"57a948da-d97a-4e48-80ab-d23348c0a82f"@en . "CONTENTdm"@en . "[Quarterly letter explanatory of some phases of mission work amongst the native tribes of British Columbia]"@en . "http://resolve.library.ubc.ca/cgi-bin/catsearch?bid=2750347"@en . "British Columbia Historical Books Collection"@en . "Na-Na-Kwa or Dawn on the Northwest Coast"@en . "Raley, George H."@en . "2017-05-03"@en . "1899-01"@en . "\"quarterly.
Until 1905 the Na-na-kwa, a Methodist missionary paper, was printed on a small hand press. It was mainly distributed to the Indians of Kitamat and neighbouring villages.\" -- Lowther, B. J., & Laing, M. (1968). A bibliography of British Columbia: Laying the foundations, 1849-1899. Victoria, BC: University of Victoria, p. 149."@en . ""@en . "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/bcbooks/items/1.0347359/source.json"@en . "10 unnumbered pages ; 22 cm"@en . "application/pdf"@en . " loti\nDawn ok the Northwest Coast.\nWo. 5.\nKITAMAAT.B.C\nJanuary. 1899.\n.'GREETINGS!\nDear Friends :-\nWe come to you with the season's\ngreetings. While living here in an isolated\nplace, one of the remote corners of the\nworld, we do not forget the holiday feeling\nwhich pervades the hearts of men, women\nand particularly of children. Our happiness has consisted in striving to bring joy\npeace and merriment to the natives. As\nwe say a last good-bye to the old year, we\ndesire to express gratitude to our Heavenly\nFather for the kind providences which\nhave attended us; especially do we return\nthanks for pieservation of life in times of\nserious illness, and for whatever success\nin missionary work, by his grace, we have\nachieved.\nThe close of the year brought to us\ncheering news. The Woman's Missionary\nISociety made a liberal grant for building\npurposes in connection with the children's\nhome at Kitamaat. Such appropriation\ncalls not only for warmest gratitude to the\nWoman's Missionary Society, but also devout thanksgiving to God.\nNanakwa is no longer an infant of days,\nas this issue commences its second year.\nFor a young baby it has seen much of the\nworld, finding its way, not only to friends\nin all parts of Canada; but also to the\nBritish Isles, and more remote parts of the\nEastern Hemisphere.\nAs this missionary letter is printed\nchiefly in the interests of the Children's\nHome, we send it forth in the name of\nthat Saviour who welcomed little children\nto his bosom; in the name of the Good\nShepherd who said \"feed my lambs\"; in\nthe name of the Divine Master who sent\nhis disciples to teach all nations, to instruct\nthe ignorant, and to reclaim the lost.\nIN HIS NAME we start upon the labour\nof another year and have this request to\nmake which we are sure will be welcomed\nby all interested in the work. Our request is one for prayers. Let petitions\nrise for the missionaries and teachers, and\nwe shall get the guidance and comfort of\nthe Holy Spirit; let petitious rise for the\npeople, and they will receive showers of\nblessings, and above all let a petition be\nfor the children who are the great object\nof solicitude; that everything dene may\ntend in some way, and m some degree, to\nwin them over to Christ.\nYours sincerely,\nGeo. H. Baley.\nDAWN AT KITAMAAT.\n[Continued.)\n\"A LIGHT THAT SHINETH IN A DARK PLACE UNTIL\nTHE DAT DAWN.\"\nFor several months Wahuksgumalau\ntarried at Port Simpson making good use\nofhis time, \"schooling {he Bible\". The\ndifficulty of language retarded somewhat\nhis progress. Knowing neither Tsimpsean\nnor English, the Cninook jargon had\nto be the link by means of which, communication with these people of another\ntongue was possible. Notwithstanding\nthis disadvantage, it was intensely sweet\nto go to the mission church, and listen to\nthe silver-toned voices of the Tsimpseans\nas they sang such hymns as:\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nI love to think of the heavenly land Where white robed angels are;\nWhere many a friend is gathered safe\nFrom fear and toil and care.\nRefrain.\nThere'll be no parting jfo%g/'\nAlthough the words conveyed but little\nmeaning to the mind of Wahuksgumalayou\nyet they fired him with a determination to\nface the future hopefully; and set his big\nheart throbbing with desire to know more\nof the heavenly home about which they\nwere singing. Then the missionary would\nstand up in the \"church house\" and take\nthat wonderful Book containing God's\nmessage fiom Heaven, and read such passages as:\u00E2\u0080\u0094\n\"Come unto me, all ye that labour,\nand are heavy laden, and I will give\nyou rest.\"\nAnd with tender but powerful words of\nlove, the ambassador for Christ would\ngraphically relate the story of God's gift\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0toman. He would tell of Christ's mis-\n\u00C2\u00A3sion, of forgiveness, of a Father's welcome\nand of eternal life. Great happiness came\nto the wistful soul of Wahuksgumalayou.\nMany a time had he feasted his senses on the marvelous beauties of nature.