El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-12-02

great nets attached to them. into which
the fish swim and are carried Up INTO
the air and dropped INTO box. Wnlle
the Indians sit on the bank and smoke
at their leisure. Every few hours the
fish are taken out OF the boxes They
are cleaned by the sQuaws and hung on
the racks in the sun to dry They are
then taken home and laid away in the
cache. OF high shed upon poles that
stands beside each Indian home This
is TO keep them away from the dogs
and wild animals The cache Is reached
by a ladder and the fish are brought
down as needed
Tho Indians admire the whites and
try TO initiate them They are new
dressing much the same. excet that
tbey delight in bright colOrs- During
NY trip we have had a number Of In
Gian men and women with US on the
tourist steamers. The Indians watch
the whites and try 70 DO as they do
Joe Is ON the Drummers.
The other Gay young squaW sat
down at the table opposite two travel
ing statesmen from seattle As the meal
went on they noticed that the girls
orders we're the same as their own. she
was pretending to study the menu but
they concluded that she could not read
and that this was her first experience
with the white mans Victuals. There
upon. one Of them ordered for dessert a
sliceeOf custard pie and winked At his
friend 10 do the same Tho squaw in
the pie came one OF the travelling men
seized the catsup bottle and sprinkled
a liberal allowance Of hot tomato sauce
over his pie. His friend followed SUIT
and then showed the catsuD across The
table 10 the copper-skinned girl She
did the same. only more so The men
then delayed their eating to watch the
agony of the Indian The fair squaw.
however. heroicslly finished her pie
without Wiuking, and as FAR as any
one could see. the joke was on them
Among the Thlin=its-
During my travels in southeastern
Alaska ] saw many Of the InlinSits
These Indians are found on the coast
and in the islands Of the panhandle.
and their settlements extend as far
north as Prince William sound They
are the Indians most known to the
tourists. ard their totem poles or
tribal emblems and coats Of arms are
still to he seen in many Of the VII
lagos. although they are gradually dis
appearing with the march of civilIZa-
ton. The ThlinEit villages are always
built near the shore Nine-tenths OF
their support comes from fishing and
the like 10 live right on the beach
Nearly every family has its boats. and
some own gasoline launches The
houses are usually scattered through
out the town. without regard to any
fixed plan II is only lately that any
OF them have had gardens about them
In the past the buildings We're made
over pole rafters. None of the houses
had a chimney or window and the
smoke passed out through a hole in
the roof. Now. the most Of them are
frame. with windows and chimneys-
Some of them are cciled. and some are
papered and painted They have
shingled roofs and are comfortable
homes The Indians have become good
carpenters They have modern tools.
and some Of their towns have hardware
stores and saWmills.
The new buildings are planned with
regard TO sanitary conditions Some
Of the towns have plank sidewalks. and
In one or two there are electric lights
In KlukWau the Indians have piped
the water from the mountains and
established a municipal water system
The same rs true to some extent in
MetIakahiia. where the water is
brought from a lake in the mountains
Outside Annette Island the work OF
civilization among the Indians has been
promoted bv the missionaries and
school teachers The missionaries came
first. They had their schools industrial
and otherwise. and they converted the
Indians TO Christianity.
Educating the Indians.
After the missionaries came the bu-