Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 15, 1917, Page 3

PON the discovery of the northwest coast of America, the Tlingit were found in pos- session of southeastern Alas- ka, with the exception possibly of the southernmost portion of Prince of Wales island, which had been wrested from them by invading Haida from Masset on the Queen Charlotte islands during the latter half of the eighteenth century. From the testimony of the early explorers, this occupation seems to have been of sufficient age to have developed a racial type, speaking the same tongue, acknowledging estab- lished laws, and bound by like con- venlions, says an article by George T. Emmons in the American Museum Journal, What knowledge we can gather of their origin and early life from their family traditions, songs and geo- craphical names, although fragmen- tary and vague, tells consistently of a uniform northward migration by wa- ter, along the coast and through the in- land channels from the Tsimshian pe- ninsula and Prince of Wales island, which was constantly augmented by parties of interior people» descending the greater rivers to the sea. The social organization of the Tlin- cit is founded on matriarchy, or de- scent through the mother, and is de- pendent upon two parties, the mem- bers of each of which may not marry among themselves, but the two parties intermarry and supplement each oth- er upon the many ceremonial occasions that mark their intercourse. The two parties are subdivided into fifty-six existing families or clans, founded on blood relationship and ab- solutely independent in government, succession, inheritance and territory. Within the family there is a well-de- fined aristocracy, wholly dependent upon birth, from which the chie ‘hosen; an intermediate class co! ing of those who have forced them- selves to the front, through wealth, character or artistic ability; and the poorer people. In earlier days there were many slaves who had no recog- alzed rights. Chilkat the Leading Tribe. Geographically considered, there are 16 tribal divisions known as “kwans,” 8 contraction of “ka” (man) and “an” (land lived on or claimed). Of these several tribes the Chilkat-kwan has been the most prominent since our ac- quaintance with Alaska. The relative Importance of a primitive people is measured by conditions of food supply and other natural resources. The com- jmanding position of the Chitkat, at the head of the inland channels controll- ‘ng the mountain passes to the interi- er, gave them the monopoly of the fur trade of the upper Yukon valley, and the placer copper fields of the White river region. These products, unknown to the coastal area, were economically important in primitive days, and after the advent of Europeans the increased demand for furs, and their greater value, made this trade even more lu- erative. The Tlingit were a canoe people and might be termed semi-no- madic, as they were on their hunting grounds in the early spring and late fall, while the summer season was Spent in the fishing camps by the sal- mon streams; but notwithstanding these long absences, they built sub- Stantial villages, where, except for so- cial activities, they spent the winter in comparative idleness. As they looked to the sea for their principal food ‘supply, their villages were directly on the shore just above the high water-mark, in sheltered coves, where they could launch their canoes and land in any weather and at any stage of the tide. But the Chil- kat, differing from all the other Tling- it, lived just beyond the open water in a rather restricted territory on riv- ers that were veritable storehouses of food, bringing an abundance of fish life to their very doors and so permitting them to remain at home throughout the year, except when on their trading trips to the interior, which gave their habitations a more permanent charac- ter, and contfibuted to the unity of communal Ite. At the Mother Town. Of the four principal old villages, all of which have survived the ravages of constant strife and the still more deadly by-products of civilization— liquor and disease—Klukwan (mother town) has always held the first place in size, wealth and the character of its people. It retained its supremacy long after the more southern coast vil- lages had gone to decay, as its more interior and Isolated position and the independent and aggressive reputation of its population kept white traders at a distance. Klukwan lies at the edge of a gradual slope on the north GIVE “SYRUP OF FIGS” TO