\nIn summer frequently would he wander\nalone about the solemn rugged forests of\nhemlock and pine, or he would stroll lower\ndown the valley where with more grace\nvine-maple, willow, and rose-brier, grew\nside by side; while under his feet lay a\nthick carpet of flowers, varying in colour,\nand emitting at every step fragrant perfumes.\nAll nature delighted him. The animal\nworld was one of his studied With birds,\n%eastS) and fishes he was familiar in name,\n:and wiih theii? habits he was quite conversant. Had he not also feasted his eyes\nthousands of times on the surpassingly\ngrand scenery of his own inlet, had he not\n'dwelt all his life amongst the wildest, and\nmost beautiful forms of nature. \u00E2\u0080\u0094j The\nchiming rivulets, silvery cascades, roaring\ncataracts, snow covered peaks, mediaeval\nglaciers, dark forests, thousands of islands\nhad been with him from infancy. It\ncharmed him to gaze on the mysterious\nabove, as \u00E2\u0080\u0094\n\"Silently one by one, in the infinite\nmeadows of heaven.\nBlossomed the lovely stars,\nthe forget*riie*uets of the angels.\"\nHe always had the listening ear for natures sweet melodies. He could hear fine\nmusic when others of different temperament would only find ccnfused sounds.\nTo some, nature is all out of tune; but to\nWahuksgumalayou it was the exquisitely\ntoned organ of the universe, upon which\na great beneficent spirit played the grand\nHymn of Wonder with perfect harmony.\nWahuksgumalayou was one of nature's\nsons, but none the less truly was he a\nchild of God, beginning to see that for his\nmoral being there Was a spiritual world,\nan untold wealth of beauty upon which to\nfeast his newly found sight. His spiritual ears had already caught strains of heavenly music, such as angels sing, and this\nnew song \"Peace on earth, goodwill towards men\" was infinitely sweeter, than\nearth's grandest recitals. His spiritual being was refreshed while listening to the\nhappy services of the mission church, and\nhe learnt more fully that the work of\nredemption was greater than the work of\ncreation\u00E2\u0080\u0094\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\n\"Twas great to speak a world from\nnought,\nTwas greater to redeem.\"\nAfter some preparation, Wahuksgumalayou was baptized by the Rev. T.Crosby,\ntaking for his Christian name Charlie,\nand as Charlie Amos has he been known\nto all our missionaries on the N. W. Coast,\nsince that time. S'jSi\nBefore the close of the year he was\njoined by a canoe and boat full of young\nmen from Kitamaat, who were desirous\nof spending -Christmas at the christian\nvillage of Port Simpson, to see the \"new\nfashion.\"\n[To be continued.)\nSome of the Bella Bella Indians have\nmoved to their new town-site, where already they have built several houses and\na wharf.\nFour new light-houses have been erected since last June; which we pass, travelling from Kitamaat to Victoria, viz,\nAt The Sister Islands \u00E2\u0080\u0094 Cape Mudge\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nEgg Island ( Q. C. Sound.) \u00E2\u0080\u0094 Millbank\nSound. PORT SIMPSON NOTES.\nBy Rev. 8.8. Ostebhout.\nI am glad to state that this mission is\nprogressing and keeping time with matters\nin general along the Coast. Secular and\ncivil matters on the Reserve are managed\nby an elected council, and so well m hand\nis their business that immorality, vice, and\nciime are all but obliterated. At the present (Deer. 1st.) the rate-payers are busy\nwith their statute labour, repairing the\nstieets; and making a general survey of\nthe village. Old streets are being closed\nup and new ones opened, so that in the future Port Simpson will present even a more\nmodem appearance than it does at present.\nArrangements have been made to illuminate the streets, and mission church, with\nacetylene gas. I find the Indians tractable\nand obliging, and am greatly encouraged\nin my endeavours to teach them. Old and\nyoung alike take an interest in learning\nthe Word of God, the doctrine and the\nenterprises of the Christian Church.\nWe are glad to report that Dr. Bolton\nhas returned from the East, and very sorry to record that during his absence the\ndeath rate was very high, numbering 15:\nthis clearly demonstrates the fact that\nmedical missionaries are indispensable.\nWe were very glad of the service of\nDr. Rush for a week or 10 days, when en\nroute for his mission on the Naas. He did\nexcellent work and his careful conscientious\nservices were very much appreciated by the\nIndians. Mrs. Shaw whom we very soon\nlearned to appreciate as a Christian worker\njoined the Doctor and his good wife; we bespeak for this trio a very happy and useful\ncareer on our interesting mission at the\nNaas.\nThe vacancy created by the resignation\nel Miss Beavis as sewing teacher fiom the\nstaff of the girl's home at Port Simpson,\nhas been refilled by the appointmeut of\nMiss Elliot lately from Ontario.\nIt is reported that gold-bearing quartz of\nmore than ordinary richness has been\ndiscovered on Finlayson's Island adjacent\nto the harbor on the reserve.