The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-07-25
ESQUIMAUX FOR FAIR.
Natives From the Arctic Circle
at Port Townsend.
RE,Nosse COLONY THRIVING.
8seh Ptsser Misses YSssA 0s1sw Perry
Nile Grsek ~ Sealing sehssoss = Q.
Whsss BesssA--Caseh - Whaisrs.

Poer Tovssyxp. Jriy 2l.-tepecial. =
The ssrssn schooner Farailon. Capt. q. =.
Driscoll arrived from Port Csarsnre, near
the Arcssc circle. today, via 81. Miehsei's
lsssnd. issseh hssbog and UnaIAskA The
following sdvsces were received from Port
Carer ss 10 July H.
The s~ksfiny feet entered tha Arctic
oeean 7tsprt July 1. At Point Hope. set
tiemesl 30 miles further north. two whsi-
tng vessels had passed the winter. One Of
sHe ve.s,sess. . schooner, name unknown,
Vas 1rivsn ashore during south
sriy sale early in February. She
was erected 10 get Of unirjnred
dprinS the spnng- The SEA Vas
unasaslsy clear Of ice. and the whaling
feet anticipated good catch. The bark
Jesnssstss had taken four whales and
secured large quantity Of fus. The
cshsf ssssches wcre ~ follows: kariuk 4
Be.se!ieye 1. Orca 1. Thrssher and the
Belle "a 2 whales The Farallon brings
dos n q cargo Of sealskins and whaiebons
vsisss3 n about $4,000.
Miner w. Bruce. the weli-known Alaska
nsws correspondent. superb sendsns Of
che sosernment reindeer station. and HE
ass sssst. bruce Gibson. came down from
pest Clarence with eisven Esquimsux and
. rask Of Arctic siedge dogs. en- route TO
sts Worlds fair. In speaking Of the
prossc. Of importing reindeer from Siberia
aHi raising them for natives. no said TO
th@ Posr-frrxiIfegseEE correspondent to-
night;
Lest year Capt Healy. OF the Bear,
Transported 10 reindeer from Siberia TO
ksss Clarence. Myself and assistant. Glib
ses. had charge Of the station. During
SIC 1inter We only lost elsyen head. and
daring the spring sevensy-nins faxns were
tessH The natives easily learned 10 care
fss ts,en. and the prospects are that the
GasT will multiply In large numbers. Ii 10
rssous time something was done Co relieve
fissis wants. Seal and walrus arc becoming
~ scarce that 100 natives st Port Clarence
Jsst winter we're In great danger Of . fam
spe Over on the Siberian coast the Bear
yefsrtcd last June that about cne-haIf Of
tae herds were lost during the severe
saorms Of last winter. Al the Port Clar-
snce station the desr we're In excellent
roedition and had IN abundance Of food
during the winter.
''The published statements Of DR.. Shell
don Jackson. superintendent Of education
of Alaska. that the natives were in de-
ploFabIe condition. very mildly expresses
reality. Each year zeal and wairus are
becoming scarcsr and the successful i'm
p1rtation and culture Of reindeer 10 the
oaly way the natives can BE- sustained
tsiscugh the long. rigorous winters Of ten
usonths.
Last year the general government al
lnwcd an appropriation of 5000 10 carry
en- the reindeer experiments in Alaska.
Turing the last session the senate and
house committees on agriculture By .
unanimous vote recommended an appro-
priation Of ". W0 for next years work.
Tho natives that brought down for
Chicago are good specimens Of those
Northern tribes"
The Esquimnux we're the attraction Of the
day. The little group II composed Of four
men. three women and four children.
Dressed In their arctic furs, aud sur
rounded by band Of ravenous dogs. they
presented an attractive scene and were
visited BY hundreds Of people. They are
exceptionally good looking, and the wo-
men have physiques and forms that would
put to blush many = society belle.
Al Fort Clarence Capt. Heaiey. Of the
Hear. ssired q whaling bark for selling
whisky 10 the natives. After imposing .
fnc Of 80 the vessel was released
The sealing schooner r. q. White. Of
Fan Francisco. was seized ut Dutch Har.
Dor July II by the United States man-of.
var Petrol for violation of the customs
laws. The White was detected transferring
= cargo of seal skins while In Alaskan
waters to another vessel. A prize crew
Was placed ON board. and Capt. Nicoll
Ludlow, Of tho Mohiean. ordered the
schooner tn be taken 10 Sitka for trial.
A. ". Lavender. special agent Of the
department.. who was sent TO St. George
tE "a gA tsw<
catch OF seals. arrived down with his family
en- route 10 fankton. s. n. lie was re.
i'evsd by Special Agent Hale. of Ohio.
Special Agent Murray. of ~. raul's island.
was also notified by the government tha,
h's services would not be required after
July l.
DR.. l. A. Soyes. who has been stationed
OH ~. Georges island for thirteen wears.
more or less, Was among the passengers.
lie said.
I'm isss during twenty-six working
days hslosa seals were easily taken by ,h,,
iaf company. Last year the company by
hssd efforts killed ..aoo during the sea.
sea."
News has been received at st. Michael
Island thss SONS new and rich placer
mines haa been discovered a few hundred
miles below fosiy-miie creek on the
Yukon river.
More fars and skins from the interior of
Alaska have been brought on, this season
by the natives than usual
The farallon will load a genera, e,r.o
aud sai for Tnalaska next Saturday. The
steam schooner feriha IS due 20 arrive
nom Bering sea Angus. Ia
The bark j. II. Peters. which sailed from,
Nanas'no Tor Port Clarence with a cargo o;
eoal. vas caught in an ice Toe in northern
Hersng sea last June and was detained in
the zee three weeks before The vessel Va,
released and sos TO her port of destination.