Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-08-19

the same manner as driving horses, except
i that they are both made fas1 to the halter
near the horns. NJ whip is used, and none
should be, for the deer are very timtd and
easily frightened, ana once gotten in that
state they are hard 20 quiet and control.
A little Juggling on the lines will generally
start them Off even when they halk. The
sleds in use low ana wide, with very
| broad runners. Having very Low TAIL or
none at all, 1t is hard to pack and secure
anything on them so it will stay and DC
protected from the snow and the rough
weather.
Deer Team Runs Away.
| On the night of the second day out, IN a
| binding snow storm where figures could
not be distinguished ten yards ahead, Lieut..
Jarvis had his first accident with his deer
I team. He tells about this in these words:
Soon after dark my deer wandered from
| the trail, became entangled in a lot of
| driftwood on the beach, half covered with
snow, and finally wound up by running the
sled full speed against a stump breaking
| the harness. dragging the line out of my
hand, and disappearing in the darkness and
! flying snow. My first impulse was to run
| after him. but soon recovering my wits 1
| concluded to make the best of the situa-
| ton. 1t was impossible to ten yards
ahead, and l knew it would be reckless to
start on alone, for the others were far in
advance by this time, and I might wander
about all night. become exhausted and per-
| haps freeze. So. Fighting my sled. 1 pro-
ceeded to camp where L was for the night
| anu await developments. 1 mad nothing to
! eat on the sled. but fortunately had my
clothes bag and sleeping bag, and getting
them out under the lee of the sled l pro-
| ceeded to make myself as comfortable as
possible. l knew the others would be
searching for as soon as they noticed
| my absence, yet it seemed impossible to find
anything in that storm. l thought / had
been there about an hour, when / heard a
faint shout: jumping up, l answered as well
as l could against the bowling wind and
soon was gratified to see some muffled fig
ures cropping their way toward me in the
darkness and flying snow. They were Mix
! wei and others, leading my deer 1 was
glad to see them and know that this little
episode was ended. for by the next morn
ing. with the cold and hunger. T might have
oeen IN no condition to help myself
1t seemed that my deer after breaking
away, had picked up the trail. caught up
with the others, and trotted along behind
their Sieds. In the darkness the drivers
could not tell whether there was a sled be-
hind him or not, and only discovered my
absence when they had occasion to stop
and consult with me. Seeing | was gone
they took the deer and turned back to find
me. following carefully and slowly the trail
the sleds had made in the snow, all the
time Keeping up shouting"
The First Deer Herd
BY this time the weather had reached Ii
degrees below Zero and nearly every dav
there was a binding snowstorr. piling
terrible drifts and buffetfng the entire
party about. Point Rodney was reached
on January 10, and there Charlie Artisan
look, the deer herder, was found. The
PARTY was given a cordial welcome Lieut.
Jarvis explained to Artisa rlook that the
government wanted to buy his deer and
engage his services to aid in driving them
to Point Barrow. Artisarlook held a long
consultation with his wife. and agreed to
the propositions. Charlie and his neigh
bors owned 13S deer which would have 81
lawns in the spring, and all these had to
be bought. The thermometer was 10 below
zero Arrangements We're made for driv-
ing the deer to Port Clarence, and Lieut.
Jarvis went At Port Clarence sun
plies were obtained from the government
station Lieut.. Jarvis remained long enough
TO have his clothing repaired before set
ting out for Cape Prince of Wales. where
w. T Lopp and his deer were to be Sc
cured. OF his dress Lieut.. Jarvis SAYS:
ON starting out L had determined to do
as the people who lived in the country did
to dress, travel, and live as they did, and,
II necessary, to eat the same food. l found
the only way to get along was to conform
as nearly as possible to the customs of
those who already had solved many of the
problems of existence in the arctic eli
mate In this connection it has seemed to
me that the value of deerskin clothing
mas not always been known or fully appre-
Grated In arctic explorations. The Eskimo
OF arctic Alaska and northeast Siberia use
hardly anything else, and nothing is so
warm and light as their dress There are
slight local differences in the make-up of
| the clothing, but in general the mems
winter clothes consist of a single pair of
cIose,ntttns trousers. with the hair next
the SKIN for cold, and the reverse for ordi-
nary weather: pair of socks with the
hair next the feet; rair of boots with the
ha1r out, with heavy sealskin soles for
hard wear, or deerSkin SOles for light wear
TWO art1gges, or SHIFTS, one with the hair
next the body and the other with the hair
out and both with close fitting hoods
lrlhsed with wolfskin to break the wind
tens These are all made of the summer
skins of the reindeer, and the whole outfit
WIN not weigh more than ten or twelve
pounds. Over the skin shirt is worn snow
shirt, made of drilling and sometimes a
pair OF drill trousers is worn over the skin
trousers to keep the snow from driving into
me hair, and, on coming indoors into a
warm house, melting and wetting the deer
SKIN. A belt is worn around the waist ont
side the shirt to keep the cold air out or.
rather to keep the warm air in. This is
lcGsened when the person gets too warm
With this outfit Well Sewed and everything
tght one can defy almost any degree of
cold, ana no amount of wooden clothing
accompllSheS the same result The weight
OF one clothing is very telling in the DAYS
and weeks of travelling through the snow
ana over the rough ice, and the ligbtness
OF the deersk1n is one of its most striking
features. The skins are beautifully tanned
and are soft and pliabe. The heavy winter
skins are seldom used for clothes but
make excellent sleeping gear. either as
Sleeninp
bags. Here also their lghtness and warmth
are their chief recommendations
Arrive at Cape Prince of waIes
Lieut.. Jarvis arrived at Cape Prince of
Wales January "a after exciting experf
ences, and arranged with Mr.. Lopp for
his deer herd, there being 3O1 in the herd
Mr.. Lopp also agreed to leave his wife and
children, the only white people in hundreds
of miles. and go with the deer to Point
Barrow. distance of more than 700 miles
and over a terrible country Mr. Lopp
took with him his seven herders
The party remained at Cape Prince of
Wales long enough to be Joined by Artisan
look and DIR. Call in charge of the first
deer herd. On February the entire party
started. with 1873 deer and a train of eieh
teen sleds. Lieut.. Jarvis and Dr. Call left
Loop and ArtiSarlook to care for the herds
and arranged to meet in the vicinity of
kotzebue sound. where Lieut. Bertholf was
also to be found with provisions which he
mad taken by another route Lieut.. Bert
holt had been separated from his leader
for a long time, he having been put in
charge of the provisions necessary to carry
the party the last $50 miles of the Journey.
Lieut.. Bertholf was at the meeting place
and all doubts Of a lack of provisions were
dlspelled. He arrived with a good dog
team. which he had with him since the 10Th
OF December, and seven good sled deer