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Story Of Massacre
; Of Russians Early
Days Copper River
The following story, told by Nico
lia Offmarinoff, who was of the par
ty of Russians which was almost an
nihilated by the Copper River In
dians over 70 years ago, is of interest
to all oldtimers. The story has been
verified by the former Chief Stick
wan, who was one of the attack
ing party.
In 1863 a small party of Russians
were sent out by the fur company,
then operating in this section, to
explore the interior country adja
cent to the Copper River. There were
24 men in the party and they reach
ed the mouth of the river, early in
the spring while it was still frozen.
They had plenty of food and cloth
ing to last for years but had no
dogs or animals of any kind for
hauling their sleds.
They traveled up the open delta
of the river, against frightful storms
and with great hardships until they
passed the glaciers and then the riv
er began to show signs of breaking
up. The men realized that if they
succeeded in making their journey
it would be necessary to increase
their rate of travel.
A short distance above the rapids
they struck the first village of In
dians. It was only a small tribe, and
the Russians pressed every able-bod
ied man in the camp into service as
draft animals. Soon after leaving
this village the sleds had to be ab
andoned and the Indians were forc
ed to take enormous loads on their
back. In this manner the outfit was
moved to Taral, where more Indians
were forced into the service and as
the party moved up along the river,
recruits were picked up at each vil
lage.
They treated the Indians as slaves,
often beating them and subjecting
them to all manner of indignities
Even though the Indians greatly out
numbered the Russians they could
make no resistance for they had
been forced to leave their only wea
pons, bows and arrows, behind
them, and were in great dread oi
the guns carried by the Russians.
They bore every indignity heaped
upon them, apparently with resig
nation, but they were really looking
for an opportunity to retaliate on
the Russians. This opportunity fin
ally presented itself.
After one particularly hard day’s
travel the party went into camp at
a point between the mouths of the
Klutina and Tazlina Rivers. The
Russians were very tired and the
men they placed on guard fell fast
asleep. During the night the Indi
!
ans arose and attacked the Russians
with clubs and axes. They killed |
21 before the Russians realized what
was happening. The remaining 3
escaped and started down the river.
They lived on such roots and ber
ries as they could find and at one of
the villages stole a crude boat in
which they made good progress un
til they were passing Child’s Glac
ier, when a large piece of ice fell
and the waves caused by it threw
them high on the rocky bank and
broke their boat. Here they got
their first food in the form of sal
mon, which had been thrown up on
the shore by the high waves.
They struggled on afoot until they
found some driftwood out of which
they made a raft to cross the river.
They finally reached Eyak, where
they were clothed and fed by the
coast natives. Eventually the men
married into the native tribes and ,!
never left Alaska. Since then two
of them have died arid the only sur
vivor was the old man at Tatitlik,
who passed away several years ago.
For several years travelers who
chanced by the scene of the massa
cre saw an old gun leaning against
a tree, but going inland were forced
to leave it go. Later Joe Bourke
paid a man to go out of his way and
pick up the old gun and bring it to
Valdez. It is now among the curios
in Moose Hall.—Valdez Miner.
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Vet- Director Gets
New Thrill Making
Speed Boat Picture
Director D. Ross Lederman has
made many perilous and difficult
motion picture scenes designed to.
make audiences sit up in their com
fortable seats—horse chases, auto
mobile races and smashups, plane
crashes and storms at sea—but he
got a new thrill himself when he
made the stirring speedboat racing
and smashing scenes for Columbia’s
melodrama “Speed Demon,” featur
ing William Collier, Jr. and Joan
March, which comes to the Dream
Theatre on Friday next.
Making these fast action race pic
tures constituted a genuine problem
to Lederman and his head camera
man. Four cameras were used so
that swift little craft might be photo
graphed from various angles, thus
heightening the dramatic suspense.
In staging the racing sequences Le
derman had the assistance of Rod
ney Pantages, wealthy young sports
man and one of the national out
hoard motors champions.
The racing scenes were made by
Collier, himself an enthusiastic
speed-boat driver, Pantages, Don
Steanes and J6e Banzi, national
champions, and two Pacific Coast
ar
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tle as Lederman and his crew pre
pared to make their shots. Time
after time the boats shot out along
the course while the cameras caught
the thrilling sight.
Speedboat racing is always a haz
ardous sport, with the small craft1
ever likely to turn over, throwing
their occupants into the water and
directly in the path of other on
coming boats. This was what hap
pened a number of times while they
were making the scenes, but luckily
nobody was injured
In addition to Collier ajid Miss
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New Plywood
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In Northwest
ABERDEEN, Jan. — Manufacture
of a new type of plywood which is
declared to open up the outdoor con
struction field to this type of for
est products will start here immed
iately, A. R. Wuest, president of the
Harbor Plywood corporation, an
nounced. J
The new process is expected to re
employ several hundred men. The
company operates four large mills
here and at Olympia, employing
more than 1200.
Fabricated under exclusive pro
cesses from a new type of glue in
vented by James -Nevin, chemical
engineer, the new product is glued,
dried and ready for use in from
three to five minutes, Wuest said.
Exposure tests have indicated its
fitness for outdoor construction, he
added.
Announcement of the new pro
duct rumors of which ‘have been
current here for weeks, was made at
a meeting here of executives, sales
men and advertising men of the big
corporation.
Wuest announced that a national
advertising campaign on an ambi
tious scale, one of the few ever un
dertaken by a northwest forest pro
ducts firm, will be launched short
ly after the first of the year.
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