Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-08

| a start was made. A gangplank was
built of the ships matches and battens
hand run from the big forward portfolio tC
| the ice. The pens were then taken down
and the deer run out through the port
| hole to the ice. This was an arduous task
| Each deer had to be caught and forcibly
| ing animals to the opening. where two
men. one on each side pushed 1t on the
| eangplank. Often a deer would ba,k and
have to be led or pushed all the way down
| the plank.
| The Lapps did this trick very we'll by
putting their arms around the deers body
| lust back of the shoulder. lifting its fore
legs just clear of the ground. and thus
| Spanish walking it to the ice without re-
| sistance. One man tried to ride big
buck. but an inconvenient beam knocked
| him off. sprawling.
| Once on the ice. the majority Of the
| deer made for the shore, and followed
| their predecessors to the hills. great
many> however. seemed to have an ire
sistible desire TO run around tie ships
stern and make off across the bay in ex-
actly the opposite direction from st. An
| thony. Any number of men had come
| from all the little coves for miles up and
down the coast to see the landing and
render any assistance which was needed;
go we strung them out in long line
| from the ship to the shore to act as a
barrier to the reindeer.
| In spite of shouting and waving OF
| coats and arms. several of the deer tthey
| are very feet. even on the wobbly" ice)
managed to dodge through between the
| men. after which it was impossible to
head them off. several Of the men
found out by experiment For the ami
mails, frightened by the rough voyage and
strange conditions. seemed demented and
| charged right at them
The Lapps. however. manifested no
| concern about this scattering. and seemed
| confident that the deer would either drift
| back. again to the main herd if the wind
| was right. or be easily collected. Their
| dogs were unusued to the ice, and cOnse-
| quently of no use to round them up III
| this case. The only mistake made was
caused by the eagerness of the men. who
| knocked down too many OF the pens at
! once leaving lot Of deer plunSing
around awaiting their turn to go ashore.
| This was corrected in unloading the after
| hold. when one pen was taken down at a
| time.
Good Enough Legs.
! One of the Laps went up on the hills
| with the leader. buck chosen from
among the whole herd for his age, sagac-
| fty and size. to gather in the stragglers.
Every two or three minutes until he was
out of sight. the Lapp women on the
deck would shout in a shrll voice.
"Schlug du bel-lu." The Lapp responded
by ringing the bell. which hung from the
deer's neck. In spite of this. however.
| four OF the frightened animals no sooner
| reached the ice than they turned and
| raced nadly out Of the harbor straight
| toward the sea. The ice in this direction
| was more open. and the sea still hove in
| under ii with tremendous force. so that
/ it rose and fell with the waves. as though
| the whole space were open water.
| For a long time the deer were seen to
| founder over this heaving floor. Sudden
| lyly one disappeared. then the others van
ished. and we thought they had gone
down between chunks of ice. In minute
however. all reappeafed. scrambling up
to another block. They are good SWIM
mers. but we feared that they would be
crushed by the pounding ice. One was
seen to land on a long point, but he
others kept out to sea and eventually
reached an island about mile and half
out. Half a mile of this distance they
had to swim through furious sea and
| against the wind. We thought we had
! lost four in this way.
One OF the Lapp women had ALLEN dur
| ing the voyage from the ladder leading to
| the hold and broken her knee-cap. and as
she was rather heavy she had been made
! comfortable right there on and under a
pile of deer skins and shawls. instead OF
! being taken back to her second-class
stateroom
We explained through the interpreter
| that she had now come TO place where
| there was a hospital i'm which she would
be kindly cared for and treated. She
I seemed willing to go. and so was strapped
| to little boat-shaped sled. hoisted up on
| deck and lowered over the side, where
| she was dragged ashore and put upon a
! waiting komatik. which carried her to the
| hospital. The doctor thought her knee
would best be helped by an operation. but
! her husband strenuously objected to this.
sa ying: oh we'll. she's pretty old wom-
| an and doesn' need a very good leg any
! more. AS she is fortunately only thirty
| @. xs,~t- xf,.< f,,I
| ment will mend her leg nearly though
not quite as well as an operation would.
Out Through the Night.
The personal and household effects of
| the Lapps were landed next. consisting
mainly of sleds filed with 6eerskins etc.