New-York tribune., 1908-11-09
no STUDY THE ALEUTS
~ ETHNOLOGTCAL TOUR.
DR.. Jothelson H-U Spend Long
Time Among Island Indians

Time among tStdfO IHdAIHS-
--th few thousand pounds Of freight. incluo-
s-x scientific instruments. arms. ammunition and
o.he- supplies. Dr- Nsldeuar Jochelson.
s-h=olor.s1 and ethnologfst- VII out from this
rtv next Mcsday for The Aleutian Islands for 8
.o.o---r Of -7ro vesrs among the natives there
s-6 n TIE peninsula Of Kamschatka for ethno-
logical and archaeological research Dr.. Jochelson
vas re head q oIe q the sections OF the Nor
- K Tesup expedition. sent out several Years
zzc research work among tire Siberian tribes;
Ae * connected with the American Museum %
Ns-u-sl History. and on this expedition repre-
ss--s the Russian Geographical Society With
rf-- his long stay er-ong the Aleuts and the
= Ea77schafks-s viii Be MS wf1e. who Is z 5octor OF
medicine ard = skilled snth-opo11etrst- and who
Nzs ben b his Size IN al his eighteen years ~
--sesrch among savage tribes
u Jochelson IS only passing through this city
RS -zv from Moscov- He Is staying tam
---s-ry- Nc s5 Madison avenue He expressed
surprise yesterday that rhe expedition ~ which h-
says r1~ work IS only section. has not re
-eived more notice n iris country. TIE project.
- says i- widespread plan exhaustfvelv 70 st-1dv
+he peninsula Of Kannschatka and its inha hita11+s
= IS financed by = Russian millionaire scientist
sd vil consist Of I've parties independent Of each
cthe-. each study TIE peninsula from dif-
fereur point o. vieR--he geological zoologcal- 10
-sricsI, meteorological and ethnoogicaE
7 Is the ethnoloE1cal section which Is under
= Jocnelso--s direction The first four parties
rave already started out and viii oonhne their
=--entton 70 the peninsula of kauschatka alone,
ut ms section consisting Of himself his wife and
assistant VII study the natives Of rne AleuElsn
Islands before proceeding 70 Ka11sohatka-
The results ought = be very interesting ~
Ar1e--z1s~ sa5d Dr- Jochelson. 'for they VIII
probably dete.-nipe the relations which exist De
--e.n TIE North American Indians the Esquin-sus
z7d the Siberian tribes
With map spread cut before him Dr Joche-
-o- little nan. with keen blue eyes. sandy hair
z-s heard illustrated eagerly the object OF MS
uz-riculsr expedition
THE Purpose OF THE EXPEDITION
The Jesur expedition he said disclosed the
fact that II prehistoric times there vas dls1incI
-aistio- between TIA North American Indians a1o
--e tribes q Siberia Al later dates they we're
ISOLATED from each other geographically. and Their
-Itz,-s and habits dvereed- but there st1h remain
certain Fundamental Ukenesses. which show thsA
--h-o1oz-rzIiv they were g. one tine very closely
-a7zr=5 II each ether Now. by studying the
a1er-ta-s there & hope OF discovering evidences
- even closer relations than could Be found IN tne
Tesru expedition The Aleutia1s, IN fact VII
throw light upon the relations between three great
@rh-t- groups. the Esquir1sus, the North American
indians and -he Siberian tribes
At The present tine there are perhaps only tro
-ouszrd Aleuts altogether in the Aleutian Islands
which belong 10 rbe United States, and konon-
s=--xll which Is Russian property They are not
particularly savage tribes, although they have not
=--z4-e- z-- degree ~ culture They live ash
md see animals and make baskets cut OF plant
~h-es There is verv little intercourse with the
mainland OF Alaska ard he race has oererto-steo
= great deal ir recent vez-s- n tac- Il Almost
seems 10 be dvtnS out. which is one % TIE Tes-
sons zl-v this expedition viL b valuable 4 hun
,=-e5 -ez-s zzo there we're from twenty-five 70
-----v Thousand e them Or the Islands but theS
were zf-be- ex-er--tnated under Russian r1-e OF
-r=-e 6e-f-sred r~ ne diseases brought 70 the
Islands h -he Russians chier among 7.hic1 Tas
.-7-rz- eo--- zlrI vou- research take re -cisn-
vas asked
In rte first place. I shall studv their language
- discover what IFS relation Is 70 thai o. the Is
c1z--z-s and Ct r1e Siberian tribes Than shall
Study --s- yLo-ozy- their social relations. thei-
--z-=-iz- culture z-6 their habits And deter
---= -he -e-z-io- which existed between their an
rez---S and re prehistoric Indian tribes ard Is
-----z--s intend - make extensive archaeological
eE-zvz-fcns- The -s5i-s- The language and other
social relations - these natives change quickly,
I'D CO no- expect n learn u1uch of the former
movements = these obscure races rom the present
f-zci-s1-z bur ! think The genealogical ezcavs-
----z VII prove -aluabls
--- z-= zof-E ID ~ -1s very worst time 81
--- -ez- are sou -o12" Tr Jochelson vas asked
Yes ~ answered. no7chalanrlv- but II cant
- r=r7a5- During che winter and autumn the
islands ara --sired by terrible wind storms, and
e. The temperature Is pretty low We 70 up
from SEATTLE 70 Seward bv steamship ard thence
~ ire fret cf rhe Islands. which stretch out into
--- P--f@c AFTER that Z cant reI how We will
+-s-e- have the permission of The Secretary Of
The Interior 70 make excavations and letter Of
=---ro5-r-l11 - Alaskan officials. and perhaps TIE
Tinted States -z-erue cutter Tt1 assist Us IN get
-f-z e-o-r island n Island But L il does not ve
VII have -o depend u00n the natives
Don't -ou expect trouble from the natives"
--xPEtvTS 10 TROUBLE FROM NATIVES.
--7- no have always found those tribes per
e--sr- peaceful have had great deal 70 Go
-sf-r savaga@ throughout my ife-T have liT@d
--rc-E them ~ and o. Cor eighteen years, and
2 nave never had any trouble with them They
z-e ways friendly provided y0U have sufficient
means rake them presents either in the form
rr ornaments o. provisions They are sometimes
-- f-7-< starved condition ard II such cases they
e---erra-e provisions hut ~ other times little
-@-e or ornaments vii induce them - CO anything
--- -rg That is -te win rne Siberian tribes.
.~ <o- The Ale--5arz- Who have seen little uoT-
NJ civilization. they w-f probably want money in
s---e <o--- or other. and 7 shall have supply OF
EzUC
We rave been very literally stocked By the back
e-~ o~ rre expedition. have already purchased