CONSTIPATED CHILD Oclicious “Fruit Laxative” can’t harm tender little Stomach, liver and bowels, Look at the tongue, mother! If coated, your little one’s stomach, liver and bowels need cleansing at once. When peevish, cross, listless, doesn’t sleep, eat or act naturally, or is fever- ish, stomach sour, breath bad, has Sore throat, diarrhoea, full of cold, give & teaspoonful of “California Syrup of Figs,” and in a few hours all the foul, constipated waste, undigested food and sour bile gently moves out of its little bowels without griping, and you have a well, playful child again. Ask your druggist for a 50-cent bottle of “California Syrup of Figs,” which con- tains full directions for babies, chil- dren of all ages and for grown-ups.— | Adv, An acre of land in Nova Scotia Is said to have produced 500 bushels of ors, Of the five totemic families that | form the Chilkat-kwan, four are resi- dent here. Of these the Kon-nuh-ta-di, the sole representative of the Raven party, is the one with which this paper deals. Their legendary history, so im- aginary and interesting, is closely as- Sociated with the wanderings and an- tics of “Yehlh,” the Raven creator, while the earliest family traditions are centered about the south and west coasts of the Prince of Wales and con- tiguous islands, where at an early pe- riod they must have lived. The Whale House. When I first visited Klukwan tn 1885, the large old communal houses | of the Kon-nuh-ta-di were still stand- ing, the principal one of which, that of the hereditary chief, “Yough-hit” | (Whale house), was in the last stages of decay and uninhabitable, although the interior fittings were intact and it was still used upon festival occasions. It was unquestionably the most widely known and elaborately ornamented house, not only at Chilkat, but in Alas- ka. houses, and, it is claimed, much larger ones. It is said to have been built by Kate-tsu about, or prior to, 1835, and | stood in the middle of the village. represented the best type of Tlingit architecture, a broad low type Tlingit architecture, a broad low structure of heavy hewn spruce tim- bers, with noticeably high corner posts, } that gave it a degree of character wholly wanting in the larger houses of the Vancouver island people. It faced the river, with a frontage of 49 feet 10 inches and a depth of 53 feet— approximately the proportions of Tlingit houses, large and small. Each of these old houses formed a solid structure, the frame and planking sup- porting each other without the use of spikes. The doorway, which was the only opening in the* walls, was ap- proached by two steps, more three feet above the ground. The interior formed an excavation four feet nine inches below the ground level, with two receding steplike plat- forms. The lower square floor space, 26 feet by 26 feet 9 inches, constituted the general living and working room com- mon to all, except that portion in the than rear and opposite the entrance, which | was reserved for the use of the house chief, his immediate family, and most distinguished guests. This was the place of honor in all Tlingit houses | upon all occasions, ceremonial or oth- erwise. The flooring, of heavy, split, smoothed planks of varying widths, ex- tended around a central graveled fire- place six feet by six feet and a half, where all of the cooking was done over a wood fire that also heated the house in winter. In front of and a little to the right of the fire space was a small cellarlike apartment entered by a small trapdoor in the floor barely large enough to admit a person. This was | used as a steam bath, by heating} bowlders in the fire, dropping them on the floor below with split wood tongs, and pouring wate upon them to gen- erate vapor, whereupon the bather en- | tered and the opening was covered over. The first platform, extending around the main floor at an elevation of two and three-fourths feet, served pote as a step, and as a lounging place in the daytime. The upper and broader platform, rising two feet above that below, was at the ground level, and | was floored with heavy planks. This platform constituted the sleeping place of the inmates. New House Never Completed. In 1899, this house and “Yehih-hit,” or Raven house, adjoining were torn down and preparations for the erec- tion of new buildings were got under way, and in the winter of 1901, after the walls were up and the roof on, a great potlatch was given by the Kon- nuh-ta-di, to the three Wolf families of the opposite phratry In the tribe, and the