
"'demons. Eere ia a mall lake without outlet or inlet that we can aotJ
yet it risen end tnlla with the tide and is tull of aeaveed, On thro
narrow gorges and clefts we
gulls neat.

On

c~e

to huge

eol~s

or

lav~

where the

banda and knees and feet we climb aloft their ateeply

•lozping eidea where the lava has lett a aeries or narrow, rugged at
narrow ste-p e. ·.'Je gather quite a number

or

eggs tram the al:lallow neeta

· while the indisnant parents swoop about our heads, From the top we
we look far out on the rolling :-'acific. 1lo ielnnd bree.ks the view,
no sign

or

life

exce~t

the Bovenue c•tter 'Grant'

l~ing

fivo mileo

away, looking tor sealers, who mny be illegally huntiJ the fur aeuls
I

aa they .wim north to the rrlbolo! Islands,

·--

~dgecumb eee~a

very near

end Tery high e.s we look toward r.ruzotr Island.

Ott to the woodeed
rope.

loose

en~

or

the Island, nudolph

Here ia th;t dangerous plaoe be told nbout.
Teg~table

cnrryin~

a fttout

The gr01md is

debria and rounds orr aharply to the edgo of the

cl~

which oTerhe.nge the rooks and ocean far below. The gro.und ia honey&rJ

oombed Yi th the burrows of the pu!!ine Yho neat in them. Tiudolph

•

.·,·1.. ,

:52€.

am

hangs to the rope and soes dangerously down the trechoroue sl9po

while I take a turn around n tree and hold the other end. Its not
altogether fun in gathering puffins eggo for you nro more likely
than not to get a Bhnrp bites

fro~

c. powerful bill as you thrUst your

arm, tull length into the narrow burrow. 7e got a few eggs for many ·

or the neete were

~pty

and it nade me anxious to see my friend take

auch risks. The eggs did not

ee~

worth it.

~o

tired end hungry we

r.etumed to camp.
'ni1le I was getting some things

rea~y

r:udolph

bre&king some.

wc.s

eggs into the frypon. To my horror I found he had broken in addled

•

eggs as well aa treeh ones nnd there was quite an nssortment or em-

-

bryo chicks to be scrambled. ".711y Tiudolph, "I said, Yoa don't ect those~
• ·'lhy not. They 1 a clean. not My thing n t all co.n got in the o GG"

"They bin all right."

But I

decid~d

to cook my own eggs.

h!ter

our meal Rudolph aaid"I get my slee., now·• end .,ulled his 'bla.nkat oTer
his head and curled up in the sun end was

i~ediately

neleep.

I tel t rather frowsy froM my broken rest the night before and

our early •to.rt but not quite ready to aleep.

J'-.

hundred YP-rds from

our camp end in tull view waa a greet naturcl bridge

or

levu. lt is

not lese than a hundred teet high e.nd the n.rch about forty foet each
·way. Thru it I can aee the distant mountains back of 31tka.

0n

the

very top of the bridge a single evergreen io erowing and below it
ia a large see. pool. the home or countless sea anemone in 'brilliunt

•

red and green, purple aea unchine, sponges end other

cari~e life,

NeJ)tunea garden, very benutitul. Close to one of the columns I round
a atone-turn's neat with two er,ge r~d the parent birds filled the air
with their peculiar loud he.reh oriee as th;'etrove to drive.~e a.wo.y.

Allt

\.

about our oamp the sort apo~gy ground was honeyoonbod
he neet 'burrows of the etor.ny petrel. b:t~.

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§L~P.1G ·.71TH TI-:~ r"STRAJ"3.

J\u:u.i&,

J .I••~~. pg.:527 •

Ua...It~·

~udolph'a bando wore too big to enter then and I could barely Got

mine 1n· the burrow.

A oharp nip vna r:JY rerro.rd

.

r·or

.,.

.

such impudence but
(

the birdie's bill was qui to aoft end, I drcr.7 hor contly out, a: 1.1 ttle
gray bird with tho !unny feuthor on •the side

o·r her

houd :c.o.kint; hor

look ro.thor like a little owl. nor tlll:n blc.cl: olwnko vera no

lur~or

than a wire nnd tho web bod feat eeccod fer too lnrge and bar li ttlQ ·
'beady black eyes r.ere resentful a.s ahe rou{;ht off every careen •. Jho

was thia bie bruto thn.t had invaded the sanctity o! her home'l
The wen thor

•e.•

tine ond wa cUd not bother vi th o. tent and I was

eoon atretohad out on the soft spongy ground.

earth, even thro my thin pillaw I heard

•

I~& my

inoeao~t

head neared the

soft cluckings,

whispers and low onlla W'ld ..,urmers. It wc.s t11a underground hoot. of
the petrnla telling their

n

you~

it would soon be

breukf~st ti~c.to

be patient until 1 t wa.a a. little darker, then mothor vould !eod har
babies. Or perlmpa,hore was a fond mothor aingins a little sonG of
gladnea• o.o ehe cuddled close her tirat sau;;;lll Ot;J.~,

WlU

with tll~tHl

gentle pleascnt sounds I went to sleep.
The air eea:ted tilled with bird.s,litera.lly thick
on rostleos winca,
They rustled the leaves, thoy !li tted here anu thoro

7hat was thtlt'l
wi tb thEr.n.

acroaa the

1\

b~

dimly-lit sky above our heada, it

ue~od

o.a tho they

would dart down into our faces 1 and without the loast ceeaation they

tilled tho sight with their clear but soft whistles,

t~

notes,

~bout

la end '8G Of the aoale Tery distinctly like this, foe,few; punao,

·-·

tee-tee-tee- faw-u. It wns intoroating but I did not want to otudy
omi thology just then r.nd I did wont to sleep o.nd t.ho li ttlc ruoouls
)h<t/_
would wn."<:o me up every whil o. '11th the sun u~ ut three Ludolph bogo.n
to et1r around. In

"'

spit~

of boinG so tar in ndvancc of moot of tho

llo.tivea ~like them he ate and alept Just as the &;llrit :movod 141m.

1

such 1rru.gla.r habits did not tit

my way

or living, nt cll,nnd Iw'c:a.s
,

: ' ' -«.- ~

•

LAZARIA, TOO

lr~AR

TEi\ :!:"JG"J.

likely to get worn out o.t thin rate.

afternoon end thro the night

pg !28 •

J ,A,'!!..

and was

lie ho.d slept all the previous

as fresh and peppy as an athelete.

we did not plen to stay long and I thought I could atend it a

~ell,

while longer for Rudolph waa'rarin'to go and not to bother with broak::faat. Xhat wao too muc~nnd I insisted on a an~~. at least.

up the jagged columns again !or gulls eees but they had not done

muoh for ue.

I suppose we did not get more

eggs in all the time we were

t~ere,

th~

seven or eight dozen
''""'""~

Up to the puffins burrows aauin

arid I tried nlV hand at getting th~ but I was not enthusiaot1c for I
did not like thnt vicious bite or the heavy bill,end those fearful
rooks so very far below and the edge so very near. I could get along
without puffins
A

eg~s

very nicely.

couple of other Natives c.ppeo.red and the cr.anoes they took x.

were appalling and they used no rope. l'he NatiTe people nevex· did
Rudol~h

told me.

They had quite a lot or eggs, a couple of dozen or

more and I bought moat of tham.

It seemed that they had been out

on the ocean sealing and had stopped at Lazaria on their way

ho~e.

The Government permitted the Natives to hunt the seals but no white
people.

Dudolph ond I decided to return to caop for breck!aot but

we had hardly reached it when one of the nen

c~e

running to tell us

that the other man ho.d fallen Off the edge of the Oliff and would l
oome at onoe.

I

ran with him to the canoe which their two friends

had been kee'Ping near the shore e.e they did not want bother to r.un

it in the oleft.

•

One clance told me that the man was deo.d, hie baed

mashed out o! shape but I climbed aboard the canoe and examined
more closely to satisfy the poor people.

rar

Being assured that he wae

beyond the help of anyone, they turned away on theit

to 31 tka.

hi~

\

lon~

pull

•

329.

IN Tlf~ VA3T SOLI'r.'D":~ •

it must be the 'Devils Potato :-'etch' ao ne.."ted because of the round
••

•

•

• -. : 1.. , ;~ .•

boulders that were piled,rike a jetty, to.r out into the ooeo.n. !aJ'ld
because it wo.e eo trecherous for submerged rooks extended far beyond
those I could ace.

in the top of the boo, and the ahcot I

~tllin~
011r

changed the oouree end~ handy 1 i ttle crnrt bore a\vcy to the south"
Rudolph• tho e:ppt\.rantly eo',1nd asleep,rouned up and looked about. 'Not
good to go too close.l'hey is vory bad plo.ce.'
•1 eep asain.

J\nd

then wen;- off to

/

I was wide enout;h a·:ta'ke until we hac! civen that ugly line of

angry rockn a wide berth.

••

be in e. storm!

7hat a seething caldron of deo.th it must

But when we past the end of the :Pntch and rounded to,

there was a etre.ight away, eight or tem miles to the nearest islo.nd
and ::li tka Just beyond 1 t. There was no sound save tho cantle rip)lee
of the water aaainct the sides of the ao.noe. Cne vast solitude of

of sea end eky with our tiny craft rising and fallinG on the great
srelle ot the raoi!ic. It required aaarcely a~y effort to steer with
my paddle ae wo aeeoed to dri!t on and on alnost into ~ternity.

The eurr on the Inlands woke the alee?er n~d maybe oe too. The
wind had !reehened end we a-peed back to tho ltos!11tal cove ~ as
Rudoj)-ph eaid, "I think they be trouble."""Jhat do you moe.n'C" I think
11

maybe they want blankets". But I could get hil"l to eay no more. Trouble or no trouble, how I did sleep when I got into my
• own little
ned in the Heat that night!

•

A tn days later Rudolph told me that the trouble ho.d come.
True to NatiTe custom and reasoning ~ the friends or the mun who
had te.llen from the alit! dmanded a pc.yoent of blenl:ets rror.l

b

nudolpb because he was ree~oneible !or his death.· The~man had eggo,
we he.d bought them, he hcd to get more eggs and in doing eo he:d been

I

·I

'

;r • A •Jf. -· pg. 3:30

TIC LOU G SAIL HO!!"s.

33')

7hen I ttought or how recently we had been in the very plaoe where he
tell on those cruel rocks my t.kug)Lt he:rt fill with gratitude to;t{ H~~'"\
-

who had preserved ul !rom falling.
l'Y chum was depressed and eerned worried. It may1\ been one or k

his clc.n relatives tor I never could trace that intricr;.tc linea.ge.He
was no longer the witty,happy companion he usually was and altho we .
had intended to stay another day we decided to pack up and go home
that e.tternoon.

·a;:...

7e carried our duffle to the side of the narrow cleft and I held

it~againet

the waves while

~dolph

stowed it away and then, between

waves we got in and on the crest of a big wave slipped down the foam-

•

1mg path and pulled away from the
was at our backs and Rudolph

~ut

ahore,

dangero~a

The gentle wind

up the maEt and adjueted the

sail. It was the usual Native rig, a

s~rit

sail but with guy-ropes

from the top of tho mast and !rom the md: top of the boom w1 th
sheet froM the· corner of the loose aail.

tried to tack but used paddles in a head wind.
n~dolph

a.

Tho big conoes carried two

sails and while they could do well with the wind
snug than

s~all

they never

abe~

x

No sooner was all

aeked me to steer as he said 'I get my sleep now.'

He waa the kindest !ellow and would do anything for me but he had the
Native way of never thinking tor the other fellow in little things.
·It never oocured to him that I was tired and had not had much good
aleep since we left home.

llad I told him he would have let me sleep

but I did'nt mind.,U.oved to aail and never had a chance to ~.try

•

the WatiTe rig so while he slept

a~ong

the duffle I sailed on OTer

the q'liet aea., just pleasantly ruffled by the gentle

wmu

breeze •

I muat have been hal! dozing in the quiet solitude when I saw

~ a long line of surf aoma distance ahead.

It aeem~ to stretch for
\.

miles tar out into the sea and the long swells were dashing high on
ugly masses

of

rooks all. but aubr.lerged in the swirling water. I knew

,.

r,

•

331.

;r .A.Y. pg. 831

he had fallen and been killed.

If we bad not bonght the eggs he would

not hav~ had to get some more and so would not have been killed. Theze7

fore, we were responsible for his death and must satisfy his clan
by paying them blankets. The claim had~ not gotten to the point or
deciding the exact number, as yet.

I told my friend to tell

th~

that he had nothing .t.o do with it. He did not buy the eggs; he did
not even ad?iee me to buy them. He onlytold them what I said. Ho was
not responsible. I only was the one who bad anything to do with it.
I knew 'l'ery well the Nati?es would not make any such claim on me and
the Dagietrates court never recogn&zed such Klaims nor did the 3h1te
man have any lawa 'to apply to them. I never heard anything more ot
it but I am not aure thafRudolph did not make acme aettl~ent. In
a case like that the friends hounded the alleg*ed debtor unmerciful•

ly and their eddleea talk and demands made life a burden and my pal
may have thought that was the easiest way out or it, even tho he had
given up the Native cuetoms and renounced hie right to be chief by
doing it.

But he never told me about it if he did make some payment.

The ways or the Natives in finding claims for injury or death

ot their clan friends ·•ere endless. A man len:t; another man his shot
gun. The borrower ~ut his thumb over the muzzd~and something caught
the h~er and the thumb was blown off. orcourse, the owner of the
gan must pay tor the loss of the ~ thumb for was it not hie gun
and if he had not lent it tho injured man would not have lost his
thumb. Yr. L.F.Jonea, our missionary at Juneau, whom I knew well,in

" Thlingits of Alaska'•' give,other instances or th•s
hie fine book,The
way of reasoning. I turned the tablee on an old fraud one time using
this custom to give him 'great shame' than which nothing can be more
painful tor a Thlingit. The man wee Thom one of the lo~g line of

'

•

husbands or
woman

~rinoees

hor title.

~ot

rather she was no
rrobably

Thon.I

~ce

never able to learn how this old

-lhile sho wna the daughter or a high caatat&t»

~rinceae

for hortather was

n~t

even the hiah chier.

whitemnn called her that ae a joke and it stuck• It
n
.
could not ho.ve bee because or :.ther beauty tor she had none. There
eo~e

1s a very good pictures or her in the ltorth f.ita.r, Juno 1897 and the

only reason I spend ao much
lot

or

publicity in the

appealed to
items ot

a~ace

on her is bocause ahe had n lot

3astern preoa, probabally because her

n~e

whose vivid tmag1nat1on supplied ell the
long
entliely
that her 4%Bh and unworthy· lira lacked.

a~~• re~orter

intere~t

Thie particular Thom,was never co.lled 'The I'rince Conaomt) had

••

an old indn-lent ulcer on his leg end after treating it for
I

decide~

to ekin graft.

To make en impression and

tluence with the l1e.t1voe I took the tDQt
my

small bi-ts

a~e

1ncr6~se

or

time

my in-·

akin from

own arm whilo Thom and his friends looked on with astonished eyes.

The grafts took well and tho new akin oovered the old aore quite
prompt17· hDOWing well that ThO!!! and the rrincesiS, while me:lbera or

our church were deep in the old Native cuatomo and traditions I

.

thought I wonld givo l'hom soma of his own nodtcine.
''YOu have got

my

wa!! co:tinG next.

"l'hom, 1
11

BD.id,

skin on your leg" ."Yen'' Tho:n re?lied wonderinG what.
"l..nd you see my em, it ie sick (sore, painful}

because I cut my skin to make you well. ""Yea'' and tho old fellow began to look rnther serious. "Uow Them, I don't like my 1\rm to be sick,

I want my akin bnCk1

·-·

ho

'MY

.

71th a stnrtled look~ eoarched k±K faco.
~u!!t

bo

I

tried to look ver.r stern and Much in earnest. He thought I X&& Joking
it
1
and tau~hed as he enid he could not give tkaz back, it had grown
tast to him.

nut I did ~ot laug~ with hi~ ,.but a~peared to be getting
\.

•

I D·mr~AND Pll.~~fi~~1'3!

Getting anr,ry.

:I .A.H. P3• 3~3.

" iell "• I sniv in c. loud voice,

11

333

'

It' you dont ~ive

.

me back 'f'J.Y skin you hLlve to pay me blc.nkots! Yon r.o t t'lY okin; You
male e me hurt my 'body J you r.to.ko me hn.vo n-ncake, pain, oo you he.ve

to -pay ble.nltets. I f yon d, not pay me 'blun 1 ~eto, .,lentj" blttn!tots 1 I i.Yi11
fell e.ll your t'ric!'ldD o.nd give you gro[!.t shr.~el "

or

blankets all idea

creat trouble.

or

or

11th tl1e memtion·

a possible Joke diaap~eared and he wna in

Ho h&d plenty of blankets as the picture or him on

this ohcory room or tho. ~.~a.urice house in .wa.vor.rord 'beals
a
wi tn•ss b 1.tt l1e tras close old raeonl end exucte<~ the last 'Penn;>"Woight
the wall

or

o\

every pound of flesh.

ne

looked at r.~e nnd .round no oom!ort.Ho

dropped his eyes. He was in deep trouble. "Come now, "I aaid hu.rshly

•

standing over hi~ and shokinn;

n:r

fiit Clt hiT'l,

";hat you going to

do'i'" He looked like a cornered rat nnd I vamlt of.ure he wo•1ld not

try to a trike

1!10

w1 th his cnne.

He drec.ded to oo~o to the

tcl"':'!la

and ae~ how many blankets,and he did not know what to do tor he ~id
not dare attack me )and there was no one else ln the room except
my

in terpretcr.
;
nut I thought it had gone !ar enough.

~ronk

I! I bad lett hi~ to

\hink it over the whole Ran~e would soon huvo been buzzing like
a swarm or e.nsry boos, sono eidping with Tho!'t end soMa w1 th me f.m<l
·.I was rear!1.1l Shad

leat they roa.son thv..t the ::1oolonar1es worH l'olthose cuoto"!Ila
lowing the old customs and therefore~ nugt be aood, It. mir;ht

make a lot

~f r 1n g

or trouble. so, c.tter en interval of com;>lete silcnot,j

whi c h Tho'B a ouched ,.y r o ee a ,;a 1n e.n r. •· p:ro 1n, I en t down by

him and called him, J-.1-:h-hoon-ec, vy friend, e.nd then ex-plained that

J( dit! not mecn

to MRke a claiM.

Tho. t wr.s not tho Joana wo.y.

were Jesus pol?-ple, he belonged to our church.

!a

Jesuu did not try to
\.

.I

..

t

·--

.

make trau't-1 e

b_c11to

'

:534

J.A.M. pg. :534.

XRS. BEAU ' S EARS •

help people to

keep~ou~

of trouble. He

~aid

for-

giTe, He did not d~and a lite for a lite, an eye for and eye. - Hes~i~
loTe you enemies, do good to those who do you harm and he gave everything He h~d)even Tiie 11te 1 to help othor people even li~e enemies.~e
must try to do as IIe did tor we had promised to do that.
not make trouble, I would not
ter and alrloet well but
~·

gi~•

1xiJW1 twrt

So I would

him shame. I was glad he was bet-

whenever he looked at :.tll ..my akin on

leg I wanted him to remember to be kind, not follow the old cus-

tom and demand blankets but to do the Jesus way. Ire listened graTely ·
w1 th many

A.an.;' €es,

eigne ot aesent of' agreEo:ment)Sl'ld every evidence

of great relief and pleasure, and we shook hands and parted with •

·-·-

many goon-a-cheeeohe,''~rt
\-hank you, thank you\ r knew the story would be
7
told all over the Ranohe anC. set lllBnY to thinking s.nd some to better
I(

living,also.so we planted the seed as opportunity

offer~c

with a pray-

to Him who alorie can give the increase.
It was about thia time that Mrs. Bean(whose photo with her husband is also on the wall as I write} came to me to ask an unusual
operation, the closing of the holes in her ears which were pierced
in her girlhood tor ear rings and trinkets and had been stretched by
they
their weight until :tQ: were quite lar[Ie. I haTe referrerl to .!:!r. and
Hra. Bean as haTing such a clean,nice house and they were nioe people.

They were consistent Christians and

marks of heathenism r~oTed.

~re.

Eean wished these

The operation was a simple one and the

results very satisfactory and. she was gree.tly pleased.

41'-

Anna's lettera tilled me with joy and reTenled more and more of
her own tine personality.

But they emphasized the distanoep between

us and made me long tor her presence with a longing th.ait grew increasingly hard to bear.

It seemed to become a Tital necessity tor

•

ue to ••• ·~oh other durinc t.he sumter ot 1890 and,e.l tho I kncrw I
ought not to~ eo.ve my work a.go.in o.tter my lons o.bsonce a£ ot the prev-

ious year J I detomined we must eoe ench othor even tl1o we lw.d dooicled
to be married in the Spring or a •gg instead or lGaa. I quote from
my letter tor her or Fobrur:.ry 21, 1890. '' I dronmod laet nisht ot a;po1Dtmonta,ate~aro and rnilronda with

you aa tho focal point,or it

all,but llll in the wildest oontuaion. now I lons £or tho mail, first

to hear that you will attme and than to really weloome you here.I
tlreom ot that day again lltlc! acn1n, day

dr~s

but very roc.l. I eeo

that wo aro 1n aomewhllt a11:11lar poai tiona, eo.oh would eo glo.dly tly

•••

to the other but 'DUTY' bo.rs the wcy.

And don't you think thut when

it oomoa to placing part of tho work,we believe to be our duty, on
the ahouldera

or

tlhoulders

•trungera?

or

our own kin then to plnoo

or,

by your Qbaanoe
~hoae

some one else it wore bettor to
1~

~laoo

it on the

on the ahoulclera o! •tra:

to be personal, would not the obli5at1ona incurred
tro~

Gratiot tor a season be 1nf1niioly leeo than

incurred by- my absence f'rom Sitka.7
$(!..

.

It soemo t,o me tho.t I

could not oon.aientiounly leave horewi thout ro!unding' to tho lJourd
my •alary while absent, and that would mean

~300.

I c&mot wv.i t for

7our answer 1so I will answer tor you; You will come, wortt you! I do
not, ••• how I oon oomG)but the dear, deo.r :.:othor writes, 'next to

God in

l~n•

oome (i.e.go

ot obligation camea your duty to
~aot)

J~na.•

~o,

I JILL

if Raven's Nost is nevor enlurcocl, ao you aeo,

we will .IIUi"rer it I d.o so no.st.

llut ••• eaoh othor ~ sur:::1er we

au at end ••• eaoh other we TIIJ..., it it plcaRe God (and I

O.."ll

morally

certain 1 t will please :Him_~ 7e need eo.ch other end tho.t ia rec.son
.aougb.

Rea•on and·il:fou.rt, havo Joined hands and

'lll••• you,

JQY

Dociai~n

Children.' Yy blood. is up. Uurrahl A;lril

aays '

'5JS1 r.t. T~:

•

336 •

TlC NORTH STA::.

For, tho ~ertie lof!3en hi a ~oai tion n.t the 31 t~~c. !!.iss ion
he'n eeo his Anna. in 3 monthn, three months,

nm::'::

!!C!:TliS!

I am in-

fatuated with the idea; I am wild with delight! And if i t·~only would
not brinB ~~r .. Austin up here I'd yell with rntl.d joy! ('fho J.untins lived
in the J!nnse at the foot of the hill, not !ar cr.a.y.) I E;oe your problem, denr for reaeon has not entirely !led,und tho it ~ec~s ~ore work
1

tor J<~ary and Bossie, rmd with all love to thm,

tha ti::1e has come

for Anna,' just A.Yino.' to tum fro:"1 them to her 'bet:~:·othed huaband tor

a season.

Oh1 the joy o! itl Your ateOJ"ler is the Cottage ~1ty leav-

ing Re!lttle ~

Thurada.y, Jtme 9th. I shD.ll write end ongc.ge a

·berth thia maill honest~ So Good night, end God reat thee." Bttt a
tar better thing was in etore for me than a mere visit.

somewhere abo,.lt 1887 Dr. Sheldon Jackson and !!r l:.clly who we.s

su-perintendent Of the school at that time, started a. little fi)Ur ~·

~age pn~er called the north star ~ devoted to the interests o! ~
~1ftsions in s."3.Alael~a. It ran for about three or four yec.rs, publiahed monthly, md. t.hen ~r. Y..elly found the burden too hec.rJ and it
ceased to be published.

Dr.Jaokson had rumiahad tho pre3o and type·

with the idea thnt the lchool boys could set the ty?c

e..."ld thus lea.m thc.t trade.

lf.r. Shull revtved it with

~d print it
~~r. A~.1otin end

me !ls ooedi tors and re.n 1 t very e.ooe-,tnbly until ho left> when !
bought it as I telt it was helping the work.

The boya no town
longer did
the outfit had been placed in the plant o! theAweekly

~"ld
,,
•• The Alas~an. E.OTI$ ~~!TH was running that pnper and tor the use of
the work

41'

tlle -pre as and tne agreed to print 'th-e 1Ja-p•r at cost.

no

wa.s a Chriat-

ien man if a bit eocentrio,end so my first issue appeared in
Mr. Shull, in hie last editorial said " In

loavin~

~ay

1897.

this paper to

other h~de I bespeak for the read•ra a good.paper a~d I truat that
the well eatabliahed re?utation of the North Star will be fully Maintained." ~ell, I hoped eo too,and rolled up my aleoves an~ grabbed

:537

aciersorn, oaste brash nnd pen c.nd fttn.rte~ in. I even hn.d soce hope

or

improving and surpassing rror. 3hull's stan~nrd for jaurnalio~ •
.,...J. ·r'-o
I hn.vo a file of tho reoul ts and I leavo yo11 to as to how well I a
It

ri

succeeded. I likeJto do it and enjoyed the work but
1\
of

ti~e

end out into my other and

tree from tho burdon
i~sue

out

on·ti~c.

or

~ore

took;/; a lot

1Mportent work. I wea never

copy end the noceaeity ot getting the next

The teachers helped splendidly with the wra,,!ng

end addressincr but that too out into other woi·k and the burden ern
increasingly hea.vy. Cti rs

S~i th

told me one day I

~rlll'lsoontinente.l lines to e.dvertise

paid for it in tro.n aport a tion.

aB

ou~ht

to aet the.

the'S vre,1t 1nt.., e"tJerything and

!Ie had gotten

t~o

free trips -da.et

on hie ads. and tho Star had n bieger o1rculc.tion than tho Al a.~!to.n.

••

-;ow!

a.

7iaionR of free trip !or J...nna next

wn.a eol e owner o! thAt a gold mine of ~o.per!

·.1cy • wo' d hc.ve enough

accu:nuluted crodit to take ma :::aet to l;e !:tnrried and bring ue both
bo..ok ttgain.

It wa.s so ea.ey to get, juot ask tor it ancl the r..F.s

Just sent in their ada. hi gobs. I aaked, but no gobe. A courteous
re-ply ' 7e do not

u~e

this cle.ae

faded my two way

drea~

nnd the

or

bigger than ever for tho I had n
I could not make the

co~te.

meditr.Us t, • r.egi·st, .:.c. ic.' rhua

~onthly

dcfecit tor

pr~ium

ex~ensee

loomed

offer tor five subocript!one

Ae o. !!!otter or fact I did not itavo timo

to pueJ:l it and the Foard did not l'Jel"P nny,while thoy did not. s.otually op-;>oee the

·-

•

•'

pa:t~ere

nr.

at the di!!erc11t s.tntions, Thl1ing ht'.d one
.f.

at. Ft. 7/rangel, The Horthern I.it::;ht,
favor the"l.

~he

lloarc1 acorotn.rios did not

An the Mnn the went on l.t could not ace tpn t the po.par

wne •ok):y: needed or tho.t 1 t wo.t.\ x·eally foing any good exocpt in

&

very l.imi ted wo.y entirely out or proportion v.-1 th the lr•.l)ol· und ex-

-penee.

so, after e. yec.r I reluctlantly n.ba:.ndoned thls cl:.ild o!

brain but orrerina to refund all

~oney

due on unexpired

t
!

7ars'nt I glad I

uu~er •

f

m:f

e~baori~

I

·I

J •.'.•!!.

I

I regret to say that the

F~.

ob~equies

335.

338.

we1·e 'D.uch liko those of Cld Joe.

•
Old Joe. wao the town loarer,so tho story eoes, s.nd a. ~alas!!lan arr1Ted in to~ just ns the procession was proceoding to the aravo.
"7hy 1 who'ae de a·' ho nsked.

no

011 Joe.

Joe~· 7Jw.t wn.s tho complaint 'i'
And ao lt was when the 3tar

ooM~laint. ~verybody'o satisfied!

Jlut the Jdi tor

eot -peacefully in oblivion, there wc.s no oo::1plain t.
did heave a tr~endoun sigh of relior.

Liko all :medionl work, I guess, r:zy wor~auld bWloh up at timea

or

until 1 t aoer.ned as tho I was a.t tha breakinc; 1Joint.

6our~o, suoh

times were exceptional but 1 ta 1ntereet1ne to knO\T ju3t what they
were like, a..'ld in !I1Y letter to i.nnn or .Decenber 14 1 l8v7 I f1ud tho
following:--

"

to you, one who
•

::J.lo~

mo to introduce you to a beinG who tlEI.Y be new
vinita our hoopi tal.

oocu~innu.ll;r

strain_ed_sure!0.!!.... • and I art 1u. the r.m.n.

nerve force 18

deplete~,al~oet e~hauatedz

are mountolnoJ

t~

1:e io

'1:1. ll.t%11Hrt4~61.z

'l'his creature is one whose

One to whom mole hills

moTe io a great of!ort;tc be hal! civil is almost

impossible,even beet friends om

-t
~ly

say ae;t;ra.vt.ting things. It ia a

relief to be croee and ugly for medicine is a red !laGI patients are·
tormen.ts,duties f'.re s.gonizingJ eve1·ybody ie

tantc.l1~1ng

s.nd the case

Just opere. ted on aeems pose2aed wi tl.o the lJvil One determined to nag

your life away. That's a atrained aurceon and I repeut

I'&~l

it. Cause?

no juat1!'1able one but you eee,(I don't feel that yoa woulcl do anything but juet give me peace and I am not cross with you, dear, doc.r

Nancy) you ae,, tbae o-peration waa Tery tediouR. I dioaeoted, on·a by
one forty tuberc'll&.Y gla.nde
l.~any

1'r~

the n.ec.k .. or one

or

oo• school boys.

of thn lay directly on tlHt Jugular Tein and aome on the extern-

al oa.rotid artery,and it was slow and nerve r~ck1ng work.

·atead of turning the

pati~tt

oTer to my assistant and

alub tor a cocktail and a cigar

fi

Then, in-

~oing.to

my

don't mise the cooktail)I find it

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ueoesse.ry to re-nain nec.r •Jr at the patient' a bed3lde a a his cond!•

tioli 1' bad.

Of coul"oe Mis!l Gibson, who gavo the ea·th~r iS tired

and atrn:f.n"n a"ld en is everyone els9 anti it juat ueara.

I was

{;et.tine P. 1 i ttl a bi tqbf lliDCh, about an ll0'1T tt.Lter tht: opol·ation,
for it wo.o too lntc for dinner

ru1d

I did not

dtU'tJ

l.o go s•J f'ar away

as the l!iseion, uhcn my bell rant1 the signal "cone e.t once"&.nd I
)1urri ell bacK to the Hospital l ea.ving

one could shift a little

or

m::r

luncil un touc}:.t.:d.. If only m:

the responsibility for a ,.,hile.

It is

not that Miss Gibscn or the girls would. not work rmtil they dropped
cheerfully but r.e o.re srort b.D.nded and 1 ts never goc:rd policy to run
f'illing horse to e.eo.th, and well, you know, some one mu!;t taka the

lead..

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you.

flow, Dearest, don't think tr...at I am complaining. Yon wont will
There is just one reaeon I well you t£.~.is~ it ir. l~ec~use I want

you to kno\7 me when I c.m working unc;:eu· pressul·e.

surgeons life and he m:1at stand it or ei-e up.
you to see what e. selfish, selfish men I
womt.tn to ehe.re such/a life.

Cti!l

This is c. :Uission

;~,rl i. l. j:...~.~t want

to thin}.

or

asking any

rise Gibson ie lying down fo1· a couple

of bC~urs, r>alinP.·i~ with the boy but she in not t·eally co:npetant toa
be left clone unlees I n:m in easy call fnr t:t. .e little fellow is

atill ohoc:E:ed from the lonG operation.
11 p.m. t:.nd then sleep C'n
\

too

f~r

1'-

just wont tell you how tired I

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8.7"1

I mu~t relieve her until

lotmge, 't~lJ stnnd.in&' fol t.he :~est is
J...nd tl1c next dLy I v.totc;;--''1

away for on energenoy."

e:nd I guess I

n

flm

fo1· you must 'Le wet-l'Y of it all

a very 1 imp eort of a man to get

&<>

tiEed, a.r.ywc.y.

Last night wee not very restful .thiB.._m,_,,q been u. buey day. I went
down to Bra.dy' e after office hous to see sane of the children and
t.a.d not quite reached the l:iospital on my we.y back wr~en a wo:IM:.n

eame in great haste to get me to ••• her baby.
the P.anohe again.

So I~went-baok to

Do you eee what a Doctor's life is like?

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340.

340.

some wey such trifles eeem so much more wearing than in the
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East and I think tho reason ie that we are shut up eo much more intima.tely wi th;l our pe.tients and have to do so Jlluch T'tore nursing. Dohtt

you think you have a very complain[t eoet of J6n<:!.n for your betrothed?
I

~~not

finding fault, indeed, I am not. I em Just giTing way to a

great longing tor eoce one to tell me they know the strain and that
I have done all I could and trLB.t 1 have a f!reat deal to think about

&c. ,,c."
I have f':lund Uothcr'n re11lY to that letter end I a."tl going to
let you have e.

gli~~pec

of it eo tt.et you may know what a. comfort and

bleeeing my s~eetheart was even tho she w~s '000 miles c.~ay. Incidentally, I wrote on the 14th and 15th of Dece~ber which she receiTed on

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Jenuary let. !md e.n ev;ered 6be next day. e.nd her letter wo.s received in

S1 tks. January lEl-th. better time than usual but even at that more than

a monte later! " I aM e~e~ering your letter of *ece~ber 14th. See

Laddie, how much you were exhausted end how discouraged,
And is was all because be had too much to do. I

duce me to the dear 'strained

~n

my Lover

waa.-

glad you did intro-

surgeon'. I Wldel·eta"t"Jd it all, at least,

s.e much as a n'ln-profeeaionel can understand, deal·, uruvc Laddie.
And

YO'.l

eay there is nothing to justify your being eY.haustcd, mentally,

physically e..'1d spitituo.lly. I feel like quotin,Y the old Jewish proi
Terb 'Physician, heel thyself. •

yourself.

Do not be too self sacrificing, for I have entr,.teted you

with the oa.re

•

Thet m.ea"la sympatl1izu wi til Eond rest

or

one who belongs to Me, you know.

·nzy,

L~.ddie, I

~hink you are e me.rvel end I know ~hat God mttsfelp you or you nner
could do it all. Just think; the physicie.ne here, with half a dozen

skilled nurses, an expert etherizer and consultants

and e7ery racil•

1 ty are exhaaated after a tedious operation and stornt away and near

and loose control

or

thameelTea generally and there you are with all

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...A EL~SSED LETTBR.
.

the reepondbili ty,wntching dny nnd night, eo"le or the nursing lind
no 1unoh end the others e.bout half' as tired as you were.

dear te.i thful heart.
trulY I do, and I

Dlese your

Thy, Lnddi e I wonder ths.t you cen endnre 1 t,

wa~t

to ame and

ta~e

care of you. NeAt tine that

you have an operation th8t is eo teclioue end serious 1 wo.nt no let-

ter but be good end lie down and I will Meet you in meditation or
pre.yer and rest in our love·, in our drea.mle.nd. I shllll know you a!e
You rePllY must not u!!e the remnr.nt of' your strength
needing me.
in writing to me, sweet as it is to h.eve your letters.

And you call yourPelf

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selfish•

selfish-~en. ~h

Laddie! Then

whnt atn I'f end J!i se Gibe on i e lying down, resting and you ai tting up

end you ere eo eel!iah and your life never eeemed eo selfish bsfore •

.... would I do on a day like
And •wht

•~-.

that'~ ~ell

a.s Lulu sa.Y•• ' I ll

dont jus tese.ekly'Jmow but I think that love would !ind a.
help end strengthen you. I think,

perh~p• ~ould

w~>Y

to lr. ·

slip in and give

you a nice hot bo"l of delicious sou-:;> and then, later, a. cup of

burs chooolate. I would certainlY see that you had
etore your nerrous exhe.uetion, snd if yo11 would let
my turn wetohinrt

en~

so~ething
,e,

n1-

to re-

I would take

if yo11 could not trust me to do that I would

eit very close to you, if 1 did not intrude for I never

trude, ~ro!essionally.

And you a.re not a' limn

!!l.Dn'

w~,t

a.ny~ay.

to inYou

funny noy. •:;bat dof you think the aveage mon can endure? About half

I

as much an you do and then he wo\ld go around oongratul•.ting himself
on hl.o on dur an oe •

'!I o , don • t think tlW't yo11r ::;,. e etheart thinkS

tor

one ,.onant that she has e • conrplaining sort of a mo.n' and ell" 1B ll
1

hO.?J"IY that you do tell her of your life e.nc ahe is so pro"d of you.
How. con you see

enythin~;

in me that ia worthy of you'l

r.:1t 1'!i glad

you do and I wt\nt to lcok deep into your eyes and to.ll you so."
so, dear children, you have had a glimpse 1nto our very heart

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life. Do you wonder that more nnd more I renliz:ed

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exceedingly

ho·.r

wioe and strong and splendid was my betrothed wiia and how
lito was without

or ce trying ce that uno.
mind n possible

·no

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but~ quite en difficult

not gite me too ~eh credit tor reliev-.

Tl;ore wac eome eelfiBhness in 1 t for I al.Ya.ye had in
e~osgoncy

and

trie~

to hLve some of their energy in

roacrve whe:1 1 t C,\.,e. Bn.t I was young and vleorous

ly

tro~

theao

my

her~

I had a good l!lany of tho eo neck cases
ing my helpers.

~pty

ti~ee

~-.nd

rea.oted quick-

of depression.

ni tka we.a the great eat place for calling I ever s~:.t. Tho Naval
.
s
·peoyle were always pnnctillioua in retruming c~ll and when Helena

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was with me she insisted on my doing society at lest ono night every

week and she

w~s

ri&ht I needed it

~d

it did me good but BQ=Gtimes

it was hard to te.ke. The r·inta l"..ad been eent to !."'are IslE-nd a.a po.at

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"'uae!ulnese as

inde~d

ehe w:;.a.

'T~(lry

summer she \rns supposed to cruise

in the. 3outheaatcrn waters nnd great preparations were

~ad~

for the

event. ~he wn.s bee.ohod on a sandy 11 ttl e aove u.nd her i.>otto:~ eorc.p.ed and then she went toward 111 ver ba.y e.nd 1 awun(! CO"'l!)es' and when
the great day arrived the otrioers wives and hRlf the town

on/the whnrt to wave fare;vell.

~saembled

It wo.o too tunny tor more often tlwn

not she would only go n mile or two end then be back at her moorings
with a patch or two blown orr her boilers. nhe would be patched again

end after a time Generally make her two weeks cruioep
to her numerous buoys near the whnrf,1 7:1:... ~

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At one time a tine Ilritiah gunboat,
-.

ohor~d

~the
;•

r~aining

1 i:IC- (t--v'

tied

R.?!..S'rheaaunt' was an-

in the bay in tront ot the Hospital ror some

ti~e.

Her officers

were a tine J otly set. nrs. 31liot and the A:latina ga.ve a reception

tor them in the llln.nae when wexa were living there.

\Ve

~d.

a Te.r1ety

ot tinned tency oakea on the table and aa I wan doing the »legr-.nt as

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343.

or

_ 1on,

the hosts,one or the officers said with rull

~ay~

I trouble you !or a bmisoui t.?"

A bisoui t'i There were nono

on the table. So I enid, wllth wo.e I thought

or

inflection "I be a your pardon".
isher just eaya, q!'a.rdon''?

trays

or

~~glish inflect±~

*lM3

the proper .:::nglioh

course tho.t wo.e wron£! for a :Sri t-

• A biscuiti•. indicationg

those little oakes. I had learned some

spoke.'

one

~~glish

or

the

as'ehe 1 a

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Those ot!ioers nrranged a show in a lnrgex court room in

to·~

and eharged edmission stating the prooe~da would be given to the

nisaion Hospital.

They put on a variety show with boxing, sonBB

tenoing and broad sword exhibition, all ver,y acceptable and much en-

Joyed by our amuer.nent starTed community.

One

AJ..i.

~J~headed

fellow

who was Just bursting with tun aang a topioel song making many clever hits and emong thm

member tho.t verse.

ae even

poked some tun nt the I'int,..,_. I re- -

"Now it really is a sin tn
Make fun of the Pinta.
Noe.h used her for c.n Ark, yearn and years ago.
3he has !ishbones all around her
And tin cans enough to drown her.
Soon she be ond Amy poet,
They told me eo."
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3Tery verse ended with they told rne eo end the reference to fish
k bones is a ela~ nt the ti~e ehe lay at her nncoreee ~~d clso %

that tho crew wae fed largely on fish while the 'tincn.ns' wo.e the
nautical name tor buoys end he wae making run at the number of ~
buoys used to moore the little ship, no less than four being used.
It was all in good part and done so jovially that the Ptnta men

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enjoyed it as much a~ any one.

They made fifteen dollars and with

that we had our instrument case

or

t:k tle silver
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w~ic

drawers made and put on a lit.

Rudolph made·with the source of the gift

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and the de.t' .,_ '7e were sorry to aee tl1em. gia';t'e.y •

. But I was more sorry to aee the rinta go ror I had some good
\.

trienda aboard and had many delightful evenings around the Ward

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U.s.s.~~LING A~RIVDS.

ltoom table. Of couroe therewere many types of menJfor new men· il would
come frena time to tiMe

~~B~yvxa,~bL~~~axez and very few

\"Tare ~ctive Christians but tbe conversation was never vulgcr tho
occuDionnly profanc but in deference to me that~ seldo~ happened.
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1Tationcl. subjects were discuased~loco.l to:pica but no nec.n gossip, ' the

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'~erviceP

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taxes, liquor, missiOns, allx

it worth while.

sorts of thingo>b~t most of

It -r.ao pleasant and Dtimulating to me. Oti1er ships,

or rather gunboa.ts,fo~low&d the rintD-,-the ::arrietta, the Condord

~ snd finally the ~ieelin3 1 to re~ain,but to cruise here a~d
there most of the time.
officie.llr,

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.,
with ls!nall
g:.ms

She was called by some of the officerG,un- ·

ugly little brute' and she ?HJ.s.-v;ide, flc:-.t and pudgy,.

stic1:inf: from

r. er eidcs making one thinl: of tooth-

-picks stuck in a. cake.

1
1To gingerbread wood work ad~rned. the wo.rd-

roo!!l or anytr.inr, el ee.

The ship h~~d just been built End \Tan moo!ern

to--o. fault, e.ll metal nnd white paint inside, rather cold a.nd forbidding.

The officers were more fo~al, had more to do, kept th~

me!l busy e...""ld if there was not wor:: enough they nr.do 1 t, a'!'ld el toseth-

er :t..?m

it was very diffE!rent tro!l the 1'inbt days

a guest there

7

no-;;

and

end while ! 'i<J'O..s

t~en it we.~ not as pleasant l:'s old tir~en, even

tho eo!!le of the !'ol'!'!ler officcrr; wore a·bonrd. ~.'"rs. ::::3111ott scc:.~d to
attre ot the Co.:ptain r.rd....."'ri7m as she did m~-"''1Y other n:.c::1 e~d he :-~:.:.:\ u~
to dinner occasionally. IIe was a jollY

littl~ na.:1 cuite rc~QY to

fl 1 rt ae his wife we.o 4000 thou enn d mil c c mvay, (e n"-e . o 1 t\ A00C) ""d
Ec:l en c. he.C. to ,,e.tch her step !'retty el('lsely. It wao f1eny to ho· -r rE.

advisine b~ as to her conduct.

r:env a le:tturc h:-td she reatl no in

my boyhood e.."'ld now the tnbles were

7
when. But vre never

qn~:rrell ed

J

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tu~ef!. r......11d"' tellin~ her

t:cront it, f·.:r

other by e. deep e.nd ccn!identinl lovo.

~e wc:re

\T!::' c.:. . 1

bot:nr1. to c·.c'1

I ltlast ed"1i t,

hc-;o:t:.~.~:r, ·.he.:

at time 8 she ·gave me. eom·e anxiety, P.lt~,:) there wa~?r~'bct.~l:r nn

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SOOI/J, I. I~ •

ronl

ro~son

tor mo to reel uo.

t..!tcr the ~intu left tho Conoord cor.Lo e4':)00tine to bo rollcved
)

1n e. t<m d::yo by the ·.ihoalinr; 1 but wco~ ertcr woek 1HltJ~Od c.nd tl".cn
mr·ybc two

a 1:1onth ll!L"W~c:t"tt~ nnd ntill tht) reliof did not co:tc.

l:ocnwhilo tho

officers were all croucby beoaueo thu(could ll::.ve bad thcil· fu:Jll~ao

o.t Si tl:a

bv.d they knom thoy would bo thore so lonr:;.

tho Concord ley nt e.nohor only n. trr;;

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b"Unrlro~l yc.rd!J

.t~l tho llhilo
t'.."'iiCY

fro=l

~e

n::.•."'/Gr'

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fiaat a.,d tho bU!;lO at Rave/lls wol:e me up fJVcry norninG r...g I tur:1ocl
"r

.out with the crrsw to e;o to bren1d'aot.

ton, celled on mQ one aftornoon

E4"'ld

enjoyed their c.::..ll so o:.1cll tll.:.;.t

they l!tcyed u.n hour n."ld .n ht.:lf orj r:mrG.

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';/".uon they rooo to GO

~yn~ndc said, t~octor, I h~vo enjoyed this vlait excoc1inclY
1

kne"i7

1

he wno not in the le;:at e;usby.

but ·1t wn3 e;cner!.!.lly in n formal vuy and very briar.
The oocic.l life of ~i t!:c. wc.s surely oul ti-colorcd .. Tr.ol'C uc:n3

sets r:.nd cliques to sane eztcnt bat 1t vfls cone::llll:l prott:t l-3.:'.:.:~-ro-

co.uld not h::-..ve gone
the !:ioaion

f

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/

WOt!l<.l

c:n:t~:;~y

mc.ka it

a.o I did n:)t dt:..."'l.oc end ey !H?Dlticm
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It iir.n

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J'OET G. 'BRADY.

34~-A

-- - ·The Tery nicest people in totm lrere tho :Brndy fanily .. They. l-ived beyoncl the Ranch.e and not so
in 3itka..

very far

from it in -the largest house

Mr. Drady had bought 'Boldiers Scrip' Gov't. certificates
d·

redee!!la.ble in Govt. Land 3iver,soliers in liett. of money e.t the close
'\

of the Civil war.

It was the only way to secure title to land in

/.J.aska.. !!ining oleims oould be staked and held but the Ho~estedd laws

had not
~any

bae~e~tended

acres on both

to the ~Erritory. Hr Brady had acquired a good

sides~

of a

mo~~tain dtre~

and had quite a large

saw mill there but there was not enough business to keep it running
/

and l1m.ber could not be ahi'P:ped out of the !listriet of Alaska. John
\

G.Brady Tas a street uchin in UewYork and did not know who his :par~a..le. ~4.

ents were. But he graduated Irom the Union Theological 3e.ninary
II
t'nt ~St~'1
was ordained and went to Sitka a.~out l88o and took u:p the l)\.ork. :Before a yee:r had :passed he saw that 1 t was useless to train the ~Tatives to work if t~ere was no work for th~,&nd at tho end of the
year went back to New York to eee our Home Uission Eo~rd to persuade
them to build a saw mill in connection ~it~ their work. lie ~as

right and. among the lettero fro!.:l. mise De~n I find. one h: whicn sile
altho she knew nothing of : .. r. :B::-ady' s e:x:peri c:1cc.

had co:ne to the sa:.r,e conclusion" find so:nathint; for thel~ to do s
when they have been trained to do sc-~ething.

It ia quite c!lar:.::..ctcr-

istic of attitude of the Bot:.rd• at tl:.:.'.t ti:::u:, th:.:..t t:r:;.,~:r t·Jld :2:ro.·iy

hi a business

was

to preach t:::1e Gospel c.nd not ~her
a"bo'J..t matsr'1

is.l thiJ;lgS. The young mini nter wao never one to gi vo up

B.

coucl us-

ion he ha.d reached after careful thou.:::!tt and study so he renif).~&d

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but went 'baok to Si tkc. e.nd beoa.r.10 e. re3ident for mc..TJy y:n.rs,. cv,"':l ~ually being anpointad Governor by Theodore Roosevelt. Ee wo.fl u

ap}cnc",id succe!'ls in tll.at_ offioo 1a."'ld it is a ah~e th::;.t politic;.:
prevcn ted hie holding the office for 1 ife. Ee vrlt5 a. kiYlC:.• hone:: t.
hard workinr; mc.:n, very well in!on'le:i, ::tndicl::; as ti:-:c;J t:~llo;-:e:5.,~~

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O'lt, Ttith t'.ll l'i:lthcr

~reti von

~.!inui on

nnd tha

pnti cnt~

b~.lt

v1c1on!lr;.~.

Ee wan ulwayu a cood frion<.l or tl:.c

r..nd he O..'ld &.11 hi 'J fn=lily were got rmly r::.;

very dot!r friando• c.fricndahi 1> thut muo.nt o.

continuao to tho prencnt timo. BeEida :.:rc. Brady who wu.o

gr~~t dot.:~l

·,

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fine,

~L:~>si-

tc.ucht the -puulic achool ror 1letivco, tha vary oc.l t or tho earth. :.:rc.,
r~app, Certr~uc.

to

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brin~

n protty little wonun who· had

~d ~~

into the world.! vaw Sholdon about a year

unfortunutu

~o ~~d

I novur

"?ho prer.,urt;.tiono were qu.i to elu.boruto t:on they cenGrully c..re
f

tho !3rt>..6y' s. ThEi walls wero decorated with
fJDOt With golden c.rro\VS•

flDreh

J~s

hes.rt on whia:.l a. riddle wu.tJ wri ttcn.
arrow

or

eV'ert;r~O!:is w1~ i"Od l:ot::rt~

in hCl

~.un OU.."nO

W~S

J:'ho W'ltrilor

aone lcdy who became his pc.rtner

L. ~

£o•~

\1(..;.3

given

U. pt.!.:)t.n.~

founu on tho

tho oYeninc.;.

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l'lol·~

atory \1au n0xt dintributad,the c.'13"'.Vare to be fill<:d in u.u quic:;;l;;l u.u
':'hun

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t_:G::.IU

no;.Jetldnt; 1 il:u C:lC. ".:.aid \1;...~ /)1<-~-oii
b~ untal'Cd Oll t.ho

pocciblo, iJ::::O num.es Ol it:GOUG lovers to

~·::...;-~ ...

C~ruo.

w:.Ci-e...nero progt..ctnsed end k -prize$for the winner and tho :Uoo'by 'ZID.:a GiV\.'rl•
nerrcnhmvrtta were sorvod,a.

red beet on ea.oh -plD.te.

•

lUlled

with two hearte out fror:1 u. briG-ht

Yr. ~eok, vho

W'litS

a co.l'le ot two hearts wi i.h but ono bera.t.
sh~pod sa

in

:ps~er

al..gyo Jokina, auld 1 t

The aand'l'ichos wore

wqre nlao the rolla and the a&kcm.

with c. lovo

l)Oetn ~n

Thcro were

\1UrJ

hot~rt

~1c3ca

tiod

ench. Altoeothcr ia wo.tt c. very oontir.cnt.-

cl occasion cnlaulntect to move the heartu of the young W'ld ouscovtible only there wero•nt MY or that kind prcanmt.

ll;.1t ia wo.e &ood fun •.

•

;J.A.t.:. pg, 347,
Chrhstmao wan nlwn.ya a bit,; dey at tho 5phool ancl in spi tc or
Ur. Kolly'8 devotion to work and manc.zamont,ho never torc;ot the plc.y
intereBtB

or

tho children. That yonr he ap'!Jointed ne to e.rran~o for

the reetivi tioa as I suppose I wan the nearest thing to a. kid he had
on his starr ~~d I decided to give a play and proceeded to wr.itc ono.
.

~

"::e wero largely de~ptmdent on the

1!iar.sion boxe6' sent by churches end

1

~ooieti~~

for gifts end thsy were usually very

:nr.rn

s.s.

l!trnt

ge~arouo.

sent a 81)lendid aosortmont one year.

Our own

The Scho3ll hud

a s~eoia.l dinner C.nd o. Christmas tree end the Church wo.s olu.bort;..toly
decorated with evcrcrecns a~d it w~3 a happy

ti~e.

SpeakinG of Ui~aionnry boxes, it wa~ occaoionollY a crine to ~GVC
to Tlt..Y the freiGht on thm:l. I :rene~r,er helpinc; Ga.oonble un!)::~cl:

t:.

v•:.rrcl.X

i

tht\t did not huvE: c. tl..inb ir. it but l'!ews:ru?ert~~ lon~ out of unto
•

K

e.nc!. TI11'3 :riU.C''"/S thr;.t hcd lo~t their tn.grance! Fine -pillowG end untoltl acren of evcrgrccntt o.ll e.bcut us: 'I't.!k nb<:lut carr~:inz oou.ltl to
·;:c hn.d n. ~,_,ciet:t :tl'l& !n Cn.lifomin th:.:.t aont th() lic~pi t'--rtlit q~
el the most splcndidf\alwo.yn writing for a. list of our need~~ bofo1·c

New Castle!

they tlt\de thoir supplies.

nut

they sl:tr.r.ed up once vhcn l'H;~n l:ind

aoul put in t,:o;cn ty -pc.iro of en.,. ton flr..nnel drnworn, 'but they must
hc.ve been made tor the :,~aetodonc!

or

cour::Ja \7e could not

Cl'i ti:::;i~t~

The play t'ihiehwus ne~ed,'E~:7 Snntf!. Cla.uee c:.;""!\J to 3it::r:' in

'still

or

•

CXt D.n t

i n t""J..o.C or i

-t
,, meut.S
- • cr1Tit'
g_onl\..1.
.!!

•

·~r
r.u ...~, •l'n wrote :>.:1 r.. ccmmt
-H

1;1

•

for
1 t tn the stn.r but he coulc~ not write of the hour~ of pi·o;,mrc.tion

and trsinine thn.t prcceoded it.

rr.

:1

Au~tin~ acecnnt t"ollo·.Y::l.

~

" some of h~.d noti ccd that o~tr 600d ~r. '.711 b'.lr ee~e~~ to bo

acting e. little ntrt~.n:-:cly. P.c.tH.n· quiet, fer hi~.t, n
his eyes and

C.

little forgetful

D.t

til'!'t~~. ;'crhn;,a l:e

fl,T

r..a.d

u~ry ltJ~:: 1n
fcU:1(1

CO:T:3

new microbo it:t tho invcntigation of hie ~;>.scs in t1Hl Lo!lp: t;..l c:r,

rJ

.J .J••JJ.. pg. 346. ·

!n~XC!!·L"'{I.:!'!:~r:l:1CTi

TH3

C~Ifi1::AJ

rL\Y.

wc.e he thinl:inc of no:1cono ho met on his trip to the

lt:.st ntr.n-

~ust

mer end of how far, fur away eho was. A pnrt of tho cccrot

va~ rcvo~l-

ed when we woro all invited, tenchers c.nd pupilo, to meet in the
dining hall on necmnbcr :31th,lo07. The Cotto.ee boys end their

l::.r~:c

f(~n111co

were there ll..,d qui to u number or the Runche peo;>lo.• who, by sorno otr':.."lr;-:Uasonary hud leurned there was to be nn
tho room n

lo.r~e

achool sen;;

On one sido of

cntort:i~ent.

curtnin c.rouaod our curiots1 ty. Led by

Christm.s DOn6• Then the Doctor 'brOUGht out

C.

the

~rs ~ax::tc...'l,

Grc.~ho:

U

phone thut hie 'Purenta hud given hi!n end ho.d just o.rrivcd. Pirot there

were

Chrio~~s

11ona of

.
;

•

greetinsn from hin

on th!ir visits to

th~

tollotved conic song!j snd

t~ily

~itku.

end .xz us we

net

r~d

r~z

we recoGnized thttlr voice::;. The-.,

by Gilnore'e E.c...Yld ":."hich e..stcni.n1:cd
i
n.nd eel ir;hter.1 the childrc!l e.s !'1U!1Y of th~ had never hera·d S'..tcL en
~u.rcha5

inetr..ment be:f"ore. 1:u.ny were the po;fing eyes fl.nd sagcing

j(:~'Wrl r.d:,

the

wonder of 1 t •
!low the eurtv.in is drcwn aside and a l!ative

in nll its detnile. There is the tent at one aida
etec~ing

kettle. An old men with his fur

blt.:':'lket nnd

blr~cl:

bl~nket

C'-'..r.J.~l

"'

ia scun., trae

~ith

a

fir~ ~nd

and. his wife in her

hec.cD-:erchioi r.:.ra on one (!ide )ll}lilc his o::.n

p.nd their children nrc

~n

u

e~~: ·~life

the other. Tho olcJ people tn.lk t::1;,.mt thair

huntinc; tmd tho hopz of gettinG enouch :f'uro to

purc1~~-fle

·the trip to tho fc.r 1 alP.nds whore they

! t. '.i'Lcy tull oi' tl .. C!

be.d treo.t.m011 t of tl1e white men l'.nd of

C!.~n [.:tJt
so~a

of their

u

,..~rs.

['::.!~1.

.t:.nd of

:..'l:t;:·: t:1e

Grcnc!eon u!ll:n the old ro:m to toll him. tha t'ltory of t'ho :F:evc:1 t:·;c: tim .
benr.

After the etory the wind

ro~.l'inr;

~u::. ;c~;t~:2Jf' r

in the tree tova

are around, ever reo.dy· to mr..ke thc71.oi~)o't"·to tor.-:cnt thc-:-1 i:1 cn~:.l

we.y. The

'-·

youn·.~

r.t:.1n

t!~:>;s

I!f! . hr- s h-ecrd tl~t· t tl:.:..lre rn·r, co :Jd.

who .roa.lly lova the ~:n.ti '"/C

l)CO'!'l c

,c:.nd thr.t. thoy kn !')."!

or

-r.: ..L t•.-:
[l

~ ·:: i

_,.....

c>·)d ~~_ . it-1 I~

..

T![.t CHRI!JJ:"'AS PLAY.' ~

who came dorm fro~ up-c.bove lieavcn) and who i!! stron~er thc'l

evil t!pirit.

:::r

a"'ly

The ole w~an eaic tlmt th1c good word me.do hor he~rt

hap,y and l'.!ho l1Jt~d it wo.e true. The youna

believee in epiritn ru1d that tho

al~an,

says he no lon~or ~·

t:lmt

Indian doctor or

~udicino

me.."l ic$ a fraud.

lie brines out an old mask ho has round &nd with a

piece Of

tor

blc.n1~ct

C.

CV.pe ho initnt9a a t!Jl"~n'o d&.nCG about thu

fi:e• .In great torror end anger his fathor co~"lds him to stop 1 and
when the eon fr:-.ils to obey the father snatches the maak awo.y and thrm7c

two

A ficht be-tween the Ur- -i:::t

1 t into tho firo.

voice cnllinr; in the

•

di~tc.nce

tsOc!'!l~

certc.in when u

is hcurd,and a Ua.tivc appoo.rn and

a~o

to shn.re the or-~p. (irotc. Thin is not; tr..te to the native custcrr1r.
of
ttt the ti~e the nlcy bcon.'-lsc e. 1rc.t1Jvo would not c:1ll in aypror..ohinc
-

1\

a emn•J.

'

He uould eome quietly, if' the

c~pcra

wot1lc t5in;>ly wn.lk in, to1:e his plo.co get

eo!~e

were clnn friendu he
t'ood juet ns tho it were

He would not c. 51( if he could nor would l:c greet !:i ::s
clan

rolctivc~

in -·the w-c.y of

in tbe clc.n

w±t".!r.:r:!:th

'

,for aocording to their way or lool:ins e.t it cvcryt!·dnr;

wi thmrt

~

be

honpitclitY-n~wt

every other me:nber of the

sr~~.rcd

cl~.n.

witllout

qt:.~:::.ic:.

Cn lea·.; inc n. vi 1-

he erect her in P...ny wc.y on his return. ?he datuilH of hi !3 tl'ilJ or

hunt

and

~auld

i~

bo told later.

told

th~:t

and ie no., on

go to Sitka

C.t!

Eorrevcr , c

h!! hatJ boon in e. echool

hi~

wo.;r to

~it!:o..

i~

tho South for u lli:1i_;

The ruther mtJCZ
b;.;.d

e.d.vi~ee hi~

t~:~·.-.:

not to

the! Ji:hore ere so Yr.t:-~'1Y" whi tc .t><~o-ple t!~e!"e ".7h:; do the

N"ctivon much hnrn.

T~:9'f:tranr:er 1·e~-:'lieG th:~t tlmt ir~ not tr~t~ no-:)f·;::-

J.A.!!. pg.

. 350.

~50.

ond tile poopl e ere kind to the Uative:s end try to help them. 'rhc C1_d

•

'.Vomnn aek:J if' l'Je hao heurd about tho etrc:.nge a tory of a good Si)ll'i t.

"0""-• yec,l/ tl!e !ltr!i:."lt;er

(f

replio~;only

it ia not n. table it ie true for

the 5~·,1 of De .. kee-~~-.kow • ( .t.lta 11 torc.lly, the up-chief, that iu Cod)
ua~ bo~ ~s
·'.>''

a little b::.by and lived on earth and loved tho pe'Jplo nnd

,,

holpe<}ihe!.:l in every '71t:J.Y he could. This very night we.5 the one that
'l!Ja.ny pooplo all over the r:orld celebrated

s.e hie bitthday. 1'hcnhe

told tncn of the funny custo:n tho.t they had mt!.kins believe that en
old epi ri t )but

~

friendly good spirit) oam.e every year at thi e

ti~1o

called. Ci1ri st.':lo!l in o. sl cd dram1 by reindeer v.nd gave gifts to every
one u.nd everyone gcve

•

good will end
cuuto~

~ifts

Tho

kindnen~.

A..

to their !rinds nnd it w&s u.
•

cawper~

thou&ht that wae a ver,y

but they wished they could enjoy tl:e.t f'cae;t and

old gro.."lcbother wa•Tted to know more about

peo.red · ~,d gave the:J ·a great :f'rlght.
fricnc:l:--·

OJ~d

the otrD.nger

le.u~1ing

old

:f"ello~l

.~Jcaeon

~

t~et

atrw~Ge

cifto but

tl1e good opiri t

But he 3eer:1c:c.I so

of

joll~..

th~,_t ~

n.nr:: 1!rl

not a1 all afraid of hin r:.nd as tho

w~s

gave thc:-n C(1..Ch a. prt!sent and eo!:lo C<.:.."ldy ) tlw.t they

be;:en to lo.agh t..'"'ld tu.lk.
and t:Cey all eaid they

Th~

old JU1 3lf su.id he k:-..:3 t;olna to Si t::D.

\TiB~'led

they orJ;.lld

eo,'Jhcn

Suntc. :r:.w.!:es a fa·.: fl

at 31 tke, · only 1 t is yec.ra lntcr v.nd they :f'ind their children {;nJ

grand· children en,j eyinG the fcaf!lt end entcrtuin:ncnt.

rr. Austin is cnlled to moke
tne(doo·d~TJirit who cc."'1e to love and
eionary

I

of

Cbrit.£::~ r'l.

live~

i.'!le

wl~ol e

'l'he cood t..:.l e-

a opce:.l• end tell!'!

E'.

littlo of

hclp,o.r.d tho bleseell cit;1i!Hc:ncc

thinG wa.e 1m i que. : t brou.:r.t

oft~-~ ~r::.tivc[:

bot;;ocn tho pa.st '\e.n<'!. the jlreoen t. very vi vid~.y.

:~vcn

01...1t

tl:c

cc~~ t~::-'z t

tLc 1 itt~ c c

in the audience could not f'uil to eeo tho r~ch ble~einso

1,:::;

tLc: 3·:):L~·~i

j

•

•

.

·.

:351.
TlP. GF.AT'"HOJ'H<J.::·: •
hn.! bro'..l.~ht th~. rany of the old people who wcro pro:Jent gr&!lpcd

.

~

tha rnc01in~ of the ctofy ineta"ltly end were greatly ple<J.aect.. ! eurt)...

po~e 1 t uas the first time tl:ey he.d ever ncen ~ything r:.orc the.n e
-pe.nto!"!ine or o. 11 ttl e chcra.cle.

I rccret tr..r..t it 12· ioLJossible for

l~.e to CiVe c.~ytl":in~ 'but the fo.int~~t outline 'but 1 t OUGht to be rc•
pccted for the }~Dtivca in the Rr:nchc, c..ll of the~t.

l .. ll of the r.Jc'!:.ol-

a.r1! rtcrfo~ed th_cir -parts well fro-n ?:endallt the grendfather to :~c..y

the ~allest of the sh~k-eon-iee {girl5) Crzrler cuttor ~s tpc son
gn.ve a very realietio el:arnan'e dance.

and may they continue to do

JSO

All the actorn :pcrfor.ned well

until the last curtain !cllB •. The

etron~e actiona of our !'iseion Doctor nre fully expleined.." Alonzo

~.Auetin.

It wa! a lot of work bdt it went over ~plendidly.

That Gra~hophonc was a conetnnt ~ouree of dclig~t.

!ar.1ily hn.d record eel t;heir grc"tinG3 on it.
der but hardly know that I

All the

I a till hc.vc that cylin•

dr~re to hear the Tolces of dec..r one!'3 who

have lone eince pc3ocd away. Father had sent a cylinder ~ith a d~rkey

eong on it

,,

do 1

a.:!

who~e theme nnd

1

refrain werJj I want yu

~a hcney, deed I

be inc highly ap:i)roprinte to I!lY e!lroni c sta tc of

~ind. The

I

grev.t trouble was thr::.t I could not r.w.kl! the Itac!-::.ine plc.y loudly r.:r:l
enou{:h to be he~rd 4000 mile3 e::vey.

Cn Crc!:le' s 5U€:gc:ltion I even

. took the mc.chine to the ';'lard Eoo!'l and pla.yed 1 t for the cfficc:rs \tho

really enjoyed it.

'

!t

1~ hard to reulizc thnt un inotru:J.c:lt oo tm-

t1rely out of date now was so I:tuch 6f n novelty then w-:.d cnj oy~G.
much ror 1 ts reclly good rcproductionn of aongo and 1:1Ut.1c.
e. lot of

run

one nieht soon a:! tor the l'ho"'le wao reooi vcd. i:

~o

I l:C:.1

nr-:.:r.~=-£~

ed on the ple.tt'orm at one of the childret'f.' cntertc.intr:ent3 anl1 nt>.t

•
'

\

352 ..

down and

bot~&n

t\

to ':>lc.y o. fn3t ond difficult bn.1o :seloation.

banjo waa a ntr~'"'lge instrW!lcnt to thEr...l

eeen one • It wa.a tha r:amc ol~ br:lJ c?..

a.!l

"'

very fo;7 if :my h::d evor

I g~vo !!'lY ohUl:l,;;Ziltp1Ut 1~1

P,1guet when wo were boys and· whioh I bou3ht bo.o}\ from

never learned to nlay
Chnrlie

elong

~l~yed

itlb~t

~no

d irootly behind

r.~bo.rra.e~ecl,

I hud

I took it alons when I went to Sitku.

then, on sn aercod sienalt got up,but tho

music kert right on tmtil 1 li.fted
~1aoerl

hi~.

little curtnin ovor n

&

nnd there wn.n tho

hi~

n:-:~11

g-ro.;>hopho:!'le, quite

tublo
U.Tl•

playing merrily. ! t h&d bean c. perfect ho!'..x a."'ld the

children enjoyed the jol:e t1·enendounly.

rr.

Austin hc.d decided that his u:sefulneae wua over and to t:ao

great regret of c.ll of un o.nd mont
•

preparations to go

Ea~t.

jOf

the toT.'\ peo?ln oJ.s") wo.s r:'lr.:.kinc

He end !!r:s Auotin were scllin,-; evo!'ythh1C

that they did not We.."lt to ttlke with. t!lc:-a )and it w=..s c.stoni e~1ing how
:sue~.~. cirou.~at·ln oe5.

yo11 could sell nll!lor:t a.."lythlng under

plc,

Rll~sie.na

nnd

Un'tive~

C.Hl.l~6

to

left that thoy cared to kl:t sell.

~oe

oif the

wa.A !n

~ddi tion

hi~ l'-"1

nnnuo.l

t:.nd to buy until not!ling utis
crcund Where

f~re.do

C.

Bi...'lD-11

whi to people o~~.thorecl cYcry Sui!:r ny n1c1't.

to hiD

:~isaion

wo1·k,and

ev~ry

yen..:-

p:.:!.rty nnd prcoontcd bi"':'l with

l'!Url"ri~c

received no eo:r;peneo.tion for

hi~

-p~o,

llr. J,:.lotin hz.d been the -pu.oto·r of

the little ahnrch 1n torm,faoing the

cr;n~re1ati.o"1

·Jr.i to

wa1·::.: thcro.

t::.i~
P.

'.i'hl a

gro'..lp go.va

-pur5c uo l1e

! find r.!'l account of

one er the~e -po.rtiee. "people hora e.ay t~t tho to·;m h.:!:, bnon}lrut~~

unus,lo.lly quiet

ot

e~oinl

life.

thi~

winter e.ltho no

):'e~~t.'.l

ie given fot· thio lo.ol.:

:But the drowcy wt:re awcl:e'lc:i on Ne-.;- Yo:!r'o eve
.

.

when a score or moro of the Pe.stor' s frier· .::.., e.rter civinc;
co!!le beinc

'

detc.in~d by illne~!'J.

beeidO the friend!! fro!'!l the

/ ..11 the

tO'hTi. ..

:.~Jr:;~ion ett!.i"r

l~i!':'l

duo

wo.o prane'"!t

------------------------------------------------------,

•••
f
I

-

~

I G"ST :..

L~rrm.

Truitt, the wife of one of the Gov't.

~rs.
~on

the

353.

c, r.ifc

or

co~':littoec

tl~~

offici~l~, ~r3 •

:;xocu ti ve of the !'in ta, and l!rs Ero.d..{, vho we1·e

of arrc.neEYiients,quickly brought in 'teo lur;zo 'pies•

with ti seue paper to'f)s, and ma.'ly otrings hangint;
The lEtdies gathered a.rourtd

one

lll&d the 1:1en about the other. I~o.cl~.

eiezcd n string end, nt e. given air,rw.l, drew forth a
a

gor~eou::s

~n

their co:1 ter 3 •

fro~

aGop &!14---

pcpc~

ce.11 for the ladien and a brillio.nt nccl:t:!.c for tho tlen.

becon a hunt for

euch

partner~,

matched his necktie end any ice that

m~~

finding the

ru~&ined

was

l~dy

whose cap

thoroug~~Y

pulver-

ized, tho \'7hole corrpsny e.ssu!!ling a ("ala a:ppec.rcnco with their guy
oa.ps e.nd

pluy-ed

necktie~ •.~z::m.

r~ci

ap~ropriuto

a generous purse as 2n
the

f'ollo~ed,

yeo even the old pco_ylo

enjoyed it too. After n tine of fun. 1:'-"ld j olli ty)Juuge

Truit with an

~

Games

concrer:~-tio~

~n~

t
witty
opeech prcsentod

a~ of the

in town.

love

Er.Au!'!tin replied in

e.

The

of

:~cr-Ycd
~:.2

as the ol.d

the gu.cat;J

adieus.~

ster.~mcr

tho~e blu~

with

bri,s..'1t a:pecch, full

year grectcc.l the new while the CottaGe no.nd played

their

Au~tin

en~ ~p~roci~tion

of crr-;.ti tude end kindly. wiel1ee. Refrosr:rnent v;rere·

made

~r.

was in and I ';?Cnt do"W"n to

envelo,e~.

Our boxes were

ju~t

~et

my n:..il a.nd cs;)ccially

bocrd clozots about 14

inchca lh}Ual'e und Trhen I OJ1C!l ny box t:1o Blue en·rcl:poc:J huC. not yet
they were in another mai.l eo.ck,
&rmco.rcd.
lmt an 1 r_;r.. tl1c::-cd Ti'.Y lettor:J I sr.:..·,7 one from .:.·.mt liclcn Tc.y• ..
A..

lor e.nc' \7Cnt dov.n to\7n.rd the who.rf to road i t rrhilc

•

rent

or

ree..d

~bout

the mcil.
varioue

I eat. em thG rn.iling s.long the
doin~n,

~:c:..l tint.:

w~l'!::

for

t::1~

tmd uo I

f;:.thor'c. visit there e..nd of ho·.v much :.u.nt

Helen 111-rcd him I cnrto to th~s 0 ecnt-e.neo~ ,. 1~0i7 for tho little ec·1tfi..'1CO

this

Sprin~?'

I did not

~ee ho~

it oould

J0S~ibly

be,

~nd

yot fnr

I
\

354

Anne.' B happlne:se and tor yours I would be. aul~d to see t'~-.46

-::~y

1

C C:..!.r •

It ia difficult to cxpla.in except in a. very lena letter, tC:c re~~m 18
why it

ec~ed

beat for

you ho.vc found in :t:7..±s:

A1na to

remain bore this coming winter but

Anna's letter in this sa~e mail that thoao

rv&aons. are reasoned away, and 1r you

c~~ arr~~co

your cffuirc you

muy co!."le ond tnko deur No...Ttcy away from us next Sprincr" '.'fl'iJ-.T IS Tl'J.'£j
A'~/AY PROl~ US 1C::c' 3:PRiiiGl" CO:;I.D 1 t

be possi 'blo? It was like' a 'bolt

the blue', so entirely unexpected.

fro~

hoped for wo.a a. ponaiblc visit from

rt'.::f

The verJ most th~~.t I hnd
Sweethen.rt durinG tr.o co:-:!in::;

summer ond altho I hcd written I would auerifiec

;

l•

'

~

position at the

1-~ission,if necesoo.ry. in order tos s.ee her, it is very doubtful i:f'
she

~ould

ever hc.ve consented to tho.t or if I would have nctuc.lly

done oo whenx the ti-r.1c arrived • .Eut this?

I could not bclicrvc it.

I reo.d it e.::;o.in c.nd aco.in a.nc.l then read on and ea.....::e to thi o, "Deur
Anna. thinks there mit;ht be so:ne reason why you could not come, but 1
cannot e.eree with her, much ns I would like to do ao for ::c.ry' s
sake end rny om1." I know what that rcfc:lrence to !.r:;;;..ry

i

!

I1
'

1

l

mc~nt.

She and

John rncdoqcld had been engaged tor so:Jc ti1:1c a."'ld. it ho.c ktt..!'m beco~e a

sort of unr.ritten la~ th~t Anna could not be murriad ~~til

. r.::n·y celebrated her vredding and that <./~pended on when the ne\'1 7·re~byteric.n church in Avondcle was f'inisheclJ und thu.t

WO'~tld

fcll and !ollowinr; I:nry' s wedding the houac oust be
1

not be before

clenn~d

out end

gotten ren.dy to 0311 nnd neW" e.rrn..Ttt;e4r'lcnt.!l m<;.dc for the fP-1"1ily end

1nuch thiA,e.."ld many tlmts ell of which t.n1'n was to attend to. The
idee had been an dcc~ly sta!"l~ed on nll tne De<m 'Minctc a!"td Anna. h•~d

l
~

u.cceptcd it n.o her c.'!uty

sl sters l that 1 t

WM

ic.,J fl.n0.

n ttlo

e. lo.bor

~f lo.,c !'or her brothero

P.;Hl

short of rC.-oJ.ution">l7, thlo i'!or. tb't

l..nnn. who lw.d b,.en ~r:nc.geinr; r-1t1 r.mninr t:he };our;eholcl eve-:· vino~;
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nbc Cf~r!:e ho~e fro1"1 ccl1Cf:C end. hud been motlH.:ring /Scher o.nd ::.e3r:-in
c.."l<~ jur:t ~.l,out evc::-yH:int; hn.c been placed

un C':>~;-1 nin inc shoul C:.crn.

on

-her levine u.nd ~u.-:..t!~.,:;3:~:

-:thy, of course, A::lia cou.ld not 'be ~t::.rri c.d

yet. Then too, n~ t!.c early r:.von::. .blo in~1res:..:iono I had ~ado on the

\

f'f'.:dl~·

nne the Te.yl~ra 'besc!l,.,.l:}o to fo.de with roy lo11g absence it be:~:::.n

to dnwn o}'l them all tlio.t after all, they did n;-;t kno·.v me or, for .tj:

·tho.t nnttcr di d Anne knmo: !!le.

·.my,

co!l'le to think u.bout it,o:r.c J:-lt~C.

-

see!'l me e..nd lmCIW!l ::.r,~t me in 1D94 and net tle uud und tw:en u con-

juot c~c out to Qr-:.tiot and GOt her to eny yea in l0C.)7!

't~lY he v../~

. alr.o~t w::;.s a. etranr;er v.nd even if he was nice wllen Lc wan here wo

rct.lly did nll>d-know hir:

e.nc

he mihht j:.1at hr1ve been on his t;ood 'bc-

hnviour, ho wns only here twa weeks nnd it's t&.king a big rial-:: to
1 et our der-r 1 i ttl e I:oncy go wny off to J..lusl:a w1 th this :rna."'l we

I'CG.l-

ly do not know. And they were right. No car:1::1on senac bl·other ox· older
eleq
ai~ter could mtike anythin~ out of it.
1\
Al lest the great good

nc\70

fil tcred thro my oonociousnccn uncl

here was the word fro!!l. the most e.uthori ti ve eource, evan / ..unt Eel en

herself, that in some way, ao~a how,wc could ba married in t~e Sprinc
and that 1 t WO'.lld not bo a mere visit but the beginning of a lite-

-·

ti~o of blodsed co~~~ionship. I restrained my deairo to dance ~"ld
about with great diff'icul ty •. Tourists Ttere passing or .,.liner3 or stz::t",'!-

pxs strangers but I had to tell somebody o..Yld rushed o-ver to the
Executive t:ansion, a small house on the edge of the ~ ro.ro.do
r
' wife, Mrs :Brady.
Gro".ll1d to tell the Gove,;tore
1

I

She was dolightad, as

I knew she would be f'..nd said ahe would send a telegram

wa.o • going below' on that very steamer.

tor me as l'he

'

35e

Arter

actinl~

like e. crazy r.1nn at the Governor' e ho:.1oe I tore

back to the P.O. to find that letter from Anna that Aunt Eclen referred to.

I'll tru(e

7hich one wne 1ti not this , nor
th~

all

~nd

eet

ho~e

where I

yet thts one.

tr~t nor

:Jl, thio

be leaa public.

ca~

fnt one, mnybc that's it, Hb th1a page, nor tr~t, Oh here it 1o1
-n ro 1:·1 e~\
Yoor little girl! It'!; bean e. hard z.tl:.:::~:_-;.bf. to decide, bec~aoc sho
he;.d so fcl t 1 t her duty to cn.rrJ on and put n::Jido her own do:Jireo

tor tho sake of others.

e.s I had au spec ted

/~d

been very well nll winter, end the heu.vy

ter, so

differe~t

from her nent end

~ho

the bi ttar etr..:cGle between whnt
lo~

'

£C.)

\1ri tine in thin let-

c.ra...~:r~ed

ror.ul~~

ah..=, la d not t-:

style borc
7

to

witnca~ Df

he.d ro:;:::2.rdcd a.!{llcr duty c:.."1c:

Uv::

inau3 e.."ld lon[':ing of hor he:!.r'ti.

ccrte.inty ha.d

eo~o, t\OBt

l..nd then too, a atra....,cc ne·:r un"::nrricsc,
uno~eetcdly.
Not"! tl"'.c t the f.im.d. tie. ~a:o;

with nll ita suercdneso e.nd finality

soe~ed

to ncar in the

p~sciblo

future, did·Bert really love her enouzh f'or thn.ti did chc love hir.1

tor e.ll of lite r-..nd 'would he never tire

or

hor'i' a."'ld was he ro:.~lly

wanting to marry her now or wo.s she tkrovrinr; herself t:..t

h~~ u~:<:.,in'i

It we.s v. tino of deeperatcn agony, the re:Jul t or her ovci'\7rought

.

c

nerves and the unnckno·.7lod0e loneine of the lo11g

r~o!'lthG

tion.

ne-s unoarteint:lc:J

1ro sooner hnd tho letter been pooted

t:~n

of ocpr:.nt-

· beoiec;cd her nind, CO%D I co:le'?e.nd then, to.:.: more terrible.
I

como~·

If, after c.ll I had round I wo.e niste.kerl and

ac.roao '!nUeh

S.!l

I thoucht,

Theoe were very reel

the
•

teler,r~

RC'!lt

I mit: by

Death

w~ull!

terror~

t~rs,Bre.dy

early in

l~ny."

"~oninc

I diu not

be better tho.-n tlw.t.

but onl:>· ror o. little while for

ret\ched her

wee1c earlier th::.n sho could 'POlH:Jible he.ve

t.hat tel er;rnm ev.id,

tll~ t

£~-:_.')

thie sprint,.

.t.nd ao her deur anxiety

m~-rch ~9th,

le:,~t

CT.~eeted a letter, c~1t:

:S~ect

wu~

at

to

t~or:ch

sot a. t reu t..

you c:· rly

a.

I

As for

~e,thore ~no

or

naver n noment

rectly the stro.in o.nd l1c-lf' doubt or

Amu~'

not have to

w~i t

tour of the

~iooion

1 onl:

~co1n~

I understooe

~cr­

n letter end kne·.t tha re~~on

tor it. I woul<1 go nnd. nothinG eould nto-p

\

doubt.

t"!O.

Providentivll.;r·, I C.id

.!or pcT:':'li u~ion frorn the Eonrd for Ocnrco

otrtions nnd he

n~i~

!

could go but to write t0

the Eoo.rd ne a. :nn.tter of rom. Ur. l:olly alno s±•~ said it wo·tld be
Poor eld l>n.onolcr, I

ell right.tho.-pcrhnpo nith no-:1n raluot:-.noe.

wonder if ho knew whn.t it ~ea.-1t to 1-.nno. c.nd met At o.ny r:tte h~ wac
.

kind and n1ee cbout it nl trl.O, r..t thE. . t time I did not feel I \'las t:.s
nenr to him :::.a I was

•

-:71th

~ln.cAfeo

lr~.t<tr

there to be

and plc:nn to be made
bu~y

on, atter l b:;.C. saved his life.
flho..r~

ey most

fol~

.
i

tl~3 l~ospi t:.U,

Z.."lc

conferences

tri;3 I Yro..:; tor:ri bly

unu~.::;.:tod

anc.l (;ould, or d1<1 f)encl only tJ1e follov,.inr:: hurriod rronl to ey

bride to be.

