The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1910-08-05

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Of his dogs from freezing 10 death.
He himself, froze portions of his face
several time. and at one time dropped
into six feet of open water, nearly
lCosing his life. In choosing the Arc
tic range and returning he travelled
above timber line eighteen hours In
each direction which in a country
where fire Is necessary can be under
stood to be considerable sacrifice.
He travelled in many place where no
white man had ever before been and
his record is considered unusual to say
the least"
That the Koyakuk agents work was
no Fourth of July picnic with Straw
berry lemonade on the side, is in
Dictated by the following extract from
The official narrative.
'In this district thene is almost
an incessant snow storm from october
to May, and trails are oblfteIated in
twenty-four hours. Few men except
lle mail carriers wild travel in this
dis irct in the winter, and even they
make but one trip a month. Twice
he nearly hest his life and had he nc,
been accompanied by an Indian guide
probably would have. At one time he
and The guide and matl carrier and
two In.ans were Lost in the storm for
three days and We're found at lhe end
OF tina. time by rescue party which
came out to locate the mail. on the
Tanana man We are told:
MOI less than four times was dhis
man foud by other travellers in an ex-
hausted condiIon and askiste to stop
ping place. He lost three dogs and
several Times froze his face. THAT he
survived the workand came back alive
was the wonder Of 6he old inhnbi-
tants OF the country. Half a dozen
men refused the job before he was Sc
cured. Six men and two womem were
frozen on The trails in the vicinity in
which he worked"
ALI the travelling was done en- deg
sleds, from seven TO nine animals be-
ing used with each sled. The agents
We're paid nine dollars day and eX-
ira for the use of their vehicles.
Generally it was Necessary for two
men to go together SO that in case
of accident 10 one the other could pro-
coed with the labor, for the census
must be taken whatever The cost in
life or money.
Especial pains were taken 10 find
every resident and We are told that
each cabin was visited unless to reach
it would cos,. more than two days of
time In such exceptional instances the
facts were recorded from reports.
Trails We're unbroken through the
vast territory covered, and the enumei
abor or his companion found it neces-
sary constantly to walk ahead of The
team ON Snow shoes.
Summing up his report, Mr.. McKen-
zie says:
The constitutes a resume of the work
performed during tie period from Au-
gust IL, i'm which | crossed the United
States and went up into the interior
of Alaska experienced weather condi-
tions the extreme of which WAS ~ de-
gree below zero, and during which
time in the course of the work u. was
necessary several times to camp in
the open where the couch consisted of
the snow and a few spruce boughs and
the roof tent or the sky. Dur
ing the months of December and jan
uary the sun shone from one to Two
hours per day.
Churches and schoOlhousts in the in
terror OF Alaska are few and far be-
tween, Necessarily they are confin-
ed to Che towns and Indian settle
ments. Most of thee Indian schools
as we'll as the church services are
conducted by the missionaries.
The white people do net nd end
either The Indian schools CIR The In
dian churches, so that those Of The
outlying districts get heir religion
and their educaiJ!on NJ home. In The
matter of education Mr.. Mckenzie re-
ports that the home sga sun works
very we'll, the dong nights of The win
ter causing an enforced confinement
of children that is ccudud i've to
study. He says lhat many of them do
even better than Students I'm the
schools.
Mr.. Mckenzie also reports dhat there
is very little sickness among the
white inhabltaps of Alaska, and he
says that few of those who are sick
will acknowledge the fact. There is
no fever, but some pneumonia. Most
Of the indians are afflicted with tu-