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The boys do the bread baking for the school, while the girls in turn 

 are taught how to bake and cook for a family. This special instruction 

 in the art of cooking is given in the teachers' kitchen, the cooking for 

 the teachers and employees being done by the native girls. They are 

 also trained to wait upon the table, and they serve the teachers and 

 guests with grace and manners. The young boys are also trained in 

 the school kitchen and dining room. 



The pupils, from the children to the adults, sing with a spirit and 

 understanding that outrivals many of the public schools. 



The brass band of 20 members dispenses music for the school and 

 for the town on public occasions. 



There is a military company of 35 members. The guns were kindly 

 loaned them by the governor of the Territory. 



Lessons in patriotism are constantly inculcated. The Alaskans are 

 a loyal, patriotic people. 



The time has fully come when a normal department should be added 

 to this important school, and a beginning be made in training native 

 teachers. 



After a very busy week spent at Sitka, the Bear got under way at 

 4.45 a. m. on May 19 for Prince William Sound. The trip up the coast 

 was grand. The Fair Weather range of mountains stood out bold and 

 white, covered with snow to the water's edge. On the afternoon and 

 evening of the 20th we had fine views of Mount St. Elias, it being vis- 

 ible from base to top. One of the most remarkable stretches of coast 

 for a combination of snow, glaciers, and mountains is the region 

 between Cross Sound and Cape St. Elias — no language can do it justice. 

 At 1 o'clock a. m. on May 22 we entered Prince William Sound. There 

 being no good chart of the region, the captain felt his way slowly with 

 constant soundings of the lead. At 8.30 a. m. anchor was dropped off 

 the east end of Hawkins Island, Cordova Bay, in the vicinity of two 

 large salmon canneries. In the neighborhood of these canneries reside 

 25 white men living with native women. It is reported that last winter 

 they manufactured 2,500 gallons of liquor for the use of the Indians. 

 The two salmon canneries at Cordova Bay, and one near by at the 

 mouth of Copper Eiver, represent a capital of $375,000. The output 

 of these canneries for last season was 80,000 cases of canned salmon 

 with four dozen 1-pound cans to the case, with a valuation of $280,000. 



On the 23d, availing myself of the kind invitation of Captain Hum- 

 phry to make a trip across the delta of the Copper Eiver, I went aboard 

 their little fishing steamer. The distance across the delta is about 50 

 miles. Passing to the southwest of the canneries and skirting the 

 mountains down the peninsula east of Hawkins Island and around 

 Cape Whitshed, our little craft boldly pushed to the eastward across 

 the delta, the steamer channel being marked by spruce trees which, at 

 low tide, when the flats are bare, had been set at the principal turns. 

 The afternoon was rainy and we only got occasional glimpses of the 