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" 1 ccn't "\"lrite !:11..~c'h for the : .. ail~! co. I h::vc not been e:t.:-lc
to 1·ec.d mo:re thar~- i:.r..lf yo·.Jr lctter:i 'b:~.t er10~1ch to l·~!o.:· t::.~ grcw.t
,joy nnd I !::! co::1in~. • • • :But !"".:r trip ··;o.st r:t~.lnt c~ 'brief, t-;;o !:1.:-)~t.h!:l
l~ll told, :.:.t ti•c lC~n[':C!:t. ;·,~.:-n it fj. s-::::·11 h'c.:j in:·.
(-;ll' ·:i~-2.() i"n;~
tri '!lt as you r.torry c. poor r.tr.:.n, nuot be our return ha:x·c. R.~vc:1' o
}:c~Jt cen 'b~ enlc.rgcr, in tl~e fc.:.12 r..nG Go...-~ hLB O.i.1;,;-·.~c;-e(.! !:':Y prt..::o:ro
better tJ1r-.,, I nC:.~ed c.nu will brin.:; you to !:!~ end. kCCJ yen eve::" li:;"
-n:." cidc. Con;~ro.tulr.te '}eorc~ for ::e. :; }~nr.·:: he: ·;; . ~·.;,ld o { ·;:.;r.:.-r:c h:ui
junt won fi r::~t -plc.ce for EooTli t;..;.l Intern in C0!:1"JC:'ti ticn ·;;i th :'~;en
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h~r C..T'ld do npprccif.:.ta her uneclfinl::lc<::;. The !ihc.::linr; co'-:; ~::-ath
3undo;'l t:...'1C. I r.ill t;nt Cro:3t# t~ i:~dl c. let.tcr. 'l'o;:lc_;l·.;.;!h c·lntu to
?.TI.Ven'fuyl, e/o Dexter and Horton, 8ev.ttle. YGul·:.J, ~cnr. foA'07~r.~
J

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over

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r· wun sc:ne enouch to h.r.ve ncme -pn'.ctie::.l ide!:! r:.nu \7::-c-tc to
father, " Ti1e ate:.:..;~cr !:.u.s coc:t..: bl"ir<;-:-;L1~:; ~me~- nc.1s o • • <-?id nl:-:.:.-:.~t 70
1 et tern for !10 a'1d tht:! rlo.d \7ord f1·o:-1 i ..nnr.. th.:.: t h.::~; sut r::~. ~·: llc!.

('!f eourse it ·~mot b~: uu:-ct ~'1ri!ll: t:md. I .. P.n seul·ccly tLi··~~- ccn!1~c ~­
edly en~ hnrdly r::ltio!':::.lly b~.lt. I ~unt try. :b'irnt ~:ac./,feu s~'~';:; l
mn.y ao. '!'!ext, I tri11 h::wc n1~~·.tt ;;t,OJ du"} !::o lmt I ::-.r,;.· no~, 1:;.;~ o..l·~,J.c
t'.:' cot 1 t p~foro I f.O ~D you kn~:"-v t11e Jl0<.~ rc! in ro~uru t~ p-:1~.\;J(_.:>Jl t:~;.
7herei'oro will yon '!;le•·!'H: nen•.: r,~ n c!t~:;h for S3L'.v' i-\'1' (INC.:=. t:o tb·t
i "7111 not. hr-ve to ~~t fo!' ~nne•:-. ':'hi;, in ot··:---~~' tn!til t.l\~_, .l':::·\:·~~
n:..~ye un. Dctr:.i1:J to 1::; r.rrLn·-'.:< 1 Jvtf~'·o .. "::,:·:r :~:.J.!_"·:·, ll')'.: '~" t·,,;_~
ioo!::
vou whtm 'fte r;ot tlouce~!'::t~. I nr:\ c:,.-:in'·4 r;~l::c, cr:•,··~.: -:.:>::

to

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tn-;ny lonr;. It ie q:Iitc too bt~t~ t!'"u.t
I an t!wl·o ruohed tL::;n evor •••••• "

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we
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It wu.n hed to/ set dotm to earth nc;-1-lin but tho work nuat r;o on
/
if,in
·
/
evcm t:...:!j-~:a::;-..,..~ only about five wo~u, I C%;')ecteu to c;n ror tlY bl'id.G~
li

I

,fl.rtnO. 1£\ co!:'linG, :.nno. is cominG wo.o continuc.lly ninc;inc thr.1 ny
I

but duty called
" One

or

£;..l'lu

I would not nccleot it. I quote fro:1 n lottcl·:--

the liavul 3urceon3 wua called to Jtmccu to coutt end vnkcd

of

me to to.ke co.re
~

o.oonfinar..1ent

CO.SEJ

tlhile ho

this nomine bcforo brcakfnat nnd I

~vc

nusniun girl, nineteen ycura old, vhooo

ig in jcil for acllinG liquor to the

WUS

o.no.y 0 J.'bo cull ccue

been

ell duy.u

thor~

hunb~~d, ~

nuloon

There io

ll~tivoa.

tendernoGo nnd

onaea co!lc to ey

a:t

h~ds,

O:lsteye uJr.:cys doc~ly thougl•tful when thcoo

tho tho pc.ins of lifo

00~0 GO

The wonder is thut tl~t(

so Duell io in

mu! who oo...Ud bo otho!"".:iao?

dlvidou toot woncn muot ouf'f'er so nuch.

~Jell,

~~ copc~iul

c~ro( really I ~ too nelfiab, generally, to be u

good physician) l..ut I

the bnl.nnce. It

keo~c~,

oo~othin~

peculiurly scored nbout n mutornity cuoo thut culls for

•e

'b:-~1n

cse cvor

¢.lu1.5 VOJrj•

Bc~utii'ul

.

une(,;.uo.lly

oclr

&bnoc~.ticn.

willill~ to endure 1 t!

my ouoe did not do well o.nd tonit:;i1t there in ao::1-.' revel.·.

Li ttlo llomQ%1, l:o\1 m"..lch do you :know of such tllL'lt;:J"i. llo\7

t:.'Ul~r ~'J

you

sra.ep thll ·cares end rcoponoibilitien of u. Doctor'o lifo's of the utruin
of wW.kinc

~iC.

oia'kncos und death

. noranco end inco-=yct.('I.Jle'J?

/.t

~nd

til:lc~p

1t

the

o.lu~ot

tc::.1pto

to tl;:.cv..r

~v

awey r.n:1 booka end tom bl~cl:t::tith

or co:octhinc or th:.:.t l:iud.

there io no one ncar to noothc.c.nd

oont~ort.

me part of the tir.e, did try to toll
auoceeded b
1

in t:lokins mo fl!cl tllG.-.t I

of ir.;-

&f!?cllin~ !colin~

l~,loa

Oib=:Jon 1\;ho

;".net .:t
~c.:;

T!lO S~-,c ~C.fl GOIT.f l:/..tt ShO c~·il:)o·

WU.B ~ora

rcn:sponoi 'l.;lo

L"lcl lc~~o

skilful. Now wont you put your de~r· nmo t~~out m::t· ncc~c t;ncl tull
I did my best? tho.t I

w~o

ul th

skillful t:.o fer &.:.u !

ia too coo,;>l o.:: to eooa?e tho errorn. of bu-. l:'.a

:_'110'>1

end

Jull.zu~:-:;1 t,

~.:/;;.

r.tl

::.;c \

!or ell t2:.::...t

359.

·pg. S59.

is "true, oniy, 1 cannot ee~ to realize it.

Tell me I ~u3t study

7

more.~o,don•t, not toni~ht ror I do otudy and if only I could get
~~

away fron th~ce 1 i ttl c things how t;lad I would be to etndy all the

O! well, I dl~ what I could and I'o glad for your coMfort x

time.

and the co;nfort of tolling yout' /~o.nd a little lu.ter tl:it:-- "Last
and that at intervalo
nir,ht I wao bleosed with but four hours sleep and r~vc hud a busy

d~, I really have been rushcd,the kind of u day I love but I must
confess r.y pa.tien-oo he.3 not been up to ,par. Offico work a.'"1.d the ·:;urdo,
then visits to some sie;~ folk in the eottageaand then C.o\711. to/ see
and who hns been getting on well.
l!rs l.!a.Jec, tt.e confln Err". en t case 1 wro tc cbou t. 1 foun:!. her all alone,
Eer

"

careto~er had gone off drunk the night before ~~d no one would

cone to take care of her. I could find no one in the to~ to come to

'

her and she wns too wco.1: tof. get about. ;row, Love, sec the situn.tion.
A yotmG Mother,v:i th her firet baby thirt"en days old, her hllsband

in j2.11, her cnreta.ke gone and drunk, her -cother unable to l1elp, her
sister a..""ld cousin

~r.illine

to aid s.nd no one to even get her mealox

save as a neighbor co.Jne in je do a very 11 ttl e. Last nieht she

cr~wled out of bed to keep her !ire goinB• ~~t a Glorious opportunity for some devoted
I do?

wom~

to sink

her~elf in

eervice. · ~u&t cotud

lnCeed i t would ho.ve .been e. greo.t joy to ne to have o t u r

with her but that wae im?oe~ible. I ~roniccd to find help if I possibly could and returned to the lios-pito.l to consult :.ass Giboon. But

she too had had e. -very hard niGht a.nd

wc~s

not e.t her best c.nd showed

but little interest, tho that was unlike ber.· I thought I might poo-

I

eibly got ono of the Cottage girls to go a:.1d went over to nee them
but met with no sucocca. I could not let c.lo of the Hosi>i t::1.l girln

go. There wero too mnny possibilities to
I reallY did not know -:;hat more I could

~xpoec them
uc. Thin}: of

to tho, c.nd
it. A

:~uaSJi;;.n

\

•

-

360 •

pg. 360.

~TID!l~ GS, !rTT lTOT 1~PT~.
..
.

.

e.'['rplyinf, for helP f[jo-,• e. rrotestant; a salOon keepera wife asking
ni<l rrOn the sneered at llisoion&rienl ·:Jhct a.
ncM for Christ.

pr~ycd

door'. I

~;lorious

clmnce to wit-

7.-;Je, 1t mcunt ss.crifice, but the need 11nd tho'o;>en
.

1

tl'Ect ;:ies Gibson might sug,;eat goinr; herself and ehc

did but it wn s r& th cr in e. way that med e me feel thll t I haC. f' o rc ed
1

her to do it.

As she was getting reedy to go one of the cottage

si..rls cl!:ne anG said ehe would go eo thet cleared the situat:Uon.•
All·was cxciet~cnt at the

DaiEY Dean waa going to be married.

}{o~ital

for the l!ta.ff were making the wedding dress of white cheese

cloth a..'ld it was to be a church '!fed ding. Her fiance wua one of the
former School boys, l'hilip ).!e.C::.ay, n young man of good character.
I

•

In my best cutaway <:nd

""' sorry we did not get e. photo JOf the:::..

~:rey

trowsers I tool: the bride up the aisle an<i very prettf ohe

looked in/. her wlli to dre as and veil and it w&s not wi tho;.>.t some
pride but with real regret that we were to loose her thc.t I ot.id
"I do" v.s 1 gave

mi

first assistant

"""Y•

She went with her hunb:md

to his "Tillage to the south and I never hca.rd directly fron D:::.is;r

~ut

again.

I

I
i

I wa.s

out to ell the

gl~d

she had

unc~rtaintities

:ur. :Beck ha.d

U~a.rri ed

~e.rried

n good man

a..~d

had not gone

of life in ::;.:::.JJ.e.a.ka.

J.li s s ·;;ea.ver some t il!le before this.

The

. weddinG was quite e._rly in tlie morning and &he bride anC. groo:n loft
at once in e. tiny boat with all thoir comp outfit to s';lcnd their
honeymoon on some distant island or secluded little cove.
Father ha.d e.
een t

~o

end it

the foldinG

foldin~

'lfBS

ounvaa boat

e.br~t

ten feet long which h•

a wonderful 1 it tl e cr"-ft. I hllrdl 1( do.red to trust

d~ice ~ut

in the

B~ ~here ~

often went in it vnd bxao-

o·~1·

ed and ot r en e;then cd .it a 11 ttl e and it waa e. Greo. t pl ""
c • Cf t 0:1
• ..,
h t
• •~
~~
+
t
t
/~
.........
~-~
on the '<ni ete r doye I would row d own o ae .. <:1 o o " '!l" >- ,. J
••
•

· _ .... _

~'U'fl!"!'\· on-

the quiet days the bi!"'• ro11cr:1 would

P~
n

co'·'.~ I)in .t~nc:.

!

•

:361 •

even
:But kr: tbe 11 ttl c cove nenr the ho~pi tal T1ns Cl cony plc.ce &4"1d

(

\

in etol":"!a the force of tho rmvoa wan brol:en by o. big rocl: thut lay
c.bout

:l:~n:wj;y. thirt~· feet from the

enter tr.c little r.t.r'bor on

ci thcr

a11o:re. Fro'::l ho.lf tide on we oonld
aide of the big rock but c.s tha

tide fall it war:Jry all c.round it. That big roc1c wuo not onlY a fine
protection 'bnt
pl··easure.
•

wed~.:e

£\.

oourcc of ao!'le mild·

cxci~1~nt

and a Greet det:l of

':Then the tides were high tho \'w.ves Ttoule ru~h thro s. :m:x

sho.pcd

not~h

in thA very center of the rock v.nd 1 t wo.s great

a-port to :ride thrn thnt notch in the little_ ce.nvas boat on the cr.e9t
of oonc 'big r'='ll er. The \Vhi. te wa.ter 't'lould boil and gurGle all e.rou.."ld
the fruil tinY craft nnd the the roclrs, so close on either aide,

•

se~ed

1 i!(ely to smash 1 t up with! every surge. 13eside making a. ohel t

tered little hs.rbor the cove had about t,.1enty feet of -pebbly beo.oh
and.,/VItoO
a pretty nook, the rockY wall a, surmou..,ted by everGreens and h:<
It was
bush eo, curved do\m to the '\7a ter' s odc;c on either side.
here t'het

.
~xxr-"'ttt~tm

on very re..:re occs.zions, :::.r. Jo.::tble

and I 'voulcl hUl'rY do,.m juet 'before supper tine with a kettle and

frY pan and ro;v av:n:y to sor'!e nearby iola.nd !or a."l out inc; sup-per.
He could not be t.772.Y lonG os hin evcnin.:; duties

until nine or lctcr and ofton I could not cc
.ricd

ed

bac}~

ke-pt hi!:l o.t work

c~~y lon~cr

oo we hur•

.nl! were hor.to a.trr..in o.bout the til'l< the teachers had finish-

their evenint; ;r.~'J.l. 'But it was rcfl'CShing :::md r~3tful for all
oilenco of
th~t ~a often, the
inAco~plete
undcrst~~ding I would ~uddlc hone over

•

the quiet sea, in the soft after-glow of

~he s~"lsot.

one of the strt:.ngest expcrienccc I e·..rcr had in .,\luoku.,p.:-obub'!y
the stron:;est, occurcd some time beforo.

lt>..J<~.ml!:==

I wan rno.rri cd.

The ste!l.!Oer had hardlY tiO<l to tr,e r:hr.rf before a rc.thcr roa.s:1 loc::-:

·.
mnn

co~e

who

WElD

oo~e

to tha o!fioe and naked if I would
on the boat t:.nd

W3.9

to sco hio Bictcr

lie aeened stra:1(.;ely

not well.

sic~-=

to ctvc detail::: cxcc;1t to say that sho wa.a· not eo

in bed but tho.t he wished I vould come at once.

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J .A.ll. 'Pi;• 362,

Un".1illin~

a3 to be kopt

!~c·.7·

He r.tontioned

ec.stle, ?enn syl vcniu anc th&t re!linded me of so!"le ntrt::.nge letters
I

I
~ad ~d. reeeive~Dnoe
/

or twice in the past year.

They were evident-

lY.,fro:n o. very icnorc.nt ?erson, t1ritten in pencil a...11d e.sking if I

Y.i.:.c.A.
tr...::.. t I attended mot in lh3wco.stlo and I hr~d beel:l thel~o
~ delcc&te. So I nnswcred the first letter tr~t I ~d

had ever been !n 17e·Ncastle.

conventions
fe•7
~a

dnyo ca

It ho.ppcned that one of the

a

bnen in 1Tewcustlo but afl I did not l:noi'f "Khat the writer wu.ntod I did
not give my dctr...ils o.nd t did

'

not~ answer

tho other letters at c.ll•

:But as the mo.n wen urgent I went with him e.."ld

h~

thing ~11 the W':-Y to the wt.arf.
Arz we went f.lonc the uppe1· deck e. singular

steemer chair cudderilY lea.r.ed

forc-;~o.rd and

. q

~

loo1:ing intently c.t me, Thll.t • s him'i who,

sos.rcely tso.id c.ny-

lookin~

wo;nan in n

cxclo.ir.1Cd "That's

me~

hin~n

liim'< ·.1ho """ l any·,7cy

tor I ws.a very aurc I had never seen the strange creature before.
Her heir

rj~g

qu~sor and
ma so t1~t 1

in curls to,herneck, her dress was

worst of all she seemed about to grJb and hold
never escape &GD.in.

Pe.s~en0ere h~d
nust

poor and
would

gathered abput c.ll re:;.dy to

hL".VO

with relish on thi a m!ln who h81i done sometl1.ln3 terrible to

th:l::~

:pounc~
poQ'r

cre11turo and run e.wes end poced ac a pious i'.ioeiono.ry. Th• situc.tian

was mi c;hty unpl enso.n t and as the wcr.u:.n eor tl n tted to j oyouolY . in a is:,

•

that Vthllt

about me.

~s him~

I could see the increasing hoctili ty in the fr.ces

I had not said a. word,

ho.clJ

har.!ly had a chr-.nce end of

course that did not help JUY onsc r.!lY. Jttn10 about the time when cvorybody wnn about to d""'e.nd •·.1c11, wh>'t o.re : ou

::;oin~

to do c'\'o,Jt i t'l'

363.1
%:1e.n blurted out, "lial'i. ·Th:1.t c.int hiu! ""C, yoD,

the close-mouthed

\

e.int. '.1lmr's hia pictcr·,"' It ce1·-

tha.t'a hin,"insioted the

wona.n.":!'~t

tuinly tro.s the

!ix I evor we2 in e.nd I was reu.lly too lJUZ-

struni;;o~t

:led to suy n word.
The woman fu:1bl ed in a much
a ne\7:;pu:pcr clipping.

\"lOin

ho.lidbe.e and f int..lly pull"d out

·Jc all oro'rfl:u round and ae.\1 the adveri.ioc:::lcnt

of- c. quc.cl: doctor uho would cure anything !'ro:a perfo1·u.ted bo'Sel to
sno.ll pox

!!6~ 1-'C'In

the proper f!!!L•

r.r'l<!..

for the proud mn.n

~,ortune.tel~

hud placed his -photo in the ad. and it wua'n_t

~

e.t all. lie bd whiek-

ers c.o well c.s I but tl:cy wcr~ tho long Dundxeo.1·y side whiaker~ t7i th
but. in bic letters, 'Connult Dr. '71lbur!
a aoootL Ghavcn chim ~ ~till the we~~ ineieted th~t 'that was hin~

but the self appointed jury whioh~ad grown quite larse all decided
~

against bcr. I thought it vas time I said aomethine and ac~ed if some~
one would kindly tell me what it was e.ll about. I we.s brout:;ht here

to give thie WQm~~ m~dic~l trea~ent and as abe ~id notheod it I

.

wc.a too busy to otay there but I wanted to knO"J wlw.t waa

wlU:.t. Gro.;.d-

ucl.ly the story came out Dl tho evidently the pa.aecngoro all knc<7 it.
It auernn thn.t c. quack rejoictng in the good

lanctod in 11e-.rc;;.stle Fa. and treated thia
cied complaint nnd

WOL"la.n

of ·Jilbur r..!:.d

n~o

for so::1o real or fen-

s.-n: hed so ,played on her weak or a.bocnt

ahe thought he and he alone·he.d been able to help her.

gone ariay•

Probeb~ly

he wae driven out,end in

tha.t

nut he ho.d

way I

eo~e

~ind

nev~r

learned these people had :round tho.t there was a Dr. ·:lilbur in. Sitk<.\.

•

So they wrote to me eltho the initials were dit!erent

tror.t my reply
enour;h

~oney

that I llad been in

!I~wcastl~

se~ed

findinG

what did they do but got

tor,other in eome way or othor to

in oruer that nhe mir,ht ooe her beloved dvctor
It

~~d

utterly incredible but it ws.A true.

trr-~vel

that 4r;;c rJiles

El,~~:.int~ e..11cl
~vcn

'be c:Jl'cd1

tho oho ·.n. . G

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364.

:T .A.i~. 'PZ ~64 •

pr.rtiv.lly de:"Iente::! and her brother don!:lely 1£t11oro.nt 1 t did seen an
tho ao!':le one ought to hnve -preve!l ted s'.loh. folly.
money

O..'"lc!

The:; ho.d no ooro

I wa.a fearful that in somo wo.y they might be loaded on

the Hosvi to.l.

I ho.ve a.h1o.ys !'ol t

th~t

I 'tlight have been a li ttlc

more kindly to the ~oor creaturea but ohe needed no nedicine,therc
vr.s no place they could stny in town a."ld I refused to o.occpt cny

poe~i bl e. Thn. t wao hardly n
c Chriaticn ou~~t to have ~one &nd I h~ve elwuys regretted it.

rcsponai bili ty end got a:;yu.y e.o soon no
what

In sene v:r!::J re.oney

ro.i sed by the touri at eJ a"ld perha';)s so no of ·

\79.0

the to·:.n -peo-ple e.."'ld they returned by the

h~ard

of

the~

3a~e steor'l.er

end I never

o.t;a.in. For a.l one time· I could hardly mr-J:c

lttl.ci

~yael!'

be-

11eve tlH'.t 1 t wac not a nightaDicti end thz.t it really{)he.ppened.
And as the da.ya passed there otill ron3 thut littl.: joy-sene,
i\rmn is coming, ;,.nna 13 col!lin;,;, J\nna 1a

mind.

/~d

oo~inc, ccn~tc.ntl:r

tr..ro

~.::/

wha.t wo.s :ffina. doing in t'he:Jc onxious duya or wc.i tine'i
.

hA..d. St:f1l

·

I thought my tele3ia!'1 that :.:ra :trn.d:r '""" ox;>lici t ond dcfini to 1"b'lt
still ohe could harUY belie--ra I ;rc.s .. raally co·:1ing. She wr;.."'ltec.l· to

believe it oo much but she no

dre~ded

the

~oo~iblc diE~?~ointmcnt

if I ehould not com.c that t'lho woult! net let her5olf r.;.ccc!)t the
.

I

the full joy of the thought trot I wo'..llc aoon b" ;.ri th her. 1 t vrr..o
not much to be wondered at tor I h:J.d ;rrit ten so crt en tllC>t I co'.llC
not come Bo.st tho.t su=er :md ha.<! give" so mm:r reasonc w'f':J I coal<!

not leave that it did not

oee~

poasiolc ! could brush

~11

thonc

l>erreotlY good ree.sons aa1de end come to her, even tho 1 h"-d writ·
ten I would tto.crif'ice my poei tion ro.ther tt...cn pc.se v.nothcr yec.:r
without aeein~ her.
l'S 'lrother had bc..en to 'Cin cinnnt i for c. fc:l C..r.yo r:nC. .tc:::'tr:
1110.de a con'!ueat of thu fn:.>ilY end the 7eilorn

c.!l~ SO'"•"

other

a:

•

/ ..'TI~A V!':}!TS I!!::i FOLY-3.

. J.AJ!. PS• 365 •

gone back to ;·hilo.del;>l~ia with t:other f'Jr a lon~ defcr';ci vioit with
'hiu' folko. ::.he h::1.d never met ny brotter Vill a.:1d only j 1 l~Jt -:1et
hi 0 trif 0 a.."'ld. r~~lly did not :mo··, r~tt.:.r, ul th'J f<> t~·tcr :r.ud n<--.do a

short visit to Cincinnati sorr.e month~ before. :totr~cr and Anna had
a great ti~e talkinG together on their way to my t~mc, or r~ther
in cont1nt.lin; their mvJ1y intei·ru-,ted t~lks durin3 }.~other's visit.

To have eo~e one who loved :!!lC [;:ad kne7: me cnO. wan interested in me
co d.ce:>lY vn:.~ like wv.tei· on c. wcr.rr lt:-"1d to. my swcetl~cr-..1·t' s sta.::rved

ooulrt. She bec~e a dee.rly love'! d~ughtcr to ;::otner r::..."ld when she
o.nd Eel cnu lu.C. u chance to talk, fc..r in

to

the e~.>.rly :r.:orninr:,, one

night thei1· 1 i ves wex·c ·oound to each ether w1 th a lcvc~ thn t kzr..JI
never enricO..

At a dinner :p:1rty
i

at

ldl e·:rooC: Fc:tr.'l th!·. t LosRi tJ o~ve

on ·-1111 1 a birthday Anno. eat n ort tc on~ of roy for:1c1· p1·ofn. l:!.!ld
told hi!n of the work I was doin; ~..,d he ilc:uouned t!:~ fu.ct that I
who know her
wtos not a.t Ealm eoan~. 7e.,~ a.l·.:! not v't~~t she ms.de everyone who net
"\
A.u....J~
.
ht::r a.c:.mirc c:nJ. l.ove he1·, friend ano fcrJ.ily ~like a."lc! hud such a ·
hcppy

ti~e.

one <ie.y alle h[J.d lu."lcl: with dcur Dr.

?;:~illol'

at

th~.~or­

ra.in~ qhenC-by people were stay inS as the l!ryn l1urir house hzd been
rented,

She vrrote sho would tell nc all utout tlw.t lunchcc.n but

had not tine then but she never dir: find. ti:!:"e 1 for no·.-: ah~ knew I
wa.c surely co:=:ine and on her return to r~cfho;:J.C wee; ding -plt:n o nnd

prepP.ration s fill ell all her hourn c.l tho ahe cUd \7l'i tc every ds.y •
I wis~ I mic;ht copy here the lt:ct letter She wrote so thr:.t you
might knovr its beP.uty und its llco..rt ht:.:"': c;cr, no lon~;cr re::tro ined
that it might not me..ko it hc:.rder for me 1:1 our ~c:pr:~rLl-ticn 'b1.1.t it

is too evH:etly ac.c1·ed for my eyeo but our own.

::y

othcr'blue envotopes' "r"Jt:re fu~ 1 of C'Jucnt~ enG L~ tn '>;~·.r.t I

wonted her to -plun ·u:-1d to e~t f:lnd wb.lt '.::inc~ of :·. ·.·rc,~cin::: c:·1~ eve;•.

"I,.- .

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tho dute !or tho.t Joyful event. It was very difficult to nrrfoil1ge mx.tt.;:

anything at that di oto.nce espec inlly with)' the boats ao irrc.:ular. I
~

f'ind tho.t a tel e~rmn she sent reach!!d ne nt the sa"'le timo ~t a letter /utnfi wrote T70 dP.:•rn lo.ter.
sent to neattlet care
Sitka.

nesido that

or

bo~

Telegra"!lo, you knorr could only be

the s.z.company a."1d then come

D.3

of

m:-11 to

could I tell what kind or eolor~dre~oe~ I

liked. She had always impressed me as oo neat and triTI and dres~ed
w1 th such good taste and eo becomingly I doubt if I could h.:::ve told

wh~;. t ahe wore e.ny time exc~pt on ~f!ld:l:: blue silk -.v&i st thv..t

ted

\'

ap~caled to me asjust her color. /~na had civen ne the option of %
j

~

three dates end I chonc the lo.nt onc,June 15th. bcco.use tl:cre ~

•

mcdice.l work thst I needed to cle~r up bcf,ore I left and the new :mininter hsd not arrived nnd I did not want to put the care of the morn-

ins nervice on aoneone elae.
J~d it was a care.

I was buoy with the ~edicul work, and wo

.

were short hrmded. ·D~i ny had been marr_ied and the the Lea.o1-: girls

tir.1e wan s.bout up and there did not eeen to/bo a.."ly other eirlo in
They did not have enoush of the older girlo in-the school to
for the winter
de· the workx end the Jlrospects"~erc not so briGht. r;ndcr such condieight.

tiono S: 1 t was a burden to te.ke on add1 tionr~l outside work but 1 t
no.
seo:::lcd necessary to do Jln:b:!x !:r 1~elly hv.C: gone to Juneau on some
urgent busineao and I ho.d expected to ti.!.kc cr~rc;c of tho 5chool, thut
is c.ct s.a Superintendent in his ~b2~noe, but_ 1 t wus finc..lly cl<.Jcidcd
that t:r. Deck should do tknt. In order to ··Jc l'rel'o.red !or the job I

I

got up at !31ve and went to the b~j·' em:ctfttttr.e..< domi tory e..nd then to
the ki tcllens e.:~d o. genere.l onoe ovar. Then to the children' 3 dininlr,
room while they he.d brorl!=fnst a.t f1i_x t1:n:r::-ty-.

Thc:1 •:.t ocvcn

my onn0::-

tnst with the teaohere; to tho h:.npi tal fo: office ::~oUl' c.n·l ·.n~rr~ x
·vis1to snd then to the r.~;.nchc with Do.i:lY Dc-'Jl• I.do not oft'!:! t~;:c

'
t

:!j()7.

eny of the girle to the n~ehe to act a3 interpreter for ~adcr:o ~~n
i

i

lives

~.~a: here

. Grundy .,...
'.:...

t

~
...
"' ls~ore
c:a{S.
~
G.
''e"'l
"'a ..
"'·nd n ra. th cr v 1 c 1 ouo l:.o.v.,:..?JO
"

ahe io. en our w~y bo.ck Dr:.iey boucht some thinso tor e. po.r_ty tho ho~p­
i te.l girl3 ere going to hc.ve ton!!g.."lt. So 1 t
got back and cut

'

.

a:H

u'-p

WE.t.D

nec.rly noon when I

aome venison (aa I plo.y butcher now· and then.)lt

Aft·er dinner ! helped !:t so Gi 'baon cl oc.!'l the etove pipe in hc)r roo.:11

a~. the boys he.d negl eo ted to' do 1 t when they were here e.nd be inc Saturdny

1'a1dng do7m

I had no afternoon office hour."So~e shades in the cotte.co
/

9

l't

where rrs. ::lliott e.'!1d I lived wo.s the next j.ob nnd after thet I ~
and ree.d
dressed and went to the Office'"'while Uinn Giboon took tr.e gix·ls to
tlHl LF.kC to skcte for e. while. :ny that ti!ne two l:rnval

•

and we went to the 1rest where thex stayed until

aupper I

tr~wed

Officer~ cc.lled

eu~per time.

out a wutcr pipe at the hos?itc.l and did

JSter

so~e cr~jobo

after ward visits vnd then went to the Nest to write to my tm cc thourt.
1

It eeeT.B lil\c a lot of trivial things to occn-py the time of a truincd professional

~an· and

doubll«sn that is ao 1but thane little repeira

had to ·be done or far bierjer one a

.

T!lUBt

be ro:1de ln.ter and with o.

.

staff m1d School almost continunlly short-ha."lded what elne conld be

dono?,

I round

~th!lt I ho.d undertaken a little too much nnd. ono

,,

Su.'lC.v.y

in A:pt11, 18gB I wrote to Anna, Another heo.dnche to day tl"l...o.t al:-:1o::t
knocked

m~

a while end

out. (I had had

~"ley

these severe blinding hca.do.cheo once in

seemed to follow unusunl etrB.in)

momi!.lr. I had the pain

Bl'Hl

1hon I e.·.-o'kc fhia

.

medeoino did n .>t relieve it

~d I did r.:>t l--

tz;give up the t:rominB eervic·e as a ntl.!:!ber of tbe teo.c!'loro wcro cick
end 1-!rneck had hi a hnndA t'ull. I rec.lly t

~oucht·, I would fall

two or theee tinen, there in the 1)1_\lnit,'h'.tt. the
sustc.ined mo Md as soon

a~

the nerviee

Y t!\

d0Ntl

~.:n.oter crr~cion::.ly

over 1 h'.Hried. ho::c cJld

I

went to bed.

rise Gibson

oa~e

over and ewnthed cy

he~d

in

h~t ~

cloths and no~ tho paih is oll gone. It is nothinc neriouo ~~d !t•a
my O\m fe.ul t farr I kncr.1 last wee!: that I wo.e exoeed1uc my l ir.ti t

~.,d

I would not mention i t llad we not prooisce. to write nll our livco

to each other so we could really blo\1 eo.ch other".
!.nna hP..d c.oked, in one or her 1 ettcrn about the 1 plun"binr;' in

RQ!(en'c neat e.nd thio in what I wrote her, " Poor Little Girl, You

Juot dont

l..""n0>'1

.

what you will hc:ve to endure when you shu.rc !:!Y
/

life.

llott Glad I would be to civet you nll the ea.ae aYld cO!"..!ort c.."'ld cociu.l.

prestige or n city profesoor'n wife but my work is here et prcoent,

e.t leant. !3"-lr e.o to

'

1ng' 1

'l'l~binr,', 'Ruven' s 1;c2t n.int got ~'no pluub-

The is just one pipe and tHat

fresh water !orm the
trezh wnter on tho

~ission

main.

fir~t floo~.

Yea,

l"Ul'H3

to the woodnhacl bri.nGi'dc:;

So we alwayc hcvc plenty of cold

LY

lovo, Poor Girl, the

dooo havo to be carried.up to the second floor
tbnt.

tho~

w~tcr

nhr..ll not do

·'lhen we have· our ki tohen we will have a circulo.tinc boiler

connected with the rsnr,e but with the temperatures we hnve I do not
think 1 t would be wi a~ to' run the pipes to the second floor·. Tl:.o

l)ipen tn·e eterntU.ly freezing and thcwine r1nd burDting n.'Yld
everythina.

flo~ding

:rretty touch i!i'nt 1 t f'or e.n~ 3o.otern cirl? nut thc"'l

you know, you don't l:w.vo

to 1-a- you don't ~ to.

Yoa don • t ht~lf

lmo'v the sorrows or c. poor men's wife •. " J.nd in epite of' ull t:l~~t,!:'..y
dear betrothed continued to love me and was l:lore anxiouD, if po:nible,

thm1 ever bo

co~e

and ar..are 1 t.

'.71th Dll my hurry and rush and the ever present Uorth st~r I
•

f'O\.md tirne . to senJ. her s.n tnven tory of

it Bert'n Bower 6lJ.eet:U 2

&..~

tr~r

houaehol<! ci)Ocls

um~

cell c::J.

ohcn!o1le tr.:..l1lo covoro, 1 bro,m

<

1 31r. Tthite c..>1d 1 J)r. r,:rcy 'blc..."11:ctn.eurt:-:i~~ tor livin.=:;

P.?"ld

:~be~

1

.

r~~~?• 6 hccvY cur\ino, c otr1ped curtu1ns,cotton,
\

.

eurthino,· 3 short el!ee~e cloth ditto with t::~&nolcd

ed::,c, (: c.H. t to,

long, e."l tiquo 1 r~ce eclr,e, 4 ecr1m c!o., 1 blue and whi tc
Gpread, 1 tufted

di~to,C

v

do"..lhl e bc:i :yn:.

bleached sheets, single, 2 couble

ditto,~

1~ pillow ditto, 6 ditto, unblenchcd
tor cr:r.ti>ing, 4 to.ble cloths, modi~ length, I gue:;s 1 1~' no.~~:inn, 12
ycl1.o':7 <!oil leo, 6 _ditto blue. bordered, 10 cro.nh tovtelo, dioh to11el~ 1

cot ehect9 3 bolster cane3,

sup~~·"· l~

h=stitched towels, 6 do,colorod borders,

rrinced, 4 brown 'l'UrkisQdi tto, B white ditto.

-

awDY wni ting ror YO'! •

~o"'e

a do white,

fXX

Thaso o.rc ull ;w.cl:cd

have been used but moot are new. p~.t·t
ln r.<l<li•

uecn~

tion I hnve the rollo.rinG which I use eveTY dc.Y (!l.l>. I
or
s
th= every dey l) •Md then roll ow n l l ht of so"" 73 more towol o, beddinG
•

table cloths
such es

!:C~C.

• In addition to the e.bove I hll.vc e. fe'•t "undric.

en abbreviated house, turniahed,librury, atovos, cunvinG

outti t, a rr.r, very mel e ct1 ki tc1ltm utin oil "• oho.f!' inc; dish, ""·il
boa.t, clothing

.
(:.:ecculint..cn~l

csnned goods &o &o.all or which '"' ;;;

guarantee to include without extro. charb" to tho ladS tcJ<:inc t.\".13 b<lch-

i'

t

elor.

