Alaska and the Panama canal . KA visited while in our Northern possession. It is a one-white-man-and-i,5oo-Indian island. The white man is Father Dun-can, and he is both the spiritual and temporal ruler of thetown and island. He came out as a missionary from Englandover sixty years ago and began work with the Indians inBritish Columbia. He did not like the laws or conditions inBritish Columbia, so he petitioned Uncle Sam to let him usethis island, to which he moved his Indian followers and wherehe has conducted his work and lived his life in his own w^ was formerly a tanner by trade, had
Alaska and the Panama canal . KA visited while in our Northern possession. It is a one-white-man-and-i,5oo-Indian island. The white man is Father Dun-can, and he is both the spiritual and temporal ruler of thetown and island. He came out as a missionary from Englandover sixty years ago and began work with the Indians inBritish Columbia. He did not like the laws or conditions inBritish Columbia, so he petitioned Uncle Sam to let him usethis island, to which he moved his Indian followers and wherehe has conducted his work and lived his life in his own w^ was formerly a tanner by trade, had good Scottish com-mercial ideas, and has demonstrated wdiat really can be donewith the Indian when in honest, competent hands. The chiefindustry of the island is fishing. All business is carried onin Father Duncans name for the benefit of the community,and the cost of maintaining the schools and church, local gov-ernment, fire department and local improvements is paid byhim. Father Duncan is now over eighty-five years of age,. EXCURSION PARTY ON STEPS OF FATHER DUNCAN S CHURCH ATMETLAKATLA. ALASKA 89 mrMT: xtsl-j:.- -Ir^
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