Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1912-10-10
he people Of the second settlement

/ We're missing. Their graveyards,
buildings and other adjuncts Of their
semici vilization were found. The the
! DRY was formed that the people had
drifted to settlement further west
across the narrow straits where they
intermixed with Eskimos, whom they
took along with them to the island on
/ which their descendants make their
1 head Quarters. s5
They still use the bone needles that
were invented by their forefathers,
and many Of their methods.
Furs furnish their clothing. Their
shoes are cut to. come up to the
thighs. Here it is met by kind Of IN
derskirt which reaches to the waist.
The coat is fashioned in almost pre-
cisely the same manner as the full
dress coat worn at inaugural balls by
their civilized brothers. It cuts off at
a sharp angle just above the waist
line, and a long tail divided into two
pieces hang down behind. The whole
outfit is strapped together by means
of thongs and buttons made from
raWhide and bone
Professor Stefansson discovered on
the island conical stone house
which, it is said resembles the house
built in Greenland and Newfoundland
by the Norsemen, who are supposed
to be the first inhabitants Of those
places. To conclude:
None of the natives had ever seen
a sulphur match or rifle. One tribe
expressed surprise when Stefansson
killed caribou with rifle at dis
lance Of more than 1000 yards They
told him of a wonderful man who had
once lived in that country who had a
bow and arrow that would shoot over
a mountain and kill deer or a bear
on the other side.
Although Stefansson must have en-
dured untold hardships during the
five years he spent in the arctic, one
never would think so from talking
with him. He travelled on foot more
than 10000 miles and sustained him
self and DR.. Anderson with his rifle
He took neither shotgun nor fishing
net, although once in a while he OBJ
| tanned fish from natives.
There are but few specimens of the
Barren Land bear in the United
States. Stefansson got, nineteen
Thirteen were killed with rifle and
six by natives. They will be brought
down by DR.. Anderson, who left the
shores of the arctic on a whaler. DR..
Anderson also is bringing many other
biological, geological and botanical
specimens.
The winter temperature in this lati-
tude is about SIS degrees below zero
on an average. Professor Stefansson
and his associate wore wooden under
nearly all of the time; wore clothing
they made from the pelts of animals
they killed. Pants and coats were
made with two thicknesses of fur, one
being placed next to the skin and the
other turned outward to meet the cold
and frost.
In the five years he spent on the ex-
petition Stefansson killed nearly sixty
tons of meat. He travelled twenty
miles for every one Amundsen, Peary
or any other explorer, and mapped
large part of the country
The maps of the top Of the world he
says, are grossly inaccurate. Rivers
which are marked on the charts have
no existence in fact, and mountain
ranges appear where the country
should be flat. He found Amundsen's
maps, however, very useful and gem
orally correct.
The Indians in the region in which
he. travelled provide for themselves
with primitive weapons. The unhunt-
eG animals, he says, nave no more
chance against rifle than a misquito
would have against a pile driver.
Scientifically, the work was divided
between himself and DR.. Anderson.
Stefansson did the mapping and the
anthropological and chronological task,
while DR.. Anderson took care of the
biological, botanical and geological
tasks.
Stefansson will return to the arctic
by the way Of Edmonton trail and the
Mackenzie river.
He has planned to devote twenty
years to arctic exploration, and he
has still fifteen years work ahead OF
him. He believes he will be able to
learn much more about the primitive
white race he discovered before trad
ers and others are able to reach their
hatitat and f.orr11nf them f F4sssSi$ 5