I

I
I

mY description or tho curtainn •
~~~ so L~ril wore o.wqy, I had sent a code on the 15th· rcr no

letter would trv.vcl '"' fo.nt as I would but I expcct<oito tolor,r.:;>h

\

I,.
~

"

!~fD :;:(.;~:n:~:

TlC GOOD:lt • TheY cll had o. lot of fun over ey dower ohost espoclW.ly

\

i
i

T".r.is is,unqueotioriably, A GilY.T llfu>G1U.V Ca.:3 3.'l:LY

.

and telor,rams cost.money and there wore no night letters,

o~tc!!

Th!~ in~ocd ble •

cluded such thin,;s as :rr:;o;n, I c::t cc:nint: -,:c.at aa soon as
notth" wheel !I tum
.
-:/heel" ·.'lh:y do
ro.ster .e.rrived ....... todo.y.

J:::•':llX•

1 ova to cll the :ra."-lilY.
!'. c::cl ize, •••••••••••• (Thotht.
no t 'II' ere
j ua t "- f e"
.
C.ll'C~!.C.j'

lit~e nr~es

I otllcd

r~ sweethe~rt,

do you realizer

n~

in ••••••

•

J .A.!! • PO. 370 •

all in ten words and no opol·atol' would be any the wioer.

;

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\

370.

I had written thot I would take tho firot boat in !!uy trhic 11
was scheduled to,leave 1:u.y 4th. but o.stho bout s

hnd been

l.~~~J~fh ..;

time af!nea.r e.t}.f could figure 1 t would be any.rhere from :~ny 4th. ~~

to the Oth, wl1ich oucht to brinG mo to Cino1nnxat1 so!'loti!':'lc bet·vecn
the

l~tr..

c.nd the l7th.a.nd thut wc.a not very

for my 'Bride-to-be,

Hei ther

ea.tilof~ctory info~:1tio:1

the Board or !Ir.

l~uoAfce

had li:-:1!. ted

ne to a ccrtnin ti~Qto be a~ay bu1laa a matter of conacienoc 1 I felt
m?,t ubsenoe oucht to be c.s short ne rca.aono.b1-:y possible. It too!.:
nenrly a
Ar~a'e

•

~onth

co

just to

racily to spend

~cquaintod

and return and I aertcinly owed it to

so~e

tt=o with

with this robber who

deo.r J;enoy and run off

w..rn
~

o~~~c

th~

eo they could get better

from the

~t

her to the fo.r ·.:test.

to ctoal their

7hon tl1ore wuo tho

proble:n of goinG to Thilo.d.elphin, involving ti~e v.nd money, both of

which W"t~re very ecaroe.

Like mont youncr men under liko orJnditions,

I was slow to realize ho'.'1 great wu.a the love of ny futher e.nd :::-:+-:-r.
mother md sister 1 en~ ho'.f keenly they would wioh to lu::.ve nc with
the.':l in J'hiludel-phia or ::Eryn~:awr.

I kne-.1, bcco.uae Annu. i'.D.d._ "ttri ttcn

1 t) t~t her fa"!lily !el t I ·waa al~ost a Dtrunr;er but I did not fully

rct:.lizo just who.t thD.t I'.:'lce.nt to thcr.1 and e~;>eciully to /.J.IDt Helen
. Te.ylor;thls thought of having h~:r:..."".:~
All thnt
"

•

her loved ncice go so fal' c::~~''i•

did not .weigh very hea.v ily on my t'lind ror I wo.o thin1:i!'!::;

.
.,,
"p
Anna is coming, Anna 1a comin~. C.,'J~.inato ehnre ey life, co~iu:; to

be with me al'ttnys;

co~ing o.we.y fro~ her not too hatlPY envil·c;;.;:!ent;

co~ing to ahnre PY work. for she wus
I

nne cesire as l was and n

e.G

tTnly a mit:oiona.ry i:'l n:~ir1 t

tar wi!1er one.

~Je ..ter tho lenq, ! dir~ r.•1t

wholly forcet th -:S'~ oblir,u.ti'on~. It woulJ

l!e.VO

been nuoh o. rrc>.t

pleceure to tcke my bride to.ot to :r10et ey old !riendo e.nd u. 1)::0~·<J.cr

,.,

·/

Then J~na and I pl~a.nned >'by r.tn11 ~ Umt I ehould opcmd ~p~:rt of
the mon·P• before I wo.n '\ mo.rrted in a trip to aco Father c.r1d :~other
tor not nore tht~.n a week, ul tho I feur we 'both felt it wu~-oro of

e.

•

duty than e. -pri vel er;c, for we bccrull~ed eve:::; r·10:Jent tr!4.!. t ser:uro.tcd
us. lt

I kno>7 I wac,

not that I w~s not e. dutiful u..'1rl levin£~ eon,1\but in timeo

tt:l.!l

like t'Z"~t f111nc anG. our vH;udin6 atio7"ted to cro·:rd evcrytl:.in~ cloa fro::::1
my r-ind.

As the ycv.ro have rollec'!. by I find t:b..n.t suc1l a. ~c::tc:.l con-

dition ic ul=toot inevitable .p.nd !>a:Tlw:po it io right tr.ut it J.>l:ould

be so.
The fl:-3t of '!ia.y car-1;:, noon ~noug11 !or I was "'HHT bu~S;. I. lu~d
written ~he last letter I was to ";7ritc to· ':!!Y ~.veetho:..U"t fro:1 Sitka

•

and coulC. hardly realize it and sb:ncho·.1 felt I wa2 s~4yln::; bo:>dl:ye

to her »r.en I wrote it.
er did not come.

~ay 4th

m1d I ~as rcudy to ev out t~o ~te~~-

I h&rdly expeot(;d it would for it h;.·d. bc::1 lc.te

tor oo:nctir.le, generc.lly wa.n,ror tr.a.t nutter. Once I v:1·oto tr:.1t it

wae ci thor "t".1'o dc.y-n early or si=t d~1yo lo.to". It did nut ca~c t!;e
next dr;.y or the next. 1Jay 7th: high tide, no cannon; no boo.t. Three

deya vf t~e four I had allo1red s.e tho extr~~e -poP-Si1)il1 ty hcd gu:1c.
Surel;· it would oonc on the tho f.t11! :But it did not nor

wn~ there

any posni ble wuy of find inc; out where the stc,1.-c1cr ·,.;ac, or even if it
had stnrtcd

tron f.;eo.ttlel Tior could I let l ..nnu

lmc71 lf' I h::.d a"':.:..trted.

on the.~ lone r1.1sh towa.rd llcr. The ~tl1. • .::.nothcr blcnt.:~ I wen gc·~tin~

de~pe:-s.te. I could not work, hardly cut or sleop 1 U.!1d tb:: chn..'1ce:J

•

are I

ll'O.!l

as ugl~· a.s o. bear 171 th a eoro heed..

The t:hol e tcr::rl !::; c;-:

about 1 t nnd my f-riends were most o:.r:"lpo.thctlc but eq·wlly !'~clp1::!:io •

':':'hen the r.lOl'It.inr, 0~ t!Je: lQth. :.'r. 3cc': CH=:l~ r;:~>L3.n;-: H,.J• w·~r_.-·!
1
court ncn are coil1G bc.c~ to Ju;1o::.,_1 tLi :.> t:ft::rnoon o~ the • .li ~;·~·;,.·:·~ •

•

J .A.JJ • pg. 372.

A V'.GRY
TfNCOMFORTABLB TRIP.
.

You can go too, if you wa.Yit to. "
held in Sitka that term

~d

372 •

For some reason Court had b-een

quite a lot of lawyere had come over to

our quite 11 ttl e town end were heartily sick of it and anxiou-s to
·get home.

Disgusted waiting for th!'.t recreant steamboat they had

arranged with the Captain of the 11 ttle ca."'lnery tender, the .Vigwam.
that called at Sitka now and then, to take them to Juneau, about a
fourteen hour trip. The :lig.vam was really a deep eea tug and nothing
-

more altho she was clean and trim.
Should I goi It was a

probl~.

/

I knew it would be very uncom-

fortable with the crowd, the tiny Mess room and no extra berths.
There would be a. pretty hnrd crowd aboard and plenty of drinking
and every man for himself.

I knew some of the men,and there were

a few nice ones 'Lut they all had theit-cronies and anyway !!lesionaries were all cranks, altho I
edged my professional ability.

l~ew

they reec,cted me and acknowl-

But that did not

~ake

me chummy.

Still, there was another line of boats running from Juneau to the
Sound/for the Klondike rush had brought them

in~and

I might get a

chance to go to Seattle any time. Anyway, I would have two chances
to one and almost anything wae better than that indefinite waiting.
It was quite as bad as I _expected. The little Uess room waa
crowded with men playing cards and drinking. There was hardly standing room.

I wandered out to the grating ever the !ire room and man-

aged to keep one side warm, at least.

The gases finally drove ms

away from there and I meandered about the narrow decks. Getting
tho~oughly chilled I noticed some of our party in the Pilot house

~

and went in. The Captain was.a higher grade man than most of his
kind and really tried to do tre best for his ~assengers he could/
and motioned me to a seat on. the edge of his bunk which was direct'J

•

J.A.JJ. pg. 373.

bnc'!s:

df

373.

the whee~!'lere he stood guidi..ng the little ship·thro reril

Straits,one of the meet dangerous places on the inland route. Someone offc;red hi!Il o. drin~ or whisky but he reru¥ed hastily ae he said,
''I don't daet, not while we'r in this place."
e.

Altho the Captain was

drinking man h{;; would take no chcnces on that run.
J.fter a time I leaned back on the bunk e.nd went to eleep in

pi te

or

tl:e talk and 1 aughtexr e.ll. around, for I

About four

oclock in the morning I was

wa~

aw~~ed

dead tired.

by the Captain who

said he guetseed he'd have to turn in,and !/wandered baok to the engine room gratings again for it was daylight. ·Standing back of' the
smoke stack to get out of' the wind I could not eee ahead and

w~e

s

startled when a big steamer suddenly slid by, close alongside, and
.Uii

passed astern.

It was the' -~ueen •

the QUO:.!f.;LH the bigg'-tst f:\nd

f'intst and f'aetest boat on the run and generally used only
tourist steo.:ner in the summer

ti~e.

AND SHE

~s

a

GOING STRAiiGHT TO

·.VAS

SITKA~ l~d I only waited one day more all this dis~able trip

would have been unnKeocasary.
there until the

~ueen

And now I must go to Juneau and wait

went to Sitku, waited there

2~

houro.returned

to Juneau end then started south. It seamed to me I never wQ.llted anything eo much uo I wanted to be on that big comfortable boat as she
towered a~ove our tiny craft and slid away so rapidly, It was indeed
•so near and yet so far.'

~ell,

at least, I'd have the

~ueen

to

travel on and a lot or comfort and speed and I'd know I ~ould be
away in another day or two.

But Oh1oh!oh!

It I only could have

gotten_aboard other as we passed so close, there in

Chath~ Stra~

But that anxious !air-haired girl way ott in Ohio did not

~.

know that the Queen was in

·chetha~ Strni~and

rying south with her lover.

-

~he

would soon beE hur-

dil! not know that t:te steamer was

nine days late nor could she find out. Information &.bout the bi-

~

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e

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J.A.:!.. pg.374.
stea~era

to

/~uska ~an

not to be had in the ticket offices and she

did not telegru'IJh to 3ou.ttle because ahe was expecting a telegra.."ll
from ne avery dG!.y. 'lhon Croae, who had arrived at Seattle in the

Theel int; ,sent wor<.l to his wife tl.w. t the recrular Sitka boat had been

• w1d the sohedulea were all off and that relieved
luid up for repatrs
/.nno's.strain

oonolde1·ubly~

However, George told everybody that"Anne.

t.l!l.d a lover in cold storage in Alaska."
!Jay

to be in

e~ected

15th. of

Tho l6th.l7th. 18th. pu.nsed and still no word. I won-

;.~u.y.

·even fl i ttod

e

Cincinnati before this, the

tn-be. Hs had

~

der if tte faintest auapioion that he

e

G:roon, _

followed duy, but no message oa..."!le fror.t the dilinquent GU'Om-

throu~h

her brain.

mi~ht

have changed his mind

no. not hers, but perhaps some or

the fe.z:tily may huve wo:1dcrad, ju.st a little.

tor her, tar hard.er thnn for me for I wo.a on

It waa terribly hard
my

way e.t last, lying

on a trnn3om in my comfortable atateroom • way up on the upper deck
of the

:~ueen

reading

'~uo

Vadis'

lookin~

at the· scenery thro tho

open door, dozing and catching up on my oleop. Fast na the steamer
trnvell ed I wi chcd she W1JUld go much taster 1 and time drageed in
spite of it nll.
3aattle at lant!
and
•

4\nd

n code wire to Anna and the !irot train

hoT1 olow it seemed. Chicago end a

th1ng!3

~nd

.da.y

there tor I must get aome

see Harry. Anna wrote me thera,a·letter to meet me tor

ehe hnd. strictly charged me not to waote money on frequent telegrams
aa I wo.o wild to do and ahe wrote "Do you realize that this will

'

reach you the very next day after I write it." It was hard toBXBK

realize tbat,and harder not to take the first train to eee her.
The eTening cace at last and I was on my last lap of that long
Journey.

tK

For almost a month I had been trying to get to my Beloved.

,_,...,..,_,_,..,_._

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.,.._._.,,._~-----·-···-,----.-.----- ....

!N' GRTI.

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J .A.!!. pg.

L'Ut now ,in the corning, toi:lorrow mort11ns,pl

her. ·ve ha.d been

&.\TO.Y

fror.t

eC~.ch

37l.

~75.

ea.~e Go~

other ao long,

I woulC. be with

·;~e' ~C:. :10

ly tried to re-pros a our drc:um..tu:~ of being to~ethct· 1 t

W&:::J

:persistantr..crd to

rnal:e th1 o nearnceo ·eec:-:1 r~c.l. ~ I was young und hee.lth.;.r u.nd I

suppocc I !Jlopt.but

~wae ~·I

was up c;ocd and et.l'ly

ing of ~!"ay ::?5th., long before 1 t

0:1

that morn-

ti::no to leave tte train. I

W&.a

dreGsed w1 th tJcr•upulous care. This should be no mc..."l from the wild
and wc6ly .7eGt to greet his Love 'Lut one net-t artd tri..tn, up to date

but quietly drosoed and in good taste. I we.e to leuve the train at
'.71nton Tlacet a eubtrro, the ViJry sto.tion whore I bu! naid r'-rewell
the.t night more t:td!Il eight months before.

•

~e

•

so

in~tead

The train

'Je lu.d arrong,·:l it should

of the crowded city atation.
Wfl3

olowing down; the portor

C:l::lC fol·

pridod myself in having only one; ":tinton I'l&ce
ly 3n.."t•• ae he eyed my generous tip~

oant eee
1~

OUtJ

a~e

)IX

Thanlc you kind-

S~1,

lt was ha.rd t~ 'breath& my heart

poundeds ~ teet aemed to be beyond my control.

window but I could not

-:zy ba~, I

In the alley-way nowJ

that dear face.

down the a}:opa 1 looking U~ia way

eight except the agent1 What could it

J. e;le.nco thro the

U.!ld

that.

!Tot a

!SOUl

Some slip in our

~e~?

arrangement? l!nybe she was sick but then, so::1e of the fa.T-1ly would

· have bet en there.

:Dut they were!fi't. Wld I

ed. I had pictured it eo otton.
much shouting,

•

eve~one

/~n&

wanting to

maintaining absolute poaessicm' u.nd

••

surpri.zed an·i llioa.ppoint"'

Wt.Ls

and two or three of her

~•loomo

me

inato~d,

~t

'fell, I kn f!I'Jf -pretty well how to get to the
Down stairB,

once nnd Anna Ju•t

tht.t long ba.re platform,

I oouldtnt make it out.
quite n distance.

!~~ily

.

l!o 1lB·~

1

a.l tho 1t waa

turn to thta l aft !l!ld ar tlH' ra.il

rand ond strnight ahead for a blool.: to the trcll~ line. There were
tew buildings on either side

cr

the street D.."ld ii.lmost no people em

•

*he eide_wolka.

A half n block away I snrr n girl in a Grey tailor

made with a triM grey toque and ounny hn1:t l\nd I J,ew 1 t
Don't think I noticed the dreos then 1 b 1.tt I

Beloved.

when I

BC.'.T

her wear it nfterwo.rd.

Ho.lf n l,l('CY. nwey

Wile

my ~

rcrne~bered

b'lt

'

it

1 knew be-

yoncl all doubt. I oueht tn have ohuak"d T'lY bng, r;iven n yell llnd

raced to meet her
held

1'18

~ut

end rather

eo~ehow,

e~dntely

the

conventio~~

of the 'effete East'

we walked townrd en.oh ?ther a..,d I took

her in l'llY arme and never wanted hor to leo.ve the"'1 O.£;a1n .n~lt I had to

and

hn~d

)

in hnnd, close to each other we walked to the street cur.

Then I knew why that platform was bare. J,nnu hnd not do.red to truet

hereelr to see tho train a~proaohing

and1

feared other passengers

would be alighting and porters and all e.nd so ohooc that quiet street

~

for our tirRt glad welcome.
Soon, for time, tho.t tcnte.etic creature, begun to·tly with outrageous speed, now that

we

were

togot~er,

soon we were at tho Dean

hnme and brothers and sietore poured forth like e. ews.nn
7
girle erne around my neokJ

at onoe in ba-p'PY

mel\~ hande thu~ing

or

'beea,

my back; ali tolking

until 1'!'1Y J,ovod One asserted her rishte eayo
S.ng che had only he.d one very 'PI}>•r kiss end tho.t wus not ennugh
welco~o

after eirftt long months.

So

~lease

etand back and give the patient

air,while she administered the prqper

py, oord1al, sincere welcome I loved

tre~tment.

th~

all,

wen tel! rtY "eetheart olol'\e by my eide u.nd 1 t
)

•

WR!l

It was such a bnpDut most o! all I
'n·t hn.rd to keep her

t'here.
~e

lnng,

lon~

wait

wa~

torr-otten.t tho weary daye or uncertain-

ty

were

or

ee""arn.tion were nnst
and ·the dree.ry
monthc of expected
we.i ting
.
~

.

lon~

were gonG.

P-r,, t the endleBA miles were oTar: tl:e

dra~ging

montho:

ware tt);ether, to be together nlways,ha:ppy and deTOUtly thankful.
·.1e

•

Z77 •

J •.\.l!. pg. '37?.

Then began those happy 1 buay days

7e "tTere to
~
ma.rri ed in tl~ee weeks and 1 hod lost so much time in gat t.inr; tha. t
\Ti th

my .Peloved.

the trip to J'hile.dclph1c. ni!!lply had to be giV6!1 up.

,,

had a host

Anne.

or the ni ceet girl .friends e.nC. they wcro all -anxiotlB i.o en t.ortnin
ue and mect'J~na'e ~issionary'.

~tnnera, no encl.

There were 'showers' and teas and

t~ere

And then ~!!%.& were even !:\ore ~incleo e.nc.i couaina

and Aunte all of who~ wanted to see Anna'e'intended' not. from more
curiosity only but because of kindl;, friendly intereot in ua and

Neara,a.ll

our work.
fine

or

the-:n were members o! the Society

or

lrirsnde

subeta..""ltia.l people a.11d 1 eaders in the ~ eeting, el tt..o tho Deu.n

1

children atten~ed other churches. ~o there ware calls ~no dinnere
with theoe good people also.
Dayo paeoed. aw1f'tly nnd I wtt.s alwa.yo on exhibition und liked

it.

or

course I wantod to huve t~n~ all to mysolf all the time but

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I 'k-new th£1.t ti~e Wl'.s cortine and thooc people were nll rso nu.tural
nnd cordial o.nd evidently so very ion d.
lots

or tun

heart.

and made me t'"eel warm and

or my Jwecthetlrt
trieri~y and hn'PPY

1 t we.e Juet
roand my

t..n.nn end I did have our quiet tint.e!l, in between.!or I was

atayinc with the Denno. /.nno. hr.d wanted M.e to but lt iG interesting
to know that with the hip;her nnd I think better etandu.rde of those
dnys it wo.s e. queetion as to whether 1t would be quite_propor tor
me to do eo. After much queBtioning and doubt .;.un't Lel on ·.:u.:;lo:t·

decided it would be all richt and that settled. i~· John

w-tti

t:u.ry

gave up their wpecie.l twoeina place, the study, to us ~md the h.w:l-

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mock und~r the a":'>l)le trees in the big yard was another favorite
tryAtinc ple.ee,ror A.nna could lie in the ha~ook while I sn.t in a.n

ea~y

ohe.ir be!lidc

h~r.

I never could f'ip:ure nny comfort for two

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"ie wore eo hu;ppy!

reven.lcd so much

or

Oui' lone monthe of corz·eepondanoe had

our lives to each other,so mu.oh wo had not

known, -p&l·hapa rnoro tha..il we could have know had we been toeother.Ao
·I have
love

rei·eru~

ere~

thooe olrl

letter~

1 t lo interesting to see ho\v our

dccpor und atronger as the months passed by and how, with

I tr~is inoroa.aing knowledge of each other
ba.sia for our affection supplanted the
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earlier days.

a firm and more r(')aaona.ble
unoert~in

e1notion of the

And yet, while this is true, it is also true that

beoa.use tnere \7aa no pwi·eonal contact in thooe long months euohB of

uo, .slowly a.."ld unwittingly, created in his mind a now being, a oor:lewhat

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ide~lized

Anna

~"ld

Bart, not entirely true to their roal oelves.

:But, when t1e met and wl th Just e. tre.ce of shyness begCAll to know

ehade

the beinge we really weru there was no ~.r:
but ratr.er

or

disappointment

e. etrong"1·, wisel' love born of those hopea and -drowns

and tl:i n truer un dei'etuuding of ou1· a.ctua.l eel vee.
"Z'y eear I.assie did not seem ae well as I had hoped to tind

her.

The winter hu.d bean a ha.1·d strain, far harder than I rsalized ·tho
I had guessed something or.it rrom her letters and that cruel wa1t-%Ks h
ing thru those days of the uncertainty of my coming had not helped

her any. nut the joy or being together filled her race with radient
hnp~ineBs and I guess I broke meny a convention in ths difficulty

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I found in even moderately suppress inc ey own joy. ~till, we indulgad in no ~uahy demonstrations.Tha~'s true. Our lo'Ve was more
thun that for it wua, in truth, a union o! heart and head and soul,

doubly blcsaod beoause we round no traoe of disap-pointmlt in eaoh

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other as tho days paseed by.
There wao muoh packing

liberal one.

to

'toe done for Annat s truusoeau wa.s a

Down in the hnlf-ocllar we packed big boxes and crat-

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a te\r pitc~3 of hez· porsonal f"Jrniturc, a 'L6dot.euC: ll.rtci· burec.u her
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th~ wc~dinc; cx;>enae~
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L'ie clmx·ch ;v-edding L:1t Anna

Bres.tly reduced 1 t fro;n the large fortueno it was

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their pcrent! and chenLes in val•Jes, ec;>eaic:-lly in

first. so· f..nna. ho.d n·

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to uuy Lor trouaso<J.u and

doll~re

and ehe m•tct preferred t'=> us" as much

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:P"seible for ber o·.m den.r little horne rntber thOJ1 spend
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quiet ho:r.c ceremony. The Dea.."'l fa..,ily inco:ne came from

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ware lots of fricndn that Anna
at six oolook
dec idee. to have a f&l!l.ily wedding

t~are

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with: supper fcllowinc W1d a noderntely lo.rge reception in the eve..,. '
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l'!fl.l':'ing mo thorouerJ.y

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no.o~~ing

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for it never we:1t too fc.:.r nor

kind.

~}JC!'rieo ·~tcrc·

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one

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:morning I ca.ucht Bcssi c up the tree in the yard c.nd ht;.d. my turn to

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do sor.re tea.oine fnr she wna the moot eml,arrn.ssed little maiden one
ever saw.

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r~t t~ome.

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coet no nuch moro thrm· ahe VTi shed to apcn~ and tlJC thouoand dollo.rs

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ta-;v days before the weddin1 r:;J.y my fiancee

C.J..'UO

to me

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and BfJ.id tho.t the pro~rieties required tl12.t I move en, 80 to speak,

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e.nd suggested s. hotel in the city.
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I was ::;rea.tly surprized tor 1 t

hed. never occured. to l'!'le but, of cour3e, I moved tho for a few days

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I could not see who.t differenca 1 t T.lade

e.:J

I cu,ne to {i~O after k

breakfast each dny and in ·so doing,pernape I committed the unpard-

onable again

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_tiT FtJ!ILY ATITIIV:::.

~so.

tor I_wno npt to be too oarelooo nbout ouch thinuo. I quces it waa
not eo orudo tor my

to.r natrny.

lweetho~rt

would hnvo told ne if I wno going

And abe did that vory thins

~hem,

on the mol}ling or

or tho wedding dny I·np;>eo.rod na uoue.l nnd round numberless girls
in Yariouo atngos O! moat informal drcso,cocornting tho house !or .
1 t was a hot Juno mom ins.

I was calmly but !ir:ll.y 'but

fi~

t.o 'gi t' rJ:Did •o.ny oquoelo o.nd !ron tic ruohminG to cover.
I did wkith tho apccifio inotruotiono •not to dare to
before 5.30 tho.t n!temoon. l3ut I got c. kiss a.nd
work olothee were neat and trim.

told

And s1 t

~~pear

G&Uin

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that my

BU\7

Lu.aaie!)~

I aup-poue l!u.ry ,who wu.a •trong on

the conTentions s.nd 'Prided herself on hor poieo and perfect oo:mnond

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or ever,y detail,wes hi&hlY aoondnlizod.
. wl:cy" I

nut Ding! I oould'nt aoo

could'nt help too •
tcmily "'had done ae the llonor of

}ly

~ins

tho rather long trip

in good numbero. 1atber, Yother, Helena and !!u.delino coming n fn
dqe before the great day to atey o.t the Al.mo llouso, a quiet hotol

in Walnut Hill a, another suburb.

Oh yea: lfo.ke the inavi tc.ble pun

about that name but the proprietor's name was AU!3.
and 7illie cane the morning o! tbe

wcddin~

Jill and lioauio

ond llllrry 1n the iU"terx.-

noon. 7/e did li·ttlo but "f'iai t and I reo.r I did not gi va thsu

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JllUOh ot my time aa I ought to have done. I know l'ather went to ono

·•abower'with ua tor we

h~v•

tho photo of it and we wero all at the

Deana tor Sunday dinner. I gave a ato.g dinner e.t the hotel the eve-

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before the wedding and Uncle

~ill

Taylor vue

~resent.

It

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rather dreary e.ttair/ lt the truth must be t&ld ,for 1t wa.a hot and
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perhaps the meol wae not.woll ordered tor I wee out
that aort

or

or

practice at

thing snd did not want to spend much money nnyway.
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'lo nll went to the ner1n!l r.fter dinnor !'0r t!1o
went

orr 3o no!'Jt flf

etrl'.ined.

t~o

nnr::-it:! cro

rsoet tt)o ::mort!c\ tn h" .rchenrnnd eve'1 11 1 t~
Bll

·free fro:"! foMn.l i~ thor,,

to reheo.roe a.nj"''7a.y.
hotel lecvinG
row

Wll.!!

t~e

which

do, evoryb.,d:: :rathc: tirotl uml a little

th~

hnna nuc\ I both felt. t1•a t

our plo.ns -:vere

rc:'l~u.r:s~l

t·u-,~'-1
·::~:..n

nl-

ocr0':':'1o:1~· "::na
~rrr:.n:;c:--~~!lts

and

rcully ycr;,· 11 ttl o

3o we soon aaid Cr:Joclnic;..."lt o.nr! returned. to our

bride to got

&9

nuoh rent

~1n yOD~iblc

for tacor-

her v.-ed<Hnr: dn.y.

nt wh~t I dicl on tlw.t 15th of June, l~IJ~ e.rt.cr I \,-ao hl~~oed
away fro~ 520 :Pro~}')oot ";>lnce

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htwo only t!1rl vn.cuent ro·:-:cm.br:l.tlco.

I know I ~ont MUch ti"'l\J with my belovod ritner for ohe tUd not e~

-peat to flee ne ar,nin aftor tho reception before I otartcd buck !or

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room, two

o.nd

Alaska.. ! mow I ool eo ted n

~u1te,nitt1n~

bath nt the

bOMO

~rranr,od

the rnoms.

In tho late afternoon I dreascd mo9t cnrofully in eve-·

hotel, r.nd

~.

1~ed roo~B

J!cneroun OU'P\'lY Of

Ding dreae under Ilo.rry' • most or1 ticc.l au?ervioion

an~

ro~sttS

in

then wont

W1 th bht 1 after K~ B&yin~ goodbye to !1ot!:or/und Ilelen!lt to the
Dee.n home.

/\.o we wei ted tl1are on the sacond floor

o.,tr.~o"\c ~uid i\n~t

Helen

TP.ylor wante<l no .to OOT'l~ to. tho tktird fl(")'Jr c.nd I h~1rried tl!' eta:ire.
A door ol)ened.

d~1

WFH!

lllfeet ttnd deint;r

.C:..171i her

y,lowln~t eye~;

her lovely raoe.

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TherP.

.Anne. Dce.n, my Betrothed, in 1~cr ':'!leddin} "-l-

~ncl beautifUl!

ller ver M"l

n. look of alr.t(')'lt d1vi.nc

l!.y Darling%

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kne;p t nt

Of

~1ll1J:1'\ining

J\~r teet and 1:1!1!30d her

hands ·~nc! wor4h1 -pped heT virp:ins.l lo-oea/ine~!'l.
Yi tb her rt'.re '!'eroention

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De&r l~'mt Ff:!'l e!'t Taylor

the dee,er thine~ of ]1 fe end }'leP..rt hnd

oaet convention ani de thPt Annn and I might h:.~.ve tb.e t r.uiet moment

ot eoul union apart -r,..the. rom and a train of the ceremon tal.

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·The Dean hom6 wae a large,

do~ble

house with a central hall

h
running trough
to the rooos at t h e beak, with two t par 1 ore' on one

aide of the ho.ll and the Study and another
the dining room back of them. All
to be covered with
atain7ay.

w~ite

t~e

roo~

on the other with

floors on tho first floor had

linen for such an oocasion)aa well as the

and here were pulma and !towers in abundance end it look

very festive and pretty.
I believe that my impulsive act of reverent devotion to my
l3I·ide-to-be, in tha.t;brief moment before the ceremony, fully recon-

ciled Aunt Helen Taylor to the loss o! the eweet girl she loTed eo
dearly. It was then, I think, til d not till then ,that she felt assux·ec

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or

the depth of Xka

~Y

love tor

~\nna

and

or

the

t~ndor

care I

would al·.raye g1Te her.
I returned to Harry and in a moment a hnr? under the stairs
hidden by banked palms began to sound the first notes of the Nedding J.!a.rch.

~e

decended to the laree parlorI and then to tho end of

that long room where tho :minieter of the Avondale

~reabyterian

Churah, Charles Frederick Goss, stood waiting tor us, the fi1J111liee
and a few

i~timate

friends standing on either side of the room.

As wo turned to !ace the double doorn l!. adaline 3lliott and
'.Villie '1llbur both little tots in white,ou."1c in atro\71ng !lowers as
the-y came. Then came nary Dean and Clara. J;,orbes, a !'allori ta .cousin

tro1:1 Ot. Lou!. a; and then Anna ,on the ann of George, her oldest kn

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brother. She was intensely in earnest but so pure and sweet and

lovely. As

sh~

oame nearer her beautiful eyes met mine and pourod

forth such a wealth

overoome 1ld.:tlt

by

or

loving devotion· and glad joy I was almost
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·the intens1 ty of my reverent devotion.

Then the quiet voi\13

or

Dr. Goes brought to us the sweet reSA

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~en

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the

or

voice

q~iet

~ur ~arrince V0\7D

Har1·y did

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Dr. Goes brought to ue the ewoct real-

r;.e he bega"l tho .;;pisoopu.l service,

for;";ct the ring

·.~hich

·.,an a. hcuvy bcitd ot ne.tivo

Alc.nktm r.;o1d r.tnt!o aopecially for uo by rudol-ph .lalton on UJ.Y ordor, .

nor did I drop it e.t tho critical moment.

eolemnlty
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tho

!"leclr;cd

as we locked,

xar.%ix~

e~ch

ceremony.

vowo in

C\Ul"

nothing nu:a.rred tho sweet

ole~1· voice~

into the loved eyee

...,,n;

vibrc..ting .:z:

of~

the other.

tr':lotion

~eep
~o

intenee

we.a tl1c evidence of our devGtion the.t the minister, a :rev.l friend
of Ann11' e end not an entire strungcr to me, ha.d difficulty in g,oing

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on with tho earvioc.

If evert

t~o

beinga were

truly

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un1 ted in holy wedloc."l( Ann·a Deten c.nd &rtl'l:lnd ·.111 bur

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so united

tho June eveninR•
71th the l £l ct word.e ot' tho ~enediotion e.nd the final Amen ~
and a.e /tic.
har;> peo.led forth tho joyous notes of the llfedd.ing maroh,I took my
bride in my arms

a~d

tor the first time in my life I kissed

Ths tension relaxed altho poor Aunt Helen Taylor

wa~

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wife.

ao doeply moved

tlHlt ehe could not oome to greet us but orept away and. up the btJ.ok
atairs to rest there until a:he could rogu.1!1 her self oontroltnn
doubt breathing fervent vreyere for God' e blessing on our un1 ted

livoa.
But in the 'Parlor' everyone 'N&s talking; eve:r:,rone graspin,g

OUr hand~ and telling

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W~hat a. wonderful

and

boautifUl WSud.inE,; 1 t

waa, they never eavr n.nytht.ne like it in its einoerity and deep
emotion.

l.~y

mothers eyos were brimming with tet1.rs or· joy, J!,ather ,

btow1ng hi a nose frequently. Voioc" ~ere hif!h a.'1d nerv?ue laugh tor
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told ot the reaction, even

thou~h

it wo.a

a.nd

hnpp~·

Jo;omn "nnd how

their voices spoke their very aoulo ""and "how hr.ppy they looked" "and
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he was JO dark and she so fairq
then we were e.ll

!U~nted

"and

wr~t

a lovely couple" nnd---

at the tnbleo for the

:Bride end Groom o.t the lnrt;er one with their
the guests nt onnllcr oneo nearby.

~eddinG

O>M

supper, tho

clenr !v:-:1iliea nnd

so we were narried.

t~d

It was a Jolly happy BU?per with the Donn boys getting in a

creek, now and then. All too soon it wns
the other eueots and two of Anna's
into his white kid

t~OTGB

ti~o

to GOt ready to greet

~irl friend~

workod the

~~oon

and then the seC"'llinRlY endless utren."!l be;-

gan, Uncle ·v111 and t.unt Helen and Futhar and

~other

ste.ndinet .with

ua. The od~y clear o.nd definite recollectlon I have of the recept-

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ion was of one old duffer with a heavy welrue moustuche who insiotod
on ki a sing t.nnn in hi a soft and muahy wny.

There wuo pretty ne,!..rly

a row right there.
At laat we could go and change our clothBo; ].}essie Dec.n cutch-

ing the Bride's boquet or

Lil~iea

or the Velley and

Like other brides and grooms we rushed

do~

~~1denha1r ~ern.

ntnira em1d a shower ot

r1ce,tor confetti and atree..'!ters ce..me rtony years

l~ter,

[l.nd

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out

to our carr~ee. To fool them we had one in front of the house und
it had been properly decorated but we did not go to that ,but hu1·ried
down Y.ound ntreot to the next block,where He.rry hud nrra.nced tho
real carriage should be, with all the yo.unger g-...teots tro.iline c.t our
heels.

Defore we could get there :Ecseie nno Archer hncl gueeaed our

Z'Uae a.nd out ru.n

Uft

and got into the oo.rriege o.nd stoutly retuned

to leaTe it. Harry grabed
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Arch~and

pulled him out only to hnve

hi~

run around to the other aide c.nd set in e.r;ttin c.nd repoa ted thn t c.

number or times. Vhile this Ye.o goinc on Goore;e nnd L:orria bud c;ot-

ten white ribbono and decorated that oo.rringe.

I we.o

bcgin~ing

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to

iQ,.i(#J4ZAJ MltMA#2itt

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get peeved. It wen Roin~ too fnr. Anna hnd been tmder a long nervous
etrniri nnd I wa~t nnxiou!! for her to have qlliet end reBt. I was just
.~

about ·to bunt in in ren.1 r.sad aarncat but before nnythina unpleneo.nt
he.ppene~ the ourriuge was ve.ca. tod a.ncl we were nwny.

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Arter a block or two I atoppod r~d tore off the ribbons end
deooro.tions but in the dB.rknees I missed a huge shoe that the boys
had 'Painted white and fastened to the oarrieee by e. long string. ::;o

that went bumpi~g along behind us to the very doorn or the ~~ms Botel
to the great ~ua~ent of the bellboyo who cuoe to get our bacs.
had deolc1ed to sto.y th:tre that n1cht for it would be

BO

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much more

restful tor Annn and we had a number of thineo to do berore w·e final-

ly started on our long Journey. noa!de we did not wiah to aey good-

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bye to our fmmilieo in the rush of the wedding night.
The leading.p~pers all had nn account of the wedding in thetr

morning i8suea. I copy one, in part.

"The mnrriege of ziea Annn

~lliot Dean and Dr. Dertrand 31lbur 1 or 31tkn Alaok~, wns n notable

event celebrated in AToudale last night. lUes !-Iary Doun, eiater or

the bride n.nd '!!lee Forbea,or ~t.Louio, attended tho ·bride and ~:r.
Harry :vilbur, or 9h1cugo, wa.a best nan tor hie brother.· •••••

The bride waa gowned in white toffctn, covered with white ax
orgn~dj'e.

T'oint lace ornamented the

corsug~

nnd she carried o. choice

boquet or lilliee of the valley and nnidenlmir forn. The tulle veil
was caught with delicate orange blossams.
Miss Dean and JUsa Forbes wore a1mila.r toilots

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OTer green tarreta. The corsage was

or

or

whi to

orgond~

exquisite embroidery and both

carried pink carnations. The house was profusely decorated withKB
aepara~JD Tines, white carnations end pink sweet peno •• The stair~cy

.

was especially effective with eapnrngue vines dotted with sweet pone •

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l~re.

Taylor wore· a booomine toilet of yellow t.&ft'atn with

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~DDDTG.

pg.386.

386 •

chiffon of the swoe shade anrl carried yellow roaes.
the groom's mother,from rhila.delphia,
cut steel.

WOI"f)

~rs.

Jilbur,

grey faille triiJ'l!!lCd in

!,aeo Bessie Dean, the br1de'e young sister, wo.ts very

sweet in white ofrtandye with lorT out bodice.
emd Master

:Villis..~

!~io::J '!.~e.deline

:a11ott

-l'ilbur, ntece nnd nephew of the groom were very

. . eet in white nnd enjoyed the occasion quite a.e much aa they were

admired. llra. Elliott, the grooms sister wore a superb toilet
white brocade with pink silk and point lace eu.rni tures.

or

J.:ra ' ''lillitl!!l

71lbur wore taffeta covered with chiffon and ornamented with rosepoint lace.
The bridal table wns massed with aweet peas and lighted with

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pink shaded oo.ndles. The pressnts were exceptionally beautiful 11nd
eeleoted with with rare good taste.

Dr. and J.~rs ·.7ilbur lett last

night for Gratiot Beach,the summer residence of the Deans, for e.
abott stay be! ore going to Sitka tor per.nnnent residence. •• Then fol-

lowed

a long list

of the guests, about a hal! column in all.

Ot all the loTely pictures of my bride that linger in my

m~­

ory none ia more beautiful than the one or that little girl that
night when, after her bath, in her dainty simple gown, ready for

bed, She ow6e to me and put her arms ubout
and said n

:My

~

neck and kieeed

~e

Husband." It waa as sweet a.rul natural as tho ehe were

saying goodnight to eome dear girl friend, .'le kDo~l t in n 111he
ahe
prayer ot Joy and thanksgiving 11r1d then went to ma XllE&K to her
room and I to-mine, &~d being Tery we~ry.wo slept.

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7e wore up prom~tly the next morning for we were to leave
that night tor Grr..tiot nnd 'Raven" Nest nnd we had much to do. On

entering the dining room there wan all my f'nmily at breakfast, except Harry who had taken the night train tor Chicago\ It was suah

GRATIOT
~

B~~CH

AGAIN.

J .A.U. pg. 38?.

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a delightful surprise and we joined them 7tor it was the last meal we
would have together tor a long time, as they were returning to Philadelphia nt once.

That forenoon we had our pictures taken in our wed-

ding clothes for we had not had any photo~a taken at the wedding, m
as
more's the pity-but it was not~customery then ao it is now. Back to .
the Dean

ho~e

to pack our weddinB presenta,and odds and ends and din-

ner and eupper there,and then the final farewells and we were away
amid another shower of' rice.
I had secured a drawing room on the sleeper and whe~e unpacked
en~led

our bags everything was loaded with rice. I believe it muot

have been nearly a half inch thick on the floor and as I gave the

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,

porter a.n extra tip the next morning I saidI we've Just been married
t

George( did you evr notice that all i'ul::nann porters are named George.1)

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"Yaseah, Be said, "I was Jus won·erin."

At :rort Huron -we found our

irunks plastered with big red hear.ts and knots 9f white ribbon but
we did not care,and only laughed with the baggage men and were soon
at the Deanery, all alone by oureel vee and greo.t chunks of' quiet

&

and rest just waiting tor us. But it was decidedly startling to hear
a big masculine voice call out the next morning before we were up,
"lliss Anna, are you there?"

·.'/hen I went to the baok door in my xx

wr~pper poor Friedenberg, the care taker, nearly collapsed !rom

shock and embarrasseent,until I explained that I was l=iss Anna's
husband and that we had Just been married. The ~~ul old fellow

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had watched Miss Anna grow up tram a little girl.·
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The weather was beautiful !or the most part altho one rainy
ie
day ~K recorded where we had a.co~y dinner cooked over the open
fire instead or going to the Inn where we had our meals as a rule ,
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and where the waitresses, some o! th~ hzving been t~ere for years,
were greatly intereeted in the bride and groom.

There is ~ picture

4lt

e

o! the table by the tireaide ~~d n ~li~pso of the interior or the

~eanery ·e.lao.
er

BlH~

Of oourae we wont to the woods end to !!o.iden Heir bow-

.took the photo there which you will

in a.l 'bll!:l of the f'a."Tl•

fin~

lly history. SWeet ae were the me:nor1oo or tho.t 11 ttle

shad~·

nook

they were more ahadows or the greater knowledge ond joy or our more
perfect love. Ha.rdly any or the cottages were open and thoro wa.e hard-

ly anyone about and it wco good just to be alene and to rest nnd
It wae juet what Anna needod.

sleep.

'Ve had been !:ln.rried on 7ednead!.•.y and reached the Cottugc on "'riday morning nnd on

!~ondey

morning Archer

C<\."'10 1

the forerunner of the

tamil;y who were coming in a !ew duys !or the summer. I was not too

ee

well pleaeed and did not aee why he might not hnve waited in C1nainna.t1 tor a !evr dnya and Aunt Helen wiehed him to do so. nut;( he
wanted to see hle'Nane' for he never quite rorgnve me !or taking ma

her away and !or my part I did not wnnt to
wi tb anyone. Of course I
ori tioize.

share~

love~ hoi: too much to be disagret?cl e or eyen fr
"'

5he ho.d Mothered und loved hiM and round 1 t hard to leave

In a dey or two we left on the Gro.nd Trunk
&~d

bride's interest

ror

ChiOU.i.)O

nur promised Tisit to Barry nnd hie wife nnd I often wished u!tcr-

YA.rd that we bad never mn.dc thn.t vial t. Uc.rry had been mo.rried. while
I was in

~1 tkR. nn.d

none of the f8J'!lily we1 e very hn.ppy about it. I

was prejudiced, naturally, and when I
east my l)rejud1oe was not lessoned.

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rather a hard,

do~1neer1ng

~et

his wife Clnra on my wny

She wo.o older than Harry and

typo or womnn

it

seemed to me an6 I round

on tbnt brttr v1s1.t tho.t I wc.a oorract. Harry wn& burdened with b'I81ne3a trQubles, o. crocked partner ln The Cobb Chooolnte Co. in

wh~ch

HQO .-Til bur end Sons had boUeht a coti[r"oll ing interest, \,.s they tt;ou(;ht

J.A.:!. pg. 309.

but Wllioh, thro aum:

tricky etoak rumipult:ttion,they aeemed likely

to lo~ee, m1d e eu1 t wu.o,pencline.
wus worl,ing very hard.

Go fhrry hud much to worry him

and

....-;c ,7e1·r: to otay to evonine; dinner and then

lcuve ir.y tl ..e early ovenincr for ~t.1'aul 1\?.~!J P.evcnR !;eat. It wa.ts all

plttnnod in

n~vu.nce

linrl we hnd e.m.ple til""tc for a comfortable 1:1eo.l and

to get to the Depot o.fterward. Dut Unrry wan a littlo late

to

hi~

hoMe

~en

getting

npartmant or 'flut'a5 it wao c~lled then, nnd as

he expected to go-to see un

orr

did not wish to put on his Tuxedo

that night as his cuAtom wE.os. Clca.ro. , however inaieted tL.at het' muet

and

.

WO.I5

.

ugly &.bout 1 t tC~o. !larry y(lldod &nc beinB tired and orooe

was elow o.bout changing and o.s a result dinner was late nnd 1 al•wa

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did get crone when neals woro very late end we 6&t down in high

~-at

uu

tcneion • Clnra wns very formt.l an~ lmcl prepax·od u. couroe dinner
to ontch our train
laut we hfl.d to lel\ve 'hefore tho me~:;.t could b() served ~~

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and it wna most uncomfortable.

Tooi)udt I :level'

d"eerved a botter wife e.nd home.

liE.rry again.

33.'.7

It wo.e a groc.t relief to get into

our ete.te room on the tre&.in and be alone. r.ut I felt
Tery :fend o! Harry and we had

llii

pa.~eed

thro

DOi.le

odd

~uu 1 f11r

I was

experieno~e

to-

gether and I felt I had lost kta his nearness x~~ to ma. nut ~e

were now really on. onr way to
II

Anna t·a oomingJ
together. The Joy
~e he.d

s 1r e~t ant! our own dec.r home, for

Anna 1 e oot!ling; coming to her home a..a:l we will be

or

1t1

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to wait mont of the day for the 'Tra.nn-continental' ao

we aa7 something of

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R~ven'

st.

re~l nnd ~1nnoapoli9. In

raot we had such a

sood time that I almoet forg~t to have our trunks rechecked and had
b~rely

time to do eo, pay the extra

ba£~se which ~as

strictly de-

manded tor all weight over 150 lbe. and cet aboard before thnt daily
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J. r.. •~.r. P.~. 389. ,,f

trnin pulled out for the raoifio

Coa~t.

.,.z::..., y4_ ~ ~ ~:ltrJ:,a:~l-e

\lho.t ever th'3 doubts about no o.."\'El t1:-o

~.(.. ~ ~-a:._

h~::.~

boon in tho

Dean family" to allow Annn itn be pr.rried beforo l!;r.ry c.nd ~-n O?i te or

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tho ro6rot lfary '!nUot hRvo felt in do in~ no no one

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me

coult~ hcve l!!U.dB

more wolcomo o1· oore heartily nnd lovlnc:ly ontcred into a.ll our planl.l
than thoy did, ../hen ono romemberu tlmt

/Jm[\

nnd koepins houce nnd ho.ci plsnnc:d to do so

wo.e r.lothcrin~ tho !itrdly

l'!'lUOh

aewlne for l!ary ~a

well as mo.ko all the nrra.~cemcnta tor her wedding it iD not ourpr1a-

1ng they round 1 t

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hard. to givo hor up.

:nut thoy took me in aa.

ono of thomsr.lTes in such a nincere Dnd coruil\l Md lovine wuy it

mLldo uo very happy and I Bhall nevor f'orcet 1 t.
I hu.U ebgngcd n atntoroom for our four-duy trip in tb t ono
trn1n, a luxury I felt vas tully
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a lone ncrvoua
g1\ro ber.

t~tra.in

and needed

Jueti!i~d

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for Anna hed been under

the quiet a.nd reet

poe~ible

to

The wenther wna fine for au.'lll':ler hs.d not tully roachod tho

plc.lna and 1 t sterued as tbo aome kind !aii"'J had sov.ttoJ.·acl wild roaea

all along the Wo.:/ rron
ao

~rotuao

~ort

nu:ron to :Jenttlo. At tir.1cs the roses were

on4 ao closa to tho traoka that their

our little roo.m. In the

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D~d

rr~crnnae

filled

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Lands we waro detained for nn hour or

mora by s01:1e t·roublo &lload nnd we wandered out nmong the buttes and
olimbod one to hnvo an extensive Tiaw

or

our weird surroundings.

Je

auw no one, oxaept at menlu, deeiredto eo~no ~ne ~~d ~a wo !elt no

ob11ga.cH.t1on to do eo, we hR.d ju:st ouBool ves un':! wore very

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lw.pp~.

J:he

Journey that hnd .,.OMod ao lon(; on other tripa wna all too ohort this
time tor 1 t waa all ntrR to lU1nll

~"1d tsh$

anj oyed 1 t all.

:'Than we

paasod Cinnabar with the. Ycllawstone Uationnl ?erk only thirty Uilea

aws.y I wns very aorry !
I had

n~vor

Cl')lll_CI

not take my brh1o thnre for o.

aeon it for tho Clorical tiokc6s on

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wluch we

!~

do.ya.

tr~volled

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ON THE "TOPEKA."

.:Hi-4. pg. Z90.

390.

at about half the cost or a re&J.Ilar

fare,d~d

oTers' I alwnye thought 'eome other

ti~e I ~ill

U.y good friendo the VanTnylno met

U!.1

not permit any etop
otop'but that time

r.t :Jc..:.ttle u.s wo had ac-

cepted their kind tnva.tion to spend o. do.;· or t";7o 771 th the;.l. They
had a lovely home high up on one or the ridceo or th~lmuch ridged
c1 ty where only ea.bl e oarz could ol il"'.b tr.~ otecp grades.

were mnny placen where you

enter a

~tore

11

from the otreet, a

climb one or two !lir,hts of nteps to the store nbove

~c

pass out sx

to the street on the tier above. The Ven Tutles home

~ad

a fine view

or

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c~uld

There

Lake ~ashington tnd the wonderful Olympics beyond on e one side

a:nd of l'uget Sound on the other. It was c.lmort equal to the views
from P.aven'e Nest but not quite, I thouo1t. The~ wore very cordial
,
and triendly nnd went to the dook to ooe us sail end ~aited there a
long time tor that tmcerto.in boat to finnnl1~aet o.way.
For yearfl 'The Palf.ific Coo.~t 3.S.Cot'lpun~r' which ran their boats
e.e te.r south as Southern Calif'ornio. nnd. !.~e:xico, wee the only line
runninG to s.~. Alasko..

The 'inaide

pneAA.BO'

thr~.t in the one behind

the ielandn, the wc.y we usua.lly went, waA very dangerous. There was
not a light house fro~ British Columbia north ~nd very

rew

pilots

!...

who could trJidc the rsteW!l.ers thro..,those treohcroua winding waterways.
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So the r.c.s.5.Co. had a monopoly and kept rateo juAt where they
wanted them. All freight went by measure, not weir,ht

e.nc!

it was

claimed by the euf'rering shippers that 1! you sent a wagon by that

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line the Company would put the pole in front end take thc.t measure
end then atcnd 1 t straight up in the air n.nd measure that und then
eque.re those two meaeurem~to R.nd tbo.t.would ba the cubic fetSt to
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be Charged tor th~ rr~ight~ ~ith the gold rush to the Y.londike other
boats began to run to Juneau and SkagwayJond the old Campany fought

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the!U tcoth u.nd nr.il.
inaten.d

or

~CO

J.. bittor xutG 'Kar follo,y·ad urut,Rn [\ result,

I ttencrEo.lly

pai~

!ol' 1.he tri;> including roo"! s.nd :!!eals

for the fi VtJ de.yo to Sitka, th.e fare now

bnt ~ 1 'J.

waG

Thr:. t Tta:s a

oheuper thhn etnying nt homo, !or many pooplc and the boa.te \Tei'e

cro7tciad.

·i,hen we went to uux t·oom, which l had cmgcgod -.eck s before

I round OU!Or

bagg&~e

in 1 t. but thoual!t 11 ttle or 1 t tor tl:.o ISC1'Tioc

,·n.e poor at beat and ste'.fa.x·da 11kaly to put
W\lU}dbe a.ll at1·c.ightened out ;yhen

liUU:a.

bll~gase

It

tmyllb.erc.

ae onilcd, Lu.ter, when

were t.mdor wo1gh toward 'l'a.ooi!la, l found more

baggu~c

in the

lfO

roo~,

rouah pD.Qjca, :miner' e duffle, 1 was eome·.vhu.t tro·-tblcd e-.nd hun ted up

my t'riend Curtio, the ruraer,

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Oh, I'll straighten that out, Doniwor·-

At •raooma ,whose origional proatige as the term.inua of t.hc north-

ern raclfio, Senttle vns

r~st

atenling awey, we rode around

I could ehow Anna my old stamping grotmd

or

~

bit

r

80

1890. An we vore reu.rning
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to the eteamer a decently dressed but rather uncouth looking men
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.
"liere' s tLe key,t' to
r•1Bhed ttl) to me mtd aho·red a ate.terocm key into r:y ha=J. se?.ying, "Jaw
roo,
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Were going bac!c to the boat 1 and thought you m;r;;h~ Wa.."lt. U

Ollr ~~le

sci,.W)'OU
11'&8

gone.

Our room? ·ve11 Just whose

roo~

11

it"und.

is that anyway'? :..nu did theJ"

lmo\1'. there wne a 1 ody in 1 t?
At lact we got away !rom Tnoomn

again but rejoioed we did not atop.

ann

hr.d

t~

go b&ok pent

It was cett1ncr

tim~

~eattle

tor dinner

aoned nt night, and all tha baggaGe wo.a otill in our roor.t. t'lnce I

tounf r. deoer:t young manrl and an older one in 1 t 'b.ut thoy clniaed

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they had paid for it and even it thoro wae a·lady they proposed to
stay but they ;yara~'/Ugly about it.
miners packs.

:;vidently tiley tselonged to the

7e wanted to get waahed up and got our bags unpacked

and Annn to get a little reet.

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The rureer hn.d dono nothing o.bo".Jt it.

I hated to bother him e.gain, tor I krtew he was ha.ving hte trouble und

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bacJl~/ over-cT,W7C~Cd r..:.nc:,

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one l7t'-S U."'lC0~!1fo:rtn.bl c und cro:J:::. ':i'llcrt! '

..,..,_d -~
~~-.c1_, n'··oa.·

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._

fr·1"
...,_

:rc."".~+:.
-

¥

<l.'J

of

an unu:.:.;~<:J.l H::IO~t:-.t of

,.;.
:..~:..roe cro·,:;.c.r1y
T, ..., ... ~~id
tl·"' tri C.
k f ol· s.a..or
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tl y ~,
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griAr."'ul~· nincrf} cc.::1c to the roc1:l.,nco.r t:hich ~~~~\Jere ~;.!i tine, a.!!d c~s-

rn~ P~q~zt..~(!...

ri ed i-t ur:li·~-..7t::~in£. Then t~1G m~ w!:a t...ac.l

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the key c,;.r.Ie ulong, in ;;a hit;h stn.te of exci ~':·-.c~ t. c.:r, (,

. if I hud l'Coorved that

he W'-t.IJ a i'l"iond of

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60l:lii

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thouc;htf\...:.11~~ given

c.nd when. I tole.· hi::

&.;1d.

•.vftn t

Y!l.C

ec. to

b"!o;7

be repli eel u:c~;. t

officicth pratt~' nir;h up in the CO:::U!J!?.ny und

r.as travolling on a -;>B.as_ Md he w<:o E;ivcn t.lollt roo;,;

'"'d

oh01•eO. me

a latter to that effect. I au.io I wus eorry but o.s I

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travt:.:lllnG

wi tl1 I:1Y wife I did 'nt oeo that :myt.hin;; oo"..ll\i be dm1e: ~.1):JUt it
l

as I ho.d reserved tho room oo long before.

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l~l the

:!0..."'1.3

I ·.vas

e01:1e-

what anxious a1Jout thn t pull with tllo COI!l:p:my a.r.d

afl·~:.id tr~.t Curtis
wo~klbe roo!'l mute
would not be able to withstand th'-.t influence, ~3. 2 r:1n~::~: a7u:. y to
Aa our

eee the ?urser I \70nderod where Anna ~,a I would ley or weary heo.ds

one! eap.eoir.J.ly, just now where "We could gGt a decent clec.n up und c;et
some dinner.

~~t very soon our mon c~e teari~G bocY-, cz~bbed hia be-

longings and bolted of! without a word. A madder ~ I navor saw. Apparently, he wa.e quite· ready, I mr:.y aa.y a."lxious, to 3h:tro HIS roo!:l

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with a bride end eroom% Re never apokc to us again on tha e~tire triP•
Dut he had

a tetrible

jolt coming to him on t:t.ct Jl30t. It

sc~a that

the kind benevolent .s.s.compruny granted ~nssea to their friends rather
freely but theea aeme pe.ssec only covered roo~ nnd trent~p~rtatiN't
but not ~ools.
ar the

As tho prico·or mcnls had not been reduced by tha rate

~o~~ted to aonsiderably more than tho ~resent ~10 regular

,
J •· .• ~:. pg. 39~.

tare. 3o it wae much cheaper to buy o. ticket thnn to tro.vel on a
paaa. That tellow'n trienl1 in tho aompG.ny, muot hu.ve hll.d a. crudee
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agninet· him of lorgo size r·nd lone; stlmdlnr..
l~earwhile there were other miX'l-pD a.s WHa

evident when ·people

began gottins their luceaeo out or thie room o.nd thut,a.nd going

.m

hither and thither, growling n."ld mvcr:rins. 1-"ino.lly the cxplunu.tion
cn:·!lo out. In the rnte-wnr t'i~ht tho ~n. Co~ pony had bookcd ovoryone
r;cttinr;
that Cfil%10 C.long _to keep the other CO!:lpany frO!:l BKl)·i:nf; them, Wld

sold tho aa~e statoroo~ oTer end over np,nin~, re~ardless of the n~x

ber

or

peo-ple~

end get them

err

it would hold.

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The iden wo.a to· get their money

on the eteomer and let the nhipe otficero do the

beat they could. No wonder Curtis had his troubleet It waG a.ll tho

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more

astonishing, therefore, to hnvo the

come to our

~uraer

atter dinner, nnd thruat tm a laree box of

ro~

peo.e unu roses

~sect

into Anna' o hands with a. ftl'Uf!, "Jweeto to the Swcot It unt! then ho
turned end hurried PJ1rPJY before wo could more

/<

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you. As

thl~ s~· ~enk

I ho.Te !!a.id, we were not close friends,probabally our 1deo.lo

~vere

too tar e.pnrt and he wo.e a silent, distant, reoei'YOd sort of

l'lW1

but lmderneath there wns oerto.inly n etreu.k o£ genuine kindnuas.

Anna. wrote to

l~orrio,

"You out;ht tt'l sea our ste.teroom, (after
a...

vto

got _settled) Throe la.ree valicaeo, oamers, extra plc.too.two large

bottles,(3he does not any whnt wo.a in
wae not allooholio.) fruit in

lo.r~e

th~

but I'll guo.rnbteo it

paokagos,box

or

cake !ro1'1 :.:rs.

VanTu)l'• frui te sent to 7rongel by :::>r. Twing the !:.1B8iono.ry there

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and now, the Pureor's t"lowera. Dr. Tw'ing wn.s tnking a. little
iTe girl east to school
three sticks of

oan~y

and

thin little

~hlingit

nskod

~e

~lut;

to taka

to 'her sinter who io in tlle :Jitku. Johool."
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DAY AT mt:~NJ.

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~e were comfortable in our roo~

an~ the pnokages ~ll stowed

away but the ahip was crowded, m~n elcen1~r. on the dining room tables
,serfe.d D-l-

in the ~okin~ room and ond two tables '\ every Meul und·the food, never

very eood)worse than usual.

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The ecoial nccomodntiono on the To-peka

consisted of a sooi~& half, a smnll spoca ~bout tho ho~d of the etaire
leedin~ to the dining room below.

There wns a

piano there an& benohe

around the walls and it wa~ always j~~ed ~~d ~o~eone banging on the

piri.no. Then there wa~ the emoking r"ot!l,not much la.rgcr, a..."'ld no women
Otl

ever went theret\ever em'lked, at leant in -p•tblio.
But we vrere ha"PPY end ke}lt to o•lrAcl veA on deck or in our r.oom

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e.nd Anna 7 wa1!i delighte~ with everythin~ e.nd in ee,to.i1es over the aoen-

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ery.

'Jhon we po.eeed :Bella B~lla., at the no~thern lir.itl' l')f nri.tish

Colur.tbia. where ~ome toter.:t boer~s stood in a ~ra.veya.rd near the wa.ter

~d saw th,se etrange totem

1

eyee' for th~ fir~t time ~r.e f~lt ahe

was getting nf!:e.r Sitka. which ehe we.!l alre'!.r!.y oo.llln~ 'ho~e'. It wa.a
snch e joy to ha.ve her with me and ~e round our con;>:,.nion3hi-p so
satiaf~ctory and restful.

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It waP. the Fourth of July -:vhe.., we re'.'-Jh!:(1. J:..m~n.u. In the- mornfrontier tO'!ft with j_tn ~c~rd or plnnl-: n.trcet~ L\11•~ loolel~ o·1t ovor
the wide ehe.~iel tn Donr,ln~ I~lt::J1~ or. tr.c ~thcr o~:.~c,r.r.c' 1-nno. h~'d
her first ~li!•tp!1~ nf nn ,'\1E'.f!l':'~.n felr~:'lt •.".. j'r'rc~e ~;rd cele1)rC'-ti on was

du.. ~ w'l..ftk..o-..a
the feature of th!' afternt:'lcn a.r. :\ c.o the b:Mttlc or Yan i 11 (;.. :t-1::' y 8.n1

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the ·~raine' .~ in l!~.vcrt'i.'. Tier'-"'~r r.1::.~ occnrt~ not lone befor.e, ":'Tncle
a mo,1ol of
Sn.t.'l· dre~aed in manilla rope .~nd car:yinG" t~tl :·.~n.inc o!l hi~ back, led

the

prOC8l!tdOn •

3port~,

tU(':S Of

war

&C.

fell 0\Vel'i b~lt tl•e ~~Of3 t in te:r•

eating event wns a rook drillinz contest, something I had nevar seen

before. A big granite bou.l.der had been brought in, there were plenty:

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f:wo .,. 1 011, n:tl~inc: e. t.:lu.o., ::luU."l t.cd it Find bct;u.n to C.ri va
.three
a c1rill, t::m f~ct 1 on~ t~nd :m inch in dla.lnatcl·, into tlia rock with a
A tie.,.
~oa?y sledp,e. 0n~ ~~n held the drill, tun!lnG it ba~aefi evory stroke

~then n er. r '\;:\· un~

t" -prevent 1 t

'bi '1din£:, '.'7hil ~ the o U:cr B'>fU!'l;~ the nl edee. ::very sixty

~

~eoonds thoy '!'T0 1J1.:1 ~)":';J'l.JG

te•1 30e.,nt1 1, 1 -

.. :3 -

.~

'l)1acl!!l, the ti;:'l:!

+ u.·1d

w~o

co.llec\ n...,d

temn to')k
see ho11

t~ rll'.~c~

fo.~t

pr~oi::tion

-::1P.

d.,pth of

-!':h~

·~1!1on

tho ohan3:3 ·.;.rould be

hole

on for five minute3

r;.

he~vy

~hen

time

nou.sul·ed. 7hun u. new

co.ref~lly

nc·;; hol o.

It. wa3 a."!lo.zing to

bic; jrillo went into tho.t hurd.

tn-:-~e

h~

~ont

nne beg:.l.n on

tr.ooc ncn owuns those

o stroke. If

counting tho laet

oo on to ten

This

n~do o~ q~iolly an p~~~!blc.

!~eoper

roc~

anu ·aith what

not one ever missed

alcdr;co.

hr..d. he \Vould l:ave ma.sl.ed hie partner's hands to pulp.

Th&y were c. husky bunch e.nd so'!!le fine lookinc; fcllowe :3J!long the:1.

The eranc3 cl noing event rrna the blowing up or that model of the 1!a.ine.

rrom Jnnea.u we we!'l t

~cross

the ehmmal to the

the b1p;geet stFmp mill in the \7orl(i t:.nd it
even tho the thouss.nd
yeA.r the mine

~hut

~tamps

g

~ren.t Trecl~v~l~_l!iill~t

u

run s:towing Anna arond
one of
were quiet. It wa.e'\the two days in the
;vu~

domi, Chri Ertmas beine the other one. U!:xcept fllr

that, night and ch:.y, s•. mr::ter and winter,Jundaya

~.nu

oth,er

never oense1 their mighty roa1·. 7iJ miGht go to

Calici~r

d~ye

they

Bey and have

tho. marvelous aip,ht or the Uuir Glc..oier und much us I wanted to wel ..

coae Anna to Raven' f) neat I did want her to see the Euir. &o we went.
to our berths not hlow·inc; which 1 t '."to-:..t:<l be.

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But when ! 1 ookod out the next morning. I saw wa were not fa.r fro~>.
31 tka for I lt11w knew tho!'e ohE.nnelns arJd mountains. ·.ve hurried thro

breakfast end went
le-an sky

villeg~J,

o~

deck Just

Old_ 51 tka.,

1!1

·~hich

ti~e

for me to point out old Kat-

we hu.d

exploH~d

t'or the Natural1
'l

History society in 1895, and only about six mile~from Gitka. There

SITKA /tlTD

e

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W&8

J .A.!.:~. pg. 396.

U0~ ..1.

the bluff where the ruined grave houeo of the old witch dcotor

where t had made my big find for the l'.:ueeum. t.nd eeeS that 11 ttle
\

.house down by the ahorej

There is a doctor's

rnt~

still thoro and

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I got some of hio bonos to illustrate my looturea to tho nurses at
the Hospital. lio was a big fellow, that old ahnmcn,
tBll.

~lmoat

seven teet

I had to get into tho house and ernwl all over him and pull

tho wrappings orr to get the bone e.

Oh! eee, Nancyt ··le' re going out

Crose Sound. 7e are too tar away to
down to that ehore there.

ae~

but some day I'll bring you

It's the oddest eight. A very heavy surf

comes 1n there elmoat t'nbroken from tho ocean e.nd the beach for n.

mile ie Juat raunded atones almost per!e~rbnlla, graded nicely !rom

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or

the size of small marbles to the aize

cannon bnlle. The aurf is

haaTier at one end + that at the other whore the islands break its
force aome what and that why they arc eo carefully
7

ar~ded.

You ace,

1ia low tide end we can\ go right up to the wharf to the town, see

it on there? Thia mesna·we must go to the channel on the other aide

or

the first row

or

Islands and then back on the inner aide of them

end eo you will hnve a diste.nt and a near view of the l'i8sion and

the dear Heat and the town. Thie doea not often happen. ·I$'n't it
luck'l
~d

now, I can copy a description or our nrrival from Ann!%

Letter tor it is ao much better than mine. " •••• As we paased the
l!iesion buildings handkerchief's were

wo.Tod

from the windows and by

the time we reached the wharf the 'aesion bo.nd was there, playing

••

merrily,to give ua welcome.

Carter,eaveral or the teachers

~~ra,

the Hospital girls end mcny town people, the latter not to
us, perheps but

th~y

welcom~

welcoMed us Juet the name. Our fellow pnaacngaxa
\.

ers,xu including some Britiehera we hnd met, were much intereeted

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pg. ~97.

:J .A.l!.

and said we hc.d a hearty weloo!!le.

After

little delay at the wharf

~.

shaking hands nnd greeting friends we went up the street and passed
tho Greek Church and juet beyond branches of he:nlock were

\

our way for ue to wulk over_ in thiumphant entry.
Ctis Smith who

~laced

the~

lishes tho weekly paper.

~Spread

in

:Bert said it vae

%axa there. lie ia a good friend and pubAe

we wore about to turn to the right into

that road e.long the bay that you see in the :photogrnph, eome friends
on the porch of a houee threw showers of rice over ua.
the first
the

l~ise ion

~kxwr~a

building. the l3oye Ilomi tory,
.

well:

Coming to

were greeted by

the teachers who could not get down to the wharf

and went up to the superintendent's office to pay our respects to
Ur. J:elly. In the yard were groups of interested spectators, the

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school children, who were smiling nnd waiting tor a word of recognition from

'Doch-tah'.

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Then on to Raven's Uest. llow good it wa.e to get there. You can

have no idea from the photograph, whaj a perfectly beautiful bit or
earth those steps span. It is just a 'chef d' oeuve' or Hature's art.
with terns and

rlovr~re,

doorstep of the Ueet.

shrubs o.nd treoa until you reach tho very
And how shall I describe the liest? So cosy

nnd comfortnble and.home-like as the living room aee!!led thut morning when I

wa~ welco~ed

to my new little home.

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The four long win•-

dowe reachin~ almost !rom floor to oeilin~ framed those wonderful
Tiewe or sea and islend and mountains;

~he

room, 1tecl!, so taste-

ful and bright.· You know the curio corner end Dert'e handso~e desk

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with the bookshelves and epaoee

f~~

hie magazines and papers. Op.

poeite thie is another well filled book case, not medical bookSfor
those are at the hospi t~tl orrice, but just a nice assortment

or

books. The couch, With nome 01• 1 ts aseort.'Uent or pillows, very f'nm1 ar to me {.1\nnn had

1!11l<1 e

the~ and sent then to me, I hs bet\7ccn the

398.

tho tYo rront'windowe e.nd there 11'1 a

!~orris

chair, throe rockc:ra, ±xbir·

table ~a. Come a..."ld eoo how cosy 1 t i "• you dear re~pl c.
~crtrnnd'~ roo~ opened fro~ the 11vinp, roo~,and the woo~ shod

is bacl{of that you know,ror I ho.c to soc it all. Then up tha •col'!1pe.n-

1on way'(which

~snt

halt bad after all, and ceto you to the nccond

tloor in such a bueinese like way) to my room over the living room.

nartrmd had !ixed 1 t up so nicely. (but 1 t wne probnbally Aunt Deal' a
lavina hands that had kept tho dunt awc.y thoao t;ro t!lOnthn oi.noo l
lett it, althf') it ~i~ht have been !!lea Gibson. l'.l .::.)

J\.

gold .kx

brown co.rpot, white woodwork, yello"" puper,white a.'1d brass bed,chefu.nd
tonier,bureau, wanh stand, bookco.ee, stea~cr chair, upholstered for

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lountting, other cho.irs and ibree beautiful beautiful windows with
yellow and white draperies.

On tte bureau were the Deo.n pictures,

l!ay m·d Bees and Arch, the only .ones l3ert hc.d of tho f.c.:nily, eo you
were hera to welcome me.
Some

or

our tourist trienda f'rom the stemner wandered up to

our house Tery soon, among the some true Bri tishere I had· taken e.
fancy to

kilo

and~

were r.1ost

~enial.

One of then remn.rkad, "Your 11 ttle

new b&me is most terribly cooy, now imt it•;" 7e did'nt. do cuch that
day tor iiur t1mo wae so broken by people ann thingD (nut wo ccrtninly
sent letters homo telling of our aare arrival, r~t leo.ot.D.E. I.) ./e
took dinner end supper at the

cordial and pleo.aont.
workers eo nice.

Te~cker'e

Club whore everyone was moDt

I am a.grl.loebly aurprised in· finding nll ·the

I tea.red they might be orc.nky but we ho.ve

~ery

Jolly times at the table. (It must have been my f'o.ul t tlmt Anne had
•

not ea:pectod better things from the 'workers~J).K • .1.)

!.!r. relly 1e

just apl endid, qni et, perho:p!S, but with a atrcu.1:: of rtt,o.l humor nnd
alwa.ys thoughtful tor others. Y.1!5e Gibso-n ha! been so kind nnd ttood Wv;:·

(with thltt,thc cccone· volton! .~r ey ctnry I l,~ve ohe.n~od tta title
which io,now, 'Ju3t ubout l:a u.nd litJr.' Uence nbove. A'lthor,)

.

·:;e tal=e bron.krnot vi th her nt tho hoop! tul bcoauoo tho other teachers keep auoh vory 03rly hout·o but thut dooa not cean thc.t we nro

sloths by any rnecna.

Aunt Deal lmo been eo busy t~t we~ hnvCil not

acen very mucL of her o.nd she ia goinG away in Ausust.
Thurodo.y, tho do.y o.fto1· '3e arrived, l -'C.B introduced. to tha

eon pools in our very front yard, und found so many intoroetinG crea-

tures, Jelly fish. atnr fish, orubo,ond
one, sea urohina end beautiful sou wood.

~11

uorta of shell

fioh,un~­

Tho shore is so bonutitul.

Fancy whnt the rocks nt !Imvport or Uo.rblehond would bo if bluo bells
and turns grow ou.t of tho crevicea of the hi~oat ones e.nd heathur

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end ahrubux ,vinos, deap moss nnd treaa wheroavcr th~ tidos loft
theo un~isturbed in tho daproaoiona.

~o

hud n little row over to

a near island(about n JleJ.t ~ile awo.y.l3.Y: • .V.) in tho afternoon Md
going over I cast my trolling line and caught two blaok baso, ouch
weighing tully throe -pounds, I am sure
•

-ve have

hod good

••

weu.ther everyday but ~·riduy was one of thooo

gloriously brilliant d~o thut /~uak~a claim ca espeoi~lly their

tor

own. Tho tonohers wero buoy gottinc roudy for a reeoption %4 us
to bo hold tho.t ovoning and na wore wera not ullowed to hel:;>, even
"V'o~w~~o..(

n little bit und Dertrund'o medicul~vory light ~e cleared out tr~.
undor toot by tukinc tho littlo convaas bout about ~oon and going

over to ~uo Boll Cove on nne or the Ial&ndo, n n£me Bert save it

'

becauue of tho lota or blu• bolls in creviooa ot the rocka all about.
(I oau{;ht some tioh on the way, too. It is ouch tun to haTo a per-

petunl bnit.)

·;;e lo.ndod on n little beach washed ®ll:l by the tides

twice a do.y end the water io or.; cloon .and puro it len.vea no dirt be-

~

Omt R"SC~TIOU.
Bertrand built a fire

~~d

J.A.U.a.H.

400.

pg.400~

soon we had lunch ready with overhanging

vines and little flowers peeping out around the edge or the cloth.
Oh, it did taste eo good.

After a climb around the island to points

of vantage D..."ld secluded little flower dells we came home in time

tor a swim.

Th~

water was delightful, about as cold as Gro.tiot,but

being salt 1 t was glowing.
After a hasty supper at the 6lub we donned our best bib and
tucker for the reception. I wore my white and yellow silk, (and, by
the way, a.ll my clothes came in excellent condition~ The rooms· on
the first floor of the Boys Building, were beautifully decorated
profusion
with potted plants, ferns and evergreens and such a wonderful &xx~

•

ot pansies.

The way things were improvised interested me, it wao

ao clever and looked so pretty. Sections of clay pipe were covered
with white crepe paper with atrin·gs around th8!11. Through the strings
these great,· large pansies were slipped until the whole was covered
while

in~the

top or the pipe were great spreading boquets ot ferns,

grasses and vines with brilliant colored leaves.
looked eo pretty too

wit~

The dining room

circles of pansies on the white cloth.

Almonds, ol1Tea, rolled sandwiches, chicken salad, ice cream and oake
and cottee were served to about two lrundred, guests. Just about
·everybody in town was invited, that is the white

p~ople,

tor there

are three classes here, '.Vhi tea, Russians and Indians, the Russians

•

not being classed with the 7hites.tho there are some very nioe peoent
ple among them and some were pres% that night. So we met, one ma
moment, the Attorney General and the next the clerk ot the grocery
\

etore1 ~erhaps the Russian priest ant then a guard from ~he jailt
\
the ~overnor en~ then,maybe 1 1our Irish washer lady, but all so
viW lL.iC~ .. 1Io..1·
-;.·\••.h•.r•n• b.t!•"foo•
ioo•

J .A;:. 9..1:.

A.l:l'OT:Ffl'm PI CHIC.

pg. 401.

401.

·cordial and poll te and clean and gln.d to oee the Doctor' e wife. I
wao ao- proud of

rr~

husband !or thoy all seeo to be so devoted to
~~

him and, indeed, I dont blame them for hcf is ulwnye so pleasant
and kind to everyone. l!.r. Kelly and J.!r. nnd
minister and his wife,reocived the
with ua and presented

the~

~fre.

HcClello.nd, tha

{!Uest~hile !.~rs.

Carter stood

to us. I thoroughly enjoyed the evening

and it was ao kind of the 'Ladies of the

1~1 esion'

to arrange 1 t for

ua. It meant ao_ much trouble for them, writinc and dellvering the
invitations,preparing every bit or the

rerreel~ents

th~eelvee,

decotating the rooms and collectinc necessary odds and ends of oil.ver and china and linen from their friends. Mrs. Saxman and Mise
Gibson were the prime movers but every one helped.

•

·.7e did thorough-

ly appreciate their kindness. (And maybe, I was 1 nt a proud, huppy
man for my wife was so charming,end lovely, mnkine friends with all.)
That wns ona Friday avenine and 3aturday afternoon we went

out in the large boat with

l~rs.

Carter and the three hospital girls

for a tinal celebration for Selina and Annie Leask who were to
be.ok to Uetlaknhtle. on

~onday

go

ns their time here is over. 3e went

to another.ielend nertrand and I climbed up a stoep ledee _of rook
to the eum."!li t of the cliff and then eaoh climbed a wild crabapple
tree in order to cet abovs the shrubbery and see the ocean and the
bay. Oh, it wne wonderful. I just wish I could make the
some idea or the beauty.

~a

came~ ~~~~

came down the other side of the cliff,

winding our way on hands and knees on the heavy moea, four inches
thiek, nt least, under the low growing crabtrees. The rast or our

•
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party atayed on the shore picking the salmon and blue bcrrioo that
grow here. These blue berries are not like the

·~astern

ones but

are quite tart an.d many of them e..re br1111a.n t ecarl e t. Bert says
they are remarkeblte tor they are red blue berries th~ are white

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J.A.M.a.H. pg402.

SUPPERS IN RAVElP S NSST.

white when they are GREEN! And that' a true.

... . . .,

Then we wet over

402.

a.~

another island, they are all ao different, and this one is just a
small bed o! rock that has beab ole!t into two almost equal parts
with tall trees growing on_ the very top but with almost perpendicular aides. There were many facinating sea pools and quantities of .
those

~•KW*tfw~

exquisite abaloni shells.

Home againand Mise Gibson came over to supper with us. Bert~
ohocoln ~panel
prepared some delicious cre~ed chicken, string beans, b~scuit,(probabal1y brought over by Mise Gibson as we had no way to make

th~)

which with apricots and chocolate cake made up the menu.

spredd

.

~e

our cloth on a knoll in our front yard, with ferne and flowers around
it and with our new ail ver coffee pot and tea spoons weXK were very

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proud and'haughty' and happy and everything tasted ao good.
We had supper at home several times and Bertrand is just the
the beat cook. One time we had been working hard all day, moving
down to the Manse probabaily tor we were to stay there while Mr.

'

VcClelland is away to be company for his wife,and that dear husband

ot mine thought I looked tired eo he invited me to supper at RavenSs
~est. I was not allowed to
until he

COt!la
~to~

can imagine.

xaK4

help but placed on a couch to read

me, and soon the daintiest little supper you

A pretty oenterpice of flowers and ferns from our own

yard and a little boquet at my place. Smoking hot, broiled venison
and such good graT,y, beans, bread, tea, with sliced apricots and
cake, all

moat.~ppetieing.

There are so many things to tell you but I.must close now. One
dayrYhen we were out in. the boat we saw a real live spouting whale
quite close to us. our plan.s a.re 8.11 made for the addition to the
Beat.

~e

shall order_the lUmber thie boat and

t

ex~ect

to begin the

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p g. 4 0 {J.

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the middle of August." In my Journal, e little later I wrote," ·;c
plan for another bed room o.nd a new livine rooM,the present living
roor.1 to become the dining room. Anna has planned the stair way with
pnper modele end sketches and while I claim that I shall never be
able to get upstairs without a

com~ass

I really think it is very in-

genious. The work will bo done by the Cottage bpya, at our expense ·
of course, but

t~r

Beck will help as hi a time allows and have super-

vision. l7r. Xelly has been very kind in having clearing done about
the houoe and I

~now

will help ue in every possible way.

Happy~

·7ell I shout:! about, only Anna. forgets that we live on the edge of
the wildernese End objects to my gentle exclamations of delight.Just
at this moment I. am sitting on the

•

~latform

at the head of the stairs

with Anna only a few feet away,but too far at that; she too is writing and happy as were the early do.ys they are not to be compared with
deeper joy that we know.now and seem to know a wee bit better every
day.

.'/e are absolutely planned and executed for each other and earth

ia so tull of joy that I sometimes feel it is but tor a moment and
must slip away.

~Vhen

1 feel that Anna is but a dream and will fade

into the distance I have to hold her a while so that •he will not and
accounts for my havinG my arm about her eo often. Once or twioe 1
have tried to persuade my wife that she wo.e homesick, just to tease,
but with no succeee."
It was a sad day when we bad to say goodbye to the Leask girls.
They were such nice girls and such a help. ·::re expected 31ilina.· back
atter a Tieit to her people,bnt I hated to see the:n go.
letter

S~ina

Here is a

wrote to me while 1 was East. 1h1le it was written

when I went ~ast to be operated for appendicitis It give some side'
lights the life there aad of the gi.rl herself.
"

\.

ee

_2~1l!.lo.'e
'!~y

dear Doctor,

the~!elvee

J

lette:e.
~ie

.A.!~.

.(04.

&..Ir. pg.404.

ju8.t el:!!'l'le hor.1e from town whore the people enjoyed

celebratin& the Fourth(of July. I was

oo~~o.ndeered,

one

yenr, by t}'le Capt. of the !!arine oomptmy, to make the Fourth of July

oration.fin the pret'Scnce of the Govenor ond other high officials.)
They lwd ounoc rn.oe(all nativc)bcae ball e.nd ouch things like that.

·.ve enjoyed the fun though a..,d yet wa mios you.Oh doctor, if you ha.d

only kno\ln how wo felt the day you left here.(I believo every one in
here felt the very

s~e I

felt.)

Perr~pn you

noticed

~or U5. It

wo.o r:. sud ptLrtine indeed doctor. ·.1hen I left ho;ne( the Hospital) I

was not reeling co bad ae I felt when you bid us goodbye. Annie said
to me ''It 1 s a very sa.d thins to ~!: bid doctor goodbye, 3elina, so

let us not go home." 3he knew it very well it will make her feel

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Tery bad &Gain to bid you goodbye •. So you·, sec evary one here felt

very bad o! your going, and yet we hope you will come back oafely.
Indeed.we were so sur,rised to hear !rom you very soon. ~iss
~ibeon re~d us part

or

your letter~ Yee.dootor,wo know you felt very

bad when you left here ~~d we hope your absence will not bo very t .
long.

Since you ~ent away we never go out eailing and maybe we shall
never hnva it till you come back aeo.in.

, •••••

•Jhile wee wor~ in town this afternoon and while the men were

'Plnying bo.eebe.ll £. cc.ilor wa.s shot by a white me.n in ~!1llmore House
(the h"tel) The bullet entered hie chast clo5e to hie a.rm.

The

people too~ hi!!i now to the ".1arine hoapi tal. . And the white t:tan who

'

did the ahooting ra~ away towardsthe woods they could not tind him

·yet.

'

Yr. Gamble is doing nicely ae we hope( '! l!e had his leg brokeri

just bo!ore I had to lea.ve.) and ~octor, ~pen my word, since I came

•

to thio

ho~pite.l

Gamble.

Ye~terdP.y

sang sonan to

I never t!a\7 n pcti(!nt having eo many visitors as Mr.
the boys vioited hir.1 end today the girls cnme and
1

hi~.

'1e ohra:~~ hnve

think we
to t;ee

you. Our pre.yere are with you. Your office looks

forg~t

quite dull

prayers in the I!l.Ornins as unual, doctor. Do not

thout you.

\111

r.:very time ! went in there I

t!te girl a too

~ron.

BE!.Y

the :sa.r1e.

l.~o.y

•lwaye~

expect

the Lord be with you

P-nd brine you safely to uc i e the prayer of, Your friend, Selina" •
?hie letter

ia in

It

very cleur recular writing,very few mie-

ta.l-:ee ae will be !een as ! have not ma1ee- any corrections and only
omitted ~orne

•

the par~eraphe.

'Of

Bven

. who caul d read and write and much
it is

that

remark~ble

~

of the affection

"

re~ard

o.'ho~e

the ave raze still I think ·

girl who had never been

la to school could -:rr1 te so well.
aie:

tho the J.eaak girls had paren;t

aw~y

from Metlakaht-

The letter is also and indication

the girls had for me,an affection that never

bee rune personal or uncomfortable, in

~

the slightest

I was

desr~e.

fortunate in being able to maintain, without thought or effort, a

happy comraderie when we went on outinge or
but with no loss -of respect and

or

profes~ional

course I wao coot careful nnvcr to take

.ntt without r1es Gibson or sone
•

also wrote a. lett or bnt A.,nie

~

ha~

o(

~ervice

any

picnics

when on duty.

of the girls anywhere

the other women. f~ie llinea

j)Oor vi3ion due to. coneal opacities

and was a '!'hlingit "ith no help 3.t. home in her· earlier days.
her letter

4lt

1~

aaa

worth pre3ervinc here.

Still

Dr. 'Vilbur, Dr.I thought I

':/hen
would write to you this boat. so here I am. Uies Gibson told me to
write to you

thi~ ~orning

I

thou~ht

of many things to tell you but

when I begin again I cannot thin1t of them, but I will try to tell
you all I can tor one thing I will tell you that we have beee clean-

A1ffi II!

'\

J.AJI.

HTIP.'!S 'LETTZR.

a~H.

..

pg.406.

406.

house this week we ol ea.n Operating room. I did not do much. I do
\

very little work.( She waw never very well. B.l:.w.) \7e have the O!f'ice and the Drug Room to olean yet but we dont mind that.

we

will

do anything so you ce:.n co!ne back quit(quick) !!Owe will have the
whole house clean for your return.the Hospital is paint brown and
It

k~ x~ ~

looked like

K

chocolate cake. Just like a big cake

and the windows is paint kx~ white and the doors and selamxe(Selina)
eay lt look like the icing. now I will tell you about my teetn. I
had very bad tooth ach. and the dentist pull it out.

o.my It did

hurt. I thought he will have to pull my he~d out too. but just. think
I didnt yell. then he fill my front teeth,you know ther~ere two
bad ones in !ront and that was the ones he !ill.~. now I have •
~

something more to .tell you beside my tooth troubles.

Miss Gibson

and the three girls went in aboat to Jamestown ~ay • and thought
their would climb 1.:t. Verstovi e {Veretovia) and so they did. I was
only one I was only one to et·ay home because my tooth was aching eo
bad, so I stay with ur.Ga.I!lble. \fhen It begin to rain, I could.nt k
help but be glad I didn t go. ·;/t.en they was co!!1in~ beck they lost
they way,cwne down the wrong way, an al~ost reach sew mill Creek
(saw Mill creek, more than a mile from where they ho.d landed .BK. ;{.)
than had to climb back to where they had landed when they came back

'

they was wet to the ekin.they had a good ducking and annie lost one
o! here shoe. oame back with only one shoe. I think it was Tery fun•
ning thing to happen~ I(it)was so old {odd) that ehe wouldnt keep

it one(on) her feet. we all had good laughing over it 1! you wae
•

here you would help us to laugh too because we wish ·ror you to see
them the looked so funKing. now I will close and hope you are well.

e

.,. • • • .a..J.....••

•I eHe.:...

e

4'u·7•

P~·

407.

-:-:rc P!.re nll "l:ell nn.:.:. thWll: you 'lel·y nuol.1 for tht. picturco you send.
us. T

ao

!'!~ko

nic ti.l:o Li.lt. yotJ. lmm1

Ino.l.l1Y

hurd. 1 t is for -oe to

ho~T

·.will lliHlt:riJtv.nd IlY writinL;. oo I \rill at

t:1lk ri:ht e.:: 1

l.o~~~~ :fOU

clc3c with boot

•··i~;:~o c....'1~ t~Ov..lluu~,

good b:,·o. lo1 ro!!l, Annie C.liines."

';.'hut letter 1::..; na..lly vu1·y re::1arl:ul>le whon one conoicer:s what
&.

"tery li ttl;:,.

y,·:.m2;

ooL.::>olln~

·:r~o \1:.J. J

to

lt11l.J ~nonl;l:

~t .:.: 0':.1

:1

Ol~j

.\.rutia hb.d and whut difficul tic~ nho had to

t !,-;

oy tllO

uoi~ool

from

'WCu.l·~h

thut oo!'lO!l lat-::r. ":clinGl

8

t:-.~::

;,ea~.

\fhon i.

b.

f!Old

•1a!l

thoro, end boro him
/

~~lime

nul pl1

f~und but

uo.:rua bu.ol: to. the hoopi tul c.f'tor o.

never l:rar., rnr ;:hen J:\·,·c o;.;;.:'lo l.lao1.: f:co:.1 31 t.ktt. 1 l·ather cut loooe from

e

/.l~okun 1 i fo

I

nu tht.t it; to t;o l'Ot;l'Ot.t"U.· Vf:Jl·y cood pictures or lUee

'' were taken
r.1baon E!n(1 tho l;irla ~111 Lc fijw&<.~ in the a.lbume. 'i'hure
wl th my cn..alt'rt:., the

or~e

eii d 1;o • by 1 ct tcr '-llc! I

a till Lh-vt:

!

tllcu~ht.

fo1·

I 'ble-.vt myeelt nfter Anna.

I wouJ d ahvuya be a batchel·or. H

('nc 'l:oulrl think tru.:.t :I uhl notlieint:; thoee early dnyc but pley
but
/

tll~.t

i

not tr-.J.a. 'l'hc.ro

~

\lD.s

the usual routine work ee.ch day and

or· thu t 1 t \7oulc (jnly be monotonous to record. 1 t. I or.m honestly

any thnt I
cept

ncv~r

:>~rh:~.~c

\V"illi"'llly noe;lected tey work or c.ny pc.rt

u ti:nc ol: t-oo

wh~Sll,

or

1 t, ex-

o.fter u lone rainy period, l!iea

Gibson tlould cone out ou tho b.i.oh po1·cb of the hoepi tu.l and Jump up

I

ana do·.m in the: ounlicht and
notl1int; can

:~top

r.1c. ''

·~~~~n u~

~u.y'I

'm

gain~

to the mountains and a

Ullgilt tit.ke what girls could be spared

and go tor a fe-1 houra but u.t that nothing really •ut'torod by 1 t
and the urge to set out after the long confinement was almost 1rrt-

-~.

408.
o! ~i~or r.nr~icr.l ~oAe~ ~no at least one confinement case during
tbe 5\l"'!~er. :Bnt the wea.\her woe nnusnall y dry a.nd most of the Ne. t1 vc~ were 1\t the'! t r !'\'Jmmer ORT'I\ps and ;as n Gibson n~eded rest_ after

he ~nn'hJ e tiut.y whi 1 e T wan ~ast eo I tried to free her fro!!l all tha

work -pn!:!!l'i.'hle. I find that Anne. ke-pt eome of my recordo !or me and

hel~ert with the ~renaration of dressings and eo forth !or the winter
worl::. Sh~ ju3t wanted to enter in all my work a.nd help everywhere.

~r::r:cltd :'>'"!Jttm t!(~e'X%1!"XKcpU lr:%IXtl:t~a.tXU~tn;!t:t..Jelli3!L:J.XlL'dUY.Jtii.CI!ixLql•
I
hen:i:t!.ttP.'l't

nf C011t'Ae, viewerl in tho light of a deeper devotion and

g~enter ~aori!io8 we might have arr~ged !Qr Anna to co~e to zeattle ~~~ ~eet me there or even at Sitka and be marticd but it did not
ocour to •Js a.a 'f'OB~i.ble a.Tld is her people roully did not know me
it did n~t eeeM neoeeeary and I do not think that either ~r. ~ao­
A!ee or 1rr. Kelly even :thought of it. If tl"~ey had it would not have
been fair to .a..."lna and I em glad it was not e. -problem we ha.d to faoe.
l!owever, nne of the other workers, A t:r. Carty, general helper,did
have hi~ firunce come out and they were ~urried at the ~ission.
I. wr..s r.nY.iou~ for Anna to get on

beautiful, c.nd we· did

JIRn~ge

£.

mounte.in top, they were eo

to squeeze in a tri-p ultho we hesitated

eo~10 time bofore we finally decided to do 1 t.

AD

1t

w~a re.ther too

much o!" a. tri-p fr,r o"le day I t>lanned to eto.y two nights on tho top
and that Made q'.lite a lot or duffle to take along.

kindly 1 et

tHI

he.ve three boys as guide a and packers and we worked

until nonrly ai~nirrht getting ree.dy to etart.

with us

an~

!!r. Y.elly very

we

~ere ~way enrly

next morninG.

/..nnie nines went

r ha~

nbout torty

pounde and a ri!l e to carry e.nd the boys he.d hes.vi er pt'.cks lt1!tlt
There is a picture taken just be! ore we started.

~~~

409.
The first tiilo or no wo.s thro the

t.r\7Dmi)D

bo:olt of the m1no1on

and we wore rubber boota until we co::1e to tho buoo

or

tho mo·.mtl:lin.

There wo cached the booto in the bronohco of o. troo o.nd wont on dry

\

ehOd. There wno no :reul trnil ond- tho soinG wuo utruight up end pret'f

eo~aoiUllY

ateep,

tho lnot

f~

hundrea feot. I

V~'ad,

alw~s

aa I

did,

that I would never curry a pack aca.in, but the minuta we finally emerg-

ed trcm the timber v.nd stood in tho boc.utifnl mtnlo

or

deer weod

among the poako it was nll forgotten and 1 wan ready tor another
climb.

7e

~ent

on eo.oilY to a higher

~oint

end mudo

o~p

by gotting

lunch. -:;a were on a :ridge with a large ono" bcnk on one side Juot below ue where we put b'-ltte:r end otherf.peril!h&bles in the unaw, while
the other aide sloped RWDY to the vDlla.Y with tho
•

~isoion

in the die-

tanae, e.ll very lovely in the bright eunahino. Tho boys scu.ttored
over tho ronge and aoon

o•:m• back to

~;at

the gu.., ood aoon brought in

aOille pto.rmismt• whioh uloo went into out hnnciY refrifOru.tor. J.nnu
and I were Glad to :rest "while end than went to the enow-bunk
had

0.

~md

r

snow bo.ll tight in F.l;Y. A~ 11) $
Juat bolo·a our ridco lOtS ware somo of the stunted ooda.rs with

thoir brnnohes all. blown out to one side and under these I round

B

cosy nook, quili'level, ,"hera I made o. col:lfort.c.ble bed with dry graaa
u
and mosa, and apre~our
blenkota there. Attor supper we hud a little
service. 1 o.lwayo felt a little neu.rar to the etornal veritioa ~·

on tbe motmtnin tops c.nt d then, as 1 t grow du.r~er, we set a largor
d
o. greu torch
end cedar treo on tiro~t6 tluce up in «or~aou~ beauty, It atood
alone so there wo.a no danger or o. f'oreut tire, so:neth1ns c.J.moat un-

~

kown thoro. The wood,•era too wet. Vory aoon •• o:rwrled into our
cosy nook o.nd found 1 t very oomtortable, foX' a ..,ery short while,ho"3evor, for Pll too aoon the_ toean tJoaquitoea which had beotjdel1ghttull:Y llboent llll do.;y, round ua out .,_,,d we had

nor netting.

30 W81'8

had

S'l'W.!PING AND

'

to leave our

CL~ARIJfG.

snu~retreat

J.A.~.

a.H. pg.410.

410.

and Move up on the ridge where the wiaer

Native boya were sleeping for a breeze blowing there drove most or
the pests away, but,even there,Anna says we
over our heads with just

an~

r~d

to pull the blankets

openins for air. I do not remember

that but probably I slept more than she did.
The next mor)ng we had planned to ascend one of the higher
peaks but we were so lame and sore

we

were content just to loa!

around altho I did take a run to one of the lower ones. There was
no breeze at all and it was almost intolerably hot. The boys had
ed
gone off hunting deer. Annie Hines had wa.ndere~ oft somewhere and
Anna and I strolled about on the gentler elopes, coming to a little
pooi, a few feet·wide,in a secluded dell, and we had a refreshing
bath tor the sun had taken the edge from the snow water. liext morning we were up bright and early and packing our duffle, now oonsidtor the boys hn.d. not got ten a d'eer,
·
erably lighter we made our way down and were home .6 by three oolook.
·
.
~nna'a to
"And what or my life here'?" I quote from a letter cf~Aunt Helen
Tayler of Aug. 5th, • ·,yell it is just as wonderful and swee.t and hapPY each day, and the charm of

my

new home grows stronger.

~e

have

been clearing and leveling a little or~ our extended estate." ( And
thereby hangs a tale. It was 3e.turde.y afternoon when the llisaion
boys were free and some of them glad to work tor a little money.
•

I had been blasting some or the

~any

ing brush and what not. Anna had her outing suit on, knee skirt and
legg1ngs,just a bit questionable in

•

stumps and we were busy burn-

tho~e

days, and we were hot and

grimy ar.d rather disheveled. Now Saturday afternoon was the great
day tor calling in Sitka and Lo and behold1 who should appear but
the u.s.District Attorney

~~d

his wi!e to make a formal call. Not

being able to find us they ccane arolind the corner of the house and
there we were. The house had prevebted our seeing their approach.

. '

'

J.A.u.e.n. pg.411.

UORE .ABbUT RATin! ' S lfEST.

l'

411.

it did not bother me but Anna, just !rom thetf' East, felt quite embarrassed, both as to

coi~ume

and

appear~nce.

But we made the best

of it and I am sure we did not lose cast, but 1! we did I, !or one
. did not care for I had little liking for the lady and no respect for
her husband.~ "The !iv~ittle trees we brought !rom Gratiot seem to
be in good condition and we hope they will grow, as each one is taken
!rom some spot that is dear to us and not neglecting a little hawthorn.
tuce.

·;re have fif'ty plants
This fall wex are

of

~oing

Scotch daisies and radishes and letto scatter seeds in all the crannies

and ledges and stumps for all !lowers grow so luxuriantly here,mignonette, pensies,naeturtiums, begonias and !uchias, and poppies. ·
We have a little garden about twenty teet square.

It waa &

cleared a great many years ago as an experiment in agriculture. The
stumps and roots form a hedge about it, overgrown with vines and terns
and wild berry bushes, and even creeping little pines and hemlocks.
After we build we plan to entend it to the house and try to raise
our own vegetables, J cauliflower does splendidly and rhubarb, peaa
aad root vegetables. Come and help us make our

experim~nt

in agricul-

ture.
7e have gotten. our sail boat in order.( From my experiences in
Morehead, I thought a sharpie would be just the boat tor me but I
•

was dead wrong in that and it took two boats to prove it.
one was very elaborate with a !ine jointed
wood.

in two colors ot

That one was wreCked before I ever used it, got loose. one x

night and piled up on the beach. See photo.
•

de~

The first

The next was larger

and no fancy wdrk. I soon tound that the single large· sail was no
good eo· cut it down ·and

~ut

in two amaller ones. In smooth days it

was tine but no good in Sk& rough water. Only a staunch, round bottom boat would do for that. It is the second sharpie that ~na reyer~

s

A-.nfA 'WTIIT;; OY

•

onn

DOINOS.

412.

"The other dt1ywe took all the little boys off with us ror a sail, and
picnic suppor. ·.ve I!lade some taft'ec for them

\

how the did enjoy it.

(I Rhould say

th~jdid.

o.nd sticky

yo·t con ir.Jagilie. It l!Ot .on the roofo or their mouths

a~

It was mo.de

anr

fro~

corn syrup

ltlld. wan

us tough

end stuck to their teeth and the grimaces end twisting 1n their
torte to dislodge it kept us in roars of laughter.

or-

They had been

toueht not to .put their fingers in their mouths while eating and near.
.
ly stood on/ thei~ heads trying to get it loose until we told th~ we
would excuse them if they

~ried

it loose with. their fin&ers and how·

grateful they were and how much more tun they

t~d

with tho candy then)

• We cruised in and out among the islands and had auppor in the boat

•

re~urning

about eirrht oalock.

I wioh you mi3ht look out on this sea
me now. About throe

~ilea

or

gold thnt lies beforo

away I see the white aurr breaking on a low

rocky ielond while nearer are the green

wood~d

avrot~s

the

isle.nd.e. Todo.y we had

J~y

splendid invitation to go to a distant ielnnd with some natives

and~

two white teachere, in u big canoe. The nntives nro going tor deer
and there are also berries and grouse and salmon
It ie a very

lo~g

etre~~e

and even bear.

trip and tnkea all day to go and oome but, einoe

thie is steamer day we could not accept very well and beside it ia my
dear Dertrand'e birthday

and

wo wanted to

be

alone together if we can

tin·d eny time •

.7e had a letter from l3a1guire, Cuba., today vri tten by Ur. '!Josea
who was in the thick

or

the tight at 3antiago.

It w&a a long vivid

letter end was begun that nunde.y mominc when he looked up tram that
•

letter end wae the first to eee the 3~anieh shi'PB approaching. 'fhink
of 1t1 It

ma~e

the war very repl nnd very terrible to ua.

I hopo you deur people heva

rec~vcred rr~

nll you did to make

my wedding de.y tho hc-p-py day 1 t wae. I often otop in a.t the J'un3e

J.A.~.a.n.

'

pg.413.

where our boxes are stored , to lovingly onreos the 'Js' and nert never

41

seee them without drawing me to to hi~ and asking if t% 1 reBlizo what
it r~ally Deane."
I have tow1d the aotuel letter ~other ~&xx
row ·oaya e.tter the battle 01~

,.,

:>an

ti

referB to, written a

o.go, in th& !.>pa.'lish-kH!r1oan war, by my

good friend, Liou. otanrord :;.~foaee. u.s.N. and I think it ia well •
worth vhilo preserving it here.

wn.n.SVixen, Daiquiri, Cubn.
~Y ~enr

'

•

Frlende:

suntiny, 6 / .•.~,!., July lO,leSD.

J"uz t n. week ago, the mom ins of t.be Zrd, I bet:P'o.n e.
letter to you. I had fini~l:od c.bout throe par.;os Wllt:n someone enid
'thc:·e goen a big explot:iion in tl·.e l·~t!.l·t.or'. TLc.t 'W&.c c.t 3e.nt1ugoJ
and ~rtcr hE.i.ving eeen tl:e b.tn..c rerri:.-.Ec mc.ke her fc.:nous trip, und
two 01· thr~e t1nco watched our ehi'po bonb3.rc, c ainclc explo3ion
did'nt ~Dtonie~ anyono. But there c~~c a eecond e~plo&i~n, and I
walked over to the chip~o Dida juet in tilllo to point out to our CAJ........
ta.in, the first· of tl·.c ~paniah s'hipe r.~crt;inz fro~ the harbor mouth.
I put down my portfolio c.11d now r.. \Y}~ole lm::y wcel: hr.o pnm~c:i.
Ae the !;p&.nish floct came out, firinc D.t! they cc'!l7a;e.r.d the ehore
butteries 8l1d ottr obitHi ull open firo c. t~:rill mc-.;·.n ct-.!'1~ oyer t!le
that I will never be able to ceaoribe or forcet. It wcs a mont
aagniticant eight! 7he Vixen lay olooo innhore in tho track of the
oncoming fleet, (jhio io Comnodore Gcr~oJ'o di~rntoh boot) and from
ue, extending five mileo to the l~u.sto;;-c.:-d,cnnc 'the I1ron>:l!rn, 1'exaa,
Iowa,Indiana, Oregon, New York,(a aplencid ~ ~ ~attle line)
end the dis-patch boat Glouc~ster. 7ho Ya.neo.chunetto ~d Newark were
at Gauntanimo. The Spl:.Ilis.rea tried. to brec.lr tl:ro the Prooklyn end
of the lino, and oonaequently one hc.d to bear the hotteot part of
the fight. At one time ehe wac fightinG three chipc t'.lr.oat aint;leii
handed: tho other ships not having co~e to oloee ranee.
During the whole battle and ohu.sc, \'thlch l~.'St'1_ifor four hours
and extended for nixty miles. The 'Zrooklyn led. the Cf')lU'!U!\Jn£Jxt Calle
the magnificent Oregone,plowing a.lon~ n.hc,:.r., wcy t>..hea.d of all the
otl1er battle ahipa, and tiring her for.vnrd 1:!., ~ms at wh~t we.a
then the only survivor of the 3-vani:Jh fleet, the Cristobel Colon.
Then came the Texas end fe.r behind the ~!ewYork. The other 3hi~e
had etOlJl'ed to reecue men fl'O!I'! tho Oquendo, Vi !'lc:cya, nnd !~aria The rena
and the· torpedo deetroyera :rluton and Furot. !o~rom the Vi.T..cn we
eaw all that one ship could see. Pollo~in~ clo~~ nn the leading s
ships but th'lreby missing the tnil ond. '/e did a: littlo ahooting
and were in the thick ot 1 t for so"le tine.· ~er:.¢lay It secme !nora
wol"ldertul that our ships and men shoulo haTe esca-ped with so 11 ttle
harm. One man kill eti and two men wotr&ded.
On the :Bronlclyn a. Zpanieh shell went throug_."l U:e oide e.nd exP4~ded in a compert~ent where eeven men were otationed. The tragmente -pierced the cl.ocls~c..b?ve a.nc 'below, a..•Hi Y!'ta.de abo11t seveTJty
,
boles in different ~lnce~ and no one Yae b~rt. The Tir~oklyn wus '
h1 t in man;v otl-H!r 'Piac~o with ei'rlilnr renul te. The ~ell that killed the only man lost did not touch the ehip.
The Vixen epent laet Sunday ev~ning in re~oving prieoners from
the surrendered colon and placing them aboard n. tranaport·• .I e kept
•i ... nf'fi ~,.,.._ ""'T'" f'nr "- r'.r:>V nr twn. until we net tl1e ..>t.7 ouin

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414 •
which took tl~e~ to He,.. York, or Jlortsmouth, l: .ll., wo · roully don't
kno~ where. kn~z ~axa
~onday ~ornins we s±~e~ ete~ed in close
to the o!~o~ine ruina of the Vi~cnyh,O'iuendo, Thercxo~ and Furor. It
wne a terrible a.nd and eir;ht. 'l'he Col on turned ovor, not two minutes
r..!tcr the l[l.3t mun left her but she will probebly be so.voc1 end bcco::1o
the Ghrictopr.or Colu~t·ue of .our 1Is.vy. The a~ulloest O:lti!:'lnte of tho :t
~pt;J'lisl: lour. 1:1 four hundred killed c.nd WOU!'lded o.nd oixtcen h·.mdrcd
prieonorn. If' the :.lpaniardn had nc-t made euch a. doa?oro.te f1ght it
would not oce;,t so cxtraordino..ry; but their cuns were workine otel:i.d11y ene shot !ell nll arou~ our ehi?B· This !1ght iD a grout v1otory
for /I..'"!D-ri can oon15t ruotors end ahi p bui ldors a.e well as gtmnere. The
Spani nh fl e!~~lt!~ or nod em :~.:;1 1 sh e.nd !tali en b'lil t ahi pe. They
cc.:ne out ll1:Ct~1~x~rti for notion Md with t1:.eir muchinery prepared for an
eeocpe. Our ohlpe hnd given up hope of tha1r e.ttcr.n;>t1nc to esct.pe
and so!"lc of tho~ werox ot their regular the recular 5undQ.y 1nESpeot1on.
lrut they certuinly did clear for r;.ction in a hurry. t:ne or tho ~;>un­
iall otfiocre told I!lO he thought wo had received ne·we of their sortie.
I ~ terribly aeh~ed or the appear~ce of this letter (but I oun
coo no reaoon why ho ahauld be. B.:-..:.;.) 'but ns I am M. real tough look·
ins men 1 t ought to ~eom natural.
Ite afternoon no;T at1d I havo just come trO!!l a short wEll.k on
abore,the fir3t tine I have been nshora !or Juot tvo oontha und it
1 o the firot th1o I ever 1mt foot on Cubf!l'l soil. I wae in the htu-bor
of llavona. severol do.yo in '92 but I wae too wiee to go o.ehora. After
1 ook ing over tho oncr...np!!lent I decided thc.t the ,t; nvy oui to rue. Hoa t
fl1ee, tu moequ1toeo,duct end dirt o..re tho Amy's portion hare. io
P-ro 'lui te co:-a.!'ol'tllbl e nbou.rd ship and it ia not nea.rly Wl worm he in
the ntntes. It m~ee me eiok to think we nro, nominully at leuat, at
war tor such poo?lo as these Cub~io. They ~re hum~ ~ein~s, I know,
and deserve rsyr.rpa.t}"l..y, but vhothcr they are itorth the aplendid 11 vee
being sa.crU'lced along the front'• that ir1 a different question e.nd
1'1nde a different unawor. Gencre.l -.fueoler, young l!.amilton ~'1sh,Colo­
nel DodGe, Crd and Dr, Gi bba, with thoir two thousand dead oon1rndos
make u~ a hoayy score.
! wish I had finished my letter 1nat 3undny, it wae a peaoerul,
aooiable letter • .'lhu.t else but u. war letter can you expect whm bat teriea or artillery are being landed within fitty yurau or me nnd
the encu:npocnt is in sight on ehoro'i' I wiah theee Spu.niiLX'ds vould
shoot ott a. hend or a foot tor me ao tlw.t I oi!lht CO!ltl up to 31tka
tor one or two or those boeutitul aucmer montha. Dut tho clwncoa
are c.gainat 1 t. 'l'hcsre are a f-ell small ~;>nnieh gunboute at lianzillo
about ninety miloe r~om here and I hope we cun uct up to try ~ brush
w1 th th~. I was ordered to the Vixen% the dny before tho tight Wld
I a.-n glo.d tor we ho.d such a e))lendid vie" or tho !ig."lt. Tho trWls!er
was made at m.y own request. The Vixen is 'Jiednor• a yacht JoBcphine
and will probe.bn.lly go to Philadelphia. when the wo.r ie over. llo, honoetly, thnt'e not why I o~e here! I did'nt even know the Vixen had
b'en a 7'h11adol'Phia yacht. I 11imply wanted to be my own 'boss' again.
They say tho ~olit1o1ano will keep the war going. In common
honeaty, I l1o,e n.,t, to ee.y nothing of other reasons. ·I don't think
there is llmah more !or the llavy to do do·.rn· hero. .nth the Phillipineo; Lndrona M(.~_pnrol ina iel !ll'lda annexed or captured end two !1 eats
destroyed I ehoul'c~t)5po.in woulc. call up the of! ice. You can read1lj ll
see howey peaotJful m~d-hne g··~e to wn.r aeod, but it is only naturo.l
9e see, eat, hear, drink and feel nothing elsa. w•••••
Sincerely, :1tan!ord ::.. llooos. •

.~.A.~.'.

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415.

415 •

l.!edical work continued to be light and ae there wae no one to .
help lfisl5 Gibl5on in the Hospital but Annie Hines, now that the Leask
girls had gone I put off all eurgical work I possibly could. Selina
Leask had written that •he was not well and could not return as we
had

exPected ehe would> and from what she wrote it looked rather douqt-

tul it she would return at all.

It wae a great dieappointment ae

there were no girle oldenough in the school to do the nureing work
and it did not eeem poseible to get them.
done wae to have Hies Gibeon or

me

·.'lhat we ought to have

visit the villagee and eee if we

could not gather in three or tour girls, even tho they did not epeak,
~glish.

The practical de.monstratione they would see would help

rerhaps that

•

pl~

th~

would not have been feaeible but at all events

it doots not seem to have oocured to anyone to try it.
continued light we could get along.

7Then work

Utae Gibson woulrl never com-

plain about work and would tackle any amount of it butahe would uee
up her reserve in doing eo and that was eomething I did not approve
of at all.

....

It was fortunate for Anna andn{ethat Tlie work was light for
we moved down to the Ma.nee in Auguet llltri eo we could build the ad-

dition to the Nest. Mr. and Mre McClelland were living in •ne end
and we had three roome iD the other. Anna had not intended to get
1nto'eac1ety' until we had built and moved in and had 'at homee'
but pra.cticplly all the wome.n in town had called on her right away

Y

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ao there wasnothing for it but to return thode calla. In doing so
ahe had eome funny experiencee,and writesto aieter Bessie about %
th~.

"Yesterday I dressed in my beet to make my second round of

calls. Helena told me ehe had never seen euch aplace as Sitka fori

calla and I belieTe her now.

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Bertrand made me a. map and a chart of

•

A..~lA T'SLL'3 OF PATITY CALLS.

J.A.M.a.H.pg 416.

416.

my courDc but it wa.e decovtivc no I oonln not tell a Btroot fro:n a
path

or

e.n alley.

In ,pitka. you stop fro~ the ntrcot into tho li'"ins

rooa e.B thero o.ro no hallo or vontibnlos E'.nd once, 1n there is no esYou eoc I hnvo not nnon very '!Ttrlny of the no call oro ~o I nevor

cc.pa.

know whetbor I

~ 1n tho riGht place or not. I M~e one onll nnd

did

not discover until I wan departinc that I wun oellinc on oomeone I
hlld not net e.D eho wan in mourn1n6 r.nd hc.d not boon flt the roocption

,,,...

and bud oo.lled on :ce.
il

nut it ronlly dir. not Mo.ke t>.ny difference.

I celled on the U .3.~!f'.rehnll

nne

hie wife who live over' tl1e

Jail and wo.e c.dmi tted by ono or the prhsonera.

to

l:l

Ju hN.l boen invi tud

do.noe there so 1 t wns o. party cnll. You newer

siUV

e.

any thina ao

tunny as the weo little houses even the niceot peopll1ve
in, and tho
4

•

quarters tho Govom,.,~cnt provides aro oo odd, sor.1o or thmn in the old
Rueainn buildingf.J,

MOOC

of logs with walla two or three toot thick.

~ertrnnd mot. me at the whnrf in the littlo

canvan boat and took mo

home.
One evmtinB 1 t wne Aunt Deal's turn to entertain tho oldest
girls

no Dart, Aunt D. and I took tllEr.."l out in tho .ll.J.rt;e Uiseion

boat, tho llorth ~;tar.

Two cirlu

pulled nt ou.cll oil tho four ou.ra

and wo had a jolly time.Tho gir~s, nn n rulo aro happy and full or
tun· (W'ld the:' di<' love to co out on the wntor. u.~·~.)

~ho wa.tor \7u.:a

ao clear tl1a.t we could aoe the weeds nnd fiuh nnd marine life on tho
bottom and olinc:in~ tn the rocks.

Then too we so.vt eugles c...,d whvJ. oa.

"ie began to build about the middle

or

! ..uguat ond /~na. \'l'rote

llbout thnt.qn the :.Ust. "·'.le have boen so fortunate in lw.ving perfect
weather tor our buildin:;.

The frame io o.il up and they are eh1ngl•

ing the root today. It ie auoh n doar little houae and we havo been
eo be.ppy in aeeins 1 t grow. Dort w&!lt to the sawmill for the luat

e

e

J.~.~.a.H.

417

to
cc.rGo of the 1 u:muei·, lanuir.g it on the rocko nr.d helping carry 1 t up

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the hiil. Gome of it we. a for ehel vee for ·l"'~· po..:'l try which m&kcs mo feel

very proud nnd huuchty.
!~c.nr;o

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''ic

are cooily fixed in throe room3 at the

with our 1uen st,ree.d on the floor

the ahelvos t.nc1 tttble.

~.nd a

rea of our preeents on

IH.l Taylor'e lo.m:p looks vei·y fine on the

table ~ith the Lion of Lucerne, Fra Ancelica, Cantigali candelstick,
n r.oo}.:wood \)owl wi t:t. nc.s turti U.."!lB in one corner. F 111 ow:~ bel ow the
bay ":Vindow, tr.e bookce.se with thef...Friez.e of the phophete and the
Y.adonna above it.
·.'fe ha.ve been busy since laet boat wrapping and addreesincr North
Stare, tes.Ting up everything at the nest and getting eettled here.

the

-e

:=very room e.t the :N eet will have 1 ts share of,.. tee.ring out and build1ng on eo

\78

had to put evarythinn novrhere a.nd orrver 1 t u-,. I tried

m~ hand at preaervintt and ho.ve fifteen jars of plumo a.'1d prenerved

wa.temelon rind wo.termelono beine so very oxpcnsivo
we must eat them rind and all.
ancl arran~ing eve1·ythinc

you ace we feel

Bert nnrl I hnv., snoh run rlanning

tor o:xr houaokeeping.

'He ~ve to think of

thingn we will neec! so lone before hnnd to have them here whl!n we
need then.

There was eom.etl:ing very exci~tine happened at the f'!Chool this
week when the ennuBl outbrceJ: of rurminG away bego.n.

Three boyo

were seen at the wharf at midnight and reported to 1.!r. :r~elly.

sr..z.

search was made of the dorcitoriee at once and three boys were missing.

Yr Carty and !ive boys started in pursuit immediately ~ut the

runaways had ~ cood etart and it 7o.s a long chase.

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oausht until the next morning.

They were not

The3e b~ys hn~ been ~lannin~ for a

long time _a."'ld wero weli e1l-ppl1ed -,1 th h~rd t::sck and dried fish. Of
course 1 t excitt.s the whole echool.

The boys ha.d tol\d eome or the

/e

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41

girls and it was the girls interest in them and war.ting to see them
get e.wE.y the;.t pertly ga.ve the a.lam. Yr. Kelly 1e Just s. wonderful
Superintendent

~nt

we all like him eo much.

There aro &. hundred

que~tions

I want to ask about my home !elks.

1/hen io the weddlnr; (Yary's) to be and bow v.nd where'! Oh, I do want
to be there to

hol~

make everything as sweet and happy for Mny ao it

was for me.

~1e

aro to ·have a wedding hern in a da.y or two, when the

boat comes.

1!r. Carty's sweetheart is coming frol.l Iorte.

J:cClella.nd and I are arrv.netng the wedding.
e. little more certain for we wa.nt to
Ber~t

and :tre.

'Je wish the boat were

cake and icc crea"!l.

~e.ke

and I had Ur Carty take supper with ua last

nir~t

to

help pass the time of waiting. Th&t is the third tioe this week we

'

have had a chafing dish aupperJ venison, peas, baked beans, choeolliLte, blue berries, my own preserving, and cake wao the menu last
night.
the

Ne

are ve1·y proud of it cont"idering 1 t wne prepared without

oonvenie~ces

or

home, but it·waa all

~ccomplist.ad

by Bert's 1n-

p;en1ousnoef\ on one chafing d16h and our parlor stove."
I had hired two of the Cottaae beyr.,

Tho~so

Cook and 71111am

''Tells to build the addition and while they were fvi thful £nd good
workero they needed cupervie1ng.

rr.

noc]\ also kept C.nefe.on them

at odd timee end helped them out whon they struch a

......

Sll.l'\C·

'.'lillie

vaa t£.ken sick and I hired another of the Cottagere, lloward George,.
to take hie place as we were bearing all the expense.
present

or a thousand

it would not

requir~

Fathe~s wed-

dollars provided the rund~ altho we figured
more than halt of it.

Still the work seemed

to go slowly end one afternoon, a Saturday half

day,!,~r •

.Beck brought

his boys frnm the shop and a a he Baid, ".Tust raseled things." It
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J.A.~.a.n. pe~ 419.
1'1&.8

419

llir; only free f~,rternool'! in the -;ruul: one'~ l:c ~o11lu not ho-ke any
1l

1\nlf JW ·for l:i B w,rk.

It wa.~ mic;ht.r k j nd of hir>1 fo1· he w~;:.o n ft.1 ta-

ful nn~ conecientioun worke1· snl v~lt·.nt.r.rily took ever '" nu:nbar

or

outside f.ct1v1tieo cmol1 as t!:t- r~iblf1 clc.oa in tho Rnncha every sandey afternoon. Jo .the ~3tl.,rdo.y tfternoon !or rest oi play lTJOu.nt a

lot and his freely 61Ving it up waa Juet like him. tr ho likod you
he would do nnythine posoible tor you and if he did not like you he
triad to liko you for conscionc~eaee --aa.ke.

I triod to work as muo~as poesi ble on tho house without noglectl"rrc.d•o.•

ina r.tY "work, oftc:m go 1ng there after ':Yard viai ts in tho avening and
working until dnrk, \7h1ch did not coma rso vary eu.rly, o.~ that season.
Lato
nleht
Ono 1aturday I p~t tho snsh in all the windcwo uc I feared it would
tJtorm nnd it die! but thG houae wa.e kept fro!'::! n good wottinG which

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would ho.ve been vary bc..d tor 1 t indeed.

ertber, the boyo

WWI

·i'ol'k dra.cged on thru sept-

o roe:1lly do in~ very well but it sor1cd elow for

vo were eo· tmvntient to got settled there. ~r F.olly lent help ~s
rlUOh a,WoeDible but school work muot

COr.lO

rlh!le we were living at tho ~na.Bt.a

firet of 00 1~ree.
~anne a Tory nm~~eing thing

~.appened one morning about do.ylight e.l tho it we.de ~a o.nzry e.t the

timo.

Cur bedroo!!!. w&s on tho f'1r&t Cloer e.nd l1!\d e. back door open-

ing "irectly into 1 t w1 th e etep ot" two to the ~round. I hnd pretty
I

well gotten the Netivee out. of tha way of c~~in~ ror me at nl~t as

it was a long ~aan trip to the Ranche at night end more especially
because they wero like children en1 would come to got me for tha
merest tri!lo and a~a*

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nlght.

11

al-most every o1ck person reels worso at

no7cver 1 it was hard to get. the~ to disc~iminate ao it is

hard to r,et white people to do so, and •o:neti!!leo they di.d not come

tor me when they onsht tc.· haTe done eo.

·.ve did not move our single

-e

J .A.~· .a.!fll

pg420.

bode down to the l!anse ns thoro wo.s c. double bed there nnd we were
blissfully eleop!ng the sleep of the

wc~ry

7hon a

rou~)1

aroused '!le and there -,wae a native standing ·.ri thin a.

our bed. I did'nt wnit ao seo

wh~t

»

he wanted
.

or

tc:'' teat

yellod

%IQC

Chookt

~

the \ford for(~~:>t gittlouve!c:et outt, Ho seonod reluctant and.

Chookl

not o.t all embarrs.osod which is 1:1uch

tully

b~t
••

TI1linGit voio

~

about Anna who had

~ore

disap~earod

than could bo ao.id truthunder tho bed clothos. I

did not handle eyeelf very well that tii!lo,ror I lost cy to:n;>or nnd
.

eent the 1:1an c.wny without finding out what ho wa.nte4 o.nd he ,t:W.Y have
been in groat trouble.

It was a strange native but

tl~t

ought not to

have nmde nny di!fcronoo. lfa lmd not committed an:,r breach of .ouatoc,
tho.t is llnt1vo custom, in wo.l:king into our

l"OO!!l

that

W:J.Y•

'i'hoy nevar

knocked when they entorod houuos but wo.lked right in nnd nevor tlwuGht

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anything

or

lite{

it it happened on the tlost intinote ocouro.noun. Up to

·"

our doors 'but wo did aftor th.ut yo-:.1 may ba

that time we navor

loo~.cod

eure.

thlln~ita.

7o wore not

In op1 to or the der.w.nds of tho building I find that in t.'le two

months rrom t.'m: our Toaohing :11 tl::a to the 3rd of 3epte:lbcr, when I

wrnto my quarterly roport to the

Do~r4,

I made 2S7 waxd proaoriptions,

172 in tho ottioer r. in tho school. c.nc! ru.:.d!l 30 visitn to the
anc! performed 9 o·porntiono,i:noot

or

H~ohe,

them ninor b'.lt one was u oon.fine-

Jilont. Tlttrlnc thia ti1:1e I removed incrowinr: toonc.ilo !'rom :.unt Dea.l'rs
teet. llr.

-:.~oCloJJnn<!

conducted cervioc o.t t.i1e wlll.tu church in the

;t

town eaoh sunday ovenins n.nd asked me to ta.ko charge or the the ovenlnG tService at tlte !Tative church nt tho trloaion. All the school

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Children P.ttcntdE:ld Md thore·n.t)':a lnr({O number of 1\atives &lso,GapeO•
ially in winter.

~;toms

did not keep than r..way e.nd 1 t wn.o
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11

co'l:lmon

eight to soe a man baulin 0 his wife on a alecl up to ohuroh,:;>orhnps

421.

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a ch,ld or two on the el ed with her. ';o the evcnlne sarvice wc.s
M/

Juet about importnnt ae the morninG one ,&l'ld whilo tho ~ermona or
"
.\
talks were vary simple c.nd le.rr,ely Made up of explain inc the tho
Bible still if a. person we.a in ea.rncet el·o,!t htA at!drens

n

1t took tima

and pre;Hl.ration. 1h11ll often enid he ao,tld r:ot un and rntlke en exe- .
geti cal eermon c.ny tlr.1c, 1 t wna n, tronbl o c.l ''l.ll. And 1 t wne 'n t any

trouble tor him. Thea trouble wo.!' in
ts.thc addreoe.

listenin~

I know I.had to put in a good

to hin when he mo.da
dc~l

aration.

of tiMe in prep/

e. rout
.Alone about the middle of October, only two mon th?hfter we
;;~
began .we. st.a.r.t.-"d to move in. 3o it really dlld not tc.k" eo long when

one uememberl!! that on"ij\ al tera.tion job is always so much olo\Ter thun

••

new construction. Then we round tho.t some of the furniture would not
go thru the doors eo see how we managed. In the c.lb'l.lrl ond the Elatory

. inclined
you will eee the t:iseion Doctor p11llinG i.nna'B burcnu up the ll'..ddcr
to the second floor while the 3ativa boyo ho.ve to otop work to

h~vo

their picture taken. I did too, tor that metter. only I looked as
tho I was working and they don't. There are u.l oo pi.cttlree or the addi tion and the work

o" "building.
. 1-?a

·.fhen we got tho.t te.ll hcndp1 oce of

the bed thro the window and wea bad to tnke the eo.9h out to do it,

1t was too tall to go under the al oping z·oof so we ho.d to ou.11

tt.

aec-

tion out. '.l'hat did not hut·t the Bi>pcurancc very much 'but I vrno aa.d
1

to think we had paid fretht on tho.t wood all the \·ruy f'rorn (.;incinnnti.
h

Anna and Crietina

•

a no.tive younB womnn who wan very

our maid, are eeen in anothor view
crimson aa e.!loor

ooverin~

e..

d~in~

nnxious to be

some rn~ c&rpet n deep

in tl1e I.iving roor.1 on which to place our

hondaom rugs, wcd~ing l)reeente,

a

royo.l I!oknrro. from l!nrry and xn.

lloaoul trom '!'Tnole .7111 anc! Aunt Helen Taylor, a rug tilnt wo.a over

Tho interior

or

rav..w.
.......... "'1'""at.
""

'~~T

••II~ •...-., • 0. • II •PC• 4'l">
""""'•

one hunclred yeoro old e You cr..n ace 1 t in fron

of the window eco.t in ono of tho photogrnph3.

ror

422.

tho windo·;r in tron t

Doth of thoee rue;n

are still in uoo and in good condition after all thcao years.

Oro.duo.lly we cot settled and the pho.ci' in nlbu::t~ and ouf''l-iietory
give vory good idea~ ~~ the i~terior of tho down et~ir3 rooQs but
tl...A., ~{;;.. :/~.A--fJ.A ~

not the color

1

t.nnn dyed o~c yellow curto.ine with o. ailk 11tripe in

them a deap eoft red and used than on the wo.lls of tho living room
instead of po.,cr.

There &nve n very wnr.n o.nd plec.oin(; offoct and
Alatlkan

were Just tho tlunc vith our red Bokaro..

curiae, book cases, a bno-

bo cornor aotteo with a nllnket ovor it, my douk with book shelves
above 1 t and pigeon holes at the bottom shelf hade Just to !it the

magazines we tooi, made a very attrecti~e room but the groat feature
~ waa the south weet comer which projected be:,'ond tho wa.l.la e.bout

three feet end contained tour lc.rco windowo plo..aed clo~ tosetl1er

two on a side.
DO

It vas a novel arro.nce:"!lcn t, /..nno.' e ideo. and thoro we!.

others like 1 t in :31 tlca.

Tho dlning rooc. was k1llB

a blue rug on the floor. After a time I bu11ao.

VGry

b!v e. pa.~or

r

and

hands.omc aomor

ohina oloeet with two t.all totctt1 poles, I bud co.rved to ord~r, on :a

either •ide a.nd a carved ~oor below a little ahcli'. It was o.ll made

or

red and yellow oodnr and shows very clenrly in tho l)hoto of the

dining room.

tcy type writer.wae on a

~all table in tho dinins roo~

aa there was hardly room tor it else where.
7e were delighted with our 11 ttle lieat o.nd altho wo could -not

artord to do more than put~ en ~e pricing coat that !all still it
wae very attraotiTe and fitted in so well with 1ts surroundings.
From

v'1e

w'

Ivery window the ~oat beautiful and facinatinc~were D?rocd beforo

ua~~h;

water color on tho wall3 of this roam {The Reverie,
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~31 ran~

mure Road r~vortord, Uay 9, 1935) la plaotically one or th~ altho
Sk L1el1o Jnokaon, Dr. Jnckson'a daur.htor, po.inted it !rom'tho bench

J.A.M.a.H.pg.

