Index The Apostle of Alaska The Story of William Duncan of Metlakahtla A Aboard the man of war, 39 Active Pass, description of, 47 Actors and speakers, born, are the Tsimshean men and women, 340 Address in Tsimshean, 127 Adultery, punishment for, 82 Advancement, temporal, 175 Agnostic, Mr. Duncan's argument with an, 24, 25 Agweelakkah's village on the Nass River, 144; the Chiefs prayer, 146 Ainuetka vs. Skigahn, 311 Alaska climate, 334, 335 Alaska, Governor of, 289, 317 Alaska Indians, battle with, 65; Metlakahtla natives decide to remove with Mr. Duncan to Alaska, 288, 290 Alaska, Southeastern, author's tour in, 7, 84, 330, 340, 348 Alaskan Archipelago, 288 Alert Bay, Rev. A. J. Hall at, 249, 256 Alexander Archipelago, 289 Alford, Dr., of Highbury College, 30, 35 ; sees Mr. Duncan off at Plymouth for his Alaskan mission field, 37 Alkali deposits, use of by the Tsimsheans as soap, 71 Amgets, the, 89 A neon steamer, 291 Annette Islands, 289, 290, 328 Anniversary, fiftieth, of Mr. Duncan's arrival at Fort Simpson, 325 "Apostle of Alaska," The, 16; (see under Duncan) Apostolic benediction in Tsimshean, 305, 343, 344 Appetite, inordinate, of Indian for intoxicating liquors, 252 " Armadale," Senator MacDonald's home, 285 Athabaskan Indians around the Yukon, 61 Athletic sports, Tsimsheans lovers of, 340 Atkinson, Alfred, 283 Atlantis, in the Pacific, 62 Attendance at church, in 18, 60, 61, 147 ; at school, 148 At the Fort (Simpson), 51 Author (Dr. Arctander) is received and entertained by Mr. Duncan, 7; spends vacations at Metlakahtla, where he writes his book, 7 Aztecs, ancient, traces of the peculiarities of, 62   B Babel, Tower  of,  Tsimshean legend of, 62 Bachelor, Mr. Duncan a confirmed, 184, 37i. 373 Back in Old England, 217 Baines, Moses, deportation of, 283 Ballot box, the button in the, 183 Band, Mr. Duncan acquires instruments for native, 225 Band stand at Metlakahtla, Alaska, 337 Bands, reed and string, etc., at Metlakahtla, 337 Banking, Tsimshean mode of, 78 Baptism of the Tsimsheans, 149 Baptism, Mr. Duncan's custom as to, 149, 150 ; his later views on, 364 ; ordinance of Bishop Ridley's liberal administration of, 252 Baptize converts, Mr. Duncan did not, 150 Baranovitch, C. V., Russian trader, 197, 200, 201 Barter system, early, at Hudson's Bay Co.'s stores, 66 Baseball nine, 340 Basketmaking, 347 Battle between good and evil, story of the, 109, 112 "Battleship," Mr. Duncan's, 333 Beecher, Rev. Henry Ward, 288 Begbie, Sir Matthew, his speech at murder trial, 192; decision against Indian rights to their lands, 283 Behind the Walls, 118 Behring, Captain, visit of in 1741, 63 Benevolent fund, 302 Benson, Edward, 291 Beverley Minster, 21 Beverley, Yorkshire, England, Mr. Duncan's birthplace, 20; here he first heard the call to be a missionary, 27, 33 ; returns on a visit to in 1870, 223 Bible, King James' version, 363; no translation of into Tsimshean, 363 Bible class among blue jackets on board ship, 41 Bible classes for both sexes, 221 Bilgula Indians of British Columbia, 61 Birthday of New Metlakahtla (Alaska), 292 Births and deaths at Metlakahtla, Alaska, 331 Biscuits, Mrs. Tugwell unable to make, 142 Bjornson, Hans, convicted of selling liquor to Indians, 215 Black flag, the, 193, 194 Black letter day for village and mission of Metlakahtla, 250 Blacksmith shop at old Metlakahtla, 181 Bloodshed, none for forty years, 204 Bloodthirstiness and savage cruelty, scene of, 56 Blow, the last, 279 Bluett-Duncan, Dr. J. D., 289, 290, 327 Bolton, Jacob, 275 Bompas, W. G., Bishop of Athabaska, 240, 248, 249 Book of Common Prayer translated by Bishop Ridley, 363, 364 Booth, Mrs. Lucy A., of Metlakahtla, legends related by, 103, 108, 338 Boys' Home (educational building) at Metlakahtla, the, 316 Boy the father of the man, the, 19 Boyd, Thomas, 328 Brands of salmon canned at Metlakahtla, Alaska, 356 Brass band, Mr. Duncan acquires instruments for, 225; learns gamut of thirty instruments, 226 ; how the Indians learned to play the, 226, 227; furnishes choice music, 326; concert tour of, 337 Bread and water diet, Mr. Duncan's, 40 Breeding ground of salmon, 351 Brick kiln, Mr. Duncan starts one at Metlakahtla, 181 British Columbia Province, 43 British Columbia Government, 285 Brooks, Bishop Phillips, 288 Brown's Passage, 54 Building lots and houses, new, at New Metlakahtla, 231 Butler, Captain, of the Western Union Telegraph Co., 166 Button in the ballot box, the, 183   C Call, Mr. Duncan's, to undertake mission work, 16 Call, Indians unanimous, that Mr. Duncan should remain their preacher and teacher, 264 Call, Mr. Duncan's