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THE n B WCANADIA N
.-Tue,dQy,.January, 7,19はITUe:杧d
」,.营is:.
£mau. t?y oュHo we.,. S OUュCL the-:ケ&kぶj 12. ノYosh.isawa
Yshitsva Ciult6<l:W3 map, he :ずti1we cき.talk: to.- the -haku,-
..tbought.■ they w-elre.:at -Hbi>id.ns.」ih-S,.:thley- )vi.lー.think..of,i5-.. .aa
B,y:さey..JJkcプi.d:thei.r. ..niIve ijy:str.anw» . .people . WHh. ■ strange
(oont- Ism page1.)
tw,elve ..ten广-ate ..more, of tl^,eir
■liinph J5sh1B" dozvn with - grゃeh
..tぇ;-and .1!s^t,.,t0. sleep...
-It. .W8:a ?Y0,3J1ilMl乂va. who., fi,3t
woke. .up、- _He:.was;*tifr、 ffom
..and--they were .out tb.ノview-さ^
■■atill.gp€enォaters.-of. Howe .s?
んoyered .the 30u吝hiside19」hゅ
■ waters.:..edge.:、Aノ.-.fish「juョped.. ..It
ys5 heぶuf三「、..,CPJUntry: in. -Bo-
th^ :-ways-:ーikv.さe. bせvlts;. "potss
画.も...Japan)...they thoug,t but... PIT a
tr^isi, .:.Kieもinーゃts,へhuge solst-
■ ains .which. tollo<-」on aind.-oュinto
-the disftancか. "
They .C0コg5atulated .eゃCIl..o!ihe.r.
:w.ith.;s.l;nlle.s. .:TheJrふa产.safely
:.staite<J ..thei, "journey,.; Tプey,breメ
wed」的reo;.lteaハandノ:ate more ..of
.their「lv5chi .it ..wpml"〈last-1hem
-.■for tjle, day,ThJuy-:steaュiーyニ.ow-.
ed, .i.he. w.eathえ...was ideal,.and
the water calm..,
customs, wo ,プaye to .】wかrn En-
glish 21d.1f、「w.eー .^re、 ti:.6in,"0.
Yoふiaawa. he02ne.. :on.b,ゲf .the
few. .Jasne8e who could C2K
,Yeraeノwitズth? .nすti々かpe.opl,t>f
ilrk4...their, t^ht"",v^it." and .,clo*,
■hin.g...They, atヌl;cc7th冬craず
ーgゃ5n.ip roThey : resided on
:the, 3>rtheln..p»,t .of .TeJsds., Is-
land:-.
Ma^uda.. cooked, potaぶ-?.s. .and
spme of:the 、btj:".ョ.eat. ■ , ,i-hby
-d:rank. w.ate!r: fronv..a (spring. .Ka«
.wamuraIslchld., with. .satisf,BCM-
.Yoshiswaノsaid,,Thel-e*s .an
014. saying. 〉•■」-...where -th.ge-.s a
.s.pving ..you力an... find的old. LoVs
look around-":...
und..冲プrce」blackerxd. holゅsノ,. .Iefけ
wゃ"yさーヌーtheyB-^J-l"ゅt^n1bydずamiteextn6si1. 0th 2^s
§■ InほIn」v^にageき-ch3Yjl"〖J-SJbeさf re prospecting for
zaSva tlsught was w?clle】t.
djd.rlぉncK .vyas ,11gone. F-or
provis〖oュs they hadザrou^ht follr
es, asns11cjuanUty of baking
powdei* aml:albottlひof shoyu,
they cou!>t6d on fish and的ame
to provide for- their needsV
Masudゃg:aulAi:edwooチnl^de
a fire 21ci staipted卄ひheai soime
i?t stoE- Kichi made a baU6:
fro in thゃfーocr and placed a
poption i>h the hea冲etlstones.
