The Nome nugget., 1902-01-22
Trials Experienced By Capt. Sem and John w. Kelly
; IN WINTER OF 'eg
vindictive Natives, Incited to Dev- iltry by the Shamans, Made the White Mems Existence PrecariOus --WelcOme Arrival of Ships.
(COntinued from January Is. )'

coming we commenced to Look out eve
 ths bay ice towards the Bering ssa fo
 the smoke of an early whaling steame
 and break in our isolation. which, il spite of all the turmoil around us, wa growing very monOtonous. Just ei.h months to ths day from the time tho 3rar had steamed out of our sight th, previous fall we sighted vessel far off working her way in 5hrCugh the ict drift toward the south head of St. Law rance bay- where she tied up to piece of grOunh ice long way of shore About six hour later fr en@ly ,outl L hsad native, who had been supplied with an open letter from Mir. Kelly tt the captains of the whaling fleet, brought us welcome bundle of news papers and a letter from Captain Me Gregor, steamer Karluk. Caplain Me Gregor had heard ftom the natives to the south of the belligerent times we had experienced all winter, and he in- vited us fDrthwish to come aboard of his vessel, which he offered to work in as near as the ice permitted to the post, where he would wait for Us until we could come aboard in safety. The native was dispatched back immedl- atsly, and the very kind offer of asylum accept it and leave the post at that time struck us like ignominious flight, and then, for the time being, our prsssures had eased up somewhat. as the spring breakup was making travel ing difiic ult for the native hordes, and the time and mind of the Chowchuan was well occupied with the fawning season of their reindeer.
 h the newspa pers we found that we were pot the only Cnes who had been having a bot time that winter. These .old us Of the blowing up of the Maine in Havana hatbor and of the pending Spanish war: we heard that the Klon- aake rush was in full swing and had been all winter, attended by many pri- vatiODS and much suffering; we saw that Dr. Jackson had been all the way to Lapland after herds of reindeer, and we received confirmation of our sur mise that a numl CT of wbalerS had been wrecked the fall hefore at Point Barrow, and we read about the relief expedition which had heen started to saccOr the crews, which were believed to be in very destitute circumstances, utilizing reindeer to such end. All to- gether there was very interesting budget of news in that little bundle of papers, It had been an eventful winter all over the worll. anl there were stirring tin es abroad. This, of course, put us on the anxious seat for more news and gave us unpleasant fOrebod- ing that we fight be forgotten in our out-of-the-way and lonely outp st, or that Dr.. Jackson. with his short ap- propriations and with the many irons he Lad in the fire, n fight not be ab' 6 to manage to send relief to us. We, therefore, began to look anxiously for the Bear and for word from the de- partn ent. She came along sooner than expected, and went away again as quickly. We never even got a chance cO board her. Captain Futile just Isent us letter ly native, advising us u at he la rush orders to proc eed to Point Ba rrow 0 icS up the wrecked crews, and therefore could not stop and stand by us. The same native also brought us some private mail that the Bear had for us and newspaper with the glOri- aus news of Manila bay That was great satisfaction, and our stars and stripes flew high that day. But not a word did we get from Dr. Jackson. The cutter service, with the exception of the Bear, was all tied up in the south on account of the war, and her quick departure had made an impression not very favorable to us on the natives. Later had an opportunity to ask Cap!. ! ITuttls why he had not stood by us for . day or so, when he answered that he had known Mir. Kelly and myself long enongh to know that we were able to take care of ourselves, and wanted tO know what he could have done for us, anyway, with the Bear in Russian waters. Well-l.t it pass.
 Several vessels were in sight of shore now every day. Sometimes they would come ta an anchor at the outer capes 0. the bay, of the native settle ments. The hay i~e vas as yet solid They were whaling vessels and vessels bound for kutzebue sound, with large number, ui gold seekers aboard, loter' ing along this coast to give their pas