\nThe boy's home is being remodeled and\nthe lumber from the old mission house has\nbeen utilized in enlarging.\nMiss Blanchard of Athens Ontario is out\nvisiting her sister Mrs. Bolton at the\nHospital.\nDr. Bolton is preparing to build a residence near the Hospital so that the whole\nof the present building may be utilized for\nHospital purposes.\nMiss Spence has returned after her furlough in the East and with her accustomed\nzeal is cheerfully pursuing her duties.\nWe have had several fires but owing to\nthe efficiency of the fire department, the\nhard master was kept in check. The fire\ndepartment contemplates the purchase of\na 40 man-power engine, and are now negotiating.\nThe Ship \"Columbia\" SOOOtons a three\nmaster, owned by a Seatle firm, went on\nthe rocks about 15 miles North of Port\nSimpson, two weeks ago. She first struck\non the rocks off Tongas, but having escaped this crashed on the shore at the point\nabove referred to. Steps are being taken\nto save the donkey engines, and certain\nother small machinery.\nA canoe of four Kinkolith Indians went\nto Port Chester with furs to trade for provisions. Having obtained provisions and\nloaded their canoe heavily, they started\nfor the Naas. Though six or seven weeks\nhave elapsed nothing has been heard of\nthem. John Poole reports, that on his\nway from Port Chester recently, he saw\nevidences of shipwreck; broken boxes and\nboards from the bottom of the canoe were\nseen washed up ashore where the high tide\nhad left them.\nLast week a company of three white\nmen, prospectors, includiug a doctor, secured Paul Brenson's schooner. The following Saturday having made a trial trip\nthey returned and cast anchor near the\nwharf. Owing to the violence of the gale\nshe parted her ropes and went adrift, also\nwrecking very much in the same place as\nthe ship referred to above. The white\nmen were able to save themselves but nothing else. They subsisted on mussels for\n8 days. Joshua Wells out on a sealing expedition found them all but famishe\". He\ncared for them till he returned. A NEW WORKER'S ARRIVAL.\nMiss M. J. Walker.\nWhen I left my friends in Ontario, the\nlast of September, I little thought 1 would\nspend my Xmas. in Kitamaat, but so it\nis. In talking of the work with Rev. Mr.\nCrosby before I left Toronto, he told me\nthey needed a teacher very badly at Kitamaat as well as other places along the\ncoast but I said I would not think of going\nto any of those places so far out of civilization, not even Cape Mudge, if my brother\nwere not there, but after I was a lew weeks\nthere, hearing of the much greater nee d\nat Kitamaat I could not refuse any longer.\nNot but that there was plenty to do at\nCape Mudge, but Kitamaat has a Home,\nand the work in connection with the homes\nis to my mind, the most satisfactoiy work\namong the Indian people. So I again said\ngood bye to my friends and started for\nKitamaat. However it is not till you have\nspent four or five days on a journey that\nyou realize how for you are getting away\nfrom all you hold dear. In all this distance there was little change of scene, the\nchannel through which we travelled was\nnot very wide; with the exception of a\nsmall Indian village once in a while, five\nin all, there were but rocks and mountains\nto be seen on each side. Though always\ninterested looking at these places, it was\nnot with the keen interest I felt as I came\non deck to get a view of Kitamaat, situated at the head of an inlet not more than\nthree miles distant, the mountains towering to the sky on either side, and as a\nbackground to the village high hills covered with evergreen. The houses all stand\nfacing the sea with just the width of the\nstreet between them and the beach; as the\nstreet which is about half a mile in length\nis nearly filled, some of the houses are\nbuilt some what on the side of the hill;\namong which are the mission house, the\nhome, and the school. Though there are\na number of very well built houses, and\n3ome quite pretentious ones, it was not\ndifficult to tell which was the mission.\nAs I stood that morning and viewed the\nplace which was to be my home, at least\nfor a time, in that sequestered spot all\ncovered with fresh snow4 I thought it presented quite a pretty picture, but as the\nPeople began to rua out o n the street to\nsee the incoming steamer, which always\ncauses much excitement in these out of\nthe way places, I was reminded that life\nhere would be real. And sof I have found\nit. While our missionaries here were\nquite pleased to see someone who had lately come from civilization, and my welcome\nwas so warm and hearty as to make me at\nhome at once, I soon saw that there was\nlittle time for auy thing out side of the\nwork here, I wondered before I came how\none matron and the missionary could possibly run a home, and attend the many\nwants of an Indian village but I find two or\nthree earnest jpeople can accomplish very\nmuch, for when you consider how short a\ntime it is since these people were in darkness, and when ycu compare them with\nheathen tribes around, they show great\nimprovement; but it has not been gained\nwithout a vast amount of persistence and\nwork before. I am always impressed with\nthe spirit of earnestness in their meetings,\nyou never have to wait in a prayer or testimony meeting for some one to take part.