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J. A. M.
( JUST .AOOUT ME }
and
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
in sur-
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:
JAM page
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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
Table of Contents, page 4
Volume II
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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
Princess The~ and Teaches a Less~n of Christ's
Forgiveness
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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
with Christian Concepts)
The Graphophone
~. Austin's Surprise Party
I Get a Letter
Aunt Helen Taylor's Letter
"You May Come for Nancy"
i..fu..ra' s .Letter:::•
"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
V;her e 1'1y ~ime Goes
"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
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)
.Arma iteturns So:ne Calls, .ii.llna Tells of FartJ Calls,
Preserves e.nd t.un~v;a.ys, A Chafing Dis:. Sup::;er
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Building the .t-.ddi tion, (and kission l;ork), i. 12n In Our R::>c:n,
Moving; Into a Bigger }~est, The Interior of .itaver' 1 s
:riest, Raven's Nest, Come In. "Coming Up Sta.irs 11 , l.:ore
About the ,t;iest, A liew Lif'e Is Given Us, A.Qua.rrel, Eut
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Photography and Other lt':ork, Society Letters and Other ¥York
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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Chicken ~ox Or - -1, Sm~ll ~ox!!
The New Ea.by (r.arry L~~v;rence born Janu
l:iQ:r:e: Complications, ?£r. Kelly :Neb.rs De~;.th
F~Xher and Jiotr.er Visit Us, I:Ial ibut Fishing;, D!;.y 'l'rips -d 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
Our Reception (Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church)
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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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Dr. Bertrand K. 1iilbur
ADVEHTISEMET FOR liOM.EO?.r..TliiC PhYSICIAN AT SITKA.
One day I saw a notice on the college bulletin board that a
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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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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
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lillY et what t~;.lna,
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1n-
ae pleue 4o aot ahn er
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..,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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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
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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
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"»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
'
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cource in refraction at the
noo.
Dispensary, special operutions, did some operetin3 under Dr.·Vnns
supervision,
polisr.J.n~
up ey lectui"e an
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.
11
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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
'.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~
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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
~!·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
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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
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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 ·
·~
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.,..,t1··.,
r '-"•
n·n"'" t''"'
·p ro •-..
lJ '·. ,} .:;,.. -.::;
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. 'v
ptn
Tr:.e
1Ta.:1r.
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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',; •
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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
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: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
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~·
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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
•
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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.
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..·!'.:::.,::~";-
.
,,
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
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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
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tr o. i c; }~
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l!uir
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,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.
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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~.
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A
~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:,~,,
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c.~
3o I v:::::s
1 c: ;~: :~~
ci-~'0'1
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ci t:t
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'-'."
-~~'. ;.l~...l
L~
l~;~t(;r l
t.; r:
l
~.; . ~
J:)mo uu thoil
a. roo:'j. in the r:.oyo
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pg. 210
Everyone waa most kind and friendly
aomitory buildine was called.
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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. ·
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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,'"'
....
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to.r 'but I h.c~d
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v 0
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'~"''>" ~r
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ho iU~·.,...itol
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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
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'JJ_ '~~-·': ':r:
~~ : -~ ·J
r1 ;_~ t i ··:-;- :.;
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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
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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
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"
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
,,-
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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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
7017
whom t14
~
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.
Altho full of fun
fr::..ce
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true folloVTer of her Beloved Lord und llaster and when
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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I can imagine how J.ass Gibson must have 1:0:% wondered what kind
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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
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the preeent and we still exchange letters -two u
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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
~:~other
a.'ld this is what ho -wrote:
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I notice it is h:;..rdcst t::Linc to c'.o, to
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.
t it is for the Lord's ~.3a.ke c:md his :
will.
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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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abou.t ~)it}::n. fri.::,nd~'>. I ITish to tell :T:::>U P.bou.t nzywor2.: in Sitl:e. lG.nt
week. I wal.'l out eer.Uinc;, (fot the fur ncals !13 they owim along th~
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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
~
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
: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
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
on_,, 1 t c.nd nona brou.::;ht in by the tide it wu.o a.l~.Yt:ys intercotin.:;
hn.d s character! !':tic,
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ucs u cood nized arenite boulder split
bo~d.
