rwentv-fiv* Cents rt Year.
April
1912.
Vol. XIII. No. 1
GETTING ACQUAINTED
Amongst the n*’ iber of children
token into the Orphanage during
»he winter of 1905 & 6 w .s Henry In
nocent Matbisou 11 1 his little sister
.No ncy. Ilenrv was about 7 years old.
lit* was horn in Kodiak, where his
lodier lied at the time lie came to
the mission. His father, who is a
•• k, is known all .dong the Alaska
■4 as “Seottb M.thison. Henry
is . alied “So. Me" l v the other hoys
■ juite as often a* he is Henry. His
her nh k-p.ameis ' Codfish.". There
no accounting for the giving of
these niek-naim*s.
I my i< rathei a tall hoy, with hi. ck
hair ,.nd dark eyes and skin. He is
i . niedly deliberate in hi- move
ms whether ;t work or at play,
a i his speech keeps pace wi’k his
owe nents.
Nn hoy in the mission likes to read
i'' e better than Henry, nor does
mil' h of it (>f the* middle si/.ed
>vs he is the best informed in the
,iptuies.
. t 1- u4 ago he and 1 )a\M got into
I i .bble. He had the made re
k that “Whale- build nests,” for
ie reason thisni .de David angry
he "sussied" llenry. Henry
i got angry, and vm 1 they both
i to pay fine out •• .he savings of
a lk. ii. () tnouey
hileep Dusk in was horn on l’elkof
. .Hand Dec. 29, 1900 His father
and mother died when he was verv
young, and his foster mother placed
mm in me mission vvncn ue was j’;r-T
a month past liis fourth birthday.
He is one of the darkest hoy* we
have. His hair is coal black and
stands straight up. so that it is next
to impossible to part it. When a lit
tle long it looks very funnv indeed.
His eyes are dark; and he has rather
i large mouth, and large teeth.
When he smiles there is no mistaking
it, and he smiles almost every time
he speaks He has always been a
quiet child, very seldom getting into
mischief. In his school work he is
rather slow but careful and accurate.
I.vcoudra rxjuart/ »* it was born
ubotit fourteen years ago on Spruce
Island. 11 is mother died and his
father married uguin, hut unfortun
ate lv there was another man who was
in love with the step-mother, and he
tween them they planned to put Ly
coudra’s father out of the way. Mrs.
Stjuaitzsoff ran away and hid Her
lover came to the house at night and
called Mr Squartzsoff out, telling
him he would show him where his
wife was. I.ycondra followed. 1 hey
had gone only a few steps from the
house when this man struck down
Lycondra’s father with an axe, and
dragged the hotly oown to the l each.
I.woiidra w s sent hack to the house
and thicathened if he told. Lycon
dra was about 11 years old w’heu this
i Conti nut J fagt* 4 )