NORTHERN LIGHT
Published monthly by the Unalakleet
•fr* ESKIMO SCHOOL
IT.ia'iakleet Alaska
Two degrees below the circle
Ot» Bering’s rugged shore
Where the murmur of the river
Meets the billow's ceaseless ro.tr.
K. K. Van Ness Editor
Twenty Five Cents per year
KDITOKIAL ANI) COMMENT
UNALAKLEET 8 AWAKENING
A great revival is in progress at
the Swedish Evangelical Church.
For twenty days we have been as
sisting Rev. August Anderson.Thus
far in the meeting many old sores
have been eradieated;some who have
i>een at sword's point for a longtime
have grasped hands and forget the
ugly past. Unclean family relations
were declared off. Perhaps one of
the greatest achievmentsof the meet
ing at this writi' g was the conversion
of Mr. Eric Soosuk and his entire
family. For years Eric has been a
noted gambler and alround tough
character. Uncle Sam has had him
lined up,but to no avail.lt is indeed
gratifying to see him taking an ac
tive part in Christian work. He says
he wants the privilage of speaking at
the Shaktoolik Fair to his former
friends with whom he once gambled
and tell them of the better way.
There have been upwards of fifty
bright professions. Fourteen of my 16
pupils have professed conversion.
ITnaiakleet is certainly awakening.
'I'hree of the l>est young men of the
village have recently talked with me
of their hojies of going up the coast
to h*»!d some meetings at the vil
lages.
In the very first number of the N.L.
we said “That sin was to big for leg
islation. ’’lint we knew that God with
willing subjects could, do what seems
to the natural man, the impossible.
SCIENCE BAFFLED
According to rejiorts a very pecu
liar form of contagious heart disease
that seems to baffle the Medical Staff
at imalakleet,broke out recently al
most in our midst.
It seems that two or three teams
left Sliuktoolik for this place. Two
teams were in the lead.Oscar, driving
the third team which left a half hour
after the others, tho driving furious
ly was unable to overtake the advan
ce te ims l'he weather was clear
and everything favorable for a quick
run to Foot Hill Road House. On ar
ivi ug Oscar found that the teams had
not shown up. Some little uneasiness
was felt, and it was decided to make
a back run over the trail if the lost
teams did not show up in a reason
able length of time. However, some
hours later they came in. And now
comes the batfling part of the episode.
One of the teamsters, along in the
forenoon, had some jteculiar heart
(possibly stomach trouble) which
atTected his mental powers, for the
team was allowed to go here and
thereat its will.The unfortunate man
was ccnscious but dazed and aimless
ly hung to the handle bars and fol
lowed toand fro over the the tundra.
The peculiars’ put was that the
other te mister’and a pass urge r we re
affected quite si nilar and at the
same time. For so disturbed was his
mental powers (d te to poor circula
tion )that he pulled off his parka and
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