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tha to. .m.
ua1 .lc around tho
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
other. ();>pooi to the
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ot the colony
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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
Dnr~err ~old
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tJ.1o top
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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
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
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~ 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.
A
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
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ct len..st not uhen you t:;ot used to 1 t. J.n ::.11
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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
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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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
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. ~ ..... and d1· senfectm1ts.' Oh! Shad.es of Se.:.:1uel I::DJ:ne:·.:J..nn!
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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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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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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
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!!':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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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
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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
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/~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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?hey e.re ntrr'.nr,o -peo:nle rrhen their ills o.ro conc
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
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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
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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
•
'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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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.
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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
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· 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
•
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water with which to rneke
biohlorid e o r mercury ao 1 u-t 1 onfor
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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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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,
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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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"..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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·.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
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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
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
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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llt
it. C;le difficnlty
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had l:·ccn reared
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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
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!\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-
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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
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11 on i ron
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227.
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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
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Mias Jibson took u:p little Agana, whom ahe bad had in her room for •
months_, ru1,1 ·carried her to the
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
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
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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
'>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.
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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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tf
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:
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3thel of her obsession'.
~iss
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J' .A.!!. pg. 229.
--'i'hy, I don • t got broW:fa.st
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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
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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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(r_
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
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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.
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!.£ll3re said the nurse t.ta.re our remedies, all keP.t sep~::.ra.tely in these
oonra.rt~ents.
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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.
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~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
h~ven
of reat.
\J
Sitka Hospital.
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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
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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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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Ut. Veratoviu nnd tJ1o Arro:tl:.o•J.d.
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..
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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
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~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
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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
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in
tr1.d r.:;1 .fret:. t::c
tm~ f'crHl
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:a sr.doa, l oa1::.5lil:e
cl~·-~:u
the ou::-:·:L t
or
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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~
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·i
therc.w~s
thcx·a
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too
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to
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in cot tin,:; to the to:p of
those
c:~.nfy
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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~. . ·::~
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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.
.<'.1 tho I 11vcd
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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
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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
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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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~:openclici ti~
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(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
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.
~
. ; . ......
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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
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,
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.
I had no thous;ht of t~1at; not iu the 1:~1:.:t, for
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ne ';1a.S r.lU...:;:J.ni,; '"'""'"'
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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
-
II
ra::lid~ut3
•-,v
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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.
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little (lintrJ:.::•}. Cn t>;
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keen nc .tith hk:1
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too~..:
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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.
.
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3chool.
gro~n
hO!"lC
•
to like her
:.:o tl~er often
interested. I
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l1.~cl
}- (:\ ..•..
v;;:,r-y
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"'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
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·
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
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.
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v-J..,..ll
to ..11·n-
\.t..Ji
~~l
·then, just an va wore naarL"'tg hone, for abo wno
"'.. v_u.
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v• ""t
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J~nd
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;;..: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
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, .·'
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#r!J•.Jo·~""'""'
l::..~d t: ~l::::;:::· ~t!lt~,~~ ·:·1t tu\t:J ..
~lith t:.~~ l~~~~.·ilj''
; "' !",.
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~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
-'
no--
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
j_ ~ l 0
C' ;\ ·.': t. C~ J. 0 VB
1_1: :-~ :~
rGt\.1.}11
to
~;oo<':.nfGht
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and
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:.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
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
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
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'·•tt
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little More
th~n
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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.
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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.
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Fel enn did than qni t.e :.:.s well.
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not think
~'thC
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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
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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
·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
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.
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Cf courBe u~cre '.vas u ccrtr.in crtotmt of. rutine 7:•Jr.-: for t>J
;11·
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1 ,.~
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t the
'"n·tive"'
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"'""', ont mor.)t of the Sll!'l,"'.ur in t~lil· C'-:-~~_) ..; :.rl
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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
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:::.
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.
