Seward daily gateway., 1926-01-02

k<AAl&AA~ ,-AA A &AA8@A&~ S-A~S been Impossible 10 hzre made any ex tended voyages in b5az-szs E wzs made from fhe snrrzas oe bears. ses lions and seals, an6 occasianaLv -hoss lof the sea otter These were d-Sez cu1 into strips and then sewe6 1e refher into s garment with wsds sleeves, and a hood, which was drawn over the head until only g portion o: the face remained uncovered E-h91 one of these garments was c0mpleFeE the neck ana sleeves were tied and water poured into the garment 1r test it's impe-viousness. The kanaes kas made from the en1rals of the bea- were considered the strongest. bu1 1hs material was less plentiful than rha: obtained from seals and sea lions These garments are srin worn 10 rhs far western, but are now o-nzmenraT with strips Of bright cloths. anC afh CT materials.
 Hats and caps of American mann facture have almost entirely 1ake- the place Of those made Of nla5rer roots and highly ornamanred win bends and other shells. A blue coau-. consisting Of small fragments of ore which were ground into powder xzs obtained by the early Kadiak settlers and this they used as E dvs. In ar plying this, and other pigmsnrs rr their paddles, and other things. 5- was the custom to open a blnol ves- sels Of the nose, and mix the color with blood to the proper consistency The Kaniags claimed fh8t such E mix ture was more Durable 6han when mix ed with oil. If the bleeding dic uor cease immediately, ashes were sp-fnk- led into the Cut Before the arrival or the Russians inhabitants of Kad5ak were barefo0ted, but they soon adops- ed the tobassa fbo0ts of seal or deer skim imported by the Russians from Kamchatka.
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 In his choice Of food the Kanlae was still less particular Ihan 1he tribes Of the lower Alaskan caast- and in addition 10 the dier Of the aa1- ter he consumed 3 number Of ais gusting and unclean things, that no other tribe would look upon as food AS a sample of this one instance. af- ter killing a bear they would empty the stomach and enrrals Of their con tents and boil them with berries this was done chiefly at a season tho when the bear lived almost entire upon berries This disgusting habit can not be traced 10 necessity, for food Of all kinds was about al that lime Of the year. Il may be stated truly, that the Kaniagmu1e would sat auy- thing and everything, from the tough est root to the most disgusting worm Of land or sea
 The principal means Of substance however, was fish During the sun mer season t was generally cooked before eating, but during the winter season, the air-dried fish was eaten TOW more frequently than cooked. The drying Of the fish was done 3n the open air, and nothing hindere6 the flies from deposi1ing their eggs therein, which speedily developed in to maggots Whale was another deli. cacy Of the Kaniag, the blubber as well as the meat being cut up into long strips, the meat being boiled, sel domly being consumed fresh, being deposited in excavations in the ground where il underwent a process Of put reflection, and where, according to the Russian expression, it became sour" before il was ft to eat. Ere Quently the blubber was boiled LII away in bladders for winter use with berries and roots, and stored Sometimes, when a family was m usually lucky during the fishing sea son, salmon was piled on the floor many times several feet high, the family living on top of it, literally eat