Capt. Newth towed a
whale ashore for the Dio
medee natives.
The Whaling fleet this
year is composed of ten
steamers and one schooner.
Capt. Cogan raised two
whales while anchored here
June 6.
The Narwhal tied up to
the ice here on May 21,
and gave us the news, that
McKinley was elected and
Corbett defeated.
Capt. &Mrs. McGregor,
while taking in the nights
of the metropolis, July 15,
visited the office of the
“liu’ietin ’
Capt. Williams took
advantage oi a South wind
and went to Ft.Hope before
coaling. lie reports that
oat oi’ thirty-two whales
caught there, only two
wete big ones.
While Capt. B. F. Til
ten’s Sir.,\ Alexander, was
hauling un a big whale
(third this season) near F,
Cape, the top-mast broke
and foil on one of the boat
steerers, kitting h m in
stantly.
Why La\e so many
whales and walrus been
captured in t ie Strait this
Springy Has the iiiiiuence
of the new administration
reached the .Vrcnic ?
List Oc/.., the flukes of
a dying wiiale struck Mr.
Warren, Mate of the Belve
dere, inflicting internal in
juries, whieu resulted in his
death the following day.
With four bow-heads,
yielding 10000 lbs. of bone,
and two right-whales,
yielding 1800 lbs., the gold
fields have few temptations
for Capt. Whiteside.
t
POISONED A SHIP’S CREW.
Last year, the Capt. of the Str.
Thrasher, while anchored at
Polezruk, traded for what he
supposed were Eskimo "greens.”
Those of the crew who ate them,
and were taken sick, concluded
that the vegetables were only
Intended for "greens.”
A woman, laboring under the;
Impression that Whites buy any
thing, had hastily pulled the
weeds, Ignorant of their prop
erties.
CHIEF KOKITUK’S
DEATH.
(Continued from page, 1)_j
get an unprejudiced account of
the sad affair. But one person
witnessed the beginning, and no
on<, th<> end of the fight.
On the afterror n of Jan. 2, Kok
ituk imited 8etartuk to his house
to drink with him. They soon be
enme tipsy and 8. retured to his
home. After dark, 8. refusing to
accept a second invitation. K. armed
with a revolve’', and crimed with
rum, went to the north end of the
village, v here he found 8. and
onened fire upon him. After ho had
emptied the chambers of his re
volver, he and S. were in the act
of using their knives, when a young
man. attracted by the noise, cijire
up and took a knife away from. each
of them and started the young Chief
towards his home. But it seems that
8. had a knife secreted under his
artega and pursved the unarmed
chief. 8. was soon joined by his
brother, Ereheruk, who was armed
with a rifle. They stabbed and shot
K. several times before they suc
ceeded in killing him.
For several weeks after this, 8.
l ept inside of his house, his rel
atives claiming that he was mortal
ly wounded and could live but a
short time. But it soon became
known that the revolver had in
flicted onlv harmless flesh wounds.
This practiced deception served not
t uly to increase the spirit of revenge
nmong the Selawhiuneets (K’s peo
ple"), but canned them to fear a
night attack from 8. For weeks,
excitement ran high. A watch was
kept dav and night. Rude shutters
were constructed to bar their sky
windows and doors. People remain
ed in doors after dark. Night
school had to be abandoned.
K kituk’s only brother, OkbaoK,
inherited most of his property. It
consisted of a frame house, oomeass
dogs, sleds, thong, ivory, morten
beaver, fox, wolf, wolverine, land
otter, and deer sKins. He is a bright
young man, &l>out twenty years old
and unliKe all his people, temperate
Although custom appointed him to
avenge his brother’s death, he seemed
loth to fight and would have gone to
the Reindeer Sta. for a few months
CO NT INDUED _Q N P A CE 4-.
PORT CLARENCE.
Editor of the “Bulletin.”
Our burg has beeu verv quiet
tins Winter. Now Years ca3.our
natives tried to imitate 3-ours and
some were drunk; that is the ouly
ease of distilling that has come to
our knowledge acre. The young
people have been very quiet, only
“My Brothar Fat” thawed a little in
Mar. and married Tereakpuk—mink.
Supt, W.A. Kjellmonn, with the
Laplanders, Mik-kel Nukkela and
Pehr Hist, started on their trip of
exploration, Dec. 15, '9G, and re
turned April 25, 97, having reached
the Moravian Mission ou the
lower Kushokwim.
May 4, Mrs. Beret Eiia died
after two months sickness, leaving
ft husband and two children, the.. -—,
youngest, a child eighteen mouths
old, which is also very sick.
Among the natives, five old poi
sons have died and some infants.
Food has been scaree this Spring.
The average attendance at school
has been a trifle less than last year.
But those that have attended have
been more legulur than ever before.
Mis. Kemi lias been sick the
whole year.
“Tinusher” has solved the prob
lem why the Eskimo is poor in- du
elaring— “Too much eat.”
T. L. Brttfig.
May 25, 1897.
V 7
Dr. Kittilsen killed a
fierce lynx in Jan.
V. T. Lopp and Kiv
yearzruk drove two deer
sleds down through the
mountains in Jan., visit
ing the Station and herd.
Chief Oyello and family
from Pt. Barrow are the
latest apprentices enrolled
at the U. S. Reindeer Sta.
Dr. Kittilsen has travel
ed more than 1000 miles on
deer sleds this "Winter.
HEADS
r. *■
\ AND
y SKULLS
OF WALKUS FOE
SALE BY
Ne-tax~ite.