Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-04-01
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to Galivau Bay. After diseharging
part Of the cargo. they headed for
Hersclel Island. but on account Of
floating ice was unable to land. 50 put
into Point Barrow and left remainder
Of cargo. 4 missionary and his wife
are stationed here to teach the Es-
quimaux. They dress in furs and
live on whale plubber and seal oil.
These Indians are very similar to the
Japanese in features.
differ with Wins who said there
was no North pole, but that when the
sun reached certain point it slipped
into hole in the earth and came out
at the other side While at Circle
City in June there were eight days
the sun never went out of sight In
the winter the shortest day are about
four hours daylight, but no sun for
two and one-half months. Later in
the two and one-half months the sun
light can be seen shining on the tops
OF the highest peaks. and distance
lent enhancement to the view. Point
Barrow has six weeks darkness.
From Point Barrow we sailed as far
north as y degrees and 80 minutes,
and found a very strong current flow
ing to the north. The captain said
the farther north YOU went the strong
er the current was.
We called in at two Indian villages
in Eastern Siberia and took on some
reindeer to be taken to Dutch Har-
Dor. The Indians here are not self
supporting and have to BE helped BY
the government, which employs them
to take care OF large herds OF rein
deer This is what United States in
tends 10 do with those we took on
Sboard from Dutch Harbor, and when
they have been successfully intro
duced into this region, travelling with
them will surpass travelling with dogs
as the electric car does tn. horsecar
Boring straits are forty miles wide
in the narrowest place and here is a
current Of four miles an hour running
to the south. They freeze over in
the winter time so the natives cross
with dogs. The voyage across Bering
Sea was very rough one. The deep
est water sounded was twenty faith
,ms and some only six. The captain
- the vessel, who had sailed in the
Arctic seas for fifteen years, said that
in the bed Of the ocean here is a range
of mountains The inhabitants of
Uninak Island tell that in 1896 there
were violent earthquake shocks and a
severe storm from the northwest. On
the third day after the sky had clear
ed. it was found that an island one
and one-fourths miles long and three
fourths mile wide shaped like cone
2240 high, had been thrown up from
the depths of the sea. Some
years later hunters visited the
spot aud found the rocks too hot to
land. The island continued to grow
in height and circumference until
1928 and since then it has gradually
decreased and in 1884 it was but 325
feet high. In 1892 the Indians re-
ported Bogoslof as again smoking. In
SO Capt. Anderson Of the schooner
Matthew Turner sailed around the is
land and reported that another yolcan-
ic island had appeared and was then
active. The same year a shower OF
ashes fen at Onalaska and was sup
posed to come from there The first
official investigation was made in 81
BY Capt. Hcaly OF the revenue steam
er Corwin The new cone proved To-
be 1860 feet from the old one and CON
uected bv low sand spit, 326 feet
wide. The extreme length Of the IS
land is 700 feet; its general trend
southeast and northwest On the 1T
Of last February the sun was obscured
by cloud OF ashes, some Of which
fell III liberal showers at Onalaska,
fifty miles away. A pillar Of smoke
and flames, estimated to be sometimes
four miles high and sometimes fifteen,
| ascends high into the heavens. 1t is
ls5o miles from Galivan Bay to Dutch
SIarbor which is situated on the north
eide Of Alaska peninsula. One hun
dred and sixty miles from here is
where the fur seal lives on the islands
Of St. Paul and ST. George. The
United States has leased these islands