They e5E的erly Hyatched theJ5atter
lmbh屮,STd cook" -
A sudden breeze blew the a J
かhe a 2i to the batter. It was,not
?_pt>!otiz;iTl^びut itliad to be usir
sujiper: for tha^ ni的lltv
Onthe third day the ss;Ibe-
.oatne rouwhtos3in,ihe bo^t will
dly ahd water started to come
over , the sides- Ybwhlzawa and
A,ikwwp\yere the oitly J-nes e-
quipped v-ith rubber boots- They
•sou8jht Shelter on another small
birds which provided an a,
Ppゅtis3n的ョで么,
Pender :Halゲour it sts;.ted
.to., rahv .& .slcady dolyripour tj-at
csltinued fなr four <Jay.3. onlぺ
.i nop its .and - iainhats. Tke.. five
■mineral. Kic;h.i . wave a shour
Tfh.ey .found him examining a
piece oir i-odt屮n wサiさthey .co-
uld.sAe.ゅshiny 3etfcl,.parts.o,
くhicj1.weie. blue and 二 -ru&t-colo-
u.red. Aikawa.identified it .BS.-co-
pper.: ...■....
-Aまr, consultingllーs:ltlap,--Yゃ
.shiza,WW; decided to crossヽthゅ
■strait of Ge,orgi^, to the east
side .of Vancouyer .I^and. ,snow-
.isappe4 mou5ntains「on th-e is Isid
beoゃon.ed .thenvさthey.- .t!pwed
steadily hour aft^lrゲour. They.
-enteヌd a. narrow si trait, marked
ge, .whichled t。 another .narrow
corridor }SI《a mile w〖d,
Here.リthe:, water raced .awainst
t.hひIboat.at- a t.reョend ousノひpeed
ズo;.ョattA.r .how. haxdr.-tゴeyーoweil
けばey could JlQt-mals any .サea,d-
w.ay and .finally t.hey..l^nde4...c3「
■tile beacダTl^ey were ilーssnno-
ur ..Narrows .where, ーhe , waters
spel- v-p to fifteen .130.ts. .and to
hi dd err. rocに,cぶa tes .ad,diuonal」
.ha?ぶT4s: jto..hba;ts. -Yoswzavira .had
he^rd.さal-.a. ship -oallcdヽ.t.he
the -3ff:aIKe..to the- Nantows
seven:.yeabefore ,a3d...al5ut-
S!6.v21.ty"ive- peopl» had., .died,
l;bo沐.o,.- t.hem. Chinos* goin.g to
worズ-ざthe .canneries. .liow. we"
Tel.thrty. go his"に.to wめt..」throug:h
Ji55sse,hudd恩lefrdejr thゅ-*65ujthe^e !wiaJeT8?.
p.sr. .in the. tent, floリr .becsams. a
■■they, gケ.t b^ズ..into- tザe.-jt5ai, and
..CoV2*4.-it- .y^ith .the tlel>t-usinw
,cold, hungry, and- .cta日pe.,へTile.
raiii; ■.eputisued,にTliey were..ln
tJ>e W6;tt^t ,pwr4 of British- o>L
-mbia :tvザe!e rain fa U」can av"eral
,ge .scveaty,ュv,かIncite? .a, year!
T.hey tried-..fiShi.ST. 1ilreiさ.ti^e
...opening in-tlbe csn.vゃanii.カou-
—fife .Sid codked the fish and tばe
bitd.
Tile-His .talked abdut.-. their-
lives -- Ja^an knd . ^bかir ...PIan
fbr the future. .They, we/evll
young mカn 3eekin»r a pia^e. in. a
■hoped, for a- iride from. Japkn.
a!><!■■ a - home, oarsda w&s the
jc9t , SAitAr of hard work.
Eng】vy and comn-unic&e \«5ty
A. whiteasTI 8.me UD-to the
■CJlanllelin. ., row ..hoゃt. He was.
ts11,bearedたand !^aゃ.trementlo-
J SI panes.?. Tomor2>—\^,-..he .ニolん.
■them, 、atひ0、clock, in the-fe^m-
ing_ the...udゃ..wiu cie *o a step-
and .yotlwillbo able ti* getさro"
was .a. .house, ngl-by wher争pro-
visions カoul^i pt5?hased.「T15"
さd .althoget he1^ thゅ:had .sixty
cents and tJiey b。vght suぁr and
slt.: ; ノ
wok.e -ぃtileia-. lip., at: halt, pa^: .four.-
I冲was..5£1」dark. The JaparKX
i??ere1^6st grateful..The tent:w8;S
Pa;cved-ay5.y, bFskfaat eat*5..
