Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-06-28

=
are enjoying their second va
cation since 1901. when they went
there 70 engage in social work among
the Eskimos. Their work is similar
to that of Dr. Grenfell, though their
isolation is even greater than that OF
the workers on the coast OF Labrador.
Situated in the Behring Sea. two
hundred miles from Nome and forty
miles from Siberia. In the shadow OF
the Arctic Circle. st. Lawrence is In
accessible eight months In the year.
and the other four the only connec-
ton with the outside world Is the
arrival of the United States revenue
cutter, the supply ship. and chance
whaler now and then, and on one or
two occasions gasoline boat from
Nome.
The island is a government reindeer
reservation and the most remote sta
ton of Alaska except Point Barrow.
which Is the northernmost post office
in the world Yet Point Barrow has
q reindeer mail service three times In
the winter. while st. Lawrence has
but one regular mail year.
LAS you know" said DR.. Campbell.
-I am employed by the government to
teach the Eskimos and superintend
the care OF the reindeer For five
years my wife, who had been reared
| In Southern California. where she
never saw snow fall. was the only
white woman on the island, but when
we returned from our first vacation
the government sent with US a lady
assistant teacher
There is no authority on the isl
and" continued the doctor, religious
or civil" The man who catches the
most whale may be called chief, but
he has no more control than others
| The devildoctors have certain kind
OF power through their sorceries. by
working on the fears and superstitions
of the people. but not otherwise. The
language is not that Of the Eskimos
of the mainland. but OF Siberia
DR.. Campbell has done what nc
man has ever done before. for he has
reduced their vocabulary to writer
language--and has published book
let containing the alphabet, pictures
of simple objects and translations
from the Bible. 1t Is language o.
many syllables. A sentence Of sil
English words Of one syllable each
has twenty-three syllables in Eskimo
The Whole Thing.
) In the absence of mayor. council
school board, police force. lighting
water and sanitary commissioners
banker. architect and builder. black
smith and the rest, DR.. Campbell at
tends to any such matters as ma,
arise in addition to being physician
surgeon. school teacher, preacher, ant
reindeer superintendent He has
: most able assistant In Mrs. Campbell
who has thrown herself. heart an,
! sonl into the work.
What do we teach the natives?
asked Mrs. Campbell. 20. everything
from how to wash their faces. to
] knowledge of God" she explained
"They must be taught the simples
things-to cook and sew and was
their clothes and care for the childre
and clean their houses and keep thei
3 bodies free from vermin.
:. But few OF them have stoves 4
+ which bread can be baked and TO
fuel for these the men 60 in thei
boats fifty or seventy-fve' miles 70
! drift wood"
Mrs Campbell was trying one tim
: to persuade the women to discard tn
Salome indoor costume-which.
their case often consisted OF litti
more than a string Of beads In fave
o OF the American costume She wa
; told we're too poor. II you'll give u
clothes Wen wear them" Upon b,
9 ing told they should trade their waite
a boots to the whalers for clothing Il
stead of tobacco. they said well. OF
u stomachs like tobacco"
. Besides the time and peril of secu
y ing the seal skins. and curing thel
u and making the thread. 1t takes
! woman two or three days to make
l. pair Of boots and five pair OF thes
they will trade for box OF tobacco
4 said Mrs. Campbell.
y THE first few years there was
. great deal Of drunkenness, but b
tween the doctor and the governmel
1t has been almost entirely elm
mated"
g Once when DR.. Campbell searche