acceptance of to continue mission work, 266 Call of the Lord, 15; of the home land, 222 Calvert, Adolphus, legend related by, 62 ; deportation of, 283 Campbell, Sidney, 326 Candle fish (see Oolakan) Cannery at  Metlakahtla, Alaska, 316, 354 Cannibal clubs, 89, 91, 127 Canning of salmon, process of, 351; work in cannery, 353 Canoe building, now eclipsed by white man's boat, 347 Canoe song, 339 Canoe trips, Mr. Duncan on, 143 Cape Mudge, Mr. Duncan sees first totem pole at, 47 Carolina, the, Mr. Duncan's trading schooner, 178 Carpenter's shop started, 181 Carr, Rev. A. T., vicar of Beverley, 15, 18, 23; death of, 27 Census of the people, Mr. Duncan takes one, 119 ; new census, 330, 331 Ceremonies, marriage, 73, 74; after death, 75 Chantrel, Mr., a schoolmaster, 257 Chapman, Mr., of the Church Missionary Society, 28 Chapman, Rev. J. A., Methodist preacher of Ketchikan, 326 Chief Quthray, head of the cannibal club, 127; refuses to kneel at Mr. Duncan's church service, 127 Chiefs, some, abandon their medi­cine work, 138 Child in the moon, legend of the, 100 Children brought to church to be prayed for, 331 Chinook language,  Mr.   Duncan picks up first knowledge of at Victoria, B. C, 45 ; not used for preaching, 57 Christian village, a, 151 "Christian   Church"   at   Metlakahtla,  Alaska,  358;  cost  of, 231 ; undenominational, 358 Christian Missionary Intelligencer, The, 33 Christmas Day, " the great dress day," 136, 292; first celebration of, 310, 313; 1888, services of, 292 Church building, new, at Metlakahtla, built by voluntary contributions, 59, 170, 231, 321 Church manual printed, 305 Church Missionary Society, The 8, 15, 28, 142, 170, 232, 248; displays a more churchly spirit, 240; letter to Mr. Duncan, disrupting relations, 262 Citizenship, native, 318 Clah, of Legaic's tribe, aids Mr. Duncan in acquiring a knowledge of the Tsimshean tongue, 57,59 ; accompanies Mr. Duncan when the latter delivers his first gospel message, 122 Clan division, intertribal, among the Tsimsheans, lodges or clubs of, initiation of by medicine men, 88 Clarence Strait, 334 Cleveland, President, 289 Climate of Metlakahtla, Alaska, 327.334. 335 Clog manufactory started at Metlakahtla, 230 Clubs of cannibals, dog eaters, etc., 89 Coast Indians of British Columbia, the, 61 ; their wars with the Indians of the interior, 65 ; far in advance of the Indians of the plains, 61 Collins accused of whiskey selling, 208 Collison, Rev. W. H., missionary at Kincolith, 147 ; comes from England as schoolmaster, 232; Mr. and Mrs., 233; Mr., 258, 267, 273 Columbia, diocese of, division of in 1879, 250 Columbian Archipela Comforter from heaven, favorite trysting places of the, 15 Common Prayer, Book of, in Tsimshean, 364 Conferences of mission workers, 257 Constable, office of at old Metlakahtla, and numbers, 156, 158, 161 Constitution for new community, 299 Contents and Illustrations, 1114 Cook, Captain, 63 Cooper shop established at Metlakahtla, 230 "Coppers," or hammered shields of the Indians, 73 Cousins, Mr. Duncan's old employer at Beverley, 22; visit to, in 1870, 224 Creation of man, 102 ; of the world, 101 Cremating of Indian dead, 75 Crests define the bonds of Indian consanguinity, 87 Cridge, Rev. Edward, of Victoria, B. C., 45, 46; baptizes Indian converts and children at Metlakahtla, 173; wins Indian hearts, 173; quarrel with Bishop Hills, 173 Crosby, Rev. Mr., of Fort Simpson, 245, 246 Cruise of five hundred miles, a, 348 Cunningham, ex-prize fighter, trial for whiskey selling, 213; fined for the offence, 215 Cushwaht threatens Mr. Duncan's life at the schoolhouse, 139; publicly flogged for shooting, 188 Customs, peculiar, of the Tsimsheans—shields, ornaments, and heirlooms, also marriage ceremonies, funeral customs, potlatch feasts, etc., 7283; totems and clubs, 84   D Dam built at mouth of Lake in the Clouds, 319 Dance, Mr. Duncan asked to a, 145 Dawson, Hon. H. R., United States Commissioner of Education, 291 Day at Metlakahtla, a, 305 Dead, cremation of the Indian, 75 Death, ceremonies after, 75 Death rate among children, 332 Declaration of Metlakahtla (Alaska) residents, 299 Dedication, 5 Delegation to Ottawa, 280 Denominational rule and all sects, Mr. Duncan opposed to, 358 Descent, law of, 74 Destroying property, 79 Devil abroad, the—Mr. Duncan's life threatened, 130, 133 Devil's Thumb, the (a mountain), Diaries, Mr. Duncan's treasure chests, 8;  extracts  from, 128, 134, 310 Diffidence, Mr. Duncan's, 41 Discovery Passage, British Columbia waters, 47 Dismissal  of Mr. Duncan   by the Church Missionary Society, 262 Disorder of Mr. Duncan's