Tliey got into ,tbか,boat-a.nd St,art
ed .t<^. row bui withliia f.el^. mi-
nuted thはwau-rs」n-theュaTr^vww
Atarlcd to move and they were
hcl.ll>le8s; once .,g&ーn.. s.laick. title
had laslod,; only thirty; ,minv-t豕,.
Tbe w^te.aaaT} K^d isle atlsti
Tlsy .ielt it、 .W5 a. sビr .<?TV .,thか
ability oャt.プe Japatie?ie.:「Tiley
landed Oii th* .aho!Te ノ; again an<l
ーwaiud twelveプos.8..:,
.yvぶh great- .gcs^v as. .as-
as slack tide- arrived, .shoutーat^ー
-Yoishci, Yois ho. - ," four A-
th.em working at,.ザhe-oャFvtlsy
.mosred vvoCIS:hヽ.th^ ■ tWo-mile ch»--
さ6ir.bst.ーi:n a1513&u cave .which,.
y03hiz5ya.:,.said waa.-.Khox .Bay,
e-flTotts ,.anel .decision .was. -3»d©.
ず.:.spe.ntr.four :.奮yavat..... Knox
tiay -£1<1-さ"6/卄he:...pleasure..:of
iぇa.」ai.lfcichi. cajae Ttwing
■furi!ouwlyfiwcr..thAI: shs:ev? -.They
■spot, whelrf.t,ゴ^ ootop. OS.. Coもd,h©
c〖ea.rly -&eA^....-Tlley, .tried.-siting:
0^ attempts, they.【、a:x^cc&e^led.. ixv
hoo k in to? on;, to tse of:4he: tent-
■ades andl^^naged ;.to ^ulー..the
Wast :to the t>oat. .For..five: daya
^hey dined .cn the.-.tkko.,.a gore a冲
deliscy:.in -Japan.
They iv64ーnovt,h tht^
ugh.Jolinstohe St3ity*j^tb1g:.the
^oodod ..shor.ois of .\^cOliver Is-
land.- A8 tぎy Jlcat:J^l^-th6 Indian-
y ill age ofAlert..Bay\lenae.fog:
tCichi .and .》1食suda to .fow for
tザe .shore, -suddenly three shot^
of讽unfire were h忠2L T.he..tvro
immediately stopped to win的.All
thstt could heard w.まthe
drippin.g ■■。, the-, .wゃter -fl.om. tKe
lifted oars.
Aikawa- said, * ST h at (s. .only
■ si Waal.froョaTsthet hoa.t. They
cos,;11u;Sid their rowing ,andノ latt-
d©a. wheュthe foglLf£ they
Bilん.v ...an India!I village19se i>y.
As the.Japゃ.nese apJ>roaelied they.
could see a nuitiher of .I;-dis-s
working on.ノa caaoe. Hallblits
were drying on a .pack. Yo shi a p
wa Sc的内caf6d, ,*-L6t、s try. .to -ge叶
Haliびit, .we.Isve no v.. mbney-
びuけwe 一 0an. exchange.;
Aik&WMC.. offered three .,0igsrf"
ttes a画n4 pointed to.the,■ drying.
fish食nd the exchsvge .w&s mad.e-
Jiawaョur.a. .ha;d「かn atlttictiva.
sh.oe buck】e ...which .he brousTl^け
out. The.ITtdーss- wrtre not:inte-
so&p .and..きis -.resulted ーn five
ms.ゅ-fish.
-The-Japaaese ■ doc Med .-to-J.an-
.chor and s、leep.on -tile boat. They
■hafl.heard .thaゃt.he- In41a& in
this、Tegion. W2re .not Y2y fri-
rrifュng customs. .In the 、m2ra-
ing, ^hey f6UTSi ti> .their cなnstc?
tlatioln, that, the.ゃrKJhor had c^si-
げoat was., ohヽthe-. Ib£ach.でwal
iSiuna shouted wtid pointe^i,かo
ge tracズs a rケ巨d.. the ■ ho at, .wol-
.vぷhMul.びe^T1around 、dE.ing the
nif^ht..Y<KhiN8iwa said, thit only.