\nIt may be they do not know much about\nchristian living, though it is surprising\nhow much some of them know, but they\ndesire to do right.\nEver since I have been here Mr. Raley\nhas scarcely had time to eat his meals,\nwe have never sat down to a meal that be\nhas not been called two or three times to\nthe mission room, from early morning\ntill late at night, some one wants medicine, or council, or instruction or some\ndispute to be settled, or some wrong to be\nrighted. Then there are the sorrowing\nto be comforted, and the sick to be visited\nand these perhaps do not receive all the\nattention they should, because no one has\nthe time.\nI think the poor neglected babies claim\nthe greatest sympathy from me, not but\ntheir parents mean to be kind, but they\ndo not know how. As soon as the days\nget a little longer, and I can get a few\nbabies' outfits ready, I intend to show\nhow to wash and dress them. There is\na large field here for a DEACONESS or\nNURSE. There are so many sick to be\ncared for, Mrs. Raley regrets that she\nhas not more time to give to this part of\nthe work, but she does not count all the\nbowls of beef tea, gruel, and custards she makes, nor does she realize, how she, by\nher comfort and cheer, infuses us with\nfresh courage, for it is not that she has\nnothing to trouble her that she is always\ncheerful, for there are many things to try\nher, anyone who has kept house knows\nhow hard it is'to do so without plenty of\nwater and how trying it is when in a hurry to wait ten minutes for some; it need\nnot take quite so long, but an Indian girl\nis never in a hurry, and may be while out\nshe meets a friend and has to talk for a\nlittle, and as you know she has had to\nclimb a slippery hill, you do not care to\nfind fault, but it is rather a slow way to\nget all the water you want to use for every\nthing. I often wonder if some of our\nfriends at home who have not only every\nconvenience but luxuries could see how\nsome of our missionaries have to do, if it\nwould not inspire them to do more for\ntheir comfort in that way, and give them\nmore time for other work. Most of my\ntime out of school hours is spent visiting\nthe sick. Every evening except Saturday\nnight, there is a meeting of some kind,\nwhich I generally attend, unless I stay\nwith the girls to allow Miss Long to go,\nso my time is fully occupied. Though we\nmeet with difficulties and discouragements\nthere is a joy in being able to help those\nwho are trying to improve.\nCROSBY GIRLS' HOME\nEXAMINATION DAY.\nDuring the month of December I had\nthe pleasure of visiting Port Simpson at\nthe time of the Girls' Home semi-annual\nschool examination, From all standpoints\nit was highly satisfactory, and reflected\ngreat credit on the teacher Miss Paul.\nThe children are bright and the answers\nwere prompt and accurate. Between thirty\nand forty children are in the school;\ndivided into seven classes.\nThe subjects taught are:\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nReading, Spelling, Dictation, Grammar,\nEnglish, Writing, Geography, History,\nArithmetic, Hygene, Music, Bible Study\nCatechism.\nERRATUM:- for Hygene read Hygeine.\nResult of Examination.\nFor general proficiency:-\nThird Class.\n1st, Maggie Pattyson.\n2nd. Sarah Bryant.\n(Hannah Taylor.\n3rd. (Lily Jones.\nSecond Class. tott&tf' --(\nThe whole class excelled.\nSecond Class. Part 1.\nJn reading and spelling.\n(Maria Poole.\n(Lizzie Swanson.\nArithmetic.\nj Jane Poole.\nI Alice Walsh.\nWriting.\njSelina Wesley.\n{Eliza Watson.\nFirst Class.\nReading, spelling, writing. S^hE*\n(Mary Harris.\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0J Martha Henry.\n(Lucy Green.\nThe staff are unmistakably well fitted\nfor the work assigned them, and thoroughly interested in the moral, intellectual and\nphysical wellbeing of the children.\nThe following incident related to me by\nMiss Paul will show the strong religious\nfeeling prevailing amongst the children.\n\"When the home was quarantined a\nfew weeks ago and the children were unable to go out on account of the measles.\nMiss Clarke the matron held services\nwith the children regularly. These meetings were deeply interesting. Upon one\noccasion, a Sunday evening, when Matilda Mckay lay dying, Miss Clarke spoke\nabout Dives and Lazarus and the future\nworld. Then she asked: \u00E2\u0080\u0094 How many\nwould like, and will try to meet Matilda\nin Heaven ? all the gills rose to their feet\nby way of promise; and they have been\ndoing very well since.\"\nA large girl said to Dolly on one oecas-\nsion \u00E2\u0080\u0094 \"Doily if you dont do your work\nwell, you are sinning against God/'\nDolly replied\u00E2\u0080\u0094\"I dont think so.