Spanish Fork Press | 1905-09-07 | Page 3 | Indians of Jewish Strain

Indians of Jewish Strain Sir Alexander Mackenzie had an Idea that the Indians of tho far Northwest North-west were partly Jewish In origin From Lake Athabasca In 1794 he setout set-out at tho head of an expedition in a birchbark canoe 25 feet long 4 feet beam and 2G Inches hold with 3000 pounds of baggage and provision provi-sion and a crew of nine French Canadians Cana-dians Ho reached the Pacific coast and returned The aborigines he met I were for tho most part possessed of strongly religious Instincts said ho In his report With regard to their origin all wo are prepared to state after a careful survey of their Ian guages manners and customs Is that they are undoubtedly of a mixed origin ori-gin come from the Northnorthwest nnd had commerce in their early history his-tory perhaps through Intormarrlage with people of Jewish persuasion or origin