THE HAZELTON QUEEK Caledonia Fort Rupert, BC Vol. I No. 11. Saturday 26th February 1881. Gratis. The idea is, we believe, in its infancy (at Hazelton) as to the desirability of separating the Indians and whites to their mutual advantage. It is no doubt that when the Indians give up their old ways, as they certainly will, the question will at once arise, and indeed has arisen, proposed by the Indians themselves, as to where they are to build. Experience teaches that Indians who wish to become Christians and cast aside the yoke of Superstition, can not possibly do so and mix with those who are otherwise inclined, and consequently a site for their houses must be found. No possible site could be found so equal in every respect to the present site of Hazelton, embracing as it does the two principal fisheries, being central and a fair chance for gardens etc. The important question then arises, which are to give way, the whites or Indians for we hold it necessary for the ultimate success of the Mission work; so well begun, that a separation should take place. The interests of the whites must be studied, as well as those of the Indian, and be it always kept in mind that the whites where [were] settled at the Forks first (ie, at the townsite of Hazelton) the question as it stands is comparatively simple; but by and by its simplicity will disappear and questions will arise that will puzzle the Government and the Indian department to settle. * While the details of the general Library are being arranged, it may be reasonable to direct attention to a Pocket Library containing six and sixty books bound up as one volume. The writers lived in Southern climes but no arctic explorer can equal them in their descriptions of winter. “Cold cometh out of the North” says one, “Who can stand before his cold?” “By the Breath of God, Frost is Given” “The breadth of the floods is narrowed”. “The waters are hid as with with stone.” “The face of the deep is frozen”. The beauty of the poetry is marred by translation but the vigour remains. We here know how irresistible is the wintry blast. We have seen open space of the river’s bosom narrowed by the widening mantle of ice. We await the approach of spring when a hidden hand will loosen the grip of winter. “He weigheth out the south wind”. “He causeth his wind to blow and the waters flow”. The river’s mantle is shivered into fragments, and the polar seas convulsed, the fragments glide out of sight and the icebergs obey wind and current. So he “casteth forth his ice like morsels” As he saith, “Be Thou upon the earth. “He giveth the snow” and it is worthy, given the Beautiful beyond description each flake spreads its six tiny arms and from each of which six delicate fingers extend. More than a thousand varieties are known. Lovely messengers of health! Without them the cold of winter would reduce the ozone and health would suffer. No sooner are they fallen than they give back moisture to the air without which it would become as dry and injurious as is the atmosphere of a small room heated by a close stove. In past ages Evaporation reduced equatorial oceans two thousand feet below their present level which weight of water was wafted as Clouds towards the poles and there the tiny flakes were so heaped up that by sheer weight they depressed whole continents. Well may one of the sacred poets ask “Dost thou know the balancing of the clouds; the wondrous works of Him who is perfect in knowledge.” * Mrs. Ridley, taking advantage of the mild weather and the chance offered by the good sleighing, was driven up to Rosebery farm, on a visit to Mrs. Hankin, returning to town yesterday. * For Sale Potatoes “Early Rose” picked for seed. Do. “Brown Low’s Beauty” a choice lot. Do. “Compton’s Surprise” Turnip White Stone, very early. Do. Sweed. “Carter’s London”. Cabbage, early and late varieties, parsnips., carrots, onions and a very large amount of seeds. Thos. Hankin, Rosebery Farm. * The Bear’s Revenge- continued. But Sunbeam replied, oh Save me, Sandelaw, and my father will give you all his Mother of Pearl and make you a great chief, but then Sandelaw answered yes, if you marry me. The bears by this time coming much closer and Sunbeam cried out, save me Sandelaw again and take me in your canoe and I will marry you. The bears were just coming to the water. But Sandelaw struck his canoe and it quickly flew over the water to where Sunbeam was waiting for it. The bears just came rushing down to the water’s edge as Sunbeam jumped into the canoe. Then Sandelaw struck the canoe again and they soon left the bears behind them and arrived safely at their own village. As soon as the people saw Sunbeam they all cried out a “gost” a “gost”. She told them it was really her come back at last and you may be sure her father was very glad to welcome her home. Feasting was held for many days and at the end Sunbeam was married to Sandelaw. The End. * Continued from Issue No. 10. The bears all hibernate during the winter. The black bear taking to his cave first. Then the grey or grizzly. Occasionally, a grey will not will not sleep at all, and if he does it will be intermittent but in the winter, and only [illegible] him a different name from the other bears and say that for some reason or other he failed to get fat, like the rest of his tribe, and is very fierce and will attack anything he may chance to meet. The writer has seen the tracks of a grizzly on 21st December in deep snow. It would impossible in a paper, as short as this must necessarily be, to no more than glance at the different animals, as pages could be written on each individual subject of this sketch (and of interest too.) Almost all the fur bearing animals are used for clothing and trimmings and consequently a fictitious value sometimes is set on one particular fur according to fashion which much annoys the unlucky fur trader thousands of miles away probably from the real market, and as years ago the rise and fall of fur made no difference to the trader so now he must watch as carefully as a Liverpool broker will watch the price of wheat or cotton market; if bears are jumping, martens lively or minks steady, that is, if he expects to be a successful fur trader, but that is foreign to our subject. Let us see if any of them, is put to use nearer home. The Indian makes no use at all of any fur, the whites placing too high a value on them for the hunter to resist the anticipated use to the later days where his every [illegible] can be placed merely those that are of little value are used by them. They cut the [illegible] strips and plait them together making a very warm and thick rug. The [illegible] is an important addition to their dresses of state, being arranged in a really handsome and becoming head dress. The marmot or queek is used [illegible] attractions. But the skins of the cariboo and goat they would not do without, shoes, coats, pack straps, snow-shoe fretting; spoons from the horns of the mountain sheep that will hold a gallon or more, small black spoons from the horns of the goat. Their wool woven into yarn. Their sinews used for sewing twine, scrapers made from the bones of the cariboo for getting the sap from the “pitch pine” in the spring. In fact every part and portion of the cariboo, sheep and goat are utilized by the Indians and his family. * Mr. Clifford and party arrived safely at Vital’s Creek, 14 days from the Forks. They report very little snow on the road. * Mr. Owens and Mr. MacDonald left during the week for the mines. * Horse sleighing has been good on the river for some days past, but this last heavy fall of snow has for the present stopped it. * We refer to the question of library again, and would recommend that it be opened at the Forks to receive the names of bona fide subscribers as might wish to carry out the idea. Several Omineca men will be shortly passing and a chance will not offer during the summer to explain the idea to them. Mr. Clifford has clearly [illegible].