lo Skcii/iis of an Excursion to Soiiihern Alaska. 



Kastrometinofl", an iiUelligcni Russian lady ; Mrs. Goldstein, of the Helicew 

 persuasion ; Mrs. Ball, the collector's wife ; Airs. Metropolsky, the priest's 

 wife ; Jukoft" a Russian half-breed, a trusted interpreter and an adherent of the 

 (jreek church ; Alisky. an intelligent miner ; and a few aborigines. Several 

 of these persons spoke in high terms of respect and of admiration for Miss 

 Kellogg and her work, with which they were familiar. Rev. Mr. Brady was 

 here. These persons were sought out as representatives, qualified to give in- 

 telligent opinions. These opinions were doubtless tinctured by peculiarities 

 of nationality, culture, religion and habits good and bad. My aim was not 

 to impress my own views nor even to express them ; but by the help of God's 

 Spirit to extract the wisdom which might be found in theirs. 



I left Sitka with the conviction'that we had tasted the waters of e\ery 

 fountain. I may say here that we practised this method from the beginning, 

 and all through. We improved every opportunity to gain information. 



SALMON FISHERFES. 



A few miles from Sitka, at Hunter's Point, a large salmon cannery is in full 

 operation. Natives are employed in the various departments, in some of these 

 under the direction of " white" men. The fishing is exclusively in the hands 

 of the natives, the pay for which is a half cent per pound, for " fish weighing 

 ten pounds and upwards. All below that weight are thrown out. The aver- 

 age weight when I was there was sixteen pounds. Much larger fish were 

 being taken, however, some of them weighing three or four times the average. 



This establishment is near the site of old Sitka; which was forsaken in the 

 year 1804, in consequence of its indefensible position. The natives had risen 

 and massacred a large number of the inhaljitants. The site of the present city 

 s sujicrior in every particular. Another cannery is established at Klawok, on 

 i'rincc of Wale^ ls!r,n<l. 



On the 171)1 of July «c rc-i:rn^sed the beautiful bay and landed at Wran. 

 gel, which was lo W nur hunie lor a .month. 



AC W RAM, 1:1, A(;AI.\. lUIi.DlNGS. 



The carpenter whom I had sent up from Portland, proved lo be a suitable 

 man for our work. Under Mr. Young's supervision, the sites for both church 

 and school had ]>een cleared of ilie brush, and prepared for building. We had 

 adopted the plans for the church l)efore the materials were shipped from Port- 

 land, and this work was therefore progressing smoothly. 



The plans for the 1 1 )me and School, which were brought from the JOast, 

 were found to be unsuitable an<l too expensive. Estimates for the new plan 

 were made and orders for materials forwarded by return steamer. Before leav- 

 ing Portland I had made conditional bargains for these, and had contracted for 

 transportation at a reduction of about one-third. So everything was ready to 

 proceed. Upon applying the plan to the site some grave measures were 

 discovered. To provide for these deficiencies, a basement, for which the 

 ground was well adapted, was added to the plan. This increased the e\- 



