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blacksmi thing, gardening, and farm work; the girls, in cooking, house- 

 hold work, and needle work. Tlie Bureau of Education assists in 

 supporting the school by assuming the salaries of two teachers, sup- 

 plying the text-books needed, and pajang for the fuel used in heating 

 the schoolrooms. The school enrollment during the term ending 

 May 31, 1904, was 110. Father Luchesi, Brother Markham, and 

 Brother O'Hare took pleasure in trying to give me an idea of the 

 work, but I regret that I did not have time to make a satisfactory 

 visit to the school. The Yukon cruise is a stupendous one, allowing 

 only short stops at each place. After we had been on shore about 

 half an hour vigorous blasts from the Rocl: Island's v/histle brought 

 us hurrying on board. 



The mission at Anvik, maintained by the Protestant Episcopal 

 Church, was our next stop, on the morning of August 11. I had time 

 for only a fl^^ing visit to the Rev. John W. Chapman, Mrs. Chapn^an, 

 and Miss Bertha M. Sabme, all veterans in the noble work of uplifting 

 the natives of the Yukon Valley into Chi'istian civilization and self- 

 support. The school at Anvik does not 3^et receive aid from the 

 Bureau of Education, but it is probable that assistance will be 

 extended in the near future. 



Nulato, where we arrived at 3 o'clock on the morning of August 13, 

 is a point of considerable interest. It was the remotest trading sta- 

 tion maintained on the Yukon River by the Russian-American Fur 

 Company, the agency thi'ough which Russia held Russian America 

 until the transfer of the country to the United States in 1867. In the 

 early days Nulato was the scene of considerable friction between the 

 natives and the Russian traders. The natives resented the intrusion 

 of the white men, and on several occasions destroyed the improve- 

 ments made during the summer by the Russians and abandoned by 

 them during the winter. In 1851 Lieutenant Barnard, a member of 

 the British expedition in search of Sir JoTin Franklin, arrived at 

 Nulato. In the course of his investigations he desired information 

 from an influential cliief ; instead of requesting an audience with him, 

 Lieutenant Barnard sent for the chief. This action the chief con- 

 sidered an indignit}^, and he determined to obtain satisfaction for the 

 insult. At the head of a band of warriors the infuriated chief at- 

 tacked the trading post, set fire to the adjoining native village, and 

 shot with arrows the inhabitants who attempted to escape from their 

 burning huts. Lieutenant Barnard and the Russian in command of 

 the post were killed as they were rising from their beds to repel the 

 assault. Lieutenant Barnard's grave is seen a short distance to the 

 rear of the two or thi'ee dilapidated log buildings which are a reminder 

 of the once flourishing post. In these days the Nulato natives are 

 peaceful enough; many of them are members of the Roman Catholic 

 Chui'ch, which maintains a mission in the village, and some of the 



