Coffee Pot Is On At Old Harbor
For Visitor As She Meets Residents
(Editor’s note: This is an article
by Mrs. Eudora Preston, in which
she describes her visits among the
inhabitants of villages on Kodiak
Island.)
By Eudora Preston
Old Harbor
July 30, 1960
On the way over to Old Harbor
with Bob Hall, we flew near the
cabin of Eli Metrokin on Kiliuda
Bay. Guess he was still at Shear
water as there was no sign of the
“Donna.” I was the house guest
of Sasha and Rolf “Nukken” Chris
tiansen; however Sasha was out
berry picking with the children
as she had not heard I was com
ing. Daughter, Jennie, was house
hold mother and had on the coffee
pot.
Jack Spearns of Port Hobron
came in to see how Nukken was
feeling as word had passed around
that Nukken had a flare-up of his
old stomach trouble. Over coffee
we talked over the present salmon
run. Mirra Andrewvich stopped
in to meet me and after coffee we
went over to see Durbin Nelson.
I carried a message for him from
Annie Mueller. Durbin is well
known and much loved by many
around the island. He has lost his
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eyesight completely now and is
bedridden most of the time. At
present his daughter Agnes Ihnat
from Ketchikan is visiting him;
but the village sees that he always
has company and is well cared for.
I visited with Vera Shugak, who
is the village storekeeper and post
mistress. She is also the mother
of seven and the busy wife of a
fisherman. Called on Florence and
Ralph Christiansen. He is Nukken’s
oldest son and his wife is one of
the election judges this year. She
is the daughter of Larry and Mar
tha Matfay, who are gill netting at
Moser Bay. Three other fishermen
joined us for a round table of
local problems; Alfred Azuyak,
Sanfont Shuyak and Mike Tanohan.
Near Two-Headed Island by Kagu
yak are very many sealions who
are raising hob with the fish. One
boat in an hour and a half run
counted 500. The fishermen would
like to have a bounty put on them,
as British Columbia has.
Elizabeth Seldom, wife of the
missionary, invited me to lunch
one day and I met her mother and
father visiting her for a few weeks.
They are from Pennsylvania on
their first trip to Alaska. David
Seldon is trying a little gill netting
in Barling Bay.
Walked over to Annie Pestri
koff’s with Florence Christiansen.
We found her grandmother, Annie
Andrewvich, and a house full of
children. We had a real women
gathering, discussing everything
from politics to children. Annie
Andrewvich was raised in the o<ld
Woody Island mission and is well
known here. Her son, "Wilford,
whom I met, has had his share of
bad luck this year; but he still
retains his ready grin. The first
of the season, while hauling in a
net full of salmon, it split in two,
spilling the entire catch. Last week
he had to be towed to the village
because of engine failure. The
tender engineer couldn’t repair it.
Bad weather prevented a tow to
Shearwater that day.
Talked with young Paul Andrew
vich (son of the Chief and Mirra)
on the beach for a while as we
looked for “jumpers.” Paul is one
of the “K-16” crew and will go
out with Carl Christiansen as skip
per. Harold and Oscar Christian
sen will fill out the crew. Jennie
is on the “Alexander” with her
uncle, Alec Inga and his daughter,
Martha and son, Marlin. Very
young crews but able to hold their
own. I had the best guides in Old
Harbor, three little Christiansen
girls: Lisa, 10; Wilma, 4 and Violet,
3 years. Raymond Kelly, the
brother of Sasha, gave me lessons
in grinding snoose! He uses the
old “Koroshook,” a mortar made
of wood or bone, in which leaf
tobacco was placed and then
ground with a wooden pestle. I
have one of whale bone, but Ray
mond uses one of wood. He placed
cut tobacco in the koroshook and
ground it well, adding wood ashes
from time to time to increase the
strength. Tea is added at the end
to bind all together. The wood ash
is important as that is what gives
the strength; birch is stronger than
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alder, driftwood makes it salty. He
offered me some but I decided to
take a rain check. I bought two
lovely baskets from Feodosia Inga,
the mother of Alec and Polly
Tanohan. She made these over bot
ties but showed me another nice
one in the traditional style. Mrs.
Inga has a daughter, Barbara
Slaton, in Larsen Bay.
Old Harbor is on Sitkalidak Bay
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