The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-02-05

One Killed his Coy and He Takes Ven
geauce Upon All He Can Find-A
Monument of Skulls-A Story of the
North.
From the San Francisco Call
While the revenue cutter Bear was at Princes
Island. Alaska. last summer. one of the explor-
ing parties found not far from shore habita-
ton that appeared different from any on the
island
1t was not SO much the shape of the house or
hut, or the manner OF its construction, but the
way il was decorated at the back.
IL was constructed of the usual material, mud
and old timber and in front looked exactly like
the dozen Of other houses of the people who
live near the Arctic circle. The roof was over
grown with a crop Of grass struggling for ex-
istence, and out of this protruded the usual
number OF poles surmounted by old battered
tin cans and buckets The fence was kept In
the best of order possible in that drearY corner
of the world, and the owner regularly decorated
the front with the hideous paints Of the native.
But the back OF the house was what attracted
the attention of the officers. Nothing like IL
was ever seen in any part Of the country where
tho EsQuimaux live. The whole end of the house
was covered with walrus skulls piled In rows
until they looked like the catacombs of Paris.
There were hundreds of them OF all Sizes from
the babys, no larger than mans fist, TO that
OF the mOnstrous bull, who could sink whale
boat in an instant Some of them were bleached
| and crumbling, and others we're fresh as If just
put in the pile.
The natives did not like the place and would
walk long distance TO get around t. Il was
not that they we're afraid of walrus skulls, but
they were somewhat superstitious knowing
| how the skulls came to be there.
The officers of the vessel became interested
and tried to find out why that particular hut
| should be different from others In the village
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learned, as most OF the natives seemed for some
| reason to be afraid TO talk about Il.
| After great deal Of urging it was learned
| that the owner Of the house was not native OF
the island, but had come there many years be
| fore on a whaler and remained. He married
| and became one Of the people, and every body
| thought as much of him as It was possible for
| such people to. The man was Scandinavian
| by birth named Wage His childhood's home
WAS near the north cape OF Europe, and he was
not at all out of place among his Arctic sur
roundings.
After his marriage he was very devoted 20 his
WIFE and his superior skill as hunter and
| fisher gave him greater means than the other
inhabitants of the village so she had better sur
roundinRs than the others.
Wage always had a smile for everybody and
his Jolly good nature and liberalty made all re-
spect him. Often when coming from hunt no
would divide all he had with those who had
none.
But when his boy was born was the bappest
moment Of his life, and he made up his mind
| that the child should be the greatest man in the
world
His education was commenced early, and
the fathers ambition stood good chance OF
| becoming reality. After the boy got old
enough he was never out of his fathers COM
pany He was taken everywhere and Wage
was the proudest man in the world.
But the fathers anxiety for tho greatness of
his son really caused the child's death.
| one day both we're out in the water In the
| fathers boat, and the little fellow was amusing
| himself splashing the icy fluid on his parent
| Both seemed very happy. but it did not last
| long. Before the father realized what had hap
pened large walrus came up to the boat and
pushed the child overheard
1t was only a seconds work for the father TO
| draw his knife and 20 after the beast. But the
walrus did not wait longer than was necessary,
| and In gong under the water one CT his tusks
| caught the child's clothing, and IL was taken
| below the surface. The father plunged in, but
| it was useless, and all he found to fight was a
| train of bubbles.
He swan back to his boat and got in, and
| soon the body of the child came TO the surface,
and was almost sinking again when the father
| got hold Of it and lifted it up.
But the little hands were cold and stiff, and
| there was no light in the eyes that gave the
father so much pleasure only short time ago.
Wage was a changed man after that and the
| villagers avoided him when possible. The child
was buried in the mound that forms the back of
the house, although the mother did not see the
sense OF such thing and did not Ike the idea
at all
After that Wage had but two ideas-to kill
the walrus that was the cause of the child g
| death and TO kill all the others as matter of
principle
He was a most powerful man, nearly seven
feet high, and none but the largest ever gave
him any kind of a fight.
He seemed to think that he would know the
particular Warus If he ever met him. At all
times he could see the mean little eyes looking
at the child "A moment before IL pushed him
overheard That moment was burned into the
father memory and he felt sure he would one
day meet the beast that was his most deadly
enemy.
After that he devoted all his time TO walrus
hunting. He scorned all the common methods
Of the tribe, because then he could not tell that
he had the particular beast he wanted, and in
stead went out only with his sheath knife
He would crawl over the ice for hours until
he saw one that looked like what he wanted .
| h o would then rush straight in front OF 1t and
| with his short knife in his right hand grab one
| of its tusks with the left His strength at such
times seemed TO DO super natural, and unless
| his enemy was a monster he raised it upon its
| tail and looked into its eyes a moment as IL ex
pectinR TO see the reflection Of his chiu's face
| there. But that made no difference, for the
next instant the knife was ia the creature 8
| throat.
The walrus were all surprised at this method
! of hunting, aud before they realized what was
the matter their throaJs were cut in dozen
| places.
Wage wanted some kind of revenge. and he
seemed to get it, for he afterward slashed al
the creature as long as there was culver ia its
| body. all the time hurting curses at fits tribe.
When be had spent its wrath he cut the head
| from the body and took IL TO his home, where
he removed the flesh. He looked at the grin
ming skull few moments, and then carried it
out and laid it on bis child's grave
his was his only pleasure Ia life although
il did him great deal Of harm. He was iso-
lated from the people that had adopted him,
and as he paid no attention to his wife she left
him.
But ne did not mind these things and il
seemed as II the only thing In the world that he
cared for was buried under the walrus skulls at
the back of his house
10 is more than likely that his thirst for re-
Venge will cause his own death It Is only a mat
ter Of slip Of the foot or his knife missing his
mark and one Of his enemies will send him to
Join his child
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