, 1878-03-22

temps to search canoes what wilt
Won do.' "What will | do," said
the Deputy somewhat riIrd, "Who
talks of killing. - Won COME her"
and tell me that you will kill one OF
my policemen should he attempt to
search yonr premises; If You do |
will soon teach YOU what ! will do."
:" No. said Shoe-StackS,' dou't
intend to kill anyone. bat am
afraid that strange Indians coming
here night kill them.' " Too thin
old man" said the deputy. " The
game of bluff won't VIM
ACONrRAST
Such is "Shoe Stacks" "a good
Indian and white mems friend"
Now comes Toy IA att, another chief;
! what is his "tum tum?' This chief
goes to church. He made "A speech
the other day to all the whites and
Indians in town. Here is what he
said:
l'1 'A-Al - - l.EN li'
Ny BROTHERS AND FRuENDS:-I
come before YOU to day to talk II lit.
tie: and ! hone that YOU will listen
to what v. and not laugh at me,
because am an Indian. | am get
ting old and have not many sum
mcrs vet to live on thi, earth. |
want to speak little Of the past his.
tory of us Sitka Indians and of our
present wants. In ages past, before
white men came among US, the In.
dians of Alaska were barbarous, with
british instincts Tribal wars were
continual, bloodshed and murder
of dal Y occurrence and superstition
controlled our whole movements and
our hearts. The white mans God
we knew not Of Nature evinced to
us that there was II first great cause,
beyond that all was blank. Our
God was created by us. That is we
selected animals and birds. The
images of which we reyers Ad as
Gods.
Natural instincts taught us to sup.
ply our wants from that which we
beheId around US. If we wanted
Iood, the waters gave us fish, and il
we wanted raimeut the wild animals
of the woods gave us skins which we
converted to use. Implements OF
warfare and tools to work with we
constructed rudeIv from stone and
wood. (Here the speaker showed
specimens Of stones, axes and wea
pons OF warfare)
These said he holding them up
to view," we used in the place of the
saws, axes hammers, guns and knives
OF the present time. Fire we dis
covered by friction. (Here he dem
onstrated how they produced fire.
In the course of time a change
came over the spirit of our dreams.
We became aware Of the fact that
we were not the only beings in the
shape of man that inhabited this
earth. White men appeared before
us on the surface of the great waters
in large ships which we called rnoes;
where they came from we knew not,
out supposed that they dropped from
the clouds. The ships sails we took
for wings and concluded that like the
birds Of the air, they cold fly as we'll
as swim. AS time advanced. The
white men who visited our country,
introduced among US everything that
is produced by nature and the arts of
man. They also told us of "A God,
superior being who created all things.
even Us the In lians. They told US
that this God was in the heavens
above and that all mankind were his
children. These things were told IL,
but we could not understand them.
AT the present time, we are not the
same people that we were hundred
years ago. Contact and association
with the white man, has created
chahSe IN our habits and customs.
We have seen and heard of the won
derlu works Of the white man. His
ingenuity and skill has produced
steamships, railroads, teIegraphs and
thousands of other things. His mind
is far-reaching whatever he desires
he produces. His wonderful sciences
enable him to understand nature
and her laws. Whatever she pro
duces he improves upon and makes
useful
Each day the white man becomes
more perfect in the arts and sciences,
while the Indian is at stand still.
Why is this? Is it because the God
you have told us Of is a white God?|