Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-05-17

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1IEeDm 81 -,s lad Of seventeen
desks IL incident happened.
iaue t,ya rilowpd mother and
b sun Is tsr Nipsu he lived
fnult;,I balf-dozen cabins
,,n settlement on the
Is rs aa.,<s village was near the
uapass IS cream which had it's
II ~. lockwood Hills, north
probably irce
h III -. -sra winter. Besides the
EEK 49,. ~as had also to contend
re xs.rs s Salmon, on which they
ss,.,, .nv for food, had been
d s,tsa. the preceding summer
Il oa.. and when the season
bppn foreseen that the
Is & fish would be exhausted
OF thA arng.
t.,s ~. mertiOn on the part of
{ ST had failed to make up for
moose and caribou had
b, ~igated. and the black
& had disappeared. By the
" 3-r the little community
face with actual starYa-
800 8 mother had a brother
.,ar up the kOyukuk. In
-RS. hat he might be able to
food for them, his stary-
efsas resolved to apply to him
Dr. early in February,
d. for his uncle's cabin,
sss'S < "a stayed at home to hunt
ngan and other small
which the natives were
70 SubSist.
y 4 tie river is so crooked
80 ys we're required to make
BY canoe, a single long
49, y overland would suffice;
vas practicable only in
3 anu when the innumerable
~ mmpS were frozen over.
sasAssAs NiDsU would have tray
= A'0A aige and dogs, but the last
s1a0NSs IhluI draft-animalS had
xl'if tFe l,e sacrificed, and he was
& thal b trust to his snoW-ShOes.
ypleai hardship. however, to the
are 40 like all native lads, was
eil az lTShOe runner.
2ne Of some kind should
Is the ad he took with him a
ees 81 bad belonged to his faith
q LUIS, With a few rounds of am
d key A rawhide pack-strap, to
&c the ringing home the proVi-
from 1iSSiOn proved successful,
heries lis equipment.
& fish. l1s Nipsus absence Akow-
hence The woods assiduOusly, in
Il the 10 the other men. He was
u use With bow and arrows, but
in- @ed his purpose admira-
4 the &a SkiIlful archer and his
lish Is confined to birds.
|aeefn- the hooking birds of the
lie blacll-and-white wood
-s his pick industriously
.Sonant rat-a-tat-tat on
poplar; pine-grosbeaks;
'-cA, except for their
%>.jhe bills, we're living
the grOsbeaks; sleek
~.2gS, with pointed crests
,ea-all these were tar
~ 0nPrring shafts.
-s would have disdained
IoF the sake of such in
quarry. but now, spurred
lie aid so without COM
LIE redpoIls and chicka-
we're not molested; younger
aunt them, hut they were
6iza "No cheerful that he pre-
s@'e them. Besides, they
seen "ay morSels that it was
ne u while to pluck them.
ii Oeen gone two days when
ported having discovered
ANS Of a wolf near a lake
a8 me settlement, and not
ilI pain 10 their kinsman S
ne ut footprints were appar-
single animal, AkOw-
-@' Ills brother might meet
said
."'0s 1t might be a fore
numerous pack, was
IA the news.
-e bears so the wolves
>Ne repeating a tribal
gray that Nipsu may not
~. .~sE was expected to re-
"a|' AkOwma, who had
I"'" him on the trail.
vat direction throughout
me weather, which had
zen intensely cold, was
s'sSasing a storm.
W more birds of various
~eo to tue rawhide cord
~ QulTer when, after
.,, uttered a wide, treeless
H., Sn meadow, There, in
-, rain and melted snow
- s. lake, on which ducks
n,,., other waterfowl con.
h VI The curious vinelike
tb., s'%rlgan indicated that