The Nome nugget., 1903-12-02
ME natives of the Tchukotsk peninsula, Si- beria, are perhaps, a people, the most advanced practical opponents of the the

advanced practical opponents of the the
 orem of socialism, During sojourn Of Some fifteen months among them, prospecting for minerals. the writer necessarily became acquaint- ed with their manner of living customs, etc., and it may not be uninteresting to dilate thereon.
 The tribal name of these Eskmos is '"Tchu chis" They may properly be divided into two classes the coast, bubber eating native, and the 'reindeer' people, whose main sustenance is deer meat Of course the former will eat deer meat also, will the latter eat blubber. The coast Eskimo, the name implies, lives on the coast line and devOtes himself almost exclusively to what the sea gives forth-the seal, walrus, whale, etc. Many polar bears are also killed by them when the ice pack encircles the land. The ''blubber-eaters' live in villages of from two igloos to one hundred, located some ten to twenty miles apart The igloo is circular shaped affair, with cone like roof, and is made of warus hides. In the winter they built on hill, so that the drifting snow may not cover them up. The largest native village on the peninsula is at Indian Point, which lies nearly opposite Nome. It is most advantageous place for whaling and sealing. Many of the Eskimos of this place are quite rich. Quoharrie, being the richest, is looked upon as the head chief of this village, although all we'll to-do natives called chiefs. Quoharre has a ''white mans house." well stored with whalebone, ivory, fox skins and other valuable trade goods. Chief Tannagher, who lives on small island near Indian Point, has wooden store building, with about S15 O0O worth of trade in sight. He is young man, and is the coming magnate of the peninsula Tannagher is a rank pOlygamist and has six wives
 East Cape to the north, is the next to the largest village, with about sixty igloos This is good whaling and sealing ground, and has the added advantage of being walrus rendezvous.
 The socalistic tendency of these natives is emplified in their free and open handed hospi- tality and their desire to aid and- share with one another in material things. If one native desires to go journey, no matter what the distance, he simply hitches up his dog team and away he goes taking neither food nor bedding On rival at the first igoo, he goes in, eats, sleeps, stays as long as he wants to, and then proceeds, and so on. If white man goes to an igloo the first word he hears is, ''Kow -kow?' (food), and if a Mazinka (Eskimo comes to your tent he ex- poets the same invitation. The trouble is that diet of seal blubber is rather difficult to ap- preciate, while the Maznka readily takes to the white mans food But he offers you what he has, and if you fail to partake of it his motive is none the less sincere
 The natives also assist each. other in the way of food and clothing. If one is lucky in killing seals and his neighbor has none he divides if one has deer skins for clothing and the other none, they share them. I remember, on one oc- casion, our party was breaking camp, preparatory to trip to the East Cape station. We were near a native village, in which lived Barry, Mazinka who had been whaler and "got wised up." We discarded some six shirts among other things, and gave them to Barry. He took the garments and went outside the tent, took off his deerskin shirt and began to put on the ones we gave him, one after another. We were amused at this pro- ceedng and when he had gotten on the sixth shirt asked him why he wore all of them at He replied: "S'pose me no put 'em on, me take