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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
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nt
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--~ 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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joke whether on
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scf/. ""
her~r so~~
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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
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
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
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for
tke. . ' s alree.dy s.bund
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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
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of t;."Je
once
lJ0~;t
wu.s r.:nct.ored. \lith greatest c<:.ro
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1
with reP dine C.ccl: and ro'
~!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
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aoarl
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+
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.
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";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-
")
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•
--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
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~irDctly c~~ositc
to us on one ed2e of the
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J..,;,.i
and the Cc!!lel r.ac1-: on the other, th::.t ·vn !3t co·:;l, cort
-
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
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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
feet t
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
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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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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.;;>..,
, .• ,· ,_ ••
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on ~o
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r-: :' -:-:-1 ~ d
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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
~-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
::=.
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
::J.S :.:.
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
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
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~
.
l~l
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.."!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
•
been
I
,
'
•
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
\'ft:"..'~
for the co'l!rt to go to .Jnnc::,u
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ba.r
Bi:~~ht
~n:,r t0·:-:-rt
t'"''c·~le,·)r"'tet
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c~:J..:;·
1::-.Yc done c
't',;_T·~'j'~7G'21
;:.·;_i
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baank mi ssionariea!
. .. 263.
:r.A.I!. pg. 263.
~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 '
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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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
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
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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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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
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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
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tr:'.vellcd
r.-1e~1
of "!"..Y
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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
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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-
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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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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
\\
~~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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!'.:l e en e c1
fish, or
no
~1ear
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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
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Cno da~· U!J I wu:1 dickerine for n :pD-ir of' wild duc~~:\'.7~.~:} conc.dc..:.::::l!l,:; ( )
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r;r;; lust offer> cYld nothinG
up uud in a. rc.thor
oee!~d to
oup~rior
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no
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bo doinz. a no-.1 liu.v:-1 cfi'iccr
r.w. id, "I'll tc.ke tllono
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\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-.
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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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A.T-f OP'iiRATIO!:l.
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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
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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
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been :::.t r1
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l'J.;; r'!'O
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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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rendy' I dacide to bet3in 0al i
a
ev~inr::
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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.
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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:-
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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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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.
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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
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
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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
U::J
'!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
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
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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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
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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
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'L'hey
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all over the plant. It
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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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girl
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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:
or;~'"lniz'!d
nor su
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.
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.... • You do not maintain even fair di scipl1ne, allowing botl'l:m
~· ·~5,
1
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flJ.L --,
~-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-
~r
i L
junt to send it to him by nesoencer.
The
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eneMQ
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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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I '7RI ~ A
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
. . -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!
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rut fates ~ere kind for the ve~ mail I was to ccnd
~
.
it I recl'7ived a letter :from liiss DGan express"~
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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
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
tl:c scr •
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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
~,
: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
;"';(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
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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!-
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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.
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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
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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
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botl~cr bQc.~~:·. ur?.u
CC"::C
of
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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
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;
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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
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}18-~TB it anu in:.ds·ted
c 1t'. c 1- p • n...~ '. lt. h.·~
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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
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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
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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
• ::.1y J.n t crp:rvr>tnt"O"'
too brov.•i J.n
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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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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.
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80
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bl'!'J7r0d
Gn~bl o lo~.aa.
... ~:: th·'n
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011! yea! a hounc for ne wc:.u
SO:Je nnncy frc:o lone
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to J~e"'~)
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fatbr, Cre3
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.; '.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
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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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200.
pg. 290.
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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
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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
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t "'11 J' ,., ~... o·~J..
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in thirt,.,.·
t'liX. an-:!. of ni.r:::llts
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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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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
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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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292.
292.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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 ~
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nf this
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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•
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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·
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.
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uothor~ srowe uncomfortable
D""
Nld don not acem to brauthtcao11Y und
la not very good color, re.thor dullll
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.
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pg.
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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
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(Ui'
aort(Jti.·"t_o.
ure
3 BO.
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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.!'!
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
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.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
\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 •
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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
•~.
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•
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•
~
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
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.
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:
•
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
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
wo.l. tl.nr;, tlst'-Kll
ea,eciallY so be cn•tM there wns no woy to tell where the etc".mer
•
was.
