Contents: A [skookum] paper for Shaikes [Shakes], the Stickeen Chief, with comment on his character. Letter by Ed C. Hughes, purser, SS California, 1879 Dec. 28. Letter from I.S. Oakford, deputy collector of customs, Wrangell, Oct....
Contents: A [skookum] paper for Shaikes [Shakes], the Stickeen Chief, with comment on his character. Letter by Ed C. Hughes, purser, SS California, 1879 Dec. 28. Letter from I.S. Oakford, deputy collector of customs, Wrangell, Oct....
Saying he had talked to the Stickines and urged Shakes to go to George's feast to consult with other leaders of the Tlingit-and request not to bring up any old quarrels.
Formal portrait of Charlie Jones, also known as Chief Shakes VII, wearing the Killer Whale Flotilla Robe. Title and description courtesy of Alaska State Museum.
Paddlers of Brown Bear Canoe hold paddles resting on gunwales, painted paddle patterns visible; a small spruce canoe is pulled alongside; dock leading to house in background
Title taken from image. Close-up of totem poles, Bear-up-the-Mountain and Go-na-ka-dot [Gunakadeit]; corner of Shake's House and two small buildings. Photographer's number 281.