Ka-gwan-tan of Sitka, In which over $10,000 in property, food and money were distributed. The head chief of the family, master of the Whale house, “Yehlh-gu ou,” or Ra- ven's slave, welcomed his guests upon landing, wearing the Raven hat. The new house, although modern in form and of two stories, took the old name, and it stands today windowless and doorless, the interior grown up in weeds, a monument of the last great potlatch of the Chilkat, as the chief died soon afterward and his successor has neither the means to finish it nor the desire to live in it, and the elabo- rate carvings have never been placed. bank of the Chilkat, 20 miles from its mouth, where the swift current con- centrated in a single channel forms a strong eddy that permits the landing of canoes at any stage of the river. It occupied the site of much older | It} OF INTEREST TO MOTHERS The cost of food today is a serious | matter to all of you. To cut down | your food bills and at the same time improve the health of your family, Serve them Skinner’s Macaroni and Spaghetti two or three times per week. Children love it and thrive on it. It |is the best possible food for adults. Write the Skinner Mfg. Co., Omaha, | Nebr., for beautiful cook book telling | how to serve it in a hundred waya. It's free to every mother.—Adv, California annually twelve and fifteen of deciduous fruits. ships between thousand carloads Only One “BROMO QUININE” | To get the genuine, call for fall name LAXATIVE | BROMO QUININE. Look fo natore of B. W. | GROVE ‘Vur © 7. te Some Required. “Mr. Jobbins is a very brave man.” “Yes; that’s why dys asked him to her mistletoe party Makes the laundress happy—that’a Red Cross Bag Blue. Makes beautiful, clear white clo’ All good grocers. Ady. His Literature. “Not lite ure, eb “The only book h volume of busine 4 ares for is the SOUR, ACID STOMACHS, GASES OR INDIGESTION of | Each “Pape’s Diapepsin” digests 3000 grains food, ending all stemach misery in five minutes. | Time it! In five minutes all stom- | ach distress will go. No indigestion, heartburn, sourness or belching of gas, acid, or eructations of undigested food, no dizziness, bloating, foul breath or headache. Pape’s Diapepsin Js noted for its speed in regulating upset stomachs, It is the surest, quickest stomach rem- edy in the whole world and besides it jis harmless, Put an end to stomach trouble forever by getting a large fifty-cent case of Pape’s Diapepsin from any drug store. You realize in five minutes how needless it is to suf- fer from indigestion, dyspepsia or any stomach disorder, It’s the quickest, surest and most harmless stomach doctor in the world.—Adv. An electric blower takes the place of towels in the washrooms of some large industrial establishments. DANDRUFF AND ITCHING Disappear With Use of Cuticura Soap and Ointment—Trial Free. The first thing In restoring dry, fall- ing hair is to get rid of dandruff and itching. Rub Cuticura Ointment into scalp, next morning shamp with Cuticura Soap and hot w: ‘er. Prevent skin and scalp troubles by making Cutl- cura your everyday toilet preparation, Free sample each by mall with Book, Address posteard, Cuticura, Dept. L, Boston, Sold everywhere.—Ady, Dimes in Demand. The new dimes are in great demand so are the old or Corrected. was the import of his speech? “It wasn’t imported at all. He made it all up himself.” ‘Tiehet Seller—"* Nearly all the ladies in our show vide bareback.’ on dendock! 17! ge and test "ou ever Don't they ges old ben so mach expeea™ iM you are exposed to rain or snow you should take two or three doses of oschee’s PATENTS SSS225°03 3s “ROUGH OnRATS” Brestinse MS THE CASPER DAILY TRIBUNE jon the Ten Minute Classics Famous Tales and Legends Told in Brief Form Mexico’s Tale of La Llorona, the Wailing Woman OR es Copyright by | W. Muller yJ.W. MULLER Mexico, which furnishes so con-| ands held out before her in agony stant and important a part of the of sin and sorrow. daily news at present, has many in- teresting and typical stories based on legends that have been transmit- ted through centuries and are known | in various forms to the whole popu-| lation, high and low. Many origi- nated in Spain, and some of these have so Moorish a flavor that they | convey an Arabian Nights atmos- phere. Others spring from the an- cient Mayan and Aztec traditions though they have been so modern- ized by the people that only his- torians can recognize the sources. “La Llorona,” the Wailing Woman, ts one of the latter, and is a most popular one. In the land of Mexico