Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1853-11-25
INHABITANTS OF TIE ARCTIC REGIONS.

/ INHABITANTS OF TIE ARCTIC REGIONS.
From Capt. cClurc's dispatches British Admiral
~ VIC make The following interesting extracts
AUGUST lthIn the morning .ac weather cleared little
and discovered 10 Joncss Island An piece of wood
70 thc shore attracted Inc attention Of td officer of the
gaSh boat wac sent Ia mime IT, when il appeared 10
piece Of drift wood which had been squeezed the
ICE The shore was strewed with it, ana spar
large as cur manmas and 10 feet in length We erected
ehrn and left notice. In forenoon about 80 natives
came oil in tya baijnrs from whom oblanei some fish
aud ducks in exchange for lle tobacco. They had been
ahoul Two months on lie coast and trade win he Russian
Fur Company
Their surpri: Of course, very great particularly
The size Of handkarcheis 1.-THE saJ The whaeboars
aced their aention, and they asked If trees in our
counfy Sufficiently large 10 make hem The head man
possessed gun, with Barnett S0 upon the ock; this
ne obtained from the Russians A fair specimen e the
people their aptitude Tor trade the
Following may be takcr :-Seeing That the
into pieces give in exchange for their fish samon trout
they Eegnn 10 do the same with the fish rnis, however
terms.
During The afternoon while Standing nlong a low Hat
Island we observed flag "a pair OF seal skin inexpressbIe
upon lofty pole, and number OF natives around il;
suod for hem but when the boats pulling in they
peaed regret their cmey for down the seal skin
and away RAM shortly gaining courage they returned
and approached arranged themselves n line upon the
beach, and commenced extending their above their
heads Uypcal OF endship) which bciag answered from
the bouts perfectly assured them Of our aIncablc nlenons
Upon landing They evnccd most manly confidence, rub
bng noses and embracing most vigorously these very
ceany, that the operation not unpleaSaat as II
otherwise might have been.
Through tho interpreter Mr. hlertschng learned that
these people had before European had they
the smallest article OF European manufacture about them.
euenan Pulen5 hOas they observed last year. but they
distance OIL and consequently had no communal
catinn) They live during the summer months upon these
desoalc islands, and in the winter retire short distance
on the mainland 10 their residences. Their
women and tents upon another island. They were
fine, active set OF young men, average height about
five feet six inches These barter their skins &c., with n
tribe further west who, in their turn DO the with
others until they reach the Russian post upon the Covic
To them iatrusted despatch for their L0rdShps, which
they promised faithfully should be forwarded 10 the
Culvllc. made them few presents, also bnal's ensign
in commcmoralon Of the first min-of war whose 1g has
ever oaled iu these sttrs regions. The magnifceuce OF
the gilt they coul not lo time comprecnd and were
oalh touch it, bu, length the interpreter made them
iersand il them by great chief, and in return
they were be- very kind 10 u white they met and
show hGm; all this They promset The chief then seized
in his and the island 10 his follow
ed by The remainder ni his tribe and doubt hurried with
the joyful lidinGs 10 the women.
Here Is Of tribe, met with Point War
rem II seems they Maine Law
TIE chief stated that they with the neghbor-
ing tribes and had occasUnal skrnishes with hc Indians
they had communication with any person belonging
the Great River Macken2ie) nor had they any white
peope before when the freezes he latter end Of
mon The whole tribe proceed west and trade with the
EsGuiInauX whom had near JDne5s Island. The n-
terpreler told him that had found brother in the chief Uf
one of those tribes whose Aauwas the Old chief
cappcd his hands and said he knew him well that he was
the great chief Traded w!h and their FOR going such
distance in preference The Mackenzie, that the
white men given Indians very bad water, which
nrd, fno;eh t'-"-hH ~" 'hr -~
would not have any such water from this II evidently hp-
pears company lose annually many valuable SKINS
which find their way to the Covic instead OF the nacSen'