-
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
out strewn over ·MY table in • obdiod tltoot
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
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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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
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Along about the early part or
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OUR HOSPITAL GIITLJ.
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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
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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
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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.
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The two aiatera evidently had a good
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:314.
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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
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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
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The
wrr·1
e
OL!1 !.In.
.
J .A.!.•. pg.
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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
.
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· 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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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
•
that she had kindly accomodated them and, incidentally, me also •
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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
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the brain.
II
~5.00
~e
my clue !or I hod cotten
s~degree, ~t
least.
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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
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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
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!~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
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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
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But she cha.ee'd ::ne and
wriggled out of and started
I
orr
~snln
•m.rn
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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.
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
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attack and ~not noh~ed to ~wn it)for I ~~very ~roud of the causa
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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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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
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sup-posed to ata.y 24 hours and generally ·
did ao_ ;but 1 t ;ran orten_,..~.~rec or tour hours after the steamer docked
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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!!
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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..
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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
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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
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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
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DI?FI~TY
J.A.!!.. !'g.
~RACTIC~~
319.
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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
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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
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''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.
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who interpreted for !!te in tho offive, c&.mo in a.nd ec.i
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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
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talk thinglit I know what uneeke ~eene. llie hand passes down one ar.m
. so,
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., then down one leg after the other
and then another and agnin,uneeko,
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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a~
hsul but the
tooth does not bulge. 3ho doee not utter a aound, tho I use no ana.e
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DISCOUnAG:!:!:.ZIT.
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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
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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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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
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
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or
~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
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. •
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:~iohA'll!!!
?oy.
\.1s3~.un
of tbe
'.Jell, Rudolph• •hull we te.ke MY ao.ilboat or
co
1n
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.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
Ttore
orr tol ~. fiftocn Mile -,ull
f-..rJ.
t;
f).Cl"CSC
tho
O«J.y.
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""""'' ... 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
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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
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.
A
~
.;
·'tl
bear. I wo.s not huntinc bec.r but I could tell one thnt ll.s I could a ~
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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
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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
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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.
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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-
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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,
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~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
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: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
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eggs as well aa treeh ones nnd there was quite an nssortment or em-
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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
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about our oamp the sort apo~gy ground was honeyoonbod
he neet 'burrows of the etor.ny petrel. b:t~.
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J\u:u.i&,
J .I••~~. pg.:527 •
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~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,
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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
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.
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such 1rru.gla.r habits did not tit
my way
or living, nt cll,nnd Iw'c:a.s
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LAZARIA, TOO
lr~AR
TEi\ :!:"JG"J.
likely to get worn out o.t thin rate.
afternoon end thro the night
pg !28 •
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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
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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.
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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
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IN Tlf~ VA3T SOLI'r.'D":~ •
it must be the 'Devils Potato :-'etch' ao ne.."ted because of the round
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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.
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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
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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!
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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
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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~~'"\
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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
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
~
.-
J.A.M.
~
PS•
. •·- . .: 339.
3~9.-
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..
•
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
•
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?
J .A.l:. pg.
340.
340.
some wey such trifles eeem so much more wearing than in the
~
I~
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.
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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
~
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
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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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J .J... z:. pg. 342.
life. Do you wonder that more nnd more I renliz:ed
...
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
~
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
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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
~
"'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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one
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
-
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."
tl
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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
~
~
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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'a..,
.,
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
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
~
,_~
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
.DJ.L"..
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
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;;
;
/
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.
•
';/".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
!
;~'LV{,_
'J I
/
WOt!l<.l
c:n:t~:;~y
mc.ka it
a.o I did n:)t dt:..."'l.oc end ey !H?Dlticm
U.."T31SC•
It iir.n
C.
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ol;
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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
•
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
·,
~
fine,
~L:~>si-
tc.ucht the -puulic achool ror 1letivco, tha vary oc.l t or tho earth. :.:rc.,
r~app, Certr~uc.
to
••
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
o.
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.
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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 •.
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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
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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
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CXt D.n t
i n t""J..o.C or i
-t
,, meut.S
- • cr1Tit'
g_onl\..1.
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·~r
r.u ...~, •l'n wrote :>.:1 r.. ccmmt
-H
1;1
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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
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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
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:351.