R!1Vfn\' e Ne et, come in 1

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beach in front of the Mission building and eo it was a little nearer town and lower down than the Nest .;-As a reeul t %1m 1lj. Edgecumb
t

seem lower and the Camels Back does n·ot show at all.

Stil). it is

a very excellent picture of Sitka and the coloeing il very accurate.

think Ja ee Jackson hae succeeded remarkably in creating the intense-

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ly clear atmosp)ere of those wonderful days we sometimes had at
Sitka.

.7e had window seats built below those four windows and i t

made a lovely little nook on clear days. Even in the storms we never
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felt the slightest alarm for the little house wae eo well built and
eo sturdy iVonly trembled a little even in thea worst storms.
When the wind howled and raged end the Pa.oific was no longer true
to ite name we colld see the great waves breaking far out on the

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outer islands and the heavy spray leaping high up in the air• wonderful and terrible and rather frightful to me,but Anna. loved it
and delighted to be out in the wind and rain as she still loves to
even to this day.
But I 1 Ve talked a lot about the Neat and yet you have not
really seen all about it. At first we only had the stairway from
the hospital aide but later I built a lo~ flight o! steps leading
down to the old ~useum and :eo much nearer to the Mission and town.
Thes·e steps wound under the trees and went !rom terrace to terrace
short
porch and
ending in a ~ravel.path and ,.so to the door into the living room.
Double doors connected ~he living and dining room but they were x
the spare bedroom in the old Neat
rarely closed. The kitchen was back of the dining room and a wood'\

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shed back of that with the_olothes yard and garden beyon~ and not
two
more than ~ mile~away, be~ond In6ian River Valley, atood Ut. Verstovia, •the mountain in our back yard' we called it.
From the corner of the living room a door led r,;k'C
into a large •
coat room under the stairs and a door beyond op~outdoors.
As I
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hn.ve sa.id, Anna plo..~ned the oto.lr.vay and when wt wus built 1 t wus
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very convenient .A~ 1 t prnct1cnlly ra.n up the outot~e of the houee
elthough nll encloacd it di<l not rob uo uo of any roo!n but it muot be
o.d."!'li ttcd, 1 t wo.a rather chilly in cold wec.thcr. Go!1B on up! Tl:is door
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lends to the Mfl.ida roo'!"'l , ~-) old o.ttic wl;ere ·l'a hu.d so ~o..ny chufine

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dioh euppern with ~ro~e nnd l'oocn

nnr1 :1a~blc ann /.unt.Deul. :'llin io

tho chimney, yoH ace, o.nd thro thio dt1or on tllc other eide •To ontcr
my roo~ and sec thoee vie·.-rn! Yen we nevc-r tire of the-:-1. 1'hnt' n tho
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hospital YO'l sec thrn tho.t winclo:..T, th~t 1~ tLe.to u little bit of it,

tor moet of 1 t 1~ h1ddo'1
etcp3.

-e

by the ·-u.noe riGht here o.t the foot or those

Yes, thi ~ 1 n l!'.Y bed roo~ now and 1 ts· J uot the t'H.t:~c e.e it wa~

before we built and thut tr: Annn•n thro tho.t door. Yes, eho has to
go thro this roo':'n to Get dotrn o tc.11· s for wo hc.ve no rooM for u ht.-11
way exocpt;J tho.t little entry at the hou.d of the stc.iro.

lo'nt tllnt

a wonderful clonct ror such o. 11 ttle houncl 1 know thoro is not nuch
bee.d room but it will hold a lot tor all thot. Tho.t'i Oh, that's the

1rn10ke drum that heats thie room. ~eel "/hen

YO'l

rotate th1D ho.ndle you

lA

not only co.n regulate the draft but by turniTH'-1 rottnc~ c.nd round yon

olean aut the soot. 0no thine you rmnt do with c_.,c'l e.irticht t·nd th1e
o.rro.nge'Tientx an~ thtt 1 t! to be oure to put your nto:ve pipe up bo.o1c"-f
ward, this ia ·with the outs;ide of each joint ?Oin\ ~ und not do·.m.

In that way the

oondensati~n, ~d

there is alot or 1 t).vill run vo.ck

into the stove end not down the outeide of the pipe and onto the

rue.

Tbo tWO airtights down ato.ira and thooo two drumo ,heat tho houoe a
comfortably, e-von in col" wenther nnd thero

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onlY n few d"a.ys in

summer when we do not need n little heat in one of the atovea. Rathor,

a. nuisance ie'nt it':' Yes re.ther,ee-pecio.lly for tl!e dear wife for a
vood range 1 e a peat, es-pe_cis.llY when ono i a not DC01~to~od to 1 ~.

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:.!O!lF.i ADOTJI TH1 18S'l'.

for oookinc,you know,e.rid otro.nse ne it is, '31th nll these llo.tivee
and this creat forest almost at our doors, wood is OX?ensivc, ..;.aJo
or tlO dollars e. cord o.nd

yo~

must pay for huvinc; it 4ut to etoTo

size after that. Iro·n I hute to burn this beuutiful yollO'K cedar! It

sene like a.orim.c &.'1d one day it will be a cr!!'!2e, but it 1e ll.ll wo

onn get and is

th~

best tor the firoe,

Now was 'nt thu.t a cosy cheerful littlft Ncat'l

tho the only

~lumbing

was

Q

.'/o thouB}:lt ao evcm

circulatinG boiler und hot and cold water

in the kitchen, and, a year or oo,later, the eatonishins luxury ot

a both tub.

~oat

or

the nice people in town wont to the Ruosian

b~th

house Md too'~ a sweat and a cool bath ufter 1 t but I kneW' too much

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The Natives

about the poseibilities there to ever pntronize it.

built little wickioups on tho beach and by

~ouring

wutor ovor.hcated

stonoa would l1avu a good sweat IU'ld then plunge in the

~OtL

but thc.t

was only ocdueionnlly.
7/e loved our little homo and before long htu1 nowcra o.long the
the bordsr by the porch and here and thoro ond a hot bed in the front
:yard ga.vo' uo early vecotubl es. ·Ja put it there tor 1 t

w~a

the only

l)lnce thnt hud the b.est expooure EUld while not omtAmentc.l wua vary
useful.

Very soon xu wo be;Iun huvins too.chera to dinner with u• in

· the evenincr, and fol t we were bringing aor.1o Vllrioty and brightneao
into their ro.thor monotonous livso.

·;;e woro very ho:ppy.
ll.

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Eetore very muny months had pnaaed we roo.lizod that.. ncnr life
to
was being givcm ,.,us and lt was something or o. ·ahock to both1l of' ua.
Altho Annu. bad been ao well since she ca:cae to Sitka she had not en•
tirely gottaa

oTe~

the nerve •train

or

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the pr.vioua winter and I hop•

ed she misht hnvo a year or moro to portaotly resnin the buoyant

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health which wno her normal condition. Then, too, she waa 111 preparod manto.lly to undcrtoko the uurdene or tiothorhood •

J..l. tho her V.

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426

Uncle •daddy,s.a she called Uncle will Taylor and her bz·other GeorBe
were both phyaiciens, anrl altho eho was very close to Aunt Helen laylor, no girl ever entered married life more unbelieveably

or

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all that married life involved.

igncr~t

Had I not known so well the phys-

1cal aspects of motherhood end had it not been given me to understand the probl~s which my dear wife was forced to race, our hnppieurely
nees would have been smxa wrecked. Anna had no mother in whom she
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might confide and no woman friend near enough for such sacred thoughts.
Mise Gibson hadhelped

or

had grown fond

u~

in every way and bean Tery kind und

i~na

her but she could hardly supply just that need. So

Anna turned to me, her dearest and closest, her huebond and, in a

wny, a mother, and tor a while sho wae very misornble.
:t

~ xaxx~

%a kB xa

It is

very

not~strange

that about this time

we had the only quarrel that mxxxt mKt ever marred our married life.
That is true. I have forgotten what it wao about but llother says it·
it was this way.

Thea Russian woman who did our washing failedto

oome tor two weeks, maybe three, and we had to have eome clothes to
wear)so when I was away AHHA stared to wash aome.Jaame back rather un. expectedly and I waa shocked and no doubt nsha~ed that Uy wife had
ed the
to do such work. rrobabally I r«nember ~ fine sounding phrase I had

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written before we were married when I promieed her she would not even
haTe to "carry water up
ot it, to the

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stairs~

w~odahed,

J.nd

here she was carryinG it, a lot

for we had no

conv~~noes,

not even a wringer.

And it was more than likely that she began to wonder if married lite
wae all she hoped it would be,and was ehe to work so hard when she
telt so unwell.
ought to have

So I ecolded and ahe was

tel~ pro~d

hurt,doubtles~
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of her willingness and ability to meet the

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emergency and I ought to have taken herin. ny arms and told her how
proud bf her I was and how wonderful she waa to do it so cheerfully
and how sorry I was that 1 was that I could not find

so~c

one to do

the house work. ThAt ie what I OUGht to hnvo done,but I did not do
that and there is no hurt so painful ns the sense of injustice and
and one word le! to another and eo on and so forth,und I finally
slammed the door aa I went out in a huff, and the poor 11 ttle new
wife was left to cry and to wonder if she did know

hi~

and to decide

that ahe did not and maybe she never wanted to know hi!:l tor o. ttJW
bitter moi!len ts. nut before very long I ce:ite back to ask forgi venose
and to be forgiven and we were lovers again.

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Anna bad increasing physical discomfort and many new a

and atrange symptame to plague and bother her very soon that wonderful girl'a fine character and splendid self control were manifest in
the return of her usual sweet and happy self and she willingly undertook the obligations and opportunities of sacrifice for the child
cloaer
to whom she was giving life. '.7e were drawn -i together by the little
new lSte and I round new Joy in tryinB to cherish and care for her
tenderly.

Again e.nd again I find etate~ent like tl1tsc in my journal

written at this t1me: "Anna is xvery hnppy; Anna keeps welltnd now
and then, "we went to dinner at tiro Johnson's given to the Govonor
and were given :tka places next to tho guests of honor."
One day, juot as I was going to the Ranche I met Anna nenr the
churoh,coming. back rram town where sho had beon calling. She never

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looked more handsome the.n she did the.t day, in hor wine colored
broadcloth dress, black velvet ,hish crowned hat irrimmed with roses
to match the dreee. Th~ whole rig just euited he fair ho.ir and blue
eyoa and I was mighty proua o! her nnd told her oo

and thre~tened

rROTO:JTIAJ'HY JO:lD

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to kietther right there in the road and l!ieeion ohildre~ all around.

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!You will find a half a fish hanging in the wood ehed, Dear, and we
can have eome !or supper."
"0, I think eo."

Imagine

ho'N

"A half o. fi ah?

1111 that be enough?''

.Anna. felt when a he went to the wood ahed

and saw half a halibut hanging there.

I purposel; failed to mention

the kind of !ish.
From my Journal of lTovember 8th., 1898.

n

He a.re really very
h~

buey in spite of the fact that rather writes ·~e nothine to do but
to hold hands_and write letters.'

~rite letter3 we must for after

Brs. Austin went away the acholar~hip letters have beon apportioned

among the teachers and Anna. and I have thirty to write every quarter.
You know that va:rioua 3unday Sohoola and 1aeeion bands and some in-

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dividual a su1}port a echole.r here and eo we trt to !ceep up interest

in th~ by these quarterly letters and it is nften hard to find iteme
of personal interest about tha.t·p~nrtioula.r boy or girl. 1\nna doea
much

or

thia writing and Mrs. Pieraon, or the Beard, wrote to her

thanking her tor it and telling what good letters 1he wr;tes. one of
the correspondents also spoke highlY of her letters. New work comes
in from the school altho Mr KellY is Tery just about i~ all. Anna
end I have been

as~ed to arrange tor

e.n entertainment !'or the child-

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ren for TbankttgiTing nGght
and I have photographed all the achole.ra
who are personally eupported so as to

h~ve

pictures for the soc1et1ee

That takes time.HoBpital work is eo crippled by lack of help that
while we do what io necessary aggressive work ia'impoeeible with-

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out oo.ueing e. kUling etro.in fro l!i .. Gibson or !!!Yael! and we are ",.A

prepare6 tor an emergoncy. I ~ink help mu!t be sent fro~ the
ae there seems to be no other eolution o! the 1)roblem. ·ye feel

~aet
we~
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doing aomothing but I often feol I would 1 il'" to bo home again whore

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p.429

429.

m~ I coud see men and do work that ie diepinotly professional. I
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. wonder,. too, if I !!light not wf.1ld ee wide and even more h~lpful influence in coller.c work. In fact, I ~uet esy I was never eo dieeat1sfied with Sitke. ee I

S.'!l

now. }lot that I a'll unhappy but the narro11-·

neee of thie life ee~e to h~ me in more than ever before. Dut 1

em in honor bound t" etay here until I ehall have repaid the Board
for the time I

Wa!!

1 t befoz·e that."
in the prettiest

o.w~y nnd 11erhvpe 1 shall feel differently about

mttxlxct:tli. "At e.n ~/rate weH ara very happy/ now
O..'ld

cosiest home in Sitka.''

·.ve had had e. sort of house warming on Thankeei vins day whem we
had all the teachers to dinner exoe~t four who had to bea at the

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School, sixteen in all,were with ue.

Anna spread a fine dinner,

cooked by herself,. too 7 and so ev.eily that you would hardly kno·.v that
anythin~ out of' the ordinary waA tuking plo.oe; five courscus. It wo.e

a fine dinner &nd a hap~y time ~~d the insistent rein outside only
made the house more cheerful." l!ed 1 oo.l work 1 s pres~Sins, 275 presecri~tions ~er month and five operations per month fQr the laet quar-

ter, 1nep1 te or our lnck of' help. I have e very interesting old man

in the war~s.

At one ti~e he wne accueed ~r being e witch and has

suffered the oetraci !1'0 thnt nlwo.y111 followe. I!e hn.~ a double co.ta.ract
almost totelly blind and seams to be destitute. No one~verrcomes to
I

see him and the oare and comfort of the Hoepitnl seem to be a great
bl eseing to the poor old fell ow. He il' the nicest old :nan and not

a bit

4lt

or

trouble, eo unlike most

eo very fusey.

or

the Uatives who are eenerelly

1 did the '?re.liminary operation(irideQtomy) on one

eye last week,nnd while it was not a complete

euoce~s

because of an

old 1nflemmct1on, nn bed results followed nne I shall attempt to
r~ove

the 1 en!le next.

wee~."·

!'he 1 ense ':¥'ae removed and he

~:.ade

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satiefo.otory recovery.

J",a.ter I did the second operation,on the

other eye and while he saw the light and could count fineers as eoon
as the lenee wne extracted, when he fully recovered he claimed he
could not eee.

One night he oo:nc into the church which he attended

regularly, nnd wn5 about to sit down on a bench near tho window. The

light was not good and it happened
pew. lie gl c.nced a. t

t~t

I had left my hat in that

the sen. t and turned to sit down on m:r ht!. t and then

tumed agnin end looked more carefully, o.nc! then moved my hat away
eo I concluded he could see ptetty well, in spite of hie

clai~

that

he could not.

" I have oooe across the

tit

mo~t

pathetic case in the Ranch that

I ever eaw e.nd yet 1 t has bean here all t11e timo o.nd only recently

wan it brought to my attention.
shed or a houee and old man end

In a tiny roo~ welled of(i~ a mere
tUt

old ·•omn.n live.

The man bas been

bliDd tor ~ong time and the woman has had rhe~~tism until aho ia
a thing

or

grotesque deformity.

Thoir only aon, who is married to

a woman twice hie age, a frequent cuBtom amonc theoe pcople,lives

in the e8J'!le tiny room and is f'at· u.dv5Jlco4 in tu'borculoEie.I am not
Tery eesily moved, e.~ymore for one ce.nnot but grow e.couetomed to

eurtering it one is a ~hps1c1nn but I oun lllirdly

co

to that hovel

without getting a littly dusty about thcJ eyes. The utter wretchedness ia ap~alling. •fbey do not lack f'or tho creature comforts, as
they count oomro~t, and I have been able to relieve ~ome

or

their

eutf'erins but all threo are hopeless as to oure and likely to drag

on indefinitely.
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I haTe been rather busy among the F.~~elan people

and as I wan more lucky than skillful in ono or t-zo cneee I have
gained quite a reputation. Even tho Russiun interpreter

thank me end -p•raiee me but I do not trust him.!

c~e

to

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~:fe wo1·o

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Co!'!t.t'ortably settled o.nd Anna was be(innin1:; to have a

little more loioure altho the kitchen fire wua & great bother and s
aho wrote hoMe that *he ha.d to 'rebuild it about aix tl!"l••
still

thin~9

she was

were e. bit

~eeier

• Annie liinet! h£..1

oo~o

11.

duy'

to help uzs c.a

not very well and we hoped thoS chsnL;e would do her good.

'ahile she could not do nuch etill ahe could ".'tatah the tire e.."ld help
a bit, here and there. The we:!.ther wae r(!'9:lu.rko.'bl%y wam and I f'ind

I wrote on

Deo~~er l~th.

the 'the

mercur~y ha~

been up to £0, or near-

7le had gotten our Chr1utmn.e ,reocnte

ly tha.t,ror fol" weel:e l)B.et'.

ready end eent fifteen packages to the dear

one~

in the Bast.

One day early in the month, Anna noticed smoko in the house and

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as it wae a benyY,damp

d~y

aa the wood wao dum-p.

Still,t;;..Jo.t.. 1ncrea.ued she went up atc.ira end It

.she

thou~ht

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the tiro wna not drawing well

.

down :teel1nr. the wu.llu for bot plo.oea but found none. ·'Jindowa e.nd

doors were opened a."ld the r-oke
atop.

di.d not ser.:1 eo bnd but it did not

About tour 1n the n:tternoon I

c~e

ovor froc the lloapitcl

u.nd l.nna told me she was enxioua. l went ever the house and then to

the roof end Juet then ,l.nne. called the.t ehe had found t.he tire, In
=1 excietnent I fell off the roof but was not hurt and rushed in

with o. t'ire extineuieher.
night and

/~na

7Te were to hc.vo gueete

tor dinner that

11

went to the ki tcbon clouet to get something and found

one comer in !lames. The chemice.le subdued that but there was more

tire

t~tairo.

It waa nearly dark and I had to 11cht a lamp and gat

the ax. Aa I out thra the floor in the baok room,naar tho chimney,
t'he f'lmea burst halt way to the roo!.
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t,nna had gone to the 'XBS

1!CC1ell nndB tor help and Annie Hines to the l!oep1 tal tor another

extineui a her and I was all al "ne. I

t'hou~ht

the houao must go for :t

t.be tll.U!'lee were roaring out t•) the aide ":'fnlle und ur to the eTas.

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I tt,Jrn od on the extin[:u1 !'5her only to fbnd thu.t 1 t
t'ire wa.e rn,idly
prayed

n~et

gnin'c

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earnently

Still no one

OU!!ly.
Then

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empty, and the

hcadt.rnyl It waa a moment of real agony and I

an~

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co wna kept fron going all to pieoee nerv-

cn~e

and I was naurly wild in my helpleeanees.·

puehcd another

!!O~eone

Wt..IS

ext1n~~1nhcr

into ny hands. I puahed 1t

into the flames aa it did not have a hoao and turned it townrd the
the wall ann then to•gard the chinncy.Tho t'lLi..'"iltlB want out instantly.
I would not have believed it nonoible but the fire wuo 'betreen two
ot' the floor joist n.nd ra.n nut to the stu<!s arid eo up to tho roo!

tit

and being thua con:!'inod and the dro.ft thue orou. ted carrying the ga.a
eJ
to the burning wood simply emother" theo at once. Uica Gibeon we.e
.
there
rechar~in; the first cxtinguieher, meanwhile but/Xk• wae little need

tor it there, There wore only small boyo at the Mieaion but they oamo
on the run and manfully

.

a bucket brigade tor

ond ~rr,ciently formed

the fire etill crept up· the wood casinc or the ahirmoy. Then l!r.Gom-

ble

&.'ld

mo:ue big boys cwme

~nd

eo~eone

in

to~

had aeon the smon

and the tire com-peny come boiling end began to Clillrry. out eor11o f'urni-

ture.

~bnut

the

hnr~oet

work wns

t~ keep.tho~ fro~

to peiceo, but we finally convinced

th~

tearing everything

that it wne out and got

th~

out or the houAe. But we had t, tel'.r out the chi!!tl'ley and let out all
the dirt with which it wae packed, tor
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had been careless in

building it nnd inetead of usine clay to pack it they hnd uees the
top eoil which was more like

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so~e o~e

:pe~t

in it. These hnd been smoulderine
tl ue nnt!

ha~

and there wns punky wood p.nd roots
fro~

the heat in the terra cotta

final,l 1' !let tire to the wood work.

You aae, our chimneys

were bull t or a terra cotta· t'l ue a.."ld :a.lunu wood casing with about
a root of e';)ace

bntween

thfl!"l

o.:·,d

this

s-p~ce vm.~

tilled with ole.y,an

e
e
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V~J·ycool

brieh ere no very expennive, /.nne. wno

e.nd oulro Md ao aooll

an po • al'l>l e ?.'is o

~i bso,.,

e r<>d her " bit •

Lll t tl-.c d 1l t 1"rom the chil::n cy made an awful me as,

got her to 1i c

aO\\'ll

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:.:ra. :.: cClell and moth-

:'Then the ""PP<mtero tore out enouch to oco 17h"t atl·uctureal damage
hn<! been dono 1t wan J:toro ovondorful th..,., ever tlmt

a:~, r. o. thin::

u.c

houe~

did !lot

bll t tho oo ch B'.:.ioal ex tin suh!te rs and God 1 e mc1·cy onved

H. '!'he tcetuel d""'::.co wun not vo1y great but 1t "'"" n Job to get it

eene~

11."1~

cl little
out,homo wecoD>'
"G"-in.
7e were devoutly thl<llkful we a till had
tho
l ovcd
eo well.
.
C'Ur ChJ•fot:nan boxea fro:n home !!:ado exoept!onully good time and
arrived t':To weel:o beforo Chritlt"'""·
Aunt Adelia hnc ordered

eo~e

Oe

did not wioh to open them but

thines, or my

~ether hLd

ohe •onted to eet her •inter coo.t, dress end

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80

forth

sent them and
80

wo opened

the. but not nur proce!'lts, except cnot!,er and better Canvas boat

Which Father ho.d sent "'". I oouJ.d not ...,it foz· that end we soon had
it in the r.ater snd o. trU.k trip in it,
arter

Chriatc~s

Anna wrote to J.!ary, a.oon

dey, • The Bagdad stripe io just what we vented and

. it will give o.n n!r of grace to the big <looney botween the living

and tl•e dining rooa for ita rod and blue atripoa will lm%'!>onize with
each rooa, It io tho e>:uct Date to tho one that the .Vilburs sent

~·a

lUI

me, Did you ocho,e together'i
are delighted and anxiouo to gat our
curtain pola from the woode and hang them.
!.bout Christens;

I rather dreaded tho day for I do miu :you all

ao I!IUOh but I oould not but bo happy with my de!lr huoband,
8UCh fun With the boxes fro:n l'hiladelphia,

I

¥e had

'./e kept trying to find

our presents for each !tnd hidden then froo tho other, Bert had ao
many good reaaono wl;,y he noeded to/ope., hh presentg it Just kept me
busy getting ahe"d of tkt:lt. him,

l!e had a now ounvus boat, beard

clippern, lena for the mioro_ecope,· and underclothes,

I had eome

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.r~pr.ncoe bltfo "'*::~.rc bukir.t! di3hc:s. drceein~ au.c, s:rr'l? ou~ and togetmr
c
..
we had a lerge tstr=.ndarl)tli ~1onc.rj:, 1:;.u31uu 3tx·i:;o, ohafin g diah :torlc
•.md !5~'oon, n do~en nc·;, erapho;Jhone rooo:rd9, and Lort had o.n a.tto.oh'!'Tlont !or sbrtvin;; the rec~rd~ no tr..ut oo tllu.t thuy co~lc! be used tor

new rr:oordr;.
;;~~:!.1e thene tho 'box conte.ined 'Prese:1t9 fl'Ot.'l ..:ra. Jil bur t.u all
the c.,tte.7,e boy::J nnd t1'-~cs1 r

f'olk(worl"en,)~nd

\Vi ven

wd ohild ~·dr1 ~1u u.ll tllu !!iesion

fiUlll"lt1t1oa or o:.nd;y nnct o)oaolu.to.ao

;~.-u cv.n aseo it

wa.!l q 1i ts exoi t i.nt; tn ~ 1 npcnec th~ ;>::ro3cu ts. ·
1

':le hnd Y.i~o ~iboon ur.d l~r. ~lU'!'lble here to di11no1· Chriatms.a eve

while the Gre:pho"'lho:"te pln:;ec! the new reco:-dG.

n~n·t cat~cd the !owl

with the ntm o~.rve:r, ( tutCithcr prencmt ')to the t:luoio o.nd them every !R
minuten he would .1u::.p "..?

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tl!iu

brine in M GJ"'mt't;l of pl·t:scnta, moetly

jokee e.r.d we lfmr~ed nc nuch wa just Ll-chec!
funny thin~n.
l>rettieot

for I>~1·t iw.d m~o auoh

Bert g~ve me such a ~rctty blue oar~o rain oo~t, the

r over

!Sii.W 11.nd juat what I n4lct!tJd tor the wat•x

up the in:side or roy maol:intonh el::1oot to my v1a.iut.
11\uor. fW"l ~1rpri ein~ eP--c!: otl:er.

ruin croepa

'1hcn 1{0 bb.ci ao

:;vtn..,Jvno u.t tho ~1 oolon wc;.o inter•

ef'ted to "ee if J co;Jlcl r:;ct aheue or l!crt &lJ 1 did, with

th~i::

helpr

ur. reck, tho cop~ent~ry teEl.cnor. :Bert wa.."lted some toola a:J it waa
8UCh a bother to C() to tl-.c al:cp o:.- hunt "..lp

•aw or "Plano to .dt; n 11 ttl e

the kine to eet.snd t

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r~Sp;:.1r. 3c ::r Eco~~

borro~ed eo~e ~onoy

thi'!lg about it. JJon'k~ no tho I
Ann& with the neceeeary .h·..1t

::r l5eol~ wbt.in

1ra3

t!U.VO

}JC:

wuntod a

me: tho n~oa ot

(no I would not

kn~w

any-

not v~-:y tho·uchtful in oupplyi.Ds

'bl~od bl\~d

to findl

,.~:. ,i ~

and ordered

thn in <;ellttle, r.~ttinc; one of tl1e te::lcl~.ert to mail 'the lottor ... I
will

CO"['lY

fro-.:1 !'J.Y Jo'.ln:~J.l to· ~ive ~o~e ~iC:.e lir;hto.

._ co!li)lete eurpri !C to !..nna fer -.hen •e

11

'Lhlil eerct:

VIalS

un~·,ao~red the bo.x.es soon attar

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S .A.:!.e..li. pg435.

they co.~e eo Aunty could get her cot:.t Anna eo.\Y 1 t but I managed to
1 ee.d her to believe it

was

from Mother to Aunt Deal and she

wo.e

rath-

disappointed t~at it wan not for her. Before we were o~fortably thru
or supper we hac to hurry to the school to the enterttltm!:lent.

The

children sang well and epoke their peices well but an unusual part

or

tr.e celebration oo~re~ at the very beginning.

who had been married by Iiutive custom f\1enty-one
ed to be l!lllrried in the Chriet-wey.

A Native couple

yeo.ra a~o now wish-

So the ceremony was par:foroed

there. It wc.s another evidence of the power of Christ to cb.a.nge mente
hearts.

The 1Toti ve customs on such thin go are very loose indeed.

The ladies of the Town had taken up a collection to help muke
the children hu(YPY a.nd ao all the children, whites, 1\ustSic.ns nnd our
...

e

school children nleo were gtTen a nice box of condy end

so~•

truit.

You lrnow what a treat fruit i6 here in the winter season. A near
neighbor of the 1.~ieaion cave three boxes of' apples and a white man
married to a Hutive gave the Hospital a box of apples. So with the
?:nd :O,o. ther
cnndy &c. Uother sent our children were very liberally suppljed.
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~ome yeurs there in plenty and others the gifts are pretty scant. ~o
a1·e
cv.n never tell end 111tX dependent on the sooietiea altho ~r. 1-·.elly
reels justifued in getting ao-:ne candy vi th l!iseion funds, if 1 t 1e
necessary but the amount ie quite limited.
·:lhen Anno nnd I returned to the 1~eet she did not aeem quite
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ready
to go to bed nnd after a ti~c it developed that ahe wna expect-

ing Ur

I

~wmble to brin~

a box to her.

~o ! went u~

and got it. 3be

asked ~e to open it nnd there was a tine saw, plnne and chisels. I
was the one to be aurprleed,ae I had not the slightest inkling that

ehe wns even thinking about them.
·1e hun(1 u-p our

etockint~~. e.."ld in the morning, mine was the most

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J .lt..:J

:~tT';HTf.. nT~ 'l'H1 CC''l'TA'J:~ T.OYJ.

tldu,;

·'~~nne.

.a.

wrl tea " I had given :Dert a

H. PC• 43G ••

~hrietr:taa

preaent ,a note

n~ boc.rd in ~i tka eui tt!.ble for 'Clo.kinS l1

telling hi'1 U1oro \l'tlS

bOX

to

hold the nruphophono records a."ld ho'.'T disappointed I wu.s thut I could
it reudy
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ho.ve cc:u~
for hi a i)resent, eo he hu.d no ideo. thut thorc \fa.s {Jly
more Chrietr.m.s for him from

~e.

··le hung up our otoc1dnBa und in the .

mornine Mine vu.s the most diAtorted thing you ever ec.w-.

It conta.ined

a coil of wire, ~oor bell end batteries, book, Match box und whut I
thouc;ht

WtU3 ll Cll."'1"C

or

bloeka but -proved to be the piceea

rack l:ert had mo.de to r.u.:.toh MY furni tnro.

Gf l!

to·~ol

Annaie lllneB hunc; up her

stockinG too and we etuffed two wool union suits into it und Lt.t the

top

a 6oll mude

or

Chocolate cake and rnistns that waa Just absurd.

The Cottnge Boys bnd wi Tea huve e. prett~· cuatol:!1c

I

ole under

eve.

J!LB.St%k

or

Bin[tlng car-

our WindO'K3 und in t<>-Jm too, s.t r.lidnight el;.l"!Btt'w.IS

They roo.llY ainG very well end thoix· voicen in the quiet frosty

air and -perhnpn bright moonlight iKn

~et

are very sweet Uld Joyouo amd

up end wieh theu1 merry christ:nu.s end per-

reverent, too.

lc e.lway·a

he.pa ho.vc soT:'lo

cake or somethine for them.

ents from you o.nd lJetty md
hap-py tir.te.

I opened my -personal pres-

~ue Neff u.fter brea.kfast and hud aucb a

!!y present !ron Aunt Helen got loot t:nd thtt r•oat master

did not fin~ 1 t until the fol~wing weok.u
·A fe\t days after Christmas we hu.d the Cotta~e boyn _and their

tamilien, thrity three in all, co~e to the lleet tor a. pu.rty. There
wo.a Thoma• o.nd

~attie

Cook,( Thomns helped build the add! tion~ .V1llie

·::-ells end hi 11 wife, Rudolph/and Daisy .lu.lton, J>eter :31mpeon amd wife

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Howard and Lottie :reorge and soma others. There were a te-11 or their
church U.nd eupecial
'Parents tro"M the rancho al eo, nembere or onr
the 'AOW recordf'l which they enjoyed Tery
friends or nert ~ ". "7e playe(~
tine, ";hen 1ta-!t"'-dc n. record or
.eei.ecio.lly
nre
these
recor<!e
much as

J.A.ll.a.H. pg. 437.

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· their Chrietmas carol on ax cylinder we had ahaved, and them Bert
did hie e~ight of han~ tricks, the same zones he showed the school
children on Thanksgiving night ae these people had not eeen them.
These cottar,e people are of much higher in telligen'ce than the Ranche
people and they were greatly interested and saw through some or the
tricks ) but by'moet of
them

.

fro~

they were mystified. Bert had studied

th~

some books he brought with

hi~

and is really quite adept.

r. of the fancy
and as they are -mostly e'kight of hand and with""much
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A..tJ

apparatus they go very well. Then we had ioe cream and cake and some
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of the old people had never tasted it before it was very funny to
aee them.

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At first they spit it out but when they began to taste

the sweet flavor they tried agaln)and then fell to with relish and
had three or four helpings.

After refreshments we distributed pres-

ents, those mother ·Jilbur sent, some !rom Aunt Bea.l and our own and
played a few games and it was nearly midnight when were said goodbye after a Tery happy evening.
As New Yeo.rday was Sunday, Bert made some ca.lle on Saturday afternoon but found very !ew ready to receive. I put on my best Kn
Jl~

butno one called.

Some called on ltonda.y but we were out.

~-

7e

have been enjoying the skating on Swan Lake. It is back of the town
and a·mile or more long.
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me around.

Bert takes me there on a sled and pulls

One day a man hnd a dog in harnees and fastened tt to

the aled and took me whizzing all about.

The lake xxxaz extends

almost back or the Erady's houae and Bert eometimee skates down to

•

the end and hides his skates. and trampa over the. hill, when he goes
to aee them professionally •. They are very fond or him and he ia
their family doctor."

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R0·.1 ,.7ITH DR. --11ri'n.

l!ospi tel work was not very eatUSfactory because we had so 11 tJ..r'<!.
help. Sone ot the girls c~e fro~ the school a part or each day but
they

•~kmt~

could do little more than help with the cookinc. Early

in the year we had
sick.

n~epidemic

of grippe and some of the teachers were

I had an attack but it was mild and fortunately it oocured

before the worst of the sickness.

rrovidentally Anna escaped. Opera-

tions had to be put over but I did some repuir work tor
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Paul

~rs.

and we had some aerioue cases of pneumonia in the hospital, and I
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had to be there much of the time.
A brother-in-law or Dr. White, the Naval surgeon, came to town
and as he had a partial medical course '.vhi te allowed him or urged
him to practice in the Rnnche.

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tellow was

unscr~pulous

There was no law to prevent it. This

and I suspected he was selling cocaine to

the Wativea, in tact I was pretty sure or it. It was an outrageous
thing to do.

·ae never had to cope with drug addicts, but that fellow

was trying to develop them. I could not get a clear case but I found
he had treafAJa young woman tor some sickness and ahe died while ka
under

hisc~are,

and White had never been called in. I criticised

~ile

freely with the hope he would hear what I said and he did. He

asked me, one dey if I had ·aaid thus and so:: end I said I had and
repe.ated what I had said BDd t'old him
•

X~

he was

ftegleot 1 for he must have know about the case as he was

guil~

certa~ly

ot

re-

sponsible for what his rel}.tive was doing. ·1e had been fairly good

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friends betore that but that ended it.
. ADna wri te$about thi a -time," I'l'he hoe-pi tal has been crowded to
oTert'lowins and the Nurse .has been sick with the grippe and Bert
hardly gets home to his meale. One case or pneumonia has required
uight watching end one on _the older Uiasion boys stays with him at

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TH:; ::SIU POTI.ATCII.

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night eo poor nert gets up several tioea
everything is ell right.

439.
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night to go and see 11"

ry kitchen 'la.dy'hu.a 'been in bed with the

grip?e so we have not hnd r.teny apa.re r1omente.

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happy and it in so sweet to have each other.

nut we are perfectly
I

~quite

en experiKK

ienoed housekeeper now and it ie euoh pleasure to !eel confident that
I know.
·.'/e have been hnvinc quite an exciting ti!ne o.t the !!iasion. Ur.

Kelly would not let the boys go to a bi&;:

!iativ~

dance and they re-

belled and battered down the door or hie ottice where be was puniahingone

or

them end a regular scrimmage tollowed ae our ~our men teach-

ers grappled with them •

e
e

%lum

As a result the two 1 eo.dere are lodged

in the Si tk~ Jail. Bert said nothi·ns 1 ika 1 t ever hnp?cmed bet" ore,..

since he came.

(A word

or

explanation is neceesar.y. It was not a

dance as we understand the wor~hat these boyu wanted to attend but
rather an ancient ceremony by which pence was to be restored between
two clenJJ that had been at Y&r, nominally tho no actual fighting had ·

oocured 1 tor years.
eo much

~e

can not understand how those ceremonies mean

nnd
to the Natives KS as our Church ~~ople promised that this

would be the last big feast they would take
moat anxious to see

~t.

p~rt

in the boys were

Tho policy ot" the Uieaionariee was to oppose

all such teasta and potlatches because or the trouble that almDat
invariabl' tollowed end because

that such

oer~onies

or

ecomomic rea.sons ltlld they telt

held the Nativea to the old dovil worship and

witohcratt. rerhapo we were not as wise as we should have been. in

such matters beoauee we did not really know all that was in tho Nat•
iTe mind. These ceremonies were 1nterwoTen in every tiber ot the Nat-

iTo's being and meant everything to him.

·m:.·l'.J •ne

Raven's have

built a large house and and hl:·c\ two weeke ot C'-'TI.Stnnt dancing wtd

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J'.A.-r:.a.H.

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pg. ~40.

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d

r·4

.

o.

~EKskbM3 end~~~ and~torn up hundrede.cf blankets so they claim to
have earned the highest totem, the frog end have had a large pole
erected in front of their houee.

Such a. restive two weeks baa out

done all traditionrs of the last hundred years anc{has coat thousands
of dollars.
I

·1hile it makes the lfatives or clan that givee it absolute-a

ly pennineee it raises then tc the higheet cae•e and the other Katives Tie with each other to minister to their needa.a
There were ten ot morefarge canoes tilled with Chilcat Thlingits
who carne to visit and make peace. Their arr1Tal was celebrated

by ·a

dance of welcome by the Sitkas on jhe beach. I do not suppose any

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white man ctould interpretet its full significunoe tor it was all
symbolic and was Yatched by the clans 1 not taking part,with the closest
attention. form and oorrect

move~ent

was most important end Tery

freely co:rmnented on. Most of the l!ative were

.!rest{n~he

~

ty-pical

AlafJkan or re.ther Tblingit dance costumes and the photoes will give
a better idea of them than any description could but there were a
number dressed ae birds or animals.

One in particular was so like

my little friends of gt. Lazaria., the stone-turna 1 that I

recogn~zed

I

him instantly as the dancer hop-ped about ini tating the piercing no tee
or the bird

~xm

almost perreotly.

The canoes of the Tisiting alan were fastened side by side, decorated with flags on lines from mast to stem and stern, the

~

people~

in dance dress in part but notnearly elaborate as that of the.Sitkae.

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Very elowly they approached

timing their landing to the tinieh

of the dance and tho the tr!ends watched the dano1ng _closely these
Tieitors searched earnestly for the slightest mistake. If they could
find any it would give all

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begin to realize how very

t~c d~~oers
ser~ous

great ehame. 7e really cannot

it all was.

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e

J.A.U.a.H. PS• S 441.

441.

The women did nat really dance but th~were a ~ery neoceea~
adjunct to the ceremony for, dressed in ceremonial costume or blue
./.rv-r~
, white
blanket bordered with red..,,a.'1d row after row of tmuill buttons,they
stood along the eide lines singing/or better, chnntins their weird
cadences Ks their bodies swayed with the rythm. One·or rnore

mx which were more like large

ta~bourinee

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drum~

were beaten with a ehort

wood paddle and it waa astonishing how many different strokes they
had, a different one for each dance.
Anna

went with me a~ combined a visit to eome or my patients

with a view or the landing of the Chil£ats. To us it looked a little
toolieh and wf course
and tens•on

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ee~ed

~eaningless

yet the sense of it seriousness

to perva&e the very air. The town photographer

took a picture and Anna and I can be seen on the walk in front of the
houses.

She hae on a gol(cape,

Altho we believed in the dangers of

of maternal .impressions on the unborn babe, I mean the medical prothat
fessiC?n as a whole believed it at :tilt time, it did not ocour to me
and,of course Anna did not know hardly anything about it, that aome
of those grotesque and horrible faces might have a bad effect. It
was fortunate

we

did not think of it tor if we had she would have

missed nll those strange nnd unusual Tiews or Native life and all

tor no l)Urpoee.
•

I will quote part of her letter discribing the ceremony.so when .
you see the quotation marks in conn.ection with this !east you will
know what they menn. •There were, at least, twenty women with ermine

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head dresses. These are made of

lo~g,

eighteen inches or more, thin

switches fastened at their bnse to a woven or wooden· cap and they
stand mtraight up in the air, tho slightly bent toward the center. I

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TH6

n-z:m

442.

IS CAr TUnED.

In among these wands or 5Witchee eagle's down was twined while from
the cap and sweeriny the ground and extending perhaps two teet a sort
akin veil was covered with ermine skins, as many as could be attached.
There were sixteen I counted on one.
heads the eagle's down fills the
all on whom it falls.

This

~ir

As they sway and shake their.k
and is an emblem of peace on •

headd~ess

them were almost Egyptian in their

was only one of many, some of

ao~tume

the animal head dresses of the Pharaos.

with head dresses like

Bracelets and rings, valu-

able blankets and mocoosins, little &lmiJm bags on chaine arcrnd .
their neoks containing the ashes of their ancestors or other vauua•
bles were a part of the costumes.
The dress of the men were even in greater variety.

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Same had

beaded dance shirts pulled on over stiff bosom white shirts, some
with skin shirts, painted with tot~s and fringed with tufts of hair.
~ags and pouches and wallets were hung all over them to fkap about

as they postured and jumped up and· down. The1wore blankets, not cammon trade blankets but rare ones and even the handsom Chilcat blankets.

Little touches of dazzle were added, Aboloni shells,hand mir-

rors and one man had two glass lamp reflectors tied across h's brest
with a yellow tape measure! Some wore wigs and a

rew

masks and in

their hands they carried rattles or dance sticks with which they
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beat piecee of board painted with totemio designs.Their faces were
hideously painted from just a few streaks to one fellow whose whole
face was painted black-except large white circles abo~t his eyes

•

Be wore a wig

ot ravele4

Dew

rope and the effect was savage and gro•

tesque in the extreme"
As a great conceee1on I was able to take a picture of the ti:nal ceremony and in spite o! poor light tx and the !act that they

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DIG POTLATCH.

Tl-:1~

J.A.~.a.u.

pg.442.A •

This page to be rend a:t'te.r 3rd. pa,aeraph on pg.44:5.
Since

writin~

the account or tho big potlatch I fiK

have round

such an lnterestking letter to Aunt Helen Taylor, written by Anna

which describes other ceremonies that I copy it in pc.rt_,as it ought

to be

~reserved

·.~arch !'>,10~9.

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here.
3tc~er

tO have tho arlded

day is but two days off and this time it is

exci~ent

or

bringing Helena and

~adeline and

we aro so happy in tho prospect. Bertrand is conducting the 3unday

night service whicY. he has every other Sunday. It has bee snowing
all day and after tlounderinf around and getting nearly stalled this
afternoon I did riot venture

a~x

out again tonight)altho I so keen-

ly enjoy my own dear llusband' s evening services. Poor boy, he was

calledout thi o morning about fou:r and has bel!n tra!:lpinz all day

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except when· he was conducting Zunduy School.

or

How ofttJn I thcughYot

thee durin(; the recent potlatch and danoca of the No.tives. The

the openinG6f a tribal houae at the Hanche vh.en the

oo'oe.~51on waA

Ch1lcat Indians of the

s~e

clan

ca~o

to puy n visit. Rumors were

in circulation that the Chiloats were coming_:) but the time, to be
dra~atic,

must renain unknown. Our Uativcs

l~d

been ready !or sev-

eral weeks, when suddenly, early one morning, the Chilcats, in 4
dnnce attire, ,.,e:re seen to round the point givinf loud cries as they
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cmne.

t-11 tho Si tkus

wereXJU~

on the peach when they arrived but

stood sedately by) -aiting for the

•

oer~ony

or tho visitors.

Twenty seven large canoes with hiahbow and steth, with tourbright painted
teen or mora paddles on a aide,just raced thro ths water. Ao eoon
1

as the bows touched the shore the l!atiTes in

d~"loe

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pioturosque

o.oatume

dnnce etiol'.:s leaped out. Never have ·I seen anything so
hideoualy
and grotesque ao well. They danced three dances, j~pod into their
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ABOUT T!li.:: BIG POTIAT:H CONT'lTD. J

.A.~.a.H.

442.B.

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canoee and paddled swiftly to their camp on a nearby island. The
Sitkae followed theM closely and from their boats saw another dance
on the shore of the Islend.

The,\ the S1 tkas rushed back to the Ranohe,

and gathered behind a curtain, perhaps three hundred feet long which
had been stretched alon3 the beach.

The Chilcats soon reappeared

around the point, their canoes lashed side by side,this time7 and insteddor hurrying to the beach they carne slowly with a sort of cere-

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bony and turned facing the beach but
it,

facin~

.

l'l
r~ing
1

a short distance from

the curtain. This was suddenly drmn1 aside, and with all

the savage frenzy you can 1mag1neJthe dance of welcome was on.
After two dances our people all ran, helter skelter, into the

•

now house and shut the door.

Soon a man came out and with pe.ntomine

and song end dance gave the torrnal

,

enter end the. Chilcats

~at

1~v1tat1on

tor the visitors to

once landed and went into the house.

FOR

three weeks the dancing and feasting continued and thousands ot blanketa were torn up and given away.

(These are later made by Native

women who reoe1Te them into coats or shirts quite regardless of color or matching stripes. Such garments are considered to be very honorable indeed as they show that the wearer hae been to many reaats
and had reoeieved many preaents.B.K.'>V.) The final dMoe was the deer
or
•

~eace

dance but Dert thought I better not go to that as it was

in the house and there was sure to be a crowd there." •••• •! never
expect to see such barbarism/ again and trust .I never shall. Contrast
out littlvsettlement in the Cottaeee and the married Mission boys
and girls with this heathenism, and then you eee the blessed reaul t

•

ot

th• self sacrificing labor of these twenty yeare. (And my dear

wife did not realize fully whet a terrible
Cottage

~eJ~~e ~o.

strug~le

retrain trot':l taking part in

t~ese

it was to those
f'esti;vitiea. NOt>-nt...-

fo('- ~-1./ ~~~(4 /k--Y~~ ~')

-e

J .A.Jl.a;.• H. pg.44:5.

E.ll had to stand •till, no easy thing undor such uciobont, tho

photo g!vea n veTy

of tho coetumea.

f~i~ r~~ruscnta~ion

Those cero:nonioa are not really danoes.

danoa together.

Th~

dcncera do uot run and. laap o.bout o.:J

the wild dances ot· tho
in ono

pl~eo ~~d

~la1ns

Indian. 7or the

po3ture or mowa the

this way end

t~t.

go the vhclo

len&~

Uen c.nd vomun d.o not

Occasionally

ot

U?~ar

~ost

line

part thoy stand

good performer will

imitntin~

eome bird or ani•
/

mal which he is droooad to reoE::I:%!ble.
But

no~

aae in

part of their bodies

e~e m~~aially

u~e d~cin~

W(!

tho tinal z.&.et l.U1.s coac. One

mLUl

wonra a h&n\! band in

vhich aro two tufts o! fur, the deere honus I em told. lie Blntea

.

thin way and th.o.t while Mothe1· m.:w trios to plo.oe e. ful· covered

e
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wreath about his ne~. A!tor t.hiu t;oe:) on !or e. time the wreath is
finelly placod nbout t.ho deer' a noa:lc nnd. he ls ~l>tured :md peace

1e aaourod. ·nu1e it ie all vo.tchcrd vo:;; olosoly, tor th= l1ouze ia

packed with apectatora, tho very ttr.t whi tea aro vor.ni tted to aoe it,
aRd thero ie en undercurrent of intense teotion, ~ere ia no wild

ahout o:r amy c!e::&onstration

ot

gladneaa tba.t. the lontt toud 1_s enc1ed.

I havo ao.id TfJ'Q" 11 t.Ue about thtl

atr~gtt

llo.tiv• cu:stol1l8 tor

all that can be r.aa.d in books, the one by nov.L.F.Jcmeo, tor many

7eare our Uissiono.r;y at Juneau and a personal !risnd, ~ his • A
study of tho Thl ins1 ts o:r Alael:a" ia Tery complete and accurate.
'ibile tho of't1c1Dl spelling ia l"'nlingi t mtd is o!t.en pronounced
Tbk ink-lets I always have thought tha.t Hklin- git' with acoent on

the l&at ayllable,more nonrly repreacnta tho correct sound.
A!lna continued Tory well but wi til blor•aaing dfaoom.tort, o!
oourao. 5he wrote ·George in Vobruar.f "I am vory well and grow moH
and more in love w1 th Raven's !Ieut. and ~i Un and Bertrand. • It ifaa

J.A.Y.a.n. pg.444.

4lt

ROt a routine matter to make the Tarioue prenatal teats,

~.

that it ia now, Indeed, many of these tests were not known.

at

. 444.
that time

If the

expectcnt mother was in good health that was thought tG be suffecient.
So my dear ITife did not have the advantage of these many sate-guards
thnt we .know-now. Of course I wntkched her with the crreatest care
/
') and did everything foq her I knefJ ot'but I was appaled at the many pos-

,.

eibilities that faced her and my own ignorance in so many ways. She,
happily, did not know what wao before her and I thought it best she
should not know.

I knew that I must face the coming ordeal without

the help of a consultant for the naval man wa.s pQUically useless
e.t such times.

\Ve looked to a loTing HeaTenly Father to guide and

help and the strength and courage He gave carried me thru tr~t trying
timo.

-e

The Bay was full of Herring eggs.

3very blad~ of sea grass,

every big leaf of kelp, every weed, was covered with its coating of
the tiny cream colored globules. I loTed to take the sea grass and
strip the eggs off with my teeth.
··Q_

I

They crackeled pleasantly as I

ate them S.."!d wer not the least gooey

or strong. But Anna

was

not

enough of an Alaskan for that. The Natives anchored large branckee
l be
' of hemlock in the water and soon great masses of the eggs woud

deposited on them, layer on·layer, until the br~ckes looked like
huge bunches of minute grapee. The whole thing was then dried in the

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air and st9red for winter use. The Bay was full of ducks ~
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Every tw4 Nativee,in one of the smaller canoes, would paes by,
the man in the bow, with a long aili

narrow bladed stick, into the

edge of which sharpened nails had been driven, would_~eep it thru
the water and then over the stern of the canoe and ehake oft the
six or eight herring he would· impale a.t every stroke. It was nc%

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J.A.H.a.H.pg.445.

A BABY ARRIV38.

. 445.

trick at all to fill the canoe, if you had the neceaseary mu•sele.
The natives boild the fish6 and skimmedp!f the oil to save for the
winter.

7e had all the herring we wished to eat, The flesh• was Tery

sweet but they were very_oily and full of bone3.
After supper on Sunday, April ~th, Anna, lielena. and I went down
to tho beach in front of the Hest and clambered up on the rocks. I
tried to get the girls to eat herring eggs which I was enjoying. Helena had come out to be with Anna, Father and Uother were eo good to
us, and

w~e

had a happy time in the clear soft air., for 1 t was quite

warm that evening. Three weeks before we had a two foot sno7fall.
·Anna

'

to

se~

so well and joyous.

Perhaps 1 t was not the wisest thing

do but the rocks were notbigh or slippery and Anna loved the little
and ~oss and fern!!
flowers that grew in every nook and cranny.
That night, about eleven
'\

eclock, the pain began and Miss Ribson came over addjust ae the bell
rang !or dinner at the :!lesion on AprilltJth.a nn being came into
the world and a lusty baby boy with a lot or black hair was placed
in his mothers'

a~a.

Dear Anna bore the suffering with wonderful fortitude and tine
self control, hiding her pain ao that it would be easier tor me.
Vise Gibson was effeoiently professional but with an added bit of

~

gentleneeD for I think she had begun to really love Anna, how could
ehe help it? and the Doctor -husband was first doctor and then hueband and

•

som~timee

one and sometimes the other, almost forgetting

that he was also rather to this little new bBby.
There are holy places in the world and there aro.saored moments
in lite but l have )et to see any thing %K that is so nearly divine
as :t a good mother with her newborn babe in her arms.
were !ull or wonderoue lovtt-lic;ht when

,u...J

she~

Anna's eyee

her groom> but there

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h~AnT.

J.A.u.a..n. pg. 445-A.

445-A.

(Tbouo lettero should have been woven into the story but tho lott•a
tera wcro no found until afterward nnd as th~ aro too beautiful
an 1n31Ght into the dour Annu-mothor hourt to bo d~itted, I oo~y tha3
here. Fn thor. )
Si~:a, April 5, 1809. ••• To Aunt Holen Taylor,• I ac ao happy.
Just think wlw.t nw Joy ia oo::1inG to ua botore tbe next bout oomoa
again. Ia'nt is it wonderful nnd blessed nnd Joyoua'i· Oh, hou good
God 1a to lot us come so near to lii~ in parenthood."
April 22; "Deur Brother~, De prepared for tho shock or an added
dignity, for frou !\avon's lloat co~os tho ao.lutation of your woo m:w.ll
nophe-.- to Uncle George,Uncle ~orris nnd L'ncle l..rchor. 'Jo wish you
might ace tor youroelvoa what nn honor it io to bo c&lled Uncle by a
such a. voncle1·ful baby c.s out' Bertro."ld but, no it is, you will hnvo
to take it on the word of his relio.blo fa thor end idother. lle ia a.
s~lendid big boy with liGht r.n.ir and blue eyes O.."ld having beQil hero
twel vo days he hao outt::rovn tho f'irot nioknG.::lo his :father gc.ve hit:~
":7ec }/cary '.1tinl:leo '.111 bur" and bids fair to bo o.s handsom.:.:..as his
Uncle Archer, whose baby picture be closoly roe~bloo. no is a ver.y
model baby, ao rnr 1 like thoso his Uncle George approves of,whO do
not cry (vory often) but oleop nnd eat with groat re(>Ulo.ri ty."

e

e

.ua7 6s"Denr Unys1e 1 You must givo mo a little time to settle
the wonder

or

washed ond dressed him tor the tirat tii:le and now I
hi~

to

having little De•trond end then I promise not to alwo.ys

write bab7 letters but, Just now, he io nll absorbing.

charge or

d~

end he seams so really my own.

&:li

Yosterd~

I

to.king entire

l3ert is Just the dear-

est rather a baby could hn.ve and handles the 11 ttle

On a

ao gently

and fondly it Dnkes me very happy to aeo ha;r deeply he lOTes · thnt

wee little bit or humanity. Els protosaional experionceo hnvo not
4ulled his love for thiu little tallow n.t all and I think

~

'baby' aeects Just ao nw and atra.nse and wondar(ul to hio proud father
•

as he does to his oother.

several times wo have taken hU:l dow

atalra in his li ttlo blue wrapper his Auntie -Uo,y made tor him 8lld

e

he looks ao cunning and 8\Jeet in 1 t.

e

~l!liiiiiiiii'I!JIII!!O'l,...~

AW4&4JU!

PIA

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e

fOR~ ADOUT BADY.
Last nightfo had some ot the teachers to dinner nD a farewell

e

to l!rs.

~.Yallnoo,

one or the mntrons who is lenvin[t on this bout.
~

Irel en a ·did all the work and Bert carried Y!le do\fn otairs to_ t>reeide
at

~he

dainty table.

I have been down atairo almost evory day this

f:_

• wee*-. and on wa~, _sunshiny dnys lmve had my chair outside where Bert
wao working on the 18.11!1? and !lo·;rer beds. Bert is so good to me and

it has been so sweet to have him with me so much. Fortunately, the
work at the l:!oep1 tal has been so much less serious e.nd next month
;

Uiss Gibson goeo away on her tulough and the hospital must be closed
and home will be l3ert' s oentrc.l point ao I am looking t'oreward to
all sorts ot good things.
ray 26, 1899. Denr

e

Auntie-~~&,

the dear little coat and cap and

pada arrived safely though almost without wrappings !or the Journey

e

is most disaoterous to packages

or

c.ll kinds. The coat and cap are

so ounning I want eo tmch to try them on bo.by Bertrand but it eeer:na
eo eelt!Sh to put then on the little fellow just to aatiofy my our1oa1ty that I have thus tar retrained,

Uow that I am taking eare

or 'baby myeelt he aee:1s so much my very own precious little

boy.He is eo cunning in hie little tub.

~adeline

Anno. was 'nt it just too bad you happened

time tbe baby come.

~

said to me • Aunt

to be sick Just the very

So l!iss Gibson had to tnke ca.re ot him an(1 t

really eeemed as i t she was more baby's mother than you wore. l3ut,
I

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t_.

ot course, G£1d mennt him tor you ond Uncle :Bert. •· I

8:1

eo happy to

'be elble to nurse the little son, he. seems eo neatly to belong to

•• aa he looks up so contentedly into my tace and seems to be wondering who I am.

·;e t1nd a dozen signs a day to proTO hcnr intel-

11gent he tK grows end Bert

811~

I laugh over his EU'lt!ca, tor he is

such a strong little tel low •. Tl.iere, he has just waked

UJ)

end I

CB.11

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J.A.u.a.n.

pg~445-c •

hear dear Bert go to hie crib anying,•therc, there, dear little boy.•
and now

.\

he is coming down utairc to me.K

1Xe~

Anathio,letter,written a little earlier, shows so cleariy the
mreetn eo a nnd de;Jth

or

;.~other • s

"Cur dear Aun tio ~:a~a.,

Q:u:

ui"fectlon.

The ;t'ocious 11 ttlo man haa been with us

twel'f'e deys, a. sucre<! reality since noon, J...pril tenth:'nertrand',of
course,for the

nob~eat

ond beet

or

fi.lthers nd Eenry for his grand-

father 71lbur and the d•ur grundfnther Dean. I wonder, had you/ever
thought

th~t

'Bertrand~'

is Gorman for'Raven'1

one is appropriately housed in the 'Nest'.

•

So you see our little

He is a splendid boy and

hae been such ~good little darling we are so very proud

or

him and

happy in our now Joy •

I wish you might see Bertrand as he so tenderly cares tor the little son. It makes !!'lo so ha-ppy to see his love tor o:.tr baby rndiatea oh
Auntie, how I love my Bertrands. I viah 70u could know how tenderly
careful he 1e 1 my lmsbond, my physician, l"lY nurse; always seeming eo
happy in oo.ring for me and thinking only of my comtor1; and happiness.

Helena has been chief cook and

~id,Uias

Gibson comes over twice

a day and dear Dert has been everything alae to me,my own dear husbandJ
ou~

naw

can I ever be thnnktul enough enough tor such

~lesuing. Uy

or happiness is tull to overflowing.•
· 3une 21st. •Leisure to write baa become so exttemely rare amid

tbe happy round ot our datly lofe that I

•

tww linea written to you as his

~allneee

W!1

going to try to get a

is lying in my lap to baTe

a bit ot colic trotted away, dear little boy.

He growu more and more

interesting and int~lligent .8'f'ery do.y and seema such

a aunsh1ney

tle tallow.

~ounds.

end

He is ten weeks old and weighs fourteen

a half

11 t-

Hie eyes

are large end dark blue with ~;;right epnrkle and a.s tor his hair; eomet1r.1es 1t

ee~o

burnished copper, others times brown and then a Yery

e

e

~ .A.Uo..l!.

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pg.445-D

.44~D

11Sht blond, eo its e littl hnrd to ao.y Just vho.t color ·tt is to be.
finally, but we do love him, and it ia just tho ~eetoot joy to aee
~

~ertrand'

with the 11 ttle son. or course, Ba.by know us now n.nd he

laugho and crows whan we hold him.

Ura. Brady snve ::1e her

ola

co.r-

riage that has trundeled tive little :Brc.dya, and ahth.ough it is delapids.ted it has been very nice tor baby and I l:w.vo taken him to
town twice in 1 t. Since our 11 ttle poroh wo.o built I oo.n tllk:e him
out. ever,y briGht dny. Tho Neot io so pretty now in ito ooat
paint..

or

new

/

Eertrc.nd had sO!:le of the lliaeion boys help him clear more
spaoo tor our garden and in a plot ao lnrgcs as a. city back Yo.rd

e

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we hnva lettuce, turnips, carrots, potatoou,radiches, spiniah,poaa,
beano, oa.bbac;c, cauliflower, beets, rhuba.rb and raspberries.

ot

tho seeds wero·given us by Prot". Georatson,

or

D~t.

Uout

u.s.Agont o! the

AE:ricul turo end we muat report on them. So we i"eel vory

scientific with our labels and records.
SUtka 1 a in the 1:1ad whirl of tour1sto and the Uarrimnn B.xped•
!~ion

wn.cs hero.

Helena hoe been visiting l!rs. BradY, and ha.s boon

ln all the geyety,tour dinners last week, two rocaptiona and a

luncheon beside le.unoh parties (by tho Ua.TY people, )and mountain
.

.

pc.rties an~ eo on. She is just in her element.
Laot Thurudey- Ura. Dra.dy go.vo tho Goveror a ourprisa 'birthdey party and us o. wedding eniTersr.u-y party at the same t.l.me. Aunt

e

e

Doel oeme dow to take care of baby eo we could both go as 1t wu
ln our honor. I was presented with a ln.rse paper boquet. Then we
all went to Tiow the bridal. presents tor two t:1inuteo and then m.nde
a list or tba::t tro-:1 tle:nory. :.!uaic, vocul nnc.l inotnttteotul. followed.
At the table the Governor oat wder a huge pop com ball preoiding
over a big oW:o ..~ th tift~' oo.nd.lea. At DY end wuo en elabor~te
wedding cako while I waa o' c.rnho.dowed nnd alcoat. axtinguiahed by
a l)a.per wedding bell covered with i"ems. ;.., ChLJ..moni cow-bell wns
tho clapper, kept in cotion all tho title by uisollavioue lads and
mo.ideno. 7e cano hatla at ttr1 f'or tho 11 ttle boy muot. ba ted. '1

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all of that love licht rtn-e-e.nd with it·, anothor light, even

was

deper and nore tender in her de~r face as she looked up at me and xzt1
whispcsred, "Our baby boy."
Me..

Perhaps Doctor.;hueband.had bean a little too anxious for hie
loTed -patient-wife
to be relieve~! pe.in I nnd eo had not been as de.

,

liberate an he o~sht to have been but, whether that is eo or not .
eome repnir wor~ \Tne necessery in a fe"'T dny.5 and of course I had to

do t:kat it.

Anna'!'\ recovery waR quite norMal and she had abundant

nourishMent for the little fellow who seemed to require it frequently. Nor vas it for a r~T days only but all thro hie babyhood ~
he drew hie life fro~ his ~others boeorn. And that was the sweetest

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sight to the father, who was beginning to r~ernber that this was

not juslanother baby that he had helped into the world,but that it
was BI! bnby,'fleeh
BY'!!\bOl

or

or

hi" flesh and bone of hie bone' the blessed

the mystery Of the blending Of twain into one new being.

As was certain from all ehe was and Xi is, Anna was a wise and loTing
~other from the very fir~t. I did not feel robbed of her love ~nor

jealous ar thDt bit

f)f

humanity.

l'e read Of that $ot1etimee)but it

wee not ooneciouely my ~ental onndition.

Instead, Anna's love aeem-

e~ to expp.nd and deet'·en end:1embrace both big e.nd 11 ttle Dert in

deep and lavish affection.
•

For we had named the baby with hie

tath-

ere t1rst nSl'!!e and Henry for hie gJu"endfather ·.71lbur and hie Uncle
(!=
'.Jill Henry ra~tlor, tor his e·econd nB.l!le. I thought Father would be
.

.

greatly plaat~ed b11t I 1r1eae he waa disappointed that we t{d not
call hi~ Henry tor hie first name tor he wrote, " ••• that youngster
that ia named e~ter

MO

and

nr.

Tatlor and a ~ew other people."

'lYe were hur.nm, q11.1 tfJ so..) rno the d ifficul t.y of a new baby in

the hou!Se crune to u~ n.s 'to others. Of courPSe, night wa~ the greateat 'Probl el"'\ n.nd I could not get away tor Helena. had my room and the

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we.a ernall but, a.t le:1st, we did not havtt to wa.rm a bottle at night.

"Je made abe adjuet~ente ae other youne mothers and fathers have done

but as the baby grew older r.e had many a
e.nd given itispi te

or

s~anking

he did not deserve

mild proter:~ts fro::~. his mother.

un s?o.nk h1!11 in some way.

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I '311lh I could

r-erhaps, as Tom Sawyers Aunt .Polly ei!.id

when she· d1 scovcred tlw.t she had given

undeserTed
l;ert received
whippin~, "".lell, it wont cooe a..T!lisS" uu;--bc thoso undenerved spankings-.~-..
either
wore not &~is~ tor they, or something,reeulted in a very tine eon
~

whose kr:mbt.g l.Cill'm

and

To~

~mwt

affeotiono.te interest nnd loving devotion has

ever been a bl eeeing to hie parents.

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7e had no !!lnid a.t

11Ted nt
probl~

~itka

7

thi~

ti1ne and not much ot any orthe ti1:1o we

and while I do not intend to take up the'servant girl
~

we had one experience that was, to say

and termin_;;
A yoang 2."-piscopal clergy::ta.n, .tell a

ated just before :Bertie va15 botn.

ligent woman, much above the usual class of

un~s~al

da~cst1cs/Qnd

wated smne kind of work and would do o.nyt.hing.

that ehe

1!e wonde1·ed it we

would take hor in as ~ sort or caidtcompanion and we would be doing
a real Christian service if we would. At the

s&~e

time he did not

wish or expect ud to treat her ae a gueat baX for she would do the
•

house work altho she had not.had experience with cooking.

~r.

Part-

ridge was ·a sood friend end we liked him a lot and agreed to try it
a!'ld :Jre.

e

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~·nater

arr1 ved the sa.:no day.

~erh~~e le~s, ~ith

3he was a blond, about thirty,

a refined !aoe, rathor

To1c9 e.,d quiet manner.

d~ure

and sad,a gentle

1.

She did'nt know anything about house work

but tried to· learn. oo!ore long, it waa evident that she was under
a good deul of

~otional

atruin and very o!ten wept when we hP.d

•e

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447.

SOAi'Y S'.!ITH<tj~l D~COY •

our morning prayers, and then ehe wr.pt nt !"!.c.ny other tir.:os e.lao, in

f'nct Anna would find her weeninP"

GO conct:::..."ltly in tho ki tohen, at
. . ,.
fire
timee tho.t ehe entirely for13ot tho fhm nnd it wo.o o:1t. nat she

·

would never tell ,1ust why aht:!
tiful, we

ee~ed.

wc~t,

onr hc!1e lifo wo.a eo beau-

s~id

to care eo nnch fnT eceh

ot~cr

a"ld tic on but ahe

never to.lked freely but wa" very ee1f cn-:1tninen e.nc! be!co.no a good
deal

or

a eyetery.

l~ei nJT,

con ee1. "!'le~ou~ -peo-r-1 e, .\n11n. nne I thought

ehe wae in the lihoee of conv1 ction nnrl thr.t repentMee nne! a new

lif'e would eoon be her nortion.

The joy nf the

re~entnnt

einner

eeem to come, however, tor !~re. Foeter eee~ec! to l"..ang on
Occaeionally
eharp rocks ef conTiction. «.ftet\ ehe repeated the etory of her i:

did

~tot

bu~band'~

1nneoenee and how he

wa~

juat Eathered in with the crowd

in a round up at 3kagwa.y, but ehe did
So

thbt~e

we., t

Gn

for

!!Ome

not

td.t~ talk Clbout hi~ often.

week e and she really did so om to

.

care for us nnd wa~ a hell) ir: her 1neff·~cient way and then,one day
the steamer caMe and P~he d1sn:_-rpe3red, totally a.nd entirely. A
Yarehall appeared with a werrnnt for her arrest on the c~ge

u.s.
or

CO'I"l-pl i city in the CTil"''eD. of tho Soap)' ~mi th gang. The Soapy S!lli th
gang waPJ a bnnd

o~

the ";70rst cril!linul s that had bcon terrorizing

Skagway and Juneau, robbin~ m1.nors of their pokea,hold ups,gun play

and tinally 'l".lurder. They had killed a deputy Uarah¥!
•

al round

U'!)

when two or three of the gang

weHt

~

in the fin-

wiped out,Qnd poor

1nnoce~t Foeter,(tho that wa~ probabally an alica~wna ono or the
ringleadere if not the chief eno and :rrs. ~"oeter, our maid,was the

'

81)¥

and c'eony nf tl~e CP.nr.

ann probnb}.y not married to Foster at

all if fthe w"~ M~rried t~ any~ne •. 1~11 - -, were we surprised?
I should t~ay s~. But fthe ha~ r1 ~ t eto1 ~Yl anything from us and we had
1

eome ell ver and j e1Tel ry about, nor had ehe hurt ue in anyway but we

•

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we were greatly

dieppointe~

,.

448.

HEL"E:IA, TIR PIAZZA .A.."'TD GARDEN.

41t
·4t

I

fer we thought we were helping her in

her trcuble and, perhaps we did !&t*f"-.her tee:re were genuine and I
cannot

~ut

believe that she saw a better life aut wae
Only the All

the toils to escape to it.

~ise

too~rast

One knows.

in

we never

saw her or healltc! from her again and how she got away·frem Sitka ia

f/7.~,_y~W.,~4.~~ ~~~ ~

still a mystery.·r;:~~dw, . ..,l(_, ~rr~ t;"-fv~
Dear Helena was our help and standby until Anna. Wf:J.e well and.
stayed with6e until Yall. Early in June she went to Mrs. ~rady's
house for a Ti ei t a."ld stayed there quite a while. We bull t a litthe piazza on the Nest and a new flight or steps as I BaTe told before. riss Gibson took Annie Bines !or a c&mpiag trip and te get a
aeeded rest and t~~or course I made more work fer me but I was glad

e

e

to have the faithful Nurse have the change. I planted the garden
v

which had been enlarged eomwhat and on June 18th, I have a aote•I
'I

picked the thirteenth dezen

rad~iahes

from the garden and they

were fine tho· small 2.s the seaeen has been unusually cold. 11 We de
not count radishes much of a luxury here but fresh

vegetabl~s

were

decidedly se there,and the cool air and log days made all the root
astonishingly tender,and
vegetables really delicious.
~

.

One day the s.s.Elder, that formerly ran from Portland, came
into port under charter by E.H.Harriman,the famous

r~ilroad

magnate,

tJf lTew York. He had fifty- ecientiata as hie guests and the whole

town turned out to give

th~

a good time. They had a tleet ef small

boats, power and sail and the scientific aen went all over the
gathering· specimens and birds &nd collectiBg

'

dat~.

ba~

Yr. Harrim2QS

had one or the newest and finest phonographs, a $300 instrument sad
wished to make a record or the Native songs and dances
he planned to give to Walter Damrosh

tunee,Yh1ch

to use as.a theme tor a eymph-

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J.A.u.a.H. pg.449.

T~ lt\lU~n!f~'r
.. 'EXP'XDI'1'IOl1.

I wrote to Dr.

nu..~roeh, no~

long

ng()

. 449.

nnd· asked hit!l if he ever wrote

the e~phony and he replied,in his kindly, friendly way tr~t he neTer
heard about it bct'ore./<:·, ;:: .. .1: ~~-. (.. ··· /t•i(~.·-·l·l(~l. •. G-~.1 c. •.•
.r; ..;!..( 1. tr-.q'.l {-,~ ... r:. ,,.~.e:
Someone told Hurrimv.n· that I lme·.v the Indians, as he called
i · ••

them,

~etter

/ ( . _ _ __:..

than anyone el ee and could get hi!n the best men to eing

for him and eo I was asked to see the great man.

Very briefly he

told me what he wanted and invited me to lunch on tho steamor. I
got the men together and with hin secretary went to work making the
record in the Govenors house,
7hen lunch time

~r.

BrQdy was aovenor at that tiae.

I went aboard, the steamer was tied to the
sitting
wharf, e.nd was placed next to Ura.Harrima.n, her husband umg Jl~rl

•

~qme

at the head of the table. Ae a

epeoi~

favor und that I might have

congenial company, the doctor of the expedition was placed next to
me and, as he took his place he enid" '.1hn.t will you have to drink?•
I thanked him and of course declined but

tho~e

old scientists cer-

tainly did not waste the opportunity and bottles were

eve~here.

Uy host did not drink but hie wife had wine/and

me to have

eo~e.

They were not strong on

~isaionarles,

a~ktd

evtdently. I was very

much interested but the Doctor paid little attention to me and the
talk was all about what this one and that one had tound and where
they were going next and things I knew nothing about. After lunch
•

I was introduced to a number of men among them Prot. lluir or g)aoier
fWMe,and a Dr. Trudeau

fro~

5aranno but he was certainly not the

great Trudeau tor this man wae a big husky fellow with a full beaid•

••

'Je went on wl th the aongo atter clt!Dtu lunch and at the end of the

l

doy Harriman asked me what he shoud
what the usual wages were

a~~

giv~

eug3e~ted

the Mativea. I told him
that sUM. He ae-.med very

much peeved and said impatiently he had'nt tirae to bother to pay

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A

1!0~

TO HARRDfM'!".

~.A.n.a.H.

pg. 450.

each one.He wnuld give them twenty dollars and let them. divide it

450.

among themselves. I eaid that would not do for one er two who had
not done anything but eit around,tbey had come in, uninvited,would
get most of the money because of tribal custoM.

o, well, .he couldfu\t

bother and he t·old his secretary to give them a twenty dellar gold
peice and he hud4ied off. I did 1 nt think so much of 1!r. Harriman.
Then it developed, that they wanted to get a translation ef
the words ef the songs eo I get Willie ·.vell s and epen t the next day
with him and the secretary translating fill

1Villie would translate

into hie kind of English and I would translate that into words that
the secretary could understand f«r there were many reference to

•

Native customs that would mean nothing unless one knew the Natives.
I went h~me to dinner e.nd returned and spent most of the afternoon •

l!arriman would bounce in to see 'how we were getting

en

and rush/eut

again. He wae a emall dark haired man, with a S111all moustache that
curved around the cornere ef his mouth. High strung and nerveua and
seemed impatient with every one and everything. Not a pleasant persenality. Neverthe lees., one of the world's great :Cinallciers but
utterly ruthless.
The

~lder

was to sail that night and along about five ecleck

\71111e came to me and said he had not been paid anything fer his
•

day and as he was regularly employed it meant a loss to him. I aak•
11 they had not offered him anything and he said no. I was hot.

•

Here was a man whose exptdation, organized more for self advertie•

.ing than tor e.ny real good it would do, and that would cost $60.1000,
.

and yet took no thought :Cor the poor man that served him. I wrote
a brief
s~

five

notex~

doll~re

explaining that thie man had lost a days work and
in order to help him and if he did not care to pay

•

$ 20

,
er

. ....
"

J.A.u.a.H.

50~

lars juet beforo ehe sailed.
ai gnature1.

Of

451.

~g.451.

I would; and ·11111e hustled down to the

.

l~ldor

u.nd got his tive dol-

Dut I did not evon got the Great Man's

oou.rec I did not want any money. I do

that a single peroon from tho Zlxder vi ai ted t.he

l'lOt

~1 crsion

think

or any

part of 1 t. I think the world can wall set along without 1 ts
IIarrima.ns. ('7e have n two vol ttl"!.n report of the. find 1nga of the ex-.

pedition but I purchaeed

th~,

a

they were not complimentary) Still

1 t wae a glir.rpee of a atrnge nnd very different worl9'fmd very interesting.
Only~ t~

a trim white

ate~

days after the ~lder

yacht came into the harbor with a t!r. 3lu.ter

and his family aboar4, They came from

~

had sailed for Cooks Inlet

!~orwich

j

Conn. and ·1111 • s. wire
.

J

Eesaie,knew thea but they had no .letter of introduct1o~ as they
were only sliGhtly acquainted and eho probo.bally knew nothing or
theirz

coming. I only mention it beco.use the incident casta another

aide light on the doings of

so~e

weal)hy men. 3later and his party
•U

the

went to see the Greek church as it wao famous tor ~iB odd bButy ot

tbe interior. Vust6ors ,.:ere not charged any admission but thoro waa
a'poor

box~

in the veatibule where contributions were 1rate!ully

received and the warden or custodian ea he was called,

~

friend

George Kostr6metinorr, olwaya tactfully pointed it out. Slater drop•

ed in a coin wich plunked to the bottom with a

~·a~aing ZKK

aound

ot substantial weight and George lost no time· in opening the box

•

aa •oon aa hia guests were out or sight. A big gold piece, a double
eagle, t1fenty dollars.'· Soae men that Slater, o. real })rince •
l~et1me

that afternoon Slater's secretary found George and

asked him it he had round the

~old

peioe. George said yes and wae

moat profuse in hie thanks. '!'ln! 3eoretary aor.1ed greatly embarraae-

•

J.A.u.a.H. pg.452.

CAlTING AT CRAE :BAY.

4!52 •

to put in fifty cent~and wishes the the gold piecel

-!(;1~

liad to give it back,

I

doing a little turn

'Jell poor

J.,

Mother suggests that the secretary was just
~or his~own

miejudged J:r. Slater lm::t

account and all these years I haTe

and perhaps she is right. Helena met the

Slaters at the Govenor's as well as the Harrimans and their party
in
and was just ~ the thick~of it and was having a great time •
.::1

Urs. Brady gave us a surprise part on our first wedding aniversary and tho

we

round out about it in adTance it was Just as

pleasant for all that.
I had been reeling very seedy and trying to get away tor a

•

~ew

days to Join

~ly

of wood but press or medical work prevented but when he return-

~r.

Gamble who was in camp

~etting

the winter sup-

ed he took Mrs.Saxman, Selina Leask, who had returned to teach in
the school and Annie Hines on a camping trip and as work was slaCk
I went along. It was a real struggl·e to leave Anna but she urged me

to go. We went over to

Kurzo~f

Island to a place called Crab Eay

and as we were sailing along the

~eatward

passage I saw a whale

lolling along some distance off. He wan swimming mostly ·on the surface and headed in cur direction but I thought little of it and the
gentle breeze took us along so quietly we almost went to sleep.
Suddenly a loud blow, close at hand roused us from our reverie and
there was that big whale almost under our bow.

·I was steering and

sheered ott without asking permission of the •hale. He was a whopper, thirty teet long, I believe, and 1t would haTe been no tua at
,(,_;!_~~~

f#

all to have hit him. But he paii fte

atteB~i&ft and

rolled on without

paying the slightest attention to us which sui teri ud -exactly.
'le made oamp on the beach in the.t sheltered pretty place, a

tent tor the women and one tor us e.nci a fly tor dining room. 3e
had to put a racl'l over the

he<~ds

of the cots coTered with cheese

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CEA:BS AUD SALUON TROUT.

J.A.U.a.H.

.. '

453.

pg.4~3.

cloth for the insects were fierce. The mosquitoes and black flies

. -t

were no.bad during

'

the~day

but as soon as it began to be light in

the morning, and that was pretty early at that time of the
mosquitoes

and

~ear,the

flies would oome before the midges left tor the day.

I have csmped in a godd many different places but, positively, I
neyer heard anything like the hum; almost roar,af those peats eutaide the cheese cloth. But they could'nt get thru and we slept in
peace.

/

The weather wae fine the whole time and we were a thoroughly
congenial party. One merning Annie and I went acroee to a eandy
beach,before the ethers were up and dug a ·lot of clams which were

•

thick all oTer the bay and we started to make some clam chowder.
fleur
for breakfast. There was Bo ftwwwx so I put in some farina for thiwkening. It thickened all right. Thickened ao fast that the whole big
pot full burnt ao badly it had to be thrown eut.and how they did
~

guy me about itl
Crab :Bay had its name because it was the only place near SITKA

where the Pacific brown crab could be found. The blue crab we know
were never seen. These fellows were bigger and thicker and tine
tlaTor. we caught ·oTer 250 one morning with two dip nets. That beats,
Barnegat »ay. While I was wading in the water about a
•

te~t

deep I

saw a queer objeot!comiBg rapidly toward my leg, and jumped to eKe
•

side in a hurry and then realized it was a devii fish aad made a
nipe tor him with my net. He was awimmi!lg head en with his tentacles streaming out behind and swam fast. The minute my net touched

•

him he sent eut a cloud ef .black i1lk and I could'nt see a th111g iD
the water and he got

aw~.

They were quite common but one rarely

saw them in the water ae they generally were in the holes and cran.
·
nies

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J.A.u.a.H. pg.454.

Ftm AJ. CRAB BAY.
~·

or the rocks. They were
'~

inches,and the natives

two toot long, the body about eight

abo~t
"'(,

ca~l~

then with a strong hook on a long

pole with which they hood them and pulled

they were

conaide~ed

454 •

the~

out.

-

When bouled

a grout treat but I could never bring myself

to try the:n.

nl tho heavily wooded in plt:.ces
Krozoff leland ~-,wu.a largely volcanic, you·'I!'WY re'!te.":'lber, and

amone the ode

there wus a

r~~ntions

high close to the wa.1'er near the

0011~

d.

or lava, fifteen feet

The top was lart;er 'than

tlut base and \Vas covered wl th thi ok dry moss ·and I round a way to

reach the top with the help or ~og and so~e roots. It made a tine
J
lookout end went there to read or wr1 to to Annu.. Uo.tiTeE!I or others
·would come by occasionally and would take a letter back to 81tka.

I sent one to her by lJi ck Bol she.nin, a

in one

or

Hua~1Dr.l

man who wo.a clark

the stores.

At another place,. a little distance 'from ca.mp, a huge block

or

lava had dropped down from the race or the clit! and moat of it
washed mray.

Tbe sea had worked in and torn out the sorter rock

and made

cavities on each aide that ono oould crawl into at

dec~

low tide. In one or them I f'otmd a layer

all

~ery

One
•

1ntereotlng.
~ay,

.

trout, at first with no luck.

•

blue clay and 1 t was

while the others were busy, I went to a small riTer

that !lowed down from the snows on

...

or

~e

~dge~b

and tried tor salmon

generally used salmon eggs tor

bait,.tbe nnetyeat, gooyeat bait imagineable, but the ealmon run
was oTer .and I tried a spoon, trolling.

At tirst I had no suooess

in the dee-por water at the !:louth and then I noticed they were Jump ....
1ng in shallow water, not ~~re than two teet deep, s~athing quite

unusuDl. The first time the spoon w•mt oTcr l had a tish and then

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in a very fow
1 never

ing

fierce for the bait. Bvidently they were chas-

e~w th~ ~o

minn~•e

more the largest we1ch1ng tully tour :>ounda.

Minute~,t-wo

in the

dred but I hc.C. all

er~al

wnter. I believe I could have caught a hun•

we cot/d- use and went back

to get· the others to share the tun.
gone

eo~e,\"hcro

glad 1

ha~

the mile to the c~p

,7hen we returned the tieh had

else o..'1rl we could not raiae

not dioGrnccd nysolf by beinG n

~

sint;le one, but I wo.s
tho the tempt-

fieh~hog,

ation was great.
Selina, Annie nne
a walk, I wc.e on

~r.

