Travels in Alaska 



a place of safety, reminding him that he belonged to 

 his church and no longer had any right to fight. 

 Toyatte calmly replied : 



"Mr. Young, Mr. Young, I am not going to fight. 

 You see I have no gun in my hand; but I cannot go 

 inside of the fort to a place of safety like women and 

 children while my young men are exposed to the 

 bullets of their enemies. I must stay with them and 

 share their dangers, but I will not fight. But you, 

 Mr. Young, you must go away; you are a minister 

 and you are an important man. It would not do for 

 you to be exposed to bullets. Go to your home in the 

 fort; pretty soon 'hi yu poogh' : ' (much shooting). 



At the first fire Toyatte fell, shot through the 

 breast. Thus died for his people the noblest old 

 Roman of them all. 



On this first Alaska excursion I saw Toyatte under 

 all circumstances, in rain and snow, landing at 

 night in dark storms, making fires, building shelters, 

 exposed to all kinds of discomfort, but never under 

 any circumstances did I ever see him do anything, or 

 make a single gesture, that was not dignified, or hear 

 him say a word that might not be uttered anywhere. 

 He often deplored the fact that he had no son to take 

 his name at his death, and expressed himself as very 

 grateful when I told him that his name would not be 

 forgotten, that I had named one of the Stickeen 

 glaciers for him. 



