Alaska and the Panama canal . NATIVE CHILDREN AT HOLY CROSS HOLY CROSS MISSION, ON THE YUKON, 86 ALASKA the Yukon lived the Christian Indians, belonging to the church,and on the other side were the Siwash Indians, who were stillheathen. I observed that the Indians who were not cared forby the missionaries had great quantities of dried salmon, whilethe Indians who were with the church did not feel the necessityof providing themselves with a winters svipply of fish. Appar-ently they were satisfied that the Lord would provide. From Anvik to the mouth of the Yukon we made a num-ber of st
Alaska and the Panama canal . NATIVE CHILDREN AT HOLY CROSS HOLY CROSS MISSION, ON THE YUKON, 86 ALASKA the Yukon lived the Christian Indians, belonging to the church,and on the other side were the Siwash Indians, who were stillheathen. I observed that the Indians who were not cared forby the missionaries had great quantities of dried salmon, whilethe Indians who were with the church did not feel the necessityof providing themselves with a winters svipply of fish. Appar-ently they were satisfied that the Lord would provide. From Anvik to the mouth of the Yukon we made a num-ber of stops, but the places we visited hardly justify separatedescriptions, since thev were really only repetitions of nearly alltowns on the river, which, for the most part, consisted of onelog store with a big cloth sign, another general store and salooncombined, some fish being smoked on racks, dogs tied to stakes,white trappers sitting by themselves, a number of Indian wom-en with half-breed babies, and several lonely graves.
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