jrTIIE ESKIMO BULLETINS .1
The success attending this third year of the Mission
herd of domestic reindeer at the Cape, speaks well for
the faithfulness and skill of our Eskimo herders, all
of whom are Christains. The herd has increased from
115 to 360. Our herders have an original method of
their own for milking deer, and in the Summer months,
bring us many bottles of delicious milk, richer than
that of any Jersey. Driving is no longer an un
known art. Each of them has driven more that 500
miles during the Winter.
It is an exhlleratlng pleasure to drive a team of fleet-footed
deer. They trot along at the rate of 4 to 8 miles per hour. Orten
when travelling at a great speed, they 6klm their noses over the
surface of the snow, and scoop up a month full, remind
ing one of a locomotive taking water when at full speed.
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THE .LORD'S PRAYER
IN ESKIMO.
At-ta-tah, tat-pom-uu-e it-uk.
Tane-am-uk ut-ka tel-a-gwa-ah.1
o-tuk-le ta-man-e. Et-e-kah en-uk
ea-re-ak-ta man-e it-oon-e, as-ing-yah;
pun morn e it too ut uu. I tai tigoot
oo bloomeen ya uu rix um lk. Pit Ko
tigoot wug out, ot la Boole wug
oot pitKu ie uk wug it. Az sezru uk|
pit poi tig it, e ga yu ah lu ta. Idl e-,
vin, kesema e lup non pegeyetin.
Idl e vin Kese ma, sa yaK ta zi oo uk,
na gooz ru uk, ik ton ne.
Di men a piz rung a.
A CURIOUS ARMOR.
A very ancient armor, made of bits
, of iron lashed together w ith thong,
has been found here. Being fashion
ed after the old Japanese armor, it
: undoubtedly throws some light on
■ the ethnology of this people.
r 1N-NE,
r with
| hall,
r kitchen/
i living
k
+ room,
* ami
t elevated cache tor Rale.
t MADL-IK.
..CHIEF KOKITUK’S DEA'l H.
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out for las father, Chief Eligm k,
who demanded he should stay here
uni do his duty.
In Mat., Okbaok, while soal-hunt
>n the ice, came upon Ereheruk and
■shot him in self-defence, according
to the Eskimo code. A few nights
.ifter this, 8. and his relatives loaded
their dog-sleds, and letreated to an
up-coast settlement. In June, 1m
Bind his people, twentv-one in num
ber, shipped on a whaler lor Her
schell Island.
Previous to the Fall of ’95, when
be p.nd his sister took to distilling
stud drinking, Setartuk was a peace
ible young man. Drink mad** him
a desperate character. During tho
Winter he had tried lepentedly to
kill his fatherinlaw, had shot three
times ut a man who had protested
when he was maltreating his wife,
and had made a drunken threat,
that he would take the life of the
Gov. teacher.
lie had assaulted hokituk’s house
on two different nights, bursting
the door and breaking the lock.
When asKed to acknowledge liis
wrong by paying a small piece of
thong, he boldly refused, and later,
threatened the voung Chief’s life.
Although Eskimo chiefs have
no authority, K. often expressed
himself as being more than willing
to exercise authority here, if backed
by the U. S. Cutter. No doubt when
he deliberately planned to kill Se
tartuK, he thought he would
receive the approval of the people.
! A little '’Missionary”
(girl) w as born to Mr. and
Mrs.Gambell at St.Law
rence Island, April 13.
Through the kindness of
Capt.Tuttle, we received
part of the mail and a
big Christmas box from
Dr. Storrs’ “boys,” at the
early date of J une 25.
It was a pleasant duty
to make frequent visits to
our herder’ camp and read
the Bible ana sing and
pray with them.
A novel feature of* the
S.b., was a collection box.
Bits of lead, pow der ,caps,
primers, cartridges, spoons,
matches, squirrel and er
mine skins were contribut
ed every Sunday. This ‘col
lection’ will be used to
build a small Mission house
in a neighboring village.
Through the liberality of
Mrs. W.T. Hatch, one of
the substantial supporters
of the Boys’ Miss’y Society
of Hr. Storrs’ church, we
are able to print Vol. HI
of the Bulletin in regular
typographical style. The
press has been used to
print original lessons for
the School.
Tilt) little ehildreu were delighted
with the lvindergui ten-m May.
The people were surprised that
no calamity fell upou the Christian
natives who refused to observe the
superstitious customs after net
ting white-whales.
KokituK was a shrewd, intelligent, .
and ambitious young man about
twenty-eight yetus old. He had al
ways "been a successful trader aud
hunter, having killed one whale,
tuid more white b«*ars than any
other native here. Last bummer, he
bartered for lumber for a house and
built it without the assistance of
civilized labor. Whisky was his
worst enemy and he knew it.
Ereheruk was a well behaved
man and his friends were sorry that
he should have been drawn into a
conflict by his worthless brother,
jwliich cost him his life. -i