, 1877-09-14

child should go to school. He also
aaked for a teacher to be sent among
them. The Kake Indians are regu-
lar pirates. 1t was party of this tribe
who murdered Col. Ebey the former
Collector Of Customs at Port Town
send, and after committing murders
and robberies for several years, final
ly had their village burned to the
ground by the L. S. war steamer Sag
NAV, soon after the acquisition of
Alaska. They have been pretty
quiet since that time, but they bear
an i'll name among both whites and
Indians and require careful watching.
We left Kake village on the 25th
of June at 3 A. NJ, and ran down
Chatham Strait, crossed Christian
Sound and at $50 we anchored at
Shigan on the north end of the
Prince of Wales Archipelago.
A very few Indians were here COL
lected at a trading post recently es.
tablished. They belong to = band
called Hannegar or Engla, whose vii.
lagos is about 20 miles from Shigan
near Sackine Straits.
A few days previous to our arrival
woman had died, and the Indians
had burned her body on the beach,
and on the spot they erected pole
with piece of white sheeting on top
as sort of a flag, which will remain
till blown down by the wind. 1t
was at thi, place that we received
definite information of the locality
where the remains were found Of
Paymsster Walker, u. S. A., who
was lost on the steamer Wright three
years since.
A requisision had been made by
Gen. Howard on Collector Berry Of
Sitka, for the Wolcott to proceed to
the spot and recover the remains.
We took on board the trader and his
Indian guide as pilots, and left on
the morning of the 2Sth, and at 9:l5
we came to ancher at Klawark vii.
lage, trading post. The Russian
name as shown by the chart is Kla
vak- han. Klawark is corruption OF
that word.
This place which consists Of an In.
dian village and trading post is stu.
ated on the west coast of Prince of
Wales Archipelago in lat. 55 deg.
40 min, north; lon., 133 deg, Is
min., west, and is approached from
the ocean by several passages
through the Islands. There is fresh
water stream emptying into the bay
at Klawark, and great quantities OF
salmon arc taken during July, Aug,
ust, and September. The place is
quiet, secluded and romantic, and
most beautiful of any we have
visited. There we're a great many
Indians at this place both Hannegar
and Haidahs. The lands of the lat
ter 1t seems are not confined to
Queen Charlottes Islands, hut ex
tend to Alaska Territory, nesrly To
Klsvark at Atka rapids rs shown by
the chart.
Here purchased of q doctor or
Tomanawos man, complete set of
dancing rattles and conjuring sticks,
and in the afternoon he came along
side the Cutter with party and fav-
ored us with dance of welcome. In
the evening the young men had
canoe races to show us their skill
and perfect management of canoe.
The trading post at this place is
ownedb by man named George Ham.
ilton. As there are quite number
of Indian children here and as it is
position easily visited by the In.
dians from vsrious villages, it would
be a most excellent position for es-
tablishing school, and Mr.. Hamil,
ton whom | met at Sitka, assured
me he would do all in his power to
render assistance to any teacher who
should come among them. saw
some remarkable intelligent looking
children whose parents lamented
that there was no school for them.
1t is not necessary to make treat
les with the Alaska Indians or to re-
move them to reservations. My own
experience among the Indians of
Washington Territory, has proved to
mo that the whole system is wrong.
What these Indians all ask for, is to
have teacher sent to them, one to
every principal Iodisn village, and
when there is such a universal desire
to have their children instructed, we
may look for the happie,t results.
At 3A. NJ, on the Both of June we
left Klawark for Howkan village
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