The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-08-25
IIlsa cOlDxBIl INDIANS.
. ,,l.i.s Example to All Other
Red Men.
.,x..s Resemblspce e
-..,-A Great Capacity
fer Eduession'

r.uesuvsr se2.-AassrtassE;
800. 49,. Of the British coiunli'ia
- - usually held 70 be shin
101'u - 70 other ssyages because
- g.. ar how 10 earn living IN
~ -, ,a,au hereabouts and es-
-, = =. =. Christian Indian. Is very
,sa,. h the wsys Of guile and
81 on account Of the aDoanc-
',,h q the country and the de-
sor labor. to be both lat ana
pu, look beyond the surface
~ q. eoDaition is not what it should
= = ysa viii generally ind scfoiui-
= - - On bis neck. and on his
-. necks. that he cannot get. a
go a.., siie; that bis children
,s;ps OF oheying him; that he
80 has 8 chest comsaiht' and
49, email provoeation. Look
- o. nd voa find that the indians
~ s -. nearhen after many years
es 3D. - work among them; thai
4 49, III cbeerfully and de-
g 80 dsfy the white mans govern
n xI,ee it does not sui Them ,
"a MANY tribes the women
ssa ri prostituting themselves
rs 81 among the whites:
y sa,rery and potiatch-
ta -.n,hliug and drunkenness
So .s~s,ser TOO ilrrl q hold. and
ssrsps those chnst,anissd tpey
- s-.ns off very rapidly. LOOK 10
~ 20. ..ass, sns; you discover Obscure
y 49, '-s ne eating Of raw dog. traces
1...,v massaeFes Of Writes.
'ssekprirgs and assassInaftoiis,
3D. t,ar.ai practices. sell snrtsire.
shll : zoe places the biting 81 Ilvs
- .re .he eating Oh corpses.
4. .sen only on the surface that
"a u-ospers. or where he has
X heIp oil missions. vlrfnous
= .tfsiye. II he il useful 20
snr interest a. a iuatier OF
-. q serye him. and whether
- !, pot. it is our duty. The
- a difficult one, and Is II
-. - 10 examine the animal care
- Ire wish to know no" To make
80 i little doubt that these
- have migrated from Asia b.
gehying straits and the YUKON
- n the northern Interior OF this
.,@r:sss ard thence Uttered oy vafi-
=. as.ss. 10 the seaioare. We ma
- nax il or near tn mouths of
- ,-.ntss 70 the interior, and even
: ,sesnt Years one OF their mIgra-
-. took place. Isinpsbeans, who
s.-rs.ly occupied ten villages on the
b.,r skeeaz between kiizelAs canyo on
"a the tide water, moved 10 the coast
.s.n The Hudson's Bay Company
go so Fort Simpson, and IN lieu of
sssylx y,sit- nos i've there altogether.
;a,or,.Iy enough little tribe has now
eau,. siown the kiizimgaillm valley To
.he main skeena. and now lives there
uunolestesi. We thus see vividiy the
rD,iyes and methods OF the Old Inigra-
tiyns. Being OF more recent Asiatic
ss,y,a The coas, tribes differ widely
srn,u the red Indian type. Where the
rrd Indian is slightly built. tail and
graceful. the coast Indian Is heavily
kuilt coarse naiured anu sturdy The
red Indian has been used To wood
land travel, or horseback, Is long
vinded. 1.-THE and with wonderfuliy
keen perceptions. The coast Indian,
ina climate requiring robust eonsti-
tuition 20 withstand the cold damp,
has heavy chest and shoulders, by
long use Of the paddle. or much pack
ing OF buriens. lie Is often very
he Tartar, with slanting
sses, fair yellowish skin and
broad wooden features: and his
sprtcb in the North has an absurd re-
smt4ance In sound % the languages
q China aud Japan. In place of the
skadidly developed senses and deli
ssx mental organizations OF the Red
Isdisu, the Coast Indian has strong
naectiye and practical brain, not
sensitive or apt Ia perish without good
ungihle cause. While countries east
81 The mountains are unable now to
support the aborigines without
nupsrism. there Is no fear of the
Pacific coast being oathshed or out
hanled for many generations To come.
sld the Indian Is lar better assured of
Airing by moderate outlay of work
than the white man is in our big COM
manil,es.
Nor is the Indian here deficient here
IN natural capacity, for he has a big
k<utf asA f..rrfS.h, ..-..f1 A
character. Properly trained he be-
comes q very decent citizen, and there
ar Indians in our older missions in
he nor,h who take newspa, ers, ave,
ssd read them eagerly, Tor tney are
laHlosicraiely fond OF politics. | have
bed long conversations freely, In
tae'sh, gith such men. and there
iie some for whom il l. safe To cher
"a aereai respect ano regard because
sAes s'e we'll worthy Oi is. News
cane recently OF the death of young
woman Oh All tp,'er Sseena tribe. a
Sss hanssseeper, ehaste wife. n
easesa mother. a Jealous friend
80 quiet, unobtrusive
,sfiseaa, who III an entirely
htstaen village had converted and
Ased several girls SIX wears ago thst
woman vas a savage. At many mis-
s'oas have seen Indians csuStera i
,Vaisa an organ singing in parts under
indian leadership and dong il fault
NssE. Last summer ! visited "a saw
iAai worked entirely by Indians, and
ao'ea THIS week that il bad renewed.
sAss year contracts Tor salmon cases
amounting 20 s40.ono. Moreover ,hes,
h'isuanised tribes are not diving OF
~ ~ are aetaily increasing in numb
mere Il no doubt whatever that thes,
1919 can lie rescued. and are well
worth having.
~ 'ae Thirteen or fourteen thousand
...aaais OF coast there are. p.raapS
49, es hine Christian villages. hui
e aes1hen Communities II smaller.
Ases more numerous. In the
eaoe OF stStsticr il gould not hs
y esaaiAie The relative figures
n,;.a, susse miisioa work flonrisne~
So $50 : ! - hong as the teacher con.
"a. a'alsei 70 spiritual matters: bat
go go ne dahAles in things secular
sas.ns after false and wontarin..
e .sas asa nd attempting an industrial
~ g'as'f, Which Is the praper fuuction
Ia government, bad work follows.
s,ss 49, MISSIONARY becomes absorbed in
49,. sss. hegiecis school and vista.
~ ~ A"fs, aud in time becomes a
s@sa ana the People lanse
the later story NJ n.,.
- s-ss' and there are other missions
ga. Tue same way To ruin
present time. The present poi.
~ ss 49, carried ont appears 10 he
d,s,,,'e.aa one and no doubt in mos,
Ss,sl.is The Indians will Ne So-,n
nl.@ .s''Ailiss'd and saved. In snme
a. however. the law must ~
d, ~ asserted Tor some time. as on
~. rtv, sEcena. or il Will not he
s,s. ~ white people 20 remain AMI
srse,sa as methods altogether viii h.,
.ss,s.e d among the kwagutiS FOR
r,,,ssr : ami leading have com.
q 80. '1'led, and by stern exerri, /,