THE GIANT
A STORY FROM UNALAKLEET
(From the 18lh Annual BAE Report)
PART TWO
The next day Kinak told her to
find a good place and build herself
a hut of hairs from his beard. She
looked about and chose a spot on
the left side of the giant’s nose,
not far from his nostril, and built
her hut from hairs taken from
his mustache. Here she lived for
a long time, the giant supplying
her wants by reaching out his
great hand and capturing deer,
seals and whatever she wished
for food. From the skins of wolves,
wolverines and other fur-bearing
animals that he caught for her she
made herself handsome clothing,
and in a little time had on hand
a great store of skins and furs.
Kinak began to find his mustach
getting thin, as she used the hairs
for firewood, so forbade her us
ing any more of it, but told her
to get some of the hair growing
from the side of his face when
ever she needed any. Thus a long
time passed.
One day Kinak asked her if . she
would not like to return home.
“Yes,” she replied, “only I fear
my husband will beat me again,
and I shall have no one who will
protect me.”
“I will protect you,” said he.
“Go and cut the ear tips from all
the skins you have and put them
in the basket. Then set yourself
before mv mouth and whenever
you are in danger remember to
call ‘Kinak. Kinak, come to me,’
and I will protect you. Go now
and do as I have told you. It is
time. I have grown tired of lying
so long in one place and wish
to turn over, and if you were here
you would be crushed.” Then the
woman did as she had been told,
and crouched before his mouth.
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At once there burst forth a
tempest of wind and fine snow,
and the woman felt herself driven
before it until she became sleepy
and closed her eyes. When she
awoke she was on the ground be
fore the house of Nikhta, but could
not believe it was so until she
heard the familiar howling of the
dogs. She waited until evening,
and after placing the basket of
ear tips in her storehouse, entered
her husband's home. He had long
mourned her as dead, and his
pleasure was very great when she
returned. Then she told her story
and her husband promised never
to treat her badly again. When he
went to his storehouse the next
day. he was very much surprised
to find it filled with valuable
furs, for every ear tip brought by
his wife had turned into a complete
skin during the night.
These skins made him very rich,
so that he became one of the head
men of the village. After a time |
he began to feel badly because
they had no children, and said to
his wife, “What will become of us
when we are old and weak, with
no one to care for us? Ah, if we
could but have a son.” One day
he told his wife to bathe herself
carefully, then he dipped a feather
| in oil and with it drew the form
! of a boy on her abdomen. In due
time she bore a son and they were
very happy.
(To be continued)
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that any
heretofore existing partnership arrange
ments or dealings relative to the Board
of Trade Bar, the Polaris Liquor Store.
Bar or Restaurant, Moonshine Water Co.
and any other businesses, between
JAMES D. WEST and C. M. READER are
dissolved, and creditors having dealings
with any of the above individuals con
cerning the aforementioned businesses,
are advised that, from the date of the
first publication hereof, reliance for pay
ment of any subsequently contracted
indebtedness, concerning the above, shall
be upon the person in their individual
capacity only and does not obligate any
former partner.
DATED at Nome. Alaska, this 26th day
of November, 1963.
/S/ JAMES D. WEST
/S/ C. M. READER
Pub.: Nov. 27, Dec. 4. 11, 18. 1963.
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Gambell Report . . .
By CLARENCE IRRIGOO
You name it the way you like
i it. I call it an ‘ Eskimo Flu” which, j
when one is sick with it, everyone
is sure to get it. Anyway, a sick
ness believed to have been brought
; ,n from Alaska mainland by trav
; elers hit our children mostly. As
sociated with severe colds, pneu
monia, draining ear and other
complications resulting high fever
with many children. The local
school closes for several days but
is open again. This sickness seemed
to be tapering off gradually except
! for few new cases who are just
beginning to sneeze and cough. I
can guess that our Nurses Aide —
Estelle Oozevaseuk — did not do
much sewing with her skin needles,
but she did a lot of shooting with
, her hypodermic needles!
Sudden death came to Mrs. Edna
Oktokiyok of Gambell last week,
possible cause was a heart attack.
She was not sick at the time. She
is survived by her younger sister
and brother both of Gambell.
Many nieces and nephews also sur
vived her.
Many of our young men will
be late for fox trapping this com
ing trapping season. In the past
and every fall, every able hunter
and trapper usually prepares and
lays fox baits 2 weeks before De
cember 1st. This time, they are not
going to do this. Every member of
the Alaska National Guard of the
local unit is training every day un
der the leadership of the Special
Forces this month.
Lake Troutman is thick enough
to land a single engine aircraft.
Wiens Cessna 180 is making use of
this nature’s landing field 5,280
feet wide by 15,840 feet long. In
December, it will be thick enough
to accommodate anything from a
single engine aircraft to multi-en
gine Jets!
Did you know this lake got its
name from a school teacher whose
name was Samuel P. Troutman?
Speaking of names — the hill
or mountain just behind the village
Alexander
utomotive
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Heuston and Betty Alexander
of Gambell used to be called “Mt.
Nebo."
AUGUST, 1923 — Steamer Beau
fort dropped anchor 5 miles off
Gambell. It was learned later that
the ship had been along Siberian
coast — stopping here and there
occasionally at Eskimo Villages.
For you who are interested: Copy
or copies of this incident in the
1923 Nome Nugget (Summer' are
available here. Also some black
and white photographs are avail
able taken by one tourist on Beau
fort at the time.
TO ALL CONCERNED: Did you
know that these Eskimos all along
Alaskan coast depend on seal, wal
rus and birds for a living. To
catch a seal or walrus and even a
duck, means hunting with a skin
boat 12 months a year. In this pur
suit of livelihood, the weather is
one important thing one must
watch carefully to avoid any emer
gency in boating. For several sum
mers these hunters benefit much
from the "Marine Forecasts” !
broadcast over KICY. Whoever is
in charge of this weather business
is not aware that there is boating
in Bering Sea 12 months of the
year, and not only few months of !
the summer.
WEATHER BUREAU REPORT
Continued fair tonight and to- .
morrow, little change in tempera
ture. Low tonight -21. High tomor
row 0.
Nome dal a last 24 hours as of 7
a.m. today: Temperatures: highest
0, lowest -16. Maximum wind 8
miles an hour from the Northeast.
Sunrise at 9:13 a.m., sunset at
2:26 p.m.
Comparative Data — Tempera
tures year ago today: high 10, low
-3. Extremes on this date since
1907: Highest 40 in 1943, lowest
-24 in 1948.
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DIES IN MINNESOTA
A letter to May Bale from Judy
Koplin revealed that her mother,
Mrs. Betty Koplin, had passed
away on Nov. 13. She died of
cancer.
Betty is well known to many
Nome folks as she and her hus
ban, Ray, owned the Golden Goose
Bar for several years. They had
moved to Aitkin, Minnesota, about
two years ago and there operated
a business known as Doc’s Resort.
Married people remain a mys
tery to each other in some ways
. . . only one in 10 U.S. husbands
knows his wife’s clothing sizes.
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Meets Every Monday Noon at
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Order of Eastern Star
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Worthy Matron
Bev Morgan
Secretary
Meeta First and Third Monday*
Anvil Lodge
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Charles Lewis, Act. Secty.
Meets First a *id Third Thu rad ay*
Of Each Month
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Don Hoover
Psaaldent
Virgil Vochoska
Secretary
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Meets 1st and 3rd Wednesday*
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