TlP. GF.AT'"HOJ'H
.
~
tha rnc01in~ of the ctofy ineta"ltly end were greatly ple
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
•
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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
------------------------------------------------------,
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f
I
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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
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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
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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
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~;
4 s c ;, a;;4J§# a w
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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
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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/:,
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t
1 (.;r-ef"!
..
e
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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
'f"r
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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
-...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
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
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
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h t
• •~
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+
t
t
/~
.........
~-~
on the '
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•
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~'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
·.
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.
\
362.
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'
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%: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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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 ·
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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.
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
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ht::r a.c:.mirc c:nJ. l.ove he1·, friend ano fcrJ.ily ~like a."lc! hud such a ·
hcppy
ti~e.
one
?;:~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;•.
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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
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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
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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
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
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,
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Thaso o.rc ull ;w.cl:cd
have been used but moot are new. p~.t·t
ln r.
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
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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
i'
t
elor.
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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
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TlC GOOD:lt • TheY cll had o. lot of fun over ey dower ohost espoclW.ly
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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 ••••••
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all in ten words and no opol·atol' would be any the wioer.
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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
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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!'!::;
.
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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
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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~·
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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.
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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
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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
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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_.-·!
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court ncn are coil1G bc.c~ to Ju;1o::.,_1 tLi :.> t:ft::rnoon o~ the • .li ~;·~·;,.·:·~ •
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A V'.GRY
TfNCOMFORTABLB TRIP.
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You can go too, if you wa.Yit to. "
held in Sitka that term
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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
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more altho she was clean and trim.
Should I goi It was a
probl~.
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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
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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
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know that the Queen was in
·chetha~ Strni~and
rying south with her lover.
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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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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
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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
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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
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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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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.
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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
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OUtJ
a~e
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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,
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eve~one
/~n&
wanting to
maintaining absolute poaessicm' u.nd
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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
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*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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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Then began those happy 1 buay days
7e "tTere to
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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.
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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
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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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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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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
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
reo.l estate
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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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siaycd em nt the !leon t n c.nd they
l'!fl.l':'ing mo thorouerJ.y
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the ki.ndcGt people,
no.o~~ing
it
for it never we:1t too fc.:.r nor
kind.
~}JC!'rieo ·~tcrc·
ri11c
~>...'1d
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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And hm·r th~y did tce-~c! I h;.~t1 boen
r~t t~ome.
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did shrinl: so fast.
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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
/
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-
•
before the wedding and Uncle
~ill
Taylor vue
~resent.
It
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a .
rather dreary e.ttair/ lt the truth must be t&ld ,for 1t wa.a hot and
.
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
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
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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J .A.;,:. pg. 3e3.
~en
1 ties
·or
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
-,~
~f
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
VI(U'C
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
BO
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
i,p;t#IAG!tJA4LM4 q,JJ .t,.#
to
iQ,.i(#J4ZAJ MltMA#2itt
'b<·
"JltAr Tir; rxr·m3 nAJ;).
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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
Jo
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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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
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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
•
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 ~~
"
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
,,
to wait mont of the day for the 'Tra.nn-continental' ao
we aa7 something of
•
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
\
tho ro6rot lfary '!nUot hRvo felt in do in~ no no one
'
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
80
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
•
a lone ncrvoua
g1\ro ber.
t~tra.in
and needed
Jueti!i~d
~1
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
\I
D~d
rr~crnnae
filled
U
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
••
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
\
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
•
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.
'
4
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
••
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
\.
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
•
391
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,
•
ry."
'I
,,
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
...
to the eteamer a decently dressed but rather uncouth looking men
'
·
.
"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,
.
•
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
••
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.
I
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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•
WD.S
bacJl~/ over-cT,W7C~Cd r..:.nc:,
.\
one l7t'-S U."'lC0~!1fo:rtn.bl c und cro:J:::. ':i'llcrt! '
..,..,_d -~
~~-.c1_, n'··oa.·
....,_
._
fr·1"
...,_
:rc."".~+:.
-
¥
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
'
tl y ~,
·
...... . , .
