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EDITOR’S NOTE. !
We think our sub!
swiibers will like)
this issue of the
HERALD exceeding1j
as it is very uniqua;
We requested iativi
children (i.e, thej
Indians of the Copi
per River trices) !
to write a comyIe trj
paper for us of ads
and new&K It'hi'j aP.:
their own original
work and nond of
them are over lEvrs
•old. They are being
educated' by1 i^re ^Vm,
Lelehant,±eachor of
the.,,Nat i ver p $s[chtQ;pO. j r
Herd:in Chitina. It.
will be. noticed that
some of the Natives
A Native (ind icin) Food Gao^o*
taxe more t6 white ways of talking
than others ? but all the work’isrexcep '
tionally well for their, ages'.Especial •
ly when you consider that most of them
have not had the chance at good edu
cation by reading books and -newspap
ers bec3use they do not haye- /thednion
ey to buy them; ‘There has pr©bablya?3
far as we know,never been another
per in all the 3rd hiv^of the Territo
ry of Alaska, wr i tten entirely by Nat
ive children,, s/e,as tiie dditor of this
newspaperappreciate their fine work;.
SETTING A SNARE Last night Lawrence
Council set a share,on the East side
of Chitina lake,Next morning bright
and early he went out to get his'rabV
bit which was not there„Lawrence, try
again* By Ben Pete*11 yrs*
-PyvPS SET Mot much people out trap
ping because not many snow. Charlie
Good.la.tau set his traps ^tyr the fir
8tf- sppw.He,, sometime waik,''sometime ride
dog team.We hope Charlie, get'furs so
he co-n buy grub and. plqtfring. ; r
By Sam Allen. Wl5 yrs * r ; «
4$ttRE roo::. CCED&E-f, Oji Bee. 8th we
received a message from, Cordova stat
ing that Joe Mickolai died at Mrs.J.
Steven's home. ’ ;
Br* Chase told Mrs. Comfort Joe
that Joe had whooping cough and.pneu
monia.
He was a man of about forty three
or forty four years of ago. He leave!*
three children:Carl of ' Chitina agel2,
Elizabeth of C6pper Center age 10,
and Jone age 8.to mourn his ear1 y
death as'we11 as three ’half brothers
Tom Be 11, Joe Bell,and MAojsta.aiid an
uncle,Tony Pete<• By Moll.,n Mickukii,
(Editor's nose. Mollie herself is the
oldest Child of Joe Miokcl'a-i .EThe is
15 years ~i.d.)
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A CACHE IS MADE
of logs what we
cut in the .woods.
And the roof is
made of t\ hark of
preen tree* And
Ithe jo or i;? made
jof leg and .flat it
pj +h j.to . The . cache,
p up high 1 ceruse
,p.o or j,he
mic e pet in to it.
And the ties is a—
puna she legs be
cause the mice he
*nlight run up.
By Carl Niek?lad.
IS yrs•
,t f * eri'T PPT^IKO
1 NO PROGRAM but
_ p. tableau and a
Christmas Tree.Be
cause we all are whooping. And a
visit from Santa Claus Christinas
Eve. By. Axcil Ring*.7 yrs, ;
CATHSRI^ CHARLIE,}£"..& Mrs„.Ed.^Char
lie • 3 little girl has been sick far*
■ohree weeks she had 'Thooping cought.
She lay down in bed and haver get
up and walk.She coughing blood.She
never ate anything 1 or..four days.
By Mamie Bell. 1L yrs.
THE' GIRIS HAVE EEEM BUSY- MAKING
night gowns-and will be busy ev
ery day next week to get them all
done.The'boys have been making an
airplane,;’and little toy airplanes
and automobiles to send to Ihe li#
tie children of other places.
By Carl Mickolai. 12 yrs.
CARD OF THANKS . 'TO MR.' BENAHEY.
All Natives and the Teacher thattjc
you for your thoughtfulness and,
kindness to send us so much nice
warm goods so the gi&ls can get
•practice in sewing and all of us
children have the nee good time
.wearing the clothing.'
' By Eciaky Euidirnnie, 8 yrs,
[Editor?s note. «Nee# means "very1*
in the Indian language.)
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THANK YOU, MRS. ESTRADA. 'You pretty
good buying wood from us,the Boppei
River Natives. We like sell you woe
all time,maybeso forty ricks if you
Want • A --.
BACK FROM* 5 MILE. Mr .& Mrs.Lloyd
Bel, and Gene Ring came back from
8 Mi3 e where they cut wood. The
Cold snap was to much for Cather
ine BeIIfbecause they staid out in
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