The Eskimo bulletin. [volume], May 01, 1902, Page 4, Image 4

About The Eskimo bulletin. [volume] (Cape Prince of Wales [i.e. Wales], Alaska) 1893-1902

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• SHENANDOAH” IN
BERING STRAIT.
Many of the older Eskimos claim
to huso seen the Confederate cruiser,
• ‘Shenandoah,” destroy the whaling
Hoot. These natives were probably not
more surprised than the helpless wha
lers whoso ships were about to be de
stroyed The sight of this strange ship
firing upon the defenceless whaling
vessolB, netting them on fire, and sink
ing them, gave the natives who saw It,
a scare which they will never forget.
They were out in the middle of the
strait, hunting walrus. But when the
“Shenandoah” began her work of do
st notion, they h st no time la putting
more distance between their skin boats
and the ‘‘fire ship.”
Tliis was prob
ably the first
steamer these Es
kimos had over
seen. But they
failed to recognize
it as such. Seeing
it among the bur
ning, and sinking
ships, It did not
occur to them,
that it had any
other means of
.ocomotion, than
that of its sails.
A few weeks
later, they found,
washed upon the
beach, chain-shot
which they think
were used by the
“Shenandoah/ in
destroying the
whalers.
DliOWNEIh
Ko - whoa, a
young man living
atMit le tok, was
drowned, by cap
sizing his Ki-yak.
He was only a
short distance
from shore, duck 4
hunting, when
the accident oe
eured. J|
Winter Movements
of Reindeer
Herds.
Two old herds have changed loca
tion, and two now ones ha- e been sent
out from the government station at
Teller.
The herd owned by Mary An-te-si
look and other Eskimos, has moved
from Sinrok, to Unalakleet. The
Point Hope herd, owned by E-lek
toon, and Ah-iook, has been driven
north and combined with the Point
Barrow herd. Of the two herds taken
from the big herd at Teller, one num
bering two-uimdred, has been sent to
Cape Blossom, Kotzebue Sound, and
the other, containing one-hundred, to
! Norton Sound.
STARVED
AND FROZEN.
Ou April, 8, two seal-hunters found
a corpse on the drifting ice. They rec
ognized It to be that of Az- It-na-oo-vik,
a young man from the Big Diomedes
Island. The soles of his boots were
worn through, and his face emaciated,
indi ating that ho had wandered many
days before he died,
ilis body was hauled to the rocky
point of tiio Cape, whore it was put
into a box, and buried.
This young man, in company with
Oo-tok, and Nagokpeediook, \vns car
ried out to sea, from the kBig J)iu
modes,” February 4. Four days later,
Na-gok-pe ed-look regained the island!
reporting that the other two had in.
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GUESSING CONTEST.
2 When Will the Bear Anchor at the Cape?
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To the Eskimo maklntf the nearest auees, the Bulletin will present a
suit of clothes. The contest closes May, Si.
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OK-BA-OK.
Importer and Exporter of Siberian and Aiaskan Furs.
WOLVERINE, BEAVER, SILVER FOX,
MATCHED J)EER SKINS, OTTER, BLUE FOX,
WHITE DEER-LEGS, MARTEN, CROSS FOX,
GRAY WOLF, MINK, RED AND WHITE FOX,
POLAR BEAR, BROWN BEAR, BLACK BEAR,
SKIN CLOTHING, IVORY, AND CURIOS, ALWAYS IN STOCK.
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