The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-10-23
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sometimes on Land IN little wiSwsrns ~.
feet high, made ~ bending ors. see
branches OF trees ana tying them ,~S.sSsa
err They make a liT. IN front ara 80. 80,
;nto them for tta nigGt Their oanas. al
well constructed. Taey are about 80
or more feet long, and about shrse a. "a
feet wide, Snd perhaps TWO feet aean TT
are ElAgia % bark sewn together wf,A y
sw they are croSs-r:ooed and 80 ma.
tAai they can Ne easily padded II -
center % each boat = a fire hri9- IN -
earth, ard about THIS 50 such Of ,he Is Is
lily az are not padding the host o.
locking people they are. They wear =
Clothes whatever, IN 4 state OF na.,.s
and are apparently comfortable ANA -
SHOWS IF winter. with only a Goa, ~ - -
or fish oil Upcn their skins Stnca 80.
have seen waite men. however. thav ~
glad 70 set such clothing as they can ~
and they cone about he sh!ps Ia IA e
for cast-o1 garments food and toas,sssS
Some whom No saw vera as usEas -
Adam and Eve before the fan. Oes.s
wore bis Of old clothes '"
One man, I remember, who was anna.
emily the head OF The almost naked -
!ly II his canoe, had Oh only A shor- 80
open at the front. and a rag apron az ~
as a laoy'S handkerchief lied 10 49,
about rs wa,si. His fayorite VIE, al
III string or beads. S4t n The host 80
the fire, with i naked boy OF , sucsNss
his tlug IS aS he leaned against her n.s-S
legs, and his other wife. a buxom PIN =
her teens, held a naked baby % Aer h-s.ss
Win one hand Wa ,e she Padded thu has.
with the other | vas sh1ver.ng IN r..
oveTcoat a. I looked II these peonls r..
they old not seem cod nor Yn!serssi.
The children were fat. The Young mars.
at the end az the boar had m nothing ~.
a cas.-o1 sack Coat. which she had .h,ow~
over her shoulders 10 partially cover ha,
SELF and her baby. As she padded nj,
kept falling OF, and her person ana .sss
az the baby were exposed. They wess
both plump.
Both men and women We're rather uns.,
than diversified. They had faces NmH
what Ike those OF our Indians TIE men.
faces We're dirty, evidently from pain,
and the naked brave in tbs vest had :
thin black TuuSt2chs. They had Ma.
hair. that ~ the women long. but pat ~
IN some way, and that Of the men en-, ~
so that It Just covered the ears and IN
down IN a thick black fringe or hang oy,-
their eyes. Their skins were Of a brown
coffee color. and all had very white ,es,h
which they showed again and again a.
they laughed. Their voices were not tn
pleasant, ana they ni!micked us as We
called out 10 them. The man In the yess
had two or three otter SKINS. which ons
OF the officers Of the ship tried 10 buy
He would not come on board and a.
officer Crawied down the side OF the an,
above the boat aud held On there Sy 1
rope while he tried 10 make the trade. Hs
had big butcher knife in one hand whls
he held on TO the rope by the other us
wanted the savage TO give him two skins
for the knife, but the savage though, oss
was enough. The naked man would M
give up the skin unti he had the knife "A
his hand. and in The trade he displayed
wonderful shrewdness and ability 10 bar
gain. or course, neither party could In.
deT5tand the other. and neither wNa
trust the other. The naked savage. how.
ever, got the best Of 1t. The only thnu
that can be used in trading with thsse
people are bright cloth, beads, tohaaa
and knives. They do not know the use 4
money, and would rather have jack.
knife or Ratchet than a genuine gpi
brick. They were evidently afraid .
come on board. and am told they are By
no means friendly TO strangers, and VII
kill them If they can attack them VIII
safety. They use bows and arrows 70 d.
fend themselves, although they do not
hunt. The food for the family Is usa,aiy
gotten by the women, of whom each man
has one or more. as ha can get them. Tia
food consists OF fish. mussels and of nov
and then a fox seal or otter. The women
fish with Ines, but without hooks. A IT.
tie chunk Of meat is tied to the end Of ths
line and when the fish has swallowed tbs
It Is ierked into the canoe. The Aacalgfes
are also fond Of whale meat. and dead
whale. | am told, Is cut IN pieces and
buried. 10 be eaten in its various stages
of decomposition as long as IL lasts. They
understand what tobacco Is, and those va
met were as anxious to get tobacco IS
food. They had but few foreign words
one OF which was Frau Lehman" ths
term by which they designate al foreign
erS, and the two Others 'ganeta." tbs
Spanish word for sweet cakes, and IT,
BAG" the German for tobacco.
FRANK G. CARPENTER