... . . ,
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
00
.
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
•
l'Oa:'l
60l:lii
/
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
\'.'LO
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.
'
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
••
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
\
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.
/
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
'
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
/<
,,
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
•
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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394
DAY AT mt:~NJ.
'
~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.
\
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
..
e.nd Anna 7 wa1!i delighte~ with everythin~ e.nd in ee,to.i1es over the aoen-
•
-
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.
.
l :
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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
•
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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~I'!'KA T~.!0~;z07.
395.
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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:
••
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
~
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
-
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
••
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
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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
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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'.
·~·
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.
•
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
'
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
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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
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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
•
-
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
'
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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J • A • ~: • a • H.
p g. 4 0 {J.
4C
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
'
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.
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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!
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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•
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.~.'.
ro.
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
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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
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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.
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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
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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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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
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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
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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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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
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·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
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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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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
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he wanted
.
or
tc:'' teat
yellod
%IQC
Chookt
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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
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TI1linGit voio
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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
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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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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
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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
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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
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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
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to think we had paid fretht on tho.t wood all the \·ruy f'rorn (.;incinnnti.
h
Anna and Crietina
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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.
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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
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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.
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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-
I
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.
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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
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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
-
the pr.vioua winter and I hop•
ed she misht hnvo a year or moro to portaotly resnin the buoyant
I
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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A NE.7
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LIF~
IS GIV3:T US.
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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
~
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
"
written before we were married when I promieed her she would not even
haTe to "carry water up
ot it, to the
•
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~
\.
reeline 1
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.
•
~ile
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
•
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
01'E~l\
:;o;;,; •
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-
'
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-
•
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-
•
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~
I
doing aomothing but I often feol I would 1 il'" to bo home again whore
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J.A.~.a.n.
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
a
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430,
J • A .t' • n .l! • I! g. 4 ~0 •
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.
•
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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J.:.... u.n.• H.
~:fe wo1·o
-::'S 4!.1.
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
•
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
D.$ .;
r
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!.
•
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
"'
earnently
Still no one
OU!!ly.
Then
.\
empty, and the
hcadt.rnyl It waa a moment of real agony and I
an~
-
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
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
•
had been careless in
building it nnd inetead of usine clay to pack it they hnd uees the
top eoil which was more like
•
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
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
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
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
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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 "..?
•
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
-e
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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
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~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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:~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
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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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.
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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
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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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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
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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
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~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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~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.
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·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
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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
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him instantly as the dancer hop-ped about ini tating the piercing no tee
or the bird
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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
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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.
e
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.
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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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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
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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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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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~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
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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~~ ~')
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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•
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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
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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,
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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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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
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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
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
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.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
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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.
-
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
-
~·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
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
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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.
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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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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
. ....
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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-
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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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J.A.U.a.H.
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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
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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.
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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
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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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455 •
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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JHJT Al.l. !1J.J..Y.
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 •
.
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
•
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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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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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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
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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
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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
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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
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.
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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 ~.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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.)
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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-
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mas at S1 tka."
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Among other th1ncs that the D.Y.sent were a·lot.ot poCket
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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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AriD
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-
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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.
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'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 . .
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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•
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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
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'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
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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
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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
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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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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!
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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
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. 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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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
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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
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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
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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
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'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
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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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absolutely ncoonsa~J as the doctor fears there may be $oma disease
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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
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oarese !or me nnd to toss tho baby wh~EU.ways welcomes hie with de11(\ht.
This
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.
~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
,.,..,..
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.i.l 0 t e •
J.p.,.
( ....
y-r
....
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•.;.
it thi.ln the .1ovi:rm!lont ochool
G''~rO v' t
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villa.gc ror eorJo yca.ro before 1 want to Ofltka
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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
"
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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
•
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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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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
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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
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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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cwmcH
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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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 .
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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
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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.
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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
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unsaid.
Following this pow-wow there was a very decided decrease in the
Tolurnn or sound !ron the
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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 ·
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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TID:
crmr:;:;
DACi~
TO
0::? TIC Ir.mTHA.
!.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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J .A.U.a.H.~g.4tl2.