?h7 ~r1 o on

eo-::1eone ehoutinc and enrr r:r

•

!1a"11ble had

gone . te~ alonti the beach tor

top the of the

G~~ble

col~

when I

a hundred yards or

he~rd

~lling,
I'

"Doctor brinr; a r;m, Dring a g'm." He aeemed ereatly e•tetcd. I hur-

ried do·rn and re.n to the tents thinking they
for there were lots

or

the~

~ust

hnve seen a bea.;-,

on the island, and Gaoble was yelling

''Hurry, hurry: I tco..red tha.t tho girls were hurt eo I grabbed the

shot gun end some buehshot
of

a~unition

1 •taggered to

cartridgea~

tor that nround
n~ct

John.

the rifle and hung n belt

oy shoulders a.nd loaded to t~e guards,

·.~1len

I got nearer to hit:1 he said, "

•·.ve •ve got a door vornered "'"'"d grn~ed tho rifle. In a !tr~ minute a

tL

we bear a ehot nnd then they ca~e back dragsing a deer between them.

It eee!!led that an they

Yore sltti!lg on the

beach a deer ra.n by near

the:n and· then into one or the tleaureo near by. no did not get up
when they quietly ap~roaehed and while the girls stood at the en.
tor
trance ~amble went t~~ the guna. ~e needed meat and the liTer was

I

certeinly delicious.

'71th tine weather and lots ot places to go and thing! to see
and a good erowd we had a fine time and I retuxned c,V'ch rerreahed

and maybe I wae not glad to Eee my dear
ne~to lc~~~h~.

f~~ily a~in

and

vo~ed

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YACirT~G

AT SA'V

J.A.u.a.ll.pg.456.

l~llL CR~:.

456 •

I was puzzled ae to how to gElt a 11 t.tl e change and outing for
Anna. The weather was too uncertaing for a campinG thip beside the
insects were too numerous for a baby.

Some four or five miles up

a trail from Silver ~ay, a yeautiful large sheet of water, almost
landlocked, eight miles from the mission , w&s Panda's Basin where
gold had beo~discovered. One day u.s.Collector Moore and some others
walked into my office and asked if I would look at some sand they
had brought from the nasin and see if I could find ~ny gold in it
with my microscope. Of course I was glad to accomodate them and
soon saw plenty of it on the field. I noticed, however, that the
particles of gold looked axr.tkm

like fillnge, the edges were plain-

sharp and the peioes curTed. I ~ent1oned this and they said that it
was because the gold was cut away by a glacier and brought down

~

by

the stream flowing !rom it and that the lake at the Basin was lit-

eraly full or it.
A young man in the town,

Cha~~cey

Shaw by namo;had taken quite

a shine to Helena and was working there and invited her and some
other'to go and see it.

The had chartered a little schooner to

take them there and ju~t as they were ready to leave I said that had
I known they were going in such a big boat I would have been glad
to have Anna and baby go along to stay on the boat while they
•

wen~

up to the mine. Nothing would do but that we must ocme along and iD
epite or my protesto they insisted. In just an hour we were ready
and

&

fine sail -soon. brought us to a. sheltered cove where Saw Mill

Creek tumbled into the Day mid the trail or rather road began.
They were soon away.leavine Us in our floating home tor a

rew

days. And whe.t a happy time

~e had!

more then a day and

it treoendously, in eur little 8x12 cabin.

enj~yed

Anna had never camped out !or

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TRIPrPJ'G DI SILV:m BAY.

(57.

1\57.

~

It was not lone before we had the boat c.ll nhipehape with a
\

hnnglng crndl e ror Eaby: Dert.

In the e""lall bo<1t

~

l'YO ~

to the many

pretty c.,ves and benohen about the bay ann nearly evor:f day·we bad

a swim in the bracing water.
~ornlnb

One morning Anna and I were taking a

dip without our bathing suits as we

hn~

not !eon o soul.

Tho bench nea.r ou;" schoner was sandy but there wero c. nt.r:iber of

larce boulders scuttorod over it and as wcx were splaohin.; about
a boat a?peared o.ro ·m~ the po1n t a hundred yard o awo.y w1 th

on~

man

in 1 t. f\ltna. gave a squeal and ran for sho1·e as I called to her to
elt down in the water which was only a oouT'Ile o! feet
ecurried to a rook nnd hid behind it.

•

to be Tom Tilson, the town

te~ster,

But. she
tho man

dee~.

The ·boat aa~e on enrproved

a stolid old Swoed who never

caot e. glance in our direction an he Ttent by on hie way to the trail.
Juot about ~upper ti~e, one evening, another boat ca~e slowly
into the Bay and the single man in 1 t ro-.ved up to our boat ond a top-

ed a little way from it looking us oTer curiously. He wan a

~"axa•-

bearded, tough lookln~ custo~er and his boat filled with cn~p c!".lf•
tle or all kinds. He offered no greeting but eat there loolcil1s at

-~

us and as he was an entitire etre.neer I did not reel altogether,.to

have him hang abo11t. .1e had Bertie on deck and when hhe stranger
eaw him he rowed up a 11 ttle neo.rer and wat~hed the baby oloeely.
It cm!le tine to e;o to bed end the suopicious character was etill ·

there. Eeyond a ~ere nod I had been able to get nothing !rmn him

•

wblch

YE.e

unusual in that frontier country. I brought my rif'le up

en dec~ and pretended to clean it tor I wanted him to see I was arm'
ed and finally we decided to turn in. '1:1 couldrt~ close the ca.bln

tor there were no -port holes to Tentilai.e and a.!ter a tiMe

! peeked

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458.

out to ace what our UilVIanted

noi~bor

wuo dolna. !Io had fixod up

·~

eo::nc kind of a bunk on top of his duffles and pulled up his blanket~

~~d ~n3

ap?urcntly fast nsleep only a

!~3 y~rds fro~ u~.

I a

~lcpt

clo3c to the cabin door ond not very soundl7 but nothing

"Jen~d

a'!'ld '"07hen we -;ttmt

0~1

dock in the mornlncr our vis! tor had d1a-

o.?pe:;.rcd. After.rurd I found thnt ·he

~as

t.hc elunivo gold loC:c U.."1C the

huntin~

ha~­

a lonely old -prospector who

cha.~oes

we1·c tb!;.t ho had not

soon e. \7111 to l·e.by !or yearn e.nd his heart we. a hungry tor the sight

or

a

~eal thy

wholnaomo ol:.ild.

In n few dnyn our pu.rty cu:o.e do\7Il !ro::1 the :nasin
o.nd after a jolly r.upper

•

.e...evening

o~

started hone. l3ut the Wind went down

"JO

end Clc::1enta, who otmed the ohip o.nd l rowud. her back. It was quite

a pull, or ra.thorpusl: fXKI" wo stood on each aid~ of the cockpit on
the oido oor:.ts unC. puc.hcd the swoepa and Blowly but steadily covered

the eicrht nilos,roo.chinG tl.e !!iosion about ono a.I!l.

They other

fellows would lu1ve helped row but I did'nt nind rmd they were ll.ll
he.vir.~

a jolly tieo in tho cubin.

t .. c I vr1

te~ thcae

"tft!.l"ioua tri pa 1 t doee seem na tho I did noth-

ing but havo n good ti:!lc going on them • .Du t I repeat, the detail a
ot tha routine work tr.re muull tho sw:1e from do.y to du.y and they were
ete~~ily

•

carried on. The lack of help in the hospital made many

oparntions 1nyoos1blc and boaide it wo.a
va]s 11£hter than at other

•

ti~oa.

oporationo including two on Ura

u~or

when my work was al•

Still I find there were twelTe

~cclelland

and three confinement

c.:. sea that Bl.lml!ler. One of the operations was most unusual, the re-

mov3l o! two large, !i tr.nall und many :ntnute calo'..lli !rom the proo•

to.to and eote..bli shine a

n~w

but a opecir.l i ot, a.ny11qy. ·

ltrethra

&''H~

tl"JAt' B

t~-

toaoer1 tor anyone

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J.A.M.a.H.pg.459 •
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t;t:;:J;:

459.

There ·;ere rJoro thr.n 31JO more preaor1pt1ona "the

~

thtlro !lnd been the previoao one.

the vhi tc~ooplo was

1norcnsin~

end more

~asia~

!!.;,~

work

u.~onr;

s"t..lrlCor than

ll&tives were eocinc to ua tor help. It

on:!y w~ could gat noro help in tb.c Hoopl t~l wo could do more e.n<)1,etter work
no~rd

th~n

over before.

I continually reported thio need to the

but while they nny ha.ve writton to 1::-.

not get roliof. /.11 r!Y white prc.ctio9 pc.id

brouGht !n

so~c

coney tor the general

Ti:c.t ?ell the
lew trcm

·~1 1:'.rda

for~·

hos~1tn1

about it we did
service a."ld it

expcnacn.

hold a truly sinet;lu.r companyJ A Fronoh ·

T'ur1~,n. !!otloJ~bhtlr..n,

ot thlinc;1tt:J. T'hc ?ranch :c-$

•

l~elly

ttro r.uooitm croolea nnd

who~o n~:.::to

wan BOI:1e&.ux,

n numbor

w~s

a singular

ohe.racter. !.bout f'ol-trty f1Tot bo.ld save a etrizzl ed heavy ring nrcnmd
the nidea Of
coul~

hi~

heed, blue

~JO~

full Of

intelli~cnae

&nd humor,!

never bo oure whethor hfl wns on inpoater or n victic

lucl:. He clnim~d tl'l be on htn "ffnJ to 11~e but

C:rirtod up to the

l~i nsion of'f'erinc

WS.3

or

hard

atrcnded ma_. and

r..io ecrvices as ra. sheet motc.l

worker r.md he wao c.n e=Pcrt v.t thnt. !:r !:elly took him in O.."ld tixod U!' o. bunk in tho blcol:oni th 3h011 where he mud a at ova pipo, b
n1tt1~ht

otovan he.

P.e ~ado n ~oat r~nrkable ~1rt1;ht for tho

su·_,criT'ttenctantl! office, vory unusual in shape and o! tine
ohl~, two

•

netal

b~th tubn

work~­

ror tho Hospital, the tirst ve ovor had

nnd late.r,. r. bnth tub ror nnven • o Yost. He developed uome trouble
or rat~r h3d c er~on1c c~ndition tor whioh I operated on hia and

•

that wse bov 1 t hnppened be wao in the Hoop! tal wards. In llll hia
vru1dorin~ he lur;~cd a volt..tt'!!'l

with h!=. nnd

llO

or

Victor Ilu£to a."ld

11

11!e
.

or !la..,olcon

he wc.s ·~oat courtoous o~d quite o. ecmtleman we ho.d

h1~ to d~nner once or tvico nnd hemtd. Anna tulkod lTn~oleon a."ld HuiO
~ 'V~
.
~-~~~
"no end. ".\.h, "io.dtr"lo, ..
would any, "I 'b.£.'1"-a. r.1ost expenaiva o.p?eti to!·
as he smacked hie lips ovor the good thin~u uho cooked.

he

-a:....,.,, ..

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~.A.U.a.H.

pg.460.

460.

lruch as I condemned myoelf for putt·ing off wr! ting letters
until steamer day,I

see~

of my

to have led Annu into much the same habit.

find a note on one.._lettez~hat rse.ds as follows" Problem; l!ail

I

closes in one hnlf hour. l have four letters to write.
ing tq do it?

/~s.

I

ain't!"

the sn."!le -plaint but she

was

So Anne's letters
very busy \Ti th

work and those scholarship letters. Ghe

h~ve

Ho~

am I goof

eo~ething

baby and the house

u

't'frote

to Aunt Helen about

her troubl ea with the ~oct ercs'. " I see!!l to get such an aocl.Clulation of writing to be done for each

stea~er

for among

my

duties has

been that of 'correspondent' for the school. I have a large mail
of inquiries about Jonnie and llary and what progress are they

•

..

JIUtk-

·making, and will I please write an interesting letter to arouse
our society's interest in our scholarship; and will I :please give
the enclosed pressed flowers to To~,(a big burly boy of eighteen~
and is the last -photograph of our little girl,that we sent Kate,

fading,because we want to replace it if it is. ·.vell, you just cane
not imagine wht•.t queer people develop in a missionary list at
tirst only names to me.
It is so noce to have it all out of the wayJso that I can
write to thee unti"l steamer !ttarts, except !or tho dci!1Bllds for sup-per, getting dressed and helping .Bert get off his necessary answers.
It was three

-p.~.

before we got our first installment of letters

end wo only have until eight to read

•

I

seldo~ C3n

th~m

and write our

ana~era.

do more than glance at them before the steamer has

gone and then we a1 t down and luxuriate in a good' read'. The next
day we get
packages".

t~a

regi,tered

~ail,

other letters and paper mail and

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J.A.~.&.ll.pg.4Gl.

/~n~

neYel' euvG tho olightoat indication tha.t ohe we.s ever ho:no-

elol: c.nrl,indeod, l do not believe eho over was ,but I tliU. not ree.lize
until I rcre£>.d tneoo old lettera how tlUoh oho longed tor the dear
· oneo ilt ho:t1e.

!.Jhe never euid n word to

1<10

of tlu..t lonaing and,mun-

so sunny and happy. Wo

lik~,

I did not think of it>tor abe wan

t~icJ

to cet :..unt :t:clen und eot'le of tl.:.c brothero end nistcru

ant: vi oi t

UJ

~lw~a

C"-'t wl tl:..out oucoeac until GeorGe came in

1~.00

como

~o

but of

thu.t L"lorc later.

jc counted it not only a duty but e
bring

at tho

~11

the

v~riety

•

p~ivtlege

nnd plaasur•

~o

&nd brightnesa into the liYea of our ooworkera

~1ec1on,of who~ wt

reolly saw but little. 3o we planned to

huve all who CO~le CO~e to dine With US OU ~hankag1T1ng day. !he
school hod a holiday a:1d a special d1n..'1er with an ontel·talrencmt· in
tho evening and

~los Gibs~n

and I ~rranged a speoinl dinnur at the
00 #70

)ioapitcl for·thoeo who could enjoy· 1t,ano em~ wa.o negleate~.
got ton aor1a

~.tbbor

ao

had

zstaz:r;a o! 'lJrownies und turkeys and with these we

ma.do ou1· inrt tatio:as

a:~

a'bout tho dinnur

tho dccore.tionc. ".Dortrsnd bas boEm lw.ving quite

a serio:..n

tim~

~ld.

you mo;r aea in tho photos.

Dut let Anna tell

with hin eyes. There beint: no one htn·o to fit him with

D0\1 clt-s:osez he has 'been tryina, with l!ieo Gi baon' a a.nd my help to tit.
a- oc.t1 nfactcry gloao, and is wocring hia teet frame it.nd lanses and

locko perfectly abourd. I·t.
ri th hiD oenl1 nt in

t~~s

~"h5.lndel phi&

oo long to gU

cxclusnse letters

that. ho hr..u be•"with

a1nce le.st ~·obruc.ry end 1 t is now December.

u.ooleua eye

.o,

/.a· hu owmot read or

wr1to wo hnvo been planning tor the big dinnor.

.

Ao we had twenty at our tablo we got trestles and boards to -pieoe

out a...1d the 1 ons ta.bl e extended rroo one end o! the dining room thl"U

or

th't double c5oors m:d £lmoot to ilerts deak ut thu e:I4d

tho living

room. OUr decoration represented rlyoouth with its little bay with
-~·~,,

.,44~'-

ALit.· . .

L

4.1¥.£

U.

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3.A.u.a.n. pg.462.

462.

a sandy beach c.nd a few roc}ts here &"..nd there. Up a little hill,

soatt~red a~ong the ~rees,(tiny evergreens~ were two houses, a
church and a blockhouse nade of layer cake4 with paper roofs marked
and paper doors and windows.
.
to represent shooks. The water \Yr:s represented by a pe1ce or green.
china silk which extended the full length of the table and was a
edged with terns picked that mornins in our yard.

en

the water,in each room, floated a large caravel with high

stern castle an~ bulwarks made !rom pumpkins and three amal~er boats
were anchored in the bay or rested at the beach. The caravals were
loaded with nuta and dr~led fruit and maned by Puritans in broad
brimmed hats and white collara,and more

•

men

and women in proper

·garb were on the shore with a few Indians ror variety. The figures
were made from

~all

pieces or wood with paper clothes and it·all

looked so lifelike and pretty.

Uy pretty candlebra with pumpkin

colored shades gave a .bit ot brightness o.nd !ormali ty.
In choosing my dinner I selected things that could be prepared

·ve had cream of pea

bet ore hand and warmed up.
creamed lobster in
brea~;-

t~bal

shells,

!wxk~

so~p

and

ao~p

sticks,

pickled beets and brown

Turkvy, :.Yild cranberry sauce, potato balls, creamed turnips

and rolls, and tart !emon jellys Tomato jelly and celery ao.lad and
crackerss Icecream in merengue shehhss Coffee, nuts, raisins &c.
A!ter our twenty had eaten I dined eight more in the kitchen. I
tried to be as ecoDom ical as possible and without the turkeys the

•

cost was t4.28, as nearly as I can figure.
But I have
ner.

or

one ot the 8Weeteet parts or our din-

~~itted ~

course, dear Bertrand thought or it. Arter he made a genial

little speech or welcome he
minie~er,

to read the 107t.h

~sked
:J:

Ur.

~~~~McClelland,

the

enlrn and we nll joined in the refrain,

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•o,

11AVJJ.

:3~Tj~T]t.i1.

thn.t mon would praise %Xxtl the ! ..ord for fiis ~,;oodneao end

nts

wonderful works to tho children or men." It wa.a oo S'ileet a gro.oo betaro meo.t end sunotified the rcuat. :;dward Unrsden was viei ting -nnd
wo.s dining with uo und reud part of the Psa.l=t.
had a very hU??Y Jolly

Jc nll

t~

ti~e."

Tia.b:r Dart oat in hi n llich chnir oll thru dinner end was his

merry beat all the

ti~e.

Ue was bedide me distributing smiles end

chattin3 to his drumstick until after tho turke¥ coursa Bert could
not reoiot his da.-da, da.-do. any longer and took the little mnn to
his end ot tho tnblo for we were sitting nt op?oaite ends of the

long tnble.

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The little man keeps so wall and rosy and has six teeth

vr

thro his guaa and is crl!Oping all about. lie pulls himool!,by a chair

vbenovar bo seta c. chnnco and is Just the

bri~ltcat,dcurest

little

blessing to us both c.nd wo are so proud o~ him..'' T~ which I u.dd&d,
"Bertie grove wonderfully and we watch bio procress with koen intereat. and note avery evidence of mental gro'Wth. l:.'veryone here admires

.1

his sunny dlspooition, wbich he cetn from hie mother and his merr,y

tor

laugh, which I hope I may receive duo crodit."
The nw lla.voJ. 3urseon, Pitts by nlll!le pad aeemQd quite triendl)"
and we h~d dono samo'work together. He would not ?raotioe in the
Rauohe or treat the llativoo .end had a pen.ohcnt to do operationo but

ho had not ho.d ::tuch oxpericmce in t.ha.t kind of work;and I guest~
always aeaisted hio in any that ho did.

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Dr. Nitta was called to

Juneau as a wi tneaa in ool!lo case ond askod me to take hi a work at
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tho Yarine Hos-pital, so I was Acting Aaat. ~uraeon in tho
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u.s.

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llaT,Y

but there Yaa no torm.oli ty in rJY taking <!ver the work and I saometi~ea wondered i ! ~ltts over reported his absoncc to· the authorities

I know I never ~eoeivod any p~, but it was intoroating even if it
vuo somewhnt oxuotinc) tor I ll~-~ to attend sick call

n

every morning.

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There was

Cl~IS7~A~.

J.A.~.a.H.

tu1 Avothooa.ry,~

PC• 464.

464.

as he was of'fio1Dlly deait;na.ted, who ho.d gen-

eral charco of the Sick Duy but under my ordora ) and I wno t:U{;hty a
oeref'ul to roquoot rnthor thnn ordcr,and ao cot on very

co~ortably.
1
The sorv1co tlen a.re all quick to rea en t an( oivilie.n officiousness

and quite pro-perly t.oo 7 nnd I cnvo ey-oolt no n1ra a.n a liAVJ..:L O?PIC:m
pro t ~.

,·

Tho w~.o rk was alt1o et en t 1 rely wi tll the llarin ea and I

never had much SJ'llfPO.tl-..y with them in the class of d1eeaoea

~

·-di-a-

ee.see from which they generally suffered. In fact, if I had to do

o.ny operative work,I took groo.t

as I

•

or

reaaon~bly

could

~leo..sure

believ~ing

'the mills of the God&s."

in infiicting as 1:1uch pain

that I was ono or those clll-stones

I had aoen too many of those blue coat-

ed tellowa in the Ranohe to be vcr.y gentle.

Nevortheleoa, I cave

th8'3 the boat treatMent I krur•, ond they ao03ed to have inoreo.sing
v

confidence in ey work tor I was quite busy the month that Fi tta waa
allay and he was co:rplimon tary when .he returned.

t-·

Fitts was certainly a atronee combination. Slow

or

speech and motion

he did not inspire confidence and yot had quite a practice

~ong

the whites in town. 1 have heard him givo u mon a bottle o! med;cino
and drawl, "You cnn toke a tabl espoon!ul of thia every four hours
if you think it will do you ony good." lie l.LD.d a lnrce family,tor a
•

ltaval man,cnd I did one or two minor operations on his oldeot boy •

Fitts continued at the Sitka 5tation until after I left and wo romainod cood friends but never companionable.

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The aeoond Christmas attar our marriace came along and there
.

were three or ua to celebrate it. The

f

Dryn~awtY

SundaY. Ochool eunt

12 pacl::asea tor tho school children ond we h&d 18 ot our own beside\

a large box ot troight.

or

Thin~~

or

hnving a vhole

u.s.

mail

SQck

tull

yourown mail and no one olooo.
' l!rs. Dra.dy had given Helena soma

1

465.

commissions to execute when she went East in the l!'a.ll and the things

she bought were in the large box which had to bo 4petdbeforet~hr1et­
mas7but we enjoyea unpacking it just the sane,and we hoped we would
never reach the bottom it was such run. The dour Home Folk wete eo
generous:

Christ~as ~orning

we opened the bundles and

the~tied

up

preoents that came in the box and Eaby looked at his first Christ-

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mas tree. After he had ohewed his new doll;nbout fifteen of the cottage children came in to help him celebrate and each had a little
gift from the tree and a pop corn ball and we played a few games.
The local candy was so poor tfk, t Anna 'and I decided to make
our own and turned out 27 pounds of 1t for our various friends. I
did not know a whole lot about chocolate then J and ao '!!he coating we
had did not seem thin enough I thinnedit with melted parafine candles!
Shades of the pure food law&s!!!

But it did not

ee~

to do anyone

harm. Anna writes to the B.M.Sunday School;~You found just the right
chord in the native hearts when you choose those mouth organs (And
Anna was no punster, either) It would do you good to hear the hymns
and carols and Yonke.Doodles that oome·rrom all quarters whenever
a boy can back up against a tree or a wall and give himself the full
enjoyment of ·hie

o~

musio.

The children had a Tery fine Santa Clause indeed, dressed in a
complete Bsqutmo suit borrowed from the lluseum for the occasion and
it really came rrom Tery near Santatolaus' reputed home, the North
Pole.

I

Santa diatri buted gifts to the a:ohool children in the morn-

ing and then came to our house to play with the children from the
Cottages and again appeared at the cmtertainment in the Churoh in
7
the evening. You see there is ao muoh aifferenae in time between
Bryn11awr and here the. t he cbnld

~a.sily

epsnd the day with us!

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4GG.

All Mn:;it Sitko., Russian Sitko., '3hito Sitka a.nd lliooion Sitka
were at the

entertni~ent.

There was n tree so lnrco it would mnke
and it wo.s dazzling vitb

t~~~rcn ~nviuous

candles~

!or the Rancha friends and 'potlntchao' trom the liatives for child·
ron o.nd toachora.

Fancy a Chri oba!l treo vi th

bo.gs, tur bugs nnd baokots and
down the branches!

b~akots

mooo~ains

and Indian

and bend

carvin~

weighing

There was einBing and recitations.One piece

that dolighted tlle children wao a big stocking that !:1B.de quite an

oration tram the ohtmnoy where it hung, durinG which it swelled to
prodigious size until preaento began to !all tram tho top. It

ee~~

ed Tery'koosohtnkah', as the Natives aay, moaning 'bewitched'. !lev-

•

eral

Of

the Sirls

B~g

ducts nnd

80108

and WOre & credit to

~iSB

~111arJ~ teaching •

I wish you could have
aglow.

se~ho happy

children, their tacos all

HOw otten thoee new ties bnd to be pushed down or 4iao1pl1n-

ed with alittle twist here and a tuCk there, and how·ortcn those
hair ribbons required tying and the new handkerchiefs had to be

drawn

fro~

the depths Qf pockets and refolded and laboriously re-

turned 1 It Just T!D.do me happy to sea how much Joy could be hidden

in your lovely gitts.

(n.u.s.s.

handkerchiefs and other thinGs.)
•

had sent the ties and ribbons and
qe teel those paCkaGes were al-

most a peroonal gift to ua, they gave us ao much pleu.aure, end. we
thank you aJ.l tor the large :share you bad in the Joy o! the Christ-

•

mas at S1 tka."

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Among other th1ncs that the D.Y.sent were a·lot.ot poCket

•
kntves
and I wrote to them;" One ot our l!atrons tol•

=• abe bad

to·~

tie up at leaot eix out tincers Chrietmas morning! Dut we are grate•

tul just the sD.t!lo. 7hat is tl1e tun in a DffW knbte,

onyw&Yt

it you

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may not c•1t

J.A.U.a.ll. pg.4G7.

STIYJTALS.

f!10~T

you tingot with it and got lote ot

4G7.

eympe.tr..y and, per-

\

ho.ps a c.ookiex to stop the pain ? I think tho boys will agree with
me that there ie nothing like sympathy and a good sized cooKie to
cure·almost nny &cho, but I cannot !ind thut treatment in any or

my books on surgery! The neckties were verJ pretty nnd I do not

or

believe the story thnt one

the teo.chcra co!!!plcined nbout them.

The difficulty was, ns far as I could underetnnd, that the ties
were eo loud the teacher could not hear the pupil reel te1 !To, /that
could not have been true of the Bryn 1:o.wr neckties. '!'hose tiea must
have been some that came in another box."
Doctor V.iller, with Uother'a

bel~,

or

course it was dear

that worked up those splendid

boxes tor the School.

I

'Ye had the Co.ttage temilies oTor to tho Nest for another po..rty
and when the ice cream

oa.~e

aJ.one; 1 t became simply a

the relative ca:p&ci ty of. the treezer and the Hativea.

que~tion

or

The weather

turned quit cold after unusually warm weather at Christmas time
and Anna end I b•mdled :Baby up in a sn't.J little box raatened to a
sled and vent to the Lake. Here we ran the aled into
dell and coTered

hi~,
.

u~·little

head and heels and lett hiD to take a nap
.

while Ye skated but we were neTer Tery tar away, you mc.y be sure.

It waa the tlrat time I eTer saw my wiCe on lkatea and we did . .
•

enjoy eki!!rl'l!ns over the ice together.

She had been on the lake the·

previous winter but only to remain on the tsled !or we thought alrat•

•

lng a l.i ttl e risky at the.t. time.

That little dell was th8 moat beautiful nook,a Teritable frost

Y.ing'a chamber. Never have I sean such beauti!ul troet crystals
as we had e.t 31 tka. !i1ght

a!t~r

night they grew longer and more

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J.A.ll.a.H.pg. 468.

468.

varied in !oro until every blade of grass,· ever twic end tiny plant
wns aloaded with glistening
gentle breeze.

li~tle

npnrkling end glowing with

~
cv~

A tiny rill that flowed too swiftly to treaze ran

down in one corner
the

g~a,

or

that.little dell and the moisture !roze on

twiga all abOut, eo that the crystals there were unusual-

ly large and perfect, a veritable fnirie land.

I had been comt'lissioned a colonel in tho recently organized
Ala~kn

National Guard,and eppointed 3urgeon Genetal on the Govenores

Starr, Govenor

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U.y new uni!or.n had come and Anna gaTe 1 t

to me as e. Christmas 'Present. New Year's Day tQ or the other offic-

ers oame to the Nest and asked me to put on my uniform and make s

I

'some C!llla with them. I was not Tery keon nbout para.d1ng as a tin

soldier with so meny of the real artiCle

in~

town.... but they in-

alated so I rigged up. There had been a mistake in my sword ns the
Adjuant, a

~uneau

lawyer had ordered a

~
~ewe saber

instead o! the

aborter dress eword. The saber was so long it barely aleared the
•

ground when ! walked but nothing would do but I must wear it. All
went well and we were much admired by the ladies but those two
fellows wanted to cnll on the Camandant or the Marines, Pendelton
~

by mame,at the Marine barracks e.nd I tried to beg otr but they

would •nt heo.r of 1 t.

'.Yhen we entered I :saw tho Ca~tain cast hi a

eyes at the silver eagleo on m.y shoulder otraps D.t they were the
insignia o! a colonel and he was but a ;captain, but nothing was

-tt.... C4..lL

•

aaid and t't wnl3 without any formal! ties.
he said, in bitter aarcasm,no doubt tor

Afterward I beard that

~eal service man hates

a tin soldier, ".'lby did 'nt the Colonel let me know be was coming?
I would have called out tb.a Ouard to rece1Te him! I't was lucky tor
me that he did'nt knoY for the

~oor

Colonel would

not·~ve

known

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let.I.I3TTTSHJ...1l'i' ":TILE'iR.
l·

J.A.lJ.a.II. P6• 469.

cap. Copt. rendlotcn cortn!nly

lo~t

46g.

whethor he shoud sn.luto the Marines, draw his saber or to.ko ott hia 1mt
t.he chance of hiD life to put

t·ho lTe.tiona.l gt1a.rd in an awful_!jdee-;> hole.

rr. Deck had orcanizcd the
mll.tnry
Of Bl'rlB

CO!lJHl.."lY

~ittlo

boye

or

tho aohool into a

S.."ld with wooden guns vas teachinz thc::l the mG.Duel

and the simpler drillo.

Tbe lo.rsa boys

bec~O

interested

and asked thut they mieht drill also. no they were orsanizad into
an~ther

conpnny. Before Cn?t• Pendelton

~

Cupt. Coodrell was

the Commandant and brought uo a letter of introduction

tro~

Dr.Van

1enne-;>. and we ha.d him to dinner a time or two. Ho kindly gaTe uur

compo.ny enouch olcl Springfield rifles to equip the largo boys and
_they felt very p~oud indeed. The ro~lar dress clotho3 of the boys
were uniform dark blue cont nnd lichtor bluo tro•sero so thGy were

I

all-ight for uniforms.

I wanted to know so::1ethin3 al;t)ut soldering

eo Joined Beck' e troop o.a 1st lieutenant and attended drills and
Army
and dug into the"'~nnuc.l. :Ve went thru Gaurd Mount
vo.rioua drills

and went on mnrchoo.

s.n'

One day :Beck took us out by Indian niver and

ordered the troop across it. There was noth1nc to do but wade in
tor we must obey orders.. !lo across we went end :w.ybe t.b:e Uatrons
did not hnvo plenty to say to us when ... brought e.l.l those boys

back, wet to tho knees or higher!
•

At times we divid&d the company

into two troopo and each w~t in different direotiono trying to
out me:neuvor the other.
~

Beck caught my ~ompany on a. narro.... trail

and prokptly wiped us out but,later, I

•

a..-:~bushed him and not a !IWZ1

11Ted to tell the and tale! One day whon wo Yere drilling on the

play ground between the two buildings I ordered a bayonet charge
by dividing the troop into two coopLnts and double quieking thsm

against each othor, the rule· biinG t_o pno~aa.oh other in the interT
vala.

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Till.·IA,m:> A!l!) OTJCRS.

J.A.U.a.H.pg.470.

470.t

In some way one or the boyo rnn bin bayonet clear thru tho thiSh or

another boy and it

was~nltogethcr

too

rcnli~tic.

?ortunntcly

wound was on the outer side so no large veosol was cut,

th~

oth~rwiae

As it was tho wound heo.led with-

it 1'lit.ht easily ha.vc been f'ata.l.

out infection but I bs.d e. call down fro!U l!r. r7elly and we did not do
that anymore. !mother

I wna ~arching my troop toward tovn tho

~ny

we never went too near the Uarine l3e.rrac'ks, end I se.w Capt. Pendleton

approaching. I quickly drfl'.Y u-p my compa.ny at one side e.nd as he went
by bad them -present am!! while I saluted with my big snbe1·, U.!'\d

hoped I had

rede~ed

my eel! in his critical eyee.

· Later on I tool: a sc;.ua.d
them the etretcher drill

I

L~d

or

the most pro:1ising boys e.nd taught

aleo

pl~~ned

all the echolaro to be used in the scrAol

a

c~eethtnlc

roo~s,

drill !or

ao~ethlnG

thut waa

Tery much needed.
h

:vheter
it was wiae to giTe the more promising schola.rs a. higher
'\

. education or not hnd always been a. r.1oot ,-ueetion &-nong the mora experienced workers. In the earlier years 1 t was thought best to do
so but as tirite went on the opinion swung the other way. There was

no place for these educated Natives in Alaska except the raw places

open in the Mission or Government teaching aarvica. They could not
successfully return to their old homea and tribes und could not be
•

happy there it they did and Tery

f~

aeamod able to find a place tor

themselves in the States. I •oon became convinced that •education

out of

I

enTiro~ment'

of the highly

was most. unwise and the experienoo with aome

educute~

ones oonfiUmed my opinion •.

Three girls returned

r~o"r.1

the '3ant to hel-p in the achool.'l'hey

were li'ranoi e '·fill iard, Vlorn Cor.tpbell nut:xcd both Thl1ng1 te and
8.11 were
Olga Hilton,a nussian creole,£nd while not really needed the Board

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1~f~~1D~f.

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J' .A.l!.e..H. pg. 471.

sent themto ~11.ka at least temporarily.

471:

:.Us!.'\ Villard had been a._).

t~e school before but after an unfortunate eX?erience there
1

had re-

turned ~ast for a few ye~ro. She w~s n fine Chri9tian churaoter,
rather attractive>end ca~c under ~Y care for an operation r~~ tubercular glenda in the neck. She wo.s a. great frianc or lrre. Pe.ul and.

alwayo a good end loyal friend to me nnd to tho ~iesion.
Flora Cc.mp"be11 W'as a pretty girl, yo1meer than ~.'rie~ -villard,

terrrpor~~":lenta.l Dnd flizhty.

hiE!h strung,

ao will be told later.

!

hn.~ my tro•1blea

with her

5~e was ~right,o.nd hn~ a great denl or in-

f'luence with the Uativee and was very fond o.f

~tss

Gibson who hs.d ·

a very hel!'ful infl uen ee on her.
Olga Hilton was quieter, looked liY.e u white person and had no

•

marked charecteriotics •
d
! have ~entioned Bdwar llaraden who visited the
often.

na

~iaeion quite

ho.d been educated at t:ariettv College in Ohio end oo.lled

on Anna quite

or ten

whi 1 e he wq s o. student tl:cre e. a he knew me.

na

wo.s well educatcd,a. mechanical engineer and ordained minister und

ho.d been trained to succeed !!r nuncan at Uetla.ko.htla. as be had been

full~ blood Tei 'P1'!1sian.
J!].ong·with ~~r. ntmoan, no one could

bom there o..Yid was o.

nut he found he could

not get

who had any opinions

or

their own and 'Zdwa.rd had gone to r:etchikan, e. Thlingi t town not

rar rro!'l Duncan' 8 eettle-:nen.t. 'Edward was a good
•

to work tor

/-{.L
the Natives. Had a small

m&n

a:nd z.mt anxious

It:-~

ete~ ~o~t,

built like a little

tug boat and wben ho came to visit took teaobera and scholars on

•

many trips about the bay.

~dward oared tor
echool girls ab~e.t'd, nearly
etea~ing alone merrily one

I loTed to eteer while

the engine end once, vi_th a l)S.rty o!
l)iled his "boat U'? on a rock.

·ve

were

tine afternoon on a little run before eupper and I turned into a

•

!~A~S"'~!

'S ''~AR!~TTA'.

J.A.~.a.H.

channel between two isl ends.

I

s~w

472 •

It was one where I ho.d neTer been

before but there wes ample room

as smooth es gl&oE.

pg.472.

the

~nd

he~ds

the wnter looked deep and was
ond shoulders of two seal ahead

which shoulci have warned me but I was too inexperienced and as we

moved s"VV'i!tly toward them n. huse rock seemed to lift itself towards
the eur!ace, equnrelt beneath us. It was too lvte to stop.~e had

too much heodvay. Thut rock did not come u-p any more quickly than my
henrt came up in my throat.

k~d

then, just ~s I expected to

ZKR

hc[l.r the grinding craeh of the bottom on the rock e:.nd to aee the
otearner turn on her side and spill us all in the water(and not a
girl could swiml we were over e.nd never touched e.nd I rang the slow
I

•

bell and headed ·ror water I knew was deep. ~laska water is no place
for

1!.

landeman, that' e eure> and I was more deeply impressed .w1 th

that fact the following summer.
So the new year, 1900 turned end l~na ~rote anotLer of her in%B%estin~ letters about this time. "Janue:.ry 26,

ne1·t is at the Hoe•

pi to.l with one of the teachers who ls very eiok and &.e I give John
J,is lesson in :Jnglieh,I can write ae I superintend hie dotl!l of i,a
and. croosinr, of the t,e. John, Hollywood ie hie le.st name, is a. nice

boy and so eager to,le&rn th~t either Bert or 1 teach him every
evening.He has only gotten tbnl the al~hebet and I am having him
,ic~ out the letters in wordl!l. Their langu~ge does not seem to be
•

divided into letters and eentacee l:Prtf

but rathe.rinto ideae and

p'hre.see and it 1 s very hard !or the.n to grsep the idea of combining

letters to form words.

Bert has been heTing trouble with hie eyes

for a year and hopes the new glnsses will give relief. His oculist
I

I

tells him that if they de not,. he ought to see an eye epeoialist or
come to

s$8

him in Philadelphia and we feel that eyes are fe.r too

valuavle to take any chances with so~rt will go i! he finds it

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tlrYT

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a • 1·.I.e

T\

A74 •

..,.f;,._

o/ 7 _,
absolutely ncoonsa~J as the doctor fears there may be $oma disease
~ ~.,.<:.-

474

or the eyes. Dart cannot go nov 1 ns two of the men are awcy.
·.7c hc.ve boon

one o!' our otrv..inod times when every thing

ho.vin~

oeomn to col'le ell at once.
nnJP serious case

·.nth no othor nu1·oo to help .J..!iBD Gi baon
.

I

hard for thoro 13 r4vayo the usual werd

~akcsit

work, more th:J..'l enouGh for ono person. The ona privute roo~ ie now
oooupied by a. lndy o.nd her ne-a little d&.ughter

denl.of extrn cure.

1ng hnd three

Then

~iss

which meana a great

Caopbell ie in serious cond1t1on,hav-

be~orrh~eoa ~and

After an all niGPt watch with llios

abe is in lliea Gibeon's room.
C~bell

opod in ono of the school girle and an

alar.ning symptoms deTeloperation was nec-

abdo~inal

eseClry immedint&ly and then a 11 ttlo gii·l waa run oyer by the wood

~

aled.

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So the ~lot thickens,and ~ort a1d lliGs Gibaon arc pretty

well tired out.

I ad:dre ::Eert moro and morGI. (Please rB:!la."lber that

this ie Yother''5 lettor. not 1:11no) · Ho is so brave. and CO!:l?O~od und

'Patient r.nd good and ho

all'ltl.j'S 8Cr.D.B

to be

BO ha'~y

to

{;Ot

hOI:1e to

hie etr"Y melAls &nd in nner too tired to ho.ve a tender word and a
I

.

oarese !or me nnd to toss tho baby wh~EU.ways welcomes hie with de11(\ht.

This
•

.

~iss C~pbell

.

y

is a native girl educated by a wcaltli ~ew

York wo:u:w ond abo bn.a beon Dert • o 6\Tom ene:lY.

'than t.e edited the

the North 3tc.r, thru some o~rorsight he neC].cctod to mention her

name in oonneot!011 with a camp ins trip euci olla was aroa.tly ott ended

•

and ineistod the aloigllt was intentional.

So she said she would

uae all herinnuenoo a~a1nst nert • s work, and she certainly did •
A.a aho bc.s great innuenoe with the 1-.fa.tivesa.nd worked with the Ruaaione it mude it hard tor ~ort,and -z.orried him a great deal. Poor
l

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475 •

. !'onr girl, she

would get

sot!ler~I-..a t

bad the vi cc of
.\

in tt'Xi cu ted

to acnd her awqy again

b. t

:!O

t'll~Y

of thene peorl e and

tines. l::r. Yelly hc.s tt..roghtencd

~~d ~enin but

hus nnt done so no ho knew the

lliBeion influence wao her only ualva.tion. 7hia Fu.ll Dhe rod a. real

cl;onge of heart v.nd cr:me to De1·t to bo forui van and to of!er her help

a~d,

of course, nert

nooe~ted

it

~\dly,.

The Rusoin.n Church in nuking trou'bla ogain havinti Ollonod a

school em the R<..:noho o. few
lH BS Ca..,:pbcll ten.ches.

sol'tool nen.r the

~~p.tive

do~ro neurer

,.,..,..
"'
.i.l 0 t e •
J.p.,.
( ....

y-r
....

- •
•.;.

it thi.ln the .1ovi:rm!lont ochool
G''~rO v' t

•

villa.gc ror eorJo yca.ro before 1 want to Ofltka
~

The (;reel: Church or F:usainns az the rell.llY vorc c.a all church

expensee,ond 'Priests pn:r

•

c.s well u.a tbo prie:sto

Ct:.""'le

BlqlD~

from Bussie. •

L'Ut t'hoy neTer l:n.d a school exce-pt tl1e ono r.t the t'\rphant.,~e where
about thirty boys were housed and taught ,)b·.1t they were nun::iana or
creol eG.

~o thi a

school tor tho lin ti vco wao

to.

new de-po.rture doubtl•

leeu inspired by the f'nct tha.t tho toa.chcrs at the Gov'nt school xmzz
~
tJ ct1.rl.,,
A

e.lwe.vs rrotef!tan ts who hBd Bi blu

"

"

during the day.)
,...,

rgs.dln~, at

1 ee.st, zo"Cetime

Picture a P.usaien priest with !lowing robes and

their peculiar to.ll heo.d dr:eee rro!ll which yards or black cloth hung
do\1rl. hin baol~, P.l'!'lost covex·ing his long hair; this man atending

tbere, in rront or his school and actually grabbing the children as
they p~su and forcing them into his e4hooll

lie has just come to

~itl:::t. nnd hao a t:'ledical degree they aa.y altho Bert aa.ye he has only

•

M

a~oth~cnry' s cert1f1co.te, but he bri be.a tho ohildeen with med-

ecine or thre~ena them wi·th the punishments or the Church •
After 1r.1. ss C'?lilpbell tiaw hor children thus stolen sho detormined
to he.ve n share in the apoj 1:1 and 1mi te.ted the priast~oing out
in front

or

her school c.nd· collaring har o::nildren wh11 e eAo "'bre:Yght

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:r .A.l:.a,II.rc.

476.

It is really vary funny 0..'1d

she brou-:;ht tho sick oneo to :Egrt.
Cl.UfCjE

47G.

act:1ully oocuro every oohool do.y, or did until :.=iae c. wo.s

a1 o,j.:.

Ion£,;ine such u thine;, right on ti1o principo.l street t.i

the capl tul of

supr«'.to.cy.

Alu~u;

ot

u !\u3sic.n and an I>In.Jricun fiGhting for llll1•

I juat long to1· thee to oee t:1e deal' 11 ttle boy and we
v

l'lill eenu souo pictures when wo get

on~<;h

prints.

cunnin~.

:&..by bert ia so brit;ht onu

ounshine to

~e

aom"

lio will l.ll:luso b.imoolf

tor c:n hour o1· t·.1o in his crib with his asaorti:lent of plcythlngs;.
a spool on ~ button hook, u rubber doll antsomo pcioos
daddy turned

•

tor hi:n, a

denr pctient cut.

.

p~cc

~erhups

you

of ropo end
r~ombor

and 'Taint, the oneo we had no much

or

vood his

tin pvwdor box and a

(.1.

the little kittens, 'Tia

tun with laot year?

This is

• t'Sn.int and he just loves buby ond will lot him pull hi a tail end
bury his 11 tUe f'iata in his tur and aom.etimea Baby Just lies down
on the oat whilo 'P~Ying with some of his other toyo.

will be thinking 1 t • a fwt !or the baby but ho•
I hasten to ndd that we
f'ai"r play.

tll"Q

~a-bout

r•r~pB you
the oat, so

ol ways oarefuli to a eo tba t .there is

l3aby :Bert ai t:s at the t.ablo in hizs hit)h chair u.nd ocoas-

1onally we give him u. bono or a cracker.

,;e lw.vo tried to u.dd to

his menu ainca ho ba.o ao mooy teeth but he bas great tondneaa tor

hio old tood

) •

·tng with muohos, gruels, soft boiled

e~g

him one meal

•

by.hia

~othor

(~rovided

&

day.

lie is so wall and I

1e ore atill

~eri~ent­

end such things to bivo
arll

ao thanktul o.nd ·ba.,py

I think we are just the hn.l)pieot 11 ttlo family in thw world. "le
grow in lovo and, I truat,in the other Tirtuea of gr-ace and I haTe
eTer the thought of you ( Aunt Helem Taylor ) and Unole Daddy betore
me aa my mature ideal.

1~~·

otter va talk

or

you.

Dert reminds me

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u

J .A.l: .a.li. pg. 4 77.

TTIOTJEL~s.

477.

or Uncle '1ill for when eome question oorne us in conversation that

we cannot

a~swer ~ert

once, just ae I

gats the

re~ember

~nclyolopadia

and we settle it at

uncle Will doing."

).!r. l!cCl ella.nd had been having apeciul oervice a"1d there seemed to be a genuine religious intere~t o.nd many conversions which

1-!r. llcClelland was a good me.nJand a wiso

we believed were sincere.

one and hiD wifw was bright and cheery and helpful and while they
were both friends of ours they never were cloee companions. 1 had

been haTing some special serTices for the scholars,not extra ones
bot I had had um:xaxc.Dt the evening service more often. Both 1-:R. I!o
Cle~land

c1etment.

and I were most careful to avoid emotionalism or any exThe 1Tat1ves were so easily aroused to intense fervor.

They loved to get stirred up. It wan~ pert of their very.nature
and it was the excietment that. made their feasts and. dances so attractive to them.

Dur we older workers, in,< poin~ t of service,

knew very well that too often the intense fervor was only like a

burning paper, intense flame but aoon aver. So we tried to convince
by argument based on interpretation of Scripture. At one eervice
that I lead·
at the School -~out forty boys and ~irls arose to promise to lead

a Christian life and take Christ as their SavioUB and they all stay-

tor a ahnrt after service.
Like the finding of a boy poseesed by a devil at the f'oot or·
the ~ount of Transfigureation, it was soon a!t~r this that one of
the most aeriou" crises

•r

our church lif"e occured. I quote !rom

my Journal of ~ebmuary 14, 1900. " A wandering evangelist, Miss

}!iller by ne.~e ( but Wh~t a parody of the l!illers we know ) with
a Native froT"!. 'Vran.'~el. arrive
not
long ago.
.
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I

3be had been "labor-

ing'' among the Nati vee at 71rangel for some ti'!!le ana. ho.d a grea.t ·

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"3ea1 ·:;i tht)ll t !mo·Nl c~ "

478 •

so sltc ruportod. J...a ahe

nwa.kenin~;,

c-~!\u fron.

the

no-cnllo~,

ren1el

~

Jlis:Jion we trere aor•Hr.rhnt L'lkapttcul ror two other Evongclinto !rom
the same 1!:1 ei&n hnd co.used un

llati veo were

act~wll:l coin~

~uch

troubl o a year or ti7a 'tor ore.

to cr..1cify one of our otc.nch church

me!!!berfl, 'Jkod!ly who:!l the:-/ had r.tn(1e to bcJ leva he should t:hu:s i:ni-

tatae tlle

:~u~tcr.

·.7c leo.rncc1 of it only in tine to preve!lt their

carryine it out but 3kodey wes never c;u1te sc.tisfie~ about it. He
of dec1dedly Aiflivtic cast of eou~tenrmoe,
uas n 1.1 ttle tn:-ln but vc1·y f!trone c.nd w?.z tr:e one \O"to currled the

on

'two dear

hie

boc1~

down

~dgectl.!lb,

ent ~nc! exEr.!!plary t::hrietien,~ ~

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r

end had ulwnya been u consist•

~ t~·

lru t 1a se 1!1 11 er ho..d 't-ee a co-worl:er

Uoutll Dnd
~ion

:.:r5. J:eizer vouched for her.

\fit~

t.: n~. llelzcr in the

l'.t first, the nethcde

or

~
J:iller a.'1C. ~ Native heli)er, Aron, o. noted dc.nccr, wore quiet

uttl sane but they soon ·bcgL!l"l to develope A. 3alvntion Anzy style and

while I do not

~cndC!!111

nuch nethods in some places they are most

certainly un·.!i ee for the '!'hlingi ts.
l:ini stez· !el"t he nust '1nm
exoi~ent
~

t}1e

After about thr.ee weeks our

peo1)10 o.cainat ~1 stokin.3 ·no 1 ee and

for the evidence of the presence or the Spirit and in

kind and careful yot strong aercon preached to the people about

the new movaoent.
same

or

Thi~

the beat church

was just after a number ot them, including
~~bere

had connulted him about forming an

'army'• singinG on the strcet3 wi~h ad~ and all tne rest of that
kind of oervice.

nc

did not

cond~

it but warned about too much

ot it, eopeciully in the tovm, itself. The saMe Sunday that Ur. Xz
•

l~c~l ell end prcnche~ in the morning I spoke in tho evening

SBXXto,

1 t being my S1Inda.y to conduct that service. I B1Joke em ?e.i th and

Feelins, not to condemn feeling but urging

th~ to be sure what

479.
they bcli cvcc! wu" whttt Jesus taught ond thut doing, not reel inc .

'

wns being trua

~hrl

ntiuno,

qnotin~

'!Tot everyone who sui th Lord,

lord but he tlu.;.t doeth the will of my ?uthor'. I still have_ the
noten of tl:ct talk. ft«t:hat: t:r

J.rc~lellcnd

c.nd I had not cc-:!lpa.red

notes before hand and we had not errunGcd to fire
801!10

~o

shoto nt the

terget but tho 1Tct1Teo thouc:;ht we lmd und were greatly offended.
The next day the ::inieter received a note, in broken i..'nglieh 9

tro~

s01:1e of tho

intendod to be YerJ respectful, but nak-

~mombors,

inc; ont' cxplsn1.1tion, rather
whnt 1 hcd ac.id

cnc

d~;.:nding

one,

or

!

what he hs.d oo.id und

~

thret;ritening to wi thdru-.v :rro!'!! tho Church.

.hftar

consul tntion wo decided to hnYe the Uat1Ye!J c.ll col:le to tho church

•

v~tbout

the children and talk it over. Tho conrerenco begun at 7.30

nnd ended nt 11 oclock. It wn8 exasperating and yet pitiful to sao

the nerrowneso ond icnorance ot thooe peo~le.

or

oourae all the txwxkkR

trouble e.roso because they had Misunderstood what ww had said to
them. Th.nt wan the trouble with an interpreter. 111111& 'ielle who
interpreted, was tai thful nnd honest but he huc1 no grant conmw.nc1 ot

3Dglieh and their lenguo.ge lacked rwny

or

our words iso 1t wau no

ensy matter. I often felt naluced that I hnrl never l~arned to apeak
1n their o\m tonsu·e but thore was no one to teuch 1 t until l:ieu
71llard c~e and I did tnko it up then.·Dut the older ~1aeionnr1ea
•

like l!r Austin he.~ never learned n.nd they really discouraged leo.ming 1t.

The 1le.tives did not htltd to. to to openly e.ocuae boitl!r. l!aClel-

•

lend and me of not knowing the Elble and of twisting the verees to
u

suit our own meaning.

They said I we.o angry and 3koday insisted

that I pointed ~ finger at him D:td shook 1 t at him, and tlult we
wnnted to atop the Jplri t

ot

(i·~d. They did not do 1t in anger but

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _i!liililii!";!_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

.«so.

J.A.u.a.H.pg.480.
•

they wonted light. Only this l'!ln.de it enduruble.
well

ba~~ced,

l.!r.l!cClollu.nd vas

.\

rearletH1 where he thoucht duty e&lled but

.

~

.

ool~

con-

trolled and we were CiTe eracc to be cal~ end co~l and not·to looe
altho it wue very hurd to control th~ at ti~ea.
out tempers,~It wu~ et once 8nd nnd absurd to heur theee poor tenor-.
nnt ones tell their !;!nistcr ho·.1 to preach nnd whero he wrr..e wrong.
3ell, the end
the~

or

it all was thet they sew

ho~

we hnd tried to holn
~

y

,,

and how the miaunderstanding nroae and the meetinc enicebly

with nothing eaid ao

ro.r

an I could see that should hnvo been. left
/

unsaid.
Following this pow-wow there was a very decided decrease in the
Tolurnn or sound !ron the

•

~

quarters but what io more

that the church ha.e not been riven and the beet
vails.

or

i~portunt

htl.l"nony

1a

now pre-

Aron did do eome'dnnc!ng before the Lord' in one or two pray-

er meetings but the quiet a~o~here of the rresbyter!ona diocoursoon
aged ·him and be left town. One of my oonvnleaoents at the hos.,ito.l

got wnrkad up one night end started to shout and dance end when I
asked him •o desiot he tol• me afterward that he was like the boiler
on a etenm boat, he had to let out his feelings or he would-buatl
Ae tar as I could aee the 'dnnoing before the Lord' was uncommonly

like the Unti ve dances I ho.d _seen in the Ranche.

I have haTe writ-

ten thus fully becouse it was a most important crisis in the church
•

work.•
•The local, 'Paper hao been full of the "PlDnS for forming a •
social club in town to be known as the 1l!dgecumb Club, and I was elect-

••

ed ~reeldont last week, much· to my surprise. It 1• c~oeed or the
heterogeneous elements or a- frontier town and is not-a moral organization in the sense of being a Y .1~ .c .A. but as no gambling or drink·

ing are to be allowed it will provide a place for the men intini tely ·

\

•

J .A.Y.a.H.pg482 •

better than the saloons. l!y election !s-a personal tribute to me
as all the fellowa know how straight laced I an
being

a

Missionary I wotud not

have a

and

I thought that,

very prominent place in the

club. I only went in it because I want to help the reHowa, 1! I oan
for the pull is all one way here and that%' is straight down. We have
a room with papers, eameo and magazines and for meetings over the
fire house in in old .Russian building near the- church.
A town meeting w~s called to formulate reasons why the Capitol
should not be removed to Juneau. I was appointed a member or a oommi tte~ 't~f i"uurteen ancf also chairman or a sub-con!r!li ttee to draft
resolutions. It was my first experience in politics and I enjoyed

•

it.

/..nether town meeting is called bx

to elect three Republican

delegates to a convention in Juneau which will elect a delegate to
the National convention in Philadelphia to nominate the the presidentional candidate, I would like to go,,but I would have had to
pay J!lY own expenses and Just then we tel t Tery poor a1 tho we had

·-

guarded our expenses very caretull7. Dut even it elected I could
not have gone as I would not be away from the llission , altho my
. -:otlll

eyes were troubling me.

After tho.t second town meetin we gave a reception at the Edgeoumb Club and as president I had to mal<:e a epeeoh or Yeloome and

to

had muoh
do.
1 ts membership.

But it was a great sucoess and the Club inoreaaed

One morning as I was on my way to the Hospital and passed around

I

the back of the ltansa I was startled to see ~r. YcClellend standing on the kitchen porch,
in a long Prince Albert
coat, his hMds outetretohect and his face coal black. He looked ao
dazed and absurd I could not reotrain my laughter. But he w~s very

'

J .A.U.a.H~ -pg.483.

a'ROTffi:h~ 'JITTI COTTAG~ F30PL!! •
1ne1&~~~t, ~d

had

dro~~cd

quite properly.eoJ!or the sudden cold weather, it

to zero during the night had frozen the

'

waterb~ck

483.

in

their kitchen stove and when they made a hot ti6~,thnt had exploded
both he and ~r5,l~c::!lellend had
and wrecked the range and/\narrowly escc.ped being killed. As 1 t was
they were both shtiken up nnd shocked end I was most sorry tor my
l3ut we ha d

unti::tely mirth.

henrd no report altho ~~
e:nash hn.d been ao

"'

severe. One stove 1 id ho.cl be on driven ol ear to the ceiling w1 th force
brcru~·the

eeriou~ly

hurt. He wns unable to -preach tho next ijundo.y so ti took

that service.

planter. It

Of couree

k~a

wa~

a

they wore not more

enough to

~arvel

and I did all we could and got help

and I apologised very humbly for my mirth.
As a rule the Cottage boys lived very

I

ox~lary

lives end

·cause:€ us no oonoern and while thoy were fa.r in advance o! the Ranohe

people they were

Thlin~i ts

and o.J.noot all of the::r. had ooce !rom

heathen homeo. l!r. I.:olly was having oome trouble with. them about
this tine. rerhap3 he had been a

~rifle

oovcro. or too exacting in

his dGmenda,but the Natives are oo hnxd to bnndle it

re~uires

such

grace and skill tlmt fou poaees it. At times the most abcolute
•
wer_e

is best nnd at other time the greeteat care and kindness
y
·
ed
ax& ncoessnr to win our endo. Mr. r.elly seams to heve loet ~tt•mx

ti~eas

patience e.bout something concerning the l.:i esion bD.nd in 1'(hich some

or

the Cottage boys played and the whole cottage

They will not mvke any improvements to their

sottl~ent

ho~oo,

balked.

thcywill not

work on the Social Hall, a good &ized reoreution·hall being built

•

jointly by the ll1ss1on and the boys. ncar their hames and especially tor their benotit.

They will only live at the eettlement an4

make the U1ss1on do all the improving.
toolleh talk. rrobabeily

th~

trouble

Such is their idle and

woul~

not

~ove

eerioua but

•

l!IS9

GIJJSC'I:~ t

S Ft!RLOtTGE.

J.A.u.~.n.

pc.4C4.

484 •

1 t is another of thooo ~any Bnnoyinc plobloma our Superintendant

has to solve •• 'Jr. T.elly undaratood·, the people very well nnd finally

adjusted the trouble but, after tlw nany fnvoro ho had done the cotthat
tace people, it was very hard to havo theM net in~~ childish and
unreasonable Yt:;.Y)but tho.t is tho tblineit cr..ara.cter·, thru and thru.

l!iso G1boon hnd cone on her fttrlou{;h a.'ld uho ourcly ha.d ea.rned
ee.rnoi 1 t tor 1 t hnd boen o1x yoa.rn since oho ho.d boon

and

~he

~

I;ant

bnd worked hard with tow porioda of rclaxntion. I &ee

~t

ln e.ddi tion to her routine work n.nd the special e:noraoncy nuraing
mnde

~ocosoa.l by haTing ao 11 ttlo help she mu.d.o 113 yo.rda ot cloth

into bandagoa, prepared 20cellons or dieenreating solution, 8 pounds

•

or

oint!'lent,2! eallons ot linam.ont, and aterilizod after cutting a

and l)n.cknging,478 ye.rdo or

acaventy dollars,
sauzo. I

h~lped

on

tQI.O:

t;UUZe.

This la.ot it8!1, alone, naTod ua

the oost o:r comtleroinl.ly

or

&.nd packaged

with this work when I hod time and I re:nombor that

Anna holpod in rolling bonda.ges onoe in

the bulk

pr~a.r_ed

the work.

B

while but Xisa Gibson did

She olwa.YB kept tho ontira buildln,a noat m1cl

olean an wax and was kind D.nd aympo.thotic to the liv.tiva::J but did not
like to talc• oare or white people altho always 1'o.1 thful to ony ot

the teachers or workers who were eiok.

Her girls loved betfnd ahe

mothered t.hem and aho really loamed to love l>nne. and tho little
baby. nhe wa.a

11

true misoionnr:;, alwo.yo concerned o.bo11t the ao.J.va.tion

or the poople and earneat and davotod in her
f

·-

to aoe and follow the Licht.

err~rt

to loo.d the:t

nho waa a good end constant f'riend to

me and still is ane even tho abe eo

lfM'Itrtn"t~

f'requently irritated

me almost past the point of enduronco, and, indeod eocetimoa quite
l)tult

1 t.

She and 1!other :were never friendly o.l tho there was no a •
\

open broach but she loved Helena w1alena sincerely reoiprocatod

•

"l

J.A.Uta.H.pg.485.
since
tho it had been so long ~B the faithful nurse had

ACTING UI'!flST:~n AGADf •

her love.

~~en

been av:ay rrom her work except on the infrequent tripe 1 t was hard n
to pereuda.e her to go and there were many times when she decided

eho could'nt or would'nt or ehould'nt eo I wae glad when the stf'W!ler

finally loft the

w~~rr

and she could not

knew! t would nc!d considerably to my work.

chw1~e
l~isa

her

cintL~

altho I

"Yillio.rd ca.'l!le to

look after the Hospital work altho she was not a trained nurse and
lfra. J'aul

CEJ!llO

in the evenings and apen t tho nic;hto. Altho the hos-

pital vas cloeed for

so~e

alterationa and cleaning I tind my report

•aye we had two eoQewhat serious operations during the
~1llard

s~~er.

Uiaa

proved to be sympathetic and et!eoient and I oocmcnded her

work to the Board.
•

Annie llines ael:ed tor a xo.cation and as she had beon

s~ck

strong much. of tho timo I let her go altho it

an inopportune

aeem~d

or not

time. Very often a month or two oomp1ng out with their families would
theee
restoro %ka ~111ng scholars to excellent health and it ~roved ao in
· Annies case.

5he was such a good girl so patient and ta.it.htul msd
I

always w1111ns to work way beyond her etrencth.
l~r.~cClellend l.'D[B

oompleted a ter.n

or

went away that Spring on t'ulough fpr he ha.d

eorvice a1 tho he had been at 51 tko. only a little

«

5

while. Mr. I:elly aske me to take the Sunday :D.orning aerviae and one
•

evening service a month. Thsw there was the mid-week prayer meeting
which I conducted twioo a month, a scholars service onee a week and
'7

I was aupertendant or the Sunday School nnd taught a
~oth

~

~1blG

Yr. :Beck and tfr. Y.olly were census otficials ot aome

cla••·
~n~

and

~r. K. had to go to Junea~ now and then on that work ao that gaTe
me a little more to do altho J3ocl..7acted as luporlntcndant at auoh

tii!lea, eo I was pretty busy. I

~hat

r:ry

new

~asses

did not

-e

J.A.u.a.H. pg. 486.

·486.
~

hel-p nuob and Dr. J'eesup, ~ oculist in l'hiladel,hia. forbad me

to do muoh close work,instructions I found hard to

!ollow~with

~

much study necessary for the Church work. There wns no

so

in Juneau

~

I could tru!lt and I· ~ic;ht have gone to Seattle but that moant a
month or six

I ·went to

~.~r.

we~s

and I could not leave then •. '!.{ore them onoe when

UeClollond'e otudy in

the~

vacant

t~anse

to pro-

-pure n tall: I wont to sleep from sheer woarinec:; a.."ld ft wa.e a ro.th•
er trying time.

nut

ther~

wae n real awnkenine in spirttual inter-

est amone the scholars and I had some personal tnlkc with some o!
the older and more inderrerent ones. llr. Beck seid, one day,

you don't look out you will hnve a revival on your banda.•

I

•Ir
The re•

vival did not come but there were some sincere conversions, Perhaps,

had I remained at work instead o! going for a rest the larger· results might havo 'followed, but the rest eemed necees~y tor Anna
.
. tJ..,
as well n.s for myself. Crowed and oxho.usting aa thoee days wore
never did tlle 3-piri tunl TDlues or life set!!:l more real or aatiutying

the.n they were on some ot those Sllring evenings when,arter.a full
day I eat in the sort twilight on the porch or our little home with
my beloved wife at my side.
~eorge Deon

had been roaming with a man who afterward showed

sympt0!%1.S of tuberculosis a.nd Unole '.1111 Taylor, fearing an infect-

ion, eent George to the sunny South-west for a while and later he

orme to vi r~i t ue, no eymptoma having developed.

l'

For a lonR time I had wished to visit the eboreu

or

the outer

bay, 51 t'ka. Sound as the ohartu marked 1 t and aa fll.l"l!mer came on and
twoz
moet or t~e workere retume~ l'r. T.elly thou17:ht I could take
weeks for a vacation.

So "C"e. be(!c.n to plcn a cru1so.

The l3erUta

lay near the Pancho, owned by an Italian saloon keeper named Clem-

ents, the e&!!\e 1um wi tb whoM I had rowed tho.t cro.rt those eight

•

Tim

'\
CRTTIS~

TH'::

OF Tlf:3! BERTHA.

J .A.Y.a.H.:pg.487.

Cl.::.R·r:.;:~.

miles from !ilver Bay the summer before

and

4B7 •

eo established an entente

cordiale. I was very doubtful about his being willing to let us
have the schooner but I must make a try. It waB seldom I ever,J entered a

Kk~~

saloon but I had to then to find my man and he insisted

we go down to the ehore e.nd look at the boat. ',11 thout much diffioul ty
· we struck a bargin at
a«wmea pleased.

~25

for

th~

two weeks and he seemed very J!l•wn

He was a bit 'mellow' I think, and in spite of my

efforts to disengage myself, he would put his arm over my eboulder
and in this l'!tost affection attitude we walked up the main etreet to

hie saloon, to the amusement and perhaps the horror of same of the
good people.

•

Continuous rains the latter part or June and early July made
tho proposed cruise seam rather dubious but the date was finally
fixed tor the 24th of the latter month. We thought it would be nice
~or

Anna to have a companion and arranged with the daughter of a

former carpenter at the Uission, ·.velela Shields to go with us,and
George and I rowed down to the ehip nnd inspected her with much
pleas1~rable

oano~

anticipation·. She was thirty tive or torty feet long,

stern,trunk deck oabin,good sized

cockpit,!or~atd

hatch over

forehold tor anchor Ae.,oomrortable cabin with tour transom berths,
y

cook stove, dishes &c. She was ver sturdy with double planking and
•

earried a jib, stnyeail, foresail
he two masts

and

~

mainsail and main topsail on

while slow was very stiff end steady, The only pic-

ture we have is on a postnl card which,however gives a very good
iden
•

or

the craft.

~We

seem to have omitted a camera tram our out-

fit.
'Ve planned to leave on l!.cmday at1d all the week before as tar
ae I had time, Georg-e and I were busy Eakins a table, gettin !iahing

'\

e

TIC CR"'JI3I! 07 TIC If.:TI'~TlJJ...
J .A.t:.a.n. pg.4!30
~ :..~A:t:b-1{ A- TR'3J'IAI\.\7IC:I.
.

e

~sa.

•

tacle, guns wld ::zountion, boxes and a. water butt. Anna wao buoy bale·

ing and

~acking

provisions. I had the Sunday eorviocs the day before

we were to etart end all was tendy nnd then \Zra. mrl.olds decided

aho coW.d not Sl>are ··.7nlola. &nd whnt to do? -:Jc wore very onxiouo tor
Annll to havo n

co~onion

tor teorge

Gnd I planned

to do acmo

on short ahoro trips ond wo did not wwit :.nnu to be clone.

hun~ing

Then it

occurod to us to aolc l!iss Po.tton, Urs .. Dra1y'a slater to co and aho
gladly ncoepted. '.1aleln was a nice girl nbout sixteon but what a

tortunnto thing it wne thnt she had to decline for Uius Patton szs
proved to be tho tineut oampanion nod greatest addition to the party
one could J>OssiblJ im&gine. JJ.t.ho she
.

rest

e
e

or

WO.D

.

'II'O.S

o0t1who.t older than the

us aho strong end vigouous, not the lonst cnmky, never

unha.;>py,never selfish, olweyo re&dy tor

and yet helpful end good to baby.
tine women.·

~e

run

or

&my

kind o!

&>.

trip

was a fino chnra.cter Wld e.

Zo vere indeed fortunate to lw.vo her in our pu.rty.

Uonday TOtornins early we began

to get our atuf'f £.board,tor .a.

George and I had brought the llarthn c.dound and enchorod neo.r the
Uia•ion wharf in front of the lieat. 7/e f'owd tbat there waa a lot
of atutt thnt we did 'nt need and cUd •nt want a.bor..rd and we had to

get thnt out end ashore. Then tha cabin and holda hnd to be cleaned

tor they ware fr1ghtfull»d1rty

and vi th thi a u.nd

that the day vaa

cone and most of our dutfie atill at the uttqa lleat. However,
we'd bustle in the morning and get

o:~~ay

early •

.AD7one vho thints 1t is o. simple matter to pack tho out-tit

~~~c(

I

for,..a

t;.o

....

~h-

weeks cruiao., dowrl

a

long night of atepa,f~f't1 yards to

a whn.rt, town the long stepo to the row bont, if the tide 1• low,

•

out to tho ahip, lo.od aboard end utow n.wuy better try it. never did

auoh an outfit. go aboard

lll1

eight

ton

schooner. Yle claimed it wa.a

e

e

'\

CRITI33 07

n

TH:~

n-;nTa\.

4BP.

J.A.~.n.H.pg.48~.

:Jl.!L.
~oo3uue tho baby waa coina but, in truth wo wt.ntod to bo thorouahJ.y

oomtortnble under all condition and we

reall~

took but te-• th!nga

we did not use. So ins'tead of wo1gh1nc nnchor ot eight 1 t vo.o one
oclock whan Goor;;c nnd I cnne nboo.rd wi tb our lunt loo.d, a· boat tul.l

or

tire vood. u.nd n holt bo.rrell:

or

treo.h IVtl.ter. Them 1 t

wo.n~

•:...11 sail" and with auohor up, the ho1n bard over wo Blo\1'1~ drew

awa.y end bond cd for tl:c to\1Il vlw..rf and the steamer chDnnel. Soon
the light wind cHed do;m and I vont out in the rowboat to tO'ir,
pleasant or eaoy task no I leo.med very wel1,bctoro that

DO

orll~se

wna

oYer.
fte wind treohened up a 11 tUe o.n wo got oft shore Glld yery

e

e

alcnrly end 1 o.%ilj: we po.:Jaea thci wharf', two hours c.f'ter wo ha.d ec.il•
ed' It muot huve been ati6uoh aa a ailoJ

~lowl:t we pa.osed 1n f'r011t

ot the Rancho enJ ae wo neared the Brady home Ura.n1'Udy and the children came out to groot and guy uu tor we were hnrdly moving. :Nidently our orntt wa.a no tr.''ed 'bont1
ltra. Brady inv1 ted the entire ships cpm;;o.ny, paasangers end

orer tooome ashore to suppor.

At first I sternly declined tor it

would delay ua mtd had we not aail on our great cruise?

~ut

on sec-

ond thought it seemed a Qodoend, tor tho girls espeoio.l.ly1 ao we a
anchored near the
•

On OUr
~lea

Btr.V

mill end went ashore without stopping to put

evening Clothosl

In throe hours and a lml.t

YIO

had made two

with ten otill to go to our first scheduled atoppins pluoe,

Crab Do.y. That was not exactly encouraging but thon, we ho.d two •

e

-

weelcd to mnke tboae ten miles eo why Yorryi

1

7/e thot we'd cit thar

eome time, like o.s not mobbe. ·;o had a mighty good aupper and a very
1
Jolly happy title ond thon wi.th troehinii Yind we eet snil and hoadod

tor tho ocean tor th" dcylight lc.oted a long time.
(thn.t waa mo) wo.s pretty

gro~

Dut the Captain,

t

then. Had he know aa much ten as he

..

e

e

'\

J .A.l!.a..l!.p".(!}Q,

TH3 C!'r"il33 OF TIE :IL.~THI..
~

4no

°

CHfu"1T5

did at the end of the cruiso that anchor would never r~ve

v

:("--r-'7

:' co~e up that nigh "'H" would we have left th~t snug harbor. But then,
how did we know that the rresh and favoring wind would eo soon die

\

down?

But it did and left us becalmed in/the Westward

Geor~e

and I started to tow with the rowboat but it had been n Ter.y

~n~sn~e.

busy day full of hard ph;eical work and after a hal! hour we

mztd•~

decided we had ho.d enough and went c.board to anchor, about a mile
trol!t the Brady's.

Down

went the anchor end all the cable but it

did not reach bottom. ·.7e bent on enothor piece of stout rope. Shades
of the bottor!ll ess pi tl ·.vill that hook never. talce ground? Another·
at
1 ength or line and at last it reached the bottom ,...about twenty fath-

e

e

·oms. It was a poor place to anchor and only our great weariness
kept ue

fro~

towlng in to aome inland cove.

Dut it looked like a

quiet night tor, just now we did not want any

~

wind. hB we took

in sail ond the main boom came over we knoc1ced the top length

or

the atove pi'pe orr and over it went into the sea.. It was a serious
loss tor the

~lpe

from the kitchen stove now aaxa scarcely cume

above the cabin root which meant
ioun, danger
a

~

~oor

draft and what was more eer-

that sparks would set the root on tire. ·ae eet

night light and mad• everything snug and went below.
t.crvv--

Cle!ttmts had told me there"chartn of the whole 8o1.md on the
•

schooner, ever.ything we would need and in the many things or get.ting ready I had not

ex~ined

the roll ot papers in the rack under

the cabin roofr As I did not !eel very

'

c~ortable

to be

~chored

out there in mid channel,tor it would be Tery nasty in a blow, I
thought I'd take a look at the chart before we turn-ed in and took
down that· roll. Horror

or

horrors! They were no charta but mapa

moatly torn out or sotte 'bool: and tho only chart? of Sitko. Sound

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DACi~

TO

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!.r. .:JCT,

n.~~.,-"'!p ~

J .A.U.o..l!.pt;.49l.

401.

or any doxtuirpt un:,r part ot tho nv.y was n l.CF.CATOn 'z :r::o.r::C'1'I011:r

•

or

the ·.;oPJ.Dt

of rooks in

~1e

Imagine trying to nnvicuto unknown waters,ahook tull
most unoxpaoted places with no bettor guide than a

mo.n ot tho world%
gotten tho

ooftee~ot

About that-timo it wo.o diocovored tha.t wo lw.d tor-

so o. trip nShore vas

~idontly

a ncaessity,tho

tirst thine; in tho morninG. The girls had o.rrongod the bunk a end
atretohod the curtain foro end ott that divided tho man's quurtero

tro::1

~wU;atttwd'

'tinn'Kmitvb tho ladies' ca.bin.Anna slept forward

with baby Dert in o. hanging orfldle close by,llisa Fatton af't, while
on our aide I slept next tho abort companion lo.dder and George torward. and maybe wo did 'nt sleep,. as the ship rosa and tell on the
gentle SVIell a.

lrut the Captain oalled o.ll hmlcls eo.rly next morning it ,indeed,

4lt

the tutura Captc.in 1 baby nert had not alruwiy done oo 1 ond af'tor A
hearty breakfast Georgo and I rowod Bshore and Qsked

~rs.Drndy tor

aomo 'obarto. · She looke@igh and low. but could not .find cny lmll but
eald that Casaia, thnt'a Uiso Patton, had tukcn the 'Paoitio Coast

.

~

rilot' a GOvernment publication givina directions about dangeroua
.5
~laoa, how to recognize ~endlanda ·~o &c. That was good·but I telt
I needed the oharts olao and Yro. B,ottered me a boys btcycle to ride
to the Neat as 1 t waa about two milos. I have orton laughed at the

red1culous figure I cut on that s:nall bike, but it took me along at
liot finding the ahn.rta I needed at DeGroff's, the beat
ntr CC?uld I got
•tore in town ond the only place to koep tha Govt. C~t~~"the

a sood clip.

other thinsu I needed I went on home.

•

pot, •ace tbred and needleo
.

Here

anna wonted and

~harts,

sot

the cortee

uourriod to the blaCk.·

~c..

a1 th shop tor the atoTe pipe. I hnd done anough in oheet iron to
f'ive
put a· oone cover over a length. of rma inch pipe and hurried on baT
\o 8Ubm1t to some good natured chatting tram Gamble and BeCk

ab~

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TIG CRUIS3 011' TlG l33TITH!":

CRAB BAY.
,
wbe.t line tirna we "had ,.1:1o.de to bo hol:le so soon l or Had nt wo started

yet? Thot we left ":festerdey, but I had no bettor f'rionde o.nywhere
than those two

80

t't only ad dod

to the run.

llow beholc)iho captain or the poJ.o.tiEll yacht, nertba. as he Q

·

apeeds tbru tho main utroet or the capitol of AlaSka to resume command or the sppedy oruiaer ond aasuro his passengers iha.t ainoa he
had returned g,ll was velltl. 1n shirt elevvs,a. pink oheTiot ohirt

w1 th w1d1ah blue stripes, old troners almost hiddon by long'rubber

boots which ilore tumod dovn at the t.opa and tlap around the lcneea,
and an old tel t hut, quite without torm Qr comlinesa 1'
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.Perched on a boys bioyole oonsiderablv too small sm
80

~1

(;t;;t..
~t

ot. thia

bin knees

must be held wide apart as they would pass thD bandle baru,a long
roll or charta slung a.oroas his bo.ok, a length or atov8l»ipe under

on ri-m and a cofteopot do.ngl.ing tram tho elbow of tho other. Thua
41d the proud Captain aaori:f'ioo his disnity that his wife and .D
oheeild might

ax

be ao.ved tram ship wrack and hia ptt.Saenger baTe

th• oom.tort ao tully aasuradl Ah it waa a rare sight and S.itlco. enJoyed it, bugoly.
When ·George and I sot. back to the ship we tolmd the :Brady

tem-

117 ·Tiaiting ·ond they hwi brought a lot ot treah milk, a 1~ we
aeldom enjoyed as they

~nbout

had his own particular supply/

the only ones to kaep oowa

or

'j:;:d :Bab7

extra tino qU&l1 ty. Yo apin said

soodbye and made aail nand George and I ba.d a bard tug on that long

•

oa'ble. 71th a to.ir wind •• noaed out to the outer :Bay

to:- Crab Day while the

gi~ls

and headed

got 41ma•r and with all olear n.ter

~-·!

took tuma sailin·g while 41nner was uorved on deak. It was a delitht."

.

aa.1l and we km1 loated on dook SDd took/ it easy. The breeze treah-

ened md we bowled olong,entured the narrow ohnnnel smd dropped

11:

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CRAD BAY, ,;'2.

anchor in the lc.nd-loakod harbor Juot in front

I bD.d

CDm;Jed

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or

tho pls.co whore

the year before. 7e ho.d ho.d ol our weather

began to rain and
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493.

JA.!!.a.ll.pg.4g3.

B~RTIL\&

tent fly we had

~bile

b~t

it soan

supper wao being cooked Gaorgo and 1 rigged

b~ught

for the purpose, over tho

oo~it

for we ·

intended to stay a week.
'Next morning wo boys were out early for arabs and thoy wore thick.
ln tvo boura we were bact w1 th a. hundred and a bucket of olGme. .All

that

vee~

were tripped here and there,in upito

or

rain muCh ot the

~

ttme, tor there endless places to go. I took Anna up on

my

eyrie and

to the cave end the girlu had their ahara ot crabbing o.nd fishing.

1/e could not. use all the milk bcf'ore it soured ao J..nna ma.d.G eome into

oottage cheese and bung it over the aide in the oool salt water at

I

the end of ¢ine. It

1t'Q.8

Juut delightful and reattul vi th no winda

to bother and no rocka to make tho lkipper anxious.
One nening Qoorce. and I went deer hunting, following up along

the fringe

or

bushes by the

only tour or tivo miles

•~mPY

a~.

land on the slopes ot

~dgeoumb,

7/e went slowly, quite a. long way but

saw no CS.eer. As 1 t grn darker I auddenly remmbered

·w

bear were

plentitul on the Island and said we 'bettor find tha tra.il along the
little river the..t ·nowed 1nt·o the bay. It was darker :t in the bushes
on the trail and we hastened on. I must oonteaa tlm.t a punio seized
•

ae and I bogan to run,taetor and taster down tbat trail, to iOt out
botore 1 t grn quite dark. llothina oould have bean more tooliah tor
I a1ght have run J»lump into a bear any moment. If then were DZl7

·I

about they would have been following that Darrow path alons tbe
r1"Yer in queut of any stray ao.lmon.

»ut tba.t k1D417 Prcrrldenoe

that

takes oare ot children and tools »rotaoted me tlmt night Bl!d I reaobed the ebore, panting and «xhuuated. Thera I bad to wait tor old
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Cf.:JI~"3

494.

J'.A.1!'.r...Ir.pg.494.

A~T'{I0:T:, ~TIGHT.

nc

Georr;CI'cr not"eVen a whol a e..r:n.y 'Would str;.~:pede him.

':lae a good

sport, eteody, cool and re11abl e. '.7e ".7ero soak ad to the tl1c1n by the

wet bnnhea but it did'nt

m~tter

a bit.

Well resteo nnd full of pe'P we weiahed bnchor July:SOth. and
et~rted

and nn

for St Lnzarta, but we were a little late for the ebb tide

Eay.So we
India~

tF.!e1:-1.ng !nil ed to cret n::J thru the nnrro'\Y

hour'~

drC'lp~ed

Lake or

of the

ne~k

anchor and went to vieit a neighboring bay c!llled

De~roff's

Lay. It was o.

chcrmln~

pluoe, a lone nar-

row eheet of wat!-2er with almo et straight pa.ralell sides with. wooded
s
ehoree to the edge, end etill aa glass. ~.ve ro~:~.ted orn.l's in the ashes
and puttered

abo~1t

in a padded box

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U!ltil the tide had beew1 to ebb aaain. :Bc.by Bert

~eemed

to enjoy it too.

·About three nc!tock we had eei 1 e up e.:;:ain and with fair wind
to
e.nd favoring tide -pe.ssod easily out 31 tka Sound. 'fhat beautiful
body of 'Na.tc:!r, extends flO!ne twenty milee fro':n the shore of Banmo!t
leland where Sitke la located, like a.nd iTroqule:r K letter

one side is Kruzoff !s-la.nd Yith
Lezerin a

~ile

~dgecumb

and the

C:a~els

u.

On.

Back with

off its shore. At the other leg of the U ie Biorka

Island and between the two there ie sixteen miles of open water
unprotected

!ro~ th~

ocean.

Darkness came
•

before we were

o~

Laxuria and I wu3 forced

t~

~ore

thnn half

w~y

to

run in a poor little cove on the shore

of r.ruzoff, It was lone a."1d na.rre~" with u:~ly rocks on each side and

there

entirely unprotected. from any South eo.et blow, but

'

tor the Devil'a rotcto Patch was not rar away and I
tak~

any chance with

th~t

%x

~ns

lUX

no ·oboice

dld not dare to

even in the twilight of a·aummer night.

