The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-09-14
POLAR REGIONS.
three Years Among Eskimo
and Arctic Ice FiOes.
sxps RENEE or REV. e. II. EpsoN
saeA~p Caines aad the Appvoashsns
edfss EptscopaI Chasch.

e~sra Alaska yesterday vas the Rev z
. E1son. Of Rochester. ~. T.. VINO ar
go. via the AI-Ki. The gentleman sas
s<~o tor three years missionary OF the
2 ctarea a. Point Hope, Alaska g
s,xrses = minutes, north latitude sonxs-
,sAA vest ~ t~gyses. q minutes midway
Assser Cage Llsosirn and Thorn 2son.
.s.xrs e miles north Of the arctic circle
80 by ffl- mezi direct voute 1SA mica
rorsh Of civilization He had win aim q
sxsoeY Of Eskimo rurios, such a. an
smnsnse boa strung with deer siEews
anS strong enough 70 send an arrow
4 ,9 feet through man. baskets made
- grasses. etc. Speaking OF the TAR OF
NILSSON. ar E.dsoE sasd:
oar Protestant Episcopal church mis-
ssan vas established tr 1881 By John e.
prtggs VI y. who had served consina-
easiv ~ 70 .hree years ago. al which tine
h. hae fook q nneh needed rest and visit
~ re Eass The mission conducts A day
s~hco for young p~~op.e st TIg-a-ra- which
II N the Eskimo language means a nnger
and Point HOPE. apon which the village
= locAied. ~ finger of land leading into
ire Arctic OCEAN. The people are pure
Eskirnos living under their own peculiar
cs~sms and in their own novel hats The
village which II a, the vest end Of Point
Hope. contains a population Of zsn TIE
shsrty-sour and fraction by the day for
The shoe term THE largest number pres
tag on any one occasion wss forty-sey~r
Ths school n FOR tire children. We tea<.n
tie elementary English branches sucn
a rsAs.ng. writing. geogra !sily and arfth-
nssir TIE Eskimo children are tHsi a. ap,
g their learning az children anywhere
Taey arr sfudlous focile subject easily
70 sssrieline. kind and they are by ma
syre 'rw'hfui and honest have never
known - anything A. the mission being
eoien They took with scorn and speak
vsih contempt o. thief or lar o. their
esn race Fhey are apt eopyisis and all
., them quickly learn D~nrnausnsp and
eomA 81 mem have become expert In thar
6-A~ffen IN addition 20 ne usssai studies
arf work are have conducted religious
Studies which consists Of reading OF
srso;ar~ IN EnEs~h ana preaching m the
Eskimo tongue White az this mission
acquired spfTiciency OF the Eskimo
lsns3axe to Conduct school and dis .hargr
Ire other suties Of missionary position
n. language Is purely oral T~.ey have
neither letters nor characters Of any kind
70 represent the sounds Of their language
TIE younger people have acquired
sno~iedge Of the English alphabet ard
raw can write their own words in thar
language
@Ton'rary 30 expectations and IDEAS de-
Yiyed eFcrn reading about the Fskfrnas I
ssrnd them tall weu-devetoDed. dark
eyed dark olive hue conpiexiones race
recall raay Of them that are 80 tall a.
Eyssls and I stand feet inch fr nv
Shoes They are indeed men and women
Of fine physique They are kindly. OF a
coei'e deposition gentle and allow 10 re-
ent Injuries
TIRE mean annual temperature a. Point
Here Il Is Fahrenheit or about Il degrees
below the freezing point From twenty TO
tv.n'y fngr inches be'ow the surface the
GRAND IL perrctuaFiy frozen. ard few
Inches lower perpetual tee is found There
Il no raw material In these Arctic regions
10 he converted into manufactured goods.
- the Esklnos wail never become farm
ers Or mechanics. bar must continue weat
fhey have been srorn time smrern srfst
fAat ~ hunters. The animals they take
m hunting are the so-eailed reindeer
which after all are not reindeer. bat Rar-
rsn Carfhno: hair seals walrus whales a
ssw Rocky mountain sheep lynx wolves
'ev wolverines snt pDlar bears A.
RE The iate- part ~ september or about
'ae fret % October th@ currents OF the
Arctic scean run southeriv. at wh.-h time
ne whales also leave the Arctic oesan
cong through nerinr straits 70 Bersng
YEA and possibly into the Pacific ocean.
tsafHs 90 tH@Ae snff hNrfy currents
2efssi pack ice 30 rh- extreme north TO-
ssra the much songh, for north pole.
moves 10 'hs south This pack Ice IL tire
acme 81 the Polar bear ard wairsts. thus
shsv are hrouwhs from extreme rarfhev'y
~r1ons - FAR sauta 81 Georges Isl.
sns u R~rsng sea Large numbers .. them
e'oss from The moving mack onto the Zoe
N~-ar the Zee 'hst forms from h~-dls 8
70 seaainnd, Hillng the various nights -
~
sHe sears pass across fne saes 20 the
sess' Natives go on, on the sea Zee 70
Fas' TIE hears ws'rals ana seals The
4sss winter there were sftv-thrce Polar
eNsss Killed a. Point Hope THE natives
asfe largely abandoned their naFsvs wesp~
efs such as ne bow ard arrow snea~.
20 ether reie devices nna row use m.
af.e man's improved nawazsnc RTE with
eessfv s~ect
Tisst here appear the ahsursFtv snsf sn-
Iasfies - 80 ffnis@s Stste~ regulations
'oarR'7F fhe 'rtro'us tor ~ improved Ere
- among fh@ rskiuas Ger tse govern
er' snr''e~ - thrss people ne laws sne-
esssv devised to regulate IRE conditions
'as sr''ans ~ re Western states and
.Eef'erfes Tenrsvinx these latter Indians
7frarTns = altos % them aftAer fans.
reservations ar ~ seve~aftw furnishing
Asn implements ~ agriculture hor~es
80 grain nuf ~ addition thereto dur
y the period ~ 9Aefr earliest EFFORTS az
As07F sahsii ges them WITH A certain
80 ~ money pr csnifs n4r snnurYa THE
government gives tie r~kfrnos nothing
- - heSess STATED shere csn ~ no ax-
.NN"afr conducted II ne Arctic regions.
50 vel rsm@fa etnrfaE still TIRE govern
fFt foretas ne introduction ~ Improves
'NaFrns snH axea ammunition among his
500 kindly ~Rrs bat every shfn that
s1Ns fnt0 th~ Arcfir so trade NtfA fhr