Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-10-13
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q having been found along the shores of
Northeastern Kamchatka, famed our smouldering
Il Imagination into brightest flames.
There's race of men that don't fit in; they are
always tired Of things that be; they want the
strange and the new and they don't know how to
B rest My dear old 'parG.y Austin, and belong to
this legion of forelopers, enlisted and never
y discharged. The fond hope that we were going
to be numbered amongst the original Forty
8 Miners" of a new California over yonder crost
the bay" lured us from the Yukon even to ST.
81 beria-to Vladivostok.
There we were joined by kindred spirit,
young Russian mining engineer, Ivan Ivanovitch-
q soon enough he became plain Jack-fresh from
an American college and ready for adventure.
81 Kamchatka, dependency of the maritime prov
Fl nce and administrative district of Petropavlovsk.
has been Russian colony for 200 years.
81 From Cape Lopatka the large peninsulas south
q most point, lofty mountains. overtopped by many
active and more extinct volcanoes, stretch north
81 ward far into the Arctic waste.
On the northeast coast, there where the noun
tain chain recedes over thirty miles from the low
ittoral, the Pankara enters the sea- opposite to
the large island of Karaginsk. A gloomfly beau
tful thundercloud overshadowed the density wood
ed shores when landed at OLA the little
d Koryak hamlet near the Pankara's mouth. In the
81 course of few hours our steamer, "Primorsk,"
mad discharged our earthly possessions and the
cargo consigned to the local agent of the Russian
q Chartered Company. who holds the Turing priv
ileges of Northeastern Siberia
Open-mouthed natives gaped curiousy and a
thousand hoste-looking dogs snarled viciously.
me Natchalnik however, having infinitely scru-
unzed our papers. received us with open arms,
and Father Juvenal. the Pope, offered us the hos
pallty OF his log cabin We learned many inter-
esuhg facts about this out-of-the-way neck OF the
8 woods that night The peninsulas mongoloid
aoorgines, the rapidly decreasing Kamchadales
8 proper-mosty fishermen-dwen around the wa
8 ter courses to the southwark
Their northern neighbors, our friends, the dog
horyaks, mighty hunters and trappers live in
Jog cabins, dug-outs or skin tents They belong
largely to the orthodox church-at least nominal
i!-are good natured and hospitable but their mo-
uons OF cleanliness are more than questionable.
me occasional sight of toothbrushes once
caused riot of an amazed mob Both the women
sno me almost beardless men alike braid their
ualr INTO two plaits, smoke the cheap Moharka
0oacco, 'intermixed with birch bark, and wear
nearly Identical dresses of pelts or-in summer
gaudy calico
Furtner on and up to Kamchatka's border the
eH!cCly nomadic reindeer Koryaks" addicted to
"erd shamanism pitch their yourtes wherever
SOU feeding grounds attract their herds Be-
onu tnelr territory find, in the interior, Tun-
euse tribes. along the seaboard the unconquered
v oe OF the Tchuktches. that stoutly refuse the
4assak to this day
- iHe Pankara has length Of about 80 miles.
"a. ne advanced season and preliminary examina-
u accessible rock formation, combined with
encouraging reports of white and native residents
sHGup'ed US to prospect the upper valley without
Ssiay Tie Natchalnik placed the only three pack
Te ses at our disposal rather shaggy, but hardy
Autsk ponies, able 20 shift for themselves even
E ~lnter. As guide and helper we engaged the
49,. Az Feter, nfcknamed PetrushkaP Parsley
:. ~" ms fondness for this wild plant Petrushka
80 course was speedily pared down to Pete, as
~ mas surrendered to Jack long ago.
=. ne village Of Ola is happy A sweet fragrance
-. ush and blubber permeates the air. for seal
"e salmon were plentiful
cr 1e, very busy, very important helps us with
IA preparations for the prospecting expedition.
a. Natchalnik invites us to a farewell dinner
80 tongue ptarmigan, smoked and sailed FISH.
: n Yea and more Vodka and on the 18th day
august We set out
5oothills e0@l-pe - 'A0
a. mere, at tbs threshold OF boreaI dreariness
/ unfolds an almost pathetic beauty. In