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VOL. I. CAPE PHISOEOF WALES, AdJASKA, J UNE, li>05._]SO.L
CORWIN
ARRIVES
FIRST STEAMER
On the morning of June 17th the en
tire village was stirred up by the whit
tle of a steamer behind the Cap"
mountain. Tlie cry of i’hro-o-me
went up from a hundred native throats.
Soon the masts of a steamer appeared
which belonged4 to the Sir. Corwin.
The shore ice whs still in and made
it difficult to get out to her. Alter
getting aboard we learned for the first
time the news of the battle between
the Japanese and Russian fleets, and
the victory of the Japs.
WHALERS
ATDIOMEDES
Two Canoes returned from the Lit
tle Diomedes today and reported e g.it
steam whalers near the islands. The y
had caught several whales. None of the
ships have visited the Cape, probably
on account of the ice in the straits.
They also report the pre e:ice < f a
small gasoline schooner. While them
she traded a bairel or two of whiskey
to the natives.
Eskimos Increasing.
According to ths census of the pres
ent year the Eskimo population of
Cape Prince of Wales is iuc 'easing.
The births for the year number 22;
deaths 11; making an increase of 11 in
a total population of 37G.
During the last fifteen years this vill
age together with the neighboring
villages on the coast suffered two epi
demics that carried away a large part
of the population. The increase in num
bers since the last epidemic in 1900,
has been slow, and largely due to the
death of children.
13 U1C i D if S Q iM
DIOMEDES
Aoozeah, with acxnos arrival from ,
the Diomede.s Islands. May 15thbring
ing the first no -vs of the seasoi. lliey
report that three natives committed
suicide duritv the past winter among
them the murder a a of the wh.be man,
Bismark, who was i illed. whi e wint
ering on the islands in- i . 02. L will be
remembered that bisuark, who was
+]-_ . f -<t wldtu !'.T,n "’bp ucceafided to
winter there, was landed fitAw tne
Eskimo woman and oliilii.
: steam whaler “Wm. Bay less” with a
| stock of flo’ir molasses, :;ugar a d a
still. He had secured con ideiuble
ivory and furs with his tongok, audit
w-i5- w lile removing these irom his
i “w /man’s” house, tuat he was shot,
; b/ tue natives, piobably to get his
| tra le goods.
Two of the natives shot tlmmse ves
; and the third hung himself. This form
i of death seems to be common among
f the Diomedris natives. One woman
1 hung herself 1 wst August because -he
■ had injured her child and expected it
j to die. Considerable t ng k [wuiskeyJ
ha 3 been made during the winter.
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WALRUS
CATCH
SMALL
As compared with the walrus catch
of last year, the natives I ave taken
but few of tnese animals. !)v r two
hundred were brought into the village
a year ago while not more than half
that many have been killed this year.
The ice-pack driven bj the *d..,d, .• u
tiuued so tbi 'k along the qVt> es Rut
the wni us kept to the ot or side ■ >f Fa
away Keck. i>ot until about June iu.it
were many walrus seen. At that time
the canoes with some difficulty worked
their way through the ice pacn t<> Far
away Rock. They reported over two
hun red passing northward within a
few hours. These canoes were fort
unate in getting from four to six each
at a catch.
The skins are valuable for canoe
covers and ropes. Four to six tire used
to cover a canoe. The.se are sewed to
gether with thong and stretched ov .a*
the frame work of wood from twenty
.o thirty feet long, end four to six
! eet wide.
1 Ootooktok has the banner catch. To
' date his canoe has caught 19.
The large number of oogrook [big
seal] c Might by the natives will help
out some, these taking the place of
wal us for some of their work. Am
in okow a. knot's canoe brought in twen
! ty on one trip.
ACTIVITY IN
TIN MINING
Tin City. June.20‘ -Two new com
panies have arrived on first steamer
to prospect for tiu. Machinery will
fono.v later.