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MAY, 11114
KOUIAK. ALASKA,
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OUR NEIGHBORS
nnrii'n.KSS SOMK <>»' tlir ivul.rs
iJ t' tfit* X• • \vs L “ter would Ii!vto
kn<»w our neighbors mi Wood 1 si ind,
n 1 we will be «;1 id to introduee you
to them. We will be jfin with tin*
t iniilv living near our new ware
li-.i-e. Their house i* not verv lar^e.
I'*i■ in iin room is p rh-tps 10 \ 12 t*t..
.iD.l :tt t;tcli<‘f| to tills IS :i kallidor or
haliw iv. This is thi* It mu* of kYofan
\\ tslir *koff, liis two younger sons
I van and tml.ri. l, his two grown sons
W.isk-i and tir.gory, Gregory's wife
M irfv, mid th *ir twoehildnn Titiiuui
:iml Dfiiiftrii.
Fe >fm is oin* of the oldest nun on
W i td Island. He is half Aleuto and
half rreole. Each summer he goes to
I). \ils Hay, wln*r.* In* makes dry hay
\\ hieh hi* si lls to us, and quantities of
uk d i dried salmon for food in
winter.
hi the'uext house we find Lodeemer
Ka shook, tin Aleut*?, and his son Fe
d. itk i. Lodeemer is blind. He hits
not hid the advantage of attending a
- Inm>1 for the blind, yet he does many
r. in likable things. Jle can jmt a
pitch on his clothes very neatly, chop
wo »1, caulk a boat, clean fish, build
a ban c. Last f ill he built new steps
and a landing at the front door of his
house, even finished it with a hand
rail. But perhaps the most remark
able of his accomplishments is that
he is the native doctor. One of his
pith ids said “he could just take hold
ot your wrist and t«*l 1 you when; you
are sick.” fI*■ hle<*dshispitients, ad
ministers medicines compounded of
herbs, barks and roots.
Hissm F»*dotka had the misfortune
to 1 *se liis witc and infant son this
winter trom measles. Fedotka as
"’ell as most of tin* other natives on
the island is a fisherman.
Next diH>r livesGrunia Ezewauwuk
the widow of Moses Kzewauwuk, who
di<*d a tew months ago of measles.
Their oldest daughter Parisoovia, has
been placed in the Orphanage of the
Greek Church at Kodiak. The other
little girl Xast issia by name is with
her mother.
Living in tin- same house with
Grunin is Al. xis Anmknok and his
wife Xidya. They sjieiit last winter
on a fox island. Alexis’s Aleute
name is Kolngnuk, which means
crow.
Andrean X’anjak, the chief of Wood
Island, lives in the next house, lit
is Aleute as is also his wife Ileritena.
They have a little girl whose name is
Annie. In se i-otter days Andrean
was iin exjiert hunter, hut as that em
ployment is not now legal, hi- has, for
several seas ms been in charge of a
gang of men wh i put up salt salmon
at hagle 11 trbor for the Alask i Com
mercial Co. In winter lie ruts and s 11s
cord wchhI. Ho also docs fine work in
wood and ivory carving and s line
times makes rings and bracelets of sil
ver. His wife, though nearly blind,
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