EARLY CHIEF OF COPPER RIVER
TRIBE A HYPNOTIST IS BELIEF
l>i<l Stikwan, high chief ami medi
cine man of the Copper river Indians,
have a knowledge of hypnotism, and
if so, where did he get it and how long
have the medicine men of the tribe
possessed the knowledge? Or is it
possible that Stikwan personally dis
covered his own mesmeric powers and
kept it a secret, applying it as a means
of holding his autocratic position
among the members ot the tribe.
The following tale is told by mem-«
hers of the tribe regarding the pow
ers of the great chief, which indicate
that hypnotism, or suspended anima
tion, or some similar power played an
important part in the ceremony ot the
medicine man. It is said that once, j
while in the height of his power and
vigor Stikwan announced to the tribe
that his wife had died. 1 here was
wailing anti moaning, and the mem
bers of the tribe were called in to view ,
the body. There it lay, within the
house of death apparently in rigoi
mortis. It was proposed that the j
women prepare tin* bod\ tor burial,
hut the big chief said them nay. He
announced that the woman s spirit
had mamooked to a far country ami
that at the end of three days she}
would return and he would call her
back to life.
At the stated time, and in the pres- |
once of many member of the tribe.)
with passes and incantations, shout-1
ings and beatings upon the native j
drums, he commanded life to return to j
the body of the woman, and behold.;
within a short time she displayed;
signs of returning consciousness, and!
later arose from her couch and walk
ed, living for many years a witness to
the miraculous powers of the hyas
tyee.
To the natives it appeared that
Chief Stikwan was possessed of the
power to restore life and this tact
added greatly to his prestige. Stik
wan. from the stories tod •>? him.)
must have been a native of unusual
accomplishments, and his hold upon
the natives was absolute. In trade
with the white men he was as shrewd
as the best of them, and under his
rule the tribe was well supplied with
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sugar, dour, clothing and blankets.
That he had power over life and
death, is of course, absurd from a
white man’s point of view, but not to
the native. Some power he did pos
sess that enabled him to put the wo
man in a trance and then bring her
back to consciousness. That he did
not possess power over death is at
once apparent when it is stated that
in due course of time Stikwan went
the way of all desh and carried his
secret with him.
His son and successor evidently did
not possess the power, but he was
nevertheless a tfood bluffer. In the
course of time his wife died. In this
case there was no trance or tempor
arily suspended animation. The
woman was dead. With his father’s
example before him. and desiring to
stand on an equality with his pre
decessor before the tribe as a chief
; ami medicine man, he also announced
that in three days he would restore life
to the woman. When the time came
he gathered the tribe about and com- (
(noticed the mystic ceremonies of his]
craft, but his passes and incantations
were without avail, for the spirit had,
departed, and not all his boasted
prowess could bring it back. Thiel ;
he was, and remained so, but as a
medicine man he had lost caste and j
was never again look^l up to by his:
followers.
Old Stikwan’s spirit, the natives I
say. took up its abode in Mount Wrran
ged, and when the volcanic smoke
weds up above the peaks the natives
say his camp lire is burning briskly
and that some day he will return and
restore his tribe in numbers, power
i
and grandeur as in the days before
the fatal coming of the white man.
BOUNTY PAID FOR
125 WOLVES; TAX
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.Jl’N'KAl’.—Bounty has been paid
on 125 wo If pelts since the wolf bounty
act went into force, and the sum ol
$1,250 was paid out. while the pelts
brought at sale by the territory the
sum of $212.
This fact is contained in the report
to the legislature by Territorial Treas
urer W. G. Smith.
Several other interesting facts are!
secured from the report. For instance:
Doctors, dentists and attorneys pay
an annual license tax of ten dollars
each. The number of men following
such professions is shown by the
amounts paid. The amounts received
from doctors in the four divisions, last
year, given here in regular order, ac-(
cording to the number of the division,'
were *260, $90. $200 and $180. Total I
$920.
Dentists: $200, $40. $120, and $100.
Total $460.
Attorneys: $240,$40, $220 and $270. |
, Total $970.
Automobiles: $560, $45, $115 and
$795. Total $815. Automobiles pay
1 five dollars per annum.
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Fresh beef is 19 cents per pound in
Nome, by the side.
There is a movement on fool In
organize a company of boy scouts in
Anchorage.
Five new Fords will he placed in
Valdez this year and a number of
higher priced cars.
Advices received at Anchorage
state that most if not all of the sal
mon traps on Cook Inlet have been
taken out by the ice.
Chief Clerk Alvah Fames has re
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thousand pounds of accumulated mail
at McCarthy to Chisana. The rate!
paid for freighting same will be 4f>!
cents a pound.
Recent storms are reported to have
done large amount of damage to the
plant of the whaling company at Port
Armstrong, the wind having torn off
about 100 feet of the roof on the
main building.
It is announced that the steamers
of the Pacific Coast lino operating be
tween Seattle and Southeastern Alas
ka, will in the future discontinue call
ing in at Prince Rupert.
Frank Moran, a well known miner
of Iditarod country, is believed to
have drowned in the Aniak river last
fall.
Kuby Igloo No. Pioneers of Alas
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niversary of the raising of the Ameri
can flag in Alaska on October IS next,
by erection of a monument over the
grave of Mrs. John Pean, the first
white woman to penetrate interior
Alaska, the first to bear a white child
and the first to die in that country.
Charles Eagle, who left Nome for
Council had a narrow escape when he
drew near to the storm belt around
Solomon. He encountered the usual
blizzard and got lost. He traveled
way out on the ice and when he reali
zed that he was lost and that his dogs
were all in he decided to unhitch them
and strike with the animals for * a
camp. He was nearly all in before
he reached Solomon and was badly
frostbitten. A native was sent to
bring in the sled but returned with the
report that he could not find it.
Charles Goldstein of Juneau. Alas
ka’s leading fur buyer, recently re
ceived a shipment of $ If),000 worth of
furs from the north. He now has
more than $40,000 worth of furs in
stock and expects to have at least
$100,000 worth by the end of the sea
son.
Mrs. Darling of Nome has received
a letter from J. J. Underwood of Se
attle, stating that Mary Roberts
Rhinehart, the well known author, and
Samuel G. Blythe, the famous writer
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BRIDE OF WEEK
KILLED IN AUTO
ACCIDENT SUNDAY
(By United States Cable)
TACOMA, Wash., Monday, April
2.—Mrs. Charles Uunquist, bride of a
week, was killed in an automobile ac
cident near here Sunday afternoon,
while enjoying a trip with Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Pridmore.
Pridmore was driving the machine
and lost control while crossing the
bridge over the Nisqually river, the
machine crashing through the railing.
Mrs. Pridmore is not expected to live.
W. E. WILLIAMSON
COMMITS SUICIDE
(Hr United States ('able)
PORTLAND, Monday, April 2.—VV.
K. Williamson, former assistant post
master, shot himself this morning on
a train en route to Spokane.
The cause of the suicide has not
been determined.
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ANCHORAGE, Monday, April 2.
The Alameda sailed from hero at S
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little difficulty in unloading freight.
The remains of llert Kmery and
Stewart, who were killed in a snow
slide near here some time ago, wen*
shipped to Seattle on the Alameda.
WHITE MAN KILLED
IN TONG BATTLE
(By United Statei ('able)
SEATTLE, Monday. April 2. Dur
ing a battle between members of a
Chinese tong and other Chinamen,
George McCaren, white, aged 19, was
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