Alberni Pioneer News
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
issued: 2024-04-09
issued: 1907-09-07
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note: Cf) NEER NEWS. VOL. 1. ALBERNI, B. C, SEPT. 7. 1907. NO. 4. EXPLAINS ORIGIN OF CRUDE ART Hamilton George Tells History of Strange Carvings in Rocks on Lakes. The origin of the crude art work found on the rock walls of Sproat and Great Central lakes, and believed by some white men of scientific tendencies to be pre-historic, has been explained by Hamilton George, an intelligent young Indian who was educated at the nv'ssion. Hamilton George saw the reproductions of the strange drawings in the Pioneer News of last week, and read with much interest the speculative opimon of how they came to be there. He volunteered to enlighten the readers of this paper with a few facts and some legendary evidence in connection with the drawings, and this in brief is his story: Many years agoâno one knows how manyâthere lived in this vicin'ty a sort of super-human Indian named Quot-e-yat, and it believed by some that he still lives, but that his form is im iiible. He had a record for vanquishing fierce and evil monsters that would back St. George of England into heroic ins'gn'ficance. WILD CAT PROPERTY SCHEME IN VICTORIA McConnell & Taylor offer Remote and Bad Land for Sale as Choice Lots in the Town of Alberni--People Who know Situation Express Indignation. START SURVEY OF NEW ROAD Provincial Government Undertakes Work that Will Help Alberni. Copies of the Colonist and Times of Victoria which arrived here last Monday contained glaring full page announcements of a sale of Alberni town lots to be commenced on Tuesday morning. The real estate firm of McConnel & Taylor was advertised as the selling agency for Mr. West C. Nelson, and there was hot air enough all through its big-talk about opportunity knocking Quot-e-yat was a protector of his I at peoples' doors to make an ordinary people whose principal enemies were, patent medicine advertisement seem by com- the monsters of the deep. At every opportunity he gave battle to these evil thing, but was, much to his sorrow, unable to extingu'sh…
note: Alberni Pioneer News ran from 1907-08-17 to 1912-02-24. The name was changed to Port Alberni News starting 1912-03-02.
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Port Alberni (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0441029
language: English
lat: 49.234444
long: -124.805833
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Alberni, B.C. : R. J. Burde
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source: Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives.
type: Text