The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-09-16

lCdl XVU6SuIIl VI ANdIuIdl t1lSIOEy.
He Is returning to New York from a
four and q half years exploration trip
In the Arctic regions. When he reach
ed New York, he will defend his
claims Of exploration against the cri-
ticism Of Norwegian and British ex-
plorers.
Stefansson will be remembered by
dents az a. most unique character and
a boy in a class by himself.
He left h state institution because
he was expelled and couldn't help 1t.
On the day that his departure was to
take place the students got out the
university band and paradcd the prin-
cipal streets of the city. escorting their
hero to the train. ~Stefansson seemed
much pleased with the rousing fare
well accorded him. and according to
old friends, he often mentions the lit
tie instance in his letters to the "old
town."
Probably no student at the univer-
sity has ever had more fun there and
caused more trouble than the young
explorer. who was a laugh factory
from the time he got up in the morn
ing until after nearly everybody in
town had been asleep many hours.
The students swore by him and faculty
swore at him, while Stefansson yer
merrily on his way.
Was q Funny Boy.
Only yesterday a number Of old uni
versity men were discussing this pc
culiar chap. One Of his FRANKS they
recalled with much merriment.
1t seemed that Stefansson wanted to
take his best girl to a show and didn't
have the price, SO he inaugurated a
guessing contest among some Of his
boy acquaintances. He sold tickets at
two-bits each and each purchaser was
entitled to guess the name of the girl
he was going to take to the theater.
Stefansson secured sufficient funds
through the contest to get the best
seats In the house for himself and his
girl friend and the boys who made it
possible for him to get to the show
got nothing for their money. but a
pleasant smile.
Stefansson had the best Of every
thing at the university, it is recalled by
old students, who saw that the youth
never studied and that is the reason
he was expelled. Much Of the time
he was in attendance at the ~" he
rode about in h prexy's private car
riage. Whenever he would see the rig
uptown he would hop in and say,
Home, James," just as though the
carriage was his and he had a right
to drive wherever he wanted to go.
Stefansson was a %favorite with
everybody at the university except the
professors and ven they had to adj
nit that he was a every smart lad"
Renowned Explorer Now.
As an explorer Stefansson has won
celebrity, through his discovery of a
lost tribe of whites. descendants Of
from Iceland about the year 1000 and
a few years later discovered the north
coast of America. These people are
living on Victoria Island. 80 degrees
east Of the mouth of the Mackenzie
river and more than 1000 miles by
the coast line and are still in the
stone age. While the civilization Of
nearly 1000 years has passed they
have stood still. Stefansson's discov-
cries r said to rank next in import
ance from an chronological standpoint
to the discovery Of the lost tribes of
Israel.
One Of the remarkable incidents of
the five years exploration which
Stefansson carried on Is the fact that
he left his winter headquarters near
Banks Land o u years g with suf-
flcient flour and other cereals to sus-
tain himself and his Eskimo associates
for w weeks and enough salt and tea
to last four weeks and with this scant
supply of food lived for four years on
the bleak. inhospitable shores of the
Polar Sea. Caribou. seal and bear
furnished him food and clothes.
In 1910 Stefansson returned to the
mouth of the Mackenzie river. where
he was Joined by DR.. r. NJ. Anderson,
a former college classmate from the
University of Iowa. who established
a record for himself in the athletic
and scientific fields.
Thirteen New Tribes.
During his peregrinations about the
region at the top of the world. Ste
fansson discovered thirteen new tribes
Of people. Ten OF these tribes had
never seen nor heard Of white men;
the ~progenitors of two other tribes had
seen the members of the Franklin eX-
ploring expedition. and M tribe had
once been visited by a whaling vessel.
The tribe of white people. which
Stefansson declares are purely Of Nor
wegian origin. never had seen other
persons of their own color. Their
number is about 1000. and more than
half of them ave rusty-red hair. blue
eyes, fair skins and tow-colored eye
brows and boards. They live on both
shores Of Coronation Gulf. on the
mainland of North America and Vic
toria Island, which formerly was
known as Prince Edward Island.
1t was for these people hat Road
Amundsen., d%iscoverer Of the South
Pole. searched while making his cele-
brated trip through the Northwest
Passage. Amundsen. it will be re-
membered. stated that natives had
told him Of a race of white people liv-
ing to the northward. but he was un-
able t lind them. Amundsen sent an
expedition along the shore Of the
island. but saw nothing of the tribe,
nor did they see anything of him.
Many other Article explorers have
brought down from the north stories
Of this tribe of lost white people, but
the tale came to be regarded as an In
dian legend which had no foundation
In fact.
Different from Eskimo.
Ethnologically. they are entirely diff
feFent from h Eskimo. not only in
the shape of the skull. but in general
features, color of eyes. texture of hair
some Of the newly discovered tribe
are curly-headed-and fairness of skin
and boards. There is not a single
trace of the Monaghan type in them.
While they retain but a few Of the
customs Of the Norsemen who were
lost from Iceland in the twelfth rem
fury, their method of life is entirely
they live are the most primitive. No
vegetation. except moss and a few
stunted willows grows in the habitat.
They are meat and fish eaters, pure
and simple. The island abounds with
caribou and the sea with seal and 9TH
err fauna. They use bows made of will
low sticks. bound together with sinew.
and their arrows are tipped with flint
and native copper. which is pried out
Of lodges or found in stream beds on
the mainland. Their knives also arc
made Of copper with horn handles.
and made in much the same manner
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