!o we noned in and Slld anchored and went to 'bed. :nut 1 wall! up eTery

little while to see 1r all was well and no wind kicking up tor we

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J .A.M.a. H.pg.495.

A LIVBLY SAIL.
could hardly have tacked out against a

head

49S

wind ~~d the incoming

waves would have been very heavy ao the)' gathered force e.ll the
!rom Silver Bay, twenty five miles away.

gladly etood watch

ann

•

way

Of course George would have

uatoh with me and tlmt ie what I ought to

have dene but I did not want to

ala~

the girls by any show or anx-

iety. nut Providence favored ue again and ae the wind

wa~icking vp

as soon ae it was light enough we made eail and got orr ehore,thank-

tul to get db:uuw
~ating

away safely.

breakfast ae

we

went we drew

n~ar

Lazar1a,g1v1ng the·

Jotato Patch a wide berth. As a etrong wenst wind came up we could
I

not run to the Tery ao.ll cove near the con ter of the Island and it

•

·soon

b~oame

plain thnt we would not be able to land.

That was a

I

great ;disappointment tor I was so anxious for Anna·to see its wonders.
There

I

va~

no help tor it and no herbor close

up tor ,,favorable weather eo we ran in]!

by

where we could lay

pretty .close to the lee shore

and 1 et _:go our enchor to reef sail. The hook did 'n t hold a minute
and we.began to drag ott rcpidly. It was right lively, !or a while,
getting those large sails reefed but after some excietment and hard
l

work wo tied them in and tilled away for Diorka across the open aea •
. Tq; us 1 t seemed very rough and probabally we did not have the

the right sails up tor the· ship wallowed !rightfully in the cross
seas. I ·hnd bought a tine round bottom row boat made by Howard Reorge
·one

••

or

!

the Cottage boys. She lmd a mast and sail that could

pe

~

easily 1taken down and we were towing that astern. It abowed a tendency to over run and smash into us and George went aboard% 1t to
put.~

eoma -.eight in the stern. 7lhen he s.ame toreward in the small

boat to get aboard the Bertha again his weight in the bow made th•
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o~,. rrrl ~RTIL\.
DIOIU:A. IS!.JXD.

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'~4ie.
.

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tn1 1

.. 2'owboat run up alone aide the ··schooner D.nd begin ·t() tum ·ovet'

ln -thcl· ~ld~a

·its aide~ Ceor~e w_ri.o neis.rl7~ihrown overbonrd,',hiclVr
'Wu.ter end rouc;h sea would lmve
I

'"boa.t

:wo.sp.n·

dan,;er

itmiediate

•.•. · .

;.

boan

':BUt Go()rge J\mip&d 'b~Olch(!'

or':n~ina.

.

very ~-uerious and' ibe ~r~

Jlcatt:r,c

.

.

·aatem,- Just in ti!:le 'end :I lutfed 'end l)Ulled. the
acramblod
waiting tor a tavoro.ble time 'ho pn aboard.,
It eontinued to blow and

.

kna· want

very :rough and

ltO.S

.

1-.f-

~ rope·tn~·nw,

to· h*r

bunk and lliau Patton soon t'ollowed while I wa.a not ~eeling 'amy too~

;

tme

,

oomtorin.ble. It wav

~or diriner 'but .the

girls

did.'nt

oO.ra· tor
I

•. '" •
..:..rg-.
any.· ·I had an lnordit!tite desire· tor· fried onion a end ham! Forgeting '"the seo.sick ones I went belcnr,lea.TinJ; Geor{;e· at ··theYbeelt''azid"-r
.

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-ooolced some ot

.

~most

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odoriferous oon!'eat10n. · Haw ·they did ·-~eil.'~

the-

even Yith illl ~t 'breeze bloYins,arid: the patient OOCUpOllta O!
babin ottered no -pl-oteat t'ul· I· -.aD' tbru when they

.

r

t-

t

aoroaa·thoae turbulent

toward Diorkap ~~~were

eixteon ;mileo ot

ocean'.'

open

tha

!jl~~n:··

:Biorka ial&nd its aoi:ut~ ten mile -long cmcl about &'hair m11t

~od like; an hour glass Yith a 'deep· bny em eo.oh s1det almost
on~ the ahelto~ad ~•lde

l.ftd.-went'·aahore tor dinner and to get the'.
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back•-·· RUdolph bad·tolci ·us tbBt were·:Plenty' 6f~
the 1aland·. ltd . which m heavUy yooded 'and ~Ge?rgi w.rit·l':

ki11oka: out

cleer on

iide,
ha.ot-

ot- thOia'·bqi~

ren' 1tito··''On~

17 in 1 ta canter. · About three· od~ck. we

..

~ed · t.l:Bt:. 1 t
·~"'-~~

meed· on

41d'nt· se~ to_ help· them anyl'We
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or

our

ott .huntins and Anna

BDd 'ba'b7• llisl Patton· end· I .y~·t ~osa.-. t.bef.\re

aanow tiBILt ·tetlmua to· ·th• bay ~n ·the. ooecn a'ida~·:-·'it ~-·a ·a'i~ar ·.

•lght. Like tho

ODe

where the ·::sertbll was
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a half' \:aile .ride but 'literally t11.18d
,

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Yitl?•

,

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·~chored,'
;

drift

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· · I · · ··~·""t,j·i~

1t· ria nearlY -

wood.
t,

.

·~

;

; ; li'

·1!'11

large lop
.- '

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-·
ot DenY ldnda ot
'wood
and
smaller
<)nes,
~rooted
trees'
and
drift
.
.
ot ·all kinds, hom 8horea to shore. Visa bettcmkent aearah1ni ·ror
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SITf.A H0T 5r>nn13:i.

J.A.U.a.H. PS• 498.

anchor in a quiet harbor, entirely ehel tered o,nd everything fe.vorable. I for one

Wa!!

,\\

not 'sorry for all t~e--~:N.p that trip I bad been

dreading that stretch of 4snBerous coast and open water, nll now to
me. Irow, I knew the wnter nheo.d and 1 t wno mostly clear sailing home.

I Just tel t gayl
-'k.

Theae mineral springs ha.d been kno\v to the Natives tor years and

ueed by tbern for the treabcnt of their varioues ills.
WU8

Ur. Drady's partner, .Jhitford, WhO had built

8

I think it

soall

hous~

therB

plonning to make it a heol th resort but 1 t ha.d not been a success
and now

•

wal3

used by anyona, first come first served. There werf! tuba

tor the Natives end two tor the white people, Just wooden troughs to
which the water wns led in pipes whose only !ixturea were wooden
plugs in their ends. Conditions were hardly sanitary and it speaks

volumno tor the antiseptic power or tho waters thnt I never heard
ed
anyone being infect there in spite or the varied and disagreeable
diseases of those who

aamet~es bathe~

in

th~.

Thera were two

or

~

springs,one celled the sulphursurely heavily impregnated with sul-

J;t;l ~f'
.
'Phur--44~ and the other the iron epring whose red oXide was de-

posited all onong the outtlaw. The latter water was much cooler nnd
by blending the two almost any temperature could be obtained.
~e

lived on the ahip, took the bntha which were very refreshing,

and somewhat stimulating, and took trips in the small bont and had
a glorious time,, the weather being favorable. There were a number
of yer.y interesting graves of old witch Dodtora on high blutta near
by, one having an old canoe·by !te side, high

~

Up OD

a rooky blutf,

but, as there were a number of nat1vasnaar we did not examine
George and I hunted

as~iduously

the 1Tat1ves had no Ttmieon
'Plo.n.n1ng a birthday dinner

:ve~

th~.

but only bagged two snipe, and &a
were meat hungry. '!'he girls were

~

!01 ~

but the larder only offered · tusm

.T.A.l!.a.H.pg.499.

TII'3 ().lnTISE OF TIITJ BETITF.A:
R~D0iTn1.' :BAY.

499,

fa_

and bacon, not eo attractive for a special !east. '.Ve hn.d had had he;n

•

and

bacon occasionally before in the past ten days!
On

...

the artert}Pon of the fourth I waa mos!1ng around on a small

Iisland near the bost when I s~v two teal stnnding on a small rock near

\

the water.

They bad not seen rne as they rested there, preening tb~-

a~l ves~. 71th all haste ]~ went bn.ek to the ship and got George and a
gun, for he1 was much s~rer thnn I was to get theo for we wanted them
badly. George landed on the side away from them and crept across the
ialand.with the greatest caution. There they were. Bang! and there
was the birthday dinner and a better eating duck than a teal does•nt

swim, Chespeeke canvasbacks to the contrary, not-withstanding. Dmza
JKJmJ:~:

ee

lUes Pe.tton, generous eoul,disa.ppeared the next morning and re-

turned in a couple of hours, with a big paib of luaciouB salmon berries.
~t

she had more thnn the berrien for her face, from hair to clothing,

was one mnss of black flt• bites. fairly coyered with
~

the~.

We had not

been bothered ~board the boat as the breeze kept them off end we had

netting ov~r the cabin openings at night but in the bushes they must
have been terrible. Soon the dear woman's race began to swell antil
her eyes were almost closed. The mineral water on bot co.mpreesea help-

a lot but 1t was no tun,at that. Our menu was "

clam broth,roast duck,

cauliflowera,uux potatoea,crab salad, salmon berries and
•

with candles."

cake,e~en

We had brought fresh vegetables from our own garden

to last the.whole trip.
Rnther reluctnntly we headed for home the next morning, twenty
mileo away.

All daj we taught head winds and made slow progress anchor-

ing in Redoubt !Say about :t'ive in the afternoon, not quite half way
to Sitka. But we pla11ned to spend a day there eo
went trolling

&~d

soon landed

~

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fine large salmon trout.

George •
This Bay

;; .A.u.a. •. n.ps •.5oo.

Dilt,_I.•!cr~rr:~J.

500.

:.nn:clr IS · c;.ur;"7""Tonil hao a low wnteri"tl.l.l at its cmd, tho putlet

~t

u. lako tully !ivo mile long, wllose mountainous aides ue 1r.ild and
rugacdly boo.utiful.I wa.s

vnxioua tor

m~ot

l~n.

to see it a.:J 1 t

'troD

entirely di:f'forant from nnything else ollo ._ould see near ~a tko.. %he
.

canoes

Natives sO!:letimos drD..{;Ged theil" li!«.rt:s s.row1d the loi1 fall nnd to
the lnko nnd we plunned to ta!::e the II!!ULll 'boat thero in tlw morning.

."

It was a greut ploce tor salmon, Just o.t .the toot ot the !fuls
and I thought

or

the night I lw.d spent there vi th

l.U oaion boys and the big sein.

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orw .of tlm

All nisht long vo oo.at and cast but

caught hardly ony tish. I thought then

ot the J..postlcu

all night and caught

a little

nothin~

~

and

t~l t.

wl:w hL.d' :!it~~hed

~
n~ar to

them .. T".nu

aggra-ratins thina !laa that near u.s a. !fM Yatives wore r;.cin!.n;;.; alao

and

Qat chin;;

lots of tino tish with every cast tor thG1r n4il t.

.ra.~ fiO

soall they could run nround the eohool botoro they wore acn.:r-9d

'b~i'"oro

while our big net took ao long to get out tho tlfvere gcno

wo made tho oirole.

It oortG.inly 1o hard wo:.rl.: to Ot\st

all night and oo.tohtnothing.

!!.

'l)J:;cy

b!c !!e!::t

~~

'Je awoko, next day, to danae foe; rmd tal t we could. n>lt l\i'o.i t
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long and I\ there. vo.s no
aign of clearing we auilcd out of , the nc.row
.
sntrenoe to 1ridcr water and were becwlmed.

u::..til

lt.;e .a..t"t6J.·""

c~;;

noon .we drifted idly e.bou~ti.uhing but only ~telling dog sharks. one

ot Yhioh gave birth to a lot of little ones as it lay on dgcl:. 11hen
a good breezo caQe up, tho clouds still hanging low on the
we headed homo. Thore wac one bad place, before we
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~

:.-e~l ~he ls.~tt

It Was a

chnnncl betwecm two lines or ugly aaw-tooth

s~:r;;.. J.ght

rooke not

t1tenty teet aw-ay" eo.oh a_id(l. Dut it ":nlO deep &<'ld

n~tmt~i~=•

!'~o

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narrow
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A. Bi\,..:"i SIT"!,.TI0~r.
the ~icdlc. Cnly a.

J'.A.li.a.li.pg.50l.

D~RTHAz

50L.

fe'! hundred yards long, with a to.ir wind it wae

interesting end I had been ttu it a number

or

times, for it wae a

short cut to the Springs, the other wuy around the islands being
much longer. So we entered the narrow pass expecting to be ho~e beE.xa
Just ~~ we were almogt thru 1 ~
fore dark ond then, then or all places~the vtind died out! And there w:
lay, rolling end pitching !or a heaTy sea was running and while we

were protected

r~o~

the immediate wash of the waves tho large roll-

ers ran thru the channel. Altho Anna had never been sea siok /before
that cruise she felt the

mot~ion seve~ely

and none of us were ver.y

oom:!'orto.ble. Darkness was coming on and that was no

the night.

tit

~lace

to spend

So Hiss ratton andtigot in the small boat to see if we

could find a good quiet place to anchor.

juot around the nearby

point we found a quiet oovo that aoemed well protected and v1th
~lenty

~

or water and aoon George and I were towing to 1 t, ·while l!iee

patton steered.

The cove had a high bank on one aide with

trees~ow~ng

there

and as the twilight deepened we worked slowly in. T~dowa
of
,.
the trees made the cove
we kept off
shape
•

or

the

narrower than it looked at first and

O'DPO.ei te

side.

Suddenly I saw the grey

ll

a rock rise in the water below our boat and onlled •ut to

keep off.

But the heavy Bertha had too much headway to turn quickt;r

and before we could think twice she struck on a rock with a
tul crash,

••

tow~~d

ae~

to~,.,,,~~ed

frigh~~ ...

to be rock a everywhere. George got

K

aboard and paaaed me an anchor which I took aatem and Ye pulled
and tugged trying to

~ull

the ahip back to deep water as 1t rose on

the waTem but we could not budge it.
l!'eanwhile there

waR

connidere.ble exoietment and I wa.o greatly

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T~ CRT}Hr3 0? Tl-3 l33RTHA.
SF.!"P ·.rn~rn-~n ~
tr~uble~

T •
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n •

n• J).;o" •.,~o"- •

.
about Anna for wa were expooting another

f>O,

b~by

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about the tirst

or the yenr end the lamp had been thrown out of ita holder and square
~~
into ~a'b~""'-" hanging cradle. Fortunatel!r 1 t had gone out at once

but every wave lifted the boat end set it down on tho rocks with a
~

terrible blow. The whole vessel shivered and and quivered and with
each new wave 1 t sefnl ns thro the whole bottcr.'l must be torn out,n.nd
the rocke co~e crinding thro,_ and with it ell t:t

Btri!'!!IEri

the schooner

seemed likely to turn over on her side for there was deep water on

one eide.

~eoree

and I trted ngnin to work

h~r

back

t~inc

the cable with ever rise and ele.ck but it wan im:posaible.

up on
Dishes

and pans were flying nbout the cabin. end Anna etagserod out with

baby in her arms ~d we got the girls into the small boat.

~

~e

we were at

th~

Springe I hnd gotton eome

~r

the aort depoe•

ite that accumuleted along the sides to take home nnd in going !ram
mtll. a a 1 t \7US vc1·y sl i ppcry, he
bow to etern George ¢
etepped in it and" had a bad !o.ll against the
wheel but made little or it.

7e put bedding, provisions and what

see~ed neceasary into the 8mnll boat to take the girls nnd baby aehoro

when it occured to me that I ~ight get my !Got vet in t~~ding th«m
so I went down. into the oe.bin e.nd put on my rubber boots. It 1ras
fierce tbere. How t~at bottom held was a mystery. The masts se~ed
on the -point or Jum-ping out·"'d: f!Very tine the boat ca:ne down on the

roc1: end thing wore bouncing about like pee in a hot griddle. Fortunately there wns no fire in tho stove. Juut as I was leaving I .
thoueht or the ex and passed it to the smnll boat but it went into
tbe water instead nnd diae.ppearod.
Tho girls had behaved with great coolness and we went to the
end of the cove the only plac~ I knew there. I waa not very happy
to aot the girls ashor~ there ror some years before I he.d been ~

with Rudolph and r~ther when he o~s to v!~1t us ~~d there were so

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ma."'ly '3it:;n!.' of bearo thc>.t tee- thought we better not etay.
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fie were

hunting bear but we did not want to shoot a whole heamdl But I waa
anxious to get back to Geox·ge who h&d pluckil;j stayed in board

and

wt.il e it was not a ·varygood -place I kne~ of nothinG better and cau-

-a;.,

.

tioningJ~.t~r~

a. fi.re,but saying nothing about bears, I hurried

back to George.

I had hardly etarted before I heard him Oblling and thought ths

Bertha had broken up Md Geor3e in great danger but more calls as·sured

that he was aa.fe and conditionn

somewhat better. I rowed
n
as hard as t could and ae I came nearer oan you imaginu my astoish!!I.e

ment at seeing tho ship

•

r!~ing

a few feet from the reef, as quiet

and serene as tho nothing at· all had happened!

George never lost his head and
o~

th~t

head was wise and did plenty

thinking. As soon as we got away he began to sound all around the
't:.

boat with and long oar and finding.no rocks in !ron of it he loosened the cable to the anchor aetern and %K two or three waves cnrried
her oTer to ·quiet water., and, MarTel of marvels, he could. find no
sign of a leakl Together we tried the

pum~

but no water.

We waited

a while and tried a[Iain. 'rhe well was entirely dry. tie could not believe it but as ell

se~ed

safe I went back and brought the cirls

aboard and by midnight we were fairly settled !or the night, utterly
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worn out •
~e

thought it was hardly safe for nll of us to sloe, eo I took

the !iret watch until two

a

a.~.

when George was to watch until four

when 1 t would be 1 ight and then he was to oe.ll me. It was a tough

Job,

w~tobing

those two hours for I was eo tired and exhausted, eo
I

,

1

sleepy and so miserable and yet eo thankful for our miraculous ee-

cape that it seemed two oclock

~ould

never come. Kiss Patton wanted

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J.J••;!.r..ll.pg.5;14.
Ill ?E ·; l~nn.•r nrc J. r ~11'::'.
504 •
tot!:!..ko l•er- tnrn~:tchini; v.nct, or courac, Annu Wt:Lnted to to take

ell my

watche~

~~~l

t~e ni~ht,

but we would not hear or it. Bvery

little while I trierl tho !l''IJ:!ll bitt there

vttu!J

what ever fnul ts the 13crthu hn.d 1 c<lko wore

nt:t ono

of tht.'"I!l at any-

t.t lr.st t.r.o oclock cure e.round. Cildnarily it wao a delight-

ti~e.

!ul

no aign of leaking and

ex~~eriencc

dee?encd. until

rend.

Thi~

to !:"utc1• tbru c. euY>.L:un night.
Very alowly the twilight
/
t1~erc

wua

{!!1

odd sort of sc:::li-darbleso, too dark to

continued, on clcer nighte 1 f'ro:n about eleven to two when

almo5t inrperce,ti bly, t.hc 81-:.y bsgs..."l to srow ll:;hter towerd the East.
L1 ttl e by 11 ttl e tl:e 11 cht increasec\ until by !ou1· the sun kart was

rising end the full light

1

r)f

another dey hu.d

co~e.

It was really

enjoyable to ~ate~ it, especially in the open;but not after a ehip-

wrec1-::.
in~

I h~ted to c::tll :-:eorec bnt I wua juot about all in and tall-

hin thot everyt~JnG seemed to be in good Ehupe I dropped in my

b1m'k and wao nalecp in a noment.

·7hcn I ewo1~e, the sun

'\IllS

shinine brightly and the girls wore

gettins breakfast tor George had not oalltd me at
'Evorytl:ing oeec.ed all rlzht and as it wao
reason to ~eke ~e up. But he did not

eee1ng

so'"'t~lue h~rone

a

li~tle

boat end man&t;ed to shoot one.

go

li~ht

ro~r,as

aGreed

he did not ae any

baa~ to his b~~.~ Jnetead

wa:; 'J!! he went

n out

X:t in the row

7e bad it !or breakfast and !ound

it very cood, not ~t ell fisr~ ns one would e~ect, but it wao rather
dry. It llt'as aBtoninhinu to f!nd how little tt.oro was to eat on that

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great bic bird.
·1e all tel t pretty rocl.:y. I c.cha:l from head to feet and Goorge
t:~ust have been in ~".lch pain foY I .t"ound out tho.t he had craoked two

.,_
or ' per!ora.tec!

ribb in that tall against the wheel but he said nothing about it

and mads light

or

1 t all. lie took a big rimk

lmtg

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J.A.Y.aE. pg.505.

TH] CRuiS~ 0? Th~ R~RTHAI
TF~ AX.
butGmge wae game all the

WAY

a

·ve. never would hnve let him

thrtl.

..,05.

do all that work, pulling snd hauling on the anchor had we known he
was so badly hurt.

Visa Patton had not al e-pt at all.

Ae she lay

she wa3 fivtring how .she could raise money to help pay the big

awa~e

bill for

da~aees

she expected

Cl~e~to

in no/ wny responsible for ony o! it.

would charge. altho ehe was

But that waa the kind or a

she was.

woaat1

After a hearty breakfast we all rel t bett.er

.eL

and there was much

to do. A good strapping with adheaeiTe help George considerably but
be

h~d

to go on the retired list at leaet partly. The rudder had
.I

been bent ao it wns useless·

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ashore where we managed to

&~d

George and I took it oft and went

strai~~ten

the iron work in en open !ira,

while the girls were putting things to rights in
A shot distance Rway there was that

caueed all out

~rouble.

~innaole

th~

cabin •

of rook

tl~t

had

It seomed to be about the only one in the

cove. That treoherou8 hal! light and those long shadows had tooled
0

.

ua. But,hnd eeorge not let the schoner ride oTer

ehe would kKEB

haTe rolled over, ee the tide went down, and probabally !ounder!d.
4 zt::;::J:- -/'~ ~c._
And the tide wa.s low and way u-p on t1\e side; dn a narrow 11 ttle
I

A

shelf was an object· that looked familiar. It

w~s

the ax that went

oTerboe.rd the night before,_ e4tMc11ng, head down, the handle resting
•

against' the rock.

?rom the row boat

Juet around the end

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or

we~

could barely reach it •

the rock, only a tew boat lengths tram

where we lay, was tho finest little eandy beach, an ideal place tor
a 11ttle C&'fP and I had taken those girle to that rocky.moa.n plaoe
ncarl:r e. qtu~rter of a. r:il e a\vay
to
1 eave them 'ffi th t~e boo.rs. surely a l'.lM. cught to know what • s •
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what when he goca cruicir.g .in Sitka
~tour

~~ ~ ~

801md.

troublos-were not all over.

~e

could not get the anchor

put out astern. It was wedged in the rocks and nothing

,

CRUI5~

011

HC""·~ •

506.

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we could do-woulc! budge it. So we buoyed it to sn oar and lett it
to be .recovered
j

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later~ if

There wus a very ugly rae! of

poeE;ible.

o.gged rocke just beyond the en trance to the cove and we would have

to paoe close to
l1eavy. sec.

a.'lC:

to eet cut

th~

~~d,wors~

than that there was a
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they would be on our 1 ef.. The cove wae sheltered and

there wan no wind there el tho there was n fine, favoring breeze out~.'

eid e. So Ui a a I'atton A.began. to tow out as George was not !'1 t to do
it and
.!.

besid~

~

ka needed him at the hslm• for it was a tricky place •

~11 were set and slowly we ~oTed toward that reef. As we c~s ~

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bi"

abreast it the;waves would reoeed and leave a aron.t ~r, so oloae
it seemed we were to elide down into it the next moment and then
they would rush in nnd high up on the rocks threghtening to. carry us

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' wns against us and we strained e.t the
to their Tery top. The tde

,

oare, pulling 71th the last ounce of our otrencth but it did look

as tho a worse disaster would betel us end we were surely going to
be enf!Ulfed.

Then the sails becan to dra.-v end George manuOTered

the boat skillfully and the danger was past. Pcnting ror breath we
came aboard, not without

soMe diffioulty for the ship waa making

good headway and George «'id not dare to l'.lt'f Just there,

we were in open Yater and Sitka in tull
With eails wing nnd
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win~,

vi~,

a-J..
~

soon

fiTe miles away.

the stedy old Bertha slipped rapid-

ly alnng,in lazy comfort, a deliGhtful contruet to the truly fright-

ful ex,erienoe3 of the prevous night and our Betting mray. 'ile• were

•

not very hirnrioua but so thankful wo hnd not lost out

eh1~

and per-

half! a0!"1e .lives and about two celook we dropped Sllehor in !rom

naven's

~eot,only

one

cruise of the Bertha

~cy

ovor our

w~o en~cd.

ollote~

or

schedule, and tbe arts•

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CL~.S:~T3

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pg.507.

It was not much fun getting the duffle back to

is much tun

unpac~ing ~fter

a

oa~ping

507 •.
~he

l;eet.It never

trip and we were fcoling :&

rntllcr tired after our roocnt exporicnoeo nnd Clements wna still to
to be

~oal t

0

with and George was to sore to do

~uch._

.But it was ac-

CO!"lpliehcd and the Bertha returned to her berth noo.r the wharf.
Clements wo.n very angry, nt first, Md cot the ship up on the bench.

Strange to rclnto, there wn.a very 11 ttl c df'..!:ltLge and nothing serious.

Sr.tall pieceD of rock had boon driven into the plunking e.nd embedded
there but there

iLXXZ

was no structural dwnt...e;e. To c.ny of us who bad

seen the terrific blows the boat suffered when the wnvc: would drop

•

her on that rock. it dod not
t

~ny

~eem

possible.

Clements cooled ott in

or two end wna verJ reasonabl& and we agreed on

a compe.r4.-t 1vely

e~all

d~~cee

tor

Dr!Olmt, as I rerne:nber, twen ty.-fi ve dollarsJ but

it might hnve boon lcoo. Annn seemed no worse rram the ex?erionoe
,

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and we eettled down to our routine life but, tor ono,I convinced
A

that

31 tka nound was no place for a oom!ox·table cruise unless one

kna7 more about winds, tidoo, harbors and rocks than I did. Still,

as tir.le l)&sBed, it remiined aa a very interesting and increasingly

happy memory, and,in thooe two weeks, Anna had seen more of islands
and Eay

tt~

I had in all my previous years.

ca..'!le
'Edward :r.rar8dcn U;tlf. in with/ hie "U:arietta and kindly KaJd

•

took me out to cet the anclwr we had left buoyed to an oar. 7.hat a

dltterence it wne in a power boat! After two. or three attempts the

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hook was tripped out or the rocks and we

returned~

it to Clamente

eo that wae squared up, and I did not have that to pay tor •
In September tHee Gibson returned and with her Annie IUnee and

work began in earnest but we were

b~dly

handicapped by laok ot help

1n the hospital. I wrote to the :Board at some length ae I had before

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J.A.Y.a.H.pg.408.
a number of times but they could not or df>d not oorrect the con-

~a.

.,

dition and I grew dissatisfied with the limitation of my professional work. I had applied for pe~ission to practice among the white
people to add to my income for we found it hard to get along altho.
my salary wae large when judged by U1eeionary etandards and we certainly were economical.

Father often wrote uraing me to return and

while I was not unhappy ~as somewhat restleae, eapecially when the
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Board refused my requeet end did so rather curtly.

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Early one evening I was called do'vn to that little Uaternity
building. in the Ranche where I held office houre twice a week, to
attend a Native woman who was in labor. Th15 was very rare for I

•

.was seldom called unless there was eome

oom~lication.

were bedsteado in the building the Hativee had

rig~ed

Altho there
one in the

native fashion with a moss lined bdx to receive the bnby. It eeemed
likely to be a slow case and after waiting quite a while I pulled
eome tables together in the little office and lay down telling the
friends to call me in

hour and went to sleep.

Qn

When I awoke it

was daylight next morning and I jumped up and hurried to s·et;ny pEJ.t-

ient. The room was empty.
near. The bed wa·s just
come
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.88

There was not

a.

soul about nor anyone

I left 1 t and evidently the baby had not

I locked the door and went home.

I never heard from that

caee again •
l!r. roclelland got the idea that I wa.s not viai ting the
nanohe alum:t

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as often aa t thoueht I ought to and, I suppose, wrote

to·- the Board about 1 t.

At. any rate some one did and I reeei ved

a carefully phraged letter for.o the Reerntery of the Board, not
Dr. l!acA.t!ee, but Dr Thonpson suggesting that I try to find time to

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Correnondence
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with the

~oard.

visit the sick in the Ranch".

tine work

~.A.U.a.H.

.

pg. 509.

569

As my letter is a survey of my rou•

also.

I will copy it and the Board's letter

l{y dear Dr.l'ilbur, I have very pleasant reoolleotions of my visit
to Sitka including my call ·in your pleasant home. My attention has
been called to the physical needs of our Indians at Sitka and I
write to call your attention to the same. I am advised that the

~us­

eians gain many members to their church there because of their attention in medical and surgical ways to the needs of the natives.
I

am strongly of the opinion that it will not be suffecient fer us

to merely preach the gospel to them and tec..ch them but that we must
also try to win them by showing ou1·

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needs.

~ppreciation

of their "Physical

I kno'iv that you are doing all that can be done of work in

the way of your profession in the hospital1 but may I sugeest that
it would in my judgement be wise if you could find time to visit
the sick in the native Tillages at least

a

few times each week. You

will not only do them good but you will attach

'

th~~

to our work by

making them realize that we care for their well being- physical

as well as mental a.'1d spiritual

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I presume your time during the winter is pretty fully occupied
in the hospital but I am sure you will giva them as much time in
their homes as may be suffecient for their needs and I know you will
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ge:t your reward •
:Vi th kind re:nembrancee to ~re. ~Vilbur, believe m~,

Cordially,

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pg.510.

J.A.~.n.n.

•near Dr. 'l'l1omp~on,

510 •

Your lot ter wao duly received and contents very:l

carefully noted. Indccd;eincc ! roocived it I have thought about
whnt you have etnted. ••• IK

~

glad ! did not write on the first

impulse tor I nm rr·ee to confess I was very anc;ry. liowover, a aore

careful

reo.din~

.of your letter and cobl thought unon·

yo~;-posi tion

has enabled me, I believe, to see the whole matter in a clearer
light and I trust you will be enabled to sae that you have not real-

ized the true state or my work hero.
At first thoueht;thc question·

this field would
an~

•

as to what

i~

or

conducting

~edicul

work on

to be very si~ple yet it is quite complicated
and urgent
mont necessary~whethor hospital,visiting, or die-

se~

penaar,y, mny lend to a vast lifrerenoe ot opinion. From your letter
I gather that yon hold the o-pinion that I do not viei t the natives

in their homes at all. This ie very far !rom the truth. In the
three

m~nths

fifty

that I have been here I have made 1623 visito to the

or ·thirty visit a monhh, en average
entire timo or my eurvico. Thia, you under-

natlTe village or en average

ot a TiBit A day tor the

stand ia just the nanahe work and does not include Rutive people
treated inx the ortico or hospital warda.
·.then I first camo here the boa-pi tal was not in condition to be
occupied und during thooe early months as
•

mL~Y

as 325 Tisits were

mo.de in a eingle quarter. I had a yotmj mon who wo.a

~special

as-

sistant ond interpreter and as msr.y an fifteen Tits! ts a d13 were

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made.

Eut the great ncjority or cases treated were tor

~inor

ills,

colds, headaches and the like and when after a long wait the hoepi'al waa open I considered 1 t n poor expend! ture or 1!731 time to walk

more than a !l1ile to see e

~at!ent

who had e. cold in the head. Jled-

iccine was given gratuti tousl y and as

fre~

laid aside. Here as

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YY R:WLY. if2.

511 •

as everywhere, what cost nothing was prized as n,thing.
circumst~~ces

I

Under such

insited that Natives come to the office when able

to do eo and we found they were more careful to follow directions_
Naturally the number of visits decreased as only the seriously ill
were visited and the number of office patients greatly increased.
The winter that shows the best work numerically, and to my mind in
effectiveness, was that of

'96~97

when I not only

r~fdly

enforced

office hoursbut also charged a nomiAal !ee for·medecine.In fact it
was the evident successor that winter that led the Russian church.
to establish their medical work.
Here again, Sir, I beg

to~info~

you of an error.

X~

Ruaaiane

have never had a qualified physician to attend the natives. A priest
who left here about a year ago was constantly in the Ranche and

•

gave medecine but he was a quack of the worst kind and had absolutely no idea or medfcine.

The present priest_hires an ola sot

who used to be a ship's apothecary to dispense medeoine when called
u-pon.

As to surgery. they nevef haTe done any but the most minor

work and invariably the more serious cases were turned over to our
hospital unti,l a year or two a__..go when it was turned over to a
NaTal surgeon who did it for his personal gain.
This last J'all we have had not only natiTes who belong to the
Russian·churoh but also whites o! the same creed in our wardB, one

l
;-f

of them was a ward or the Custodian o! the Greek church who thought
•
so muoh of our hospital that he paid $10 per week for his board

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end treatment •

This letter is growing long and I !ear tiresome but I feel I
have been mistmderstood,
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p~rhe:pe

misrepresented, by tJome of my

co-workers. Tin!ortune.tely we do~t all see w~t the duti•• and
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J.A.M.a.H. :pg. 512.

:3.

. 512.

7

demands ot our neighbors lite are end because he does not work in
our way it is easy to believe he does not work at all.
I.

I realize that not as much was done last winter in visiting
the Ranche as might have been but there were three very adverse
causes at work that crippled our influence. First, Miss Campbell
~

who had some influence with the natives and living at the Mis-

sion, opposed our work because of personal dislike to me.
Second,ruTaval surgeon, a man without

for the sake or the

~rinciple,

money he could get, went among the natives and was assisted by Miss
Campbell in diverting :patients !rom our hospital.
Third. the Russian priest,
A.1!d -:fif'Wl, 4'very inoompetant amount of help in our hospital requin-

I

4

ing me to much work there that should have been done by someone else.
Add to this an unusual number of critical cases and you will eee
how little time was left.
There is ecarcely·any work in the Ranch during the summer yet
the last quarter,

~

I made

1~2

visits there.

Conditions are more favorable now and as was my custom I expect
to visit the Ranch once a week regularly this winter and as often
as serious cases make it beet to do so. I think it is almpet useless
to give medecine in the natives homes but the visits show our inter•

eat and lead to bringing cases into the hospital !or that is our
great aim. There and there only I believe we can beat help them

J

physically end spiritually.

I

.

~

I believe in personal work and with fifteen or more

teachers

here there ought to be very much more house to house·Tieiting in
tbe native Village.
Am I wrong in judging

r,~

your ·l~ter that you think Ia: am

devoting too much time to Teligioua work?

It you refer to my oon-

•

conducting two or the church eervicee I

em

sure 1 t ie not of

my Biul~

choooing. I wae never in tavor of the pastor's giving up the sunday
evening service on4 the attendnnce never has been ae £ood since he
left that oervice to others.
Finally I beg you to reme!"tber the many duties that devolTe on
the hospital phyaician here. The office work, recorde, reporte, donat1ons,b1lls,suppl1es,

c~re

0

of drugs and compunding all must be

done by the 1.!ise1on doctor.

G1~e

me q

yo~

man qualified to re.

~c...

lleve me or this clerical and phart!la.ccutical,,and a good e.nd regular
interpreter nnd I will go to the native vill.o.se every day.
I

4lt

~~y
..._

trust this will explain my side of the metter tho there

other things I would like to.eay.

or

are

course I am ready to ao-

ceed to the wishee or the Board in the conduct of their work but
it muot be hQrd to tully realize the position of all your workers
here.

Yours Tery truly,
~ell I

11

am not a bit proud or that letter and am t~pted to de-

lete it but as this is an attamptto picture our lite at

a lllssion

station I think I will leave it in. I hope that letter was written

.

hurrldly !or I would hate to think it was the resul~ of nature
thought as it claims to be.

How Anna ever let it get out I don't

know. Probabally she never saw it, but, at all events, it seems to
•

have had the de•ired effect tor I did not hear from Dr. Thompson
or any other officer about it again.
But llcClelland and I had a warm e.rgument about 1 t !or he also
c~e to suggest that I was not visiting the Ranche as often as 1

should~ t

mo.de rne ongry.

nut

we did not let our anger get control

and were .better friends afterward because of the frank exchange or
opinions.

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J'.A.M.a.H. Pk• 514.
514.
The time was approaching !or Anna's second confinement and we

<mR SECOND BABY 'EXPECTED •

had Jonny Hollywood, a hal! breed boy about sixteen to help with
house
the
work. He had been at the Mission but had not advanced very
.
A.
tar and~ his time being upJ he was willing to earn .some money or,to
be more accurate, he

y~~lded

to the preeeure or hie Native mother

to earn some, for Jonriy could hardly be consi4ered a glutton for

work. But he was good natured and was a help to Anna who had her
hands full. She never complained but was always her

~heer!ul

hap-

PY self. She was a wonderful woman then when there must have been
so much in her life that was eo very different from the lite she
had expected.

•

Children were not expected in the early years. I
get
had felt sure we could always~ help in the house and so that KKBm
seemed assured and she longed to share my work in the Ranche and
J

achool.J and Hosp1 tal and none of· these things had worked out as expected. Instead here she was faced with all the discomfort and pain
and weariness of a second baby when lite wae difficult enough without· that handicap.
her sweet cx•KX7

But never a frown or sigh, never mything but
chee~

])Ointment in her heart,
~~~

"

self. It there was any sadness or diaap-

.:f 'ftterfmuet
,..

have been,

1 t never appeared

in of her letters to her home people •.
..

-"

W'i th J'onny tor a .'maid' the Neat did not aeft1 to be just the

place tor a confinement case so we planned to go to the hospital
and Mise Gibeon insisted that Anna take her room 'altho we were Tery
loath~to

do 1 t. So all those arraagemen ta ..-ere made.
About the middle of Deoe.mberJ when the steamer wae inJ a

nat1Te man walked into my office and asked !or treatment. He was
coTered with a profuse erruption from his head to his feet and I
thought of mall pox altho I bad never seen a oa.se.

•

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cmm:r;:r ro:t

01~

J.A.u.a,n. pg.515.

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515 •

I got at my books at once to reo.d up e.bout %hax

tco.ll pox

l;.

1:hila the po.tient, who did not aoom at o.ll sick, ea.t on

a bench

«.

in

·~

·-· the otfice,wi th a t.h&r.nOI:leter in his mouth. A doctor nevr lost aaata.

in the 1:1inds of the llo.tivea by coboul tin~ his bool::a while they were ·
in his o!tice. t(.ui to to tho contrary.

Ao very few

or

then could

had or wri to the whi ta doctor seemed all the more wondertul

wise when he

re~

~md

1n his big books.

7all - if this waa anmll pox this men ought to have a n.ging

fever and be TefYoiok indeed. The erruption ought to havo a cbaruoteriatio 'ahotty'f'eel.'l nover felt any shot under a ma.rts skin·but
thou;"ffi! .tJi..-1thise pi~ples did not feel aa I thoutfit r would reel ) and bea1desthat
he had no fever. I thoucht of' BY"Philia but ruled tllat out becauoe

•

ot the history or rapid onset with a chill and eome u.ching and malo.iae. There seemed to be but one thing left and that vas chicken-pox
whioh wns not ao very unetmt!lOn ~mon" the o.dul t no.tivea.

I hwi bad

an attack when I waa with Dr. VonLonne:p,you !:laY rece:nbor. This man

said he vas token sick on the steamer lll'ld that there were no

~ther

people sick in the aoco way in the village from which he om::1e. Thia
proved to be met

a lie. So I pronotmcod the disease chicken pox..:>

and as we could not keep him ond there

1fwl no J.)lo.oe to i&Solate him

squwi or
ln the Rancho"'!"'ll'ld 1 t would huvo needed a policemen to maintain quar-

antine it 1:t he waro 1solo.ted-I sont h1n back to the na.nohe.
liotbing more wa.s heard :trcr-1 bim for a few dn.ya when Dxfittb

Dr. ?i.tta told mo the man h1ld como to aea him o.nd waa ooTered with
pustules or ulcers where the blisters hnd broken and that he was
sure it wo.s DYPhBl.is and

he

lw.d sent hiu to a amnll house on an is-

land Jus~ across from the whart.

./sl tho there wae some snow on tho

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SJ!,AI.Lil-P
..:l
ox••••
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J.A.M.a.H.pg.516.

5161:

ground and while not very'cold was raw and chilly they took thst man
~

out side and stood him against the side o! the shack, stark naked,
and. photographed him as a. most interesting medical case. And he nei th-

er caught cold or w&s he anxy the worse for the eXperience.
A native woman whom I had admitted to the wards with symptoms

of grippe began to develop an~· erruption and tor a day or two was
quite sick but as aoon as the irruption became general she seemed to
be in excellent health. Another case of chicken

pox. In tro weeks

the girls who had been in the ward with that woman developed an erruption and went thru the same cycle.

Now chicken pox had neTer been

Tery contageous, a sporadic case, perhaps one or two others and that

•

was all. Thia was different, eTidently much more Tirulent and the
~rmpt!on eo much more profuse, deep seated and intense.

The medical

journals had a lot of reports of a disease that was quite prevalent,
here and there, thru the States and much dis cussion as to whether
it was small pox or not with out any real decision of the question.
Meanwhile similar cases were developing in the Ranche, so many that
a town meeting was called to decide what was to be done as the white

people began to be alarmed.
Of course all the medical traterni ty or the toYn was present.
This was made up of

Dr,?itt~,

Asst. Surgeon.

U.s.N.

A nussian priest,

with out degree but claiming to be a doctor; a Naval apothecary and
., myself.

Fitts he~ to the theory

or

syplalia altho he had not~ng

to sustain that ·theory in view cf later dnelopmenta,but he claimed

•

it could not be small-pox as eo many of the typical symptoms were
lacking and in that I heartily agreed but I atill believed it was
an unusually Tirulent type of chicken-pox. The priest,ho•ever, said

•

tiG

l~.r.V :BABY.

J.A.x.~.n.

pg.517.

517 •

he had seen the same disease while he was at a hospital in Russia
and that it was mall-pox. Altho he spoke thru an interpreter as he

could speak Tery little

~~glish

he convinced the meeting that the

dread scourge was among ue and the Gove'nor fonned a oommi ttee to
handle the situation.
4-...t~

ide~

The people were

frightened and had only one

to get the Natives away and they were forced to take the sick

to an island tents being provided for them where nec•ese.ry, and
there taey were left to do the best they could for themselves. The
hospital w&e full of scholars and some Natives who

developed the

disease while there for other sicknees and Anna was ahowing symptoms
that made it unwise for me to be 8'11fay.

•

Yy

hands were more than full.

Some time before I had urged Yr.Kelly to have all the scholars
x·~~~~xt•~

vaccinated but he could not see

~w

it was possible

and atill carry on the neceasart wor~ o! the school. The supply or

Taeoine had passed ita date or usefulness and new supplies bad not
arriTed.
On

the 11th of January,

Anna

Kiss GL.~on in the Hospital when

and I were having dinner. with

Anna

began to have pain

.t..y

and:

two

hours a tine big boy was by her side in Visa Gibson's roam. At the
other side of the room, a short distance away, a partition of tongue
and groved boards separated them from small-pox patients. There was.
•

wall paper, hung on cloth, on the room but no build.ing paper in the
wall on the ward aide. Well,there Yas nothing else to be done tor
it was too late to moTe to Raven's Neat. When I Tisited them I went

.tmy
•

office and changed into as.other aui t or olothT in the drug

2'oom, washed

my

face and he.ir ond diaenfeated MY' hands and went

around the outside to the back door end ao up to the room.
·· -· .. -On that mail, !cr t:h: ateltlmer came juwt about that time, the

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PG.616.

STF.R[UOUS DAYS •

518

ead news of my brother Harry's death came by latter. All the family
were to· go to his house for Christmas dinner tor

u

~

zu tiuat Chicago

trouble had e.ll been ol eared up and HD.rry had returned to Philadelphia an_d J'ather wa-s

80

happy to have the two boys working together

in the buainesa. It was his dream being fulfilled and both were »roT•
1ng excellent business men and were very companionable. Just

&8

Mother and the other' a were getting ready to.,1go to Wayne, where liarry
end Clara lived word came that he had been thrown while !ox hunting
and was dead. It nearly prostrated dear Mother tor Harry was always
·
to me
molt tenderly thoughtful of her and the letter she wroteAa !ffff days

later was written with her heart's blood but with true Christian
forti tude.

Harry waa my taTori te brother tor we were nearer of age

and had bean nearer together than Will and I ever were and it was
a real ahook to me. Fortunately, I was very busy. Rud9lph Walton

was desperately Ul with pneumonia and I had to aee him frequently
that night. J'eeling depressed and about a.ll 1n and with a long hard

night before me I did •~•thing I never did before or einco, I went

into the drug room and _J»oured a halt glass o!
straight~

~~,..,.
whiskey~lmd

drank

it

Beyond keeping me awake it had no other effect which was

•oat ranarkable in one who waa eo totally unacuatomed to it.
Along toward moming I went over to se-t.Rudolpb again and was
horrified to find his wife and family laying out his grave olothaa
and making preparations tor hi a funeral. Be was a.till alive end aeem-

·-·-

ed

no

wore• than he bad been and I waa &Dgry • for he had tumed hie

a

taoe to the wall and composed himself to die.

llativea

That waa the way the

~ VerbaJ.ly- I began to aoold him in no

•Here, atop thatl Tum )"our. face around.

uncertain tones •.

What do you/mean~

'
Your,tnot

aoing to die. Baha~e youraoltl You ·oan 1 t leave Daisy~ hie Yife 1 and

.-.

~.:.:~

Till! HARRY.

.

pg. 519.

J.A.U.(Juct about u8)

519.

the Ghildren1 'lhat will they do if you leave th«m? God wan~s you
here. Be needs you. Now stop all this nonsense end behave yourself'%

)

Then, turning to Daisy, I said, "Ta.ke all those things o'f't ~! he~,

every one and everybody get out except Daisy and her

Mother,~uick~ ~

This was something n6W. They had never seen the Mission Doctah
like that before.

Rudolph blinked at me with with wide and wonder-

ing eyes, as he turned his face away from the wall. The friends
looked sullen·and not inclined to leave wntil I pointed to the

door and,with angry f'ace, told them sharply to'chook' go away,get
out. As Rudolph said afterward "'~ spirit was all ready to Jump out

•.

of' my body when Doctor came and gave me strong talk end then 1 get

well". He is alive today.
I am ;,ery sorry that no letters about Harry, for wear Anna and
I decided to name him after the de~ brother who bad lOne to that

-

other ladd such a few days be!ore, have been preserved. I was too
•

buey to write my J o\lmal but, from the f'iret, he was a happy eunnY'
babY', whose only fault was a desire to eat more than he could hold

erA-. most inopportune times·. As :Be~tie would
end then spill some out iii:!!+
say later" uamma, Ha.dJ e hoke a dinner."

Miss Gibson had :Bertie D

wi-:t~er in the room aoross the hall and seemed happy end was moet
kin·d. They had a romp every night and altho it seems almoet ~os"4~-~~
eible,_we
had our kitten there and as the little fellow would run

about the oat would jump at his bare legs when he would rum to his
8

.

•

lt::Jt:y. Laz- U.....r·

.

uother or l!is Gi beon, crying "ll\ins, Mamma, Mine." meaning pins)

George Dean eeems to have been away but returned in Februar.T
.......

he~ had seen it

--

and at once settled all doubt about the epidenio as

---

in the Ea.et and ·said the doctors had pronounced it small-pox but
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TE 3CCUR·J3

J.A.U.

R~GES.

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pg. 520.

520 •

in a modified form,ae it lacked a number ·or the mpst distinguishing symptoms of the usual disease.

