THE ORPHANAGE NEWS LETTER.
Our Neighbors
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lines very er.xlible work in basket
weaving. An Ir an nnil lleritena
were in tin- jurty of Alas uns sent to
tin- St. lsmis Kxjusition.
l'mil mill Mnrv Oliy i live in the next
house. They wer. both ill the Mis
sion during Mr. (toe's liilministnition
here iml were married by him. They
now have a f unity of four ehildren.
,J,dm, (liKiroe, l’:inl and buby 1‘iiuline.
They lost II little two year old ilanoh
ter from measles hist winter. M iry
takes Kuri «vtr.• ot Iter limin' anil tier
children. Paul follows tlio usual oe
cupitioii of thi' min on Wood Island.
llonit'ace (iivgoriotf boards with
them whfii lit' is on tlm islaml. Hf is
trying to buy a house untl we think
he experts to get a wife ill the fall.
We next mine to the home of Peter
and Step >nita Admigu. Kvt rything
is very neat about this home as Ste
ponita is a gnul housekeeper.
Nt xt tbtor lives Steponita’s pircnts
Patia ami Marf a Chva with their four
children Xidya, Xieholai, W illie and
Vera. I'll is is an Aleute family.
Mrs. Cliya is very ill. She h is never
rts'over '1 from tile ell'ts'ls of measles
which aggruvaUxl other troubles and
left her in a serious condition. \\ hen
she was well she did nice work in
making moee isins tit s ins ot hair
sells.
Xear hy is tlir himii’ of Marina Pes
tri ..IV, nr “Old lady Marina” us she
is (Minnr .lily eull.xl. She is something
.,f ;. nurse and is usually found in any
native homo where there is sickness.
Two of her grandchildren live with
her Polligeah l’estri ,otV and Freddie
Fnniin.
Willi mi and Annie lhivloff live in
the next house. They are Kugsian
creoles. William is a hard-work ing
indus4rious :nau, ami Annie is a fit
moil*housekeeper. They h iveadop*
«hl it little ln»v anil girl whose names
are TeVan ami Annie.
We will HOW go to the lioilie of
Kohli i anil Uraee Antoknok. Tins
\%ere both in the Mission for some
years and were neu rit d hy Sup*
Learn. They have three ehildr. n
win se nanu s are Jos ph, Jaeoh and
Marion.
Tin* 1111 \t home is that of Wanl-i
Iaiieor more pr -perly Want a A mi ^
no-. At present Wan a wi'h his
wife Af anassia and their child n n
AgritVna, Stefan and Mi e are \ isit
infill Af-gnal< . This also is an Al
nut** family. Wan’ a is thr s.cond • i
vie.* chief of our islaml.
Next door is a bachelor's halloecu
piisl I y two white men (inst Ols« n
ami Win. 11 ill. or us tin v an* fainil
iarly called, Pappy Ols n anil Hilly
Hill. Tin* former owns a tox ranch
win re In* spends his winters. Tin
latter is a prospector. He has a very
good el tim on Kodia < Island, which
lie is developing, and which will on
day, no doubt, bring him handsoim
roturns.
Wasook and Annie Uallanogotf lisa
in the next hoi.se. They too wire
both in the Mission. When an emer
gency arises and we need extra help
we call on Annie, who can rei.dei
good service either as cook or in se\\
ing, washing or cleaning. Wasoo
is a fishi rnian. They have a bright
little girl whose name is ivate.
Before leaving this neighborhood
we must introduce Perkojii Aslmii
vvuk, who has built himself u lit11.■
house buck in the woods. He is uu
Aleute and tlie brother of Putin. « le
is still in the Mission.
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