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A Girl Whose Name Lives in
History
Mariane Wills
It was in 1803 when Thomas
Jefferson purchased the Louis
iana Territory, which extended
from the Mississippi River to
Rockies, from France for 15,0C>0,
000 dollars. The first thing Jeff
erson did was to choose Meri
wether Lewis, a young Virginian
to explore this vast territory.
Captain Lewis was overjoy
ed over the position and accept
ed at once. He took along with
him his best friend William Clark
who was an experienced front
iersman. They started in the
year 1804, with many oilier ad
venturers, up the Missouri
River.
They made friends with all
the Indians along the way, by
showing their superiority over
them in spearing buffaloes and
shooting with how and arrows.
Clark received much attention
because of his red hair.
Finally they came to the
point where the \ el low, s one
River flows into tlie Missouri.
Heie Leuis was puzzled which
route to tun-, and if it wasn’t
tor a young Indian maiden, S.,c
ajawea, tie might not have succ
ceded Sue had been stolen by
an unf r.endly band of Indians,
so siie was glad to go with Lewis
and Clark back to her own
people, who lived ILr away.
Sue, with tier little baby on
her back, trudged along point
ing oilu the wa.i, wniv.ii led to
glory and fame ior Lewis and
Clark. At liist Captain Lewis
didn’t do as she said, but finally
he relied on no one but Sacaja
wea.
Even when they came to her
people, she stayed with the ex
pedition. Soon they came to the
Salmon River. Sacajawea told
them not to go down that river,
but Lewis didn’t pay any atten
lion, lie started down the Sal
moil, but had to <40 all the way
back, because of the jails and
rapids.
Finally they reached the
Columbia, by way of the clear
water, which led them to the
great Pacific. Here Lewis put
up the American dag showing j
that this vast territory had been j
explor u by and belonged to the
Unit* d States.
They started back and soon
1 cached Sacajawea’s home. Si a
begged Lewis to take her to St
Louis, but he kindly told her she
would be lonesome fur her own
people. As tht: expedition left]
the village, the last tiling they j
saw was the Indian maiden, sitt j
ing on a distant cliff wrapped 1
pi mourning.
The glory was nearly ali j
given to Lewis and Clark, when
most of it should have gone to!
tins maiden, who guided them
throughout the journey. Histor
ies do not even mention her,
when she deserves so much.
In Portland there is a small
monument to her, hut I th nk
the greatest one is the settling
of the great territory which she
gave to the Lulled States.
An Indian Story
Margaret Ahrens
The Indians went all over
North America two hundred
years ago. Their skin is red.
They eat corn and wild animals*
They live in tepees or in wig
warns. They have moccasins on
their feet.
My uncle used to be my
Copper River
and Northwestern Railway
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teacher He used to tea di me to
be a brave man. Sometimes he j
would send me out in the dark ,
in strange places for a pail of
water. When 1 came home lie
would put the water in another I
pail, then he would make me go
another time. Imagine how I
lelt. But I wished to be a brave
man. 1 would not make a sound.
I would go as quiet as a cat.
My uncle said, “Now come
my boy, I will teach you how to
chase wild animals.” He said,
“If a bear or a wild cat would
come, get your bow and arrow
and kill the wild cat or anything
that will hurt you.”
MYERS TEST
The Commissioner of Educ
ation at Junaau recently sub
mitted a special test in all sub
jects to Alaska Schools, which is
known as the Myers Test, and
of which it is claimed, ‘These
tests are diagnostic in nature
This means that they are of val
ue in determining weaknesses
and strong points in a subject
for either a grade or an individ
ual pupil. Teachers should ana
lyze the results carefully for the
purpose of determining these
high and low spots and adapt
instruction to meet the situation.
In putting this test to the
McCarthy school children recent
jy the lowest showing made was
181, there were three grades of
100 and the average of the school
was 06.
OFTEN THE CASE
“It’s not the school,” said the
little boy to his mother, “it’s the
principal of the thing.
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