It wae most astonishing to see

patients with a profuse pustular erruption, their whole bodies alfull of pus
most covered with little ~lieters~and ulcers and yet without a pain
or an ache and hardly any tempere.ture. Yet that was what usually
happened.

~~~x~

~hen

George told me that the

medical men all over the country had been in much doubt about the
epidemic being

~all-pox

I felt better and that I had not been ao

dumb in tailing to diagnose it correctly at the first.
Not a white person had the diaeaee but it was spreading rapidly among the NatiTes.

•

Yr.

~

Beck, who had a true love for the

Natives, tor Christ's sake, visited them at the island and found
them in a really deplorable condition.

The weather was raw end

wet with flurries of snow now and then and the tonts WXRx•x

had no

floor but the cold damp earth. He got lumber either fra.m the tovenor or by subsoription in town and put board floors under each tent.
Be got food and persuaded friends or relatives to look after their

own people tor some had deaerted them and in every way he did all
he possibly could. I went oyer with him as often as I could but I
could not leaTe my many duties trequentlyp ,and medicine lw.d. little
effect ai beat, The

peopl~

on the Island were decidely sicker than

those ir/the Hospital and one or two had tho oont"luent type and died
but they were about the only deaths.

•

When the.Tacoine arriTe all the Yiaaion people were vaccinated
and some white people tram town but they mostly regarded the aohool
as a pest house and ke·pt away. I Ta.ooina.ted myself every week for
.

~

.

six weeks and did not get Yhat we coneidered a take until the sixth
.
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VOR~

COMPLICATIONS.

J.A.U.

PG.~

· 521.

. . !521 ..

time when my arm beeame inflamed and b&dll' swollen. Yes, I know now
that was not a take but an infection and such repeated vaccinations
were useless but I had a typical pustule on my arm that sixth time
.
eTen 1! authorities say it is impossible, and best or all I did not
get mn&.ll-pox.

Our supply of Tnccine gave out for this first lot

was ordered before any real epidemic began. Of course othere lots
were ordered

!»~

the Sound but their supply was soon exhausted and

fresh supplies had to come tor.m the East so there was considerable
delay. Fitts and I decided to tryto make some that is he agreed it
would be wise and I did the making. Taking part of the scab !ra.m

·-

one o! the girls who had been in tho school some time so ths.t I
knew her health record, it was macerated in glycerine and atored in
a cool place for two weeks as I

rem~ber,.

With that we vaccinated

the Natives who were rounded up by the Marines end it certainly was
powerful but did not cause infection.

I had vaccinated the. oottage

people as soon as poasible and not one of them had the disease.
While the epidemic was atill •ctive tho waneing, 1ffi lfelly who
had been miserable !or two weeks but kept about, unwilling to give
up or call me. in to see him finally aent !or me and I !ound him looking pretty sick, wrapped in a blanket sitting by one of those !lat
tin tuba which people use in taking

&

sponge baths. He was badly

J1auae&ted and had that enormous basin handy in cal!e of Ti'olenoe. lie
had quite a temperature and his history of the attack pointed strong-

·-

ly toward typhoid altho there was no other caae in toTm. Mr. Kelly
had been s:.ay, .!-thtDi., . to Juneau, and there we.e only one thi~/to

do and that we.a to take him to the hospital. He protested but v&s
aoon convinced it we.s the only thJng to do.

There wae no way to get

him to the room .xoept to carry him thro the ward where there were

a number of small-pox cases tor the back stairs were too narrow.

,_

YE .mLY lmARS DSATH.

1.A.U.

pg.522.

. 522.

Ee was a Yery eiok man and all of us were depressed by his serious COt;ldition.

In my\report I find ":for four days and six hours

he did not sleep at all but was in the most violent muscular exe'tion."
~iss ~illard

an4 !elina Leask, who had

beco~e

Yrs. Gamble, helped

with the nursing and George Dean and Dr. Fitts were called in nlmoat
daily.

7e did not have the soporifioa then who.t medical men have

now else the poor patient would have had relief. It seemed that the
_
~
dilution
end was near and I had place a vial of a BMk«tt~ of nitro glycerine
I

on the bureau in case of heart failure.
While he was a till Yery ill and

my

arm was at its worst very

big and painful the wife of one of the Weaohers miscarried and needed

••

immediate surgical attention and we had t_o operate in her room at
the Menses. Providentially, she made an(\ uncomplicated recovery and
1 was very thankful for I had just about all I could handle.

One mcrning,when it seemed

that Mr. Kelly was about to begin

his convalescence, he had a ver.y severe hemorrhage !rom the bowels
and immediately collapsed. I happened to be near by at the time and
joined Uies Gibson at his bed aide. His heart failed rapidly, his
face was pallid and clammy. Uiaa Gibsom who was far from demonstrative or easily aca.red sa.id."He's gone" as she dropped on her knees
beside his bed and I could not !ind tho slightest trace of any heart
To all a.ppoerances !lr. Kelly wae dead.
action. /)More by instinct than !rom any process of ree.eoning I snatch..
-.;

I

•

ed that ni troglycerint and poured a quantity into the gaping mouth.
Almost instantly his faced flushed, muoular twitching began, the
heart resumed its action,taintly, and signs of renewed vitality be~
came inoreasinly evident •. Very slowly and with the help of those ·deToted nurses he wlrtnrwi'

~

climbed up the long road to recove.ry

end liTed until a few yeara ago. I believed then as! believe now
that it was the guiding hand of God that inspired that impulaive ·

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J .A.U. pg. 523.
UBO Of

that -powortul etimulent..

Such trontl:lent wan not in the 'books

and when I told t%Y t:1odice.l triondo about, 1 t af'tcr I returned to the

~nst they shook their heads Qt1d said the ll1 tror.;l;ycor1ne tro.s not the

thins to uuo under such c4ndit1ons. Uo doubt thQY were right but
Yr. Kelly tully recovered and we woro ell devoutlY thankful to~ we
adaired him und were vory fond

or

hii:l and he was crcntly nogdod.

Fnther hud COt:lO out tor the npring due* shooting bringing tioth-

er Yi th hin. I hnd told him

or

tho tine tines I hod had other years

It wo.a the moot delightful ahootint: I ever lmd.

Ono day while sail•

two

amon(t the 1olllllda I hc.d noticed o. narrow ol1nnnel betweon ~ ot them

a pass as wo cnllod it, thru which the ducks so0::1ed to tly tram one
call bay to o.nother ond,lnter, eomotines alone aomotimes with cme

'

ot tho other men, I went there end standina on tho rocka on a oonT«m1ent lod£IQ, on one aide,we had grea.t aport.

"3e did not ha.ye to

wait for cold, blustery weather tor tho ducks flw Juot a.a well in
the bewtif'ul Spring doya. Lcl.l'Ving soon ~liter tbroo in tho mo~ing
•• would be uuck to broakfo.at with

£l

bit; bas and w1 th Tiaions or all

the b~o.utico ot on Al.ankan mominc.
Tho gcncrnl vo.ocinntion hwi atoppod tho ep1dec1o Qtld au tir.
Kolly needoed li tU e attention llnd the wards were nearly mpty l

wo.e trea to cu on ahort trip a now end then.
Pother und l!other hnd :rentod a house near the l!isaion but took
their meal. a wt th us and George lived wi t.b tbe::tl. One morning very

earlY: with Rudolph, ".71111e '.Vella and two other or the Cottage boye

•
,,_,U(Q. , .

George, i'athor and I went tar out in the Day to tiah tor l:mlibut •
Our linea ••r• the a1ze ot olothea l1no, the ainkera weighed about

two pounda nn,t wo used

8ot:l0

~ :Uo.tive hooks

·'i/o tiahed in t"ort,y or more toot
$

.n;;;a;. fil. d.#.J:V:.,.M;;: j t1fiitlr!~~; · ~'IW";nm,,~,.,._,-.,..-......_..,..,..w.=.n.....·,...r,"'~..,

· •·• ...

,.,..,...:n

or
~· ~ ..,~...

water

ot the usual kind.

and

&0!!10

onu

whun we hooked a fiah

...:.--v

HALIBUT FISHING.

PG.524.
524.
it felt as tho we had fouled a log. As we pulled them up there was
~.A.U.

not a £ight or a struggle. WQ might just as well have.peen pulling
up a bag of send, until they reached the surface and, then they

ae~­

·od to go crazy. Such floundering and aplo.shing, twiatine nnd. turning

throwing water in the air end fighting l ika dctenono. The trick we.e
to bring them near the boat as soon c-.a possible and kill them with
a club.

~oe

betide the haplas man,in a small oanoe,who got one aboard

it
before 1m wao de&d.

A

big fish might turn the canoe over before the

Native could get in a killing blow.

'.Ve were in one ot the tUssion

boats and ·there wa.a no d&nger of an upset but things were Tery lively indeed whon one or two !ish,that were only stunned,zevived and

•••

decided to get baok to the bottom of the sea. The natives attached
inflated
their lines to SBXk floats made from ~Kd seal's stomachs and used
the Native hook)as a !ish once caught on one or
away.

thea~

could not get

The ingenious shape of the hook made it impossible !or the
~-

.

fish to open .upper jaw and back out. i1hen a !ish was hooked these
-,\

floats would stand on end and with a line o! floats out the NatiTe
could

!rom one to the other as required. Stone jugs were
instead of
sometimes used ~ta. the stomachs.
The fishing was good and we re~addle

turned in the early forenoon with about twenty halibut weighing
to
thkx~ twenty tv thirty pounds apiece. If you doubt see the photo
or the oatch end the catchers.
Another trip that George, Father and I took was to the shore
of the bay near 'yremid · Range. 'fa hoped to get a deer and as usual

•
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at~rted

early in the morning.

~y

fine rowboat,that I

on our cruise, slipped along swiftly with two pairs
the calm waters or the early morning.

~ave

or

mentioned

oars over

We landed on a. long beach

----- a.nd-·1Jpread out a couple cr hundred- yards apart looking for any kind

•

Day; trips \7i th :i'o.thcr •

J.P...U. pg.525.

ot gom.e as we walked slowly towo.rd the woodo,especia.lly hoping wo
might see a deer ao 1 t wne enrly in the morning.
and Father and I each bed n

~hotsun

Geore;c bnd. a. rino

with buck ahot in one

SUddenly a call aniruU., looking like n grey ttOat,

barrel~

o~o

loping

, down a clc.de in tho f'orcGt and tumod to"3c.rd the beach • It was a
quite
s:1nll buck deer cl tho it did not look 11 liko one. As I was ato.nding

perfectly still he did not notice
..

~o

until I reised

gun when

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n.

atood perfectly still lookinc at me. Altho it was a long shot I

knew he would not come nearer and mir;ht turn lnto the treee any mom-

ent eo I tired rather hastily. He tell burwas up againg,instnntly,
and

-~

into the trooa.

-;o could f'ind no blood or any tre.co of'

bim and otoourse were greatly
•

disap~ointed

thut I had tailed to

bag him.
7e fishod

tor a while but

~ather

did not oure much

tor bait

fluhins sinco ho'·hnd learned the cham of' tho tly,ond before long

we rowed into a beautiful 11 ttle cove to oook some lunch. The en•
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'

trance -ro.o so narro'lt thnt the bont would Just about
m:td, like thousands O! umilar 11 ttle nooks,

ptlBB

6C~J.ttered

thru 1 t

about the

shores of' tho :Bay, the woodc om!le to the very odge of' the W£\ter at
high tido and clothed the steep sides

or

the hills u

f'ar up a.a ••

oould see. ":le lMded on a pretty beach and tou&:la veritable store-

house of' clama near by.

Ono could f'ind olema almost anywhere along

the ahorG of the. Bay but I nGVer ao:-r any thing like tid.' that place.
I

They~ere
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packed in la.yors aa close to oaoh other aa they possibly
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could be and as vo took c;>ut one la.yer tho one bolow was of' bigger
clw:u:s. Uow deep "th~wr-lt end how big they were at the bottom we
never found out tor th.er~ did. nt~t aeam t.o be &nGj' end to it.
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·re tooled about., ate lunch laisuroly and decided we would

so

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EROBLE!.~S

OJ:t' DISCONTIDTT.

J .A. U. pg. 526.

home. But we did'n't, for, when welooked nt the little chrumel thra

526.

which we had entered the lagoonrit was a tumbling waterfall with the
water in the Bay six or eight feet below thw water in the lagoon.
I knew that might happen for Rudolph and I had been caught that w~
one night when we were jacking for deer oog Rigli-t but we had slipped.
into the lagoon so easily I never thought about it.:'here was nothing
Tide-

to do but wait for we coUld not get out until theXAE%ez rose again
for the boat was too heavy to carry, a.?ld there was no way to drag 1 t
around the fall.

So there wa were and it was

~

~rather

George went off into the woods and succeeded in
half grown fawn and that made us a lot

~hooting

a

~~gx

a

for we very rarely

hap~ier

hed a chunce to get deer'a liver, a treat indeed.

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tedious wait •.

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Very eoon after Earrys death fatherrenewed his a-ppeale tor me
to return to the East and with the added plea that he needed me in
his

the business. During ±kB visit that Spring of 1901, he was very insistent that I give up my work and come home.

After he and Yother

hs.d got ten back to rhilad elphia there we a much writing about it, .il
back and torth.

O!course TJ'ill had to be considered as he was vittu-

ally the head ot the business altho Father ncmiially was the head
and exercised veto power when he thought he ougit to do so. 7111
wns very anxious for me to return 1but not to go into the business or
to give up

my

profession.

and business practices.
,waya

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wanted to

beco~e

lle had e. poor o-pin.ion of business men
He never wanted to go into business but al-

a writer and finally

o~ly

went into the choc-

.olat_e busine3s to please Fo.ther and to make a living.

·.vi th a very

high regard tor the professions and especially the medical profession, he really had ·e high

~bition

fer me in in that work.
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527.

Yill kne.v VanLennep qui to well ·and,no doubt, Von hnd lmd

e~se:rat­

ed my e.bili ty to enso hi a ohncrin that ho lw;fuot bean nOlo to venn
ao t'rom llios!on lire. so Will wrote cmd ;>load with ce not to molce
nny decision about busineo3·1 1! I did dooido to oo:1e ho::1c, but wn.it

and tnlk 1 t over.

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All this mn.do mo fotl \tneerttlin end unsettled

at- tho .tuturo

ospooia.lly c.e Pnthcr end ltother had been to uou the .noard nftor
tirnt visit and durina tho

5~~1

~heir

controver5e27·and bad bQco coldly,

almoat rudely received and ns.turcJ.ly, did not

l~vo

ion of' that nutiUst body. Father wn aa mad

a wet han e.bout 1 t and

~~.e

a very high opin-

he did not heel to.to to say so end ha never f'orga.ve thc:l..

·io found

out attercrard tl'.at lii es Usnnin£t bc.d written to zc:mo ot the necreta.ries thJ"'ey parents wcro likely to cc.ll about tba
beware or them ns thoy were trouble !".akers.

,

~hull

:otter nnd to

That the Bo~d ahould

be will inc to truce her word ·,1 thout e.t lcc.at &ivinr;
Father
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or a onroful bearing ns,thoy bad juct returned

tr~

~d

Uoth- .

Zltk2, did not

inorcto.ae our respect for their f'airm.inded.nese or their good judge-

ment.

13ut what troubled me more
my work wae not onl arcing as I

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than anything elue was the fs.ot tho.t
BOJJ'

1 t should ond would it we had

proper tnc111t1es. In epite.of ell that I had written about the need/
a.v
no additional help wua provided tor the hospi tsl and the policy ot
/1

the aohool 1r0.s to get mora amoll girls ond very fw larso onea we

could look tor rio reliet there. l!ore aurloua tban even this waa the

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a-pparent policy ot the Doard to 11!!11t tho l:l&dioal work to the aohool
rather thsn. to increane

m:rsl!..,rvice

to the whi teo end ·adUlt natives •

llY lnter quarterly Ht'orte tho.t vi th riY 1noraao1n(! roputation na a

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eurgoon vho coulC: be relied on and the HoiJ1')1tals reputation tor

I RESIGN.

:r.A.u. pg. 528.

• 528.
cleanliness and good service, a real medical center could have been

built up at Sitka and a considerable
come from pay patients.

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sh~re

of the expense could have

I knew this wasposoiblo and I think

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JlacA!ee believed it 1 but he "had been forced to change hio policy as to
the medical work at Sitka tor there had been c reaction in the Boara,
probab~ly

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from reasons or economy.

Alettcr from thee about this

time makes the atrange statement that"they (the :nourd) l:w.d no au-

thority to maintain hoepite.le. Their work was ·to e-vangelize by preach-

ing and teaching,"

or

course they were

alw~&

harrassed

money, to the everlasting disgrace of the wealthy members
C~rch,

and hospital work is expenoive.

politic and wise in what I wrote,!
end but I

~eally

m1~~t

by lack or

or

the

No doubt, had I been more
have won

th~~

over in the

did not havo much respect for their judgement and

I felt too independent and too apt to show it.

big with s-plendid OP'POrtunitiea tor fine and

I saw a great future

hel~ful

servioe,and to

haTe that future ltmited to the school children and teachers

~~d

Tisit!ng in the Ranche was a bitter disappointment.
This limiting or my work, the unrest created by Father's

con~4

atant pleas tor my return,the increasing dif!iaulty in mseting the
expenses of our increasing

t~ily

and the probability

or

being able

to do much good with a large income which ?ather lad me to expect

it I went into the busines, finally made

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decide to resign but not

without much ~rayer!ul thought and many discussions of the p~os and
·
.
sent my resignation
cone with my wise and beloved wite. so I xeztm•ll: in Ar~ 1901
to take effect the following September which would be three years
and treee months !rom the the time of my return after our wedding.
This repaid the Eoard in

tor

my

wedding.

ae~ioe

for the

ti~e

lost in going East
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They 'would not hai~demanded 1 t but I felt better to

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Jm3IcmATIO~r.

oonoel o.ny obligation or that kind. llesido, 1 t

'tnl3

only to.ir to give

the Bonrd ocplo timo to\tind a sucooeoor.for that .us not easy. As
1 t tumod out, they did not sand mzyone until two or tbroe months
llfter I hnd gone.

Here is what I wrote
Rey. Georao

lin York,

F.U~\feo,

N.Y.

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:atka, ..Uaslco.. J'una 15, 1901.

D.D.

Dear Sir,

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As 1 t hno been the policy ot the Boord to refuse to allow
the Si tku J.rission IIoupi tnl suffeaicmt hfllp tos curry on t.ho necoasQ.Z')"
work or the institution~
·And, as such policy oerlouoly intorforen with the suooesatul
}'rogreas or the lledionl c.nd Gurgico.l work, both in t.hs Trainina
lohool and in the no. ti ve villaze J
/111d, aa tho :UOard deems 1 t best to refuse the Burgeon 1n charge
the right to prnotioe aeons tho whito people of 31tka;
And, ao I boll eve that flod o&lla co to a wider work, Yi th tfNer
ltmitntions and grouter opportunities&
I hereby tender oy resignation ao rhyaioian ond ~urgoon to tbe Si~
Yiuoion EOspital a poaition I hnve hold tor tho pnst seven yoo.rs.
T'hia reait;nation in to ta.ke effeot ~epto::1ber 18th. 190l,o.t which

time

my

proaont

expiroa.
Very roopeotrully,

oo~iosion

Short, rnreot and to tbe point., "but the Doard wa.e quite right and wise
in rerul\ins me tho right. •~ privo.te praotioe wnong the whi tea. A
mor.:umts thouGht will ehow eo many ocn:tplica.tiona that ·wet""DJ.moat aure
to follow auoh a plan, but I did not sec 1 t thut YDY at the tim.e.
I muat oontess I dld not believe tho Board would accept tho resigno.-

ticm but that 1 t would clarifY the s1 tun.tion and brins aome oonoea•-

iona.

Dut it thD.t wo.s my obJ eot I oerto.!nly worded the doOUtlent,

Tery- poorly tor 1 t loft pro.otioolly only one couraa open to tho seo-

retcriee end that was juot who.t they did and vere not alow about
e1 ther.

it

On June 2Sth Dr. UoAf'ee wrote as tollowsa---

li'Y dear Dr. 'nlbur, Letter rec'd &c. •-uo seriously regret the apparent neoessi ty tor this reoic;n;,tion. However, I must say that 1 t. baa
b~aa n uariouu question with tho ·;oaon 1 a Boa.rd as to whet.har they
wore Justified in 1iJPWdin&; so much money in oonduotiq a hosp1 tal,
e-ren on the basis of the ono c.t Sitka. They vera no" orgunizad by

MY RESIGNATION

J.A.U. pg530.

ACCEPT~D.

the General Assembly !or that purpose, but. for the purpose of preaching the .Gospel by means of the school, missio~ etc., to the exceptional populations.
Medical Uiasion work is always to be commended
and is usually very successful. ~e may say that the work at Sitka,
has been, in proportion to its extent, as well conducted and ae auccessfulal!l such work done by the foreign Board. However, it is the
policy o! the Board to curtail expense in this direction wherever it
can possibly be done,so that as much money as ~oeeible muy be ueed in
ita direct evangelistic work.
We doubt if the Board will oonaent,in
the tuture,to do other than simply dispensary wor~x and practical med~
1oal mission work such as you have been doing among the people on the
ranch. However, that is a matter for future consideration.
In aocept1nB your resignation, please allo~ me to convey to you
the hearty thanks o! the Women's Board !or your t aithfulness during
your soTen years of labor under hheir ausp.ioea, and to bid you Godspeed in the work that you are about to take up.
Very sincerely yours,
Geo .F .lloAfee.
That was a very decent letter,oonsidering the wording of

•

ignation.

my

res-

Had my letter been in a more kindly tone McAfee would haTe

been more cordial 1 for one cannot read the letters that passed between
us without reali.zing that he had a Tery personal and friendly reeling

tor me an4 a reel enthusiasm tor my work. It was Tery hard to write
the resignation and I guess I had to make myeelf' believe I was very
much abused to bring myself to write 1t at all.

ura.

FrederiCk H.Pierson, altho called'COR. Secretary',was really

the executive secretary of the Woman • a Board of liome l!isaiona, also
wrote me her letter·dated Sept,l2, 1901. as follows:-dear Dr.Wilbur,
At the last meeting of the Woman's Board we X»
were called upon to act upon your resignation !rom the post you have
held so long at Sitka as the medical missionary and the head or ofr
hospital there. we oan appreciate the considerations that have led
you to this step, and can understand your conscientious mothve in thus
severing your connection with the missionary work. 1.Ve, also1. appreciate the faithful service you have rendered all these years, and the
ep1ritu8l influence you leave behind you.

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The great pressure of office work leaves·us little time tor 1x
f'r1endly correspcndance ·with our missionaries, but ·we never cease to
!ollow their eerv!ee with interest and much prayer, and you may ~a
sure that tho our letters have been !~ we have never forgotten your
1 e.bor or loTe in Ala. aka..
.1s also acknowledge, with sincere appreciation and gratitude, the'holp!ulnese of Mrs. Wilbur not only ae her
husband's true helpmate~ but alec as a missionary Yit~out commission
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.

Thim:ING ABOUT 11' •

or appnront reoo~i tion, but whom we halve o.lwa.ys eetotJ!!Jed as a tal th·
tul co-laborer.
Though, in tho providenoa of God,your official relations with our Board muot.be severed, ~o hope that you will never
teel that you are divided fr01:1 thio groat misoiono.ry cause with whioh
you lwvo been so lonG snd effcoiently idontified. VIe nh.DJ.l count
you both our oo-lo.borera indeod, whore-var you llUl.Y bo led ond we nre
curo that the .,.ord of hol? end infornation tht:.t urill turthor tho ·
Hooo Yission cause will never be luokins f'rcc oithor of you.
The women

of

the Board oend you cordial and enmoat sood wi&Jhes

tor your oontinuod uoof'ulneos o.nd ho.!)pineoa wherever you ~· eet.tlo.
~ith t~ll ~~prociution ana thanko tor tho fnithfulneas and conaecrution ihA% wbioh have murkcd your oarvioo at
Very oordinlly youro 1
(l'.ra.

~eline

:r .H.)

~itka,

G.Pieraon,

Ilow thnt was a very nice lettor indeed ,o.nd l!rs. Pierson wau a

Tor.y fino wamao, aa I haTe said before.
One

mey"

natux-ully wonder what llnd become of my high reaol va ·and

lofty motive in entering Yisaion work.

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Bad the Tision .!e.ded and

had I,. thc.t the fino service of tho Us.ater vu.u only a mirage whioh
had tadod into the commonplace of everyday?

Yo , I bad f"ound it

real and I waa uaured that a wider· and mora usetul lite lQ,Y/betore
mo. I thought

or

the possibilities

other oollegeo ri th tho Tiaion •ao

or

ins-pimins men at

~cmwn

end

they would go into mission work

.ad tlms I would multiply J::XY15alf" many timoa. I t.hought
TO

ot

wide use-

.tulness 1n the ohuroh and ao,eventuo.lly,., create. a wiaor end a better
:Board.

I expected that the large ino01:1e,I t.boueht 3ssurod, woUld en-

able me to employ one
•

or more m1asionar1es 1n

the J'oreisn and the

Bome tield and eo CJQrr;y our 1nt'luence to ao ma.ny more than I could

ever bope to reach personBlly. Ot oouree, I did not expect
that to
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happen the first 78&r or the tirst t1ve yean perhaps,
that but 1 t all aeemed more tha."l poos1ble in% time.

norall

ot

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'llever the leas,when Dr• UcA!ee'a letter oame,early in J"uly an4

I rei-ali zed I was e.ctually out ·1 tel t CLB I ~e a man teels 1rheD

be 1• ua1t1ng his oxoaution..

·ro f'lnd tbat I wa.a not absolutely JA-.

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tl

· ind,apenai.blo was a good 4ooJ.

or

a ehoc!t nnd thore were m.uny d.o.yo

when -I tel t I had not acted wiaaly. It wv.s about this time, I think

,.r

that ·I had a dreo.m or a Tision, I cant tell which, that llae remained
1n ray me:nory and which I thought or many timou atter I lmd returned
to tho ~ast. SUddenly I found myself on Chostnut ~trect, ?hiladilpbiu

t'eellns strange and out ot pla.ce.

.

I turned th1a way nnd ~t ae=-

1na to '9e lookin~ for something but not ouro who.t 1 t was. li'aoea were
all strange and a1 tho I stood in the thronss paaaing up and d0110 the
•tr~_!t

no one took the al1ghteat notice or me. Then a voice, whether

llY cnm or some other I could not tell, eaid "'3hat ora you doing hore?

and I could give no answer~~ , tor t.hore seemed t.o be no purpose in
lUe there, no reason wby I should have si van up my work in Alaska.
In ap1 te or that, much ot the timo I tel t a atronso sat1sfa.ot1on
•. ·

in tho decision I had made, and 1 t. was at.rango that I should reel

ao tor I loved my work, I loved my native friends, I found

much

to

Dd.mire in tho l1nt1voo and I saw great posoibilitieo tor tho:1 U' givon

a tair ohaz:lce and I /f.new how greatly they nooded a friend; I loved
tho beauty

o~

tho

l3a,y

and MOuntaina and Islvndol I· loved Gitka and

I loved the 11 ttle llest and our

liftt

happy heme thero w1 th my doar liolp'1

mate and our bnbies. To this day I oannot undorstWJ.d how I could

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Yot, in

loBYe 1 t. all tor Anna was as happy e.s I was until these lcot tw
.

~ntha.

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last report, written Sept.l4,

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following;

It 1a with !ealinga that. are well nigh indesdfibnble that I

eubmi t, herewi th,my roport tor the quarter Juat ended f nnd u surrey

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ot t.he work
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th~ :Medical. Dea>o.rtmcnt.

or

tho
t

ll1as1~or
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tho past

seven years, kno;:rthnt 1 t. will be the laeTtmt I •hal~ present. •
llut, 1D t.he months that. have past. ainoe I aent 1n m,y resignation,

I ha.ve become more positive

or

the windom os euoh action and while

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courso~ I did not relax.ln

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or 1~a.vln~:{work: t~t baa beoeme

regret the neoeasi ty~

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a ~art

8o muoh-

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work'' af'ter

d~ties ·ver~- ·im~sue.ll.Y lishi tho.t s;mor ·'· After the.': ...

but my

~all p~X ePldemio

wan ~over. 'the' Il~tives .aJ.most· StDCpode<l' to get 'laray

HD.rdi'y '~oria~ wn~ tert·!D '-the niaiClie. tln• of
or ·tho diaei&o ;o.& th~ ·desir_o or ·mmY ·ot -~ ~sChool

:to. t~ir ~or. ~a.

~th·~- q~ee~· r~eul ta

t

t~' ~tr~t 1 b~oa~~e the ~cWrll ,;,er~ rarely 1'1 tted

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oan find no Joumal or letters written that .ummer and we .-•am

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1.A.U.pa.E.34.

HORS"S.

53

no account ot his experiences there but George was never much of a
hand to write.
lometime the Spring or auomer I had to go th Court which was hel
at Skagway that term, aa a medical expert in a particularly distressing case.

A

boy named Joe, eighteen or nineteen years old, who had

been e.t the 1!1 ssion end never did well there ,he.d returned to the

Rnnche, wae accused of haTing raped a little girl and infected her
with gonorrhea and I was brought eome small portions of her clothing
by Court officials to see if I could find any gonoooi. While J"oe had
never done well at the

~ission

he was not vicious and we were ahocked
I

at such depravity.
I was not & bacteriologist but I knew the typical appearenoe of
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the germs and followed the teo.hnique' as given in my books and found
und1sputfable evedence of the disease. I hated to testify against
the boy, not that he did not

de~erve

punishment, but I knew that a

term in sanq,umten, where Alaskan prisoners were sent for such crimes,
would not reform him 1but only confirm him in evil, but I had no choic
in the matter.
Ae Anna.and I had wanted to get at least a glimpse of the interior of .Alaska and as my expenses would be pa.id and as lielena and Mad~

eline wanted to take the trip on their way to the Sound, we all dee
9D
on the regular boat,
oided to go. For some reason 1 could not with the others, and o!

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oourse Bertie and liarry had to be taken with us ae Harry was still

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nursing, but 1 followed in a!ew days on the'Floaie', a amall

ate~er

'that carried passengers and mails between Sitka and Juneau and way
etatione, K1llienoo, Hoonat., and a mine and cannery or two,also going to Skagway.

Their trip. was uneventful but I had a narrow esoape ,

when the Floaie neal'ly turned turtle in the Lynn Cana.l. The Lynn

A

Dk~GEROUS

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TRIP.

.T.A.ti. pg. 535.

Canal was a narrow body of water, thirty miles or more long and

535.

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etraight as an arrow, with steep mountains on both sides, whose preoipitous slopes oame to the very water's edge !or al~its entire
length. There were two long narrow bays at the upper end and at the
end

ot one ot them was Skagway, the southern terminus of the Wh.1 te

Pass Rail ~oad, the only rail road in Alaska at that time.

Down

that narrow gorge the winds swept with t~rritic violence, at times,

tor there was not a bend or a headland to break their fury.
our little oraft

had

been bucking a heavy

bead

wind and had

been having some difficulty making headway against it. ~a had some
trouble making a lending at Haines, a little more than halt way to

;t.

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the end and~wae a grave question with our Captain as to whether he
dared go out into the main .channel again.

He could only do so by

running backward,.broadside to.the Wind tor some lit~le distance.

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course·auoh a wind kicked up a heavy sea tor· the Canal was deep

and before we could turn to head .into

~wind we would have to

be

in the trough ot those big waves and with the wind blowing on the
a

aide or the boat it was a: risky thing to try.

I knew the Captain

and as there were only a tew on board I was in the pilot house when
he finally decided to make the attempt.
and

z moved

Slowly we le!t the wharf

baCkward, protected for a !ew minutes by the hill at

the aide or the little harbor. Then, leaving the lea shore,the full
~orce

or the wind struck our

trough

or

shi~

as she rolled horribly in the

the big waves.

The Floaie was a sort ot a tug boat but

had

been .housed in all

around and had a small house back o! the pi:tlot house. That made k
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her high for her draft and she offered much more resistance to the
wind than moat boats of her aizep · As ahe rolled tro\n side to aide

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SKAfY,VAY, AT LAST.

and the wind pressed against her upper works it eeemed ahe must go
oTer.It was nip L."ld tuck tor some very anxious momenta and each one
seemed likely to be our last. A little harder blow, a little bigger

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·wave· and we sk would surely haTe turned over on our aide and quickly
toundered. Every face was tenae;not a word was spoken ae the Captain
'grasped the wheel and held her steady.
7inally, after what

ae~ed

hours or anxious waiting, we were

clear of the rocks and the Captain gave the bell to go ahead.

The

little ship trembled and shook and it looked a.a tho she had not power
fmough to turn against the wind.

~aller

ones, our skilful

skipper brought her around, head to the wind and we began4 to torge
ahead toward Skagway, which we could see plainly in the distance •
As we neared the town the wind decreased more and more tor we
were approaching a lea shore, until when were came. to the

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it

was only a gentle Bttmmer breeze. I hurried to ihe room th&t Anna had
and we had a glad reunion tho she had no idea of the danger I had
passed 7but as our boat was late she wondered what had become ot her
hubby.
Helena telt she could not wait any longer for me and or course
she ~ould not get any word either from or to me, ao ahe had gone cTer

.

to White Horae that d.a;r with Hal McNair, a friend of ours. I round

..e

JIJ.'Y case would be up the next day, so"' went down to see the train Qome

1D tor there waa only one train each way a day and it waa an event.
!he tracks ran down the center or the llain Street and the' miners were .
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Then slowly, very alowly, watching

each wave and taking adTantage ot the

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coming out with their alll!'!mers olean u~,.

w~ saw plenty

pokes aa they ealled the bags th&t he14 the dust.

ot good sized , \

These were gener-

ally white canvas sacks aoout eight inches in diameter and a to&t

long.

They carried them ov6r ·their shoulders as noohdantly as one

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MILES CANYON.

J.A.TJ. pg.537.

would carry a bag of flour.

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They were a happy-go-lucky lot as moat

ot them turned their gold over to the Express Company for shipment
and then made tor the saloons and dance halls to celebrate.

It was tacinati~to think that thoao fellows had actually picked thousands Qt dollars out of the ground, Just picked it up,and
one forgot the long hard JourneyJ the months or fighting the cold;
the weary winter, day after day building big fires to thaw the ground
and then to take out the

toot or two that had be aoftenod enough

to ahovel into the bucket and amt put on the dump, buckets and buoJc ..
eta of earth and stone before the p~ dirt was even reached. Then
the r.verish slueing during the short aummer,working day and night,

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almost without sleep, to.gather the results or those long,hard
months of labor.

One torgot,in the midst of those lucky ones, the

nine men who never made expenses to the one who struck it rioh.
· The Court had to appoint a l~wyer tor .Joe, as he had no money
to hire one,and when that lawyer talked to me about the evidence I

would give he decided to plead guiltY' tor his client anf the case
never came ~etore a Jur.y. So I was tree to go or come aa I chose.
- The following m6rning Anna and I with Harry took the train leaving Bert with Helena and we were soon cltmbing up to the famed White ~
Paaa, following along the old trail where men, women and children
had dragged or carried their out!i ts oTer the sn.ow in the mad days

ot the gold rush ot ~ 1 97 and

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betore the rail road waa built.

There are many accounts or those wild days and I shall not recount
the- atories

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heard but Rex :Seaoha' a books are not much exaggerated.

The grades were hes.T,Y but. elmost before we knew it Ye had
reached the summit and the train ~topped at the International boun4r,y where the American and the Dritiah tlag tler aid• b~side on short
poles that almost touched each other and one ot the Cana.dain Mounted

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Police carne thru to examine our baggage. He looke~ mostly tor wh!sbut
ky and was quite thorough~ nioe about it, and we were eoon on our
way, down grade, toward the upper waters or the Yukon.

We followed alone the old ~rail past the places where they built
their rough bo~te fro~ lumber whip-sa~d by hund, and aloncr by the
Bennet
shore of the lakes, Linderman and ks-lu:~ and elr.le of tho others and
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about threeAoa~et-the place where any of the paoeengero who wished to
could get out and see Miles Canyon a.'ld J'hife Horse Hapids 1f they
cared to walk the three or four miles to town. Another man and I got
out as the trip was too much for Ann and the baby, whom I left on the
train to go on; to the wild and wooly, alone. There wc..e really no

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risk for them as probabzily no !rontier town in the wotld was better
policed th:m the town of '.'lhi te Horse •
A very short wall: thru the open woods brought us to the edge

of the gorge where Mile River ruehee between perpendicular rooky
walls for. a half mile.

About the midcUe 1 the walls bulge out and we

looked down on a very nnsty whirlpool. It did not seem poesible'that
a emall boat oould live to pass the Canyon 1 yet many did in thoee
early days 1e.nd.meny were lost there too.
us abreast the

f~ous

Another .tbr mile brought

White Horae Rapids,that terrror or those early

Toyagers. The high walls of ·the Canyon had given place to low roll•

ina banks. but the rapids were terrific. ".7e11 named indeed for they
looked like a lot or onorrnous white horses, ~adly plunging and toseine their ma'l'les a.nd tails to the wind.

!~any

a poor !ell ow had lost

his outfit here 1but some got thruleltho it was not euoh a job to J)Ort•
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age arotL'!'ld tor the rapids, while. fierce w.ere not Tery long. We could
see the town ahead !L""ld in s.bont an hour we were there and. I found

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HORS~.

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Anna and Harry comfortably settled in a plain but olean room in tho
b~t.hotel

in town 1 even tho it was built part of logs and part

or

can-

Taos, and mighty glad to see the wanderer.
~- c~panion

on the walk wns a quiet fellow, a.little younger

than I and he tOlked but little and we did not got very woll acquainted. It was not the thins to enquire too closely in a strnnger'e pa.s·t.
If he volunteered the information, well end good and if he did not,
better let it go at that. This man did not, and I could not help but
think how enay it would be for him to knock co on the bead, rob me
and ·toss my body into the rushing water and then tell how I. had olip-

ped and fallen in, tor 1 t was a wild country and we were quite alone.
Eu t he seeoed

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decent enough and had a good taoe and we had a pl enst~--

en t stroll.
Eut we did make the acquaintance of those terrible Yaukon

~oa­

quitoeo and found no pleasure in dOing eo. Thoy were twioe the oizo

or

the Jersey Tariaty and certainly muat havo carried a combination

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ot bee-sting,n1trio acid and melted lead hcndy to their bills tor I
can't imagine anything eloe that would

cau:Je such intense

~rnBJ~e

burning pain when thoy eo ea6ily slipped thoea pr~1giouo bills thru
_, akin. Fortunately they were not so very thick ond did not !ollow

us tar after we lett tho wooUoJnor were~ the aftor effects or
their bites any more poisonous than those of their smallor relctivos.

(For a very interesting end authentic story

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a trip to the

F~ond1ke

4ur1ng the 'gold rush', before the rail road wan built ae the account
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ot the personal expericncea or my triend, D1ohop Rowe, which will be

found in an envelope mnong tha booko on J\laoko.)

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540.

Arter supper weE went out to see the town, which was mostl7

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spread along the river, one or the tributaries of the Yukon. Har17
had had his supper and gone to nleop tor he had been awcl:e_ all day,
and we paid tho chamber r!laid to keep en eye on hla. ?fe atrollod past
saloono Md dance ho.lls, nll quiet and orderly, mostly

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bu11 t or

logs or cunvao , down to the river bnnk where a steamboat or two were
tied to the bank.

There were stern wheelers but looked clean and

pretty big. It was a temptation to board one and and go on down the
:tamoue Yukon ,but,

or

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course, that wa.o impossible. The river went

rushing by llnd it wn.s a marvel how those boate ever bucked the our-

rent to renoh the

to~.

Uounted Police vere everywhere, tho none were mounted, most of

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them in sorvi ce unitomo or dark blue tunic and trowsers and knee
boots altho a

rew were

in their brilliant scarlet jackets. As ••

stood watching we noticed a man on a eoow that was being moved down
etream a b1 t.

SUddenly therer- wn.s a shout

was slipping under a

rope~thnt

or

warning :tor the soow

moored another craft and the rope

was likely to swee, the ~an overboard. Just as he
wa.s the

turned to.eoe what

mo.tter the rope caught him and in an instant he was knocked

into the the rushtng wnter,rortunately on the shore side, or the

aoow.-.l!en were shouting and rtm.ning along the bank,

throwin~

ropes

aa the mM in the water was swept do'ifl'l stroarn w1 th n:ppn.111ng rapid-

ity. It looked tor a few momenta as tho he would drown bef'ore our
eyes. Then a man with a long pueh pole :ran vell ahead and

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run

~aat

he~

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had to

to get a-head, pushed the pole rar out in the atresm and

the other caught it and was dragged ashore. He must have been a hardy
fellow tor the water was ice cold a."'ld he we.s f'ully dreseed, even to
his

oo~t

and heavy boots.

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541

Te walked along the main etreot w1 th the river and aone warehouaee on one aide and the hotels,and business houses on the other,

to the llarraoka

or The Mounted.

There

WaG

a large ya.rd- enclosed

b;y a high renee or stockade with a tell !lag pole in the center and
a large building at the back. It seemed to be en important Voat and
the·mem were everywhere. There were plenty or rough men all about
and more in the aaloone nnd dance halls, no doubt, but there was no
disorder. I tnke

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of~hat

in profound respect to

tho·~

the British

police their poaxeasiona. Years later we round the aa.":1e maintainanoe or order in Jamaica with ita

te~ing

black population,only

there, most or the police were native Jamaicans,
Detore I reached

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eome other ot

~~e

Sk~ay

Anna had had her picture taken with

Missionaries or our church, ReT.S.Hall Young,

one of the Alaskan pioneers, Dr. and nrs Ua.rsh tror.t l'oin t Barrow.
way

up in the North, beyond the Arctic Circle, and some others,

m1d

we still ha.Te a copy ot that photo altho it is not in tho albums.
Helena went south to the States end we returned to Sitka

but not

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berore I had made a short trip to Dyea, on the other arm o.r Lynn
Canal. It was quite a town or soall frame

buildin~s

but

utterl~

4eserted. In tb.e early days it had been tho more popular way to
the·tnterior as it was the entrance to tho Chilkoot Pass

but~

no

one went that way after the rail »oad was built. As there was no

wharf or 1 on ding the boats simply landed e.ll freight on the rooky

ahore, helter akelter end it was up to every party to hunt up and

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aort out his ontn aturr and many were the tights about ownerahip.
!here were no Canadian ~ounted there and the great U.3.did'nt bother. The small houaez, a few of them two stories high,lined both
eidee of' the rough trail tor a mile or more and not,.. a aingle person

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person in sight.

So::ne of the buildinga verc bqfded up 'but :nuny ot

thetl stood with optt."l doors yet thoy did not aeo:::t to 1-ulve been robbed

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or

evan the vindow snan. In building

takon the luober here altho ·1 t could

Sk~~ay a~pareutly
llav~

been lightered from one

place to the other with 11 ttle trouble ,Wld l'll.!:lber

nere

w~e

w~n

ve1·y expensive.

a lot or it. with doors and windowr. untouched by even a TWl•

dal~ hand.

It was e. testimony to the hone::sty of the 'bii.tives that

in apite or groat

t~tation

they

sc~cd

to have ctolcn nothinG•

So the fifteenth or SaptG:lbor ct:.me and

~1 th

nection w1 th tho Incluatr1nl Training School. und
lioop1tal, c. nomoI l1nd given it, oa:ne to sn end.

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no one had

Euut f'or another Court. case

woul~

1 t my ofi1c1nl conth~

Sitka 'Miaaion

i'lu could not go

l:opp :ce until Octobor imd I oon•

tinued to hold office houra and attand to the ohildien end the tos.ch-

ers but I did no more opera tine, v.nd vory l 1ttle worl: in the Rancho.
we continued to live in the Xoet tor I ovned

thAt~oltho

I had no

title to tho lend ns was clearly l.mdcrstood before I bi11lt. It was
on Uiaaion property. I could removo tho houac but I could not sell
1 t.

'rhe te&.oho:as o.nd l!r. Kell:y scc=1od to :reel bc.dly a.bout our going

and llios Qibaon muoh dGprooscd but no one bla:1cd us unleoa 1 t wa.o
lUss Gibson and that wan principUly beoc.uno she thoUB}lt I had "put my
hand
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to tho pl OiJ o.nd

tllel1 tum od ba.c!:. •

I hod time on r:J.Y hands and found Ui:sn Petton,who owned the town

paper, too Alaskan, t.llo oldeat newspaper in the Terri tor;;,

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to get 1 t out with tho holp

or

st~1ni

a Marine named lte.geo who wo.a a. printer

by trade and o. biff- bluo eyed tellow,li ttle more than. a boy in o.ppenza-

·ance, named Clle!f'lor who· vas detained by. the off'1cials e.s the prinoipal wi tneos in a murder onso~ ·;i.th two other :ocn and a womnn thor--

wtro pro speotin;; on

the 'lulcon

in ~oei can terri tory end 1u a raw over

the woman one man va.a ahot,Md killed.

Tho others wore cu-retstod end

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=:hofnDr

o.nd 'brouc;ht to !:1 tl:n.

fif.i;t<r

~cauoed

the other

whosf} nu:t1c was

;:w.."1

think, C.."1d wn:I n.blo to c'nvinoc tr..c a.utllo1'1 ti eu or his ovn

1rmoconoc. f!o !3hci'fl cr

ctcacor dayo
!tiso

Wt'-:3 ~l1~we(~

~hilo ~vn3

~c.tton

took

the f'E!oodom

or

confined to the Jn11

~hei'rlur

the to'i"n oncopt on

ewaitin~

trial.

on to sat typo, but o1H! llo.d to oolleot

tho n8Tra, write the odi to riels

Qlld

1t a

to do that n."1d for six weckc or :::oro

I was

burd~.

~o

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volunt~orod

armnc;o tbo set

nnd eho tound

u~

scttcrc holpcr, printcrc devil nnd ster and

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oub 1·aporterl It w~e an axporicnoo but the old t~le&l:un,

tr.D.t

clveys

had cauaed. a IClil e in June:;:.u nnd Y:a't%chikc.n T.horo th.o cnljr ot.hur pc.p·-

ex-s li'ero published, monu.gcd to devoloM' encuch life to got irrto one

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or two e1'11 t,orial fi c:hts w! th 1 ts contc::lporuriea.

t.t t'1rot Shofner

vor;r qu.iot end not very cordial ao we vorl

t."):.B

ed •ide by oidc/for the Rditor'o aeek

v~a ~lon~ ~ide

ca..see in th-o :front rooc.

buildin~

from the
odi~orial

~nil.

or

The prQuu

the 11 ttl a

;n:.a

~~o

Juot o. fei7n: doorEJ

in the: other roof.! 'bo..ok of 1 t.

A3 my

mid othor dutioG ve1·o not Tary prooG!n~ I beoau to help

eot type end lenrnod to do it fairl7 well. Gradually
o4 up nnd

or tbo tho

et~on

~h~tflor

looaon

wns telling me or hie experionoos in New Otloo.oo and

othor pla.ccc but he snicl nothing r.bout tho :trurecr or W.o YW::cn trip
oxocpt bin eto.y at

~t.riobs.oln

ot the:1 wo1-o yery envory.

s. tuc boc.t on tho Gulf

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l~e

a.t tho 11cuth of tho :rivar. And none

tole! ct prin tines lottorJ tickoto on

~i' ~oxioo

c.a it wc.o illogul to Q.o 1 t on u

alloro end othor thin en, not l:ltloll to hiu ercd! t, but a till I could r.c

-help feeling l!orry for hi:!

un~

thought he wac tho v1ot1."';1

atanccs rAtller thwl lrill:tully evil. fJ:no. end I even had
aupper a time or two and he
elwc.ye

life. But he anu

aeoQ.cd

see~d

to be

on

hi~

to apprecinto tho 'bit

tho wa.toh tor

&nnw

or

cr

circucup to
hemet

ono or some

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Tm 'JR3CZ OF Tlf11 ISLA1ID:SR.

. 544 •

J.A.U.pg.~44.

or something and never quite able to relax and be at hie ease.

One

night when we were working at the office to get the final copy set
up (ror there generally were last news 1 tems to get inJ and 1 t would
have been a crime to have failed to get out our weekly issue on Yriday and eo

di~point

our

hundred or possibly more subscribers.

Why

who knows? It might have caused a riot! Well, that night, ae we stood
,

side bfeide at the type cases, someone oame in suddenly and,like a
!lash Sheffler tightened up and hio right hand went beneath hie coat
below
and slid u r.J.s left arm pit. Then the caller ho..d gone after giving
some bit of news or gossip or Just passing the time or day, I aSked
Shefi,(ror it wa~ Sheff and Doc. by that time~hat was the matter.

•

Then he took me into the back room and showed me a heavy revolver

in a·holeter below his left shoulder and he said that he had.to be
yery careful ae

~tri;belonged

to· a gang and that they were trying to

•get him. He always carried it and. I suppose had it handy even at
night altho he slept in the Jail.

Nice quiet company !or an ex-(

missionary to be in! Still I worked on tor everyone said that the
AlaskaJ'}ha.d neTer been as interesting ae 1 t was since I .took charge.
One day a tramp steamer came in with the news of the sinking
of the"Ielander" the night before, near Juneau.

It was a ihrilling

tragedy and I hustled down to get the detailsr !or this was news
indeed.

The Islander was a tairlrlarge steamer or the competing line

that was on i te wa:y from Skagway to the Sotind w1 th a big crowd of
miners and a tremendous lot ot gold. From the reports o! a ! n aurTivore the whole crowd were celebating, even the officers were pretty drunk. As they turned to run up Gastineau Channel~ only~ tew
miles from Juneau the ship struck

so~ething,

probabaily a large

'Piece or ice almost submerged,and sank almost immediately altho they

.

J .A.U. J.'S 545.

545.
.

were only a tew yardo from. amre. Tho ahoro thoro io very stoop, ILl-

most perpendioula.r,so the ship wont dow in deop vator ond cw.rriod
practically everyone with her.

Ct oourse

it JlWie n sr~tory and

aa we want to prasa that very do.y ve wore the first f.ln.sl!:on pe.por to
publish 1 t, a tnct tba.t I did not hesitate to mont! on 1n the adi tor-.

1al columna. \le got tho .Drady boys o.nd ono or two ot.hora to take out
the papore

ll9

ecmn as they cm:1e tram the preeo end aoon tho stroet

was echoing their cries r "l~nska.n, J'uot out. FuJ.l nooount

er Disaster!

" It

sounded very

metr~olitcn

or

'the IalWld•

but we did not repeat ·

that a.dvsnoed buu1nosa method tor the nnaboyo did not salll enouGh
papers to earn their gun.ran teo and it vas too expenaive tor our

v~~

11m1 ted income.
Generally the llarine, l!ogoe, wo.a not o.ble to get a.wo.y w;rttt
from the Barracks until af'tor meso Friday niB}lt, and than he would

•

1.

hustle over to tho office, llUll.:o up the tomn and while pulled t.he
handle

or

the press he turned the X«lbx the oronk tlul.t ran the

hoaVif

plate along the nat bed while nhof. tool:: ott und folded. ln an bour
or lese 'the enomoue odi tion waa printed. JJ.ias Patton cenenU.l.Y

Otl'Q&

oTor too_, end if we were uhort hcnded aho vas a good Wl any nw.n in
the work.

One· or tvioe l.!agee oould not or did not sho'.7 up and then

we three had a dickens of a _title l':Ulking up the forms wd printing tho

paper, Gnd generally succeeded in pieing one or corea oolumns of type.
Dut then, it wo did not have enough to f'ill all tho D;lC.oo we

w~t

to

the box where •h• old advertising cuts were kept o.nd save somebody a

•

oolum. or tree advoniaingl by .tilling the Taoant space with the old
ft'h.

CA..h
Onoe 1n a vhilo vhw the stesrtor wa.a very late somebody would

aet

ott n

bomb and )believing 1.t

1fll.B

the oonnon , ever.,rbody would rash

'

\

r·,7o D.'ill DOYS •

d01111 to the wharf to meet the boat.

l1nturDJ.ly, public aen4

Xxtxux

timent re.n Tery high a.gtlinst such tricks e.nd 1 t would have been most
unpleasant for the perpptrator had he been cnut;ht. The risk of being
caught was so great· that it only happened once or twice in nll the
tln:ae I was in Alaska..

One night as Shetf'ler and I were workina and tho ateo.cor wae
very late and ev:erybody was on edge waiting tor her ono of ua, o.nd I
suspect it wa.s I, said 1 t would bo a good j oka to f'ire a bomb. and
~ ve

the people uomething to do.

There was a small yiU"d bo.ck ·of us,

surrounded by sheds and no window looked into it so 1 t aeo:nod en

ideal place to tire n

'

b~b

with acall chance of being ueon.mx

litter tallcing it over a bit I got out soma I!loney end
one ot the Chinese stores and bought a bomb. The

~ef'

ate~er

~

So

went to
seldame csmo

in atter dar k but 1 t occasionally happened and the tide wo.a right
that night.

Co Sherr went thru the. bacl: room, into the yn.rd and 1n

a moment or two he was ba.ok and there wa.s a loud boom aounding almost
exactly like the cannon.

Of course we were the tirst to nillh to'll'ard

the wharf yelling "ST::..!.l;DOAT• ae we rcn. I:verybody who c.ould yolled

,.

•• steamboat when they heard the cannon. People hurried out of' the a
od
houoea end storeo and Dome got out ot bed and drese hurrie<lly, no
doubt tor 1 t wna nearly tan oclock.

~erybody

rushed to the wh&rf'.

Vow the llghto of the stouoer could be eeonfour or tiTo miles

aw~

at night and the smoke in the daytime e.nd theoe were the algnlll.a

•

tor the firina

or

the cannon but no lights could be aeen that night.

Some·uarinea sauntered down and said '(Tha.t'e a take. That wn.o•nt :t
·

II

the ommon. That wna a bO!:ib. • So:e one else insisted 1 t w.a the can-:
non tor they snw the flash. "I· GD.id that I hn.d been working in the

nnapaper offioo ond I hwi •nt oew the f'laah

or

WlY bomb from the

:I .A.,. • PG 547.

·w1ndov, we oould not ooo IIClX

547.

tho yard from the rront room vhoro

wor kod; and that 1 t .uounded to me like tlle cannon.
~

argument, buck end forth. Wid about that tioo
reached tho wlu1.ri" ·end when I ac.w

tl10o~rd

~o

wo

thoro was en

or tho too.oheJ:s
work eel& vor.um I bagcz~ to
801:10

roal1ze \1 t wa.u a protty =onn or~el trick to mol:e them to.ke a ~o ·
mile walk only to be badly diaappointed. 1!oot nll tho tcnm o.nd o. ooneiderable part of tho F.uncho had o.asa::1blod by thut time EWd still no

ateomer was in. aight. Then the SerJeant or the Uo.rinos oDmo do\iil end
aaid, otf'iciall.y that no ccmnon hod bean tired. Wld the crm1d reluot...ently bebtJll to return home, rClO.rking, in no unaorto.in tonoo vho.t

they thought of the blankety, blcnk fools who bud fired tho bacbp

•

and what they would do to them if tll y ever rounf out. who 1 t wa.a.
Like the tar-baby, Ghat md I 'lo.id low ond o.int acyin nu.f!in •. Dut

that week the Alaokoo ho.d a smoking hot edi toriul o.bout the

'outrage~

and whnt ought to be dono to stop 1 t, ond wha.t ·idiots people L'll1ot be
wbo would do suoh a thing but the editor disorootly om1 ttod to augseat that a care.tul search

or

tho atores might roveal who bouGht a

bomb that night ODd tortunc.tely for us, no ono soamod to hu.ve thought
ot 1 t md we escaped. I doubt if' I oven told tmno. r:J3 olmro in 1 t tor

when I amr how seriously l)&ople took 1 t md how btl.dly they were disappointed I wa.a very :cuoh ashcmod of 1 t. You mo.y bo surQ that evan i.f
I did tell Ann& I nGTer told anyone else.

I wa was oorto.inly old

enough to know batter m1d I am sure Shef would novar hc.vo dono it
.

had I not taken· the letui. Debold how rapidly the t:ia•iona.ry ban

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senernted1 I a 1 t to be wondered tho.t hi a second son, mnny years la.tor!

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alao eet ott a bomb but the difterenoo vao tho.t he wao oo.ught.
r

.

The Goveaor,
Mr. Brody• wo.s going hc.:fing at
4

~quc.nslmnsky Bey

and the Drady family yere ;oing along to make a picnic of 1t ond

J.A.U.ps.548.

AlmA CATCH:::> SJ.:U!o;I.

540

they 1nTited us to go olons, bo.bies ond. oll. It wo.a

aomo~g

or

QZl

undertaking aa we would live in tents for three or tour days, t1e aJ.l
•
cbarkad 1n o. big aoow towod by one of tho lio.vy launohos snd o.tter
o. pleasant trip tied up

~ong

tha bunk or fust ruahing m:lall river

along t.he meo.dowa of lush gre.as thut crw nbove a msn' a waist. Thor&

wero a number of llntiTGa m1d the men began to out gro.as while the
reat of ua m:.1de

o~.

There wo.s quite a colony of tenta ond bef'ore

~

long we all oamtortably settlod. The rlvGr was full ot

s~n,you

oould aee their backs sticking out of the water avery where. Old
.

Timers ao.id that in their da..Y tha salmon were ao thick in the streams

that ell a mm1 hw1 to do to cross one of tlle:n was to lo.y a board on
the backs of the ti sh ond walk a.orosal

'lloll, they were not qui to as

thick ae that but there were plenty ot the:n ond whClil the tide oamo
ln 1 t tilled lots or 11 ttle bo.ok channels, hardly moe deep u.nd t.hu
f1ah ran into tha.

I heard women laughing and cDlling, one day,

md going over to these lltUo lJOOls I fotmd

/~a.

and Yra.· Kno.pp,1ri

hlp boota wading about 1n them • .L"ver,y now und than there would be

u.

11 ttle acreom and they would ren.ch cia.m with their banda and bring
up a salmon two teet long.

/.bout the only plu.oo thoy oould catch

one would be·Just in rronTof tJle tail oncl ns they lifted it up it
would thrash about and alJ:loat

up~et

t.ham into tho wg.tor. Oo::1etit:loa

\hey oould hold it lang enough to thro it onto thG bank but mora

·otten

they

we\l.ld they would bug 1 t to their heaving boauma in .o.

atrons it not warm embro.oe rmd ao wode aahore with their priaoa.

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a-·

It

YG.G

tor

the greatest f'utm end lw.d it not bean bJJ tho llat1Taa we

would· have hnd more 1"1~ tha.n we kew what to do vi th.

l

;·

Ono or two days 1 t rnlned Q.tld a ra.inod hurd and it •~ exceeding- •

Tlf-1 sco·.v GOES ADTIIFT.

•

:.r.A.U.pg.549.

. 549.

J

da'"!!"!) and di sagreee.bl a especially a. a the tents l eakod. But the

g.e.dys

.J;

wore all good sports and all ma.de the best of it. Cno of the oddest

sights was the men cutting hay in the rain.

the

It upset ell

~

memor-

ies of my boyhood days, but as it wao to be used for enailage it was

all tho better wet.
one day the scow pulled 1 ts anchor c.nd then a four foot post
end began to slip down stream.

I r.appcned to be watching 1 t and ran

and mude a jump for it for it was four or five !oct

fro~

shore. The

sides were high lllld I Just cn.ught the side but the momentum carried
my legs straight up in the air and !or a moment I hung there uncert-

ain as to whether I could save myself !rom !lopping over into the
deep hold or not. All the camp was watching by thc.t time and holding
its breath

t•~

it would have beena nasty !all had 1 gone over. But

my feet finally decided to come down on the right side end the danger

was past.

lry

idea in getting aboard was to get the e.ncl1or down when

the scow went out into the

bay

lillld so keep her fro!!\ drifting away.

tour or five N&tives had gotten hold of a. line end were trying to

hold the boat against the current but were Just dragged along tho
bank end tiDally had to let go and I off on e. voyarse o! discovery.
now they would. ever get the ecow bo.ck I oould'nt see as the launch

had returned to town. Just then ~~ craft grounded

in

the rapids and
,
an!t of the Natives who had gotten a.boo.rd vnd I wsre broufht. ashore.
In the

of Aug. 31 1901, appeo~ed the. following to. which
s
.
I will have to oonfes authorship. "The scow ·such!lopsky (named after

•

}~aakan

Such-on-ne, a well known country seat, it was the

Br~dy's

place, and

li'lop, Gov.:Brady' a mascot bullq dog) lett the se.wmi.ll last week tor
a load ot grasa,muoh against its inclinations. The scow had been
\.

ashore tor e. year and 1 t obj eo ted t·o the eal t water which caused

'

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Tlf~ CmTIS~

C?

TI-r~

..rr"

SUCH?J,O'P3:KY.

'hard-swellings' or the

eo~a.

..

JAU.pg.~.

The launch 7ave, Capt Rader

~-~-()

u

Me.

c~o.nd.ing

took chnrBe of tho Suohtlopsky and hended'nor by wont hal! south'
the log showing three miles per hour, or it would haTe ohawn that
trpfJed if the crew could lmve 'heaved 1 t' but being a green hO!!llook ·

log they could not get it overboard.
The interior of the soow was filled with the camp outfit that
presentod a

oo~posite

photo or Noah'o Ark,"The Old Curiosity Shopw

•The 7a.ndering Jew" and

Tvlo

Yee.ra ];efore the Uast".

Tho bull/ dog

~

persisted in lying on the grub box and a bag of tlourr The rend Maoma tried to put the baby to bed in one

or

the cradles intended tor

cutting grass while the damsels looked e.t the young men with mcny

•

long-drawn soythesl It ro.ined that night end the tents leaked ao thn.t
tho situation soon

beca~e'in-tente'.

The next day .. it also rained und

what with drying the toe.rs or the babies and t...lut clothos or the children,the Matrons had a busy time. But bettor things wero in'store'(we
torgct to bring them)

The Suchtlopsky, becauee or the exceedingly

oold wo.ter'eeemed'to derrelop (a)plc.nk(ch)nic regidlty,'Pulled up her
Patriarch·

anchor, tore out a four toot post and wl th the D.& on board, ·started
madly down the r1Ter • .ronnie and Doc jumped aboard juet as she was
:.

leaving, dragcing fiTe Natives a4ong the bank.

'

71th mothers shouting,

babi eif crying, and men yelling, the staid old eccnr executed a waltz,
·'

a Jtg and three figures or the Cotillion as the rapids swept her on
but stopped Tery abruptly when she etrucl:t the shallows. llut the GoT-

enor hae hi o hay wAnd the night winds moen,

•

~ith

a sort

sol~ntone,

Por 1 t' G n.ll oTer nov".

((uotation trom a popular
topical song.)

·.te had a lot or fun in. epi te of the diecO!!lrorts but the Nest
looked very good to uu and 1 t was t!ometime before :tU :Bertie and Harry got over their mosquito bites.

LESLI~

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JACKSON'SPAINTINGS.

J.A.U.pg.m.

Miss Leslie Ja.ckeon, daut:;hter of Dr.· Sheldon Jackson, hnd been
_
the Brady's
. ·
tin
etaying at the ~i•~ all that summer, eke~tohing and painE,Bboth in
oils and water color andX Enna had bought one of her painting of wild
rice whose flowers we so

o~ten

gathered on our trips to the islands

a.."ld tog_ether we bought an oil ot the }iyramid Range, the one that hanss
in tl1e living room, and the watercolor of Sitka from the llission that

hangs in this room aa I write.

All her work was exceedingly well dravm

and the colors very true to life nnd ohe was considered to have unusual
ability.

The painting of the town of 3itka is almost exactly the view

from one of the "Yindows of Raven • s nest, but being painted from the
ahore of the Bay and not from the elevation of the Nest, Edgecumb and
tttvxsztiX•Y.X~zk,

~

doea not look as high or tmpressiTe as we always saw

it and the Saddleback does not show at all.
true to life.

On

quiet days the water

or

Still the picture is Tery

the Bay looked just aa it

does in ths picture and it's nearly high tide while the wonderful clear
ness of the atmosphere is very remarkably portrayed.
triendship of Miss Jackson very much. It

w~s

7fe enjoyed the

while we were on a pic-

nic together on an island, that Anna and I picked the bouquet ot wild
rice flowers and gave them to her. Leslie placed them in the Indian
basket and painted them right there. Anna later gave me the picture

tor a birthday present.
All the months that

~ertie

was growing ua we enjoyed hia compan-

ionship and development. He w::nd I beoame great ohums and I would place
him in a olean half

•

barrel~

and take him to the garden while I worked.

It was Just high enough for him to stand in comfortably and he would
chatter and Jabber away and was very happy.

talk there were nnny odd

--------~roun-an-roune,•ne

saying~

or

oouree, as he began to

but one of the moet amusing was hia

first called eome spinning toy a•rodn-an-roun'.

A

FAn-s·~V'3LL

PARTY.

U!?V:X:t2-J\07'en%
~Vhen

!.:r. Beok

sion boys

J.A.U.
i

pg. 612.t
552.
a the oa.rpen t er a h op,"·
put up ah~~ overshot water wheel, made by the Mia-

und~r

his direction, and it began to turn Bertie promptly

named 1 t 'water- roun-a.nroun •.

.

Anna had a raie"in seeder the kind·

with metal disk which revolvwsand remove3 the seeds end this was a

'raisin-rounanroun'and one day, when he saw one or those music boxes
which have a large per!orated·revolv1ng metal diBk, that was a raisinmuoi c-rounanroun. ·
/~na.

end 1 did not we.nt to go away

~

without some kind of

a farewell party !or our Native friends in the Rnnche. Mr. Brady

kindly let us use the large trading room in the old P.ussian log
building which had been a trading post in the nuszia~ days and later
run by \1.h1 tcom

~d

:Erad.y P and l2.te i!l

~e:i)temb~r

we help a J?Uty tor

the.:n •. In the Alao:.:·an of Sept. 20th., was the follow in~ aooountl-•
• On ~W1l'sday

evening, Dr. and l!rs. 711 bur entertained about one

hundred and fifty of their Thlingit friends.

•

The firs) part of the

evening the Doctor performed such marvels of legxerdeoain as to en~
entirely eclipse the arts of the emedicine-man!&a Koo-se-ton express•
ed it, •'at fir et 1 t was a surpri ae, then became astounding and when
the Doctor began to eat fire I could no longer even think 11 •• ·,fhen the
Doctor showed them how many of the trickiwere done they wera muoh ;xwqx
interested. Their hoGt took occasion to explain how easily they could
be fooled a1d told them· that that wa9 wh~t mo~t of their nhamane
had done to make them believe the spirits gave them myoterious power.
He also told them that he had seen m3l1y tvhi te men do much more wonderful things but that they were all different ways to fool people
and he told acme of the things 'he 'had eeen these white men do but
the white men did not claim that the spirits helped them.
The voioe of Rev. A.:; .Austin who had been a !riend to them ao ,,
many years was heard frotl the gramophone end oaueea many a''khla-goo
all over th& room.
A bountiful repast was served and then games were introduced
but as the Doctor and hit; wi!e wre so soon to go away ,hearts were
full and d~amded relief.
·
Anahootz,head chief,spoke ~at length or their appreciation
and gratitude for what these good friends had clone for them. Kaathuooch called for three cheera uhich were given in t~e form or,,
general and hearty 1goon-&-cheesh,goon-a-cheesh, goon-a-cheeah% •
Other speeches followed an~ whdn tears were about to flow Tbl~
en-teeoh brought do\m thd houe~ vith his pathetic account o! his
inability to enjoy a me&.l until the present evening einoe the blasting began on Jn.ponsky I eland. (.Ta.ponaky wae e. large Island just aoroee

•

TJG Pl\IrD3 BA3m !IOI..X.

553

tho oha.'1n el from tho no.n ohe whero tho Govemnen t were buildinG ~
oonl bunkoro. l!o•intanded it for a. plo!lount bit or tun end tho :Uxthr..·
llatiTee 'Wlderstood 1 t that wo.y but nt the o!l..':lo timo 1 t vo.a tho old
Tblingi t wny of pnyine· uo and the rcrr~shcnoot.o a <lQlioo.to OOI:l:;>lii:lent.
Thin tla.'1, Thl·an-tooch, was certainly the most 1mprona1vo character
in the noncho. o.t..l tho a l O'JI cast m&rl, by pure pcrsonull ty ho exerted
probnbolly more powor end innuenoe thnn any or tho hored1 tary chie!e~
He was ono of tho tDllest and bigsoot ncn in the villo.go nnd had a
moot d1cn1fied and atnt.oly boo.ring. l!o oo'llcl look at. ono vi th the utmoat con tocpt oncl ho.d the power to mo.ko ono feel hou ho soornod you~
At first., ho wo.o vory nntueonistio to De,ho boloneod to the .nuseinn
ohurch, md qui to 1Qloroaenut I al:wc.ya u:poko to hi.t:u1 whan I pnssei
himl on tho street or in the F.Dnoh<J anu,o.t lo.ot, he bagnn to give
me a reluotont k.at.nod. i'inclly, when I treat.od nome o! his ralat1T08
he wn.a won ovor and beoa::1o a cood friond.)
Addressea by T£1.h..;yurt.Kah-no.-goot, and ll. ·":,uick, oamo serious
end oo:ne 1n a liGhter voitr !ollowod. and thon tho Dootor replied wi t.h
\

much

•

J.A.U.pg. 553.

t oel.in S•

'l'he pl ea.surea or the nening cloaed about midnight, w1
th the
11
a1ng1ng 1n Thlingi t., of 'Ood »e iii t.h You ~ill We h\eet /~ain ( 1 t had
been trnnelated by taso "Yillard and 1.1ra.¥?ul) nnd tho gueuts departed 171. th hea.rty hmldsho.kes and thottzmMY • God bleos You' a.tteatecl
their att.a.Q.b:!lQnt. tor their host m1d hoateoa. •
Aa Alma and I walked b04k to the llost that night, tired b~t

bapp7 Dnd yet sad at t.he thouS}lt

ot leaving

thesO people Who DGOded

help and t'riendahip ao muoh, we sflid to Glloh other tba.t we ho.d seldom

401le anything that was more worth wbile.

b

.

It was about tbiu time that the PBnde Da.ain buble buret vi th
'\

oona1dero.blo raoket.

lou may r&'lambor tbat. I wouderad. •b7 \hose

traementa ot gol6 tr= that lake whore lieleng, and some friwd.a had

cone on a uip while

/mto. and I lived on the Dert.ba 1n Silver ~·

looked eo muoh 11ko tUingu. 7ell a lot ot money lw4 'bean apct there

Eo.atem oa:pitoJ. aeoured,and &Ltunnal run,ond the lake actually
e4. And then it waa tound

tr.a.t inut.ead ot the amide of tha 'bott.om

,.e1ns t11lecl'with sralna of' gold there

tit

~­

wua onl7 a TU¥ litUe,hera

ad there. Tlult sold that looked eo muoh like filings !!!:.!! l111ntwl

eterta1D lllaoea in tho

'bot\01:1 ltiD'.X

had bocn' sol tod' and the Gagini

eera from the East who bed come t-o exe.::W:lo the bottom ver• adroitcrte

17 steered to the•• places and not."' of thoc not1ood tJie e.ppearnnoe
\

...-----------------------------------~

or filings.

Perlmps the ~r~otet had used- real gold dust after I

told them that the sample they ohowed me looked auspicious. It was
Just another minina hoax • If I had 'nt lmmt had

\

the ground perhaps I might· have bought
ulous

~ealth

BOI!le

~~oo

in a hole in

of their 4tock tor fab-

tor tho stovkholdere seemed almost certain at one ttme.

But I had invested in a mine in Billt'e Basin, up the Indian River,
Talley,

by

the side of the Three nlsters and ita still there.

Same

Ter.y reliable people had the claim and Ur. Austin thought the prospects so good thnt )e invested in it and

h~

had very little spare

oash at any time but he positively retuaed to advise me one way or
I

the other and all he would say was that he had bought o. call inter-

•

est. A Y.r.

ha~ourette

and wife had come to the llisaion, the wife to

take ohnrge or the Teacher's Club and he to be a general helper. HI

wau a miner of the better sort and together we went up to look over

my mine.

It was Tery interesting tor LaTourette knew h1a busineaa

both by practice and theory., and pointed out to me indications or
quartz,•raults'and'gougea' and many other things about quartz mining
that I had never heard

or.

There was a nice little stamp mill on

the ground thnt must have ooot a lot

or

bard work and money to get

there and build kKt'the whole location and surroundings were almost
ideal-, the only thing lacking waa gold bearing rock,and thnt waa
about eTeJ"tthing. The prospect
ihe

outoro~

YD.S

good. Some oldtimer had round

up on the side or a large ridgeJ later

the~development'

work,(work acounting to $100 per year must be done on each olaim in
order to hold title) had made a shallow tunnel lower on the ridge
and the Tein hnd again been tapped end then at the bottom ot the
r

ridge anothe and much longer. tunnel had beo.run 1 but the Tein wo.a not

found. It is the

usual·cc~to~

in such conditione

to~croaa-out'

that

la to run another tunnel at :rtGht angles to the first in the hope

-

·-

-

555.

St.:LL Dl G OU'l' •

of atriking tho vein either to the right or lett no
-

cropping

\

~oot

or

tho out-

at the top is only the ahowina or a vein thnt tollmre

4o'li1ll tho goneral direction ot the ridc;e. But whoever n.n that tunnol
ran 1 t in n curve ond n e!lrly CD:ne out where ha went 1n and :tail od to
tlnd the vein wd monoy gavo out and thorg it iu,I uupposo to thia
:But any interest I hnd in 1 t has long uinoe lapsed c.s no one

dey.

kept. up the develop:mcmt work as to:r aa I .know. lio doubt, the vein ie
;there, aonovhere in that mall mounUl.in and
;'

aomeono may tind

scm~.o day

1 t but lU:o moot overything else it will tnko monoy to tind 1 t and

1 tu a semble at

"au.

Altho 1 t wao most inoonven,ent, I had to ;o to Court Gl.t Junea.u

--

tor we were cmxiouo to

so

bother o:t disposing ot

ou~turniahinga

~at,

~

tor 1 t and the

but there wa.e no help

tell upon lmla..

Freights

were so high it would not pc.y to take our atutf home with uo and generally such things oould be sold 1n town altho it was a lot ot troub-

le to do 1t, eapeciall;y i t a Hative wa.s tho beyer.

Then it wc.ss a

alow process. The Ilo.t1Te wua apt to bring "' number ot hia friends
and they would aquat on the floor and look about. tor

\imo.

Them the prioe

be aeked 1 Just

as

or

&W.

1niiet1n1te

something 1n which he had no interest would

a at.u.rter. After much pricing ho would finally sot

around to tho t.hins he really clid want nn« than muoh ba.rgining 1rould
. "'
follow. At laat, when a price 1Nls agreed on moat likely the mon would
.

6

llave to

so

back to the RDaohe to aak his wife tor the monoy nnd mora

ottea than uot, he would oomo back to any 'tlmt hie wite Uwuaht the
'

»rice too high aad then more bar4n11'1g muat follow.
J\mla thought ahe waa .going to eaoape all th1 a tor one

or

the uew

ottloiala thought. he wanted to buy l)rD.Ot1cally everything but later

4eo1ded he d1d'nt 7 so

poor~

hAd to aoll ever.ythins 'ieooaeal.

J.A.U. pg.556.

~

7o put the

tollo~ing adv.

in the Alaskan of Sept. 28th.a--

Fore ~nle.trongin~ l0r.1pa, $2.50 end ~1.50. Chafing dishes, $5 &.'ld $2.
International Dictionary, with folding stand, 00. Canvass tolding
boat, Ac~e pattern, ~15.

\

While Anna's hand
tine to-get awny

wore·~oro

than full, at the Ne8t_;, I wao trot-

fr~ Juneau~tor I

finished my Coutt bualness

Ter,y

quickly but tr.ere vas no otef.lr.ler tor a weok and I wanted to get bavk

tor there was much to be done.

A 8!:1D.ll atea:nboat was at the whart

and I went down to aee what the Ce.ptain would cho.rge to take me to
~extt

S1tkn • He wanted $100 and I vas sorelt tempted first decid-

ing I would and then that I would 'nt.

•

He come up to the hotel to

eee me 1 but did not come down in the price and was so nast7 about my
being a.tour !lusher that I decided I would not go with him at any
the P .F .I:elly,
price. Just than I round that a tus fro~ one of the fisheries vas
'\

going to S1 tka that night and I was able to get them to take me along,
altho the nice young fellow who was 1n charge only consented when I
pleo.d

&

wife and t!o young children and on the distinct underatand-

int; thc.t I must not expect sny aoooiDodo.tions except break:to.st,no
plnce to sleop &c.

I gladly accepted tor the Nest was at the other

end and· r:ry beloved and hard vorked wife.

so we left about midnight,

e.rter I had the usual 1nv1 tat ion to have a drink when I went to the

bar

to·p~ ~onnie

Olde, bnlt·owner, my bill.

It bid fair to be a

pretty long night tor the days were getting Jduttx& short at that time
of the yenr, but after a while, one or the men pointed to an

•

~pty

bunk that one of. the crew had just ncated, and said I odld alefp
•
thoro while he was on wa.tch 1 r I wan ted toI o.nd I did altho
the bunk
.

I was routed out tn four.hours but was ~ot
ver,y un,
oom!orta.bl e tor we reached. Si ti~a
in the 1:1orn ina,much to Anna' a sur.

'!U!.O Tery

dirty.

~

prise and delight. They would not take ony pay tor 'f!!Y passage.

C~ODn~,D~A~ FRJW{D3.

J.A.U.pg. 557.

There was very little lett in the

~eat

557.

for dear Anna had sold

almost everything and at ver,y good pr1oes, some to the taachers,some
to the Natives and some to the town's people end we hustled to do

ur.

the final packing.

Kelly,very kindly indeed, paid me $100 tor

a quit-claim to the Nest. There was no reason why he should have

done so !or I could not take 1t with me and there was small chance
or being able to sell it tor ramoTal. I believe he wanted to 4o some-

thing to show his gre.ti tude !or
and took thnt
The

woy

•

oe.re of him when he had t)'llhoid

of doing 1 t.

~ee.oheriJx

tor the laet few

my

ge.vo us a farewell dinne1· and took us in tor meals

d~s.

And then the"eteamcr cnmel How I longed tor

it to caoe and hated to eee it arrive! It was not the good old trusty
Wnllrcc and Cant.
Topeka with Capt.~Kk~al~~. Craig but the Senator, with Capt.Patter-

son, a much younger man and· one I never had muoh confidence in and
never liked. He did not run to Sitka regularly but as a supply or

on ext.ta boats now and then.

nut

we could not well we.i t another

two weeks and we heo.rd that Capt 1Yalla.oe was eiclc and no knowing
when he would be on the run agnln.

The Ship wne to leaTe in the early morning,
we vent· aboard after supper.

r~ther

As was custocary friends

unusual,so

cDme aboard

to say good bye as we sat in the open door of our state room which
opened on the deck.
Gibson remained. I

.Finally the good byes ,yare said nnd only !!is a
e~:lrted

to toke her back to

w1th her until we tumed along the bench road.

•

that I

so baok to tho steamer and would not let

with her.

t~e

/

IIcspital _t\nd went

..Then she inoioted
!!18

go any further

A quick hand olasp,"goodbye"., and she was gone, s dear

triend end ta1 th!'ul helper thru all those aeven years.
\.

,
ibore waa Juot o. glic::n.or

J.A.u. pr;.u5a.
or do.\1'0 when lonna

558.
and I lDild hur1·iedly

went on dock the next corning. Tho otcw:1or vao Just loavint:; the dock
'

but as she ho.d to run

neu.rl~

to :Jilvor Loy to t:1rn

the Mission twice, about o. qunrtor of o. milo

~~ny

I

tu"OWld

hr:.d to pass

ond had a dim view.

or thQ ielonds whore we hud. hoo eo mony picnioa end happy hours. 'ile
went to tho'f'JOr docl:l, as
Uiasion but we

co~ld

tho teo.rs froo

m:r..

~or

oi"t no

itO

could. All wao dur:k ut thfl

Juot cako out the dour

~oat

m1d I oould not keep

eyua. '.lo hud tumod ani.l woro po.ooinc; c.go.iu. ,There

ina litlht in lana Gibson's rooo in tho liospitul •.'/hat io that awing-

It must be o. aisno.l to uo. Do.cl.: v.nd torth, 'baok

in,; belo;r her window'r

and tor..h, in ulona au ara, ninga u lantoru on a cord, a final token

ot farewell. Lonely hec.rt, to loae her triond imd co-worl:er, und
whom she hnd learned to love so truly, end tho bubies tool

eo~e wind mL:.tohoa

•

annor.

~o

~'Lm1a,

had

burned thw 1n bunches hopint; ahe would oeo our

m1d

Tho ship t;uthc:rs

a~eed.

t .. la.ot tlootint; t;lii:lpse of the homo

. ...... ot our honey moon, our first babt'a birthpluoo;ot our growinG and more
united love;

alip~ing ~~.

away; gono:

·:ro quickly puss the vllurt, where o.

forever.

f~w

dir.l torua wuve tui.'awell I .

the Renclle, us I think of true trienda and mu.ny vuriod exporioncea,
o.nd than the Bro.dy' s homo, ond 'Jhat truo, loyol triendo they ho.d alYays been; and we tum

toimrd o\U: room, I, o.t lea.at with o. hoav,y heart.

Too so.d to tinu ony intorost in r:c.tls.ansk;r Duy
rugged mountains,

~

ovau in Peril

~tra.i to,

o~

the WD.tar f'alla or

for there ramnins now,

only the memory or that wincing luntern end the fadinG liGhts of my

•

beloTed Ditko. •

AP!'-:!TDIX: !0 A!.A.rn:A

J.A.U. PS• 558.A.

3!~CT!ClT.

!!othor' s letter of 1902.
Thio letter was not found in tho bound ~~J~of the ~essonge~
until I had finiDhed with Alu.ska. itoe~o to ~e it ought to be inoluded
in thia story be e~unc it tollo of t~c llioaion before I went there
·
and also because it ahou;ye much of lllother's love for the'Indic.:ns' and
tor evnngolis~ c.nd, also, how much eusi or it was tor her to 1 et me go
to Si tku. and hO\V muol1 ha?pi er she wa.s in do inc: 1 t. .11th r'ather sho
went on that trip.
·

•on

- If

b>:hcutr.d

Topeka, Glacier Day, Alnokn, August fth.l902.

bonrd.Stc~ar

Rev, ·.v.!:.t~iller, Deer Pan6dlr,

SoMe one han enid, •our cnpac1 ty itt tor

enj oy-t:lent 1 s unl1m1 ted but our power of expreaBing 1 t 1 s weak".

I teal the truth of
home, July

t~ie

t'1ont keenly. Frol!l t·he time we left

11ntil now, the cup or blessing l:'ms been tilling and

l~th,

at 31 t~a, ','fedn eed~.y evcm ine, August

~rd,

1 t seened to overflow. I

must not attmpt uny doscrl vtion of our journey over the Canadian

Pacific F:n.ilrr>ad• where after two days ride oVer th&ee vast .\')le.ins
we entered the

n~ckiea,

ing u,on scenery,

and

eo~etimes

there to the Pacific enjoyed gaz-

fro~%

benutitul, again awful in its grandur.s.

Wordas tnil me to tell the delights of this trip but I know you

..

~
j

hnve no interest so great as in Sitka and the miosion there.
1.~r

,,

and J.~re Austin were on tb.Mock watehing tor us. I need not

tell you we

ha~

a

we~

ereeting.

P.udolph had been there and his

~

brother-in-law, Jemeo Jcckaon, a tine looking man, waited a little

way ott to meot ue.
wayside to

displa~

/~one the

groups ot Indian women sitting by the

nnd oell their wareft, we touns nudolphld mother,

his a1eter lue~ie, n reolly attro.at1ve looking youn1woma.n and wlfe of
J~~s

Jackson, also

s~veral m~bere

ot the Uisoion Church to whom

Ur. Auotin introduced, us.
J~ter

•

dinner at t!Te oclcak, Ur. and Ure Austin aaoompnniod ue

to Rudolph• e ho~e which ia nec.r the l!iaeion buildings. 7/e tound Rudolph and

:t'~ily

a.wai ting ue, Date:: with her infa.!'lt daughter, one

month old, and Daisy's motner who it\ a widow wtd lives with tbom. liY

.,
'

.l

'

I J.A.U. pg. 558-B

YY UOTirm' 3 J,B1.'T"3R, 1902 ..

!558-E

eyes filled with tears as Rudolph took my hands in hio and, with a
look that wae fo.r more expressive than words, wald," I a'U so glad".
I had four frien(ls vrith me and if ever I should seem too enthusiastic
in epecl:inr; of nudoiph and .V'illiam, of the work at 31 tka or elsewhere,
I would like my friends to testify to the fairness of my statements.
Jll_..

0ne friend asked me later, "Did you eee the tei·a in Rudolph's

"

eyeo'.?"

•TJC6tt

Yea. I had seen them and those eyes followed. me end. always

seemed to repeat his worde, •One of my Bryn

Ma8W

friends.•

I shall

be glad to show you and nll interested some of the silver spoons he
·
hnd
make~,having no 1natruot1on and with only one tool except a bit or

,

·..

a~

old

razo~

"' which he has fnshioned to engrave with.

I hope some

friends will bo so pleased irhr:.t they will order some for.Christmaa
presents. This would enable him to rmm.in at home during the !season
when touriate no lancer vioit Alankn.(I believe

l~other and

sent Rudolph a set of tools for

they returned home

but he could not use

the~

eng~aving,after

saticfuctorily, preferring that bit of old

razor which he had embedded in a handle of lend.
made to push away fro!ll

t~e

:b,ather

The tools were

workman while the Alaskans and. Rudolph

. a
too alvye drew theit tools toward

th~.

But it was

' cll.l!:lsyn marTel

alw~ys

to me how he could do such small and fine vork with that piece of

or

razor. B.F."I.)
'7e

bought the last

e~o~na

he had and know that before we lett

81 tka he was busily P.t work to m!'.ke more be tore the 3teamar Q.ueen
should arrive, when he alwaJn has good sales.
This was
•

Wednead~v end

the weekly prayer meeting was held in the

1 arge eehool room for tho ohurcn wo.s not quite finiohod. Probably

twenty five of the tourist! from our nhip wero present and although
at this

~eason

a large number of Indians are away gathering their

•

l!Y IlOTIBfl'S

L~TT:r.,

1002.

.T .1.. ~7.

winter supply of wood, rish,

PC!• 558-C

bnvo boon n bun-

berriea~c.,thor~ ~uat

drGd arid fifty Indinno there. The

~oripture re~~in:

and exvoaition by

l!r. Austin wna interpreted by a youna Indian, Cl.I.Cl'lie by na"lo. llo has

a small· store in nitka nnd docs a nioo buaineoo in the tourist aenoon
end 1a

known ca· un bonoot and

OX&:":lplarJ

Cilriotion. The intor:pretntiol)

into the Thlinket io needed as tho oldor Indiana owmot epcnk :msJ.iDh.
The tirat prayor woo offered by an Indinn girl,in

tin's request and,

I

~alioh,

at Ur. Aus-

feel auro would havo strengthened you in your

work, could YOU have listened to tho thanksGiVing for and ornoot plead-

tor a blessing on tho friends present o.nd in the
tioned your name in hio prayer, ao

•

. The singing was all in

~glish,

~r.

Eudolph oen-

~.:;ust.

Austin buys ho

inv~iubly

doos •

by the boys and cirla of the ochool,

aave ono h:p.mn in tho no.tivo toq.guo.

Not once did ur. :.uatin noed to

prompt. ~orso or a ~'lml imr1ec:Uatoly f'ollowed by one or two prayoro
WCB tho Order CD is the USUal cuatom.

Such tervor, such rnpt

it ever witnessed.
and

oxpros~ion

of countonanco, I have ooldom

To have listened to Rudolph's voico in axhortation

pre.yerjto his mother and sister and her huobWld twd. to :Jc.ioy's

Jnother 1 repays me tor the long Journey thi thor, wore there no other

\

compensation.

them a

Yr. Austin desired mo to

px~tm~

ope~

to

th~

briar moaaage ot prayerful intergot

and I bore to
~~d

our Sunday Schooll told tham how eagerly vs listonod to
from Sitka, hov 41llium'o"Doar Father"

1~reasod

retere:o.oe ia to tho lettora of '.filliw:l

l~iller

who was boins eduoated.by
•

thaD.~.

and

love from
~e

lottera

moved us. (7he

./o.lton, liudolph's oon

nohool, et that time. )

At the

cloao ot the meeting we were surrounded by a group or oagor raoes, ;
enxiouo to ahuke hand a and ·soma oalled me 'Hothar•. It

to

\'fD.B

all so do-

' honor
\ighttul. Hot only nudolph but, butTc}
all who reapeot add
1\

\...C-

~'

J.A.U. pa.558-D.

550-r

Til-yn ::u~r 1 ~ a hounohold \:lord.

To

thon

oar~

~.yoolf

thi ::3· prcyemcetinc we.o the crowning pleu.e-

I

ure of tho tr1~, and I/ fool sure this via1 t to 31 ~o. has left a.n 1m/

pr0~010n On DOUU Of OUr ?UDSQn~Ora t~t muat yeild SOOd for this

mialion ond
'Jo 1"..00

th~

I

Indi&l.'n

C:lu:~o gencru.ll~;.

t·.ronty-four ho".l:!'O nt iii tkn

El.nd tho following norninG I

vlaitud tho voul: ohoi)a, achool rocma, scroint; rooms domoatio
lllon t an<l lld.d a talk vi th \i'illiam.

anoi.t uu t

Eo is ver.1 sh:n :rofinad in appeo.r-

anxiety il! tel t tor h1 o !-.cul th. Only aood vas spokon

Gv&ilJ

was

of bim uml ouo too.ahor t oopocia.lly 1 OOl!lr.lOndo.tory •
i

•

do~art­

I looked into

Ru<.lclp!1' s ootta5o c.~i11 und a.n h~ur Wld ~ore quickly pusoed uhila I

.talk~d with tlur.n· about tj1eir ~">lano

tor

Tio.at and lt.:lJ.rn tho oilverarnlth's trn.de.

Buur,l huo the oubj ac1. under
a11d ::rs :.uatln

er on

TlhO~l

~cal::

:r

llrs •

con~idorutlon.

.rm~eo

It wa.a n

lie hopoa to

or

00%30

tho 'Jo:mm'e

Joy

to hour

ur.

of Rudolph as a oonscientlouo Chriotic.n, a help-

the:i louncd c.nd· wi tllout whoc thoy would soc.rcely kno\7 ho\7

to :_>roeooJ. '"lou l.'"noV
until

tl7.o future.

h~

o<Ju you a.-.,d ou1·

i:J an 'Slder in the church. nut I must vait
~unC.ay

3chool for turtllor pa.rtioulo.ra.

In the LLi"torno:m \fll vioi ted nudolph' s sister, mother and Jwnes
J'~ckuon

in

t~le

lio.tiva villuge or nunch no it is called.

They too

aoen to fc:el thoy bolonc to Bryn l!uwr friendo s.nd euch offered a
'potlatch' wlJioh,..-o shull ulwu.ya pri:;:o.

Thoy wore dow to tho wha.rf'

to ac.y coodb:~c and their tender fo.rewolla wor~ touohinc indcod. Our

Cuptuln w~o obliged to unil aamo diatQlOe up· the harbor to turn bia

•

ship around

but nudolph, Jwneo

when wo rctur.tod und

W6lVOd

~~nd

Suooio wore still on tho whnrt

thoir tarovells until, -zith a good fP,o.au

I could oct:ol·ocl,y d.iooera them.

I

\

558-"

"Again o..'1d nguin I have thought of.l3iahop ?otter' a wordo ne

.

peculiarly a't)plioubla to the Indian : 'Tl:oro o.ro loot
aye, end

Of

gold, Whioh MVO long been

::li!JOiD[! fro~

~iocos

tho

of silver

_r.~at!:er 1 B treU.... I

ury, and l:.avo be on tro..."tpl.ed under [e::root or :::mn: 1 i ve:3 cro"Ndod ao
~ull

ot cruolty, penury nnd vice, thut, thouGh they ere God'o child.

ren, they thee sal vea do not even droel::l it.

D'.lt if you ov.n fincl thSI:l

in the =ira, if you will wo.ah them in your teurs und bumish tbao
'back to brlghtneso and bec.uty by your putiont Wld loving touoh, you
find on thm the image of Him who mude

th~,

and the superscription

ot 'Hi a immortal children'."
I teal that the Dryn lluwr Presbyterian Sundny Gohool

~

becm

pe~tted to do a little of thie work, and I moat earnestly pr~ we

'

may koop love's condlo burning vnd be dlligan/in eea.rching and

ilaithfully yours in Christ, llu.rr1ot l...lilbur."

'bumi rJhing.

It is not hard to aee ho11 I cu.mo by my miosionnry intorost with

auoll c. devoted ond dovouta Christiwt l!other, tho I oonnot reou.ll
that ahc evor even S'll'mested tha.t I

so into :.aosion

work, t1uch less

u•god mo to do it. I do not doubt, however, that aha

~rayed-many

timea that I miGht be called to do eo. ::vhon herpro.yer wao Wlswered,

it brought

a

deep .joy but with thut joys thoro we.e much pain.

7e

ho.d gl'o'oJil so oloao together that eho could not let mo co zo ru.r s.wo.y
w1 th out keen suf'!tring, joyoua as cha wo.a that ahu wu.o the mothor

or

n

~1aaionar,y.

~oautitul t~o.ila led up I~dian River on bo~ aidoa. passing
thru

"'mlle,or

T~!.n toree~~,.ot

a quarter

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upruce. The ,one on tho

·~.
BOt .back Of
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~i~sion

oide po.ssed

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tho lTGot a."ld onoe in ~ whilo
Anna end
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I wo~lld out be.~ llo':le thnt wo.y but 1 t wo.s roo.l ttork. FDJ.lon lo~ do ...
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oaye'i very elowl~~d otherli would f'all on top eo \hut wo ho.d
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Indian

TO THS ALASKA

S~CTIOU.

J.A.U. PG•

Hiv~

There are a few incidents that hove not been included in the
previous account of our life in Sitka that I wish to preoarve and
~re recorded in theac pages.

One of our favorite walks wae to Indian P.iver, a half nile !rom
naven' s l\est.

J!."ven before Anna ea.':"..e I would wander out there when ·

etrenethened

and

tired end lonely to be soothed by the bea.".lty of the wilderness, tho

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musi o of the river and the new view of the bay u.nd the :r-onn tains
Anna and ! went there very
soon u.fter sh.J cane to the 1Test and

sonetime~

wex tool: the babies

in the baby carriage 1!rs Brady lent us.
~he

road that led from town to the 1Heeion continued on passing

bctv1een the hoepi tnl nnd the Day, by tho liodel Cotta.gce and then thru

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the fore:st whose trees co!!tpletcly archon their branches above it .. to
end at a rude suspension bridge a little way from where the River
tloved into the bay. A very pretty rustio bridge that spanned the
river there had been swept away be fore I oai!lc to Sitka. and while
the sus-pension bridge -was not beautiful it stayed

ther~J

a.nd foot

travcllera were able to cross to the trails on the other side. The
River wua about as wide ns the ~na~i but filled with rapids and
bouldere end in 1)1n.ees the big treee, some of them seven feet in rt

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disr.!etcr, met above the aparklinr; water in many places. The desor1p
tion bl' :Rushrod .7. ·James, a Philadelphia phy:.doion who had tra.velJed
in Alaal:a is true to life and I copy part or it from his book"Alaskana." Altho he i

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mi etaken in saying that Indian River was the only

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source of ~nd water in or near Sitka, an he d~es in his notes. There

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were fine mountain streams almoet everywrhere. and ii·-.aa-..ve..ry rare
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indeed that the Nati vee como ther<, for water. The pri a onere from
jail hauled water fron 1 t e'be:-y day •.

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INDIAN RIVER, cont'd.

And its silvery·voioe forever
"Tinkles clearly, where the peb~~s
Hold th~selTes qgainat the ribples;
Or 1 t ·murmer a sweet oadeneas To the moss-grown stones beneath it,
SWelling out in louder carols
:There the shelving rooks and boulders
Fain would stay the limpid current&
Fallin~ then to tender whipsers
That the trembling fern-leaves only
Ray discern while drooping lightly
Toward their slender, dark reflections.
Then it turns in whirling eddies
Round the points of stones, all shattered;
or, it etops aivhile in silence
Where its shallow bed is deeper.
~orming smooth, pellucid mirrors, ~
pUre and bright as polished crystal.
On it flows through fen and hollow,
Under spreading trees, with sunshine
~raakinr, through in golden patches;
on, still on,e.e though its mission
Touched its he~rt with sweet comuaesion
And compelled
its tide to hasten.,. ____

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Under rudely rustio bridges,

OVer tiny pebbly beaches;
Spreading out in broad expanse!!!
And then shrinking closely, holding
Round its banks the ferns end grasses
That delight to lend their shadows
For the streumlet's decoration.
As 1 t nears the final closing
or 1 ts pul·e, undimmed existence,
SWift 1 t speeds, tha.t g1 eaming c~rrent,
Fair &nd ~eet it smiles and dimples,
And its every wave looks brighter
As 1 t 1 eaves 1 t a banks to mingle
with the oha.."'Ulel'13 ~ deeper waters. "
Dr. James has give a very true end beautiful description of
that beautiful little river that rlow6d many miles thru the valley

·Having its origen in the melting snows and springe of the Three Sis-

,.

ters.

Salmon a.ncende4 the river to spawn and natives caught many

with a sort

or

a gaff on long poles. Father end I had some fine sal-

mon trout tishin~ there on·one o! his visits but he did hate the
mussy, mesay &almon roe we had to use for bait as they never took
a fly and only rarely a e:9ocn.

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T~ BIG SADlON CATCH.
J.A.U. pg.558-H.
558-H
-{September,6,l935)
One evening some of the little boys who often roamed about

the woods and trails about the Mission after supper and before
study hour in the evening, came running to Mr. Kelly to tell him
that " They's plenty salmon at mouth Indian River. Plenty! try!
After ·a few questions Mr. Kelly told some of the big boys to take
e

the sein in the big boat and make a cast it it looked good. Away
they went, pulling with a will,It was less than a halt mile away
and almost before it seemed possible they had the net out and run
around a big school or fish.

Everyone who-could leave ran out the

road to watch the cast !rom the shore, the little fellows in full
torce. As the ends or the net were.brought to shore everyone who

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could get

a hold

on the ropes

help~d

haul and it was soon evpident-

taat, like that cast or the net on the Sea of Gal!ilee, there was
danger that the net would break !rom the great draught or fishes.
Over a thousand fish were caught in that one haul,so many that

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second cast was not to. be thought of. Every one who wanted a fish
had one or as many as they could use and the next day there was a
great time splitting and salting the fish preparatory to amoking
them.
When they were well pickled, they were hung in a frame building

~not

tar !rom the Nest and tires carefully prepared.

It

was late in the evening and that night we were awakened by shouting
and a bright light flickered on our walls and ceiling as we opened

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our eyes. At tirst we thought the Nest was on tire, then the Manse
and then we saw the smoke house in flames. As the

