BATTLE OF CAPE BLOSSOM
When the Ticamuits came to
thierskin boats they just pushed
the boats and went in themselves.
When they were gone they had
no oars and did not V now how in
the world thier skin boats were leak
ing. So the same day they were all
drowned. And no one was left.
From that day the Ticamuits never
dared fight the Kickitarowmuites
any more.
REINDEER CAMPS
A letter from Oscar Andrewak
states that the whole herd at Igloo
talik numbered about 954. A part has
teen taken across Norton Bay and
some 50 sold, and a few strayed or.es
taken out which leaves the herd now
numbering some over 600.
The wolf, which has since been
killed, caught a number of the deer
last fall. Moody Etageak came a few
days ago and had his deer marked to
him. Samuel Neepalook a new ap
prentice for Norman Nullrorook is
doing well with the herd.
The herders are expecting the
coming of the fawns now. Thanks
for the “Northern Light.”
Note—We welcome newsy letters from
reindeer herders and teachers—Ed.
The silent force—Sunshine is doing
what man is incapable of mastering.
The snow piled in drifts, heaps and
hills all over the half million square
miles of Alaska is yeilding to the
silent power. How helpless indeed is
po>r, proud, gaseous man when com
pared with the omnipotent.
It would require earth’s population
toiling on thru ages to remove from
the bosom of Alaska the mantle of
whiteness that the silent sunshine
and balmy breezes laughingly do in
passing.
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into a looseness that lowers the stand
ard of morality, and makes the young
women an easy victim to the charac
terless white man.
The free mingling of the Eskimo
children countenance many customs,
in the way of speeches,actions etc,
which among themselves are quite
harmless. But, due to a different
training, the same customs etc. are
considered by the white man an invi
tation to improper advancement. As
a result this seeming temptation is
met with flattery, promises, gifts,
money etc. which leads to ruin. And
too often the girls are branded as
being noted for looseness when the
facts are that the white man h a s
taken advantage of the difference in
training. The remedy lies in the
hands of the parents who will have
to throw about their girls protection
in the form of proper training of the
children as to the relation erf the
sexes in their own homes and villages*
FASCINATING WORK
According to a former teacher of
Circle, Alaska,here are the prices
paid for the following commodities.
The pri es given are not prices
brought about by a scarcity of the
articles. In some portions of Alaska
they are some lower and in other parts
much higher. Flour $9.00 per hun
dered. carnation Milk $9.00per. case.
Eggs, in winter $1.50 per. dozen.
Eggs,in summer $1.00 per. dozen.
Apples $1.00 per. dozen. Oranges
$1.50 per. dozen.
Potatoes $1.00 for eight lbs. Calico,
Gingham etc $1.00 for 3 yds. Butter
80 cents per pound.
But still we love the work.