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Show p . u ; ?- ; -i M Celebration of Golden Potlatch at Seattle Is 'H The Oddest Anniversary of Pacific Coast. lil hHHILv b t ?Sif? v. ft v 3iWmL TSjsk &&m E-iiNnUjA v f i I'i jiHv!iiOWvHJK 1 I'he pi.ili-ii (i.iil.itili nt Seattle. U is i.. which was .scheduled to "tint on -Inly HI In iicciiidaine with the yearly H custom, I- ,i unique thiee iluy eelebntioii In July, ISHT. the ship Portland steamed Into Elliott buy, Seattle, laden H with the w-M v -Mid ).it which hud 'leeii obtained nt El Dontdo In tin- Klondike Agisting In the celebration this H year ther i I I..- the tee of the piitl.ttcli and his ultltum chief and shamans. The word potlatdi Is taken from H the quitliii Munn nf the t tin I i ml means n gift somethliiK freely irlveii The liiill.ini- of V s'llncton's water- H ways anil tin- Uiisknn eoisl eandil t'le meaning of the word, ho that pollute!) ciime to mean a leant, or, better, it festhn' kit en hv the i liler if a tr l which lasted until the bust had given nwny nil of his earthly possessions to . H the various uiicsts who fad been lit .ted to participate- In the ceremony. At the end he was broke, but hail expert- j enced the time of his life and was rcspjvtcd by all other members nf his tribe until his dyliiL' day The plcturo IJ shows bow I lii miners and Indians look us the Pnrtlc-i'l enters the harbor for ear li v ear's celel'miliin il |