The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 27, 1937, Page 10

Q)7 THAT TIME- THE REGION KNOWN AS THE "OREGON COUNTRY "WAS OCCUPIED JOINTLY BY THE UNITED STATES AND GREAT BRITAIN ..o I’ ; 4 7 = RUSSIAN A { AMERICA OuR STORY BEGINYS IN THE YEAR. - 1834 ,WHEN THE REVERQREND ; 3 MEDICAL MISSIONARY, SAMUEL PAQKER AND DoctoR MaRcus fit wh AND HIS COURAGEOUS WHITMAN, SENT BY THE AMERICAN BOARD OF & MExican b3 BRIDE, NARCISSA .. COMMISSIONERYS FOR FOREIGN MiSSIONS, BRAVELY VENTURED INTO POSSESSIONS '~ : ] THE WILDS OF THE FAR NORTHWEJST SEEKING AN OPPORTUNITY | (oNTy 1848) FOR MISSIONARY SERVICE AMONG THE NEZ PERCE AND FLATHEAD INDIANS. ~e. 2] I SO’ PLEASED T'MEET YE, GENTS ! SKY PILOTS AN’ SAWBONES, VOUS OF ROVING TRAPPERS IN WEST- ERQN MONTANA THE MISSIONARIES MET JiM BRIDGER FAMOUS SCOUT AND ROCKY MOUNTAIN GUIDE; AND | DISCOVERER OF SOUTH PASS AND GREAT SALT LAKE-.......... MARVELLING AT THE WRITE MANS SURGICAL SKILL, INDIANS OF MANY TRIBES -~ CROWS, BLBgD\{,/ E:is'/?AMAN o 4 FOR OPERATIONS OF EVERY SORT . T2 00 CrwyIiRET ouLD You BELIEVE IT MUSICAL SOUNDS MADE BY THE- TWANGING OF / : TAUT BOW-STRINGS / ncmue.fs— EMPEROR. ORIGINATED @ FrencH GALLEY OF THE 13™ CENTURY. IN THOSE DAYS EVERY VESSEL ,EVEN THE MOST PEACEFLIL MERCHANTMAN , HAD TO BE A WARSHIP AS WELL,ABLE TO DEFEND % ITSELF, FOR PIRATES LUQI{ED EVERQYWHERE, FON : AFLOAT AND ON SHORE ..... THE WOODEN g By g e g g : TOWER IN THE_BOW OF THE SHIP SHOWS DISCOVERED THAT THE LEAVES OF THE TEA i 8 PLAINLY HOW THE NAUTICAL TERM “FOCSLE PLANT MADE A DELIGHTFUL DR¢ - - | (FORECASTLE") ORIGINATED ............ §