Show 1400 BUYS GIRL AT BIG VANCOUVER B. B C. C Cv July 13 The The greatest ever ever held In British Columbia Columbia Co Co- Co- Co lumbia is now in full full- swing at Alert Bay Two thousand Indians are taking part and the value of ot the goods that has been contributed contributed con con- by those attending must aggregate aggregate aggregate gate Indian girls of ot tender age have also been bartered to wealthy chiefs of ot neigh boring districts The began over a week ago and will continue until next Saturday On Tuesday and Friday of last week there was a little celebration that no white people were allowed to witness Two Indian maidens were sold to highest highest high high- est bidders Prices were high and only the most wealthy of the natives could bid One little girl of 9 0 years was sold after spirited bidding for 1400 The two contestants for the girl were an old grizzled grizzled grizzled griz griz- Indian of ot 50 and a a. young man who whoa was said a to have come all the h way f fold from Queen e Charlotte 6 I t to purchase a wile wife The Theold Theold old man had the longer purse and the girl was handed over to him Another girl about 18 years old was sold to the young u son of of-a of a C chief The sale was tr i 1 evidently I prearranged for there was not one bid against the 1000 offered by the young Old Jack a patriarchal Indian was so Impressed with the reasonable reasonable rea rca prices that he made tracks for his canoe and started for some secret fund One girl about 12 years of age was held In reserve until his return |