Gunnison news-champion., 1904-01-29
REINDEER IN ALASKA
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An8as..is reaaily selling In tntz aaassel
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- H-.s she has done pfh small
b.s~d af Ea1iss s.rders. ~lthasi aHy
's-.c.al study oi the EabieCt saa Ni.h
a. es3ari a. sFss.sn- iEdi1sses ~hat a
forfHH. awaits the Hsan Sh0 takes 10
rainaeer heFdiHg the only hso siocs
Industry that ~ yssaiSie in sos Nest-
e.n Alaska.
The ro4aaeer alive Is uaofui cifher for
packing or araasghi parpa@-oG he vii
l..Sssdily carry VA hix os.-s from lr TO
l-.. g-asuas or asa~ ga a SEED from 30
to 200 voanas t'rusa the reindeer is
also secured an excellent qualify n
milk from which the natives make sgt
ler and cheese
Tn. reindeer dead is even more vaiu-
alse u is the testimony 81 epicures
thas the sweetest parterhouzs steak 10
b. found anywhere Is cui from the
reindeer Aimoss every par of tho an
imal body Is useful f0r soaIetling In
fact. Il is well known 70 those a
/ sasa4nied wfth native beraers thai they
make some use of every bit uf skin.
flesh. siueW boBe and intestine
II was eieven wears ago that pr
Sheidon Jac cbsan. general asz.nt ~ edg-
/ cation in Alaska, began the work Of
! bringing frNn siberia 10 Alaska ths--s
animals Of such value for food cloth
ing aud transpasi alton Considering
! the tact that The hrsi herd 0f iarge size
| was brought across the straits in lss4
the growth of the number TO more fhan
6.1Du Is regarded by government rein
deer experts as highly satisfactory The
/ EXPENSE involved has up 10 date
amounted in round hgares To tso 900.
/ a trihe more than t32 for each rein
deer
A. the present time all of the rein
| deer herds are in the hands Of Eski-
mo. some forty OF thssn h@ng engaged
! in the work OF directing the herders in
| Immediate charge of the animals haN-
ing erisinaliy designed reindeer herd
ing as an occupation for those natives
whespe fishing AMI hunting was falling
| ~ give them a livelihood. the govern
| usust arranged That each herder should
s.~ve an Apprenticeship of hve years,
fifty dsss being turned over 10 each. 10
i.anne his property in fee simple al
the end H ten y~ss
The large herds are nine in number
md are locssed az Cape Prince of
O~Sss. Port Clarence. GolOvin, Sin
rEA. Point HOPE. Point Barrow. St
lAwrnce island. Unalakieet and Cape
Aossom A fairly successful effort
ives made in 1900 to cross the deer pre-
v,Dusiy brought over with the Tunguse
desr. Lssstenant II. r. Barthon having
busight for Sl3 121x each. AIS of the lat
tes and shipped them to this country
They were. however. carried long dis
tance in close confinement. and ia OF
them died on the way
serious feature OF the reindeer
| question has arisen the past year, the
| Russian government having issued a
ukase 20 the effect thai no more rein
deer be either sold or given TO anybody
10 be transported out OF the country.
| The plea is made that the sales had be
come so large that they were depriying
the Siberian natives Of a means Of
livelihood This puts il up to the
Alaska reindeer owners 20 Kill as few
as possible Of the reindeer for three or
four years. particularly females. 10 the
end that the herds now here may be
! considerably increased Nome News.