■th® ーanteTn bulining all nlwht:
had-^ved U5m from ..a.10t「6f
:..Qn.tlll& iiventy.seCO ltd., day af,
ter, leaving ..van.Couver....they. r.e.
a.chea . smith. I.nー.et. V0SM22S
h^d. opti. mis,tic ally ノlim,s^玄.tォ-
.さdr, pふv&io^^ノ^ye^e t-early fj-
n吝e.d.. Theyまre-211ly .Kalf.way
.to their...d^st,ination:...
I. Biy after *da5T. tl>ey pulled on
cred .j9iif3 .between, the. Island
and .ず.mainland.- Theylanded
and ^e,pt,.Th^ :fished-,やnd they
:もot bird a. 8<ml^ .dAys they,we-
3. so.akea by th* .rein, other
.<Hyi uxy were bclKty. Often
一they kmg*d .for a. Japa3eae IJathJ.
wor.n.
ノ,They ーpas.sed. Haョu .02s.<«》
roocl-ed ..a ..po.iilt .:which... Yo Shiza-
\v, said >^as Pointlisab?rt "n
the §k€§.a..KiYer..area.「,,AW_ Yな-
ejd.licenced & tTe.n,.さ40us .feel-
ingノh, ,h."d.. when -11e「c】iib?d .;to
「「-I.hey. contim;5d,.theilp rowing
ih,.sapiケofか.,8,ettl&hlenti Faint
sounds.ofカ2Kt3icuon. could be
heard, Y08チ25v? pointed- ノsld
t:hもhせded. .for .a point .ofland.
They .weto ciing - to the, end
of thelong trip.
T.hey .found about ..one hundred
•153.imeting .a3d sawing. Yoahー,-
Sav5 went.」up.. to t-e foreman
who >look64.ぉt. the Jap.2lees.witti
interest,
"Japanese," answered .<o^hi-.
/T.he.forゅmal-.a,nd th&「。tプ。r3.
had.n?!ver ween.ゃ.Jap25e.ふ。.
foFe.;ノ.ivheh,.ole.y.. saw .the -small
,bsi :Ty;hich ,carried.、 them for
fortyltゃ.0「days, they wer-e. iISP-.
..YOSh.is5va.explB.itled that thei^
wanted, to - b、e. fisherョさ;...thai;
Japanese vsr^ wo,od fi.shemen,.
The.;fミeTSS .stated tケat. they
■were,b.undlt-g- a-- aew-G23ケTy
to t-e, calle」d. North, .pactfiクsゃ.-
■mon fishing, would,not .bepjlvfor
seven siaKontJhs .buit >ie 9fieajd
the men jobs ifんutt画in"firlood.
■for一1.5。, a C9rd.
.They accepted, the work alth"
■oug-h they...only -Is-d one.. Japa-
nese saw an仏one axe... Thdr ーi-
vtn内conditions were, crude .and
UHCでIhfortable. They stilTlived
■in the tent..さeir food .>vas- pla-
in 21d .mislo to no us. -After- ^hree
weeks they had: cut .only.んle-
yen eo.rdv hselyさou的h..-io buy
food. It was db.couragiュg..
In-,the...e\sningT a a they sat
wround the fire Murskami m.en-
tioned. thatlieliad ..heard that
there had,b,!B6n .a:.,greatノfjre.,ln
B^吝e. aTuiさere. wa? Plgt3r of
Work ayailabie. He w&ntetlto -go
hick:sou卄h■ and so.did Kichi atv!
:S^SJゃ.Th.ere. was. no.-IHOn.ey:
for. ..hoati fat,e.ゃlu^t& itly
shizawa ag rise A to..s€iltheノ shot,
gl& to a chb^e.vTho gave them
l;hi rty. db11a.ts. It ..was with slic-
ed feelliigs.the three〖eft to. sill-
■ke th.e return .trip.