\"\n\"Yes you are,\" said the other girl, \"for\nMatilda told me so.\"\nContinued Pageff.)\nj KITAMAAT HOME LETTER.\nWhen I wrote my last letter so many of\nthe girls were just getting over the measles.\n1 was extremely anxious about one little\ngirl Mary who was very ill, for many weeks\nshe was too weak to feed herself and\nbecame so thin I was almost afraid to move\nher, but she took a turn for the better and\nimproved rapidly, she is very fat and\nwell now and does not look like the same\nchild, so with a thankful heart I write\nthis time.\nAnother Xmas has gone we have tried\nto make it a happy time for the children\nand know they have enjoyed it. On Xmas\nday the church was crowded and everybody\nseemed to enjoy the services, the decorations were very pretty. We were up early\non Monday morning; the girls^ had their\nXmas dinner at eleven o'clock and relished\nit, especially the pudding which was a big\none, they went home for the afternoon and\nI went to the mission house. After dinner\nwe attended to the soup for the old people. On Saturday the girls had prepared\nenough vegetables for their own dinners\nSunday and Monday; for the old people's\nthere was a boiler nearly full of soup. As\nwe had decided to have the Xmas tree in\nthe church we thought it best to give the\nold people's treat there so that they might\nenjoy the tree. I remarked to Mrs Raley\nthe greatest satisfaction of the day to me,\nwas the way the soup disappeared; buns\nand tea were'supplied as well as soup.\nWe had some singing by the children,\nthen the Xmas tree which was a splendid\nsuccess: Mr Anderson dressed up as Old\nFather Xmas, he wore white beard and\nfur coat and came running in with two big\nbaskets of toys; the curtain before the tree\nwas drawn up and he threw the toys down\nbeside it. Amelia one of our largest girls\namused me having never seen Old Father\nChristmas before she looked so frightened\nand jumped over three seats pushing past\nthe children, I had to tell her not to be so\nsilly it was only Mr. Anderson, before she\nsettled down. He asked a few questions\nand spoke a little in English which Mr.\nRaley interpreted, he then left his best\nwishes, and departed. The tree was a\ngreat treat they had never seen one properly dressed before, it was nicely lighted up\nwith small candles. Miss Walker with\nthe help of the little girls made a hundred\nbigs foi candies and nuts. The school\nchildren who did not belong to the Home\ngot a little present in their bags the Home\ngirls and boys got a bag of candies and a\npresent, every body was satisfied, nothing\ncould have pleased the big girls more than\nsome bags Father Christmas brought from\nMoulinette they contained combs or scissors, soap, thimble needle cases & pins, the\nlittle girls were made happy some with\ndolls, others bedsteads, dishes one with an\nextension table, and another with a chair.\nFather Christmas picked up a great many\nof his toys in Vancouver. Not only the\nchildren but the missionaries were remembered each received some gift. On Tuesday evening the children gave their entertainment in the schoolhouse we had a good\nprogram, every \"Home\" girl either recited\nor sang they did well, especially the little\nones. Besides the toys and Christmas\npresents we have received a quantity of\nshaker flannel which is very acceptable we\nstill need dark gingham, some bedding,\nand towels. E. E. Long.\nRECENT VERSION OF THE\nLORD'S PRAYER.\nInto the Tsimpshean Language, by the\nRev. S. S. Osterhout together with the\nChiefs and wise men of Port Simpson:\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nNagwadim gu wagait zim lakha ga,\nAm n'loduksadi da na wan.\nAm mi shababa mi dim wil shaaxya na-\nzabin,\nNa shigaudkin la il wains gazim lakha-\nag, am dim giak di walhalizoki,\nGinam '1 agum a sha gwa am da skabu\nda na waneim,\nAda am mi lug wil gauil na hadadakimi\nNi wal da 'la dip di wila gaul na hada-\nbakadi dagum,\nAda gilaumsa dahapdim a spagait gan-\nspeltgaud,\nYagai kshdilimaudgum a hadakgut da\nhaik. Amen.\n[Having no accented type, it is difficult\nto print in the vernacular with letters from\nthe English alphabet, and make it pro-\nnouncable. G. H. R. ]\n\"Even the night shall be light about me.\" \" Hell is like that\" a little girl was\nheard to say, as she lifted the lid from the\nrange , in the kitchen at the Home, aud\na stream of fire blazed out.\n\"Its worser than that,\" remarked another.\nI am much obliged to Miss Clarke who\ncheerfully showed me over her large and\nwell-kept Home.\nThis work undertaken by the Woman's\nMissionary Society is highly commendable\nand aims not only at the training of mind\nand hands, but also lays great stress on\nthe building up of the christian character.\nG.H.Raley.\nLOCAL NOTES.\nDuring the\nhave been:\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nquarter just ended, there\n5 births.\n1 death.\nA fire occurred in the house cf Enoch\nClarkson on New Years day. Our vigilant\nFire Brigade made short work of it.