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Indians In Alaska
Made Bows From
Real Alaska Wood
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exceedingly scattered and oc
curred only where the birds
had dropped the seed. Toler
ant of shade the tree grew
slowly at the head of streams
and most canyons.
“To get the wood the Ind
ian chief would set out with
a few of his picked men and
a crew of slaves to paddle big
war canoes, when he desired
a supply for bows. They often
traveled scores of miles over
rough waters to get the prec
ious woods, which is one of
the very few hardwoods of A1
aska. The Indian had found
the ‘chac ktak’ very fine of
grain, elastic and durable. It
would take a fine polish.
“ ‘Chac ktak’ translated in
to English means ‘chac,’ to
make, and ‘ktak’, bow. Hence
wood to make a bow. He iden
tified the tree because the
leaves are yellow-green and
of lance shape, and soft and
glossy above and pale be
neath. A twist at the base of
the leaves gave them an ev
en comblike appearance. The
bark was ridged and fluted.
The fruit was a bright red
berry containing but one seed
The tree, they found, was sel
dom over 30 feet tall and six
to twelve inches in diameter
- usually very much smaller
with very straight, conica'
trunk.
“Sometimes, in search oi
the wood they would come
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upon the natives of other
tribes and they then might
engage in conflict. Battles
were very fierce, and at tim
es would result in a potlatch,
when the natives would sue
for peace by exchanging or
I giving away of valuable j
goods, such as blankets, bows
and robes.
"Such times are now past
and the natives are as peace
loving as the whites. They fol
low the pursuits of the white
man and for the most part
take to the sea in search of
the valuable salmon and hali- i
but.
“The Alaska yew is one of
the most scarce of the 28 spec
ies of trees that have been
classified in Alaska, and Al-j
aska’s 573,000 square miles of
I land is for the most part cov- '
ered with forests.
Covering the Pacific side
of the Alaska range, a humid
region of mild climate and
heavy precipitation, dense for
ests of hemlock and spruce
extend from the southeastern
tip of the Territory north
and west along the coast to
the vicinity of Kodiak. These
forests are approximately 70
percent hemlock, 25 percent
spruce, and 5 percent western
red cedar, Alaska cedar and
“The timber is of immense
otner species.
economic importance, for it
covers a region the best use
of which is for timber pro
duction, the land having lit
tle agricultural value. The
timber is almost all within
the Tongass and Chugach for
ests, which are under scien
tific forest management.
“The Alaska yew it little
known to the general public
in Alaska. The specimen sent
(to Mr. Phillips was procured
f by Alex Guthrie, an Alaska
' Indian, who follows the trade
of carpenter. He is a descen
dant of the native Alaskans
who in the past depended up
on the Alaska yew for the re
siliency and strength to get
for them the food they obtain
ed from the land, and to pro
tect them from attack in their
pursuit of life and happiness.
—Ketchikan Chronicle._
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