THE.
ESKIMO BULLETIN.
ONE DOLLAR A YEAR.
Published annually at the
A. M. A. Mission School.
.
W. T. Lopp, editor and puulisher.
Oo-TEN-NA.ENGRAVER.
Ke-ok, I-YA-TUNG-UK, AND Ad-loo
AT,.COMPOSITORS.
Address,
The Eskimo Bulletin,
Cape Prince of Wales,
Alaska.
Via. Sitka A Unalaska.
Soap is becoming an article
of exchange ut the Cape.
Why can we not have an
over-land mid-winter mail?
Who knows, but a few years
-
hence, Alaska’s gold out-put may
reverse the cry of 16-1.
Our “Bryan Elected" dispatch j
originated from a practical joke!
played on a Yukon steamer. v»t
caused no appreciable excitement
among our people, however.
We hope our Eastern exchang
es will not consider the “Bulletin"
too sensational. A paper printed
so fur west of San Francisco, must
necessarily contain some sensa
tional news.
The regulation of the U.S.
Treas. Dept., which prohibited the
sale of repeating rifles t> Eskimos,
has at last been abolished. This
should have been done several
years ago when recommended by
C’apt. Hcaly and others.
If owners of whaling vessels
could visit the whisky-drenched i
coast of Siberia, they would un
doubtedly see the wisdom of pro
hibiting a traffic, which has already
crippled, and will soon destroy the
“goose" which has laid so many
“golden eggs" for them.
It is to be hoped that Capt.
Tuttle, of the U. ti It. M.Str. Bear,
will be able devise measures which
will prevent further distilling here.
The seizure of all the old gun-bar
rels, kegs, casks, and oil cans, might
give these natives an object lesson,
which, in connection with some
timely remarks, they would not
soon forget.
DE WINDT
RETURNS TO
CIVILIZATION.
ABANDONS HIS "TO ENG
LAND BY LAND.”
Special to the “Bulletin.”
INDIAN Pt., Siberia, Oct.,20, 00. —
Harry De Windt, the English ex
plorer, and servant, whom the Bear
brought over from St. Michaels, A
laska and landed here in Sept., af
ter having been delayed, deceived,
and annoyed for seven weeks by
Chief Kohora and his people, have
given up their trip across Siberia
and have taken passage to Unalaska
on the steam 'Whaler, Belvedere.
Mr. Do Win.lt
came over-land
to bt. Michaels.
He is u v eteran
traveller, hav
ing inspected
\ many of the bi
i»' berian prisons,
and in ’OU, j<>ur
neve(1 from Pekin to Calais. This
treatment from lawless Siberian Es
kimos who have luxuriated in A
merican rum for two decadei*, was
no doubt an unanticipated exueii
i. 4
enoe.
lie had probably been misinform
ed about the conditions to la* met
within this region. According to
tin* "Washington Post, a Vancouver
skipper, who suggested the long
journey to Mr. J)e Windt, ropre- '
sented tliat he, himself, had cross- !
ed Bering Strait on the ice seven
times. ,
E-»kiin >3 cross the Strait in skin
boats every Summer. Since ’90, they
have been able to cross but once on
the* ice. They say, but few natives
now living, and no whites, have ev
er made this 50 miles’ journey on
the ice.
LOCALS,
The squirrel crop was
a failure.
Pikuenna shot a white
bear in Jan.
An epidemic threatened
our town in the Fall.
Several whales were
seen, but none captured.
Mr. Hanna visited the
Mission herders’ camp in
Feb.
In Jan., Apr., and May,
our native were on short
rations.
An August mail from
the States, via St.Mi
chaels, arrived in Dec.
Xe-ak-puk caught elev
en seals in one night, with
nets placed under the ice.
The extremes in tern-,
perature were, minus 39 in
Mar., and plus 96 in June.
May and June proved
good months for' walrus
ing. About 300 were killed.
On account of the late
Spring of '96, there were;
no salmon berries last
Summer.
Nes-ver-naPs son, while
seal hunting in a kiyak last
Oct., was-lost. It is sup-,
posed the kivak capsized.
A small building boom
struck our town last Slim
mer. Three new build mgs
(above ground) were erect
ed. Plenty of town lots
are left, however, which
can be purchased for a
“song.”
Kev. T. L. Brevig and
Dr. Kittilsen came up
from Port Clarence in a
whale-boat -last Oct., and
spent a few days in the
city visiting friends and
selecting trimmings for
their winter garments.
Sokweena, while herd
ing reindeer, found a lynx
hiding behind a tuft of
grass. Being unarmed, he
whipped it with his lasso
until it cowered at his
feet, when he was able to
give it a blow with his
fist which crushed its
skull.