Arizona republican., 1900-09-16

don Jackson. special agent of the bu- reau of education, Capt. Futile decided tn go along the north coast of Siberia as far west as Kolitchin Bay. When off Shinrock an officer and a surgeon were sent ashore and reported an epidemic C. measles and pneumonia. with many Of the natives sick. Medlcin5s were left 3Gd the Bear proceeded to Port Cla- renee. Here the Rev. MT Brevig, tha government school teacher, reported much sickness and many deaths among the natives. The surgeon prescribed l and medicines were left. Clarence City vas substantially deserted. the inhah- IiantS having left for q new gold field Cape York was reached July 18th. and officers sent ashore reported the same fatal illness among the natives. At Cape Prince of Wales the sama cOndi- ton prevails.
 At East Cape Village. Siberia, the natives reported many deaths and much sickness. At Whalen, Siberia, the natives were all sick and refused to barter for deer. -s St. Lawrence Bay Capt. Tutte found nearly all the na- tives sick or dead. Surgeon Hawley took a census of St. Lawrence island and found thirty-six deaths out of population of 293. The natives of Kings island. reached July 31. came alongside and reported most of the peO- lie dead. Capt. Futile says:
 The natives are thoroughly demOr- alize1 through fright and suneristitiOn. | This is the time they should be secur- | ing their winters supply of food. In- 1 stead of doing s0 they are remaining
 
 | of food they may have, and making no provisions for the winter. If it were
 not for the relief now afforded them i fl is my opinion there would not be 10 | Pr cent of them alive next June." Special Agent Evans offered supplies. which were loaded and the B=ar steam cd northward and reached Nome on ! Aug. S. It is Capt. Tuttle's intention to stop at Port Clarence. and from. there 1 go to the destitute districts, after which
 he will relieve the suffering in the vi- cinity of Nome. Considerable haste is necessary or the Bear will be frozen in i z nd will not be able to return before next spring.
 Capt. Futile forwarded q letter from Ir. Sheldon Jackson, dated Port Cla- renee. Aug. 1. which says:
 "G have just returned from a visit to ! tn" government reindeer station and 1 Lutheran mission at Teller. Alaska. and find that influenza. which Is epi donnie along the whole coast among the ! I-qumauX. is raging there with great violence. Since you landed the
 F-v. MT. Bevig and family at Tel
 lsr about a month ago, he re-
 ports that fully one-half of the ESqui- n2uX around the station have died. Eleven have died during the last week ! Tn some cases whole families have dis ; appeared. both parents and children
 Icing dead. In others the parents and
 some of the children have died leaving
 young orphans win no near relatives 1 to feed or care for them. The salmon
 are running in their waters. but there
 are not a sufficient number of well peo-
 le to catch them and thus provide for
 the present and for next winter. The
 rJvages of the disease have been so
 great that a panic has seized the native
 population and the dead are left un- {, ruried in their homes. There is no rec
 ord for half century for the came dis