Stikeen River journal., 1898-04-02

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 1 The number of different articles that are buried with the dead would seem ] amusing to one not used to their ways. l Here is the inventory of stock buried with the remains of Charley McNausc :; One Winchester rifle. one W lnchcstcr
 repeating shotgun about ten blankets
 Il pitcher of water, a pail of berries and other food one good large clock. wound and rlinniny. and one twenty-five dollar music box which was grinding out the cheerful notes of some tune very similar l to tGc Arkansas Traveller" during 1 the last of the funeral service.
 If d man dies the friends of the de- ceased will bury him and then proceed to rob the widow of all she has. If Il woman dies the manner of procedure is the same only it Is the friends of the woman who have their inning. Then there are almost always d few who mourn very noticcahly at the funeral. '''' mediatcly after the funeral comes the feast and "potlatch. Here the friends get the pay for their valuable services and the mourncrs for their valuable tears. A man known as Big John, whose wife died soon after giving birth to Il child. was hrld accountable for her death on the plea that if he had not married her she wonld not have died. 1'hry robbed him ot cvrrythn" he had and then tried to forrr him to take an- other woman d relative. whom he did not want. These are the customs that stick. Love of money is ,hc root ol all evil.
 From Jack SOP. Rev. N. D. Ne t.clland writes Amid many discuul age;ne, [. thrre arg s,lnr things to cn courage lls hcrc. Since we cane here six people have united with the church. Oar church services are fairly we'd at- tended. some of the members living I, ktlnlnan and kasaan have retarn"d b1!l'. wa uit N'iH iI'I'iui 'i 'i+' n;ure, although the transition sta,e through which this people i7 no~ pass ing l. q critical one.
 From ,;unsau. Roy. l.. r. ,!one,, writes, . "HMp nc1 scholars hav' been admitted to oar i.ome. making now ,wcnty-one in al l boys and Ia girls.
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 From L.opnah. Mrs. M. ] Mc- Garland writes: "Dur people wrlc later than usual coming home la.i fall. G.,in" tn the gold excitement. Cur school opened in the HeW government ,,aopi building, which includes the tracl,ar'> hone. We inud o0r Quart- el- Yer, comfortable ami thr school ruon nl,l cnnl are very fayord5IN witt any in city, loug for compulsory education in Alaska Il, the parents do nnt feel the importance of having their children attend regularly and during the holiday, there is >n much feasting and dancing that ones ingenuity k EIttii iN tdNtiI tf1 lItlht ilt Stlittl it- t,actyc enough to draw them in. This year We did not receive any Christmas 9fl-. l hcaan to realize that l Wis d government teacher and that Il nclc >am' did not furnish anything in this irr. But Ii Wis hard for the children to understand the situation. In .lHnu- arl. une of OFF tribes. the HuedanrtrH>, went over to l>ili>noo to oct blankets tor the accidental shooting of d Hoo,rnh boy by Kiilisnoo indian. Thrrc was paid to tlem oyer ythn blankets the Thlnitrt medium of exchange and uni, of taiic. Ed. Our meetings have been well attended thiS winter. have conducted eighteen service, and three
 funerals in absence of Mir. Austin. WhO made -rtelaj trips to Juneau. At sev- rraI prayer mretin@s lately. ltadovrr . -u present. This Was rather surprise To me ae so many of our people were away.