THE
MIDNIGHT SUN.
' A. N.-EVANS, EDITOR.
Published monthly
at •
r Cape Prince of Wales,
Alaska.
THE ARCTIC HERO
* I.
H«ar tbe rattle of our he-o ■ as he
spins a yarv f yv you
Of fch ermonaetere at zero,latitude of
ti iity-two;
l oujilt bull-seal single handed, with
Pou t i arrow on his lee.
The.-' 1,e calmly -aised his anchor and
went i n t ■ ti hty-three.
122 into the Fo.ai S-.a,fairly Uowin*
off with glee,
TThiie tu-. wind ’ lew through his
wbitkerp. this \ e blew to you and me;
Poe/a d the vesee by an iceberg where
the- fiisky walrus i/Iay,
Tti tV ihe ’ o:u that he will spin you
s< me two ht.ndied tines a d y.
11
Then he tells yor* cf the trading that
ho done with Arctic men—
Ten cent bale of'bacco kow-kow fora
hundred doljar skin,
Four beat loads of walrus ivory for a
box o 'carp t acks
And r air of ca rri&ge reindeer Iort a
blooming d&iia- »xe.
Up there in tht polar sea aint no place
for you and me;
We’re too all-fir* d * onscientious to do
tli ngs like that yon see.
No, I aint no Arctic hero, and I think
that I will i-tay
In the East and hear ’em tell it some
two-bund red times a day. ,
The “Bear."
Why do natives go> huntipg without
breakfaast? The men start out as they
get up and sometimes get nothing to
eat until late in the afternoon. Child
len often go to school without break
fast. Some of the men say it is to ac
custom themselves to the hardships
of the ‘‘starring times’ and being
lost on the ice. Others say it is be
cause “Eskimo all time want seul’’.
Long before the natives knew of
firearms they found shot in the bod -
ies birds. These were kept for “on
whoc” (medicine charms).
CORYPIIE.\TE
DISAPPEARED
The rapid disap^ eaiauce of the Cor
yphene is a svrprne to e\e y one. It
was expected chat she .-ould se-.tie ui
tiie in tne tanu bu. ou which -.he
etiuek,but no one expected tual w.tn
in a mo ih of the time i-ne ~ti. cu
that the entire snip would be ost to
1 light, on August oO th it -as impo& •
: ibie to toucu the i.eck w»tii a poie
' thi'.teen feet Jong. Ail that ^un be
teen is the stump ot a mas..
LOCALS
Enungooluk. a native womau a d
! cl)nd of this .place returned ui n re
cent canoe. She was married lo a Lx
i bcr an wlo committed suicide.
The seal nets are out and the nat
! he.- are bringing in a number- of surlj.
i The first hail netteu twelve.
The canoes are retur. ing frem the
annual trading trips, some from ivetz
1 ebueSound anu others f.om Liberia.
Teller, and Nome, deJverdeer skins
have been biought over this year than
in previous y ears. Many deer in the
Mcinity oi East Cape ha-\e died dur
ing the past two years and whrte men
have bought a good part of the skins.
Winter weather is about three
weeks earlier than last year. Conrinu
ous northerly winds haveLrought e
nough snow ror dog sledding.
THE CAPE
REINDEER
( Ccn inued from First P.-ge )
maref, ten miles from tue camp.
During the winter the herders Deed
ed to sell about twenty five steers to
pay for their annual supples. They
cut ouf a small herd, drove it to Tell
er and Nome, butcherered and sold
26: banked the money and returned.
Following are statistics of the herds:
Deer owned by Esl in os 824
” ” ” A.M.A. 389
” ” ” Bureau of Educ. 189
No. of Independent herders 14
" " Mission ’’ 2
Apprentices of Indep. 5
Received by herders from sale
of deer meat $1025
Received by herders from
sale of female deer to Gov’t 925
Rec’d by Mission for meat,
skins, etc.—---292
Expended by Mission on two
Mission herders and herd- 204
Rec’d by Mission for fe
male deer sold Bur. of Educ.—4800
The (Jape Keindeeb
Transportation Co.,
o i Cuiiv to take contracts
or v;i: ter freighting.
A few sled deer for sale
Frank Iyatunguk,
Manager.
8T.V1 up sgr 1^ y w V V
14 4* 4* 4* 4* 4* 4* 4* 4* 4 4* 4*
OK-BA-OK.
Importer & Exporter
of bicerian & Alaskan
Furs.
Reindeer skins, artiga , and sleeping
bags a specialty.
Walrus skins
and Tusks
At Ootooktok’s
Buy your boots,
at Kitsenna’s.
DEER LEG & WATlvR-BOOTS
MADE TO ORDER
Oomiaks for sale.
See Ingesinok.
Y\TAISTED - AJ1 Kinds of ?
VV CURIOS. Illayok.