. Alaska ... Natural history; Scientific expeditions. TLINKIT CARVING REPRESENTING BEAVER. well known, beautifully ornamented, and they carve elab- orately in wood and stone. Like other Indians more to the southward, those in Alaska are great respecters of wealth. The rank of any fam- ily depends rather on the ac- cumulation of riches and the subsequent giving them away by its head, than on bravery or success in war or in hunting. The highest ambition of these Indians is to acquire property in order that they may give it away again, and wealth so evi- denced seems to form among them the standa
. Alaska ... Natural history; Scientific expeditions. TLINKIT CARVING REPRESENTING BEAVER. well known, beautifully ornamented, and they carve elab- orately in wood and stone. Like other Indians more to the southward, those in Alaska are great respecters of wealth. The rank of any fam- ily depends rather on the ac- cumulation of riches and the subsequent giving them away by its head, than on bravery or success in war or in hunting. The highest ambition of these Indians is to acquire property in order that they may give it away again, and wealth so evi- denced seems to form among them the standard of rank. He who gives away most is the greatest chief, and at subse- quent i potlatches,' or occasions for presenting gifts, he receives a present proportionate to the amount of his own gift. Therefore, when an In- dian has accumulated more or less money or other prop- erty, he is likely to pur- chase great quantities of food, calico, and blankets, and then to invite all his friends up and down the coast to a potlatch. In old times, the feast consisted of boiled deer meat and salmon, with unlimited crackers, tea, sugar, and molasses. Each guest has all the food he can eat, and each one is given so many yards of calico. The im- portant visitors receive blankets, and part of the blankets are tossed from the housetop into a crowd of young men,. PART OF HOUSE FRAME, ALERT BAY, BRITISH Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Harriman Alaska Expedition (1899); Harriman, Edward Henry, 1848-1909; Merriam, C. Hart (Clinton Hart), 1855-1942; Washington Academy of Sciences (Washington, D. C. ). New York, Doubleday, Page & Company
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