かn,, Y羞ii.awa .-partnered Tvith a
Indian.. On 一 a Columbia boat, .eq-
iped .WーUT sails,-.oars, a .tルn.t.,
16A ts:,:thelfSihinl^.g3ends; Tばey-
■oast..?ei、r &<Hfatho.nv<5t net
inさe .nearby VTat6r,.of..tlfle.3?i<e!.
Tnol&l... .Til,ey. -hauled their, nets
second class, mall
N?D.i 、
w. c TSUMUKA
Engilah、 Sect ion Bdltミ.
KENMORl、
$9.00 fprもX months
争14.00 f々r a Year
479 QIJE闭N ST. WKST
Toronto, ont, MSV.2A9
4
Buy
^nd caught: ille. giant ..spiling and
waters v?ere rciugh- thルy, .^QWAd
to.she?-re for.ihひweather to cha.tv
them regul24y..-io carry..th.el!sプ
re:-the,.fir St Jfap&l,e5c 4o work
on the SHC^nai. svi,r.
■-itI the,-faU-when u-e - ,S00key6
214 the CO hoe. sailnひn. tunsまt^
きbhed, Yoshizat-f^a and Aikawa
0eoTg,towa .n.s.r、 po.tt .Simpson.
TIJ^ owner,, .br^pre^ed. WitK the.
work of the J*P_SS8€, .Asked ff
Y03tJーlaw, could, get ,mpre J a.
Ps8e_ to: work f6r hiaa. >UEU
w* travdk.d <o「victoda- and ?
slHed a even蓬earty arrived
一-arijchi Saka5, KU3ak?chi, Ya.
WAスTEIi a fully qualified ns-
st*?r -Che, for a TepsLJJyaki sti-
le ..1.estsurant,one of .the..lar-
ger cahsdia-n .citズs. .PIeaae.
ply-.to B6メ10,まe.New C2S.ー
dian..:.、,:.
.SE5
suda, D21kichi ..Mk画tsumot0, T2.a-
■when ■ .A.i.kawa ■ p©turned witi-
the.- seven,, tプey..t-uilt-.alaTg^
oabi.n. for 一th&. winter, p-or
fitst:. time si nee, I e-iving vanco.:
uvel., YoshiBawa- and Aikowaw
wereliぐing ーn a tent.
、-In the spring-.. Yoshizawゃayl_l
Alkawゃ,on w tsat to f^ort.Bssin.ー
gt2vョet the 32sg_2r 0f.I3yer.ー
neas c^nery,. tlie first plant to一
■be buil"d ,21the. SISena. -Riyer,i
-who iJwited.the- ,:Japanese.」.?w
-work. - for hiav. Aikゃwai ,Y03hiza.ー
to. cut WQOd.in winter and fish
ーn the S.u3ョe1,at. Inverness.
when .■tlJe.fisMn.g;- .season, appro a,:
ehed,:the. manager ilsk^d .YOS.hi-ー
Nawa. .11 -he...could .ol>tain- more
■Japahese. oにe.- a?ain .:Aikawa
went -.to victorl".and retu.3ed
i^kichi. Kur〖hara, Ua1eズichi: Yo
shidゃ,..Kiyoョoto Kきeko, - K.inii.ー
TO waけan a be and-" his .曙trother.
Aikawa- went to.. --Japan- in,
运4 and re,tuョ6d with Hyuki-
ch.i...Enomoto,1-o:&h«5hiro Na的.ー
nobii, Sannosuke Ennyu, §d R,o.ー
■kutaTO Ide,. ..Iiy that. ti3e ..soml So-
Japanese wore fishing on. -the
Skeena .River.
$1000 \V«WWLY DRAW
DEO.18th WINNER
MR. RI3AKD FUJIKI
West BILL. ont,
DEO. 23rdwIMNER
MBS. NORMA JONBS
: NO. 72
DBO. 30th WINNWR
MR. G.ズOれAYAWHI
DON MILLS. §T.
:MX 752
JAで,&BSE CANAミAN
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