den, 373 Distribution of Metlakahtla lots, 301 Divorces unknown, 346 Dixon Entrance, 51, 61, 65, 290, 294 Docket, from Judge Duncan's, 202 Doctors at Metlakahtla, 302, 328 Dogeaters' club, 89, 91 Donations from Mr. Duncan's friends, 232 Doolan, Rev. R. A., conducts mis­sion at Kincolith, 147 ; and at Kuinwoch, 218 Douglas, Governor Sir James, of Victoria, B. C, 43, 44, 118, 165, 198 "Dressday," the great (Christmas Day), 136 Dress of Metlakahtla women, 345 Drunken brawls on decrease in camp, 137 Drunkenness gathers strength, 150 Dudoward, Alfred, of Fort Simpson, half-breed chief, 253 Dufferin,  Lord and Lady, their visit to Metlakahtla, 236; Canadian  Governor General, 281, 284 DUNCAN, WILLIAM - see duncan_ndx.html Dundas, Rev. R. J., baptizes adults and children at Metlakahtla, 172 Du Vernet, Right Rev. F., Bishop of Caledonia, 257, 297 Dwelling house, Duncan builds one without the Fort, 165 Dwelling houses, new and improved, built at Metlakahtla, 231; at Metlakahtla, Alaska, 303, 319   E Educational building at Metlakahtla, 316 Election of elders, first, 182; original mode of, 183; improved mode of, 184; present mode of, 184 Emigration to New Metlakahtla, 33 Engine house at Metlakahtla, 323 England, back in old, 217; Mr. Duncan's visit to, in 1870, 220, 222 Epidemic, malignant, at Metlakahtla, 163 Epidemic of smallpox at Victoria, 153; at Fort Simpson, 155, 156; among Legaic's tribe, 158 Episcopal church, Bishop Bompas declines to turn Mr. Duncan's mission into an, 249 Episcopal church service, Mr. Duncan reads at the Fort, 118 Esquimault harbour, Victoria, B. C, 42 Etiquette, Tsimsheans sticklers for, 76 Evil   influences   of the  heathen homes, 151 Expenditures on public affairs at Metlakahtla,   232;   on   public streets, 232; on " Westminster Abbey," 321   F Father of the man, the boy the, Father of liars, 116 Feast at old Metlakahtla, description of a, 172 Female suffrage, none at old Metlakahtla, 184 Fiftieth anniversary of Mr. Dun­can's first sermon, 326 Finlayson's Channel, 48 Fire brigade service at Metlakahtla, 220 Fire at Metlakahtla, Alaska, 320; at Fort Simpson, 81 Fire protection, provision for, 321 Firewater, 82 First fruits (of Mr. Duncan's labour), 137 First martyrs in Metlakahtla jail, 278 First message, Mr. Duncan delivers his first Gospel address to the Tsimsheans, 122, 124; fiftieth anniversary of, 326 Fish food of the Indians, 67 Fisherman, Alaska, how paid or remunerated, 356 Fitzhugh Sound, 48 Flogging as a punishment, efficacy of, 204] Flood, legends of the great, 62 Flotsam and Jetsam, 333 Flowers and berries at Metlakahtla, 335 Food of the Tsimsheans, 67 Football team, Metlakahtla, 341 Fort, at the (Simpson), 51 Fort Rupert, Indians of, 47 ; disemboweled bodies seen at, 47 ; carry away a slave, 242 Fort Simpson, B. C, Hudson's Bay Co.'s post at, 50; Mr. Duncan's arrival here (October 1, 1857), 50; Indians break camp at, 67 ; outbreak of smallpox at, 156; fiftieth anniversary of Mr. Duncan's arrival at, 325 Fraser Reach, 49 From Judge Duncan's docket, 202 Funeral ceremonies, 75 Funeral dirge (Lemkoy), 75 Furs, price of, 178 Future   punishment,  Tsimshean ideas of, 106   G Gambling, a national vice of the Tsimsheans, 80 Garcotitch, Peter, Slavonian trader, sells liquor to Indians and is convicted and fined, 209 Girls' school under Mrs. Collison, 233 Glad Tidings, Methodist Gospel boat, 294 God's Book, 121, 124, 125 Good Time Island, 333 Good and evil, battle between, 109, 112 Gordon, Adam, 291 Gospel teaching taking effect, 138 Gospel, influence of, showing, 137 Government aid for schools at Metlakahtla, 328 Graham Reach, 49 Graham Island, 233 Grand Old Man, the, 368 "Great Dress Day," 136, 292 Grenville Channel, 49 Gribbel, Rev. F., disaffected towards Mr. Duncan, 219 Guest House, the, at Metlakahtla, 175; at Metlakahtla, Alaska, 323 Gulf of Georgia, 47 Guthrie, Josiah, 284 Guthrie, Alex., his bungalow, 304   H Hadley, John H. and wife, 329 Haidas,   the,  Indian  tribe,  61 ; totem poles  on  Haida  village, 85 ; expert carvers of the coast, 85 ; missionary work among, 233 Haldane, Matthew, the late, 304 Haldane, Benjamin A., 9, 51 ; his home, 304;  at organ, 326; at piano, 338 Halibut of from seventy-five to two hundred and fifty pounds, 69 Hall, Rev. A. J., 244; located at Alert Bay, 249, 256 Hallach, Tsimshean slave, 113115 "Hallied," or Indian deviltry, 91, 154 Haman hanged on his own gallows, 264 Hamblett,   Alonzo,  a   half-breed teacher, 329 Hamblett, Eli, a Dane, 210 Hammond, the revivalist, 253 Hanbury, Tom, his house, 303 Handel's " Messiah " oratorio, 326 