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MIDNIGHT SUN.
“ A. N. EVA NS, El) IT O R.
Published monthly
at
Cape Prince of Walr°r
Alaska.
BERING SEA
I.
We've reached the land of arctic fame
Where we are sure to make a name;
Wo love the seals, the fog, the rain,
' i; t great renown we’ll surely gain.
II.
Pull many a sailor points with pride
To cruises o’er the oceen wide;
lint they cannot compare with me,
I'or l have sailed the Bering S^a.
in.
Columbus and Balboa, too,
Ai d No!son formed a salty crew;
But they are fresh to you and me,
They never sail', d t ,e Bering Sea.
T ■\T
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Nodi has onr deep respect, i
And vet he was trot quite correct;
Jii.’t, lot Ararat, yon know,
lie should have touched on Bogoslow.
y.
WV breakfast, dine and sap on fat,
E d 'V'Eriih blubb >r and all that,
Bui] seals and whales ara our delight,
And polar bears we love to fight.
From -i Below Zero.
SIXTY MILES
ON THE ICE
KING ISLAND TO CAPE, j
Kitawoeua. a King Island native J
t-ame to Cape Prince of Wale last:
'.v in ter on an ice floe. For weeks he J
had been longing to see his child i
that he had leit with friends at the)
Car e, and when January came be i
could wait no longer. He v. a.ted unlit j
the wind changed to south wtst and j
determined to run the risk of reach
ing the mainland. 1
He took his hunting outfit consisting I
of snow shoes, walking stick, rifle and i
a little food, and stepping on a large I
floe was soon on his way to the Cape, i
sixty miles away. The wind continued I
steadily blowing and soon biought 1
• him near the shore ice, when jump-1
ing from floe to floe he reached land i
and was welcomed by his Cape
friends. After a visit of a month, he
1 again went on the ice and was blown
to his island home.
REINDEER HERDS
Th© Cepe reindeer herds are both
north of tie Cape ; oue near the mouth
of Mint li and tee other a few miles
coutli of Shishmareff Inlet.
The fawning season is now ©ver and
the hordes ere rejoicing over the
increase tin the number added to their
herds. Both herds have survived the
winter well and are in for condition.
la their winter quarters they had
little trouble with crust on the snow
raid only a moderate amount of snow.
A herd of about 100 was cut out
, about C iristmas and this together
with the herds of Kook and Karmun
were driven to Dee ing
Keokwck e npioyed ov the Govern! -
merit to superintend the herding oi
the deer, and Karmun was taken a
long to assist him.
A herd was also taken from Port
Clarence to TJnaJakleet to take the
place of the doer, taken to Betties on
the Koynkuk R.
LOCALS
Lucy, a native woman.and her hus
band recently cam? from theDiomedes,
where she i’as left by a whale ship last
fall. They l)oth carry marks of the re
cent. carousal following the visit of the
“Louise.” -r
A few weeks ago Rev. Ilosack of
Teller, vl-ited the Capo and preach
ed to a large audience.
Thunks ora duo C. J. Boyle Chief
Clerk It. M. S. at St. Michael for
securing the two extra mail trips for
May. Had the petition for the extra .
service not been granted, we would
havo been without mail for two
months. The larvt regular trip according
to contract let last summer arriv
ed April 20 th, a nd the first steamer
mail, Tune 17 th.
The Revenue Cutter Bear and
vhooner Laura Madsen are expected
In any day. The Bear will go north
The Madsen has supplies for the
Cape.
Ferd Quinn, concerning whom there
has been some anxiety is now about
eighty mile? north of the Cape, at a
native village, Oogevuk Quinn left
Nome eariy m the spring for Deeriug
with a machine weighing about 1500 I
pounds. He, left, the Capo May 15 th.
When near Oogevuk, the sleds
broke through the ice and took the
machine,supplies and every thing but
the dogs Into the sea. He secured sup
plies from the reindeer camp and the
last heard he was still there waiting
to raise the machine.
Ac At A. atk jA ilk rfkjfs. . Ac.
The Cape Keivbber
Transportation Co.,
is reauy to take contracts
for winter freighting.
A few sled deer for sale
Frank Iyatunguk,
Manager.
■‘W 'a®c's5r agii jy
i'1'4 4^6 (jr^4 6-i>4
OK-BA-OK.
Importer & Exporter
of Siberian & Alaskan
Furs.
Reindeer skins, artigas’ and sleeping
bags a specialty.
Walrus skins
and 'Frisks
At Ootooktok’s
buy your boots,
at Kitsenna’s.
b>EER LEG & WATER-BOOTS
MADE TO ORDER?
Oomiaks for sale.
See Ingesinok.
ANTED - All Kinds of
CURIOS. 11 lay ok.