NORTHERN LIGHT
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E.E.Van Ness...
Editor
EDITORIAL
GOVERNOR STRONG
AND THE SCHOOLS
After a pleasant interview with Govern
or Strong we are prepared to state that
he is deeply interested in the native
Schools and the men and women in
charge of them. And especially is he
interested in the medical side of the
work. He is heartily in favor of the es
tablishing of more hospitals for the nati
ve;;,and of p itting in the field competent
n vin es for the remote places. Congress
should make the necessary appropria
tion for the needs of the field.Keep the
question before the people and the leg
islatures until the cry is heard and
the appropriation mac e.
The Northern Light is glad to state,
that in go vernor Strong we have a friend
and helper. Teachers have for a long
time known of the terrible suffering be
cause of lack of proper ,medical atten
tion.
Sermon
We once heard a noted preacher say,
'Sin is too big for legislation’.How viv
idly true it is.Good laws are imperative.
Goo 1 laws enforced are tetter .Good laws
respected are test of all. But in the hu
man heart there is a something too big
for Washington made laws.
The cunning of wicked white men
coupled with the weakness of the Es
kimo has lowered the morals to a depth
tcyond the scope of Blackstone.
We will have a better Eskimo when
we have a tetter white man, and we
will have a tetter wdrite man when he
lets God have His way with him.
MT.MC KISLEY
In an interview with Arch Deacon
Stuck of the Episcopal Church,we
learned that the Deacon and his little
band reached the summit on Jure ,7 th.
a bright cloudless day with the thermom
eter seven above. Tho so bitterly cold,
due to a strong north wind, that it was
quite impossible to stay there without
extreme suffering.
Ureat dimciuty was expeaienced in
breathing. And the least exertion made
it doubly so. There are two peaks,
which are some seven or eight mi cs
apart with a great bason between the n.
No animal life was seen at the sum
mit. Ice and snow capped the peaks.
Walter Harper, a half-breed Indian,
was the first of the party to reach the
peak. As far as known no other person
had ever stood there. Much difficulty
was met in the ascent. Dogs were used
as far as practicable,after which all bag
gage had to be carried by the explore's.
So difficult was the ascent,many re
lays had to be mac’e. Foot-holds had to
be cut in the solid ice,narrow ledges had
to be scaled,great crevices were bridged
and yawning chasims, in places, made
the head swim. Three weeks were re
quired in making an ascent of three
miles in one place.
From the base to the summit involved
a trip of some twenty miles. The trail
led along what is known as Muldow
Glacier. This glacier is broken in o: c
place by an almost perpendicular ice-fall
of some 4000 feet.
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