Hazleton, Methodist mission at, 255 Heathenish hysterics, 130 Heathenish rites, 138 Heavenly chief, the, 101 ; son of the, 108 Heavens, legend of moving the heavens back, 62 Hewson, Robert, 274, 275, 276, 284 Hewson, Stephen, Mr. Duncan's early friend, 16 Hiehish Narrows, 48 Highbury College, where young Duncan receives two years' theological training, 30, 35 Highmas, head chief of the Kitseesh tribe, brings firewater among the people, 185; his pleading wife, 186 Hills, Bishop of Columbia, 169; baptizes fifty-seven adults, 169; baptizes more adults, 173; has falling out with Dean Cridge, 173; his diocese divided, 250 Holidays, great, celebrated at New Metlakahtla, 292 Home again, 228 Home land, call of the, 222 Home, the new, 287 Hoochinoo,   a   vile   concoction, 82 House in which first sermon was preached, 123 Houses, old Indian, How Mr. Duncan became a judge, 197 Hudson, Cornelius, 278 Hudson's Bay Co.'s trading station at Fort Simpson, 33; refuses to open a store at Metlakahtla, 177 ; accused of selling liquor to Indians, 178, 212; overbids Mr. Duncan on furs and undersells him on goods, 179 Hymn singing, 136   I Immortality, Tsimshean idea of, 104 Incidents, interesting, 185 Income from industries, 270 Indemnity for murder among the Tsimsheans, 80 Independence of Indian Christians at Metlakahtla, 174 Indian Affairs,  Deputy Minister of, 282 Indians, study of their manners and customs, 72; given a share in the government of village and church at Metlakahtla, 181; slavery practiced among, 234; forbidden by law to drink liquors, 198; ancient rights in lands denied them, 279; defeated in test case for land, 283 Industrial Training School for girls, 316 Industries at Metlakahtla, Alaska, 35° Industry, need of new sources of, 175 Infant baptism, 366 Infidel,  Mr.  Duncan's argument with an, 24, 25 Influence of the Gospel, 137 Influenza, epidemic of, 331 Inside Passage, the, 43 Instruments for brass band, 225 Interesting incidents, 185 Interior of  some Metlakahtla houses, 337 International Sunday school lesson, 360 Intertribal clan division, 88 Intoxicating liquors among the Tsimsheans not known till coming of the Whites, 82; pledge not to drink any, 147 Introduction, 7   J Jahve's presence, Mr. Duncan in, 373 Jail, Metlakahtla, a perfunctory institution, 323, 324 Japanese current, the, 334 Johnson, Simeon, murderer, 189, 191; later becomes a good Christian, 193 Judge, how Mr. Duncan became a, 197 Judge Duncan's docket, from, 202 Justice, how it was dealt out to offenders at Metlakahtla in 1863-85, 200 Justice of the peace, Mr. Duncan appointed a, 198   K Karta Bay, home of C. V. Baranovitch, 197 Keene, Rev. J. H., 297 Ketchikan, Alaska, 330 Kincolith Mission, the, 147 Kintsadah, Chief, pilots Mr. Duncan up the Nass River, 144 Kishpokaloats tribe, the, 53 Kishpootwadda totem, the, 85 Kitandoah tribe, the, 53 Kitandoah and Kithrahtla tribes eligible for membership in Cannibal Club, 89 Kithrahtlas tribe, the, 54 Kitlahn tribe flock to the Christian village, 155 Kitlootsahs and Kishpokaloats, villages of the, 53 Kitnakangeak tribe, the, 53 Kitseesh tribe, the, 53 Knapp, Hon. L. E., Governor of Alaska, visit of, 317 Kowak and her daughter, 109, 110 Kowak's deserted village, in Kuro Shiwo, or Japanese current, 334 Kwakiutl Indians, 61   L "Labrette," or bone ornament, 72 Lacheboo totem, the, 85 Lackshkeak totem, the, 85 Lake in the Clouds, the, 333 Lama Passage, 48 Landgrabbers, white, 236 Land troubles, Indian, 279 Language, the Tsimshean, 61, 85, 103 Last blow, the, 279 Lawbreakers, Indian, 202 Law cases, Mr. Duncan's at Metlakahtla, 202 Law of descent, 74 Lay mission, Metlakahtla a, 258 Leamlahaga, he hears the telephone talk, 196 Leask, David, presents address to Lord Dufferin, 237 ; Mr. Duncan's native teacher, 270, 329, 364; aids in selecting new home, 291 ; death of, 329 Leask, Martha, 329 Leaves from Mr. Duncan's diary, 310 Legaic, head chief of the Tsimshean Indians at Fort Simpson, 53, 55, 157; his bloodthirstiness and savage cruelty, 56 ; seeks to kill Mr. Duncan, but is prevented by Clah, 134; repents and attends Mr. Duncan's school, 157; is baptized, 160, 170; death of, 164; his tribe ravaged by small­pox, 158 ; appointed a constable, 161 ; but gives it up, 162 Legends of the flood, 62 "Lemkoy," funeral dirge, 75 Lewis, Captain, 180 Lex talionis, 80 Library, Mr. Duncan's private, 323 Library,  public,  at   Metlakahtla, Alaska, 324;  contributions  to, 324, 325 Life after this, the Tsimshean idea of, 104 Life insurance, Tsimshean method of, 78 Ligaket tribe, the, 55, 57 Light, legend of how it came into the world, 