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'
~
•
.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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TZB CmTI!D 0'? TlC
CRAD BAY, ,;'2.
anchor in the lc.nd-loakod harbor Juot in front
I bD.d
CDm;Jed
\
or
tho pls.co whore
the year before. 7e ho.d ho.d ol our weather
began to rain and
~
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
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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
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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
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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
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·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
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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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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
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boan
':BUt Go()rge J\mip&d 'b~Olch(!'
or':n~ina.
.
very ~-uerious and' ibe ~r~
Jlcatt:r,c
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.
·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
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..:..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
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·~"'-~~
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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drift
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1t· ria nearlY -
wood.
t,
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·1!'11
large lop
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ot DenY ldnda ot
'wood
and
smaller
<)nes,
~rooted
trees'
and
drift
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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~
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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
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'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
~"::;·
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
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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,
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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~
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n •
n• J).;o" •.,~o"- •
.
about Anna for wa were expooting another
f>O,
b~by
.:.. •
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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:r •A .!J. "A". H. p 3 • 50 3 •
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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
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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
•
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
,
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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
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
•
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·
•
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
•
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 •
~
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.
'l'I~
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
/
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 ~
?I
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
I
' 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..
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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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SZTTLHTG '.NIT!i
CL~.S:~T3
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J.A.~.a.n.
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
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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
,
~
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
•
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
-
Board refused my requeet end did so rather curtly.
/
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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80
.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
I
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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·
•
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
1: -
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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l!Y n?!T'!.Y.
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
•
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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J.A.M.a.H. pg. 511.
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
•
end treatment •
This letter is growing long and I !ear tiresome but I feel I
have been mistmderstood,
'?
'lo
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j
)
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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liT REPLY,
II II
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J.A.M.a.H. :pg. 512.
:3.
. 512.
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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
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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,
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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
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physically end spiritually.
I
.
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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
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.
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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
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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,
~~~
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self. It there was any sadness or diaap-
.:f 'ftterfmuet
,..
have been,
1 t never appeared
in of her letters to her home people •.
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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
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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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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
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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
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•
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
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in the Ea.et and ·said the doctors had pronounced it small-pox but
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R~GES.
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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.
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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
.
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six weeks and did not get Yhat we coneidered a take until the sixth
.
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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.
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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
_
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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..
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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
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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
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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
~
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
/
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.
'
·re tooled about., ate lunch laisuroly and decided we would
so
'
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
••
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.
~
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
.
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
•
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
•
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.
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• 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
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.
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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529.
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,
•
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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J .t...n. pg. 531.
.
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
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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
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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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J .t.• U. PG. 532.
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
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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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1901,~
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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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th~ :Medical. Dea>o.rtmcnt.
or
tho
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ll1as1~or
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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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regret the neoeasi ty~
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d~ties ·ver~- ·im~sue.ll.Y lishi tho.t s;mor ·'· After the.': ...
but my
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wan ~over. 'the' Il~tives .aJ.most· StDCpode
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.
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oan find no Joumal or letters written that .ummer and we .-•am
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SKAG-.VAY ATID
mrrrn
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!
.,
oourse Bertie and liarry had to be taken with us ae Harry was still
•
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.
~t
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
\.
·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
~
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
•
•·
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
..• l
•
MILES CANYON.
J.A.TJ. pg.537.
would carry a bag of flour.
537 •
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,
•
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
•
•ta,
betore the rail road waa built.
There are many accounts or those wild days and I shall not recount
the- atories
Ye
%
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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H0RSE, TO'YN &
RAPID~.
J'.A.U.pg. 538.
.
5:S~
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
~
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
•
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•
•
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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J.A.U. pg. 539.
HORS~.
539 •
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
•
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
.
-
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
•
cr
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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J .A.U. pg. 540.
540.
Arter supper weE went out to see the town, which was mostl7
~
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
~
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
I
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
111
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
••
run
~aat
he~
~
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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pnA,
D~AD
Ai'TD D'1S-:RT:!D.
:I .A.U. pg. 541.
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
~
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
'
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
\
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
•
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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s .~...~.pg.542.
