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Girl.Tells Of
First Flight To
St. Lawrence Is.
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part of the Northeast Cape range.
The entire northern coast was cover
ered by a dense fog which forced
us to fly at an altitude of some five
thousand feet where it was compar
atively clear. After flying over these
mountains, we saw the three islets
which form the l/unuk island group
at the eastern tip of the island. The
course was set westward for Savoon
ga, headquarters for the expedition.
There was surprisingly little fog on
the route overland from east to
west. From the air the island look
ed like the deserted valley of the
moon. The immeasurable expanse
of tundra, bleak and still, was dott
ed with myriad lakes and pools,
broken now and then by frowning
hills.,
Approaching Savoonga we flew
over the craggy Kukulkit Mountains
west of Aneegulgit (Snow-have
never-melted), a perpetual snow
bank. As we flew over these ex
! tinct volcanoes whose slopes are
scarred with hardened lava, for. a
breathless moment we glimpsed a
sparkling blue crater top. Savbon
ga was obscured by heavy fog. and
the sea at this point was broken by
angry breakers as seen through a
few rifts in the fog. We continued
west, crossing the cliffs near Kangee
and passing over Mt.Tapphook some
1,200 feet high.
The remaining lap of our trip to
Northeast Cape and Gambell Lake
was over water. Forced lower and
lower by the fog, we were soon fly
ing as low as twenty feet. Along
the shore rocks loomed forbiddingly
large and a few microscopic hunt
ing camps along the lagoons were
plainly seen. As we neared our
destination we flew over immense
flocks of birds, feeding in the sea.
At times these flocks were so thick
as to form a moving curtain be
tween us and the water.
Some three hours after leaving
Nome, an hour and a half of which
time was spent traversing the island
we saw arising before us the bul
wark of Northwest Cape. Just
around the corner. Gambell, largest
village on St. Lawrence, flashed in
to view. We peered eagerly, for
this was our first sight of a St. Law
rence Island village. _ Two or three
rows of box-like houses greeted our
eyes. Minute figures poured from
these houses while hundreds of dogs
raced madly about. Circling twice
we swooped down and came to rest
on Gambell Lake at the back door
! of the village.
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Already a lirte of excited Eskimos
was pouring down the trail to the
lake. Mr. Geist was greeted with
guttural shouts as Eskimos thumped
him on the back and exclaimed,
“Geistok! AgTivook ” The rest of us
were greeted in a more restrained
manner, which was just as well, for
to inexperienced eyes these friendly
natives presented a rather alarming
sight-. One man who I later learned
was the mayor, I noticed particular
ly because of his long,unshorn locks.
It seemed his wife was expecting
a child and, according to custom, he
thus disguised himself to fool the
evil spirits. His disguise must have
served the purpose, for before the
summer was over he was the proud
father of a young son. After the
commotion had somewhat subsided,
the eager, parka-clad Eskimos es
corted us up to the village where
the women and children waited
with shy expectant glances and dogs
howled a clamorous welcome.
The arrival of the first airplane
was viewed with mingled feelings
by these still primitive people. One
Eskimo in the welcoming group was
noticeable by his refusal to let any
of his house shake hands with those
who had come in the strange ma
chine. Although obviously glad to
see us, the psychology of the past
held him awestruck at sight of the
devel-driven machine. He took no:
chances of contaminating himself or
his family with contact with the-un
known powers.
L)i the two main villages, bavoon
ga and Gambell, the latter is the
older and more deeply imbued with
superstitution and the old design for
living. In some of the old type
houses the people still live in a state
of undress in the warm, close “nin
, gloos” warmed by seal oil lamps.
; The colossal roar of the approaching
plane was such that it seems some
of these people unthinkingly rushed
out to gaze in open-mouthed aston
ishment at the strange phenomenon
in the sky.
To an anxious mother the roaring
monster in the sky was a huge bird
capable of carrying off her children.
Hastily she gathered her curious
brood and cowered with them in a
dark corner of the “agra.” Even af
ter the nature of the strange mach
ine had been explained to her she
was not entirely reassured and
shook with fright for an hour after
ward.
But there were others who recog
nized the nature of the plane from
pictures they had seen, and showed
conscious pride in their superior
knowledge. And Jimmie Otiyohok
who was later to be Carl Franklin's,
right hand man in building the
house at Kukulik, had had a ride
with Joe Crosson at Nome. To the
majority the advent of the first
plane to the island was an event to
be discussed during long dark win
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The pilot and Mr. Oliver wishec
to stay, but the fog was again lower
ing over the Cape. Also, arrange
ments had been made for a search
in case the plane did not reappeai
at-Nome by nightfall. After a shor
time the plane disappeared through
a small opening in the §ky which
soon filled up with fog, closing us
in in our new surroundings.
Nome Company
Files Articles Of
Incorporation
JUNEAU — With the principa
place of business given as Nome the
Placer Gold Mining. Corporation ha:
filed articles of incorporation in the
office of the Territorial Auditor. The
capitalization is given as 300,00(
shares of no par value Incorporators
are F. Walter Foster, W. H Rearden
and L. W. Richards, all of Seattle anc
members of the first board of direct
ors include, in addition to the incor
porators, John DeFries and C. A
Foster of Nome, and Ivan Lorenzen
of Seattle.
TWO OFFICIALS
ARE CHARGED
WITH PERJURY
(By The Associated Press)
TACOMA, Feb. 7th — Second de
gree perjury charges were preferred
late yesterday by a Pierce County
grand jury, sitting in Tacoma,
| against Frank Callendar, city pub
lic safety commissioner, and How
ard Carothers, city attorney. They
'were both indicted for alleged false
affidavits in connection with cam
paign expenses.
! Callendar was successful in his1
race for the city commissionership
and Carothers was Callendar’s cam
paign manager.
The Washington state law requir
es candidates for office to file sworn
statements of their campaign ex
penses.
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