\nThe board side walk damaged by fire\nsome time ago has been put into a state of\ngood repair by the council.\nFrank Wilson and Joshua Mckay, have\neach built a house one-story high, cottage\nroof, which when finished will be com-\nfoitable and warm.\nSome carpenter work has been done at\nthe Home during the past quarter. And\nfoundation is laid for the main building,\nwhich will be proceeded with shortly.\nThe S. S. \"Barbara Boscowitz\" was\nfloated by a few enterprising Victorians\nduring the high tides of December, she was\nbeached near Kitkahtlah, and when last\nheard of was in tow by the S. S. \"Thistle\"\nbound for Victoria.\nA petition has been sent by the Kita-\nmaats to Mr. Maxwell M. P.,\u00E2\u0080\u0094 asking\nthat the New Salmon Regulations shall not\nbe enforced in the case of Indians. To\ninsist upon them would largely deprive\nIndians of an important means of livelihood.\nThe S.S. \"Nell\" Captn. Oliver brought\nin supplies for the Home from Victoria\nlate in November. Mr. Raley went out\non her, and brought in a load of lumber\nfrom Georgetown Mills on the 12th. Deer.\nvisiting a nd holding services at Hartley\nBay on the return trip.\nA violent gale of wind struck Kitamaat\non the 30th. of December, and continued\nwith lulls for three days. Some houses\nbadly racked had to be braced, and their\nroofs tied down. As we were about to go\nto the Watchnight Service, the Chief of\nthe Watchmen (chief of the native police),\ncame to tell the missionary that the people\nwere afraid to go into the church as it was\nunsafe. It. will either have to be taken\ndown soon and rebuilt, or more strongly\nbraced and enlarged.\nOn Thursday the 28th. day of December\nthe Temperance Hall at Kitamaat was\nformally opened by the Missionary and\nOfficers of the Temperance Society, the\nwhole village was invited to the opening\nfeast and a very eujoyable time was spent.\nThe building which is 35ft. by 22ft. was\nobtained by hard work, logs being given in\nexchange for lumber. Ail the work .was\ndone gratis by the Templars, and with a\nsubscription, nails, windows, doors, and\npaint were bought.\nNotice has been given that application\nwill be made to the government of the\nProvince at the next session, for an\nAct amending the \" Kitamaat Railway\nAct 1898,\" by granting powder to the company to construct the Railway from the\nhead of Kitamaat Inlet North to Copper\nRiver, and East to Telegraph Trail: thence\nSouth and East to the South end of Ger-\nmansen Creek, at or near its confluence\nwith Omenica River, in the latitude about\n55*47 North, in lieu of the route prescribed\nby the Act of 1898.\nThree gravestones have been* placed in\nthe burial ground in memory of the departed, and one \"in memory,\" of the living,\nawaiting his decease, of which apparently\nthere is no immediate prospect. The latter\nChief Jessea had the pleasure of participating in the erection of his own grave stone.\nIn a few cases gravestones are placed\nmuch as statues might be unveiled, or\nmonuments erected to perpetuate the name\nand deeds of great men. In others there\nare more serious features which we deploie\nsuch as the perpetuating of the old\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2totemic\" spirit, and heathenish customs.\ni\nJ BAPTISMS.\n\"One LORD, One Faith, One Baptism.1'\nAt the Mission Church Kitamaat.\nNov.6th.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Margery, daughter of Thomas\nand Susan Amos.\n\u00E2\u0080\u009E 6th.\u00E2\u0080\u0094David, son of Richard and Susan Amos.\n,, 6 th.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Adelia, daughter of Jacob and\nMatilda Duncan.\n\u00E2\u0080\u009E 18th.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Hannah,-daughter of Mark and\nLouisa Morrison.\n,, 22th.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Stanley, son of John and\nMartha Legeak.\n,, 28th.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Laura, daughter of Thomas\nand Flora Stewart.\nAt Hartley Bay.\nDec.11th.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Enoch Epworth, son of Dan\n.and Julia Moody.\n,, 11th.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Christiana, daughter of John\nand Sarah Anderson.\n,, 11th.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Ruth, daughter of Sam and\nMaria Wilson.\n,, 11th.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Weiler Ralph, son of Arthur\nand Annie Robinson.\n\u00E2\u0080\u009E 11th.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Hannah, (adult) wife of\nMalachi Webster.\nAt Port Simpson.\nDec. 4th. \u00E2\u0080\u0094Lilian Yeda Maude, daughter\nof Rev. Smith Stanley and\nAmy Osterhout.\nBURIALS.\n\"Concerning them which are\nasleep, . . . sorrow not.\"\nDec.23rd. Infant son of Frederick and\nMaria Grant.\nPERSONALITIES.\nMr. Robinson went to Kitlope by a canoe on\nDeer. 22nd.\nCharlie Paul (Gwunnahnooitk.) and his wite\nwith Jonah from Kitlope, spent Xmas. at Kitamaat.\nA canoe loaded with native policemen came\nfrom Kitlope shortly before Xmas on council\nbusiness.