DETAILS OF FINDING
REMAINS OF JOHN
LAND, LOST 2 YEARS
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Mrs. Edna Fix of Shelton, who \
assisted in the identifying and |
burial of the remains, Aug. 31, {
1S37, of John Land, lost during
the winter some two years ago,
related the following story to the
Nome Daily Nugget yesterday
which proves without a doubt
that the remains were those of
John Land:
“Old Mrs. Jake, the Eskimo!
woman came to Shelton from up!
the river and as she walked
down a small river bed she found
the skeleton of a man. She came
in nothing flat to tell us about it.
“This whole village, 9 Eski
mos, one white girl and I made
up a caravan across the tundra,
over hills and etc and finally
about three and a half miles
from Shelton, about midway be
tween Bunker Hill and Coffee
Dome we came to the very hor
rible uncovered grave of what I
am positive are the remains of
John Land, who was lost several;
years ago on his way from Dahl
Creek to Shelton during a storm.
“This is what I observed—the
skull was about ten feet from the
rest of the skeleton and bleach
ed white with no evidence of
bullet holes or injury. There
were three lower left molars,
cuspid and bicuspid.
On the upper left the cuspid
and central and right central
were partly broken off. These are
all of the teeth remaining in both
jaws.
“The body was lying on its
back. lit looked to me as though
the right upper leg had been
broken as it was split for about
4 inches above the knee—more
like a green stick fracture, al
though in old people I do not
think the bones fracture in this
manner.
“I recognized the parka at once
for I was present when Isadore
Fix gave it to John Land. 1 have
an old picture of the cap worn by
John Land which was found sev
eral feet from the body.
“Louie Jake searched the body !
but nothing was found except a j
silver watch of small value. The
watch had stopped at 5:27.
“We covered the body with
tundra and willows. I took a wil
low stick and tied a red bandana
handkerchief on it, placed it for
a marker on the grave, led in
prayer for the departed soul and
came back to Shelton.
“It was a terrible thing to wit
ness and a very hard trip for us
all. On that day. Sept, lsft, every
one felt the results of the ex
perience.
“I am confident that there is no
doubt it is John Land and feel 1
that that chapter can be closed.
“I forgot to mention I found
a shock of gray hair that certain
ly matched John Lanfl’s, near .the
top of the skeleton. I took several
pictures which when printed will ■
send to you.”
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Prof. Jean Piccard, stratospher
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He proposes to use eighty small
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Review September
Issue Of Alaska
Sportsman
“There are ice worms!” says
Walter Weston in an article in
the September issue of The Al
aska Sportsman, just out. Telling
first how the old hoax originated
with the late E. J. (Stroller)
White, the writer quotes scienti
fic authorities as proof that there
really are worms that live on
glaciers.
The ,worms are found princi
pally in pools of water on the
glaciers, but Dr. Israel C. Russell
and others have observed them
also in the snow on glaciers They
belong to the genus Mesenchy
traeus, of which twenty-one
species and three varieties are
recorded. The Smithsonian Insti
tute has voluminous data on the
real ice worm. The magazine has
reproductions of photographs of
the real and the fake ice worm.
Other features of the Septem
ber issue, which seems more than
usually well illustrated, are two
articles which record the taking
ol the record brown bear last
year and the record mountain
sheep. The brown bear story is
“Afloat and Afoot in Brownie
Land" by Howard E. Thompson
and "Sheep, Bear, Caribou and
Moose" by A. B. Learned.
In a comprehensive article, C.
R. Snow tells of “Door of South
eastern Alaska.”
“Down goes the Windsor” is an
interesting story of the thrilling
adventure of men on that boat,
which sank in the Strait of Geo
rgie. The first installment appears
in the September issue.
“Dead Man‘s Diary” is the ex
act words of a diary found in the
cabin of the "Wildman of Dry
Bay” after he had starved to
death.
"The cover is a reproduction of
an attractve photograph of two
deer and the frontpiece shows a
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| Sept. 9th, at the city hall.
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