88 ALASKA FISHERIES AND FUR INDUSTRIES IN 1918. 
On St. Paul Island the regular plan of procedure has been followed 
by the teachers. In addition to the usual work, the girls have had 
either sewing or knitting lessons once each week. In sewing it was 
aimed to teach the most common stitches and to sew on buttons and 
nee button holes. Mittens and socks were made in the knitting 
classes, 
In order to promote their knowledge of English, the children were 
required in a great many cases to write out the weekly requests for 
supplies from the store for their families. The adding up of all these 
proved to be valuable training in arithmetic. 
It is reported that the books which were sent to the school 
library were much appreciated by both teachers and pupils. These 
volumes have greatly increased the interest in the school work and 
have led to some reading in the homes by both children and parents. 
ATTENDANCE AT SALEM INDIAN TRAINING SCHOOL, CHEMAWA, OREG. 
Encouragement has been given to the natives of the Pribilof 
Islands to attend the Salem Indian Training School at Chemawa, 
Oreg. It is believed that in addition to the educational advantages 
thus available, the opportunity to come in contact with the outside 
world tends to broaden their views and to be beneficial in many ways. 
Several have thus embraced this opportunity to receive an education. 
From March 31, 1917, the date of the last census, to the end of 1918, 
two had completed the course and returned to the islands. These 
were John Hanson of St. Paul Island, and Constantine Lestenkof of 
St. George Island, both young men who are now among the most 
useful to the Bureau and the communities. Some Pribilof natives, 
tas completing the course of study, have chosen to remain in the 
tates. 
During the above-mentioned period one native other than those 
named returned to the islands and five departed for the school. One 
returned to the islands for a visit at the close of his first term of three 
years, but again enrolled for a second term. The authorities at the 
school have spoken in the highest terms regarding the intelligence 
and behavior of the Pribilof natives. 
Unfortunately two boys died at the school in 1918. Terrenty 
Merculieff, age 14, died June 18, of pneumonia. His mother, Agafia 
Merculieff, three brothers and one sister reside at St. Paul Island. 
He entered school during the summer of 1917. His estate consisting 
of $36.44 on December 31, 1918, in the custody of the Commissioner 
of Fisheries as trustee, will be disposed of properly in due time. 
Alexey Emanoff, age 18, died October 14 of pulmonary tuberculosis. 
He is survived by a stepmother and four stepbrothers on St. Paul 
Island, but he had been cared for by Ekaterina Krukoff, to whom his 
estate of $270.41, in the custody of the Commissioner of Fisheries as 
trustee, will pass. He entered school at Chemawa in the fall of 1915 
but was kept at a sanitarium at Lapwai, Idaho, the greater part of 
the time. 
The following table gives the status of Pribilof natives at Chemawa, 
as of December 31, 1918: 