\nJohn Amos (Geahdegeahow) who has suffered\nfrom an affection of the knee is at present undergoing treatment at the Port Simpson Hospital.\nMiss. M.J.Walker, daughter of the late Rev.\nJohn Walker of Lucknow, Ont. has been appointed to teach the school, and undertake general\nmission work.\nDr. Large will be a most welcome adjunct to\nthe missionary force on the Bella Bella D strict,\npreaching the Gospel not only viva voce, but\nteaching Christianity also by the unmistakable\nevidence of loving deeds.\nIt would be a great boon if arrangement could\nbe made with a doctor to visit Kitamaat occasionally. It will be two years in April since we\nhad a visit from one. The missionary is at\ntimes deeply distressed coming in contact v\u00C2\u00BBilh\ncomplicated cases of illness he is almost powerless to help.\nMr. & Mrs. Heaton with their daughter Edith\nand Mrs. Brown of the Str. \"Nell\" spent a\ncouple of days at the mission, in November.\nThey visited the Home and expressed themselves pleaded with the appearance of the children. The girls were charmed with Edith whose\ngentle manner completely won them. This is\nthe iirst time a white girl has visited the Kitamaat Home. Mrs. Capt. Oliver was also here.\nACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.\nWe acknowledge with many thanks, the\nfollowing kind gifts which have reached us\nduring the quarter:\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nBale from Plainfield auxiliary, per Mrs.\n(Dr.) Briggs; box from Waterloo, pfr Mrs.\n(Dr.) Briggs; box from Vancouver, per Mrs.\nBreeze; box from Milverton, per Mrs. Trim;\nBALE FROM MoULINETTE PER. MBS. (Dr.) BRIGGS.\nbox fiom Victoria, per Mrs. Pendray.\nI have never contributed 1o Nanakwa, save as\nproofreader, but the other day, being the recipient of a Christmas gift, I decided I couM make\nno better beginning than by acknowledging it.\nMy surprise v* as only exceeded by my pleasure.\nThe donors sign themselves, Servants of the\nProvince ( Onlario). It was very acceptable.\nMaude Raley.\nNANAKWA\nor Dawn on the North West Coast.\nA QUARTERLY LETTER EXPLANATORY OF SOME\nPhases of Mission Work amongst the Native\nTbibbs of British Columbia.\nPrinted and published at Kitamaat, B. C.\nmEEV. g. h. raley.\nSecohd year. bo. 1.\nJanuary 1899.\nNANAKWA FUND!\nThe fund is not only to defray the cost of\nthis quarterly letter; but also to assist in\nthe running expenses pertaining to the printing of the mission. week aftpr week over 150\nsheets with the text or a passage of scripture, in both the klt-amaat and english\nlanguages are printed, and distributed at\nWHAT IS CA1 LED \"SCHOOLTJM TEXT\" WHICH\nis held at the close of the morning service,\nwhen the text is taught in both languages,\nquestions bearing on the subject are also\nasked by the people. some hymns have been\nprinted in the vernacular and as time is\nfound more will be produced.\nWith many tbanks, we acknowledge the\nfollowing, received during the quarter.\nDATE. NUMBER. $\nDec 3 6 3 .. 00\n\u00E2\u0080\u009E 3 7 1 .. 00\n,, 12 8 1 .. 00\n\u00E2\u0080\u009E 12 9 50\n\u00E2\u0080\u009E 31 10 1 .. 00\nNames are not published. The number\ncorresponds to a name. fo//\nSUPPLEMENT.\nNo. 5.\nKITAMAAT B. C.\nJanuary. 1899,\n|S To the EpworthLeagues, and Young\nPeople of the Windham District, London\nConference.\nMy dear Friends:-\nI have just received a letter from\nDr. Stephenson (Cor. mem. Students' Missionary Campaign) in which he states:-\n\"The young people of Wingham District\nEpworth Leagues desire to pray for you,\nstudy your work, and raise enough money\nto pay your salary this year.\" I cannot\nrest satisfied till I tell you Low grateful I\nam for the sincere interest you are desirous of taking in my. work. It would be\ninjustice to you to think that the resolve\nof your Leagues emanated from any personal feeling towards myself, who am as\nyet, almost a perfect stranger to you. I\n. am persuaded the higher motive for your\naction was the desire to faithfully obey\nthe \"Go ye\" of the Master; and to extend\nHis kingdom throughout the world, especially m this part of His vineyard. As the\nmissionary here it is not out cf place, if\nthe thanks are expressed by me. Both\nmy wife and 1 are deeply touched by the\nthought that while we belong to Methodism as a whole, in an especial manner for\nthe present we belong to you.\nThere are many matters we wish to\nwrite about, and shall take the first opportunity of doing so at length to the District\nPresident. Especially are we anxious to\nrenlisfe your sympathy in connection with\nthe Children's Home, a cause in which the\nW. M. S. of our church has done nobly,\nand which we are striving by all means in\nj our power to push foward.\nYours sincerely,\nG. H. Raley.\nWe are thankful to 3ay Miss Long ma-\ntion of the Home, who was so seriously\nill last November, has completely recovered.\nE. L. HARTLEY BAY.\n[The following has been-received from\nHartley Bay or Kitkahfcah, an appointment of the Kitamaat mission, 50 miles\ndistant. We print it without^ny changes. \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\nThe Chief Timothy Buxton is President\nand at a social meeting related a story\nwhich will be printed in a future issue.]