It may chance that on any night a certain strange and unfortunate thing may befall any- body, stranger or native, who wanders in a lonely road or a city street. It may be anywhere—in the City of Mex- {eo itself, far north in Chihuahua, even American border, or in far southern Oaxaca. Indeed, it may hap- | pen ut the same hour in two or more of these far-separated places. This strange thing will occur as fol- lows: One will see a woman approaching swiftly with her face hidden in a lace shawl, “What time is it, senor?” she Her trial was sharp and short. She hid her husband's guilt and took it on herself. There could be but one sen- tence. The next day she was carried to the plaza, and a great crowd saw the garrote fastened around her lovely neck, Even as the screw of the garrote was whirled by the executioner, Don Muno de Montes Claros fol! forward in his chair in his rich house. As Luisa’s eyes glazed, his life went out } on his bride's breast, None knows what has become of the soul of Don Muno, but the soul of Luisa assuredly knows no rest. She must wender evermore through Mex- ico, walling for her children. And she tears with her the doom of everyone whe speaks to her, for the person ac- costed by her surely will die within the week. Should one accost her first, and ask, as some have done: “Throw off your rebedo, senorita, that I may fee your pretty face!” that man will shriek when the yelled woman obeys, le will shriek just once, and fall dead, Mexican writers have produced several versions of this tale. It has always appealed to the deep poetical spirit among Mexicans. A most esteemed metrical version is that of Don Vincento Rive Palacio. Our own Thomas A. Janvier has pre- will ask with a volce oddly strained! served the same legend in a charm- and breathless. Wher he who is so accosted names the hour, there will come from the hid- den face a terrible cry. “At this hour I must be in—” and she will name a place hundreds of leagues away, Then she will vanish, and through the air will sound a wailing lament of tnex- pressible grief and terror: “Where shall I find my children?” If he who has been thus accosted knows his Mexico, he goes home at once and arranges bis affairs; for he will know that he has met La Llorona, and he need not be told what is the fate of those who speak to her. In the days of the Golden Viceroys, La Liorona was Luisa, » woman of the people, most beautiful, faithful and good. If it had not been willed otherwise, she should have lived in simplicity and died in religion and peace. But she waa seen by a noble and wealthy cavalle>, Don Muno de Montes Claros, whose family was one of the most powerful Iu the city. He was a gallant figure, and many 8 lovely eye cast stolen but ardeut glances at him when he rode through the streets on his prancirg Arabian. He.chose to stoop to Luis, and she gave him all her heart. She consent- ed uncomplainingly to a secret mar- riage, and consented humbly that none should know that she was wife to the brilliant favorite of the government. He loved her dearly at first, and for a long time scarcely could bear to be away from her. There was no happi- ness for him so great as that which he found in their hidden nest, where, in time, three chjldren, beautiful as a ls, played about them. Finally, however, a weariness of his low-born wife assalled the caballero, and when a radiant and noble lady ar- rived from Madrid, his hot heart turned suddenly from the old love to a new. Soon all Mexico heard of a great wedding that was to be. So high was Don Muno's station that Luisa’s neighbors talked of little else, not dreaming that their quiet, shy friend knew the famous man. She heard, but would ot believe. Her true heart clung with all its splendid loyalty to faith in her beloved. She did not doubt even when the days passed and he did not appear. She never faltered until with her own eyes she looked through the tall, wide, golden-grilled windows of his house one day and saw him and his new bride throned at their sparkling wed- ding feast. She did not go in. There came to her no thought of confronting them. She stood. quite dumb and frozen, amid the jostling, ragged, curious crowd. laccomplished ing prose tale. Orozco y Berra, an Mexican historian (1816-1881) traces the legend to the Aztec creation-myth of Cihuaco- huatl, the goddess who gathers the souls of the dead and passes through the land garbed in mystic white, wailing aloud. The Indians be- lieve that she will not cease-till a Montezuma again sits on the throne of Mexico. SAVING AS A FINE ART Family Thrift ts Almost Unknown Quantity in the Average Ameri- can Household. The true art of saving is in know- ing how to spend our money. Mr. Micawber’s advice to David Copperfield was sound: “ er spend above your income.” Family thrift is almost an unknown quantity in the average American household, Men are famous for their generosity and our women run their househwldk on the sane generous scale. 