108 Liquor seizure, 210, 212 Liquor selling,  the Hudson Bay Co. accused of, 212 Living, Tsimshean mode of, 66 Lockerby, Gordon, 51 London, Mr. Duncan in, 28 Loocoal, medicine man, threatens Mr. Duncan's life, 141 Lord's Supper, Mr. Duncan's scruple to admit  his Indian proteges to the, 240, 251, 365 Lord, the call of the, 15 Lots, all corner at Metlakahtla, 300; distribution of at Metlakahtla, 301 Love of song and music, Tsimshean, 362 Love song, native, 338 Low church views, Mr. Duncan's, 240, 241   M MacDonald, Hon. W. J., 46 Macdonald, Sir John, his promise to Mr. Duncan, 280; how he broke it, 281 Malone, Dennis, 278 Man, creation of, 102 Manners of the Indians, 8 Man-of-war, aboard the, 39 Man, the boy the father of the, 19 Man with wooden wife, legend of, 104 Marriage celebrations at Metlakahtla, 230 Marriage ceremony among the Tsimsheans, 73, 74 Marsden, Edward, 326 Mart, great trading, at Fort Simpson beach, 52 Martyrs in jail at Victoria, first, 278 Matchmaking, 346 Mather, Edward K., 102, 278, 280, 283 Mat-making, 347 McKay Reach, 49 McKee, J. F. and wife, 329 Meanskinisht, Mr. Tomlinson at, 301 Medicine man, name of in Tsimshean, 92; parboiling and cutting off chiefs head, 9597 ; his power of prophecy, 99; story of the Kitlahn chief and the, 93 Medicine men among the Tsim­sheans, their so-called miracles, 9296; rites of, 96, 97 ; super­natural power of, 95, 99; held in awe, 97 Memory, Mr. Duncan's wonderful, 373. 374 Message, the first, 122 Metlakahtla, meaning of the word, Metlakahtla, B. C, and Alaska, Mr. Duncan's mission fields at, 52, 60; site of old Metlakahtla, seventeen miles south of Fort Simpson, B. C, 152; trading establishment at, 177; rules governing the inhabitants of, 154 ; three hundred new settlers arrive at old Metlakahtla, 155 ; Mr. Duncan takes leave of on a visit to England, 122; returns to (February 21, 1871), 228; mission at desired to be turned into an Episcopal church, 241; a model village, 151 ; declaration of residents of, 299 ; fire at, 320; a day at, 305, 306; Metlakahtla industries and industrial companies, 316, 317; volunteers of, 341; baseball nine, 340; a sec­ond Garden of Eden, 249 ; only mission in Alaska a success, 369; football team, 341; some Metlakahtla history, 315 ; the Metlakahtla Industrial Co., 317, 356; industries of, 317, 350; a windfall, 297 Metlakahtlan, The, 305 Midweek evening service at Metlakahtla, 363 Minthorn, Dr. H. J., 327 Missionary meeting at Beverley, England, 15, 25, 26 Missionary societies and boards, Mr. Duncan has no use for, 369 Missionary spirit over the people, 221 Mission field, a new, 32 Mission house at Metlakahtla, 165 Mission, Mr. Duncan's view of how an ideal one should be carried on, 369; reasons why the Metlakahtla one is so successful, 369 Mitchell, Bertram G., 329 Mode of living at Port Simpson, B. C, 66 Model Christian village, a, 151; model village, 334 Modesty of Mr. Duncan, innate, 19 Money for giving slaves their freedom provided by the profits of Mr. Duncan's trading establishments, 234 Moon, worship of the among the Tsimsheans, 106 Moon's phases, enactment of the, 107 Morality of the Tsimsheans, 82 Mortality, excessive  at   Metlakahtla, 332 Moses to his people, Mr. Duncan a, 241 Moving village store by Indians at old Metlakahtla, 56 Murder of Haida at Fort gate, 56 Murder of whites by Indians, 56 Muscular Christianity, Bishop Ridley's, 272 Musical  accomplishments of Mr. Duncan, 23 Musical instruments and organization at Metlakahtla, 226, 227   N Nass River, B. C, temperance meeting at, 147 ; Mr. Duncan's trips up the, 143, 233 Native love song, 338; canoe song, 339 Native offerings for church expenses, 149 Nautical skill, native, 347 Nelson, Hon. Knute, United States Senator from Minnesota, 318 Nephew, custom of marrying uncle's widow, 79; always maternal uncle's heir, 79 New church at Metlakahtla, 231 New home, the, 287 New mission field, a, 32 New Year's Day, school feast to natives, 148; annual tax levy, 168 ; new colonists admitted, 173 Neyahshnawah, head chief of the Kitlootsah tribe, Mr. Duncan preaches his first sermon and carries the Gospel message to, at Fort Simpson, 122 Neyahshot, medicine man, 93 Neyashack, Mrs. Joseph, 113 Neyashlakahnoosh, old head chief of the Kitlahns, 93, 194, 195, 196 "Nirwana" of the wonderful Northland, 49 Nishaes, the Indian, 94 Non-sectarianism in heathen missions, 358 Northland, the call of the, 7 Northwest Coast Mission, conference of workers at, 257 Notable visitors, 236   O Oath in Tsimshean, no expression for an, 103 ; no oaths heard, 334 Occupations of Indians at Metlakahtla, Alaska, 