The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-24

y 90 snnas kssl vim IN Ownss.s silrm.
! ~ am1lcr. In enme way. how ever.
Major Ahasa became smprsassd vita
The idsA that the way % Rea What h
wanted from tho natives vas 10 lnspirs
thsm with . proper ssnss % his power,
rank. wealth and general impOrtancs
In the world. So he called 10 him one a
The oldest and naosa influential msmbers
q the band one day and through an In
tsrprsesr proceeded 10 inform him az hin
vass Importance. his wealth. him resources
In the way Of rUwards and punishmGnas.
his rank. and how becoming u was that
an individual % such exalted attributes
should b treated by poor. wandsring
heaahen with hliAl reverence and vensra-
ton. Tho old KorAk. squatttng On his
hsels. listened TO u all withous moving
q mooslo % his faoe. but when tho inesr-
preeew had lniMhsd he roas slowly, walksd
up % the major with impsrturbAbls
gravity and With the most bsnAEnant
and patroniHing condensation patasd
him softly on tho hsAd. The Major turned
rcd and broke into . lanGh. but hs never
again tried % OverawS q K0rAk. The
settled KOFAks. however. says tho authoE.
I are cruel. brutal. in~olsna. rsvsn9sfal.
diAhodess and untruthful. IL - q simple
case Of environment. - they were orig
inAlly Wanderers also. but having Iosa
their reindssr they are nov TO b found
in stated PLACES by tho Russian traders
and peasants. from whom they have
learned many vices Of civilization without
acquiring any % Sts virtues.
AZ 0tzhigA Major AbAza decided 20
proceed 90 OkhOtsk. 20 meet MahoOd and
noAn' ~snoins Dond ann h~nnAn 10 Ana
dyrs1 70 AsoersAhn ~nA1 IAoAAsses tne
roues oueseo IN ens way o u"o"r ana
10" to' tne oonSsr"ctson OF tsesfnpo
hne' Ano to - tn@ nAuv~s AZ wotA outAns
poses AZ rensnin~ Ano AnAoyrsA' m@sAng
lncaoenseiv nae excun~aons IN seArcn OF
umoeren nve~ connectinS ren1ninsk
Gun ana b~nng - inis was IN De-
oemoet' AL uerS 70 NEW eesa@ ~ oix-
haeA by April j. ISL. Mr. ksnnAn nad
Ooin~ 70 Ssnef'A WIN tuil connosnoe IN tne
utfmhAte socoe~S OF tne nns~aAn-Amer'can
te'e9fapn nnS' Das - no PenSer.1~o
deeper ana aeeper INTO tns country sitsr
leANlng oaNnAeA' ana sAw Ias uttsr oe~o-
alton ne grsw lsss ana Sess Aangmne.
ne ana Dodd mad aDundant ana varied
e1psnsnosS connnen 70 NinAng ana
Jury nattVe yurt throoGn one nsrce ssoftn'
vine out Tor TWO Gays On tne seeppo IN
Ano.her. generally uncomtortAo'e' out
OCCASIONALLY enjoying themselves wnen
the temperature vas not quite doWn 10
minus ~ degrees OF the vino was NOS
blowing too hard.
Al An@dyrsk tney stopped with the
Russian priest. passed Christmas, ana en-
Joyed . NUMBER OF unique and bolster
ously eAy entsrtaAnments, including bill
given IN thsir honor. They had already
hesrd from wAndsring Chukchts OF q
party Of Americans who were living near
the mouth OF the AnAdyr River. and had
concluded that some Of the telegraph sHa-
ployees had BEEN landed there too late IN
the ssason 70 get TURNER. There could 90
10 doubt a. to me TACT OF their pTes~nce.
the natives simply could not have invented
tho black stones which these men
burned OF the curious iron tube sticking
through the snow above their buried hut.
vhsnoe issued smoke and ~p'Tss u
~ss imperative that these uSci 'O'sId be
rescued q. OnON from their desperate sitCl-
alton. In the misist Of hercs tribes OF law
less natives. 800 miles and more from the
nearest cviliHsd human being. They
would either s'arvs or he murdered 10
ran and Dodd had no astronomical or
other instruments TO determine their own
position or the position % the river mouth.
Toward the end Of January as soon as they
could prepare, they sst OUT and they we're
On ths verge OF despair when the salt taste
Of their tea proved that they had reached
tide water. Presently tney stumbled over
the party WhaIeooat, ana the next day
the stoveptpe was found J~st ~ Dodd was
On the point 81 freezins and the search
seemed hopeless. OF the original party
Lieut.. MacrAe. Arnold, Lieut.. Robinson,
Harder and smith,. Macrae and Arnold
had gone OF with hand Of wandering
Chukchis- On February rescued and
resousrs returned 90 Anadyrsk.
Naturally IN all these wandertngs and
dealings with the natives, who we're en-
gaged Co cut poles-and cut them Tar too
large. considering their own judgment
better many varieties 81 savage we're
encountered: and concerning the-e Mr.
KEENAN, gives " the result 81 his ohserva-
iions and common report. The lakuts
aUtsaaF Ia 10 the most hardy and the best