VOL. 1. CAPE PRIXCE OF WALES, ALASKA, DECEMBER; 1905, JJ0.3.
THE
If. DEERING
ESKIMOS
By Bertha S. Cox
J.“Life is wLat we mako it.” This has
certainly proved true In ths life of tho
Eskimo.
At Deoring, we are glad to note Im
I .provoment iu lilies of industry and
: cleanliness. Early in tho spring, tho
i !natives went to Topkok sealing, and
■ returned with ft number for their wintors
supply. Soon after their return, the
Salmon h«t/an to run in the river and
iu luCw-, >j» HioIh T.iifr
I’ci.tch them. ( or a few days they caught
• three hundred at one time and during
i the throe weeks they succeeded in pro
i paring anddiylng several thousand flab
r Home of our natives have gone trap •
f ping and come home with one or two
1 hundred squirrels or muskrat. B-uside
the support they haro reoeivod from
these resources they have made a
part of their living by working for the
•w hites and at present they aro helping
with the new, commodious school
louse. From this, they will have a
t ood supply of staple foods for tho
printer.
. Not only has the building helped
them in this way, but it has also given
thorn new idoas.which they are already
lifting on then iglos. These people are
f radually making the quotation. “Clea
l liness Is next to godliness” practical.
- * ' Before moving from their iglos in
| he spring, the school ohildron took
'.i akes and denned off a place for their
:l eats. It was »in amusing sight to see
♦ hem out with rake, sled and shovel.
After a week’s cleaning, they began
o put up 1 heir tents,and have succeed
ed in keening theto comparatively
' uiean. This autumn, they are moving
tjhe village t a c»**an place beyond the
sohool ho-*o. At present there nre
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If. .
SHOT AT
[ TIN CITY
Til City Oot. 20, 1903. Ad accid
ent fhat might have provod f«.tal U):,
two men ocourrod here early this
moiling. Charles Carlson and WmJ
Piri», two miners, went out.duck hunt-4
ing 'ti a row boat. Carlson was row- -
mg ^nd his partner Bhnoting. The
gun;Would not work and Plrie struck;
the fireech over the aide of the boat.
Cge shell had been exploded end
wh«n tke gun struck, the second ei-;
pint bd. The shot through Pirie;
ar. :0_ l—=>a - »«-'*« in it aril.,
ten ing the pocket out of his pants.
1 tie shot then struck Carlson in the
leg* and groin. When examined Carl
son had forty four shot holes in him.
Fearing blood poison it waa deeided
to send him to Teller in a canoe.
TIN MINING
In spite of the winter weather sev
eral camps are working, regnlar shifts,
and drivlhg tunnels. A contraot has
been let by the U.S.Tfn mining Co. to
drive a tunnel. If the contract Is car
ried out, the company will have a 200
feot tunnel. Considerable prospecting
was done north of the Cape Mt. and
some work done on olaims already
; staked.
REINDEER HERDS
OFF FOR NOME
The Reindeer herders are getting
their sleds,and harness ready for tlielr
annual trip Nome. They will visit th€
mining oamps along the Kongarok R.
Gary’s Igloo, and Tel lor on the way.
1 They will sell as many deer as are
necessary to raise the money for their
annual supplies. This year they will
-take no cows. The deer are in fine
shape for market.
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DIOMEDES
!' ' NATIVES
The Diome ics Islands consisting of 7
the Big and Tittle Diomedes groups
are in_the taxing Straits midway be
twof n Cape l’rince of Wales, Ameiiea
and EastrOapv,Siberia. Tho two groups
of islands ant closo together and from
the American side appear as one
group. The International boundary
lino passes between the groups.
The islands arc so close'that the
natives mingle together and some
times spend half their time, on on q _
side of tii* line and half on tho o-rur. -7^7
I ~riit is1-.-—*'" f—» in t'1'' -,,
' lan<l of both countries but «J
lated as if they wore sevexai 7 ;i
miles away. During the open season——■
the Strait in so stormy that.makes
the passage difficult and v/hee made
it is often necessary to wait weeks for
a wind to leturn on. The only! whites
that visit the islands are on tht; whale
ships that stop there in the spring and
sometimes in the fall and aj occasion- ..
ai trading schooner. The Islands have . -
llttld or no supervision. The IftiRsinns
seldom visit their side and a Revenue
i 'utter sect out by the United States
sometimes nun. ;aon her annual tup.
The nativ -a id ways get a good sh-ek
molasses, s ig*i' and fleur and during
the winter months have consumed a
largo r>p.it of their time in making
“tongok.” (whiskey) and fighting.
So far as known only two white men
have attempted to winter on the is
lands and one of those waa killed la ,
1902, by BOiae hoys. Last J;ilv the
Revenue Cuttei visited the Little Plo
medes and took off the rhief *nd his
son and placed them in jail a?-?»llai
for selling whiskey. The staturnouts ••
of the natives indicate that th.v had
almost continual carousal duilng tbu
winter. Some of the nati ves pegged
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