356 Offerings of natives, 322; of tourists, 322 Offer of advantageous berth refused by Mr. Duncan, 30 Oliver Wolcott, revenue cutter, 273 Onward and upward, 165 Oolakan or candle fish and its oil, in Portland Canal, and up the Nass River, 68, 115, 138 Ordained, Mr. Duncan refuses to be, 240 Orders in the church, Mr. Duncan declines to take, 240 Ordination, Mr. Duncan's reasons for refusing, 241; his only ordination, 266 Organ acquired for Metlakahtla church, 237 Organs and pianos at Metlakahtla, Alaska, 337 Origin of the Tsimsheans, 61 Ornaments of the Tsimsheans, 71 Ottawa, Mr. Duncan's visit to, 280 Otter steamship, the, 46, 50   P Painting faces, Tsimshean custom of, 80 Paintings in Metlakahtla church, 364 Paper collar, old, Mr. Duncan's, 98 Parables, the, theme of Mr. Duncan's discourse, 363 Passage, the Inside, 43 Patriotism of the Metlakahtlans, 291, 349 Peculiar customs of the Tsim­sheans, 72 Pentecostal hymns, book of, 360, 362 Phonograph, listening to a, 349 Photographic apparatus, etc., purchased by Mr. Duncan, 224 Pike, Dr. Ernest R., 32S Pilgrims, the, 293 Pioneer Day, 292 "Pioneers," Mr. Duncan's, 189, 298 Piracy, with violence, 191 Planking of Metlakahtla village streets, 323 Pledge, temperance, 147 Pledges of inhabitants of Metla­kahtla, 147, 154 Plumper warship, the, 242 Plumper Channel, 48 Politeness and good manners of the Metlakahtlans, 349 Pollard, preacher, 253 Pope of Metlakahtla, Mr. Duncan, 171 Population of New Metlakahtla, 330; of old Metlakahtla, 295 Port Chester selected site for new village, 290 Portland Canal, the oolakan or candle fish in, 68 Port Simpson, B. C, 51, 53, 57 Position, fine, offered to and re­fused by Mr. Duncan, 30 Potlatch among the Tsimsheans, a, 76, 79 Prayer, Agweelakkah's, 146; Mr. Duncan's, that he might die, 148; the Tsimsheans' to the Heavenly Chief, 102 Presents, giving, 74, 77 Prevost, Captain, presses Alaskan mission field on the Church Missionary Society, 33 ; on the public, 34; visit of to Metlakahtla, 237 ; gives present of street lamps to Metlakahtla, 239; description of a Sunday there, 238 Prices of furs at Fort Simpson, 67 Priest, Mr. Duncan refuses to be ordained a, 242 Prince of Wales Island, 308, 334 Prince Rupert, 297 Princess Louise steamer, 294 Printing press at Metlakahtla, Alaska, 305 Profit sharing at Metlakahtla, Alaska, 357 Profits of trading establishment, how used, 181 Promise, Stephen Hewson's, 17 Property, giving away, 78; des­troying, 79; all stolen goes up in smoke, 296 Prophetical power of medicine­men, 93 Prostitution  common .among the Tsimshean women after coming of the whites, 82 Protection against fire, 321 Public library at Metlakahtla, 324 Public speaking, Tsimshean, 340 Public works at Metlakahtla, 321 Puget Sound, 32 Purple Mountain, 319, 333   Q Queen Charlotte Islands, 233 Queen Charlotte Sound, 48 Quthray, Chief,  of the  cannibal club, 127 R Rainfall heavy in Alaska, 335 Reasons for not introducing the Lord's Supper at old Metlakahtla, Mr. Duncan's, 251, 252 Rebuke of Sabbath breaking at the' Fort, Mr. Duncan's, 118 Reception, Mr. Duncan's, on his return from England, 228230 Reincarnation and soul transmigra­tion among the Tsimsheans, 105 ; legends dealing with, 105, 106 Religion of the Tsimsheans, the, 101 ; their legends, and the story of the battle between good and evil, 112 Residents of Metlakahtla, declaration of the, 299 Resolution adopted at conference of mission workers, 258 ; copy of sent to England, 259 Restrictions on baptism, Mr. Duncan's at Metlakahtla, 365 Retaliation, law of among the Tsimsheans, 80 Return, Mr. Duncan's, after visit to England, 228 Revelations, youthful enthusiasts pretend to have, 246 Ridley, Bishop, and the Church Missionary Society, Mr. Duncan's contention with, 8 ; and the medicine men, 271 ; corrupting Mr. Duncan's teacher, 270; rights the Indians in the street, 275 ; reads the riot act, 272, 273; opens store at old Metlakahtla, 271 ; destroys letter from village council, 271 Ridley's, Bishop, muscular Christianity, 272; falsification of copy of resolution adopted by confer­ence, 259 ; false testimony as to being shot at, 277; translates into Tsimshean Book of Common Prayer, 364; fire devours all the bishop's ill-gotten gains, 296 Ridley, Fred., 283, 291 Ridley Home, the, 296 Riot act read by Bishop Ridley at old Metlakahtla, 273 Ritualism, Mr. Duncan's prejudice against, 171, 241 Robbed of everything, 294 Robson, Mr., British Columbia secretary, 285, 286, 287 Roosevelt, President, 318; his "Presidential addresses and state papers," 324 Rope walk at Metlakahtla, 230 Rowe, Bishop, head