UNAL\KI.EET news
The”e are upwards of twenty gar
dens in town. Mr. Evans called the
natives together in a meeting at the
s:hool house. An agriculture tall:
was given by Supt. Evans. This ac
counts for the interest taken in gar
dening.
Mr. Van Ness is to build a hot
house in which all the transplant
able plants will be grown for the
village. There is no reason why the
natives at this place should not have
excellent gardens, whi. h will fur
nish a necessary requisite for the ta
ble.
Eaton Station is no more. The mag
nificient building, said to have been
the finest log building in Alaska,
which has been rtinni g down lor
years is now being ton down and
rafted to this village. Out oi the
logs a hospital is to be erected, and
an addition to the teacher’s res
idence is to be made.
The teacher’s residence is being
touched up by a fresh coat of roof
paint and trimming.
George Kootooh has installed a
small engine in his boat.
A large schooner is being built here
this summer
Peter Bals has had some carpenter
work done on his house which adds
much to its loots.
I.EGEN' i)
He went away and waited, by and
by lie heard her calling, lie went in
and saw that the baby was just like
him except his ears were very long.
“Yes I see’’ said his wite ‘but I wont
kill you for that.’
The little l>oy grew fast and became
a very stro ,g man, almost a giant.
Oae day in the absence of the woman
the man took his son and ran away.
At last the boy looked back and
cried out, ‘ ‘hurry'hurry lit will soon
catch us.’’The man turned and saw
his wife coming in the form of a
great she-bear. She soon caught up
with them. The boy turned to his
mother and caught her by her long
ears.She tried to kill him but he
would jump high i i the air. At last
he shook, her so hard that she fell dead
His father and the boy hurried her
in the rocks where there were no
wild beasts.
The boy said to his father, "shall
I slay you too?” Trembling he
cried, "No do not hurt me and I will
take you to my old home where I
lived as a boy. I have four sons in the
village. For a long time they could find
no village. The man said, “If we go
to the end of that big hill I think we
will find the village.’’
When they came around the end
of the hill there came a great shout,
“Hurrah! hurrah! for the lost king,
The lx>y was afraid for lie had never
seen so many people before.
The you l.g l oyscr.me running like
hungry bears nis father told his boy
not to be afraid of them they wont
hint you. one day there was a foot
ball game. \11 the folks of the village
were fast rum ers. no o* e had beaten
them, nut the young man could
run much faster then any of them,
one of the boys stole the young
man’s hat and ran away with it. At
first the boy did not know what to
do. — Continued in Sept. Number