San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-11-25
A WOMAN'S ARTIc TRIPS.
The Wife of an American Naval
officer who has Visited the
far North Five Time.

nS "lIS VI ali HIIlOIi Sotil lNclN al
officer who has Visited the
far North Five Time.
From the San Francisco Report
There is many an old whaler
who. can boast of his oft.repeated
trips to the Attic, but we doubt if
there be many ladies in our midst
who have ever gazed on the icy
waters of that far off ocean.
There is residing at the Occident.
al Hotel just at present a lady
who has visited that frozen for.
bidding region not once, but five
times-gOing further north on
three different occasions than any
other American woman, if we may
except the now reignnig Philadel.
phia celebrity, Mrs. Peary.
Mrs. Healy, whose husband is
the commander of the United
States revenue cutter Bear, ar.
rived in this city a day or so ago
on the Yorktown, having left her
husband at the seal islands, where
he is now doing patrol duty, en-
deavOriDg to guard the seals from
the inroads of the pOachers who,
until recently, fairly swarmed in
those promising waters. Mrs.
Ii ealy made her first trip to the
Attic nearly nine years ago in the
steamer Corwin, making two
other trips in the same vessel.
The last two were made in the
Bear, and she being woman of
clear understanding and quick OBJ.
servance, has gained an intimate
knowledge of the manners and
customs of the Indians living in
that far. off part of the globe. On
her recent trip she made five ex.
cursions to the Siberian coast, in
order to obtain the reindeer, with
which it is hoped the vast blains
and steppes Ofthe North American
Continent may in time be stocked.
How important the success of
this movement is to the future
welfare-the very existence of the
tribes inhabitin g that region
whose food supply of whale and
walrus is yearly growing less, is
already widely known. The rein
deer are brought from the Siber.
ian coast to Port Clarence, and
already a herd, of about 175 have
been landed there and are doing
well. The only thing to be feared
is that the people who are to be
benefited-in their shiftless,
short sighted way-may neglect
these animals when they are
placed in their hands, and allow
them to perish for want of proper
care. On one trip from the Siber-
ian coast to Port Clarence the
Bear had on board sixty seven
reindeer, which were purchased
from the Siberian Esquimaux
the rate of two reindeer for a rifle
and box of cartridges.
Mrs. Healy had the pleasure of
meeting and being introduced
while in the North to Father Toza,
the head of the Jesuit establish,
ment away up the Yukon River.
The worthy priest gave an en-
couraging account of the mission
under his charge, and stated that
the Indians were being rapidly re.
deemed from their barbaric state
and filthy condition of life. The
Jesuits have in that district a day
school and boarding school. The
younger Indians-that is, the few
who will submit themselves en-
tirely to the care of the fathers
are, first of ali, washed, scrubbed
and relieved of their long accu.
mutations of dirt-an operation
of many days. They are then
clothed and taken into the institu.
ton as students. The others who
can not give up their rowing life
and accumulated filth are taught
as day scholars, when they feel
like coming to school, but are kept |
apart from the others.
The Sisters of st. Ann, two of |
whom were also met by Mrs.
Healy at Port Clarence, have a
convent on the Yukon River,
just opposite the college of the
Jesuit Fathers. They, too, are
doing much to redeem the savage |
maidens, and have already seven.
ty boarders in their institution,
all of whom are doing well and
learning very rapidly. Except