of the Episcopal church of Alaska, 358 Rules governing native communities at New Metlakahtla, 154 Rupert, Fort, Indians of, 47 ; abduct Indian women slaves, 242 Rupert, Prince, 297 Rupture, the, 261 Ryan, Stephen, dies of smallpox at Metlakahtla, 156   S Sabbath breaking at Fort rebuked by Mr. Duncan, 118 ; observance of Sunday at Metlakahtla, 166, 334 ; at oolakan fishing, 166 Sabbath school  at Metlakahtla, 362; teachers' meeting, 362 Salmon, various brands of, 356; fishing   in   the   Skeena,  69; "shaming" the, 71 ; process of canning, 353; habits and lives of, 351 ; agents for the sale of, Alaska,   356;   cannery,   260; spawning   ground,   352;   new cannery, 316; output, 319, 356 Sash and door shop, 230, 308 Satellite, H. M. S., sails with young Duncan from Plymouth, 37 Savings of the Metlakahtlans, 357 Sawmill outfit,  steam, acquired, 292; destroyed by fire, 302; a new one started, 303;  it also burned up, 319 Sawmills built and burned, 302, 319 Schoolhouse,  Mr. Duncan's first, 129;   new,  at  Fort   Simpson, 149; new two-story one at old Metlakahtla, 232 School feast, first, 148 School, first, 126; school building, Mr. Duncan's, 127129; Government aid for at Metlakahtla, 328 Schoolmasters, bad luck in getting, 3 20 Schools for boys and girls, 296 Schooner,  Mr. Duncan buys a trading, 178 Schutt, Mr. and Mrs. H., 233 Schutt and Chantrel, schoolmasters, 257 Sebassah, chief of the Kithrathtlas, 106; kills white men, 190 Seducer, a, whipped in public, 202 Sectarianism, Mr. Duncan's views on in heathen missions, 358, 359 Sects and all denominational rule, Mr. Duncan eschews, 358, 368 Sentence, a queer, 207 Sermon,  Mr. Duncan's  first  ex­temporaneous, 135, 136 Serpent, the, 268 Service, midweek evening, 363 Seymour Narrows, 47 "Shaming " of the salmon, 71 Shawl making industry, 231 Shimauget Lahaga, Tsimshean name for Heavenly Chief, 101, 121 Shoowansh, the Tsimshean medicine man, 92 Silas receives many votes, 182 Simpson, Lieutenant, 70 Singing of hymns in school work, 137 Sitka, Alaskan seat of government, 312 ; museum at, 298 Skeena River, breeding ground of red salmon,  69;   raid up,  by Tsimsheans, 106 Skothene, the blind chief, 146 Skovalis, extinction of the tribe, 55 Slavery  among  the  Tsimsheans, 234;   Metlakahtla   smote   the shackles   of,   234;    practiced among the Indians at the coast, 234 Slaves given their freedom, 234 Smallpox among Indians at Fort Simpson, 156 ; at Victoria, B.C., 153; among Legaic's tribe, 158 Smith, James, 283 Soap factory started at Metlakahtla, 176 Some Metlakahtla history, 315 Song, native love, 338; canoe, 339 Son of the Heavenly Chief, the, 108;  Tsimshean  story  of the "White   Christ   (Tezoda),   108, 112, 114 Soul transmigration, 105 "Speak Lord, Thy servant heareth," 27 Spencer, Charles, 278 Spinning women, 230; mysteries of the spinning wheel, 224, 230 Spiritual conditions at Metlakahtla, 169 Spokane steamer, 374 Spring flowers and fruit at Metlakahtla, Alaska, 335 Standard Oil Co.'s methods met and defeated, 179 Star-Spangled Banner, the, 349 Stars and Stripes, 290, 291 Steam sawmill outfit at Metlakahtla, Alaska, 298 Stikeens, Indians of the Interior, 61 St. John's Church, Beverley, England, 15, 23 Stolen property all in ashes, 296 Store at Metlakahtla, Mr. Duncan's, 178; Bishop Ridley's, 271 Street fight between Bishop Ridley and the Indians, 275 Streets of Metlakahtla, the, 322 Stromstedt, Miss Daisy, 329 Successor, Mr. Duncan's, 374 Sunday, "dress day," 136 Sunday observance, Indian, at Metlakahtla, 166 Sunday services, 169, 359 Supernatural power, way of showing, 95 ; name for, 113 Surveyors and survey troubles, 282 Swineford, Governor, 341   T Tait, John, legend relater, 101, 196; deportation of, 283; addresses Mr. Duncan, 326 Taxes or salary paid by the Tsimsheans to their chiefs, 79 Tax dodgers, none at Metlakahtla, 168 Tax levy at Metlakahtla, 168 Teacher, Mr. Duncan's corrupted by Bishop Ridley, 270 "Teapots," the, Tsimshean certificates of character,   134;   Mr. Duncan refuses to read Legaic's "teapots," 135 Telephone talks in Tsimshean tongue, 196 Temperance meeting, first held, on Nass River, 147 ; pledge, 147 Temporal advancement, 175 Test case in re Mission Point acres, 283 Tezoda, son of the Heavenly Chief, 112, 115 Thanksgiving and New Year's offerings, 322 Thlingits, Alaska Coast Indians, 61; old village of, 298 Thomas, Hon. E. J., of Brookline, Mass., 303 Thraimshum, the Tsimshean devil, 116 Tinnehs, or Stikeen Indians, the, 61 Tobacco, substitute for, 82 Tolmie Channel, 48 Tomlinson, Rev. R., at first disaffected towards