s~des

tell aay

we could see hundr!ds of fish on the ra!tere and poles getting x
Tery badly overdone and 1 t made us very sad to see so much good

Joocl.

destroyed, tor nothing eould be done to eave them or the builling.
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pg.558-I

~58-

The !ire had gone too !ar to save them before it was discovered.

or

course, sene one waa careless but it wao hnrd to place the blnme.
"Jhile I did not bum do\TJ1 -my moke house

my

firet attemp at

smokimg salmon was not much or a sucoeasJnltho the little fellows
thought it was great. After tour or five days pickeling in a brine·
that had salt, sugar, sage and aome salt -peter in it,I co.refully
started my fire in a

~all

building near tho hospital. The six or

eight !ish were hung wl th ctne and I went on with my work,r.lJ'mouth
wa_tering in anticipation of' 'mild s&ced snlr.1on which I loved dec.rly.
But alas, when I looked into the smoke hou!le after an hour or two,

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I found I

~d

too much fire,hence·too much heat nnd the fish had

cooked and mostly dropped in the sawdust fire and ashes.

;~na

sug-

gested to call the.little boys end did they nind such more trivialities as sawdust and ashes. Not a little bit and they had a feaot
that in .,art eecompeneed them for that and morning when they poked

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. among the ruins or that b*g smoke house and round not oven a tro.ce
of'

ch~ed

fish to ease their hungry longings.

But I tried

a~ain

for anlmon could be bouGht tor ten cents apicco and with just a tiny
bit or f1re·and

m~ch

delicious.

c~~ot

You

5moke and more careful watching the result was
buy !ish like that

f~D

being partly cooked

and only lightly anlted, they will not keep very lona. They certain-

ly do not have a chance to keep 1! I
The~e

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around.

were trails along each aide of Indian River. tha ono

on the lUseion aide
away and aome·time

passes back or the 11est, a quo.rtor of a mile

Ann~

and I would climb the steep little hill from

the F.iver and trsm, thru the woode to ·como out in our garden. nut

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not often for 1 t wa5

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to.Gk to go even a short di stnnce tbxu tl.LG woocis

uoopt 'on a trail. "i'hon trOSB fell tho~; rloouyod vory al.owly onu nu
othora toll on

«

t.h~

biG windfalla often torcod..

<Jnu wo..U.cl stu.rt to

olimb ovor a loa nnd finc.l anothor cnd climb to tllat o.nd beforo one
realiaed 1 t one 'Wuld bo ton f'eot abovo sround o.nd no sood ilu::/ to

~ot

down- OQBily.

Then tLere woro tho

ain~o

logs six or more £eet

in di01:2o.tor that had !r.Ulon yoaro nt."' und wore oom.pletel y covured
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with moa3 with otton a umo.ll evorgrtten grow in~ out or them.

'l'l~ey

atill had the alu:.pe of o. log and looked eolid but when one tlOi.Dlted
the:n thoy Tt·ouk suddenly givo 'flo.:/ and one would ax f'blc onesel/ii'u.ist-

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clee,P 1n crumbling dobrio ond porbapa no amt' s nest.

Unliko the pine woods the undergroitth wua heavy.

Thickots

or

victous thorn a,· woll on.lled Dovil' a Club,l7Qre eoo.tterod :;Ul ubout
Thoy are simply impcmotrablo. The t1oso in doop and o.fton hiuco owo
tiny rill o1· W£l.ter hole into which an unwu.r-.1 toot is apt to slip.
:But 1n epi teor all that 1 t is well worth wllilo to wunder tha1·o 1.a

on a aun.ny cii!\Y.
~okly

Tl.!.e

tor eDt no or

is lovely in 1 ta· carpet. or t;roQ.tl

dotted with bunoh-bsrriea und their clloery wlJ.it.e blosaamB

or brilliaat red berrieo: • lady-slipper orchid now and then and

other tlovara; huckleberrioa in their light groon teu.vos

t~.nd

red berriea; luociouo salmon berries in tho open gludea where

bl·iijht
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auu ahinoa bri{;ht., dark rod tmd yellow,in coi.mtloss t.houaonds.
' a:oro

often thon not a ruffed grouao goes roaring into a neu.rbJ" tl'O&, c.

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wood -peeker har.tmera musically on aomo grey stub., Wld perhaps a lit-

nook or tiny ruby throo.tod hunm1ng birdu, like Jewol& burls mid-u.ir,
hoTerabout eQDlc alluring bloom.

that was our back yard.

Yes ) 1 t 1n~u well worth while unll

It speu:ko Tolu:ws tor our baey 11vos thllt.

we fo\Dld time to uoJoy it only at rare intervlll.u.

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J .A.U. pg. 550-K.

55~

In winter title these woods were beautif11l in a new "l{ny wi tb alt•
the evergreens heavily hung with snow until the first wind

ca~e.

then

Rudolph a-d I would find ti!!le to wade in B.!!lona the trees, well bundled U!> to keep the snow out of our neoke a.."'ld clothes, and often we
woult5 find the
ter dress
when

a.¥td.

t~o.cks

of the ptarmigan, now snow white in their Win-

hard to see when they kept perfectly still e.e they did
·.Then we saw them they wer~ tooea.sy to kill for

fri~htened.

th~ seemed so d~b and slow to fly but they were so de~icioue for

food we did not spare
I don't

~~ppoee

th~.

Yet in all tho

ti~e

we were at Sitka

we had over two or theee dozen of

th~

all told.

Sometimes on Saturday afternoons when ! was gettin that wood

trom the other side of Indian River

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sno~ and have a ro~p in snow.

f~na

and I would get out in the

It w&s great fun ~~r we were too busy

to,enjoy it often.
I have told of sone trips I took with fathor but there is one
that wna unique and must be included, and that was our trip to
Redoubt lake the firot time he oaoe to vieit us. Always an ardent
fieherman and hunter

,?~ather

wns anxious to get at some of the bear

and deer that were so com.-non all nbout us.

So we got Rudolph and

one or his uncles to tnke us in a fnirlty large canoe on a hunt.
Our fist stop was in that little bay where wa were later wreck•

ed in the Bertha. I,andimg at the very end of that little bay we left
the uncle in the canoe while we went to look for bear in a marsh
Bearby.

~e

had hardl; gone ten yards from the.ahore before we found

places where the bears had been digging up skunk cabbages and claw'

ing trees.

'Ve went a little btioa

tarther and Rudolph asked us

to wait while he looked about. a little, no doubt because he could
go eo much more quietly. Ye
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a sharp lookout while be was away

558-.L

HU:UTil~ B~ARS.

558-L.

Personally, I had great respect for Alaskan bears even tho we did
not have those brown monsters that flourish on Kadiek Island. I could
n•rtorget that big beer akin that was given me the first winter I was
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in Sitka, fully eight feet long

fro~

tail to nose. Really, I had not

lost a."ly bear!
In· a 1 it tl e while Rudolph returned s.nd said, 'tl think we go back.
Dey 1 o too many eienl Too many bears bout here% We did not argue the
point but \Yen t back to the ce.."lo e and on to the head of Redoubt Bay
where we dragged the cnnoe over to the lake and a hard drag it was.
Redoubt lake is about five milee long by a mile wide. At one time
we,were told, the Ruesinns had e. se.w mill here on the shores of the
Bay but no trace of it remained. The·lake is eurrounded by wild and

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rugged mountains. with snow in the ravine3, and the sides coming
down steeply to the water. Still it is very beautiful and we went to
the u-pper end and up the 11 ttle river that feeds 1 t. ·then we three
went ashore ler.ving the uncle in the canoe.

A

short walk brought ue

into a considerable vnlley,V1J'ry wild and deeolate, where we ·could
look across to the opposite hills and
ed by scrub. 'Je
ed but sc"w no
Re~ding

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~at

o~er

the valley sparcely cover-

for a. long tiM.e watching to see if anything mov-

't~ears.

sown/the J,a!ce again aa night wao coming on, we decided

t" emend the niBht in the canoe and ran 1 t in under thick overhanging branches, that onmpletely hid us end mado a fine shelter for a
&gain

~e

her. fine wenther.

Supper wan cooked on shore and Father

and ! slept side by sit1e on the bottom of the canoe in the oenter
·with the uncle at one end and Rudolph at the other.

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·Daylieht carne early and a

rew crac~ers

and chocolate served !or

a snack tho the Natives would .not have bothered to eat anything till
a more convenient time.

Soon e.fter we emerged from oui' hiding place

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.T.A.U. :PG.558-ll.

D~n.

the Natives began to talk exci4tedly, in low tonee and Rudolph pointedt
to a small object in the ws.ter.,eome little way -off and eaid it was
the head of a deer

ewi~ing.

~e

hD.nds seized the pc;.ddlee, even

could just
~,ather

out the horns as ell

~ake

taking a hand, and dug in with

might and main to try to get within! a fair ehot before he reached
the ohore. It was a long chase and na my brother Harry said many
years before' e. otern cha.ee is a long one'.
were getting winded with our exertions.

·ye gained ru.clidly but

Rudolph

it becane evident that the deer would beat us.

w~a

in the bow and

Still we pushed on

with every ounce of strength we had, gasping and pent1ng. I reared
that Uncle, r.ho was not very husky, would split his exhaust pipe, he
he was wheezing and -panting at such a rate. The deer was nearly at
the shore. Rudolph dropped his -paddle, Grabbed his rifle and stood
in the bow just as the deer began to get a footing and rise from the
we.ter.:Bang went the gun.mtLt

There was n tlo.sh of gray and the deer

vanished in the bushes. 3e landed and it seemed we never would get
our breath ngain us I\udol1)h looked about. But ther"--e was np blood
end we decided we had not touched him. It wae no discredit to Ru4
dolph for after being eo winded with the lone chase, to drop a paddle, pick up a gun,

ai~

nnd fire end hit a moving object at over 100

yard& was a very difficult thing to do.
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or

course we were all dis-

appointed but tho lTc.tives he.d very little to say to each other and

it wao interesting end exc1t1ne anyway.
7e had breakfast at the falls, the ole

aa.~•

mill site and got

the canoe down hill much easier thnn we had got it up and slowly •
made our wny

ho~e

after Father did some fishing on the way.

I only got into the interior ot Barenoff Iclnnd, the one on •
which Sitke 's located, once and then only for a little way. A min·
ing

DA..~AOOFF

IS. INT3RIOR.

engineer by the

n~e

J.A.U.pg 558-N

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of Decker, hie

558-N

Rile and a pal who olatm-

brot~cr

ed to have been a cow puncher at one time, tho I always had my doubts.
a great feature of his big six·gun and one day I happened to

H~ade

pick it up to look nt it. He

started to grab it and then looked at

me ao be said,"There ain' many I'd let touch that gun!" 1 felt highly

oomplim·ented but I thou.:;ht he was a bluffer all the sa.!le. The three
of them'batched it in the back eeotion of the village and they had

a pile of garbacre back of one window that wae anything but sanitary.
I had

up an acquaintance with them and they seamed to
.
like me and invited me to fo with them to their claim back of SilTer
3truc~

Day and spent the night

a~d

I wcs glad of tLG chanoo to see sometbing

of the country away froa the coast. ·Gradually ascending the mountain

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the upper end of the Bay we crume into a high vnlley and saw
far down in the deep little valleys,
srnall lclces still nostly covered with ice altho it waa later in the

fro~

Summer.

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Rarther on we

c~e

into another and larger valley altho

still high up among the peaks, and could see the whole length of
Redoubt Lake miles away to the south. There were potchen of snow in

all- directions nnd in the eide of the mountain not tar away were
many small holes which the Beakers said uere the entrances to tunnels
where aseensment work was done.

There were a lot of such tunnels all

thro that section. To hold a claim a man must do a hundred dollars
·on his clai:!!l,
worth of work,every year. Ur. Brady had a ntmber of claime and he
and· J!r. ?atton, Mrs. Drady' e father spent considerable time working
on thfrel.

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Tim Haley, the Ialshman who lived next to the U1ea1on spent

moat of his

x~~ers %ka

on claims, but nine of the many prospects

eTer produced enough gold to make them pay.
.

~e

spent the night in

.

a rough but comfortable shack and rl!lturned the next day after the
Beckers had looked into some

or· the

claime. The trip thru the wild

rugged country a.1 tho not far from the coast was well worth while

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tor it vas so

J'.A.U.:pg.5~8-0.

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differe~/tram the coast recrion. Thora was scarcely

any bruah and no trees,while Verstovia and Shee were

almont to their very tops.

I

must have luGged

my

heavil~

wooded

large camera up

there for there are 5 X 8 photlos of that frozen lake end Redoubt
an~

It

the prospect holes.
It must have been my first Sum:ner in Si tk& that 1 had an exr

aspea.ting expari ence. The etea.":ler was in w!1on n :ce5senger brought

a note and a letter of introduction fron Henry M.Field(& man of
considera.ble fame, whose brother had lnid tho first Atlo.ntio oa:Vle~
1nv1t1n~ ~e

to come and take lunch on the steamer.

I wna detained

end when I roe.ched the ship they had gone to the table. Rather than

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interru-pt and finedi a place some.rhere. I got lunch a.t a reaturant
and returned to met Ur. Field as he cane from the oa.bino. lle ·was

courteous but was in tow of ±ka Govenor 3hea!ley but wow! there
wne the prettiest girls with

hi~

I had seen tor msny months and I

was stnrved for the sight or n pretty girl. She proved to be his
n•t~and

of

couraEe I was introduced.

was also on hand

and va~

But the Govehor's
non Fred
,.

attentive.i Now Freddie>as he. was gener-

ally called by every one 1wae a nice,ha:rmlees sort of a chap who
a sales -peraon
had formerly been a niiXk in a dop&rtmen t store. Thata is nothing
against hit'l ;but it indicates something of the kind of
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:But he was the son of TlO GOVENOR OF AJ.,A!JK.A!

11•tce

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~t.man

1ra1.

And woull that prett7

1'8.Y any attention to a poor !lieeionary'? She would not but
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laughed and chatted with Freddie while he toid her the most marfe/•~&

stories of the Natives whether they were so or not. I must have
.

been sadly out of practice for I did not succeed in dislodging
Freddie ,and she certainly was pretty, all in whife linen with a
c<nzrplexion or peo.c~e and orcum:
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558-

Sometime c.fter Anna had co·:ne to brighten Raven' a Neat Mrs .llath~

~~ird

came as a QUest of John D.Rockafeller.

wealthy woman, wido~ of a

r.R.R.

Urs. Baird was a very

high offioial and m~ber or our

church and lived at Uerion where she had built a huge house not~
far fron the station. I knew the older son quite ~11 and had been
at the Eaird's for f~ily dinner once or twic~.

ltrs. Baird was a

ldboly woman with grace of manner and fine poise but simple and

·friendly, utterly free :rrom snobbishness. Here oldest son,

Bd and

daughter 1:ario11 were like her in that respect and l!arie.n was with
her on this trip. '.'lc had heard that if she was not engaged to John
D.Jr. she was likely to be any day.
I went to meet them at the steamer and was introdacod to the
great

D. on the wharf. As he was know to be interested .in good
a desire
worke I expected he would express EX ±Htwxwst to see tho Uisaion
intendeo to
and offerax to show him around. E bad visions of a rat donation

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Jol~

to the M.ospi tal if not to the 1!1 salon as I kne'IY he was an ardent
Baptist.

Before I hnd a chance to invite him to see the Mission

he daid immediately,after the first greeting, "Doctor, »o you know
a good pln.ce to

ple.y'DU~

on a F.ock'? "

I was

considerably shocked

but told him cbhere was a fine place ne:1.r the hospital, the neareet
ao he wns not ready to go n.t once.
I knew J and directed them to it. It seems that I did not meet John
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D.Jr. anyway I do not remember him.

Mrs Bn.ird graciously visited

the llission and 6alled at Raven's Nest,but 1[ar1an .and Jr. were not
hosts
with her. "ie inTited her and her p•x'tK to dinner ths.t evening but

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she said ehe could hardly make the trip again and there was no carriage in town, but she thought bxa ~arian a.~d Young nockafeller

would be dtlighted end practically accepted tor them. We were in
quite a flutter ot' anti oipa.tion,you may be sure.

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"R EXP;;!CT YOrt11J ROCKAF:TI.L"SR

·.ro nnnr~n. ·

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J .A. U. :pg. 55e-;t Q,.

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l~eElnwhil e the ;}enior ·hud oo:rne to the cove neo.r the hos11i to.l
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end was busily playing Duclf on o. Rook or Duck on Do.vy

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we called

it for there were nice round atones of the right size for a fine
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plc.y. -:olhat v.-1 th the Bai:-d&-; things to get for tho dinner a.."'ld mail
I was too busy to go down ~ ~o the cove and probabclly be invited
to join in snd I bb.ve al~~ys been sor1·.v that I did not o.du :tkE a
.

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g~e duck on a Fock with 3o1m D r.ookafell~r td the other unusual
I

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experiences of my life in Sitka.

rr. Rock~eller

They pl~yod there quite a while.

hcd hie pel·aonal -physician 1Vith hi::t, a. well

known homoecpcthiat from Clevel~md but I have forgotten his name
nnd ho carne to tho hospital to have a. peek.

...

Imn61ne his surprise

and deliGht to·find en ample supply of homoaop~thic r~edies for

•

some of his s·llpply was

gottin~

low.

I told him to help himself

from ou1· atock and again had visions of e lE'.rge dona.tion !rom hie
llrincipa.l. ·allen ho left he thanked ne oordiully, glnd to see a

homoo in such a far off place

b~t

not

~ven

the pay for the

med~­

cinesmuch leas any gift tox the Eoepit~l wag ever received !rom
the grent Oil ~agnate.

To moka matters worao, shortly before the

time we lltJ.d aet for that dinner thn.t Anna. had prepared so carefully we recoi ved a note fro~ !:arion Baird e.a.ying thnt she Yas so sorry DUT ahe round that they could not

oo~e tor dinnert

So ye never

entertained the man who ha.s since become !omoua and he never ma.r·
ted JJ:ias Ba.ird either. l!y efforts to make

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\

\

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would aay

~o

n.n\\' imprint') a.a

AndY

not seem to have bean what m_ight be called a howling

eucoess. :But even tho we were peeved th!l.t

!,~ar1a.n

did not send us

word eerlier in the &fternoon,and gave no good reason for backing

out and I knew her quite well, we had a mighty good dinner.
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J.A.U. pg.558-R.

A TIT'!1'!'!i!lt_y LT-!TT~R FR07-~ JLOTH"3$.

A!! the followint; was fotmd too late to include in 1 ts 'Proper

'Place """ as 1t bel onss to the Sitka section and showo how Yother
loved me nnd the

d~epth

o! her cbnrceter I write it here. The other

letters that !ollow were aloo found too lo.te to be written in their
'Pro-per -places.

l~Y beloved P.ertrand, Twenty

~a

nine years o.so this uorning God

treasure of untold worth; and today, tho treasure is vastlY more

precious then even the!l -- notwi thsta.nding

daur~ter

pointment because the
has been more than
•

'

ga.~e me

ion he

~ave

to bis

y0111

father's disap-

he wished tor was e boy.I think he

re~aid and 1 a norry todP-Y far the hasty eJtpress-

teelin~~·

What a comfort you have been to us1

·How we rejoice today in your devotion to the cause of our blessed

Lord - in yonr

s~aunch

Chrietinn character and your

your -proreneion, ee-peoia.lly
cnuee tor thenk!ulnese.
manysided experiences.

surgery~

Y.ay

suoce~s

in ·

surely we have unbou.."lded

&

your future be richer still in its

God be with you is the earnest

~rayer

1

breathed to heaven !or you~ on this your birthday.
Twenty nine1!

ls it-possible that my younge3t is entering

upon his thirtieth year?

\rby

I was only about five and a halt

yeare older at your birth than you are now.

I con ecnioely believe

it possible until I consider how the years tell attar thirty-five

or forty.

At your age 1 was the mother of three children.

Yay

your darlinF: boy (11aby 11aet.) be as great a bleesinB to you, to

'

biB friend~, to the world an you have been.
Y~u spoke in a reoent letter of your narrow life. 1 do not
nnY
~iseion
work you would
from
the pulpit,
Your !rfenclllr.Ely aaid, with deop feeling

wonder you often !eel so, but,
reel much the se..'":le.

dear,~n

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~

that (l.!is5lons.rics,-:;er.c:•£llly) i"Ciund tho· acnc;o of lcr.linc~e ~n~ 3
!:solation,

WC.:.:l 00 {;l'Ct'!.t

thor

!!lUSt r..n.VC ~

.

Ua.stcr before :!.cavinG thoi:- ronn in tho

quiet h.nJ.f hour

n~:nin~

to so on in thoi'::r: routine· of thoir duty.

to

~'1-t:e

VIi th

the

1 t pooai'ble

Lot no urce you to moke

the t190t of ovary 01iPO!'tt.L'li tJ,. to let your lit;ht a.'h..ine; to got help .
!"rom contact vi th yo'.lr fcllo';'l non, whilo ;tour

proosu3

til~

with the

~ower

at6adio;.~t

thQre io in Goe. Nhan the Uastor bas a

broader fiold itt. ho vill curcly letld yo'..l into 1 t.

. how 1 could

dovotlon end

bs~r

e.r& co !:UCh nocdod did I not know you nre the

I.ord' s.
t:.::

w1 th you today. I nco you

thG J!oep1 t&l; tla.'Il, pcrcl!mcc, to the Rc..."lohe.

or

s~vatr~

forcrG l

and cheer; I ooe your

o~vinc.; tl~a::1

r~rl

*~ell

done%'

eo

from the Hoot to

I hoar your word G

lcid in bleGaing on the ou!-

'\Vi th S?i;ri tu<ll &..'1d "1hys1 col euoaor.

dear, in Go'l' e otrcn~: leun l:~d.Zll

the

I do not know

this acsenoc fro11 you at _a ti-:ne in life •hen your

B~pc.thy

In fu.noy I

purpoao 1m-

Do not

thin~

Go on,

ond ere lone you shalll hoar

of your or30ped

opportunit~~s. ~

'l'hir...k only of the !~r.ctc:r ~nd th0 wor~.:: for Eitn, tho ~all, think

or tbe \7idot7 1 a ~ito. ?on&!bly !~e wl:.om yon love and aerve soos that

yo·t r..re doinc more· th~ those wbofo

r-a tJ.::c.. s.m:

believe Gas led you to

n~c:

do.nc

I

ere on overy tongue. You

...-111 suroly go beforo

yon when He wiehcs you elemrhero. Be cOMf'orted by this tho~1&ht in
moments of sore trial to fnith. I

thoush you ao lcindly n::n;ux·a

•

possible onre
~d

no wishes

my son,

or

yo~r

tlO

e.m mxioue for your henlth even

thoro 1c

n~

noed. Take tho boat

body. It io ~1e tenpla where God dwells

~nny years

or aorvice

Yo-..z.ra dovotodly • lfother."

when this was writ ten-.

fro~ y~u.

"•·•••• Helievo me

liY Uother wue 65 yearB old
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J' .An. 558-T •

'Jhile l3ert baa been houoed we

l"LD.~e

been doing all eorto or :in-

teresting thingo. Dcrt got down hio bic box of sporting goodo and
we filled

j~tet

spring rtl!Jh or

lots or cartridge shollo ell ready tor the great
{!f!mO;

~

ptu.migon, grouse, ducl:s c.nd geuoe. Hundreds

of ducks o.re all:'eo.dy catherin~--in our front yu.rd( tho l>ay) Then Bert
has been carvin[t sO!!'le decoys out of threo inch cedar pltmk.

Tho

rough head a."ld body aro turned ;;.t the shop Wld liert carves the:n
end p&intrs th4C.

He had a nice !look or eanvns deooye to inflate

with air but n young, green end onttmsiastic oportencn shot thco

tor the reol article. It we.s

u.

good Joke but rt.ther annoying tor

they nre peppered too full ot holeo to be pntohed up anymore. They
were some tine ones of !!r. 71lburs that had descended to Bert who

bad carefully patched md gue.rdod then.
I

suppose you have been picturing us no frozen under, this

last month but we have had fivo weeks of perfect sunshine and the
days are o.J.ready oo long that wo do not light the lamps m1til u.rter
eight oclock. The wlndowo and doors nre open all the time and we do
not keep a. tire in tho house oll dts.y.

,ie

have wanted to picnic out

on the islands but at ttrst ncrt could not lenvo ~ 10 Hospitel tor
more than halt on hour and then he was sick in bod himself'' eo we

•

•

rowing over to the 1nlandb tor dinner and
hnYe only had our "icnic
~
comins b~ck right away but it waa lots of run. ~e were in our litit 1e eo nice betle canwas boat about as large as your ce.noo end
carries 1 t a.round
oau~e Dert. juet picks it up an his shoulders .and

to some Sheltered cove.
C •tain at Sitka, Ca~t.aoodu
of
our
new
a~
Did I ever wr it e yo
) · c1 then in
tho Uew York (in t.h'.! Spa.~ ish wo.r
an
the !irst
re11 who was on
11 or the war trom .... "'e· e.t Bl.iquiri • Cuba, oo he saw a
1 ted
Ch ~h
·
or newey and assoo &
-~ot • !Je Wt\8 a. olO.B8 mn.te
to tho 1 net· 61-!
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A~A'S

LETTERS,APR.&

SEPT.l8~9.J.A.U.

pg.588-U.

558-U ..

with him on the Buree:.u at ·.vaahington and on shipboard too. He kx

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letters of introduction to us frcn Dr. VanLenneiso we have
seen a great deal of him and ~-is Just absorbing in his accounts of

brough~

"

the Civil 7latWhen he was with Farragut."
Sept~ber

22,1899, To Aunt Helen Taylor.

"•••• 7e had

Dr~

Sheldon Jackson to supper

and

he huo just left to

conduct a Teacher' a Ueeting eo I shall have along evening though I
promised Bert to spend it getting a long eleep for

my da~rs

begin

early and a little di~·pation must be made up. The Revenue Cutter
,,

•McCullagh, Dewey's di~atch boat in the Battle of ~anilla that tired
••

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the first gun,and also the Perry are in the hB.rbor. Lc.st evening

...

Govenor Brady entertained !or them.
~

·;ve had Anna Rines, the most :re-

liable Nati:Ve in ·the llission come to be here

'

inc~ae 13aby

we went down to the party and had a very good time.
t

men.se~
1

awoke and

The Revenue

very nice on both o! these bo!il.ts. l'ho Captain is an e&l'll-

est Chtistian and has C.E.services on the ship. The Surgeon, tor a
time was a medical missionary,: in Chinn and is very
pleasant. As you mc.y11magine this is

and

inter~ting

and

unusual equip:nent ·!or a

Government boat. Bert was eo glad to get out and ue planned to do
aever.al things together 1 f our arrWlgemen ts were

suc~.:cssful.

When we got home the first a&und we he ~r•
.. w~.s our poor little
. man's lusty ory, and I hurried to him to find hie turned inside out
as to his clothes fighting withhis little a~s. Anna Hines, the reliable, was found a3leep on the floor o! .the closet o! Cora's room
wrapped up in two blankets and two quilts, the whole house and three

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closed doors between her and the Baby.
we leave the house.

That will

~a

the last ttme

I think we will just have to take·turnsland

it ie always eo sweet to be t_ogether )but t~e dear littte man is ao

•

5~8-V

infinitely eweet nnd precious we do not feel it a hardship to be

.

denied for his eake, only a gweet privqlage.

kn%~

Parenthood

means so much to us in this far away homo, where no one but Bert
o.nd me care a for the baby.

.Ve see every

devel opmcn t, every dawn

of thought and the marry little ecile und the eager ar.o extended
make our hearts so full thnt they do, sonetinea, overflow in tcar 8

or happiness aa we look deep into each others eyes; - - !ather and
mother:

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;!e have been adding again to tho 11 ttle Ueat.
just o. rough big wood shed with drying loft upsto.ira.

This time
·:~e

foun_d

we could steal one corner for a bathroom and we had a wrecked

•

Frenchman, a convalescent at the llospitul, make us a tin tub. 1e
in regard to freezing
eaw how easily and eafely~we could tap our boiler in the kitchen,

.
,......
the difference in the level bring 1 t to be near neiGhbor to the
.

tub. ( The k%k bath woom was a luxury, almost the only one in the

Capital of Alaska! but it 2equired some heroism to take a bath in
cold veather. The room was tiDy and the hot water·made it very a
steamy. Then in pajamas and bath robe we had to plunge into ·tho
icy woodohed, down a short flight of stairs nnd into the

the floor levelo and lack or· room making it
door thru into the house.

im?o~eible

~itchen,

to out a

Attar a tew etope thro the kitchen,

~

dining- room e.nd living roor.t ceme the stairs to the socond !1 oor

and they were both cold and drauchtYJ thru the tiny attic and eo
to bed. But it was worth it after years of sponge baths from a •
wash bowl: I! .K. J.) "!Jy la tes·t o.coor.rplishrnen t 1 s W1lshing end ironwashl udy.,
ing. or course I have had baby's to do but now my,tho only one
.

in Sitka, has gone into the
home.
and

I have a native

•oman

A-

res~urant

business tl.nd we wash at

to do the work but% I had to rend up

experiment before 1 could direct hcr.The first wash was u

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J\11rA'S L"':T'RP.~
9/lejl8!J9. oont'd. J.A.U. pg.558-·.v.
Cop! ed, 9/28/l 05.

sight to behold. I did not know about

w~shing

~58-7

in clear water after

bluing the clothes but hungx ther:1 up from the blu.e water.

Louisa

did not wring them very dry, so every place the water ran and

\

thed there was a fine blue watermark.

aet-

At the clothes line every-

thing had two indigo stripes with the white stripe o! the line belaundered
tween1 sheets, napkins and tablecloths looking ext~emely well,this
way. The shirts and theshirtwaists are rny special zare • llaving

..

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,,
tried the rag el;-ld the board method o! otaroh_ing I hope to strike

a happy medium tomorrow.

I really enjoy all these eXperiences nnd

t·t ia really excellent training for me against the time when

I

do

get a servant. I shall feel so much more confident.

•

~e

have a great deal of company, semi-im!ormally, to dinner.

(Dear Anna might have added and occasionally a dinner not so informal.

I remember one we gave to pay some'duty engagements' where

brilliant uniforms and st)lish WMtfMxms women were much in evidence.
'(

There wns the Govenor and his wi!o, the Captain of the Naval ves11

sel, the commandant

or

~arines,

lome of the other officers and

their ladies gathered about our table at
Y~app,

the Govenor's sister-in-law
~

"

.

d~d

Raven~

Nest while Urs.

the'pushing' in the kitch-

en and two o! the.taseion girls acted e.s waitresses. All went well
and we were very proud but some of our guests evidently missed
their wines, &he Bradys dld not use

liquor~

!or the amount of water

•ome of those brilliant uniforms with their gold lace, held at the
end ot the meal was appalling. That$ the way the women did in Sitka,
one give a dinner party and another coMe and manage::\ things in the

•

kitchen and not appear on the scenes at all. 71th such ineffeoient
servants or nnne at all, many a dinner.was made possible that otherwise never would hxa_have Deen.} "Three or four younb men drop in

•

conol~d

~hen

they

J.A..U.

•

558-X.

pr;.558-~.

for we feel that in this wiCked place we must keep

ple~se

~

open house, eepeoio.lly as we heard th:;.t.,yotmg mun had so.id thut the
saloone e.nd Dr. '.1ilbur's are the only places in Sitka. that He felt
were.open to him. There 1srra.11Vnothing in the village, not even
a library (this was before the 3dgecumb Club) and no young ladies

to call on during the winter.
books end macazines

and

3tl

sa.~e

ti~e.

and

From unother letter,evidcntly about

" The nevenue Cutters are in after their inter-

eating cruises and we enjoy meeting our friends on
very good

•

convers~tionaliats

eX:perienoes.
••

and

th~

who are

tell wonderful storiea of their

Dr. Jackson bas just coma from Siberia on the

laugh after transporting reindeed from 3iberia to

,,

read our

they seem very cratetul and do anumber

of little kindnesses for us."
this

we let thern come

/~aska •

,,

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The "Per-

ry has been cruising in the Arctic and was the first boat to visit
Attu (the last

isl~d

or·:the Aleutians nearest Asia.) The natives

were crazy for fresh food and clothes. They were willing to trade
all their winter' e work and heirlooms for anything from the ship.
All or the sailors disposed of all or their old cast orr clothing
getting valuable Attu work in exchange.

The ships surgeon, who oall-

~~

ed the other day had a dainty made from silk thKread for
1

t~mins

and tine grass, that he had gotten for a pair or old torn trowsers •
•

The ease 18 like that tine one ot Dert•a. They sell for about
eaoh end are becoming increasingly soarce.

~25

Tbey any that only one

old woman can ma.ke them and that none or the younga women are learning her art. It'6 almost the same here tor Tery tew or. the young
women are 1 eo.rn ing how to weave these baskets.

Some of them ere

really beautiful, though they are muo~ coarser that fETe Attu work.•

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J.A.U. pg 558- Y.

ANYlr!OkAITifiu!~ Asso.
'\

Anna was a

M~$onary

my mother w as eo
t~rs

kee~ly
J.,

558-Y,

of the National Indian As5o. in which
and actively interested with her triend

• .Amelia Q.uinten who was the president. The position Anna held
or

...,.,

was largely honary but she wrote some letters and made some reports

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one of which follows.

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. . . . . . .,

The Association had given money for a number

of the Model Cottages located near the Hospital.
"Living at Sitka within a stone's throw of the Uodel Cottages
and knowing their inmates intimately th,is positive personal 1fnowl/

edge may be of interest. If the work of the National Indian Associ-

•
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ation in other fields is as effevtive in accomplishings great good
tor the natives as I have seen it to be in Sitka,(and I believe it
is)we have reason to congratulate ourselves as used of Go~ for much
good.
·
The work of the Association is practical in its nature and
positive in its effects and to this Association belongs the credit
of emphasizing the need of Christian home life among the Alaskans
and of making the Christian home a possibility.
A serious problem confronted the rresbyterian home when the
first Native boys and girls had finished their course at the Training School. Several of them desired to be married and it se8med
·impossible to allow them to go back to the heathenism and filth of
the tribal houses of the native Tillages. Ther11 many families, a
~-ZKX«WKg~~x heterogeneous kinship, lived together in one barn~
like room; sitting around on the floor in idle gossip or quarrell.ing; sleeping rolled up in a blanket any place; eating when individually inclined, from a common Bowl of dried fish and oil. ·After
years of care and prayer end training in cleanliness and oi vilization how could they be sent back to such homes?
It was at this critical time, sixteen years ago, that this
Association came nobly to the .help of the Presbyterian l.'.:ission and
built eight small cottages on the Mission land near the Hospital.
(The money for two of them, in whole or it large part was given by
the Bryn ltawr, Church, Sunday School or individual members of the
church and were called the Bryn Mawr and ~iller cottages,In one ot
them Rudolph lived.B.K.J.) In these, after a Christian marriage,
the young people began their new life. The groom·had been required
to make a set of furniture , the bride to prepare the necessary
linen, the materials being the ir marriage dowry from the Mission.
Together they worked to make their small payments on their home, no
interest being cnarged.
The Cottage boys and girl·s, as we of the lUssion still affeotionally call them, take great pride in their little homes and each
has added something for comfort or appearance to the origio~/cot­
tage: a woodshed, piazza, scroll work, window boxes for flowers and
gardens. One has built and addition, almost aa big as the cottage
with a large bay window.
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TI~

l!OD:IT. COT'i'A(;-:::3, (A.D.-.7.)

.T.A.D'.pg.558-!.

Enter one Of the cottageo nnd a neat brightfaoed
you and will proudly show you her
twelve feet square

\

ho~e.

Wo~an

558-

Welcomes )

The parlor or sitting room

is carpeted and has a sofa rocking chair,table

and bookcase such as we would find in any comfortable homo and usually an organ or musical instrument of some kind and perhaps a graphophone.

In the small room behind this you will find a cabinet and

some pretty china end e few small trinkets cherished by the family.
The kitchen and the two rooms upotairs are less assuming but neat
and comfortably furnished with the usual furnj_ ture.

You will proba-

bly discover, too, the bright eyed little children of the family,
bashfully hiding, at first, and you Will find them neat and clean,
though perhaps in much patched clothes. Is not this little hoce a
very practical result?
The Uodel settleoent is popular.rt is now growing. Five new
cottages have been

adde~.

within three yeare wi tho·ut help fro!!l any·

eociety, some of them by d.lder natives from the native village. The
Cottage· boys aided by the lli ssion carpenter and 1Tission boys have
Just completed a large social hall cutting the trees and sawing out
the lumber

!~r

it themselves Govenor Brady allowing them to use his

saw mill· to do so, Bas tern friends , among them the Indian Assooio.tion· pr:oviding the necessary hardware, glass and

s~ooth

boards. Here

ther'hold
~
a f'ew of their religious meetings. Here, too, they have il
band practice,socill gatheringd and winter games, for the Cottage

e

e

Settlement is a happy• friendly community and during the winter the
center 'of'muob innocent pleasure, which ia encouraged t,o take the
placo. or the old heathen f'ensta and dances ·to which they were accustomed in ~he Native Villagee.
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(E'ollow with pg.558-AA

J .A. ~1. PS• 550-A!:..

'l'iYo Yoara u.,;o this

• .S;:::,/)

,__...one
s~~

ba~d

of tllo !.!ission workora

of CottagOra oont re;>reoontr.tiveo to

55

ooyin~; we h"vo been curried lone e.'lou(;h

liow sou hal;> uu to form a oooiety to help tho other natives in the

·

Villi age.

'

A~

o reeul t"

fhe

H.,... Covent Le.:;i on,, was f ornod, tul<: ins- for

ita l!lotto tho to:.:t of a atronc aer:oon Gov.,or J:rady preached

ur~:ing

the:n to give up the old cu o toms, "Old thinga are pus t wrey, Behold$
1.11 thine;o c.re beoooo n 0\T. "

up tho old

n~tive

::ach e1 en od

ll

pl edsa pron:J. •ins to gi vo

oustono und superetitiono; to abstain

from intox-

icating liquor:, ;>rofani t~d Wll=lblina: t_o observe tho atabbuth• to
be eo.rnust induDtriouo Chr-istiu..'lsJ

to be r:w.r1·ied. by Christiun

cere::tony a.nd nod not by the native ouetoo ot po.y pr presents • 4'lds

•

society hao uocoraplishad great good. 1..11 but two of the sixty or
moro mauburo have stood loyally by thoir plodt;o.

!zo what heroism it has required to do this.

tribal disgrace it hns

entailed.~eside

~

Pow ot uo

OM

recJ.-

Tho ostracism, tho

thg aocial and rclisioua.

league the Cotto.ge Loya hnve a. z·aHt;!OLle leaGUe. Hearing tht£-t the

31 tku .Bny c&nneri es reruocd toh11·e e.ny na.tivca lnet year, those boys
w1 th one of than,

~""~eeer

Sicpaon, CI.B their

leude~,

bull t tine, new

dr~ by wt
Tho cunncry uup~rintendont

.fishing boats tJ.nd o.rmed with a proper lct.,-o.l contract

etton1ey, sailed
Olltlo

lu~

a~~·

to the cnnnur,y.

io tho wlllirf tallin,;; tlla:a i t would bu "" £00d tor tlla:n to h:atf;

wou.ld &:llploy no na.ti vea. I' a tor apoku up, "You think vu t..re like

tho~Killisnoo

nutivtia, but we are not, we Qro Christiun nutivou.

The auperintondent
lookod at;ain, this time at tho boats," '.lhere did
,. (I

70u got
•

them~

1e built them ourselves.'' ond the reaul t? They went

away with the order to build two boata ns well aa a tinhing contro.ot tor tho entire seuaon •.

J.A.U. pg. 558-TIB
Tho great neod of tl>e Alneke.n pooplo io to lenrn the v"lus

self

eup~ort,

0
They are et111 a roving race following the seal, the

tieh, tho berries and the deer; ;>erhapo, workine tor a time at a
cannery or a r>ine but a bo•mtiful nature providoo all tho need and
work grows irkeo!!le (Tho natives, that io tho older ones kept pretty
bnsy gettinz their !oort in eUM,.,er for t},ewintor

an~

the nen did a

larce ohare nr the work, not lonfing eronng While the wonen did all

th~ hnrrl

John ns in the caoe With the Plains Indians. Tl!e boys vho

were trt.ined nt the School wcro cortc.inly steady nnd trd thful wo>·kera, >71th few c:.::ceptiono, e.nd were nnxioue tor employment, lJ,.r,., o.)
/,t :Ji U:n there io no rezular

\

""'P~cnt

to:: the Cottacre Boye

so they oo they nust be awey fr<>rn home "'""Y r.>onthe at " t!,e to get
wort at eooe mine or cannery.
As lona an the larae rrooby.ter!a.n
School nnd lloop1tnl io at S!.tka end, an account of the large ..,oun t
Of rtoney invested i t Will probab!Hly always be there,Sitko. Will be

the center· of effort tor the Native people, If the Cottege settlement 1 n to continue and to grow in the boot way, it ou1:11 t . to be
Poeetble tor the people to live there and eupport their !emUies,
as well as well as to heve the development that comes from regular
emplo)"rlent.
A cannery at this point, it 1a believed, could be
mado a success with a saw mill to prepare the boxoo in the seaton
when the salmon are not running,
cost about

~30 0~0

To put up sttcl1 a plant would

and there ie every reason to bolicve that it a

would yeild a fair return on the investment.
The art

or

Basketry, as practiced by the

Alaska~

women ought

to become a supporting industry 1r encouraged and protected,

The

traders give very little tor the baskets, taking advantage of winter needs or sicknene,

I, myoelt, have seen one give eight dollara

.,. '--.A10444zauz;;;;qaqa ... U¥ ewe;;::::;;

QW
Jl 412 - tp.;a J,,J.-~?JRU$, %§#$P4JJ .£ X 2 ..
.

·~··-"

:q

J.A.U.pg55s-cc

credit on purchase: at the trader's store, tor three baelteta, wh.!
the trader would lnter sell for thirty dollai>o\' apiece!
The lluth·o•s
\. su'"•or curket, tho tOUl"iots, ask for gaudy ooloJ
and eu;•, Iii B.'llon d dye o which hove <>llilo at en t1 rely re

~1-uc od

the o ri (

inal, truly beou tiful lla:ITve color•, Our Indian Aosooiation has be
tho

S'Jn

~;ood

:vo rlr or teuohin g the younger generation the art ot

buoketry end hopco with incrsasc of funds to

incr~ase

by offering prizes and buying all work that cones

t:br.n:

lrllllllllll

up ali W4Xk

to tho highest eta."ldard or perfection ot dye,

Do these
·SO ci •<lo

~

the induetry

fo·:~

,p~>ttern

illustrations thro;r auy light on the domestic,

reli gi ouo end bus in e e s progrc e.• of the

..u ... ekun

na t1 ve a 'I

If ttey do the ::"-tionul Indien /:.saooiation can share in the reJoi-

'

cing for ito r:odcl Cot tago Settlement has been the center from
which the new tlovornent sprung.
Do el:eptics ask for unwult.rable argul!lent in favor

l'oint with j c;r to the 31 tka

><od~l

or

mhaions?

Cot tggcmont, the tL.irtoen Christ-

ian hom en who oc r:o there hava " l.:o the:r' s t;rayermee ting every
afternoon;

:/ho~o

>' r iday

father's are leagued in an effort to be iadustri-

oua brendwinncru: To tltiu settlement where ull work together to
carry to their people the knowledr,e o! "tho lllood or the llo" Cove-

nant, which waa shed for many for the romiselon of sino."
lfote, I Said at the be(linning

Of

thie that 1t

WllO

a report but

Anna tells me it was a paper read before a necting o! the Association
after
return from Alnoka, The tirat part ot the pnper rewhich
wae her
onitted

'

ters to a 'veteran 1!1soionnry• from Alaska being preaiont but sl1s
cannot recall whether it was. !lev. 3 .!le.ll Young or Dr. Ghel don J aokson.

,

FCUTITH 0? JULY OhATIOJT ,189G.

J.A.tJ. PS• 558-DD.

In 1896 Capt•rendleton who was Commandant of the Marine corps•
ceme to

~e

and said I was to make the at««x address at the Fourth o.

July celebration and ae he was the chairman of
range~ents

th~

Committee

or

Ari

that settled it.

The celebration wae a !eative occasion in which all the town

t:

joined and as the last and biggest event was the canoe race o! the
Hatives they all turned out in:t their Sunday best.

A plnt!orm wae a

erected in front of o!!ioial building at the side of the parade groun
and

here the Govenor and the dignatariee gathere~ and here the orator

o! the day delivered hie address. Races arid contests tken followed
these~exercisee,

which began with a prayer by the 2usa1an priest or

the lrin1ster !rom the :Uiesion and included the reading o! the :aeolar-

~xa:.txmtilrf'rmtds:ma

ation of Independence, the Govenor presiding and introducing the speak·

•

ere.
So I wrote

speech with much labor and then committedted it to
in the woods
memory and went orr to an unused building to speak it aloud, oTer and

over.

my

I had it well in mind when the great day arrived,

The weather

which had been clesr all morning began tel cloud up about noon
when I

to apeak, after the Rovenor'e introduction,a nasty driz-

a~ose

zle began.

and

Some officiel,I don't remember whom , hel4il an umbrella

over my head as the rain

increased and with the increase or the rain

the crowd began to dwindle tho some layal souls staid right there.
I like to think that it was the rain and not the apeaCh that
~eople l~aTe.

the

In !act,I'm sure it was the rain. It any of you ever

tried to make the

·~agle

scream en the • grent and gloriQus' in an ine

creasing rain to a crowd standing in the open with
with an umbrella over your head thru the

•

ma~e

1

d~ipping

Dl

a man standing

drops o! whioh you

see your more and more bedraggf e.d audi enoe slowly fading away, well

1

FOURTH OF JULY ORJ\TI011,
55
You know how I felt &nd how the damp ( preferably spelled Without

the p and followed by weather,) gradually

thuaiaa~ and

!!W&olu.·~ got

into

my

en

the 3agle seemed to have caught oold and would'nt

eoream, It takes a real orator to whoop it up under conditions
like that and I ~~ no orator.
But here is what I said,as I stood near the Govenor With the
Naval officere in full dress unifortme 1111d l!arine ott'icere in brilliant regalia; Judges and

u.s.

attorney and all the ot't'icial family,

After sort or an apology tor being there,putting the blame on Capt.
Pendleton and some humeroua remarks about theb length ot my address
both considered
and good tor.m as the beginning ot any

necessa~

euoh address, at that time, I launched forth in tho t'ollowinga

•

• It muet be Unnecesaary to tall any Jlmerican assembly en Jul:v'.lth
why •they are come together,

w~ the flags wavelthe cannon boom or

why t'ingere or thumbs go ab,vward With the ""l!)Jce ot bombs and gun•
that are not loaded, To attempt to do4 so WOuld be an insult but

there h much that IIUJkes tor godd and 1ncre..CLaed loyalty in. Calling
to mind again the events we are hera to commemorate,
that remarkable document, the Declaration or Independence,
Which we are to hear read today,ia not hle only cause or this celebration With all these signa ot pride and happiness, The Declaration ot Independence, r taka 1t,is but

~

edge ot' that entering

wedge that split ue from the old English block, It but marks the
line along Which Jetteraon and Franlltn, Adama,Gatea, Green, SUl-

•

liTan, Wane, l!ad,JJad A::thonJ?Iltark,Paul Jones and
to h., out, in an agony
American Liberty •

o~ hero 1o Belt'

YaahintonQ~t

surrender, tA;a tiMbers ot

were

't

ORATicm, J'TJLY,4th.

71th that Declaration

J.A.U.pg 558-FF.

oa~e

55

tho events or the Revolution and the

even more serious days ot the building ot our Constitution.Like king
ot little monarchies, the representatives of tho different Colonies
·met to foree tho bandll'fhet would hold them together, forever. Purhep
nothing in the war itself was so serious as this. At times it seemed
as though ell the sacrifice, the struggle, the blood of '76 was in
vain.
teat.

But~ men

ot America,your fathers

a~d mina,were

equal to the

Guided by tho matchless patience and wisdom of General >Vaah-

ington, from the contusion arose our Constitution and as Colony attar
Colony adopted itk Amarioa, our America, began her splendid career,
In Ktk M:ece thdeo times, great with many groat men, two seem
to ·me big in their superior greatness, Gen. W'ashington and Connnodore

•

Paul Jones.

I believe there 1e record or no greater sea fight in hietorythan that
the Serapta and Bon home Richard, Y.ben we re.
1 U.'ll bebetween
r 1n g
member the lllll!alut:x of merchantmen that Jonea had tor a fighting ahip-'
her stubby bows and heaYy movements and recall tho euperior

suns

of

Old Brittan and how Jones loot all hta heavY battery at their first
diechargu, it was a miracle that he ever won, See that man, sublime
in courage' most of his officers gone1many wounded! prisoners escaped, hie. ship shot thiough and through, yet, in it all,he stands a
pert eot master still • "Have you struck • shou ta the li:ngl iahman. "Sir"
replies Captain 3ones, " I have not yet begun to fi8]1t1"

And

•

yet the man was greater than we eee him there,

In later

lite, though disappointed again and again by Congress, with promise
atter promiee broken,hav1ng well earned the f'leg ot an Admiral but
never receiving 1 t do we find him sulking o·t turning traitor"?

'

Cnt.Tittr, J"tn:;y 4, :O:(:;{~~Si
J~JC

True ever, to his

'

&t

55

·.nv--- bo 1!4ld not even try to run tor l'residentl

Not raul J'onea1
lite of

J .A.U • PS• 553-GG

1095.

l~aerioa,

adopted land tho it was, ha lived tho

strong, bra.ve,;uttri:as patient, unoelfish pu.triotism end

diod as ho had livod, a mnn indood; courteous, gentle, true to t
triend and too alike: ever placing hio country bof'orG himaolt •
. Of ./D.shincton' S skill

not know·c

QS Q.

gonorol is thoro anyone

tlhO dOOD

Is there one who does not know of his nobility end plU'-

poso in lifeJ of his wisdom snd parsoveronoQ?

,\mericans, we

m.ey

woll thnnk tb" God or America for a country whose !o.thor wn.a auc.h
a mnnZ

~earoh

whore you will, can you finda a

gro~ter7

Some have

surpassed him in winning continuoua vivtorieaa saae may hnTe excelled hi.J:l in one point or amothor.

But looked at e.a a

we find such a nearly perfect combination

ond best.

'

o~

'C!ll1

where ahnll

all tlu:lt 1a higbeat

Uelt oontroll, unselfishness, loyalty, clear headed und

rv.pid judt;emen't end. wondertul wiodtm

Join in Qoorgo Jashington

to form a oho.rc.oter thnt must ever. atond u.o the highest type ot
/\lnerlcan aunhood.

Tho wintor
It must be ao.id

or

'71 ond'77 waa, perha.po, tho 4a.r.keat. ot the \ifar.

*i th

ahm:1e that the desertions trom. the Continental

army were trenandous.

Dut did ever a tiner apirit shine forth than

that. ot. 'Ju.ahinat,on' o on that Christmas night when hG crossed the
Delawo.1·e above Trenton'i'

'that 11aa 1 t to him if hi a (IGnoralo oould

not or would. not help him?

.ntat oo.red he tor the leo or tho snow

or even the wet powder in the gunal of' his men? "G1Te thm the bay-

onet'Yaa tiul hio 1mmediate o0Il2l4ond.

So he fought and conquered.

t}uiet, determined, otrongs dr•ing hio power from Divine spr12'lga,
deeper ond purer ·t.hon mony
dit'ficul ti oo.

ot us t'ind,

ne meota and overcome a all

1

1

1

ORATIO!l,J'TJJ.,Y ith.
558-

'

But you are Justly impationt for all that has boon prepared
tor you. !a there a day oo dear to tho boy•a heart. ae this~ Do
'

you remember how we leaped from our beds,

J~ed

on our clothee

hurried out of the house in the dampness or th811: morning of the
Pourth ?

DANG I

J onny

come a by. "Hurrah,

J onny I I

a o t mine ott :It

fi rat I •. "'Tel>l , mine made t:to re noise any way" nn ewer a J onny. And ao
the cle.y begi.ne.
. Pathera:

Let ua keep alive these

boys end girls.

J~Y•

in the hearte of :tJuo
our

Let us enter with all the old-time zest into the

peculiar happineaa or the day and with the noise and emoke let there
be 1\'rely taleo of thoae stirring dn:rar ot { he aon who atruggled end
~oughtJ or the womem who aurrored and prayed.
I

There are great and beutitul leesona for ue all to learn1

'

i
. are
:
there
opportunities for ua to follow those giant

ali otua muat oome higher

ond

To

better thoughta,nobler patriotism

end purer een-toe aa we read and think
I

footete~s.

z

or

those daya or '76.

·' So lllhall thta day, as it rolls to ue anew each Year, meen

mor• than amoke and noise end the overflow of youthful '"':'thuaiaom.
lfith e'ach return our hearta shall quic.kon to more unaelfiah loyal-

t7Jto loftier devotion.J to a more pert'eat eervioe to o·ur country
aDd to our God."

rt

the truth ia to be told this effort was

n~t greeted~.

With tremedouo enthusiasm. The applause waa quite moderate, in t'aot,
and dolidedly damp!

One old sargeont or llar1nea, shook my hand.

warr.iyl ... aa he said, "I kn.., yu ould do i.t , Doc. I

'

]m.,...

yu a

ould d~ it." I appreciated thnt but I was not greatly exilerated
at the result but rather depressed.

~

Kay, 1902 I wttended the Geheral Assembly at the Proaby-

ter!&b ·Cnurch which met in New York, aa a Oommissionar trom the

J.lncku, u.o I """ n

mcr::~bor

J.4.u.fr . .LI.
of' the Al n al:n :r re sbytery,

~- t

tha. t time

being e.n ·ac:er in tho Sitl:a l:nuve church, nl tho r hnd oeverod lll.Y
official connection with tho l:iso1on Iloarcl end wne living at Ardmore.

\

I mud o a 1·o;:>ort to the l'reo byt ary, curly !n .Tun a c.rur t"ratn the.

I copy the f' oll orri ns no· tltat Ao s oably was en importnn t one and
the only one

l

over uttond,

pagea und I tu!-:c u

The report covero nore tlm t'!ve tyPed

pt..razr{:.p~1 here and thoro.

"!Jy beloVed Brothren of the Pre3bytery.

ccrely

~1d

I want to thank you ainearnestly !'or appointing me ono ot' your repreaontativea

to the General '·•ser.tbly.
I can well e>e;>re a& to You.
ens our point ot view and

'

It wao indeed noro or a privelege than
It is a wand crtul ex;> er1 enoe ond broad-

op~s

our -..oa to the eplendicl organiza-

tion und wise oonduot of the aff'uira of' our religiouo body,

It

makes one f'••l that instead of' balancing only to a omall oongrezation in a little out-of-the-way corner or tho earth every mOMbor
of the Jresbyterian Church belonga to a trvnendous working force,

*•

tLo feeling or bienoas 11:1d :power o:r our organization f'oroon

iteelf on one's mind there comes a sense or strength and oouraeo

for new efi'ort ~ • ..... A!'t er noting

the 1 nra-o

lllaJ ori ty

of' ol dorly

:Den w:nons the Coc.ili seionerm I ec.id " we young 1"ollowa 1."ol t like

Children at a· grandfathers convention,

This fact, the majority

of elderly men, ia tndoubtedly a source or strength f'or we all
""' D t

£Ceo !>!liz e the !'act thll t exper1 enc e ie, utter nll , the • boat

teacher• end, I believe that the nearer "e oomo to the a.p:proaoh

•

o:r advanced life, the more einoere reverence we have for thoeo
who have learned life's leoaonn1 tor those
ao past -masters or experience.

wh~

time has marked

Taken ns. a whole, they were a

a t'ine looking body

or

;r. r•• u .pg. 558-.r.r.

man !llld tl1o more ono

hoo.n~ or

thoir reow.rk

lllld dhounatono the
o-.JLmore deeply irr;)recutf ono was with tho fe.ot th-they wero
working for one purpooo, that furtherinc tho cauae or Chriot at home and ~broad.

earnest,~ainoore,

l'he election or !:r.VIlllDyke, (Dr.!ien:t-J VcnlJyko nationally

pre~oher and

kno~n

writer) for Uodorntor wna aoknowledaod by.a nll to bQ

lliJd 8Xoeed1n(lly Wiaa ohoioe.

DroVIl!DyJ:o is, as auny or you know,

a man or unuau<U •isdom,or great tact lllld or tho truoot Chriotiun
prinoipalo, ns wou na

11 '"""

or deoinion. I!e enid na soon so l1e

wao eleotod,'Drethron, you hnve placed me here as

~ororator

end

aa you have placed mo hero for that purpono I will try to fulfill
your Willhoe.

<e have thirteen speakers for thirteen hours lllld 1

aball have to hold enoh speaker atriotly to his time•. Cn nnother

'

aoaaoion a matter came up and wao votod ou and deoidod. Tho Dtated
Clerk (Executive Officer of the Aaoombly, a pe=non·t ac.lnri<>U
t'ull time position) who had

hold that crt:tco f"cr I:Wily yo=o l.:lld

usually
Just about run thingo hia own wo,y, the :ltiltQd Clerk Daid
0
rho matter hae been deoidod thus Wld

SO

and 1Jnleo3

80l:IOthing

elsa ahall hapPon to prevent' but Dr.7 on!ly'<s in torrup t.ed with tile
'!lot unloaa,l'haaa 1e nO Urtleoa. l'ho ·1uoaticn hna boan doaided. •
llut he did i t in a nioo, B!!!lliDa way that took tho otlng out
l>ut aetal>liahed the fact that he wna in t'uct, na wou na 1n
tho J.!oderator, He ·te an excoadin(lly w1 tty man ond

or

it

not~a,

hao tho gift

or l>raaking into the moat aer1oua dioouaaicne a.t J·uot the right
time, With IIOJ3e bright story or pleasing

r<~rJ~D.rk

tenaion and preventa llllY pooaibla lll foolinc.

thnt roliovoa the
llut it would ba

1mpoaail>lo to imagine a problem ao important as the rcviaicn ot
•

tho areod to be aettled in two or three hours Without 'heated debate,

•

¥

.,

•

'\

G3!·f7mAL AJS:!:mLY,l902.
J'.A.U.pg.558-kk.
550-1·
unleeo
· ulUtJnus there had been a 71 edo:n higher thu.n rna.n • s and u. Spirit of

LoTe

better than ht~'Tlan love t~ rule and overrule nnd guide the

mind~

ot those

nase~bled

thore.

Before takin~ Up tho que3tion of revision of the Creen tha
l!.odsrA.tor sc.id thu.t while he hoped tho question would be fully Md
freely d1souased there would not be unnecosaa~J spoochoa e..nd unnec•sssary time lost. The entire disouasion which followed, lasting
about two houre, wac markod by the noat diznitied behuvious and the
greatest earnestness.

The feeos

tense were their feelings
necessity

•

or

bet ore them.

or

/

tho Commissioners showod how

nnd how thoroughly they rcalizod the

wisdom and most careful coneideio.tion or the subject
l!r .l~in ton, tee chairman or the CO;IU"'Ji t tee on nevi a ion

made a mar,nificent address explaining the points of difference; th~
rea:sons tor the.ohange and beyond queotio, hla addrel!s hcd a great
~

de~ to do with the unnniaous nccept£nce o! the Revi3ed Creed and
9~)1-~

The Brief it: tet:,..:=t~

A..

to be almost

a.

matter of universal oongra.t-

ulation that the creed has been ~ revised~d that it hae been revised with so little discord and without causinG a sor!ous division in the church, u.n wzls fearad by no ncny.
In this eonn~ction it 1s interestin~ to note thut the Preas

notic.ee as ~iven by the now Yorl~ papers Ttero. e.xceedin~;ly wretched
almost without exception.

If n mere difference of opinion nrosa

tn a debate, quietly and without ill reel inc , 1 t e.ppea1·od. next morn-

1ng under the headline o:t'"licated Debc..te 11

fied e.nd 1I!lportanta:.t%

:rinor things were mu.gni-

action~ left unnoticed entirely. The New

York ~un published en editorial in which it referred to the diaouea•

1 on

011

Eovisi on ee being tm.rk-.d by a. at

ron~

op 1 rl t

ot l e;i ty ar.d

went on to say that one speaker wns greeted with "yells ot derision". Nothing could be :farther from the truth the both or these

\

'

J.A.tr.pg.558-LL.
J'ltblic meetings wore well attended, the one on .ii'oreign mise4.

ions b-eing presided over bty the Ron. John ,f'anemaker, (then Postmas-

ter General, I believe.) while President kooseveldt (Theodore) wae

~1other evening meeting,
largo overtlo~ meeting was

the spe£..'l(cr at

the attendance being eo

large that a

necessary.

It was an in-

spiration to see the :Fresident of the Dllited States thas publiCXly
acknowlcdgoing the power of the church, the good wprk or the Preeby

tcria"Y'l church while he held before tha people the standard ot righteousness, un oel ti ehn eBe a.nd brotherly 1 ove,

The President spoke on

the nigr.t of the day that had seen the birth of the Cuban Republic

end he rererrea to this event as illuetrationg the growth ot right. eous in all walks

'

or

life in our country and stating that we r~d

established a new line of' actio!'l in such ca.ees; not following the
1 ead of any6 tht!r ntition for

1

\7e had acted to.,ard Cuba ae no other

nation in hietory had evar dreaced of ~cting.'
President Rooseveldt wae so tree !rom pomp and ostentation it
was evident that he wae a man of the people. ·;;e cannot imagine any
ruler, even of thos tiny

mona~chiea abroad, coming

before three

except
thousand people unattended, ax~ by plain cltizena altho S6cret Service men were doub.tless there.There wae just a plain friendly man,

without pBr.1p or glory, glorifying his office but not being glorityed by it. It seemed so much more

fitting·~for

our country than

the gold and glitter of military uniforms, end ceremonies. A.s Mr.
Rooeeveldt ent.ered the auditorium the entire audience rox:ae a.nd

•

gave the Che.ta.ugua Salute that ie th~'ilaved their handkerchiefs
I
aloft.
~

...

In:( closing this reyo:r:t I muat mention the beauti.ful spirit

ot Chrtetian
unity manifeet 'tn the speeches
1
!

othe;-,lh;nomina.tions.

or

representatives of

'.7e recoived the warmest greetings from the

550-m.:.

l!othodista, .Bapt!ots, '"Jpisco;,lai&ns, dutch Reformed tmd, in fact
!ro!:l almost overy Denomination, either by personal rep1·esentative

or letter or ttltlgra-rn. !:eny of the

spos.~ers reterr~d

to the paet

when one denomination persecuted. tho tlembers o! another;
~ethodist woul~

look the other wny rather than

teri&n he might meet on the street.

s~eak

w~.. en

a

to n rresby-

It seamed to be a little u

foreclow of th3 l;illeaiUJ>l to sea thooe z·epreeentativos o! former
ebenieo on our platform bringing messages ot

enaourag~ent

and good

will.

Surely it was the beginnint; ot tho fulfillment of the prayer

of the

l~astoz·"tho.t

they all tlay bo one ovel\ a.s we are one".

I rocret, Dretheren,tl"l-At t.ll or you could not havo been at the

•

Aaoembly. Your liTeo are eo iaolatod tlw.t you need the spiritual
u-plift anc\ tho (\pinions of others more thr..n we who have the ·priveleges of the y;r.et.

I eonoerely ·truat

ti•t.~.t

thi 8

eo-:!lc:v1m t rambling

report will bring to your hea.rts ~omething of tho oheor tmd ne":T
strength tlH1t this

A8a~bly

lw.23 brourllt to me.

n

I also wrote an account of the Ass~bly for the Teachcr6's

Club e.t the Ili1!sicn kno.wine thc.t

my former coworkcra

wo.uld 'be inter-

estod to hnve r:ry imrreeaiona of it. This letter developoU. into a.n

noology for the Home Board. The letter o.nd the.X full re_port of tho
Assembly will be round in tno

~etter

book bu* aa I Lavo written a

sood deal about my bitterness toward tho Eoard it is
to a eo the

•

ch~nge

,

intore~ting

of attitude t'.bout a year after niy I'eaieno.tion,

0.8

ahown in the !olloYlinG extraot from that lettor.It ie not only interesting but highly inetruotiTe uo to the value or a face to !ace

convoraation in clearing up

aieundo~at~dings

that have arisen in

cor respondo.noe. Here is e.· purngra.ph or two •--"I think we grow to teel that ~e work or our Eo~rd is conduot-

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N.

558-n N •

without much o\'"crsi.:;l1t, er.copt by a li.:ni ted fe''•

1 t wc.a a

revela~illlt

tion to me to sao hom exact, careful and minute wae tho exmnina.tion mndo by tl1c

Co~i ttoee

of eo.ch Eoz..rd •••• l'hey

u;)poin ted by the

i~saembl

tho minutQs of evory

ex~inu

e, of_ the work
~1eeting

of

the Board e.ssignc"d to the conuui t-:.ue. tho &.ction taken by the necrete.ries, the conduct of the offioo work, the
Aosembly

~d

eoploj;

~

1\o~re.•s

repo1·t to the

expert to go over the accounts.

their

r'ro~

findinGs they nf:ll:c u report, which is different fror:. t:r..e rei)ort o!
/

:Board,n nd this raport is made to the Asae'Ubly to l:.e aoceptocl or

•

rejected.

How, when 'He take into consideration the fact that theee

Ol')~itteea

are cor.rpoood

or

:t'i!teei1 or twenty men, r.".inioter3 end

le.ymen,many of the:n koe:1 businese men, it aeena 1Inpo:Jsible that
any oerious error should creep into the policy lid or :m4lno.g3r.lCnt o!
the noardo, yc.::.r after year. Of

oo~rae,

doubtless they do o,ccur, but ths

~enoral

niotr~kes I!l&y

occur, and,

trentl of the work, under

such a 'Plan,:lust be right and for the good of the Cburch.
I think yoa 6.11 know how bitterly I haYe criticinod our Home

:Board. and I

Bt"'l

rro.."lk to aa.y that I went to tite

AsJ~.!Jlly

with vex·y

muoh the same apirit or, perhul)s, a.n e-;-en stronacr one • .But, when
I understood this Nethod of oupervieion, how !rtinutf! and carefully

1t

w·~a

conducted I felt morez: confidence in the work of our

taries. In fact, I have

b~come

~ocre-

ru.ther a convert to our own :L:oa.rd

by haTing J:1Y c:res opened to the lu.r£el· view of· their work. Ao I

aaw eonething o! the Tastnees of the work they ce.rry on, the tre-

•

mendous 8J'lount of detail they mu&t master, the mc..."ly interru-ptions
they are :t'orced to receive_, I think tr.a.t they are doinc; much better

than we give then· credit for.

I cc.n seEl tlte 6I!lile thc.t will pass

over your faces as you read tr.is letter.Terl~pB you t~~nk that some

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J.A.TI.pg.558-00.

appli onti on a r

1

eo r t eoe.p 1 or a 11 ttl o

1

J.o lly

1

has wrought this

cht1Jige in me but I -io not believe I was 3uoh an easy convert, after
ell.

seven yeo.rs or growing dietruet o.nd orit1cil!r.l led me to a oon-

oluoion that no work could· be
work in Alaska. has been.

ma.no..~ed

more uneucoes:JfullY tha..Yl our

nut it in wonuerfnl how different th1ngo

look when we get a new point of view,and the thought was forced upoli.
me again end again that in the entire work of our HomG Doard end
that includes the work o! the ·,vomu.ne ':Board a.leo • the Sitka work

mnat, necessarily, receive onlY a fraotion of the DoBid'e attention.

~Kaxaam~ ·~111e this

1• true 1 know, !rom oonvereationa

with Dr ,1! c!U ee and Mrs .r in erie 1 that they are exo eedingly anxious

•

to tnrther the work at Sitka in avery
lY convinced that our 3ecretaies c.ro

possiblexw~y.

I am thorough-

getting " more trutl1ful Rlld

clearer view of the ..U the noode at :li tka than ever before nnd
thet they are striving, with all earnestness, to do exactly what io
beat......

1~ow,

my dear lriends, let me urge you not to t.alce too·

seriouslY the miliUtlderstandings that mn.Y arise between you and the

B~ard

I

in the oours• of correapondonoe. The people at llew York beTa

ynur welfare very deeplY at heart. They thlnk very hi&hlY of you
end aheir onlY onlY errort ie to

1mpro~e

the work in every way.

If' you reel that tho;r do not -:mdcrsta.."ld you, thc.t tlle.Y do not e;ive
you the credit that you deaorva, that they are
your

~ugt<estions

you can cmne

•

unwirmlg

try not to feel it too keenlY cut

~aet

end talk it oTor.

A

rcw

le~

to adopt
it reat unti

minutoo of conTaroation

with Dr ,!{oAf ee led to the oleo.r 1ong up of a miaunderetanding wl!.Uch
o o oured in the ooursa of our ocrrsapondance bel ore 1 l art 31 tl<a, It

wn then eaay for me to· eee

w~y

he had misunderstood wl'"t I wrote

and a great oauee ' of bitterness, un)lappinese and lack of confidenc'
in him waa bruehed awaY in n. few minutes faoe to face. I had felt

J.A."J.p().55S-PP.

A3S-~.lliLY, 1902.

becuuoe of tJhut !

b~lit:ve'l

558-

to be lUljust l;.nd unkind tron.tment

k~d I would net nt:e the UecroturieD ut ull. I
tt.snl:ful thc.t I ov~rowno thlo.t feeling

it hcs sho•m Low <:sseily wl1t•.t

\vc

WH.l

n:!'l.

~ i

now more than

that 1 did seo them tor

write c~n be :1isundcrctood and how

qui c!:ly ouch n::1 eun~enstt.ndint,;:J cc:r. u~ cl cureJ up in c.. fe"il mom ants
t~lk,

r~ce

to

·r~ce.

So let uo ta.ko Leu.rt and work with more loy~::.lty to those who
ere over uo in the Church of God. !.'•letlDeA rewcmbi3r· that tho you are

for awoy on the outar Cd;Je there is u trClnendc'.ls ba.nd of 11orl:ers
here .in the :::.~at who l:nve yo1.lr wolfi.i.r" and y.;ur suoceas &t heart.
Hencnber 'thut t1:\lc1.paoplc, under who!:l yea woz·k,ar& going to do ex-

•

.nctly

the boot. tl:uy can for you cmd it is cnly nccco~u.ry to let

them aeo the n~ods us yoa aee them to hcvu them udopt your ~ethode."

I aupjloso there t7era never bcfol·e ~s ~.·w.ny rc:p:ruecnt.E:.ti.vee ot
aUe.sl::a at any :ioneral hBS«r:lbly. Dr. Jackson, .; .Hall Young, Dr .Koonz

:f'ron t~e J.rctio, ~dwo.r'i l..':ti.l"s<ien, 1:.r.Gurl fro=t Roont:l:,und I. trr.s.nd
l!re./.uatin appc«red nt a nm::1be1· of t!~e tleetinge nnct. were ~1eartily
welco~ed n."ld, n~turally, I wao deli~ht~d to sco tl:os~ dll~r friends
~. I

never saw ei thel·

Anli now I

or

them c.;;ain.

comd to tlltt last i te:a in the:Je append.eJ notes that

bid f'air to ttlke m.c>re epuoe then all l have \Vri ttcn bof·n·e r.bout our
itlaok~n lifo.

I hopo yiu \till think th~m W.)rth w~ile.

A nioe, cl cve1· old muid, touchur of t.h~ white ochool cm:.te to
me to have her eyee eXUI:lined • .:ands1:aw wa.:s har nome u.nd I hlld met

•

her hero end therB. I went thru the usual rilutine and sometime after
learned che had written it up tor some club or other,.~nd persuaded

•

her to let me have the story. Its a right runny take off on me,so

hero it is.

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' 3T'ID.
rin9 RUTD3F.A 71
"J.~

.,.&t.·-

speotaolea '?\Yea, I'll tell you hc'lf it

l.~y 8ou~1n,

Anne l:e:ricn hnd been to ·-:v.cl':lnGton, D.:::. (!hey do eay

thooe two let tern VTi th ts'Jch

£l!'l

air!)

nn~

glo.nses."ncline.'',ehe nnys,"Vhy don't you
lo.teEt etyle nne! I read in

tl~e

chc had
c~t

n.

"Ncc.ring

oo~·-~c 1-.o~e

~::.ir~

Tl.vy

cro the

'Lr..dics F1:reo1de ilc;va' that they give

a sort of intolectucl look to the ulaint!::;t face. Of oouroo, the)l
might 1"1!lke you-look older, and y?u k!'lo:.r, Den:-, y?u cr>uld'nt uffcrd

~1oth1da could nnkc her looJt 1ntalliGez\i:!

that." !:eM thinG!

JJlj

o.a rnr ae looking old - - 'Voll1 The.r.. leoo o:1Cl aa:;·s tho bo-Lt.or! l;ovr,

I know ::shea put thct in boonuse ahe did'nt tl'u."lt ne to
I

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'?r&S

Junt dying to show hor that I

"Ne.n·te<!

tL

reus on able

a~cuse •

or

!;Ot.

~d afford~ t.h~.

them, 'but
·,;ell, I

course, not ju:Jt becuuba of wht1.t

/•.!'1no 1:e.ria hnd 'bcc:1 sc.ying, eo I We!1t to c. youna octllint I kncN(ll:J} •
I wr-D sure ho wcnld
an~, besid~,

pre~Scri be

ther.t !or, or c,1urcc, 1 t 1 s hie buaineso

he 1e on ve~J eood terms wit~ n !lrm of Gp&ot~cle-muk-

hi!!l:self', e:s a nort o! n.dvertice:nent.l kno•r

h.£

lool:s 14Cll ~n then

end I don't think a"lybody ever sew hi~itout them !or ·he is quite

persi ota.n t abou~ t~.e:1.
bat· 1 3Uppoue he lfill

l~i.s .Beby ~~on ( i~cl tic} dd~ 1 n t ·iteu.r ti~ocr.. yet
oo~o

in oonveniont

lu.t~r

on 'Chon he gets l\

bit older.
·.;ell, I t1ont to him v.nd he hunt; ups. card with lett~ro on it

and tusked me if' I oould read ttem.

•

'~oodnean!

trying to !ind cut ir I knoi1 r:J.Y lettorG'i '!'han I

'l:l.,inkc I, ia tho r.m.n
tho~g:ht

it

'.Vaa

no

zood to be offended so I Just n~ed a tf!!'ll o! tlTCl, (to tell the
truth, I could 'nt a eo thee vory wall) a..."'ld then -pratcnued I hnd y·ec.d

all I thought neoesss.ry.

Then he gave

me

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aome drops to put in my eyes, which nearly

558-

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r uined the!:! and were eo atrong they taeed in ey mouth

and nc;arly blinded co.

I ·aa.w

t.hrou~

he night, with a o1cnr oo!!seienoe,

mon 1 eay

th~t 1~

t.hinr;, by that

needed

thnt scheme. It wus just that,

he'~

a. very particular young

gla!3e~ and,gnod~e~s kno~n,I

needed eome-

ti:-<:~e1

·Than more

re!~.dlng

those lett ere and rending through bl in1:era

oCsome contraption while I thoup;ht, 'If 1"'esh1o1'li'Jble speotaolee ait
as heavy rm a!7 that on ey little no!.!e

1'~

afraid 1 ahe.ll have to

utay out or style.•
'fell, then he got a little

DtiY-~l3.tH1·e.nd

ea.t up close to me-

( ot course he is a very nice younc rum,)- - but still - - well,
any•ay, I wna glad that none ot our church

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utt ani! It

dont aee

one'B hend at
crater~ on

-::mr

hn?p&ned to aoe

they could'nt invent "o~othine to oee tnto

lon~ rr~p,~,

!or 1n6tonce, ns they look

~t

those ~?tY

the !'1oon. - - - "Tmt all rir.ht" oa.yo he, u.t last, quite

so.t1ati~d. "Your eyes

going

m~bers

nre all wrong! 'l'hey o.re not a pn1r" ,7/ho ia

~b~ut with the oth~iafits,

a t~tir,rtD- 11 I f'elt i11sultod.

I 7ondar? " In one eye there is

There nnver wt.a n et1r.mn cast u-, to any

or my peoplea ".\nd in the other eye is a • a- a- • ,it's a big
lonr,, unpronotmceo.bl e word,
goinG nbout with

t~~t

I think 1 t va~ P.uasia'1! - - '!'l': ink of

in you eye:

'fell, he round gla.s8oa thr..t he t"t.?ught "Xould !1 t. me after
· about

a..,

It was woree than ti tting on new ehoes r;..""ld I'M al·

hour.

ware hnrd to ~it, Than the glansoa h~d to be ordered from Philadel•
phis., that !1m

or

opticians, you lnovr.t.rtsr

rJ.

long t1!'le th~y come

I can' •ay they are an un~ixe~ pleasure but •pride MUet abide~ and
Anne

l~aria

1!1

r'!a~

beonuse no one notio·on hor t;lc.sao!': a.ny r..ore.

I get a little mixed aonettmes and salute the rre3byter1nn ~iniater

liT SP"ECT.IiCLES, f! ! ,

1

J.A.U. pg.556-SS.

-~-ss

·in Russ!an,or mistake a Mission boy tor the Govenor and

so~etimes

I'm a-little puzzled a.nd look intently at a person to 11.ske him out
\

and tl'y to look as pleasant as I can at the !lame tir1e and then hear
the voice or the lady who is with him snap out " llil you IJlease
atop looking

lik~

that at my husband!"

Ilusband, indeed! I never

oould be bothered with one of my own,let aloue any one else's!
And, if I drop a stitch in my knitting I have to call Anne llaria
to lift up my glasses while I pick up my sti tel:; Md I have to be
read to which 1 s a waste of time • .But I can bear it and wil:l bear
it - - only onr thing - • that Doctor acid,

alwazsl..
Tice

•

I'~

n

You

~t

wear the.m

Now, when I pay six bits (5J¢') to a doctor for hi"s adnot going to throw away my money by not following his

orders. It jsut show the foolishness of being 'set' in your ways •

. Atld besides the. t,

I've been accustomed to washing my face, eyes and all,every day
and nobody knows how hard it is to do it with your glasses on;
and as tor sleeping in them!

with

~'lhy

it feels Juat li1:e going to bed

ypur hat and rubbers On! "
I don't think the glasses were as bad a fit as that but I

have an un-pleasant

m~ory

that they were not all I hpped they

would be. Still, I like to tLink I nm

~istaken.

So I close the:se notes on Alasl::~ with the words with Thich I
ended my lecture on that lend before I !Lent there r.nd which I

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., ..-=

know from experience are not over rated or exagerated.
•' Gkies of am~2{• of azure, of phlest green; of rod~, ao bold
and gorge~~~,-~ha
ce fields glow: wierd islands, lovely and onchanting i~uried formo: ruzced mountains, forest clad and snowcapped, slanting their rooky sides to the water's edge: \ve.ter falls
ev6rywhere,tinkling in bewitching lovliness: Minnture icebergs,
fant~stic in shape, or every shade and tint of cerulean blue that
el owly melt away as the ol.ouds in the Sum."'!ler sky, fade and
disappear.
Alaska, my Alaska.! s.oene or triumphs, of he-·~tt aches, of
r···___ grea.test Joys,
o~ bitter disappoints! I 1hall never aee thy beat•
iee a.ga.in but I sholl rom.ember end love thee, alway.
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~.A.U.pg. ~59.

. !S59.

We found that we were to stop at nu.mb·er of canneries on our lfa.Y
to the Sound to load the

seasort~ pack

of salmon and I had plentyor

time to think over my seven and a half year8 as a miasion doctor.
My last repart to the

Ba~r~

and I quote part of it.

includes a summary of the Hospital work

" With regard to the enclosed

summa~, it

will be seen that the hospital has received and eared for 1180 patients during the period

I

have been in oharge.These have

averaged

about 13 sick days each with an aggregate o:t' 15572. The deaths

manut•r:J~

3.33~ and recoTeries ~ 76% of the total number treated.
The cost averaged forty cents a ~per patient tor the items of food
light,fuel, dressings and medicine, and ~ $ 1.25 approXimately
amounted to

per patient when all other expenses,1neluding tha salaries of the

~

physician and nurse, hired help, some repairs and tmprovements and
a few instruments, No deduction trom th6 coat has been made tor inoome, doctor's fees, hospital fees from a few pay patients &c. Last
Tear this income amounted to over $600, enough to pay tor all the
the tood buught in town, which includes all our mea.t,e.nd ~or the extra help employed. ---In the office over 9000 indiTiduala were
treated and the tot9al number of prescriptions was 27727. In the
Tear 1895 which·~cludes the six monthe before the hospital was opened, it Yill be noticed that

the highest death rate~ ever recorded

oocur ed while recoveries

KBXa·

par·ed to 85% tor the

;years, the high death rate being inc~ud,ed

rrtkwx

averaged only 52% that year as oom-

in the total tor the seven ;years and thus reducing the feroentage to

•

seventy ai~ as noted. ---

The hospital is Yell equip~ed 1n

a1;

re~

speots except ~ au:t't~cient help. --- !he BativeB are more will.tr\qthan
ever before to come into the ho~i tal and that ie the only place where
phyeice.l help can, be giv.e then. etfectivel;y. Tr..ring to help them in

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k'Y LAST RB!'OTIT.

their homes is simply time thrown away.

~

or

560.

course a doctor can

encourage them and find which cases need hospital care by visting
.~n the Ranch but one might as well throw his me~oine inz
....

the Bay

as to hope to accomplish many cures by prescribing for them there •
~

The statistics show that we have treated about
ren pei.rear, in the Hospital.
fort

~"'ld

care I

Br.l

10:')

school child-

Without suoh proTieion for their com-

sure the death rate would have been very much

high~

er. Thirty five of the approximn.tely 700 scholars requiEing hoepitak axxe
al care,died. of these 23 deaths were caused by tuberculosis, 6 by
capillary bronchitis, two following operations and the others by various causes.

•

Wbile

has give little encouragament that the work
as
of tho Hospital will be enlarged or even continued'\ at the present
.
~e

Board

I sincerely trust that every effort be made to make the hospital

\

available .to the Yhi te people of the town and that it will be open
to the Natives of S.Eialaska even·more freely than in the past.--Other denominations,notably the Ro!nan Catholics, e.re gaining a wide
influence all over

..

Alaaka through their hospitals and unlees our

Ghu.rch is ready to hol'd what it already ptfeeseee a.nd t·o puah foreward it deserves to be crowded !rom the field by thoAe who will do
what is universally acknowledged to be the most rotent agency for
eTangelization, Kission hospital work. --In closing I desire to accord the Tery highest pre.iaE»-to the
Supervising Nurse, Kiss Esther Gibson.

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A woman or deep piety and

real love for the Kative people, she ha~ done more than the share
of one person, these seven years •

She hns become a skilled anaesXK£

thetiut and is worthy of every trust and confidence.

Miss Annie

1

---llinea, a native girl, tho now, more than twenty yea.ra. old has been
··--·-- -····

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J.A.u. pg. 561.
one or our help era ovo:r zslnoo the llotll'i tel was oponed.
in ;oo<l health much

or
\

ihile not

the time abo hD.o been very ttd thf'ul

~

a:::t

she

hac beoomo tJ. an able aosietont. in surgical work and one up_on whm:J.
both lUoo Gibson nnd I hnve loarnod to leun when hard proosed.

I thank tho :Board tor ma.v kindnesses and much personnl interest especially when I was fcrood to go 2ast tor surgical treat=ent,
and I keenly regrot the difference in Judgfl':lent a.s to the policy ot
the Sitko. lloi!J1)i tal which nooeesi tates my w1 thdra.wnl trom the work. •
I

a.~

glad

tbn.t t1Y last official OOI:lmtmloation to the Board

was couched in auch kindly lc.nauage.

Had

my

roaigno.tion been in

like tone perhaps the outoot!le would have· been di!!eront..

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It 1a more than probable that as I reviwod tho so years at n1t-

ka,o.t that time, I round 11 ttle to regret and tlul.t I tailed to aea
where I hD.d mnde mistakes but as I have seem those yen.ra
· have writ ten them

her~

a.a I

tho7e aeem t.o bo many times when I le.cked

the real ep1r1t of deep,dnotion.
to~

IICQt

I bad ever been ftoo 1ndepmdeat,

detem.ined to haTe my own way; too prone to criticise my e:.nplo1'-

era antl slow to aee the d1f'ticrul tie a that beset them and to make
reauonable allowances tor them. I was not quite 23 when I began ».Y
duties at the l!ission and 1ras young tor my age in many ways. Boy•

like, the call of the Bay and the Ielanda and mountains wae •trong,

too strong to bo alws.ya rlaiated when, perhaps, it oUGht to have
,oen. I reolized, before I had been at work in the East Teryloq,

•

ad I realize now that I oould haTe done more and I oould have

worked harder. amd aa to p.oritioe or denial

on

the t1eld, 1 t aim-

-ply did not exist. li'ather and l!other Yiaiting me tWioe, Helena there

a number of' timos, aometimoa tor monthe, 1!y own bouse and the eomfortable lleat and

aoin~ ~ast

to be Jdn.rried was really- miaaionaring
de luxl

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CA'NN"Efll~S.

562 •

In the afternoon or the dny we left 31tkn were tied up at a
cannery on Cha.to:n Strait.

It was the first time oither

eeen one at close quarters and while the season's

or

pa£<t~d

us had
been tin-

iehed, we wandered up to the long building where the cans were being
boxed.

Almost all the hel~ at the ·C~~neries were Chineaao and some

ot

were passing along the long table9,piled with cans, and with

th~

a small metal rod about the size of a 20d nail, they tupped eaoh can

B.Y the sound of tho can they could tell if fermentation hud taken
place eince the can had been filled and sterelizeu ~~d so whether
it wao tit to be boxed.

Very few cans were rejected but to us, eTery

tinkle aoundod like every other tinkle a.nd how they could tull see:m-

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ed a myste~r,

all

tho more so as other men were tinkling their cans

all about. But there wc.s little el~e to see and we Cound the· long

wait all next day wearisoMe, to~ the ship waa loading.oaaea all that
time.
~e

had not been aboard Tery long before we found

tr~t

the len-

ator had just come from E'ome v.nd had not been thoroughly cleaned.
Her water tenke

ha~

not been purified and the wator

~u~

ncffresh

ond we were upeet by it. ·The food was poor end w1tc the slow progress we wero

~ating

we were not very comfortable.

Our next stop was at retoraburg, at anothor ccnnery,und a place
never visited by the recular beets.

Here more und nore cuseo were

loe.dod aboard ao we lay therflall night.

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When we l·eft there

XII

the

ship had a decided list to starboard, the aide on which we had our
room but it was explained that it 1ro.s due to the placing od the car-

sc and it would be straightened up at the next cannery when more '
salmon waa taken aboard.

'lhe next atop waa not vyry far from '7ro.ngel and \.all day the

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1L.o '"'':"TIT)
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J.A.U. pg.563.

"T'O"''TTT'M'G'
v.l.c<L.J.'f
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\'finohen il'are re:. t tling and ,;roaning au they lifted tho s" inter=inable

.or

caacs

canne0. sulmoh e.'t>oa.rd ship.

:.lrca.dy it seamed we lmd enough

oal!!lon in the holcl to feed u.ll the t'ni ted
to ·3urope beside yet
7

tho~e

3t~tes

and then ·send some

boxea kept co-:Iinc: in a

ste~:tdy

stream.

The childre~Ierc good. but the change 1:..1 their routine vw.3 hard on

the":l \Vhile the re.cket of lor;.ding kept the'Il from their ueue.l naps

and the:· rc<.fui:reci

prett~r ~onsto.nt

attention. It was especially hard

on dear .rinna vs I

wan just gettinc nround after two days in ~' bunk
/

from ptomain poi son in:; fror.1 tl:a t pocr food and water.

As

~;e

1 eft the wharf a.nd hee..ded for ','/ra.ngel the ship was noti c-

a.bly 1 owerq in the water but we thought it was due to the extra

•

uc/--,4

. loc.d 'hu-t ohe had not straightened up,E'.s 1\ro:mised, but had more list
t}'l...e.n before.
there

wa~

Still, we did not

thinl~

much a. bout 1 t

fl

s

V.'e

expected

more aP-lt!lor.t to be loac1ed. 7ht: eong rene for supper and

wo went ·ncl ow to the dining hall.

to bo vary few pas~
sengera there w1d no officers and n diatinot oenee of pervuded the

room.

The:~e 3eamerl

I)

The waiters seeMed nervons and anxious no tho something was

wrong. It me.<t e us w1 comforto.bl e and we did not etay 1 onr..
Nh~:l we cSJI'le on deck the ship uas !"loving slowly G:nd seemed

low!rK in tha lH:.ler and la.bor!ng. Or did we imagine 1 t?

AR we

st~od looking over the e1de and feeling somewhat anxious and un-

certain, suddenly a lot of sto!cers, in t~eir grimy clotl:es, tumblecl

do•m the ladder from the upper deck almost knocking us over. Evi-

•

dently they had ruehed up the ladders fro1n the fire roo'!ll to the
gratings, a r1oet unusuc.l thin~ to do, and ae they ran by we heard

one say, in a frightened volce,as he glnneed o\ler the sic!e near ue,
"Oh,ycs,she's go1n dowr.. fast!"

\7ell,-- maybe that did'nt send the

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564.

J .A .lT • 'P8• 564 •

oold chills down my back

~ith

a

nt~h1

had como

Tho~e fello~s

tr~

tho very botton of the ship ond nothing but water ruohing in could

have sent tha.m up to the deck in that wild fnshpn.

~uot

thon the

chief or the U.3 •.agr1oulturo.l otation nt S!tl:o. whon wo knE:i7 well,
oume rushing up to ua in

M

absolute blue funk, wr1nc1ng his hands

nnd Baying over and over that he coudd'nt ~in1
i~eryfft1n~ I owned in tho ~orld wcs on thct nh1p~ Our curies

and rP.re baeketa, all,tho furniture we ownecl.,our clothes, six or
eeven hundred dollaro in caoh
children.

I

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an~

MY beloved wife and

not much atrnid for our liveo for

wa~

soma breeze the

chocks

a~d

~nter

was littled

than

~ore

~hila

~lffled

there was

and land was

.all about, not rnuoh more than a mile a~ay R~x ~ and we co~d see the
lichta of '1rcngol

D.

little t.o.rthar

boa.to T!lcant sutrorins Md

D..."lxt.e.~y

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orr still, a

forced trip ·in the

nnd muoh diaoozn.fort· !or Anna and

the ldddios, if nothing worse and a very cetou!!l lose to us all.
'3e h:J.d hardly gotten to our

ro'O~t~to

gt!.ther up a tov th1ng3,

Anna just her calm controlled self, anxioua tor mo in my weakened
condition, before a steward cmne o.nd ordorad ua out of our rotnn
fastened the door open and then wont to do the

the other rooms on our side of the ship.
but in a

re~

~ame

as ~e_

thine to all

No alam ha.d boon sounded

momenta the ste7ard returned and told ua to get blankets

trom our bedc and go at once to a certain boat. There waa no panic
and Annn

sc~od

to think or everything.

~e

etood ·at our station

with our blankets about us, shivering in the raw breezo. For some

•

stranr:o reason nothing was eaid about lite -preeervers. 7/e mu!lt haTe
had

tor I almoat nevor go into a

statcroo~

without locating

them the !!rat tling. It wao. far from

~leaa~~t,

atnnding there, to

th~

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J.A.u. pe.5n5.
aay the lenet.' with the probability or

~n

565 •

und1o1pl1ned crew; the

many rough men, accustomed to getting what they we.nted when they

they wanted it, nwny of the!n most likely without that high- sense
of chivalry that

we

rend ._about,

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.

~omen

ond children first

q

a."ld

all

tho.t sort of thing; no, it was anything but pleasant, waiting there
tor tho bouts to be lowered.
About thct time o. call was made for all the men to moat
Captain in the waist.

th~

I would not be separated fer from Anna and

the children so we all went and they stood a fewx feet behind me
Capt. rutteroon gathered a circle of

about him and began by aaydruno.ee
ing thnt there no need for slarm.There was no ~~~Kx to the ship

•

~en

but in tuking such an unuoually heuvy load the ship had sunk below
an outlet pipe thct was generally well above the water.
vslve ba.d not been closed and

~:ome

3o the

water wn.s ooming in. "Now, he

eaid,I want ten men to go with me to the hold and shift some ooal
Bm:la

a~:nd:

eo we oun get at the valve. There is no danger. How many

or you fellows will go1 " No one was very prompt to volunteer.
I was anxious to ste-p foreward but there were ~ot of ·husky

miners in that crowd who certainly did not have a wife and two children with them and I felt it was clearly my duty to stay with my
tamiry. Defore long the necessary men were secured and went below
Ueanwhile the

ehi~

was steaming slowly toward

anything more about boat

station~

No one said

and we returned to our roooe

somewhat asnured by what the Captain had said.

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~rangel.

No one wae on guard

by our rooms and we went in and soon clo!led the door and put our

tired klddies to bed- In a short time we were at Wrangel and tied
u~ at the wharf and we heard that the valve ltJad been closed and

everything wnn all right.

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;r .A. n. pg. 566.

LA~Tt

After a rather cestless

nig~t,

566 •

we found tho ehip still had a

heavy list to one side and she never got on an ovon keel all the
w~y

to the Sound.

Capt.

ratte~eon

was quoted aa having said sonething

to the offect that Vl'e were all right if we did'nt huve too ro11gh
weather· on (ueen ClHtrlotte Sound, so when we oume to tht;.t etretoh or
water where the waves crune in from the open Pacific,for o.bout two
hours, unbrol:en by any leland, we felt p1etty anxious.

sider" ehi!'l rolled budly and we

were most

u~anl:ful

Tr.c..t lop-

Vlhen we passed

behinr. the first island and were in e::nooth water again.

nothing could be more welcome to our eyea that the who.rf at

•

Sen.ttle ann I wn. sure I never wo.s eo glad to get
as I was to

l~ave

the Seno.tor.

A runor

\'ll.~:J

c::~uy

fro~

a ship

spread all a.bout the

the s:hi-p that when vrere 'rvere lyinG at Petere1)crg u.ll tl:nt night th&t
that being so heo.vily loaded the ship hu.d settled on u bc.r r.t low
tide, jnst under us

21!lid~hipo

and tha.t the :plates hud been sprung by·

the strain a."ld thc-.t vro.s why the \Vator ha.d oo!!!e in. I never felt 1!f
quite 9at1s1'1ed by that open valve Btory.
·.7e had hnrdly got ten to our roor!ls in the Ranier- :~rnn:: Hotel before a re·,-,orter of the principal l)S.per, 'fhe Pout-!ntellicencer( J>-I
everybody called 1 t) cn.-ne to the roo:n to in tervi ~vi me

on l.la.ska.

I told him, crnong other thines, about the threG1ltenod :Jin}:ing and

!#bout the

ru·~or

of t11e buclcl ed plates

for 1 t vrould make

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a~d

eu;;gcstcd 1:e run 1 t down

good etory. llaybe he did but t11e J)aci:!'ic Coast

s.s.comD&nY wus a good advertiser and never a word about

~"lY

trouble

anpeHred in the -paper •
7c left by the firet tro.in on n ne\7 ·route, the Burlington,whioh

meanders diagonally

aoroe~

trc continent from Seattle to St.Louis

where we were to vi si t'some :r-t~l ati vee of Anna• s for a dt;.y or two

J .A. U. pg. 567.

ST,.LOtTIS A!TD cnrcnmATI.

\fe h,-_ d a drc.•7i'1a. room \Thleh wae fort\.mate as we wert! pretty tired met
etre.1!lec! t'nd to have 'til en in s.

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Wfl,(tl 'hove been

:r~tll

sl eep~r ...ri t:h. tha t·.To children

~'!ry u..,~or:fortable.

it

A~

w:1~,

tho ohildrcm played

about or nop;'8'd 'l'tietly ,!::Jrtt3 wn!)61d anour;h to 'be 1ntera:Jted in the
novel ex,erionce of being on a

rro"!l t.J-Le

windtHTt, Fmd

VIC 00!11 C~

take tim f'l")r

nne tho evor

trt~in

o~u.n,zing

pictures

wa were very cc::tfort:zble.· :b'or :a. little change
0.

':'7V.lk aJ O!lC'

thO;{

the -;,lotfOI'mrl

!Cr

tho train

w~~.

1rn:r now htlrry t.o ~ let>.ve tl:e etntionc wLon "KC sto~l1Hld.
a l'lit' o en:1 of
'/e cr·o::s~~ecl\ trJe ,'Ircr.t ~it~l t lr:.ke on a t!"c~tle end cc::; the lJor-

mon

tfl!~!'l

c r:T\d thr; queer

rc~.r

of

l-..ucitoriu."'l'! next to 1 t and paeead

t~o

1r.any mormon fE--l'I!le with their l(mg houseo und rnony doors along their

!>.oldin1!; a llttlo

fro~tr,e~ch

•

counted

~e

retr~(!

the wonderful

~eeln~

i

J

St.Tout~ ·witho·~t

c! the Royal Joree but

dln:!ppcint~ent,

cb:mcs of

In due tics wo

and \vent to ·visit Anna's

o~:r:1

l'n cl e a no Au!! t, tre f'orbe'3, Clara Fo.rbee waa a .1't1vorl t~ oousinlt and
ftf

,~rme'

s bri d es~ald e.

.\ !e\v pl !a.oan t ,.lays here and then on to

~lncinnet1.

T

rane~fns olr~

frien~..~~hip~ t".:tci thC1'l

l~"'!nr:.

ateye~

a few de.y::; thcra, vieitln3
I went

f"r e. 1:-!'le:ot· vioit \vith her !tn:ily.

tl':c.t ol:e

h~d

that fine r.hoto tnken
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b-:.:t o::ly one !ather !ot· the:!\ all.
~concry

1 t in tne ni.c;ht, t:meh to o:.:r

e.rrivc.1 1'1
0'1 e

/

o~

f~ily

or

0>1

It

kin~!

relatives and

to Pll1lu.(:.,l:p.h1a leaving
7~1S

wr.ile .tmna was there

'tc.by Harry who earned !or him-

t!tl f the t1 tl C of little ·;u."lshino &ncl hu \7Cll msri ted tbe ti tl&,

rh1.lo.delpria end home again!

It hnd boen more tha."l !our years

since! lar:t o:.t7 lt. Tte ole! :tlouse c.t DryrW.a·ax· lw.d ·been
I

vo~ld

lllteraci

noo.:-ccly l:now 1 t but the welco-no from dear l!other and Father

e.nc1 Helen

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Jut:t es full or love as ever. 'Dear Dr. ;.f1ller•:s greet-

ing wac crrcctionete ee ever c.lthc I irea.gined thero was Just a trao~
of d1sc:ppointn:cnt in

1:.1~

s.nc! ·one cannot wonder if thore ·.tns.

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J.A.T1. P5• 568.

!'?~C':r'l'IOiT.

time after we had returned the Church gave us a reception
\

a.nd I copy rrorn tho account or it in the ~eesenger" the church paper
I had been instrumental in starting so many years before. Dr. Miller
wrote it."Cn Uarch 7th. (1902)

a "welcome home" was reception wae

Biven to Dr .and Urn .Bertrand 'K ;.Vil bur by the congregation, to give
cxpreeP.ion to our

gladneee in having the.m with us once more. (cards

~.n.d been eent to_ all the fa.miles who were meTitberl of' the congregation.)
~7as a very enjoyable one and some hundred ~d ten
The ova5oion

pcreonl3 wore -present to enjoy it. There would have undoubtedly have

been More if tho weather had been clearer and 1! the entertainment
g1ba'!l by the Haverford GrDl!!!!ler School at the Merion Cricket Club had

•

not drn7n away those or our r~ilieo who have eons in that institu-

tion.

The reception was held in our Sunday school room. The room

is o. di!!icul t one to decorate effectively, but· it never looked more

'heo.utif'nl. The plo.tfom nnd reading desk were completely covered with
with ~"ls and ntherpotted plants.

Vases and and PC?ts or carnations

and lill:ies wero placed on tabletS here c.nd there about the roo:n.
•cosy corners' were tastefully arranged in various plaoes by draping

handsom ta~estries and ruga oTer extemporized lounges and covering
them -with ornamental cushions.

It must have required a hnrd daye

work for mnny bu~y hands to produce such a rich effect in that im-

mense rool!l with ite high,ba.re walle. But it waa all •a 1C2l>or or love'

••

for the two whom we"delighted to honor", no one complained or the
.

.

task imposed in making ~reparation tor their welcome •
Those ot our_people who had been at other church !eet1v1t1es
seemed to think that this was one ot the best, it not the very beet,

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P.~~CPTimT~enn'

td.

:J .A.U. · pg. 569.

that we ha.ve ever had.

~fe

569 •

owe an immense debt to the student!!! of'

\

Bryn lla.wr and Haverford for the! r importa.n t ehal"e in entertaining
our

~1eets

with their glees and songs •••••

.

Luter in the evening

the guests were asked to seat ther.1sel ves fnr a 1 it t.l e whi.l e, end
the pastor was called on to express in a few words the joy felt by
all of us in welooninB Dr. and 1-frs. 7f1lbur to their old church home.
Dr. '.111 bur responded with much eznest and te!'lder feeling. He spoke
for about ten minutes or so, givingus aome of the liehts and shadows of missionary life in Alaska.

y

The humerous touches were delight-

ful; and the portrayal of the spiritual side of the work, 1naJ)1rU.g
and beautiful ••

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This was the climax of the occasion. Refreshments

'tollo. .ved end after more singing of college glees came the reluctant
good-nights •
'.'!e missed a good rteny faces we had hoped to see, but 1 t was
good to see eo meny of. our friends, and

ee,eci~lly

delightful to

welcome ar.1ong our guests some of the dear old friends, who, though •

fo'ma,_-3-y now connected with other churches, are still loyal in· love
for

Bryn~!awr,

the needs, P.eri te.gee e.nd Hart ins, who came all the

way from the city to share in the welcome given to the "beloved
physician" and his lovely wifel "

. It was a deli ghtbt'i'me for ue and we enjoyed 1 t thoroughly and

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we kne"Y very 'vell what a lot of work 1 t waa for the prime movere,
dear friends of ltother' a, Mrs. Hart and Hiss Hate while X•'brs'll

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Helena worked like a. slave. As Dr.
'POSsible to
ing but an

~ake

indicated, it see!ned im•
•
that big room look eo cosy end attractive and noth-

enoMo~s

lHl~er

a."'!lcunt· or work accomj'lliahed it.

AlmoAt as soon as I reached home I went to see Dr.

VanLenne~