Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-06-20

f"' Hhat they reco4yea mn ne.
paid class, the ablest workers recaivad
o'or TOUR Hundred dollars zach -.
'neir seasons work, and al .haa
sou,d obtain large part Of thoi,
LOU from the resources Of tho ,sIana
, "a.nout cost and received their houses
furnished rent free, their needs wero
sum' 10 foreign ways in clothes and
"a, they inclined very naturally
me year before my COMING seaIing.
parties had brought 10 the island cns
si"eraole quantities OF readv.,,,do
oioVhihs as an article of trade. and tho
Il "",o consequently fairly well.
u,esseu' out only a small quantity Of
oio0h suitable for dresses had heen
'"Aeh' ana the women had not begun ~
make their clothing in any repnIar
ioFil' but In time, with some assist.
ahce' their ready adaptabilitv made
men very well-dressed people. Before
! came away the wives of those who had
peoh saving sent their measures to Sitka
"l+h orders for silk dresses for chprch
"eaf' and the yosng men altaved them.
serves IN broadcloth, wore gloves and
"ell-blacked boots, and carried nor.
fumed handkerchief.
AS my time was not fully taken IN
mith my duties, and good fortune
brought TO me an abiding place of I'M
usual size for st. Paul, seized the
nappy chance of making my house a
meetlng-place for the people, and espec.
Tally Tor the children. Later we fitted
up school-room, which we also made a
place Tor social entertainment, and kent
'ne school open eight months in the
year. We were greatly assisted in orr
school duties by illustrated book, and
papers sent to us; for so UNMARRIED and
barren was the scenery of the island.
"hlch was all Of the world these chill
dreh had ever seen, that it was we'll
nlgh impossible for them to comprehend
physical objects of the simplest nature.
what mountain might be was beyond
their understanding, and the difficulty
Oh explaining the appearance of great
forest to children who knew no yegeta-
Ole growth larger than the purple lupine
On their gentle slopes, was greater than
me can tell. 1t was necessary, how
ever, to exercise the strictest censorship
IN our illustrated lessons, as it was diff.
;slt Tor all to comprehend caricature
even in its SIMPLEST forms even the
most impossible pi.tures they believed
represented facts.
found the people living In separate
families, and, as far as could see, there
was no more immortality among them
than would be found in any decent civil
Ized community. The women were
modest in department, the children
obedient and respectful to their parents,
and the men always manifested a dis
position to assist me in all my efforts.
In character they were mild and
gentle, with the expression of settled
melancholy habitual to those races
which have no amusements. In this
respect, however, they changed greatly
as opportunity developed the merriment
latent in their nature. The children
when first taught to speak did so in
serious way, and the utter absence of
any thing like hearty laughter in
group OF them always affected me
strangely. 1t seemed as if their avenues
Of expression were closed to pleasure,
and later, when they had learned the
simple games | taught them, it was
great satisfaction TO me to hear my
rooms ring with thet merry voices
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