l8 Sketches of an Exairsmi to Souther?} Alaska 



Q. They must see that we are doing good to their people, without reward. 

 Why do they not favor our coming ? 



A. Because the people give heed to the teachers without waiting for the 

 lead of their chiefs. Tiiis makes them angry. 



I have come a long way to see the Stahkeen people, and I am anxious to see 

 the chiefs. Send word to them that I wish to meet them. 



INTERVIEW Wnil A Kl.ANKETED NATIVE. 



[An Example.] 



On Monday, the 28th, 1 had an interview with Unagalas, a C'hilcat doctor, 

 a man apparently sixty years of age. He was clad in buckskin garments, 

 covered with a blanket, hatless, with uncut hair. Until within ten days, he 

 had never seen a white man nor a steamer. I had seen him at our Sabbath 

 worship, and elsewhere. He was quite ready to converse. I believe he was 

 sincere in desiring the introduction of teachers among his people. He was 

 very deeply impressed with the importance of the white mans religion. I 

 urged upon him as a personal interest, the great salvation, and made it very 

 plain. 



Another attempt to penetrate the interior, failed through a defect in the ma- 

 chinery of the steam boat, and after a few hours al^sence, we floated l»ack on 

 the tide to Fort Wrangel. 



STAHKEEN RIVEK EXCURSION. 



The next effort was successful. We enlisted a party of excursionists for the 

 Stahkeen River tour. Of the number was Dr. and Mrs. Kendall, T\.ev. S. H. 

 Young, Dr. and Mrs. Lindsley. Mr. and Mrs. Vanderbilt. We resolved to 

 see Telegraph Creek, the remotest point of steamboat navigation. I was ac- 

 quainted with the Captain, N. H. Lane, a Portland man, also the managing 

 owner of the boat, who was on board, and who extended every facility to us 

 for explorations at different localities. For example, at the (Ireat Clacier we 

 tarried over half a day and all night. I have written an account of this excur- 

 sion for publication, to which I beg to refer members of the Board, who have 

 any interest in it. *As the sketch was written for popular reading, the bearings 

 of the trip upon our work were not made to appear. I now proceed to state 

 these. 



One object of the trip was gained in an interview with .Shustack antl Shaikes, 

 hvns tyheds (head chiefs) and Kakeesh, Kapanake, K nmk, Shadesty and Kad- 

 ishan, sub-chiefs, and a large numlier of the Stahkeen tribe. The hvas tyhees 

 of the tribe were avoiding us ; and therefore, I determined to seek them. I 

 attached great importance to winning them over to our cause, and if that 

 were not possible, to conciliate them, or at least neutralize their hostility. 



On the 30th of July, we found them at Glenora, in British Columbia. Be- 

 ing introduced by Mr. Young to the superior chiefs, some of the others being 

 present, I told them that I had heard of them as the tyhees of the people ; 

 that I had read their names in the newspapers ; that Mr. Young had written 

 * The sketch has not been publiRhed yet. 