'I'll~ !!ISSIO!J DOC'l'OH, !10 LCnG~ •
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.
•
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
•
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;;,
•
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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J .1... U•PSt 543 •
=:hofnDr
o.nd 'brouc;ht to !:1 tl:n.
fif.i;t
~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
I
volunt~orod
armnc;o tbo set
nnd eho tound
u~
scttcrc holpcr, printcrc devil nnd ster and
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t
Actin~ ~ditor,typo
'
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
•
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
•
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
'
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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
~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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'
de~~
senernted1 I a 1 t to be wondered tho.t hi a second son, mnny years la.tor!
"
-
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.
-
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
'
\
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~
~-&-,
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
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
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
\
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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
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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.
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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
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j
hnve no interest so great as in Sitka and the miosion there.
1.~r
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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
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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
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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
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
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.
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"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
'·,
tho lTGot a."ld onoe in ~ whilo
Anna end
.
.
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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JUiT~iDIX
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
I
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
~--
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
"------
.
were fine mountain streams almoet everywrhere. and ii·-.aa-..ve..ry rare
~
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
•
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
&l.
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
•
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
~--
~0-J •
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..
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
~
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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kc~t
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
•
~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
CF.A9Il{G A
.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.
•
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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lrJ!T~Y 1!.. PI~Ln hJJiJ) NISC"J:: •
tor it vas so
J'.A.U.:pg.5~8-0.
~58-o
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
•
he
~t.man
1ra1.
And woull that prett7
1'8.Y any attention to a poor !lieeionary'? She would not but
)
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
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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
•
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
•
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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tl'3
·c.
we called
it for there were nice round atones of the right size for a fine
)
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
.
'
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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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
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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
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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
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
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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;
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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-!
•
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
'
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
••
•I
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
'
\
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:
/
;!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
tJ:
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
..
,. ..
,,
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 •
,,
~oC61-
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.•
.,
•
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
'
~'1V1VO-....
one of which follows.
~
. . . . . . .,
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-
•
-
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.
1
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.
..1
(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 •
~
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
>
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
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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"?
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Cnt.Tittr, J"tn:;y 4, :O:(:;{~~Si
J~JC
True ever, to his
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·.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.
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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
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ORATIO!l,J'TJJ.,Y ith.
558-
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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
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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
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. 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
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]m.,...
yu a
ould d~ it." I appreciated thnt but I was not greatly exilerated
at the result but rather depressed.
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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.
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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
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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,
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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
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.
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'
'!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
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tho areod to be aettled in two or three hours Without 'heated debate,
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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
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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.
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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
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
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
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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"J.~
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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
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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.
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'~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
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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
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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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J .A.U. PG. 560.
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
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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
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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.
•
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
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..
•
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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J .A. tT. pg. 562.
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£
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-
•
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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I'"',.)
1L.o '"'':"TIT)
v.o.• J
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J.A.U. pg.563.
"T'O"''TTT'M'G'
v.l.c
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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.
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
•
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
"
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~
•
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,
•
.
~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.
•
~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
•
~
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.
"
"
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
»
~
•
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
•
30
'\1'C.3
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.
•
O'iR
\
om~
568 •
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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OUR
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 ••
•••
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
"
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
•
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~
J.A.M. (Just About Me) J.A.U. (Just About Us) Volume 2
The autobiography was written by Bertrand K. Wilbur from 1933 to 1939. His granddaughter, Carolyn Wilbur Treadway, wrote the forward and his grandson Clark Maxfield wrote the introduction to the digital edition in 2017. B.K. Wilbur created an extensive table of contents for the entire work, which is included at the beginning of each volume. Volume 2 covers Wilbur's times as a medical missionary of the Presbyterian Church in Sitka, Alaska from 1893-1901, including his interactions with the indigenous Tlingit nation. It also covers his romance and marriage with Anna Dean.
Wilbur, Bertrand Kingsbury, 1870-1945 (author)
Treadway, Carolyn Wilbur (contributor)
Maxfield, Clark (contributor)
1939 - 2017
442 pages
reformatted digital
Wilbur_Just_About_Me_vol_2