The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-13

returned only loo deer. Inere were 100
nj Port Clarence, but four died on the
slort drive to Cape Prince of Wales.
These deer are all inferior to those
wcaned to Jarvis. Many Of them are
SEX. There are no sled deer among
item. Now, the Government has at
Inalaklik ZOO excellent reindeer. The
surplus to be returned ought to come
rom that herd and not from the scrub
deer that were collected at ST. Law
renee Bay last winter. The natives
want their deer back now. Captain Tut
lie wrote to Point Barrow and Point
Hope directing that the deer at those
places be turned over to the native
herders who would come from Cape
Prince of Wales for them.
This is the reindeer situation: Re
ceived from w. T. Lopp and natives of
Cape Prince of Wales, 1884, bought of
Loops natives, 9; bought of Charley
natives, 5; received from Charley at
Point Rodney, 1873; Bertholf got from
Government herd, 3; Jarvis got from
Government at GoloVine Bay, 2; total,
AS.
Killed and lost on trip, not counting
"a recovered and driven to Point Hope,
30; killed for food at Point Barrow lSO'
at Point Hope 10; died at Point Barrow,
l; fawns born at Point Barrow 254, at
Point Hope %; fawns died or were
trampled to .th at Point Barrow a.
at Point Hope /; fawns survived, 2l4;
remaining at Point Barrow 391, at Point
Hope As; total remaining, 49,
The hard trip so near the fawning
season (for the fawns began to arrive
ha a Point bar
row weakened the COWS. Naturally,
herded at home, there would have been
more births and fewer deaths, and the
natives would now have even more deer
than these due them. The Government
IS bound to return to them not only the
deer actually lent. but the fawns that
would have been born and have sur
vived had they remained at home.
Not only that, but considering the
privations that they have undergone
this winter the natives should be
treated by the Government not merely
with Justice, but with generosity. 1t
should return to the natives the best
deer that it owns. 1t should draw
from the herd at Unalaklik, not from
the inferior animals at st. Lawrence
Bay. We cannot know yet whether the
extraordinary drive of 600 miles has
weakened the herd or not; but, taking
the actual survivals, the Government
now owes the natives at Cape Prince
of Wales and Point Rodney APT, in
crease PA; total, GAL. DR.. Jackson re-
turned $50, less 4 that died-156, bal
ance 4S5: at Point Barrow and Point
Hope, 439; still due 49, And some of
the sixty-flve fawns that died might
not have died had their mothers not
been weakened by the hard drive to the
frigid zone.
On December 16, 1897, the Laplanders
left Port Clarence with $50 deer and
they arrived at Unalaklik, 200 miles
distant, on March %. 1898, or ninety-six
days The natives left Cape Prince of
Wales on February 3, 1898, with AS
deeer, drove them 600 miles in fifty-five
days. arriving at Point Barrow on
March 30, 1898.
At Cape Prince of Wales, Utenna,
Kivyearkruk. chucarijhok. Kukera.
Ituk, Tautuk, Sokweena and Keuk we
landed native herders, who had re-
manned with the two herds during the
winter. On the 23d we reached Port
Clarence, finding the Newport, Jeanette
and the coal bark j. D. Peters. The
Thrasher was there, having got no
farther north than Point Lay. She had
not even got our mall when she was at
Unalaska. From time to time we have
transferred our passengers to diff
ferent whaling vessels, but we left
Port Clarence on the night of the 23d
with the following men on board:
From the wrecked whaler Jessie II.
Freeman-Captain w. P. S. Porter, e.
H. Bolles. A NJ. Ripley, James Denny.
A j. Allen and w. B. McMorris, Of
ficers; Peter Nelson. Joe Nina, Oscar
Thompson, Leon Barkhauser, M. Nc
Kenzie G. Tolner, ]. Coleman, ]. Ha-
pei, William Englestan, A. Neihouse,
William Mullen, A. Smith, ]. Hines, c.
w Dickman, NJ. Sandstone and j.
Moore.
From the wrecked whaler Orca-
Captain A c. Sherman, Thomas Nc
Grorey and ]. c. Carrick, officers; T.
J. Johnson, J. Mcdonald, j. Finnegan,
w. P. Freeman, e. Brown, A. MUTT, j.
A Plantade, Joseph White, Jacob
Bloom, William Anderson, E. Franz,
Charles Smith, A. World, H. Black
man, F. Hanna, NJ. Callan, F. Devlin,
]. Van Housen, N. Donelson, ]. Month,
J. Munson and F. Beeson.
From the wrecked whaler Rosario
w L. Baker, w. H. Harrington and
Thomas H. Wilson, officers; William
Lowry, ]. C. White, c. Nilsson, Oscar
Rose, T. Rose, C. Ludberg, j. Baxter,
P. Poisson, L. Martin, c. Hotties, B.
Beam, A. Handy, H. Carson, NJ.
Downes and Samuel Mccoy.
From the wrecked whaler Navarch-
Ivan Eli, Thomas Collins, ]. Harris,
Frank Guttner, J. Cummings, Thomas
Lord, Thomas Birnbaum and n. HUSKY.
From the wrecked schooner Louise
J. Kenney-T. Larsen, master; Henry
Olsen and Andrew Nelson, officers; c..
Bryant, supercargo; M. Hanlon, Will
liam Wright, n. Knudlander, e. Lar
sen and F. Smith.
Exchanged with men who went to
the Fearless-C. H. Richardson and
John Brurck. officers; L. Rich, w. Ma