THE ORPHANAGE NEWS LETTER
THE KODIAK
BAPTIST ORPHANAGE
Mils. James McWiiinnie,
Superintendent of Alaska Work,
510 Tiomout T«mplu, Uoi-toti, Mass.
Till; Workers are Curtis 1’. Cop,
Snot.. Mrs. C. 1* Coo, Mrs. M. (». Camp
Iwll, Miss Augusta (<. Curtis, S. A.
Coldwcll.
T:..; Purpose of the Orplianace is to
provide a Christian home and training
for dpstiluto childmi.
The Keuocps show that 4.* male* and
Id t-inales total '.>1; have boon rcceiv
pil. o uialps and 1! females aiiseut. nu
leave. -d limit's and 'Jo female.- dis
eliarued : by completion of time and by
tlcatlij.il males and 111 females now
enrolled.
Seventeen Converts have been bap
tised and received in the chinch.
The Support is provided by The
Woman's American ilaplist Home Mis
sion Society, which expends here ■V-d.iK.iO
a your. It is hoped1 Unit the
ContrirutkiNs marked ‘‘Alaska,” will
eventunify sutliee. Tlieiefoie, •
Mverv Sunday-School, and every
young people’s soc'ety of Xew England
is urged to make an hiuiiihI contribu
tion. Help from ail souices is grate
lully accepted. This is tlie
Only Baptist mission home for Alas
kan children.
Send all contributions to
Miss tiEHTiiuiiE L. I'JaTroas., 510
Trcnumt Temple, Host in,.
(In the night of Deo. 3d tlio wind blow
quite fiercely, lifting uoiivly half tbo
shingle* from ono side of the roof of
liie siio. A door which was not secure
ly fastened was torn from its hinge*;
t he telephone wires woo severed from
their fastening*. Some of the natives
l.ecamo alarmed and run out of their
THU LOST IS POUND
Prekopn one of our i>v>yi*, is rejoicing
overtho (indium of his little brother
who bus been lost to him for several
years. Whoi] tho news eniuo that. ho
was at Caltidu hay, near Hug la harbor,
Prekopi was soon provided with blank
ets uiul enough provisions io last liim
two woeks, and wi>h two companions ho
started ol* in tlio missiou boat. They
found tlio hoy living with au old unlive
man—the famous hear hunter of that
region of Kodiak island.
Hath of his parents are dead, and l’re
kopi said he was glad ho could bring
him to the Orphanage where ho could
learn tho ways of civilized peopl-. Kv
ideutly he lias hud his share of those
hig Kodiak bt-uis, and plenty of whale
blubber (lie comes to us in good condi
tion). Althougn no is nearly ns broad
as be is tali, bo is quick and nimble, and
amuses the children with his funny
antics and Aleut dances; and he iu turn
enjoys the children's plays and imitates
them ns they play "This is tho way wo
wash our clothes; this is tlio way wo
iron our clothes; this is tho way we
mend our clothes; this is the way wo
scrub our floor,” etc., etc. His uamo
was Wolf, but his brotlior has renamed
him Putin, lie is now iu school, and
we think he is learning to understand
and speak linglish very fast .
November Weather Kcport.
.... ...ii.iv, maximum 52; minimum
;-j. mi .in maximum 41.Hi; mean mini
mu in, 28.32; tneun, 34.7. l’reeipitatiou,
5.20 inches m 12 days.
vVo are patiently waiting for snmv
enough to make good sledding iu order
that we may get, up our winter’s supply
of wood. 1 presume we wilt ■ obliged
to dot lie work with onehor.-e i’.ns year.
Our other horse died in about, a week
.from the tiuie lie was taken sick.
The night of Dee. 12 a slight earth
quake was felt on this island.
0£ST CO/py jt/f/JfiS/S