5 As the income grows larger little ex- travagances creep in imperceptibly— little luxuries of no great moment seemingly ut the time of their indulg- ence—and so the increased income is offset. Every sane man and woman wants to save. We know that it is our only insurance against the future, No matter how well things are going at the present moment, every family stands a chance of experiencing “rainy days,” and we are wise if we take means to meet them, Sickness or loss of position has not the same dread to the man or woman who has a comfortable savings ac- count tucked away in the bank, as it has for the person who “spends as he goes along.” Sickness or loss of position to the latter is nothing short of a tragedy. Of course, there are thousands who find the margin between wages and a bare living es next to impossible to save. But there are few of us who could not cut down our cost of living by careful buying and elimination of un- necessary luxuries. Anyway, it would do us no harm to figure out our family budget a bit and adopt the plan of saving a certain per cent of our income for future contin- gencles.—Buffalo News. Use Short Words. A man who acts as tutor and com- She saw him drink to his) panion to a young boy, wrote this in- beautiful wife, who was far, far more! dorsement oa one of the boy's com- beautiful than she was. She stood} positions: looking till the guests ‘eparted and the lights went out. The: she bowed her head, hid her face and walked slowly homeward. She walked without a sob, Slowly she entered her house and stared around as at a place of death. Slowly she went to the wall where tang -Muno’s own bright dagger. She took it down and went Into the room where slept the three children. One lay on its side with its little dimpled fist pressed to its cheek. One lay with its curly head on the breast of the eldest, whose arms were firm around it with that love that is most sacred_in ench sleep of childhood. Over thie group of innocents Luisa leaned. She did noc kiss them or weep over them. She drove the dagger home— three times. Then the bonds of silence were unlocked within her. Shrieking, she ran from the house and through the streets, her gauzy white garments dreadfal with blood and her reddened “Use short words—fol- Jow the example. of Horatio Seymour. Thig is part of his address delivered by him to students in 1878: ‘Short words, like love, hate or zeal, have a clear ring which stirs our minds or our hearts, They but tell of the joy or grief, or rage or peace, of life or death. They are felt by all, for their terms mean the same thing to all men. We learn them in youth; they are on our lips through all our days, and we utter them down to the close of life. They are the apt terms with which we speak of things which are high or great or noble. They are the grand words of our tongue ; they teach us how the world was made. “God said, ‘Let there be light, and there was light.” “ ‘Mark the words of more than one syllable.” "—New York Tribune. Outclassed. “My rich uncle sent me a present of a diamond bracelet.” “That's nothing. My rich aunt sent me a whole gross of eggs.” lingly scant. It seems | An of Grip Always Leaves Kidneys In Weakened Condition Doctors in all parts of the country have been kept busy with the epidemic of grip which has visited so many homes. The symptoms of grip this year are often very distressing and leave the system in a run down condition, particularly the kidneys which seem to suffer most, as almost every victim complains of lame back and urin- ary troubles which should not be neglect- ed, as these danger signals often lead to dangerous kidney troubles. is report a large sale on Dr. Kilmer’s Swamp-Root which so many people say soon heals and strengthens the kidneys after an attack of grip. Swamp-Root is a great kidney, liver and bladder remedy, and, being an herbal compound, has a gentle healing effect on the kidneys, which almost immediately noticed in most cases by those who try it. Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. 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