A Cheechako In Alaska And Yukon Classic Reprint

Author : Mrs. Eugene S. Willard
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780266926726
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (267 download)

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Download or read book Kin-Da-Shon's Wife written by Mrs. Eugene S. Willard and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-29 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Kin-Da-Shon's Wife: An Alaskan Story To those who know Alaska only as it is, and to those who know it not at all, some explanations may be necessary; such explanations will be no less appreciated by our best-knowing and best-loving friends. The writing of this Simple story, begun nine years ago, is not the result of an ambition on the part of the writer to be known as a novelist - let me tell you a little of how and why it was written. Two hundred and fifty miles lay between the furthermost Protestant mission of Alaska and the country of the Chilkats be yond. When we went early in 1881 to take to them the good news and to make our home among them. A white trader with a native wife had preceded us by several months; with this single exception we were the only whites in the country. fl. The Chilkats were the master tribe among the Kling-gets, hold ing themselves aloof from their poor relations and priding themselves on their rank and their adherence to old customs. They were regarded with awe and fear by the other tribes. Our association with the people was peculiarly close as minister, teacher, physician, and friend, and gave us unequalled opportunities for not only seeing and hearing their customs and traditions, but gradually, as we came to understand their lan guage, we came to know the people themselves in heart and thought by their confided life-stories and experiences. During those early days we fully realized that great changes awaited these people, changes to be accomplished not only by the Gospel, but by the inevitable contact of an incoming civil ization, with its various blessings and cursings. We knew that these changes must come soon and that the new generation would be left in ignorance of the original beliefs and manners of their fathers. Knowing, too, that the transitional period must necessarily be, to a large extent, one of demoralization, we longed to put on record our knowledge of what they were and had been - the better and the worse - and so to preserve for our children, both white and brown, something of the old times. With such an object the writing of this story was begun. Time for it could only be taken from the night's rest time, and after the long, busy day among the people the chapter was written from what we had heard or seen. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.