A J'oyagc (o Sit/^'n. — Historical and Descriptive. ii 



jifiisc of the one liuilding, but considerably lessened the cost of tlie whole es- 

 tablishment, by obviating the necessity of additions, or of separate l)uildin!;s 

 on the site. 



i'Kt;rAK.\rii).N iok riir. okcamzation of ihk riu'Rcii. 



SAHHATH SKRVICES. 



histructed by the Presbytery of Oregon to organize a church at I'orl 

 VV range!, and knowing that Mr. Young was pieparing for this great event be- 

 fore our arrival, we proceeded in a private and informal manner to examine 

 persons whom Mr. Young regarded as most likely to be qualified for pul)lir 

 profession. Proceeding with due caution and deliberation, we examined some 

 thirty natives in this way, from time to time. The date selected for the or 

 ganization w^as the first Sabbath in August. On the next Sabbath, the 20th 

 of July, the barracks were crowded with Indians and whites — a motly assen\ 

 bly. 



During the Sabbaths we spent at \Vrangel, the visitors, l)rs. Jackson and' 

 Kenilall and myself conducted the public worship, under Mr. Young's direc- 

 tion. Bro. Young has been here almost a year, and has acquired a facile use 

 of the [Chinook dialect, universally adopted on this coast as the means o 

 communication between the Indians of different tribes and " whites." 

 I was especially interested and gratified at the propriety aud solemnity 

 with which Bro. Young oftered prayer in Chinook. Owing to the common 

 r.nd even vulgar use of the "jargon," as it is generally termed, I had imagined 

 il would be impossiljle to offer prayer in it in a becoming manner. 



EXCURSIONS. 



Before starting on this journey, I had projected excursions to the Chilcal 

 Country, Fort Simpson, Methlakatla, up the Stahkeen River, and into the Prince 

 of Wales Archipelago. This would embrace the exploration of the entire in- 

 sular and mainland region of Southern Alaska, extending from 54° 40' along 

 the great bend of the coast to Sitka, and one hundred miles beyond it. A 

 number of tourists on board the steamer readily fell into these plans. One of 

 these trips was dependent upon the use of a steamboat at Sitka, wliicli we 

 found disabled ; and tliat excursion was therefore given up. 



TOWARDS LYNN CANAL. 



But on returning to \\'rangel we started on the excursion to the ('liilcats. 

 To our party were added Rev. Mr. Young, Mrs. Mcl'arland, ?\Ir. ami Mrs. 

 Vanderbilt. Miss Dunbar remained at Wrangel in charge of the "Home." 

 We took with us, also, Kadishan, a Stahkeen chief, who was well acquainted 

 with the country and people whom we were going to visit, and w'ho actod as. 

 our pilot, and Kwankeh, his wife. 



On Monday, July 21st, we started on this excursion. The distance was re- 

 ported to be something less than two hundred miles. One of my objects was 

 gratified, namely, near inspection of the mainland, and actual entrance upon 

 der circumstances favorable to forming just opinions of it. 



