Grave totem, fisherman feeding the eagles. Raised in honor of Ductan[?] deceased. Shakes and Chas. Jones– father – in – law of Louis Paul put it up – it is the last pole in Wrangell. Copy 2: “Fisherman feeding the Eagles,” grave house and totem at cemetery south of Wrangall. George Blake of Wrangell told me this grave totem – Chas. Jones, father – in – law of Louis Paul and Shakes, put it up in honor of Ductan, who died. First cousin of Wm. Paul, it was the last pole put up in Wrangell. Old Chief Hoh se Hawks was head of the Kiksedda family. They had wars with the Tsimpsien. He was captured and taken away. He was the father of Kah Shakes 1st – the S- took him. Kohse Hawks – to Cape Fox – stopped there and wanted to sell the old man – sold him there. His sons went down – took copper hour[?] etc., a big lot – to buy their father back. The Simpsein chief agreed on a price – they gave all the coppers and they gave a slave as a servant – they went out in front of the village – took their father and washed him with copper sheets to take away the slave shame – then threw the copper in the water. Shakes was Nan – i – ee and emblem was the brown bear, 1916, PCA045-732, Box: PCA45-Box2. Clarence L. Andrews Photograph Collection, circa 1892-1940, PCA 45. Alaska State Library - Historical Collections Finding Aids. https://alaska.libraryhost.com/repositories/2/archival_objects/21388 Accessed November 24, 2024.