The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-12-08
THE ALASKA MISSIONS
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vance 90 Civilization.
Mr. v. - . -.

Al the Friends msssioa, Douglas CITY,
car native Christian people observe tne
Sabbath strictly. ei0Ehe themselves resI,ee-
tally. make visible improvements in Their
nosses. have respect for family lies. bury
their dead gish Christian ceremonies ard
have abandoned their Old aelions 0f Witch
craft, sGedieiae men. pOlygamy, ETC. On
tise ether hama the anreeseimed i've usiser-
asis. degraded iiyes. judged BY the maxim
'+I'leaf glnsss i next 20 godiiBess, the IN
civilized tribes Of this country are far from
Tie klfIgdofn OF God. and great change Is
aeeessary both for body aud SOUL To take
vfris from such homes Of fifth ard depTav-
!ty, where they are liable At any time y
b. sold into slavery or reaicd Out 20 lives
% sin OF tormeated witches,
and train them 10 become clean and
pure and gentle and industrious, 20 lead
them TO Jesus is work which angels might
envy. BINS il can se done il tae workers
ard the facilities are furnished. Many sf
the children are brigkt and promising and
eager 10 learn. la divine things they are
teachabie. and their chiid-sike faith is won-
derfuL Among the nnciyisized for every
one who dies a natural death some other
one mast die as a witch. and where TIE
supposed witch has several friends. many
deaths are apt TO result. How many are
thus put 10 death ia o1t-of-the-way villages
where there are no means Of escape. viii
never ke known. 4 few thousand dollars
wculd establish schools aud spread the
gospel OF Christ among all these people
and thus end These barbarous customs, by
making OF them useful and industrious
citizens. which shall IT be-souis or dol:
lArs7
We now have four girls in our home.
Two of them are from MelIakahtia. one
Chilcat and one a Hydas. They are all
bright and interesting Little Maggie Is a
very little girl with sweet brown eyes and
face 81 sensitive as a dollhouse flower. She
il Hydah. She is a merry child and her
ringing laughter while at play weuid in
dictate that she is always happy. One even
ing nos long ago another little girl. the pic
ture OF despair. clothed In filthy rags, came
10 Us begging for a home and protection
from The cruel treatment OF a drunken
mother How our hearts ached for her,
as We could not take her ia, being crowded
already. We gave her supper and promised
60 take her into the new home when ii Is
built Mr.. Duncan of Metlakahtla fame,
says. "get your buildings first and then
there win be no trouble in get
ting children" The reports about
the treatment OF native women and girls by
unprincipled white men are true to q great
extent. While We know of no instance
where they have been stolen and forced into
lives Of shame. they are often bought and
persuaded with costly apparel or triiiing
presents. Girls from the homes are a shin
ing mark for such men; bat I am glad to
say that many Of them have the sense and
courage 10 stand UP in their own defense.
One Young woman who recently came with
her parents TO this place vas invited by q
dissolnte white man TO visit a dance house.
She refused. wheFeupon he said. Il see you
are Ike white women" and asked her TO
marry him. She informed him she would
marry no man who drank. or visited dance
houses