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In The News
FROM FAR ALASKA.
[The courtesy of the Kittredges of Glynden enables us to reproduce
(somewhat imperfectly with everyday type) a unique little publication
received by last mail from their son-in-law, Mr. Lopp. It is a mournful
coincidence that is publication here should be in the same issue with
the story of the tragic death of his co-laborer, Thornton, the gentleman
who was the present Mrs. Lopp's fellow-voyageur to that country in 1892.
See news paragraph on preceding page. - Ed. News.]
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The Eskimo Bulletin.
Only Yearly Paper in the World.
Largest circulation in the Arctic.
Cape Prince of Wales, Alaska
Vol. 1, No. 1
May, 1893.
WHISKY IN THE ARCTIC.
The liquor question in the Arctic is a question of self-preservation to
white residents and the Eskimo race.
The missionary teachers have been shot at and their lives threatened by
drunken men this year. When sober, the natives are friendly. When drunk,
they want to avenge their relatives killed in the "Gilly affair." One
bottle of liquor might be the death of us all.
Eluk'suk shot and killed Ing-i-zing-ya'-hok last fall. Both were drunk.
Last summer two C. P. of W. canoes went to Indian Point, Siberia (250
miles) for liquor to trade on Kota. Sd. and here, during the winter.
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LOCAL ITEMS.
Population 1892, 527.
Average daily attendance at school, 160.
Ta-ne-na has just purchased a new forty-two foot canoe.
Mr. and Mrs. Thornton are preparing for the walrus hunt.
A mid-winter mail was carried from Pt. Hope to St. Michaels, a distance
of 700 miles, on dog and deer sled.
In July, Kar-mow-roh was luck enough to find a big seal cast ashore. It
had been killed probably in the preceding May.
The three Eskimos who were carried off on ice in December drifted ashore
south of Port Clarence, twenty days later.
In accordance with an ancient custom, last December moon, eighty C. P.
of W. people visited the Ky-yeaz'-a-meets' 75 miles south-east, and
engaged in a social feast and dance. Many vaulable furs were given and
received as presents.
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RURAL NOTES.
POINT. HOPE.
School prosperous.
Eight white bears have been killed.
Mr. Marlin says there are no furs this winter.
W. T. Lopp and wife were the guests of Dr. Drigg last week.
Capt. Tildon thinks he will get his Schooner out of the river all right
in the spring.
Three C. P. of W. families who tried to reach Pt. Barrow last summer are
reported to be starving to death just north of Cape Lisburne.
Feb. 21, '93 Wunga.
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PORT CLARENCE.
Reindeer thriving.
Supt. Bruce's health is improving.
Moses, an Indian boy from up the Yukon, is the latest arrival at the
herding school.
Mr. Gibson made a trip with dog sled to Golovon Bay in March.
W. T. Lopp made the station a flying visit last month.
May 1, '93. Wugook.
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MARRIAGE NOTICE.
Lopp-Kittredge -- Aug. 22d, 1892, by Rev. A. S. McLellan, Mr. W. T. Lopp
and Miss Ellen Kittredge. U.S. papers please copy.
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SOCIETY.
Mr. and Mrs. Thornton of the East End gave a dinner party in October.
Among the invited guests were Mr. Bruce and Mr. and Mrs. Lopp.
Supt. Bruce of Reindeer Station and Mr. Dexter of Norton Sd., spent ten
days in town last March.
Mr. and Mrs. Lopp entertained Mr. and Mrs. Thornton at dinner Christmas.
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FASHION.
Tooh-twoi-na has a new pair of safety-pin ear rings.
Ke-rook sports two of Dr. Drigg's glass bottle-stoppers for labreta.
Kum-muk is out in new trowsers of the finest 'Sperry's flour' cloth.
A-yar-hok has a new overcloak of the fashionable "dried peaches" brand.
He got the bags from a ship.
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Subscriptions for the benefit of the Mission may be sent to the
publishers, Thornton & Lopp.
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