DEDICATED TO ALASKANS
Aleutian History
J. N. Cannon
The following is practically a literal translation
from the Russian taken from the manuscript of Fr.
Gedeon, priest-monk of the Alexandro-Nevsky _ Cathe
dral, Moscow, Russia, and was written in Kodiak be
tween 1804 and 1807. It has never before appeared in
print. __
Continued from yesterday i
In war they used shields (kuba
kinakh) made of wooden strings
an inch wide and less than an
inch thick, back three and one-half
tehetvert, front two tchetvert long.
Strips fastened together with sin
ew; to this is fastened a breast
plate (hakaat), made of thin
sticks, a tchetvert in length and
well woven with sinew, so that
the most powerful spear thrust
would not penetrate it.
‘‘A tchetvert is equal to a quar
ter”—“a quarter of what?”—‘‘A
quarter of anything. Eighty tchet
verics equals a bushel, Russian
grain measure,”—Pestrokoff. The
pursuit of science is not without
its fascination and tragic moments;
15 minutes after the wTiter put
the question, the most noted
Aleutian authority in Alaska, Efka
Pestrokoff, passed to the Great
Beyond, nature enacting her last
tribute, heart failure.—The Gate
way’s scientific expedition suffered j
an irreparable loss.
Shields were made as breast
plates to cover the body in defense.
Mantles or wooden cloaks were
worn over the shields, and made
to individual measure. Loon nets
were used as collars, twisted tight
ly and wound around the neck.
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Most of the fishing gear and hunt
ing nets were made of dried net
tles, traeted somewhat as flaxi:—
rotted in ponds, dried and thresh
ed to free the individual fibres,
then seperated and subsequently
cured.
WEST FRONT!
“To arms,” shouted the anayugak.
“Whose arms,” questioned the
braves.
‘‘Anybody’s arms,” answered an
old maid.
From Shuyak Island in fair
weather, Kodiakers crossed in their
bidarahs to Kenai Bay and attempt
ed to ambush the enemy, while
they slept; adults and old men
were killed outright; handsome
wives and fair maidens were made
prisoners and carried away, while
the younger children were left
with old women; and all necessary
plunder was carried back to Kodiak.
If the vanquished escaped and
sued for peace, through neighbor
ing chiefs, the conquerors adjust
ed settlement—returned wives and
children. Hostages were given, pris
oners exchanged, and hostages were j
well treated, clothed in the finest j
garments and accorded the utmost
consideration. Sea-otters wTould be
spread out to receive them and
when relatives came to visit priso
ners, were likewise well treated.
“At one time, about 200 years
ago, Cook Inlet boasted of 5,000
Aleuts, fierce and warlike. Most of
these resided at English Bay (Port
Graham), China Pot iKatchemakj
Bay), Anchor Point, Kosiloff, Kenai,
Tyonek and Illiamna Lake. It was |
said, the Russians poisoned them j
off wth black tea, hence the sub- j
sequent fear of this beverage—,
green tea being preferred, even to j
this day.” —Pestrokoff.
Continued Monday
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BRISTOL BAY PRECINCT, Es
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.. .Dated March 19, 1931.
Margueritte Lowe, executrix,
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publication April 20, 1931.
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