DEATH GUARDED)
MYSTERIES OF
SEATTLE, Nov. 23. — Mysterious
death was visited upon any member
of the old Clallam tribe who dared
show antagonism to the chief secret
order, called the Black Tarnations, or
upon any tribesman who knew the sec
rets and sat in the councils of the
mystic organization and tattled to the
uninitiated.
This death penalty is disclosed and
described by John William, a Clallam
Indian, in the current number of the.
Washington Historical Quarterly, is
sued from the University of Washing
ton press. Mr. Williams is a member
of the faculty of the Cushman Indian
school.
Indian Life Fades Into Memory.
The narrator was initiated into the
Black Tamanous when only seven
teen years old at a potlatch in Port
Angeles, Wash. lie reveals the sec
rets now only because he feels that
soon nothing will remain of early In
dian life but the curious in museums,
the legends in song and story and
what he calls ‘‘the records of the ex
terminators.”
‘‘No one in whose veins courses
tainted blood, that is, whose ances
tors were slaves, was ever taken in,”
writes Williams. “At the proper time
those selected for initiation were sur
prised by a crowd of men with black
ened faces and taken to a secluded
place, where they were taught the in
itiation ritual.
Opportunities to Kill Enemies.
“Many stories are told of how those
were killed who were unable to follow
instructions. The same fate was
shared by those who dared show an
tagonism to the order. This summary
process served to keep outsiders in
fear, and it is said afforded opportun
ity for the members to select their
enemies and then kill them. Thus
opposition was silenced.”
The selected tribesmen were put to
severe tests before they were formal
ly initiated, according to Williams.
They were hidden away and their re
latives made to believe that they were
dead. Part of their preparation, in
fact, was feigning death by throwing
themselves on the sea shore and lying
perfectly rigid. Any movement which
would give away to the profane that
they were alive meant sudden and
sure death.
On the day set for the final test all
the candidates were brought before
the assembly of the Black Tamanous.
They maintained an attitude of death.
The doctors or leaders of the society
were supposed to be vested with the
power to restore life. They resurrect
ed the dead and a glorious feast and
potlatch followed. Dancing and feast
ing sometimes lasted for more than n
wpek, savs Williams.
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Dr. Percy King
President of the King Optical Com
pany, Vancouver B. C., Seattle office
411 American Bank building, is stop
ping at the Windsor Hotel for a few
days.
Dr. Percy King is a graduate of col
leges in the United States and Can
ada, and during his visit here will tos
eyes and treat eyesight with the ex
act, special ground and proper glasses
He makes a specialty of curing
headaches, all nervous reflection, pool
eyesight and the straightening ol
crooked eyes.
If you have imperfect eyes see Dr
King at once. He guarantees all hl>
work. Room 5, Windsor Hotel.
He will leave on Sunday's boat foi
Seattle.
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PEKING, Nov. 24. — Yukuchl Oba
ta, councillor of the Japanese lega
tion in Peking, has been transferred
to the foreign office in Tokio, where
he will act as director of the politi
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formerly chief of protocol in the for
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SPUD CHOP IRELAND HAS
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DUBLIN, Ireland, Nov. 24. — Ire
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than last year. The loss to farmers
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