The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-11-23

gathered together many toys and pic
ture books, games and everything that
he thought would interest his little
brothers and sisters, as we'll as aston
ish the Uppalik tribes Oldest men, and 3
make old Shaman, the medicine man,
open his bleared eyes. All these things
he packed tightly in as small a COM A,
pass as possible, for the professor had |
given him permission to take them /
along. When at last all was ready and |
they went aboard the Alert, Tom was |
highly excited although he knew it |
would be months before they reached |
remote Uppalik. He stood beside the /
captain on the bridge daily, when at
last the icebound northern shores lift |
ed above the seas rim, and day after |
day grew more eager and nervous
At last, after delays that were ex-
asperating and narrow escapes that
were thrilling and terrifying, the shores !
of Uppalik were sighted for the first
time by the white men-a low shore,
sloping back to gigantic hills all ice
covered and dotted here and there with
skin tents, for it was summer in the
/ far north. No harbor was to be seen,
! and the Alert sailed twenty miles along
shore before safe anchorage was found,
and then the skin tents were out of
! sight. Professor Hatch then landed
| ten great automobiles, the wheels of
/ which were made to catch firmly in
snow or ice. In these he hoped to
/ reach the pole, and each automo-
/ bile drew behind a tender filled
with food and supplies of all sorts.
/ They were movable forts also, each
having a rapid firing gun and shields
/ of steel to protect the occupants 1t
was well known from Toms descrip-
! ton that the Uppalik tribe was the
very fiercest of all EskimOs, for they
had conquered all the tribes for 200
miles along the shore. and the profess
]
| den attack upon the expedition. When
/ everything had been landed and the
Alert was ready to depart southwark,
| a consultation was held, and it was
decided to send Tom alone to his
peaceable exploration of the unknown
peaceable exploration of the unknown
region Tom was hugely delighted at
this honor, and promised himself all
manner of amusement in the task. The
1 professor told him to tell his father
that the white strangers were
his friends and were coming with
presents of steel knives, guns and pots
of iron for them. and wished to be
their brothers. Tom was in a great
hurry to be off, but he did not forget
to place in his great automobile all the
things which he had gathered together
for his family and relatives Among
them was, you may be sure, the toy
bear, the thing that would astonish
his belt more to impress his family
than for defense, for he was certain
that they still loved him and hoped for
his return, and then he was ready 10
go. All alone he moved off in the giant
automobile and soon vanished behind
the snowy hills. The professor then
began to be sorry that he had sent him
away alone, and fretted constantly, I'M
til he determined to follow with the
! whole company.
: Thought He Was a Ghost.
r Meanwhile Tom speeded along and
? covered the twenty miles or so in an
< hour, arriving at the edge of the Up
1 palik village just as the hunters came
4 ( ashore from the sealing, and he 1ound
o All of the tribe gathered together al
o the seaside, staring at the approaching
n monster in a paralysis of terror lie
s sprang out Of the automobile, ana as
}. he aIighted he recognized Mauwak, his
: father. who stood. as a chief should
y in advance of all his tribe in order tc
Il shield them from attack. The chief
r eyes were popping almost out of his
X head. but he stood his ground sturdily
Toms eyes sought farther. and he saw
d his mother in the rear. She gave hin
9 one quick glance and cried;
''Taum- Hatshi Taum- Hatshi" Their
/. shrang back in alarm as she remem
!, bered that her son was dead and gone
e years before.
" Eyes. I am Taum- Hatsh." cried Tom
q Come to me, my motherH But sh'
y moved not, for the fear of the dead
o is very powerful among Eskimo tribes
s and she well knew that he was dead
e Il am your son" repeated Tom to hi
: father.
IS Il am come from the Sunland. wher
/ I drifted on berg; come to bring yo'
! presents and great happiness, man.
). wonders and iron pots to cook in
You are a dead one" soiemnly re
e piled his father. You come from tn
y grave, for there is no land yonder blu
= ShadOwland."
Sc Il am alive-feel my flesh" replies
= Tom, laughing.
VI But Mauwak shrank back muttering
y however: The dead cannot laugh"
Shaman, the great and feared medi
- cine man, almost as great as the CHIEF
n now approached, and with some fea
- took hold of Toms fist: IF you ar
- alive, you are welcome; II a shade, de
"a part in peace" said he.
- 1T is we'll" said Tom. 7 am aiiV
- and ana home again
~ Then his mother rushed TO him an
"A took him in her arms. but IT must b
ne confessed that her son felt stron
III feeling of repulsion when she embrace
~ him, for she smeft most dreadfully {
No rotten fish rancid seal oil and drie
a | blubber. But he Rugged her, and the
4e called his brothers and sisters TO hin
he All were very much afraid of him, bU
10 soon he had them seated around aboJ
f. and he began to tell them Of the wor
he ders of the lands he had seen. As h
nv talked, old Shaman began to fidget, fc
at he soon saw that Tom was really aliy
he and that maddened him, for, as Tom
nv father was old, Shaman desired to
tie the next chief and he could not be tn;
with Tom alive, of course. The othel
were also nervous all but the lit
children, who gathered close to Tor
Ice feeling of his strange clothing, h
&c watch chain and his shoes, When
n had told about his escape from deaf
its by being taken on board the steam'
he Andree. Shaman asked him how b
SIS his canoe was.
90 Gave the Medicine Man Pointers.
xle Zen so large as from that rock
his this one" said Tom. LAS big as z
al the canoes of all the tribes put I
TX gether, and not made of skin, but
len IRON
re- They all laughed loudly, and sh
lie, man saids
as Thou lest. Shadow of Taum-Hatz