The Nome nugget., 1902-02-08
THEY HAD A
 FINE TRIP
Judge W:Ckersham and |. L.
 Lane Return from the Cope.
kM0NG TIVE NATIVES
Judge WiCkersham Has Added An Interesting Fund of Information to His Stock of Native Folk Lore, and Secured Nice Collection of CuriOs.


 Judge James Wicker sham and L. l.. | Lane returned yesterday afternoon from visit 10 Cape Prince of Wale,. They left x Dne ca Jan. ID and eXpcri eneed La1 weather on the trip west, reaching Cape Prince of Wales on Jan. 1 l9. On the return trip they lett the Cape last Tuesday at noon with a wild | reindeer team and reached York that evening where they stopped for the night. Teller was reached "Wednesday evening and on Thu! sday morning the party set out for Nome, reaching here about clock yesterday.
 Judge Wickersham enjoyed his trip l immensely and is looking in the pink of condition. 'I was mt in Asia,' he said to a NUGGET reporter last night at 1 his roU,us in the Golden Gate hotel, but l saw it from Cape Prince of | Wale-, from which place East Cape 1 dul tue lJiOil Cut T. idliuS diC di,1lug uishable. Judge WickersLam l and Mir. Lane spent two weeks at Cape France Of Wales. the :, uests oF Mr. and | Mr>. w. i. Lopp, who fer tWe I've ears have made lheir homes at that place. Mir. lopp, d. nearly every body in A .aaha knows, is the n.i-si, nary teacher at lhe Cape, ana he anu his esiiuable wife have done d world of good among | the uatiIcs ol that section. Mr. Lupp Is universally respected hy the natives, with whom he has great influence. He | MeLt reindeer station there, where 1 there is herti of some goo of these an- Imals. Contrary to the plan pursued at other reindeer stations on this coast Mir. Lopp only lets natives have rein deer. At the other staLiOns they are iarnIed out to Lapps, but Mir. L"up be- lieves the Eskimo to be il far better herJer than the Lapp, and thls oplnion l is also shared by Rev. T. l.. Bre,ig of l the Teller station.
 Mr. and Mrs. Lopp have a family of six children, five little girls and one boy, all of whom were born at Cape trInce of Wales.
 Judge Wickersham improved the op- portunlty presented by his visit to Cape Prince of Wales, to study the Eskimo one oi the brightest and most intelli- gent of aboriginal peoples. The nat ives, of whom there are about 25O m the village. are oruerly and well be- 1 hav,d. They attend church regularly and take part in the exercises. A native girl ls the or.ani and sine plays well, while the natives sing sacred songs and solos with. api arent.y, as much enthusiasm and uuction aS are found in lnodern camp meeting. Judge Wickershau, Louis Lane and Mir. Lopp attended a reception Tn the koz ge, at the village. The kOz-ge, by the way, Is at on club room fer the men, work room, gymnasium, d. gambling house, theatre and dance | nall. Here in the day me the men assemble. repaIr heir sieds, and tools, | re! late stories, gamble a litlle, or plan 1 for the hunt next day, away from the prying eyes ani free from the acetblty of their wives tongues no doubt. The reception Was altogether d unique af- fair, says Judge Wckershan. the leading natives of the community at- tired in their best bibs and fuckers. | that is their best parkas and mukluks entered the room through hole in the floor from the subterranean passage leading to it, slowly executed a dance and seated themselves, the music being furnished by number of drums or tom toms. As one couple finished the dance, another entered, and so on until all had been "danced in." Then they partook of refresh ments in the shape of food which was served them, and retired as they came, being "danced out" to the monotonous beat of the tOnl-tOm.
 Naaxite. a native, while seal hunting q few days ago drifted ont in the straits on an ice foe and probably pershed. Louis Lane indulged in seal hunting during his visit but met with small success.
 Judge Wickersham was fortunate to secure large number of cuIius, which include pieces Oi jade from the Noatak river, jade ornaments, knives, b'ws and arrows, flint lances, fishing tackle,