STRANGE RELIGIONS REVIAL
AMONG YUKON NATIVES
The single story of some sort
of an alleged messiah operating
in the southern part of Yukon
territory during the past summer
is reported in the Dawson News.
The Anglican church missionar
ies east of Whitehorse had the
matter drawn to their attention,
and they reported’ the case to
Bishop Stringer. It seems that
some Indian has become posses
sed of the idea that he should
lead the people, and that he is
a new Messiah. The story also
has gotten out to the coast via
Haines and Skagway. The Skag
way Alaskan referred to it as fol
lows :
“Henry Phillips, humble dis
ciple of Gutenberg, and native
Alaskan philosopher, who has
been managing the Indian co~op~
erative store at the village of
j Klukwan for several months up
till a few weeks ago, when he
' returned to his home in Skag
; way, brings the first news of the
| strange story that is being told
by Indians who arived in Kluk
wan recently from Dalton post,
in northern British Columbia.
"The tale as told is that an
Indian, well known in the vicin
ity of Dalton post, where he was
born and reared, wa§ taken sick
last fall, and after a time passed
away, but forty eight hours after
j 'iis supposed death, whet^his rel
! itives were preparing tor his
; burial, he arose and proclaimed
himself Messiah, and whereas
before his demise he was familiar
with no language but that of his
nvn tribe, upon his resurrection
lie was able to speak fluently in
English, Latin and many other
tongues.
“Upon his return to conscious
ness the Indian told those gath
ered around that while his body
lay in a state of coma his spirit
had been transported to heaven
where lie was taken into a house
where all those present save the
ones in charge sang songs, and
where he was instructed in a full
knowledge of English and other
languages.
“Since his recovery he has gone
around among the scattered and
remote Indian villages of the in
terior, preaching, instructing his
followers that they shall not call
the Sabbath day Sunday, but
Special day, during the hours of
which they shall neither cook nor
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do any other kind of labor; that
they shall follow after him, but
shall always keep their faces
turned heaven ward, instead of
toward the earth; that they shall
cross themselves with their left
hands instead of their right, and
has declared necessary many
other requirements with the de -
tails of which our informant is
not familiar.
“The new religion is said to
have attracted widespread inter
est among the natives, many of
whom are now professed and ar
dent believers.’’—All Alaska Re
view.
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ALASKA NOTES |
Owing to the fact that several
hundred men are employed in
that section of the country every
summer and for the reason that
when many of them sustain an~
injury it is necessary to send
them to the hospital at Fort Gib
bon for treatment, the residents
of Sullivan creek and the Moose
lodge at Tofty have decided that
a hospital is necessary. A physi
cian has been engaged to take
care of the institution.
Lynx are reported as being
very plentiful in the Fort Yukon
district this winter and the trap
pers are making good money.
One trapper, who has a trap line
one hundred miles long, caught
fifty-two of the animals on his
first trip over the line. The
pelts are also said to be better
this year than for many years
and the Fort Yukon stores are
paying $10 each for all the lynx
pelts they can get with the trap
pers not anxious to sell at that
price.
Miss Joy Jennett, a daughter
of Alaska thought out by herself
and executed a splendid little
scheme and the express is carry
ing to the President of the great
United States and the members
f the Cabinet, a product of Al
aska, says a Seattle paper: A
large “nugget” manufactured
for the purpose out of papier
fache was forwarded to Presi
dent Wilson and within this
"nugget” is packed an Alaska
King salmon. A “gold brick”
which contains one salmon is
being rushed by express to the
members of the cabinet.
Judge Fred M. Brown of the
district court, has received infor
mation from Shushanna1 via Mc
Carthy that Ernest Bryson,
the prospector who was believed
to have been lost while enroute
to the headwaters of the Tanana
river, is alive and well in Chisana
When the prospector was re
ported lost and probably in need
of assistance application was
made to the court for funds to
send out a searching party to
the rescue As the court has no
.funds for that purpose Judge
Brown put the matter up to
governor Strong with the result
that $ioo was made immediate
ly available to make the search
for the missing man. The news
was brought to McCarthy by a
man who had recently come over
the glacier from the Shushanna
and had seen Bryson there.—
Valdez Miner.
J. H. Patton, an employe ol
the Alaska-Gastineau Mining
Company at Juneau, was arrest
ed on the charge of having stole11
gold-lead concentrates from the
retreating plant of the company.
Six pounds of the concentrates
were found in his trunk. The
stuff is valued at about $10 per
pound.
The News-Miner plant in
Fairbanks recently had a narrow
escape from being destroyed by
fire. Due to a leak in the pipe
running from the gasoline tank
to the linotype machine a pool of
j gasoline had formed during the
' light and when an employe
’ started the fire to melt the metal
j .lie gasoline on the floor caught
ire. The fire department soon
lad the flames out and even as
sisted in cleaning up the mess,
The machine was not damaged.
; Fairbanks newspapers state
1 that a serious shortage of horse
j feed threatens owners of stock
!j before the opening of navigation
on the Yukon river. Teamsters
I who were in the camp last fall
purchased sufficient feed for
their animals for the winter but
about 60 horses have been taken
j over the trail since New Years
and it is believed that many of
them will have to be brought to
the coast. The freighting of
^^gjjestothc new Tolovana
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for horses.
li is reported that following a
recent earthquake that a hot
spring suddenly gushed forth on
Mummy island, where housjes
are being erected for the clam
niggers working for the Cordova
Clam cannery. The water is
being analyzed and if it contains
anvtmng which will make it val
uable for medicinal purposes a
health resort will be established.
Hot springs are also reported to
have made their appearance on
other islands in Prince William
Sound since the earthquake.
1'he people of Seward have
voted in favor of electing the city
governments and city officials in
future in the manner provided
for by the territorial legislature.
The people voted seperately on
two propositions. One was for
the election of three members of
the council annually; the other
was for the election of a city at
torney, city treasurer, city magi
strate, and city clerk. The first
section was carried by a vote of
three to one, thus showing that
the people prefer to elect the
| mayor separately.
] What might have been a ser
ious or perhaps a fatal accident
was averted recently through
the presence of mind of the em
ployes on the job, who are tak
ing great interest in the Safety
First campaign being waged at
Treadwell. A number of the J
machine shops force were repair
ing the salt water pump find
we e lowering a casting and two
men were in the bottom of the
caisson when tHc casting got
away and fell striking a large
Jsteam pipe. The pipq was
broken and the steam shot into
the caisson and enveloped the
two men. The valve was reach
ed and turned off. The safety
first policies had demonstrated
where this particular valve was
i owing to the educational feature-.
| —Valdez Miner.
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