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COAST GUARD DISCOVERED
THREE OF FAR NORTHERN
NATIVE VILLAGES ON CRUISE
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Inhabited by scores of Siberian
Eskimos, never bef0re seen by
white men, nor known to exist,
three Far Northern villages on
Nunivak Island are now being
placed on the Alaska map as a
result of discoveries by the U.S.
C.G. cutter Alert, commanded by
Captain Hans Hansen.
Only thirty miles fr0m the
mainland of Alaska, natives of
the ju9t-dlscovered villages have
never been ashore. Only a few
hours away from civilization,
they have never been to school.
American Money
Their lives marked by primitive
and m0dern conflict, they have
used American money for years,
although they have never before
seen an American, and they light \
their fires with safety matches,
although they have yet to puff a
cigarette or pipe.
“Most distinctive about these
natives,” Captain Hansen stated
recently, shortly befQre the Alert
sailed from Juneau for its home
port in Ketchikan, “are their
teeth and their height.
“Although our ship dentist was
prepared to have hours of Wgrk,
he found hardly a cavity. Most
of the natives, too, are unusually
tall, over six feet, quite in con
trast tg the customary short sta_
tue of the Alaskan Eskimo.”
Discovery of the villages on
Nunivak took place from August
17 to 28, follgwing orders from
Coast Guard headquarters for the
Alert to render necessary medical
attention to natives on the Nuni_
vak shores, and to check the ac
curacy 0f the Coast Geodetic Sur
vey chart, on position of the is
land.
Medical Assistance
The cutter Alertt arrived on Aug
ust 17 a! Cerrovallamute, Eskimo
village of 18 inhabitants, used
mainly as a winter camp, and af
,ter rendering the required rnedi.
cal assistance, travelled on to
| S0okayamute, another charted
'village, of population of 15.
I Leaving the ma n route of con_
'tact^ Captain Ilansen proceeded
along the Nunivak Island c^ast,
coming upon a village never be
fore discovered by white men,
called by its inhabitants “Enga
Mute.” The natives spoke a com
pletely different language from
the native Alaskan Eskimos, and
'by physical features showed their
Siberian bl0od strain.
“Kohnealamute,” the second
: newly discovered village, yielded
a store of relics. Captain Hansen
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after asking the natives to trade
| some of their utensils for his ar
I tides, discovered that trading
: was tab0o in the community, the
! natives having been warned
'against it through their one con.
tact with the outside world,Ivan
off, a Prince of Wales Eskimo
trader wh0 occasionally traveled
between the island and Nome.
The captain learned, however,
that it was not taboo to dig up
relics from graves, and since a
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JOE HARNISH,
Agent
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Guilty Of Slaying
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Miss Kathleen Phelps, 18, shown in
the Hopewell, Va., jail, was given
a five-year sentence upon convic
tion of manslaughter for the slay
i'ng of her brother-in-law, Howard
JWatkins. She said she h~d a date
w th Watkins on a bet w :h her sis
ster, Wat' wife. (Associated
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man's entire possessions are bur-!
ied with Km, he found a large,
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supply 0f crude, primitive plates, -
scrapers and wooden doll images,
mosit of which he plans to present i
to the University of Alaska.
10(> Natives
Arriving some time later at a
larger Northern village, s0<;n to
be seen upon the map as “Meker
yog,” Captain Hansen discovered
106 natives. Frightened by the
sight of white men and the large
boat, neither of which they had
known ever to exist, the natives
crouched within their huts, ex_
pecting disaster at any rriQment.
The captain later learned that
they believed the Alert to be a ,
Russian man o’ war, of which le_ j
gend from years back had warn- j
ed them.
Mekeryog is the trading center!
of Nunivak, and with its 106 in
habitants, is one of the largest !
Eskimo communities in the n0rth;
yet till this August it was never
visited by white men. 60 child
ren there are of school age, yet >
without schooling. Miles away in
Nash Harbor, a Nunivak com.
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munity Qf 51, the Bureau of In.
dian Affairs supports the one!
school on the island.
‘The isolation of these com
munities is easily explained,” j
Captain Hansen stated, “for be
tween the island and the main
land the tide rips are s0 danger,
ous that navigation, except by
large and strong bonis, is practic.
ally impossible. The native in
his fragile kayak could never
reach the shore, even though the
distance is but thirty miles.”
Captain Hansen took a com
plete census of the population
while on the island, and reports
210 inhabitants. The previous
charts stating locations 0f the '
various know communities and
bays he found to be worthless,
ihe positions being 0ff center by
several miles.
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