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CKITIFA, AIATiKA FAY 22 19S2,
jpHKSY SAB KI1B OF LOSS Jim McKinley
one of the lEaltiwa from "dopjpo* CenfeT
v/as touting lmaslbrats wj fch his frilly
sunsd friends mc&ir jJry tos&Bm, A little c
«^ver a week ago hi® little 6 year old
got lost &n$awakuh4BtiedTofofoyb^tangrnyr
experienced trailers of the tribe.
Finally they sent back to Copper Ctr
to get the help of one of the very old
and expert trappers,and hunters,viz
John McCrary .He took Joe Lennick along.
The little boy was in marshy tundra
where even the men sunk in sometimes
up to their knees in it.Several days
went past and especialy Staco hunted
the hardest of all,and everyone was a
bout worn out. Mrs.Kane, the teacher
phoned in to get more white men,but it
was decided that if Indians and McCra
ry who have lived out the±E 30 Or 40
years and know every inch of it,cannot
find him,and are many times more ex-‘
periencea m trailing than white men,
it is quite likely the boy was drown
ed as there are some deep lakes and nrt
streams .around there.But maybe he wan
dered so"far away he got hungry,& cold
at night,& died from exposure,as that
was 1G days ago now.It is not so like
ly bears got him. Air plane hunting
would be no good as the willow-brush
is so much'taller than a child.Sport
McAllister,one of the old-time Natives
^r■ys many little Indian children have
been lost and never seen again in the
past years,among them his own small
brother ms lost and never found.
mc feel very sorry for the McKinley
fa.mily for being bereaved of their son
in such a tragic way.(The Herald Staff
4A little while ago CONN NORRIS started
out to mush to Nabesna where he is go
to workiHc rode as far as Gokona
th Big Carl.Prom there he musht the
pld Gokona & Chistochina road. 'He
doubled up every 5 miles he Went, to
get his load in*He had 2 nice big dogs
we called them St if Tailwind Jack .They
are the dogs the Taylor kids had for
sled gogs.He cut across country over
ground he didn*t know by going on ri
sers and lakes "which were both frozen,
It ms a very dangerous trip for him
to go in all alone,if you donTt know
{.he country. All of his’ friends are
glad he got over to the Nabesna safe
ly, which he did.(By Alfred Taylor.)
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DRESSMAKING BEES AMONG NATIVE-* GIRLS
Mrs.Delehant the teacher, is jshowing
the girls in the Native village how to
make dresses for themselves & each o
•fher.The Nelson girls snw the dresses
that little Fanny Joe and Martha King
ma.de for themselves and their friends,
Hannah Bell and Molly Nickolai are ra
ther old and so they are getting to be
expert sewers,; Mrs.Delehant made cover
alls for the boys herself.Out of cloth
that was given to the School by Mr.De
lchant and Louis Denahy.The dresses
were finely made.(By Florence Nelson)
Lupine & bluebells are blooming mw.
FRIDAY WAS GRADUATING DAY. Alberta
Taylor & William A.(Billy) Moore,
graduated from Grade 8,Grammar,Chi
(MfcLna Public School,Alberta will go
yo Summer School in California and
to Southgate High in Los Angeles.
Billy will stay in Chitina for Sc
outing this summer & go to High in
Cordova,Alaska in the fall.
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MRS. GFRIRUr® .A.COX, teacher of the
Chitina Public School, left for, her
old home in Portland, Ore on Satur
day's train^Many of the people here
turned out to go down to the train
cat 7:30 A.M. to see her off and to
give her farewell presents.
ALBERTA & ALFRED TAYLOR have been
visiting their father who runs the
5 Rile Fox Ranch for the winter..
They Went Outside to Southgate dis
trict ,Los Angeles yeaterday morning
on the train and they will take the
going South .Alberta carried a
lot of lovely graduation presents
with her,& just before he v/ent,Al
fred cont-ributed the fine article
on Conn Norris for this paper#
WEDDING BELLS. On the"morning of
the 20 th Kiss Waters and Rr.Eric
Danielson of Kennecott were married*
This ia a romance of a number of
years.Kiss Waters has been upper Gr
teacher in the Kennecott School for
several years being honored by be-'
ing hired over & over successivelyf
being a splendid'teacher• Eric is
) a successful man,too,being a Su£t
in charge of one of the departments
at the copper camp. They are a very
well-liked couple and received ma
ny gcod wishes.They called on some
friends in Chitina on their way to
Cordova to take the &/S "Yukon” to
Seward on -a Honeymoon.
ON A VACATION TO ARIZONA. On the
same train lriss Grants ^another fine
teacher from Kennecott,is'going to
visit her home in Douglas,Arizona.
She took a summer course last year
and is hired again for'Kennecott
for the Primary grades,next winter.
THE NATIVES HAVE SURE GOTTEN A LOT
of bountys on coyotes the last win
ter. One of the Goodlataws brot in
2 linx & 9 coyotes.A Native from
Copper ;Ctr brot 2 red foxes,1 cross
fox,l linx and a coyote,& a lot of
ermine (called weasels) .Their fiiie
and beautiful white fur has always
been ifcuch prized,XItho the Natives
have been getting a lot of fine futrr
furs,they can barely make a living
in fact they cannot make a living,
ns the,price fur brings now is so
low. mre Ermine used to be from
one to two dollars a pelt in past
years, they are now only 35 ^.Lirjc
brings only about\$20(f ormerly$75)
R-fox 10,c-fox 15,beaver &
$10,mink $4*50 a skijp^^^^fl ,r(y^