Mr. Duncan, but afterwards his friend, 219; refuses to comply with bishop's order, 256; resigns, 284; Mr. Duncan's coworker, 301 Totem poles of the Tsimsheans, 84 ; of the Haidas and Thlingits, 85 ; forests of in a Haida village, 85 Totems and clubs, the, 84 Totems, different animals genii of, 85 Totem system, Mr. Duncan's explanation of, 84; practical uses of, 85 Tourists' offerings at Metlakahtla, 322 Town Hall at Metlakahtla, Alaska, 316, 326 Trades and occupations studied by Mr. Duncan in England, 222, 223 Trading establishments, Mr. Duncan's at Metlakahtla, 230 Trading schooners on the coast, nothing but grog shops, 176; Mr. Duncan sets up one with no liquor for sale, 178 Tradition of the first visit of the whites, 63; of the revenge of Highmas, 186 Traimshum, the Tsimshean devil, 116; early history and characteristics of, 116, 117 Transmigration of souls, Tsimshean idea of, 105 Trial of Mr. Cunningham, 214; of Collins, the whiskey seller, 208; of Peter Garcotitch, 209; in Judge Duncan's court, 200, 206 Troubles brewing at old Metlakahtla, 250 "Try, I will," in Tsimshean, 59 Tsimshean, meaning of the word, S3 Tsimshean love song, 338; canoe song, 339; funeral dirge, 75 Tsimshean Indians of Metlakahtla around Fort Simpson and up the Nass River, 53, 61 ; Mr. Duncan acquires a knowledge of the native tongue, 58; their manners, customs, religion, and legendary lore, 62, 64; their wars with Indians of the Interior, 65 ; habits of gambling, 80 ; potlatch festivities, 76, 77 ; their totems and clubs, 84; their medicine­men and religious ideas, 92, 96, 101 ; they cremate their dead, 75 ; language of, 61 ; Mr. Duncan's addresses to, 126, 127; baptism of the, 149 Tuberculosis and pulmonary troubles, epidemic of, 331 Tugvvell, Rev. L. S., missionary, arrival of from England to assist Mr. Duncan in his work, 142; baptizes first converts, 149 ; re­turns to England with his wife, 149; Mr. Duncan's experience with, 372 "Tumpaldo " (I will try), 59   U Undenominational church at Metlakahtla, 358 Unfaithfulness in wife punishable by death, 82 United States Commissioner, Mr. Duncan a, 310 Usher, George, his song, 292; extract from his sermon, 265, 292 ; his religious exhortation, 340   V Venn, Rev. Henry, General Sec­retary of the Church Missionary Society, 240 ; death of, 240 Victoria, B. C, Mr. Duncan arrives there from England and is officially received by Governor Douglas of the Hudson's Bay Co., 43; the city in 1857, 43; Mr. Duncan at, 141 ; outbreak of smallpox at, 153 Victoria to Sitka, trading schooner between, 197 Village, a model Christian, 151, 334 Village council appointed, a, 182­184 Village taxes at old Metlakahtla, 155, 168 Virago, H. M. S., 32 Visit of Lord Dufferin, in 1876, 236 ; of Bishop Bompas in 1877, 248 ; of Admiral Prevostin 1878, 237; of Governor Knapp, 317; of Mr. Duncan to England, 222 Visitors, notable, 236 Voice, Mr. Duncan's phenomenal, as a youth, 21 Voices of prima donnas at Metlakahtla, 337 Volunteers, Metlakahtla, 341   W Wages paid by Mr. Duncan, for work done, 175 Waheim tribe, the, 55 Wallace, Mr. and Mrs. James, 9, 329. 330. 341.361, 371. 373 Walls, behind the, 118 Warship,  Bishop  Ridley's  calls for, 272 Wars with Indians of the Interior, Tsimshean, 65 Washington, D. C, Mr. Duncan goes to, to seek new home in Alaska, 288 Waterpower used for sawing wood shown Indians, 181 Water saws wood, 181 Weaving plant machinery acquired, 226, 230 Weesner, Mr. and Mrs. E. W., 329 Wellcome, Henry S., 302, 321 West, Miss M., of the Ridley Home, 297 "Westminster Abbey," Mr. Dun­can's, 321 Whipping, good effects of one, 203 Whiskey banned and its use forbid­den at Metlakahtla, 199; trial and tribulation of whiskey sellers, 206 White Christ, story of the, 108 White, Harry, 211 White plague, deaths from, 331. Whites, tradition of the first visit of to the coast, 63, 65 Whooping cough, epidemic of, 331 Wife beating, Mr. Duncan's punishment for, 205, 206 Wind storm, 320 Wine, law against giving Indians, 252 Wolcott, Oliver, U. S. revenue cutter arrives at old Metlakahtla, 273 Womakwot, brother of Highmas, 185 Woman slave carried to distant tribes in Alaska, 235 Woodcock's Landing, 209 Wooden wife, legend of the man with the, 104 Woods, Archdeacon, his description of Metlakahtla, 233 Worksop, England, suicide of land­lord of hotel at, 23 World, creation of the, 101 Worship of the moon, Tsimshean, 106 Wrangel, Mount, 103   Y Yaculta, or Seymour Narrows, 47 Yellow Hill, 333 Young People's Gospel hymn song service at Metlakahtla, Alaska, 362   Z Zobo band, girls', 337 Zuruet, Jeremiah, a French Canadian, 330