The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-05-30

pleased with their changed mode lof life.
 Built Town
 For more than twenty years this continued, until generation arose who knew no other manner Of living. They built sawmill, better homes, laid sewers, made roads and Sidewalks, erected a church build ing at an expense of $l0000, built a fine school house and two houses flor the entertainment of other h. tdians who came to trade. They es- tablished 8 cooperative store that brought profits to the stockholders Ia great surprise to them. They built a cannery, an assembly hall lcarpenters and blacksmiths' shops land several practiced the shoe makers trade. They were taught how to make soap and how tC weave cloth.
 MT. Duncan himself had first to be educated in the trades which he established. He went to Eng Hand, and there like Peter the Great of Russia, took lessons in the var ious manufactories.'
 Referring to the m amer ir which MT Duncan gradually chang ed the habits of the people, the article continues:
 i At first he established eacf family in a separate cottage, but the Indians, having been accus- toned to herd together, were lone some. Hence, back of each two houses and coupling both, he built a general assembly room for the two families. This arrangement an swered MT. Duncan's idea of fam fly privacy, and their ideas of so- cial privileges.
 Adopt White Mans Customs
 Again, he insisted upon theil taking one meal each day as civ ilized people sitting at the table and using knives and forks, anc left them free to take their other meals. both in kind and manner as they chose. They soon adopted the white mans customs at every lrepast.
 At length, he had the gratifica- ton of seeing as the fruit of his Ilabors, community of 1900 happy thrifty, educated, we'll dressed, we'll behaved, civilized, Christianized na- tives-a marvel in the history of missions on this continent.
 Lord Dufferin gave his estimate of the value of MT Duncan's labors in a speech before the Provincial Parliament of British Columbia in 1876, in these words: I have visited MT. Duncan's wonderful settlement at Metlakatla and have thus been able to realize what scenes ot primitive peace and innocence, of idyllic beauty and material com fort, can be presented by the stall wart men and comedy maidens of an Indian community, under the wise administration of judicious and devoted Christian minister
 "But after 25 years of prosperity and sunshine, clouds began to hov- CT over the little community. MT Duncan was layman, and when urged to take orders from higher church officials, he' thought he could do more good for the com munity than could the ordained ministers.
 Rupture
 "Clergymen if O. m Victoria and other places came to officiate at the more important ordinances of the church. MT. Duncans sugges- tions were disregarded, and right here began the rupture that has brought religion into disgrace and ruined the once united, happy and prosperous colony The Missionary Society, yielding to ecclesiastical pressure, sent them Bishop.
 Prom the letters and yoluminous reports we have read and from the verbal accounts we have list ened to, we are forced to the con- clusion that this particular Bishop was the wrong man for the place l-that he was dictatorial and bigoted
 Being a high churcnman, he sharply criticised what he termed MT. Duncan's loose forms and cere- monies. He introduced so much od pomp and color and ceremony ir his ministrations that the people turned in astonishment to theh leader for an explanation.
 "The Bishop claimed to be head of the Mission. He demanded the accounts of the colony, and wher these were produced, he charged MT. Duncan with misappropriatine funds and claimed that all tlnt moneys sent by individuals to MT Duncan personally, were the prop erty of the society. These moneys had all been invested in public improvements, and MT. Duncan believed they belonged to the col ony.
 Factions Arose
 Two factions arose. npout sixt! gave adherence to the Bishop, thonsand remained loyal to thei]