"WHITE MAN PERPLEXES ME’
SAYS INDIAN CHIEF-’SORRY
THAT I EVER SEE HIM”
Following a big celebration of In
dians near Douglas which resulted in
several court cases, the following ap
peared in tiie Douglas Island News,
and Includes comment on Ihc Indian's
opinion of the white man as gathered
in by I he Stroller:
"Kin gie turn In icfu tie bif da zee
kuk ta ll oil li ge bum oi dac yi klu gi
jum nut die woe psti." (One rene
gade white man can raise more hell
among my people in two hours than
a dozen missionaries can stamp out
in a year.)
The foregoing is what the Stroller
ln-ard one morning last week Just as
li emerged from the |«»liee court
where half a dozen or more Indians
both sexes being represented, had
been tried and convicted on the charge
oi drunkenness. The speaker, an In
dan who wears a full beard is a fa
miliar figure on the streets of Doug
las, lb- is not given to much speech
but on the occasion mentioned his
heart appeared to be so full of re
sentment and disgust with what he
had just witnessed in the court room
that In could not conceal his feelings.
The Stroller, seeing that the old man
was disposed to talk, encouraged him
and the result was what follows.
Luckily the Stroller understands and
readily translates all Indian lang
uages spoken from Mary Island to
Point Borrow either by way of the
coast or the Yukon river. Of course,
tite old man, who is now 111 years of
age, spoke his tribal tongue which the
Stroller recorded in short hand, a lit
eral transaction being as follows:
"Three score and ten snows have
been upon me since first mine eyes
belilil a wfiite man. 1 was then 41
years of age and wholly free from
guile although always possessed of
an observing nature. Since that time
I have developed much of my time to
the study of the white man and his
ways and 1 must say that he is a
curious combination. lie mixes me;
yea, tie perplexes me.
"One white man come along. He
say unless Undian forsake Indian
ways and become like white man, In
dian bump up dgainst eternal confla
gration, whatever that is. Another
white man come along and give In
dian bottle. Indian drink from bot
tle, whoopee, go to wigwam to lick
squaw and find white man there be
fore him. Squaw go whoop-ee too.
Next morning heap big head, mouth
feel like dead gopher. Then Indian
taken to skookum house. Tyee Judge
send him back ten days, two weeks,
maybe longer. Then first man come
to see Indian in skookum house, sing
•bull for shore, brother’ when there
Hint no shore and no boat in sight.
Indian goes home and is good till sec
ond white man come with more fire
water. Same thing happens. Indian
geos whoop-ee some more and goes
to skookum, house.
"First white man come again and
tell Indian to sing 'Happy l>ay.' In
dian sing but he ain’t happy. Before
white man come, Indian all right at
| four score snows. Now his stomach
| is all shot to pieces and motheaten at
VALDEZ HAS GOT
THE REAL SPIRIT
During tin* past eighteen months
the town of Valdez lias been visited
bj two devasting conflagrations en
tailing a loss aggregating nearly half
a million dollars. This to a town of
not more than 1500 people would or
dinarily prove a death blow, but not
to Valdez. Within 24 hours to 10 days
every business house burned out lutd
reopened in new quarters, and plans
were already under way to replace
the structures destroyed in every in
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to those burned. These (ires were a
ANOTHER AMUSING STORY
FROM COAST NEWSPAPER
•So many "millionaires” have passed
through Seward recently that the
friends of James Pitcher will he dis
appointed to loam that he is only
rated as half a millionaire says the
Seward Post of January 12:
”J. S. Pitcher and wife anil L»ars
Ostnos owners of discovery claim and
one above anil one below on Boob
creek, in the Tolstoi, arrived last
ngiht from the newest gold camp in
Alaska, having been on the trail since
December 21. They are the guests at
tiie Seward, and will sail for Seattle
on the Alemeda.
severe blow In the community, tin*
losses heavy hut ttie spirit of opti
mism which animates the people; the
abiding eonvictino that their town is
to have a great future as the center
of the richest mining district of the
Territory, is supreme, and they go to
work to clear away the ruins and
erect a new* town, which shall stand
as a monument to their confidence in
themselves and their country.
Where such optimism prevails
based by a section so rich in natural
resources, success is assured, dptim
“Pitcher is the discoverer of Jiooli j
creek, and is credited with having
disposed of his interests for half a J
million.
“Mrs. Pitcher, who came to Alaska
seven years ago said that they had an |
easy time on the trail until they nr- !
rived on the Turn again arm section,!
where they were delayed by new snow.
“The traveling outfit of Pitcher,
Ostncs and Mrs, Pitcher is about the
classiest that has been seen here for
some time, in their fur parkas and
mukluks being of the finest make.
They expected to go out to Spokane,
but had expressed their baggage from
Indian creek, and it is held up by ttic
new snow.
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ism 11}<* i his In-gels optimism and the
investor seeking to place his motley
where it will bring returns must ne
cessarily lie affected by the spirit of
the people with whom he comes in
contact. This bespeaks success for
this district, and within the next few
years Valdez wll take its place as the
center of one of the most profitable
mining fields of the Vnited Stales.
Office and Residence of J. F. McAl
lister, freighter and transfer, Elite
Baths. Phone Red 157. t
"Pitcher says lie does not believe |
Tolstoi will be a big camp lint that it
will be a good little camp. He sold
his ground to Henry Itiley.”
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White 17.
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thir'y. White matt smile at squaw,
squaw stilt for a week and give buck
glttsay stare. One white man repairs
Indian's soul, another gives him dope
that eats till the copper lining off his
stomach.
"One tells him to raise his voice in
prayer, the other gives him something
that makes him raise hell. One gives
him spiritual consolation, the other
sells him liquid damnation. One
teaches him to sing ‘I want to be on
angel and with the angels stand.'
While the other teaches him to sing
•Here's to the good old stnlT drink Yr
down.' White man too much for me.
Surry I ever see him."
COMPARATIVE
TEMPERATURES
Following arc the lowest recorded
temperatures for this year and last
on the days leaignated. The minus
Sign before a number means below
zero.
1). S. Weather Bureau.
1910 1917
March 1 . —14 30
March 3 —11 30
March 3. - 4 33
March 4 —14 12
March & —1 o j
March e . . , . 19 tI
March 7.. -19 — 8 i
March 8. —17 20 |
March 9 . - 17 22
March 10. 17 10
Murcli 11. —25 8
March 12 . —14 22
March 13 . —19 28
March 15. —14 10
March 16 . -8 8
March 17. 0 4
March 18.0 15
March 19. '! II
March 20 . 10 10
March 21 7 3
March 22 .- G — 4
March 23. 5 —20
March 24.0 —27
March 25.—IS —20
March 20 . - 20 —20
March 27 .—18 18
March 28 .—3 - 2
March 29. —18 9
March 30. 10 10
March 31. IS 28
April I . 10 18
April 2 . 0 IS
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