The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-10-26
WICHITA 4 W ESTEEM II. ~
COSTLY COOKING.
The Fate OF IN Alaskan Woman Who AZ.
tempted American Methods.

ne Fate OF an Alaskan Woman Who AZ.
tempted American Methods.
There was wild excitement in Siwash-
town, as the struggling row Of Indian
log huts above the cannery was called.
when it was known that Sam, one Of
the Indian fishermen, had bought the
superintendent old cook stove.
For Montus Annie, Sans wife. had
craved for the precious piece Of furni-
ture. Now it was safely set up in her
log hut, the fire was burning merrily
and the Chinese cook, especially re-
tanned at considerable expense to give
private lessons in the art of cooking,
was instruoting Annie in the mysteries
Of making biscuit.
Every kloochman alaskan for wom-
AM in the settlement crowded into
Sans house to watch the proceedings,
and gave vent to their admiration in
cultural wahs. Only the superintendent
OF the cannery and the storekeeper
winked and smiled at each other, for
had they not a large stock of very
strong butter and lard on hand. and
was not the willy Chinaman standing in
with them?
That night lard rose five cents and
butter fifteen cents pound at the
store. All day long smoke poured from
Sans stove-pipe. Heno longer worked
regular hours at the cannery. His time
was spent in cutting firewood and
fetching butter s<d lard from the store
to his house. for the Cinnamon had inn
pressed on Annie the fact that no dish
whatever could be properly prepared
without an abundance of these articles
Sam soon saw insolvency staring him
in the face. He was not earning any
thing. and his store bill for butter and
lard amounted in one week to ten dol
lars Remonstrances were useless. as
Annie ruled him with . rod of iron. as
every Alaska kloochman does her hus-
band. One day the cannery people
were blasting out some rocks in the
salmon stream. Sam sat in solemn 81
lencc and watched them.
His brain was working all the time,
and at last brilliant idea struck him.
While everyone was watching the eff
fects of blast ne sneaked up and stole
three sticks of powder. Returning
home, he divided these into small
pieces. which he carefully concealed in
his wife's butter key Then he got all
his personal property together, packed
it in his canoe and starten out on a deer
hunt, annou ncing that he would be alb
sent for three or four days.
When he returned. log Int stove and
Annie mad gone to better land. More
over, another kloochman. who had been
adniring Armies culinary perform
ances. had also disappeared, all but =
very little of her. which one of the
neighbor's bows found down on the
beach and brought horne in basket
As she had met her fate IN Sans
abode he. according 20 Alaskan native
laws. was responsible for the accident
and had to settle with the hereeved
husband She was old and ugiy. bat
could bead moccasins cleverlv. 50 they
valued her at two hundred dol
lars. payable in skins, guns and
blankets When Sam saw that
remonstrances were useless ne
bowed TO the inevitable. and having
induced the creditors 70 gire him time
to meet his Liabilities. he went to work
again in the cannery.
The next spring be was lucky at bear
hunting, liauidsted his debts and
after working sll summer. IN the fall
purchased another kloochmsn
The chief article of the diet OF the
new menace is plain smoked salmon.
and whenever any cooking has 10 t~
done i, is carried on in an open FIRE
place. and not in an American store
San FraEcisee ExAnine