St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-11-12
THE ICY NORTH.
A Lady Who Has Made Five
Trips to the Arctic's Frozen Re-

A Lady Who Has Made Five
Trips to the Arctic's Frozen Re-
gions.
San Francisco Report.
There is many an old whaler who ca
boast OF his oft-repeated trip to the
Arctic, but We doubt If there be many
aides In our midst who have exer gaZed
on the icy waters of that far-oif ocean.
There is residing at the Occidental hotel
Just at present lady who has visited
that frozen, forbidding region not once,
but hve tlmes-Soing further north on
three different occasions than any other
American woman. II we may except tho
now reigning Philadelphia celebrity,
Mrs. Peary.
Mrs. Healy, whose husband is the
commander of the United States rev.
enue cutter Bear, arrived in this city a
day or two ago on the Yorktown, hav-
Ing left her husband at the seal islands,
where he Is now doing patrol duty, en-
deavoring TO guard the seals from the
lnroads of the poachers who, until
recently fairly swarmed in those prom
isng waters. Mrs. Healy made her first
trip to the Arctic 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
ana quick observance, has gained an
Intimate knowledge of the manners and
customs OF the Indians living in that
far-off part of the globe. On her re-
cent trip she made five excursions to
the Siberian coast, in order TO obtain
the reindeer, with which it is hoped the
vast plains and steppes of the North
American continent may in time be
stocked. How important the success
OF this movement is to the future well
tare-the very existence of the tribes
lnhaoitating that reglOn-whose food
supply OF whales and walrus is yearly
growing less Is already widely known.
The reindeer are brought from the ST.
berian coast to Port Clarence, and al
ready herd OF about rs have been
landed there and are doing well. The
only thing 10 be feared is that the PEG
pie who are to be beneiited-in their
shlftless, shOrt-sighted way-may neg.
lect these animals when they are placed
III their hands. and allow them to perish
for want of proper care. On one trip
from the Siberian coast to Port Clarence
the Bear had on board thirty seven rein.
deer, which were purchased from Sibe-
ran EsquimauX at the rate of two rein
deer for a rifle and box OF cartridges.
Mrs. Healy had the pleasure Of meet,
ing and being Introduced while in the
North TO Father Toza, the head of the
Jesuit establishment away up the
Yukon river. The worthy priest gave
an encouraging account OF the mission
under his charge, and stated tnat the
Indians were being rapidly redeemed
from their barbaric state and filthy con.
dillon OF life. The Jesuits have in that
district Il day school and boarding
school. The younger lndians-that is,
the few who will submit themselves
entirely to the care of the fathers are,
first of all, washed, scrubbed and re-
| leved of their long accumulations Of
dirt-an operation of many days. They
are then clothed and taken into the in.
| Stitution as students. The others, who
| cannot give up their rowing life and ac.
| cumulated fifth, are taught as day
| scholars, when they feel like coming to
| school, but are kept apart from the
| others.
Inc Sisters of ST. Ann, two of whom
were also met by Mrs. Healy at POr.
| Clarence, have n convent on the Yukon
river, just opposite the Jesuit fathers.
They, too, are doing much to redeem
the savage maidens, and have already
seventy DOarderS III their institution, all
of whom are doing well and learning
very rapidly.
Except for their filth" said Mrs.
Healy, they are as fine race Of In
dians as any in the world. They are
quick to learn, handy at aIl'the me-
chanical trades and inclined TO be
honest. The good sisters told me, how
ever, that they had never dreamed that
any human beings could be so lost to
every notion of cleanliness as these
poor people. Filth seems 10 be their all
besetting SIM
Although Mrs. Healy has made the
Northern trip so often that it seems no
more than an ordinary undertaking for
her to pack up and start, she has como
to the conclusion that she has seen
about enough OF The frozen zone. and
this latest trip she hopes will be her
last.