\nAll this news hoping will be put on Na-\nnakwa some more news we. got here.\n\u00C2\u00A3jrj|rf;>: Hartley Bay\nDeer. 28th. 1898.\nAll about the Epworth League work 2nd\nvice president Heber Clifton preaching on\nthe 28th. of Deer, the text St. Matthew\n7 chapter 21 verse. The -Spirit with all the\nLeague was very happy they all say they\nwill do what God say as it saying on the\nthe text. \"But be that doeth the will of\nmy Father which is in heaven'.\nTestamony Meeting. '\nP Bates \u00E2\u0080\u0094 I will do the will of my father\nand thank him forever. X . j\nThomas Nash \u00E2\u0080\u0094 I thank God because he\nsave me from sin. X.\nRhoda Bates \u00E2\u0080\u0094 More and more I want to\ndo the will of my father. X .\nMrs. Read \u00E2\u0080\u0094 I thank my God because he\nis my Saviour, and as long as my life I\nwill love him.\nAnnie Rabinson\u00E2\u0080\u0094 I want to love Jesus\nbecause he first love me, X .\nJohn Nash \u00E2\u0080\u0094 I thank God because he has\nkeep me every day. X.\nE Dandas \u00E2\u0080\u0094 J t&ank God because he save\nme from all my sins. X.\nDa Moody \u00E2\u0080\u0094 I will follow Jesus as long as\nmy life, X.\n-We have good time this winter we keeping going our work, our League is going a\nhead ahplie time we have a very good time\non Christmas day. The school boys -& girls\ngive us good Christmas song and after we\nsing Mr. Geo. Read give us cup a tea $\u00C2\u00A3d lh\nthe people in the church giving collection\non the Christmas day we sing in the church.\nI am Yours truly\nEpworth League Secretary\nPer E. T. Patelas\n2nd. Vice Pres.\n3rd. Vice Pres.\n4th. Vice Pres.\nSecretary\nKITAMAAT EPWORTH LEAGUE.\nOn Wednesday the 26th. day of October\nan Epworth League was organized at Kita- -\nmaat; under the name of the \"Band of\nWorkers\" Epworth League.\nThe officers elected were;\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nRon. Pres. Rev. G. H. Raley (Kupbskaw-\nmalah.)\nPres. Robert Shaw (Ungwakpat.)\n1st. Vice Pres. Henry Nice (Etda.)\nThomas Amos (Geadzo-\nankutl.)\nJohn Bolton (Sonnahed.)\nMark Smith (Ahgwnaht.\nG. L. Anderson Kupskleakum-\ngelab.\nThe evening of organization nine active\nand three associate members were received.\nSimple refreshments were served and enjoyed. Our modes of work in this native\nLeague are slightly different from those\nof the East;, nevertheless we have the\nsame object.\nE. L. NOTES.\nOur night school is quite popular.\nAll the committees have worked well.\nWe were much pleased to receive Miss\nWalker late of Lucknow Ont. League.\nOur monthly consecration meetings are\nexceedingly interesting and touching, personal and practical. The girls give their\ntestimony and verse in English as well as\nKitamaat.\nIn connection with the social evening\nDec. 28th. the missionary gave a Magic\nLantern Entertainment. 250 present.\nSpecial Choir under the management\nof John Bolton rendered excellent music\nduring Christmas week.\nAt the January social meeting of the\nLeague, Chief Jessea entertained us by\nrelating an Indian story, entitled \"Abuks\nTlalumkwaks\", good for reading at mission Band and Junior League meetings.\nWe will try and publish it in next issue.\nThe above is our badge carved by Alfred Weeley - Ungwagiunme, for the usv\nof the League. \"0k\nI have received another ietter from\nHartley Bay giving an accouat of a trip\nto Kitkahtlah for evangelistic purposes.\nIt will be printed in a future issue.\nThe missionary visited Hartley Bay ip\nDecember. Had a good Sunday, several services were held.\nThe missionary meetings at Kitamaat\nwere held on Xmas Day. The collection\nwas double that of last year; the sub\nscriptiou is for the most part conditional.\n\"if I get furs, mink, maitin, bear, I will\ngive a subscription\".\nMrs. Raley*s infant class in Sunday\nschool has averaged each Sunday over 50\nchildren between 8 or 4 and 7 years of\nage.\nThe missionary has received some very\ninteresting papers and statements regarding the early history of mission work at\nPert Simpson from Chief Arthur Wellington Clah.\nSome of our Epworth Leaguers and\nfriends at times may be uneasy about not\nhearing from us. Please remember we\nare sometimes three months without mail.\nWe gratefully acknowledge account \u00C2\u00ABf\nMiss Lawrence's early days at Kitamaat\nWHICH WILL BE PU LISHED 8H-> fc'JY IN <<>Nlt-\ntion with \"Dawn at Kitamaat\".\nTha missionary would like to establish a\nlibrary in connection with the epworth\nleague, to encourage reading amongst the\nyoung pe >ple and k pec [ally thdsk wh . abe\nleaving the h<\u00C2\u00BBms. for this purpose wb8hvll\nbe glad to acknowledge rkcript ok books\nof the mmple8t character, got d irint, and\nillustrated.\nThe Nanahwa is printed and published at the\nKitamaat Mission quarterly by the Revd.G.\nH. Raley.\nb"@en . "Includes supplement.

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