Church review . efrail vessels may be seen in theMuseum of Natural History, New Vork,and in Smithsonian Institute, Wash-ington. touches at a town these blanketedsaleswomen will come and sit on theirheels for hours by the side of thestreet, offering for sale every kind oftrinket imaginable, and at prices whichdecline perceptibly as the hour for thesteamers departure draws on. Theyprefer silver to any other kind ofmoney, and their cupidity is so strongthat silver will buy anything they haveand atone for almost any offense onthe calendar. Perhaps the best opportunity for see-ing the unprepossessi
Church review . efrail vessels may be seen in theMuseum of Natural History, New Vork,and in Smithsonian Institute, Wash-ington. touches at a town these blanketedsaleswomen will come and sit on theirheels for hours by the side of thestreet, offering for sale every kind oftrinket imaginable, and at prices whichdecline perceptibly as the hour for thesteamers departure draws on. Theyprefer silver to any other kind ofmoney, and their cupidity is so strongthat silver will buy anything they haveand atone for almost any offense onthe calendar. Perhaps the best opportunity for see-ing the unprepossessing natives ofsoutheastern Alaska at home is af-forded in Sitka. The Indian part of thetown, called the Rancherie, is on thebeach north of the wharf. None of theoriginal lodges or dwellings remain,but and conaition ofthe present modern frame structuresare quite sufficient to satisfy onescuriosity in the matter. These dwell-ings contain usually but a single roomwith an earth floor. Around the walls. SILVER BOW CANON, JUNEAU. On the other hand, their traditionsand beliefs and many of their imple-ments are distinctively Oriental, fromwhich it is argued tnat they are ofAsiatic origin. They have preserved invarious forms the story of supernaturalcreation of man, a great flood, and thepreservation of the first pair by meansof a raft. The basis of their social organizationis totemism. Each clan and familyoriginally had its totem, which con-sisted of one or more animals or de-signs carved in wood, and kept on ex-hibition before the hut of the ownerfor the same reason that his morepolite, if not less pompous, brotherparades his crest and escutcheon. Tothe eye of the native these crude to-tems represent guardian animals, in-spiring memories, or heroic achieve-ments which lend dignity to his house-hold. The women of Alaska are the nativetraders. Every day that a steamer a kind of ledge or platform is built,on which the occupants sleep wrappedin their blankets and dirty bedd
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