The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1908-07-25

Il had lost everything. My robes
were gone and the supply Of food for
myself and the dogs. 1t looked as II
it was all up with all of US, because
gale from the northwest was driving
the foe rapidly out to sea. And the
temperature was falling fast My
clothing was soaked.
so took of my skin boots and cut
them in halves. These halves l
strapped to my chest and back.
THE wind and cold increased as the
night came on, and / could, see the
dogs were growing ravenous. When
they are that way they are what their
ancestors were, nothing better than
wolves. They were yelping for food
and knew 1t was only a question of
time before they would attack me.
1T felt like murder, but killed
three of my largest dogs. I stripped
them of their skins while the rest of
the pack kept aloof, snarling and
yelping. Finally the bravest of them
came after me, but was able to fight
them off until could skin the three
dead dogs Then l threw the meat to
the survivors and kept the skins to
wrap about myself.
when morning came saw the ice
was rapidly drifting from shore. had
nothing to put as mast on which
could swing out signal of distress
until thought myself of the bones of
the legs of the dead dogs.
These managed to splice together.
From the top of the pole flung out
piece of my shirt 1t was seen by
George Reid and some Of his men on
Locke's Cove and they came out in
boat and took me on"
Tor II years DR.. Grenfell has been
i working there among the fisher
folks or anybody else that needed his
services. He has had two hospital
ships lost in the treacherous ice and
| now he has a third. But very often
when he gets call miles away the
ship Is powerless to reach the patient
and he goes over the ice with his pack
Of dogs.
| Already he has established three
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Libraries, an Industrial school and half
dozen cooperative stores. He has
seen to 1t that wireless telegraphy is
installed on land as well as on the
fishing boats. This gives him many
chances to answer calls which cost
nothing.
Occasionally DR.. Grenfell comes to
New York to tell of his work He has
interested Andrew Carnegie and Rev.
Dr. Henry Van Dyke, They send as
many footballs as Bibles to the Arctic,
but chiefest of all are the medicines
and surgical appliances.
1T is queer doctoring," laughed DR..
Grenfell when last he was here II
have Canadian and Newfoundland
fishermen among my patients. as.well
as American, Scandinavian and British
sailors. whalers Of nearly all nation
alities, and Indians and .Esquimaux.
Some of the diseases they spring on
me would puzzle the best OF special
lists. Why. only last winter they called
on me to care for shipload of beri-
beri. It cleaned out the whole vessel
every one of them had It. G
ScTHE Indians and Esquimaux Of the
! frozen north are gradually dying
OF because OF the disappearance Of
the great forests. This drives away
the caribou, which means starvation
for the Indians. With the Esquimaux
II is disease, brought by contact with
the white men. We white people are
immune against many diseases, but
when they strike the Esuuimaux the
germs light on virgin SOIL For ex-
ample, white sailor brought sim
pie case Of influenza. into an Esqu-
maux village Of 800 souls. Before II