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| Author |
Date |
Location |
Subject |
URL |
| Fred Sickler |
April 13, 1911 |
Shungnak |
Complaints about the Myers |
| MS Ref: | [8-26] [9-24] | Box: |
NARA |
| To: |
A.N. Evans | ||
| Eskimo Names: | "Sun"; Riley Jim; Charlie Coffin; Snell (Pu-re-gak); Chas [Kutes] (Biglorak); Napoleon Wood (Ikiuk); Androdrak; Selaluk; Abluena; Tommy Wood [Riley Jim's brother]; Flora Carpes (Senagamma); " | White Names: |
"Mr. Hawkins, Deputy US Marshall; Mr. Moran; Mr. Wise; Mr. Myers; Harry Brown; Mrs. Myers; Mr. Hawkesworth; Pauline; Mr. W.T. Lopp;" |
| Events: | Places: | "Black River; Kella; Atlatna mission; the Koyukuk; Nome; Candle; Oxic; Winona Lake, Indiana; Pittsburgh; Holy Land; Egypt; Naples; Rome; Venice; " | |
| Perceptions: | conviction would result in helping local morals; | Treatment: | |
| Travel Themes: | Eskimo Trading |
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| Themes: | "non-official letter; Marshall took "Sun" away; heavy snowfall, cold weather, lose a lot of fawns; herd moved to Black R.; Moran resigned as Postmaster here; Sickler petitions for Postmaster; issues with shipping furs; natives at Kella came down for religious services Sickler conducted when Wise/Meyers were gone; 3 Shungnak natives live at Atlatna mission part of the time, sometimes for several years; looked on by favor of the natives; scarcely a family here without family members in that region; Nome to Candle dog race; Hawkesworth would recommend Friend's teachers for this site and Oxic because natives wouldn't accept any other kind of teacher; appt of Friend's teacher a mistake; Holy Ghost revelations smack too strongly of falsehood; interfere too much in affairs of white neighbors and work of natives; morals of members deteriorating; [more insults directed at Friends missionaries]; try to prevent native dancing and singing, leading to clandestine meetings which undo morals more than anything; card-playing, smoking; church trials, blue laws, revolting public confessions, barbarous practices; Mrs. Meyers a white shaman, [more insults]; "pretended revelations"; "rolling the rock of Sisyphus"; baptism of the Holy Ghost; Sickler an eater of native sacred bird, the Raven, also a Roman Catholic; since Hawkesworth visit, Mrs Meyers given us alot of trouble with medical care, interfered in teaching adults; bakery; allowing native boys to take liberties with Pauline; rich and influential relatives [Sickler]; regret Evans not able to inspect Sickler's school, or other disinterested party in Evans' absence; resigned a position at CTS; non-sectarian Christian teaching; my brother promised a school by Mr. W.T. Lopp;" | Trapping/Fishing/ Berry Picking |
sending furs out; |
| Business or Organization: |
the Post Office; Carnegie Technical School; Grace Reformed Lutheran Church; | Ships, Boats, & Marine Equipment |
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| Books, Documents, & Articles: | Diseases & Infirmaties |
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| General Medical | |||
| Comments: | "Sun" is taken away; school at Oxic; " |
