DEPUTY MARSHAL OF
UNALASKA TELLS OF
THINGS ON ALEUTIANS
(Continued From Page Six)
island and few new faces are ever
seen there. Once in a while a cut
tes dsops in; a Japaneee seal poucher
or fisherman anchors for the night.
In 1925 the village contained about
100 inhabitants lodged in under
grohnd huts or barabaras. A store,
a trading post and a church are the
only frame buildings. We believe
the store has passed out of existence
by this time. The natives speak
little or no English, but talk Russian
quite fluently and are intense relig
ios, being members of the Russian
churih When one enters a home
he first pays his resperts to the
Deity by the sign of the rross to the
Ikon. These Ikons are found in
every dwelling.
Existed On Sea Otter
In former years the natives made
a good living by hunting sea otter,
depending on them for their very
existenre Then same the whites
and the Japanese and nearly exter
minated the sea otter and the na
tives were cut off from their hunt
ing. They used to take long trips
to outlying islands and hunt in com
munities, sharing their catch upon
returning home, after a certain con
tribution was made to the church.
Blue foxes were abundant, and the
islands of Amelia, Tanaga, Kanaga
and Adak each had their species be
side blues Amelia had silver grays;
Tanaga, Kanaga and Adak had red,
cross, silver and black foxes.
The women also were expert in
basket weaving, said Mr. Brown.
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The grasses grown on the islands to
the Westward are very fine and
allow expert weaving. The heart of
the grass only was used, and this
was prepared with great care. It is
said that sometimes the women
work from one to four years on one
basket, and it is a delight to the eye
when completed, with its soft tones,
bright colors and tasty patterns.
Trapping, weaving and fishing are
the principal occupations. In all
the products sold would average
about $20 per capita in money The
government established a co-opera
tive store at one time and paid good
prices for skins, but this has long
since been abandoned.
Formerly the people now located
at Nazan, the only village, lived at
Korovinsky Bay on the north side
of the island, where the first church
was established in 1825 or 1826. Fish
and driftwood becoming scarce, the
natives moved to the present site
At one time under the Russian
regime, Atka was an important
place and according to Vaniaminoff,
the Russian jurisdiction of which
extended to the Kuriles. The Aleuts
on the Russian seal islands of Berin
and Copper, off Kamchatka coast
are all Atkan natives.
The first school taught at Atka
so far as in known was taught by
Mrs. Kathryn D. Seller, who landed
at Atka on August 1, 1910. Mrs Sel
ler was teacher there for many
years, and is probably one of the
best posted writers in Alaska on
Atka and its inhabitants.
Giants In Those Days
Mr_ Brown states that while on a
hunting trip on an island whose
identity we will keep a seeret for a
time, he discovered the skeletons of
a race of men who were veritable
giants, their skeletons measuring
over seven feet. He was after cari
bou and ran across the ancient bury
ing place The sand had blown
away from the graves leaving the
skeletons uncovered. Unfortunate
ly he did not take time to examine
the bones closely or to determine by
the shape of the skulls whether they
were native or white, but he knows
no natives were ever as big.
On Amnuk he found thirty ancient
villages,some of them underground
At one place the waves had washed
a bank away revealing the walled
city, about a block square. His trips
over the far western islands have
yielded some real queer things as to |
the way primitive man lived in the
long ago.
Mr Brown will leave on one of
the next boats going to Seward and
take the steamship Starr to his
home at Unalaska. His family is
located there, and he has a large
acquaintanceship in the neighbor
ing islands
Federated Church
Norman McCay, Pastor
11 am. Sunday School.
Promotion Day.
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