The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-02-13

and in many parts of the territory there
rs not wood enough for Il smudge fire i'm
al Eskimo iglOO. Even a native is
Next to the census taker OF the Kus-
kokWim the enumeration assigned to Ber-
ing sea islands had the most interesting
experiences. Here was less restitution
but at two or three points the natives
were in and many of them had died At
KING island, a mere dot on the map. con-
slStlng OF a steep rock less than "a mile ia
circumference rising up out of the sea q
nue. cufteT Be& with the census Gnu
'merator on boz called early in July
The work was not completed at that
time, and the vessel called again IN Au-
gust. At that time not a living soul was
10 be found on the island
The dogs belonging 10 the little Eski-
mo settlement on the side of the cliff
were there, and SO were more than TWEEN
" bodies of EslNimOs, lying about near
the doors of dwellings and in Out-ot-the-
way places. up the Drecpltous hillside
The living had all gone 10 the mainland
to trade When the vessel made a third
call in September the INHABITANTS ndd re-
turned and the enumeration was made
i was found that about 135 souls lived on
this little island in state OF miserable
poverty.
The enumeration in this case was the
surgeon of the Bear. 1t was found that
most of the sickness was measles, and
in many cases this malady, combined with
the condition of poor nouriShment found
at almost all Of these settlements, was
severe enough to cause death
1t is a curious fact that among the
names of those on the census rolls this
wear for St Lawrence King and the
other Boring sea islands were Ter cor
respond with the names reported from
the same places by the census taker in
1893 NDr Hawiey. this years enuTnerdIof,
explained that this might be because OF
the tree and easy method white men
have of spelling Eskimo names, but ne
doubted is very many of the natives VINO
were on these islands ten years ago are
there now They are not nOmadtC, bus
there is naturally some moving aDoul
from place to place, and u is a. SAD Idcl
that a conSid cradle percentage of the rs
kirno population dies OF every year.
of his age the Eskimo KNOWS aDSolutriN
nothing He has no conception OF. .lt-
hers above FIVE or six. and the ONLY way
he can indicate the number even OF cor
crete things is to group them ana repre-
sent them by some familiar group OF Cd
iects. one might suppose that they WoUiu
be able to indicate their age by Specifying
a certain number of summers or winters,
brf this is not tho case. although they
are far from being an ignorant people,
considering their limited contact WIN
civilized men. ,, t+ aha
s-ze Of s ma. midway fs tw en- cape 1T 10
of Wales . East Cape, siberia III EeE-
i'm few natives We're iouiQ-
TEese = ... are constantly going patA
AID forth i. ween their Islands anu tilS
Nr,.rit.zr mainland, where they aSEoelttt
wifi the natives under the Iulelase VI
MIR. Lopp, the progressive ullsSloialy ~
came Prince of Wales 1hey also ~
0,-6r TO Bid Diomed. Immediately west.
and geographically within the NYiillitio ~
IF The car of Russia. making their VISITS
i'm oumfake and kayaks IN summer anu olA
the ice in winter