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Unalakicet, January, M?l(>
Number 22
TERRIFIC STORM
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A terrific wind swept over our vil
lage Jan. 4. It began about 1 o’clock
in the morni :g and gathered force
and energy until about four a. m. when
it reached its highest. Had it rot
been for the stretch of ice along the
beach the tide would likely have
been much higher and more active.
As a result of the n i d severel
S'mil buildings were unroofed,and a
portion of both, the school and Mission
roofs took wings.
Our beach is piled with huge hlncks
of ice,which gives it a very rough and
an unusual appe trance, as usual many
of the natives became terrified and
fled to the mountains,fearing that the
tide the following night would
sweep the village,but tho tie uii d
was high all day, the tide was qi ite
normal at night
During the last three years the fre
quent storms have caused the natives
to fear that there is much danger of
the town being swept away. The
oldest natives tell us that the tide
has never been known to rise high
enough to do any particular damage,
and that at no time has there been
any danger of the loss of life.
It is also true that there are now no
evidences on the tundra along the
beach of any very high watermarks,
perhaps it has been huudre Is of ye u s
since anything like a dangerous tide
has inundated the ordinarily safe
places. We do not believe that the
wind alone is likely to drive the tide
to our coast,at this place, in a manner
dangerous to our village.
An earth quake causing an up lieav
al of the bed of the ocean with an
accompanying tidal wave is the only
possible danger,and // is r ot likely to
occur.
Some of the native are contemplat
ing leaving this village and seeking
safer points but we believe it is a
great mistake for p re ts to take their
children away from school privil
eges and church i fluences and go
to new villages wke e there are :.o
schools and nochurches.
Often such places are void of a
heillhy moral atmosphere And too
often they are the dumping ground
of the lowest class of the white el
ement. There is far more danger for
the native in such a place than there
is in a village with its school advan
tages aid church privi eyes even tho
the vi.lnge he in sight of the billows.
Nee Hess yielding to this Nomadic
te ule . :y subjects the childre : to un
fettered evils;makes the problem of
protecting them difficult,and the
question of education complex and
expensive.
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