Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1914-01-17
1901 INsrAI.LMnNr

There are along the trait Rreat
many more roa. houses than arc
necessary, or than the Traffic war
rants. but as there are so many idle
men. in the country during the LONG
winter. many ct them. aud especial
~ aQunw men. invite travellers 10
stop nt their houses ana provide the
usunl coarse food. dog feed dog
Kennels ana hunks that are not too
clean for the "muahcfE" This word
"mush ur "muaher' D. unique. nud
used only ON tho yukon as Tar aE 1
know ID appears Co have come down
the river after the kiundNke STRIKE
in 'gS. uuI think. b. "a corruption
or Ynnkpoiget effort tp ahf
"Marchdont" la French ~ b. as
tonlshinE the number of what app
pear go be- clenr.cut, clean hlo0dcd
white men in Alaska. who after be-.
INK there few years, Mitch up With
thinH about the loneliness OF the
country that tends to make men de
generate. after being a number 90
years he Alaska. in this way, II 10 can
be- called such. There are az many
Hs dozen road houses ON the Yu-
kun between Nome and Fairbanks
that are kept by squuW men and
their squaWs Nor is the business
without competition from another
snurcc. for there ore a good many
Indians and their aqunws who keep
such houses. This is the reason why
we often pass road houses without
stopping, because they were too
numerous. while az other places.
such as Tor instance when crossing
purtaNpa. sounds and bays the Ills.
tnnco between read houses was moro
thun n good days journey, and this
o. what caused us Ia lose, as we flg
urcd a. four half days Some Of tho
spuaws to whom these men are
married. urc very LONELY. aud that
d. why was $50 mrsh as te say that
the mon who married them must
have dcgrncrltcd. while 90 r. fcW IN
stances. the squnws were am right
and handsome ana educated In
one instance. guod-iooking clean
cut Canadian fellow was married to
Ia homclv souuw that was dcui and
dumb They had two little children.
tne an idaut about four weeks Old
and the other about three years Of
age Two other white men tNor-
WcRiunsl occupied wing 90 the
house with them. They were en-
nnped In boat building. trapping aud
sled making W. tried To- ascot
NMNN NNNlN NN4 NNAANA iANhM NV wv
sauaw hanged To- know when her
baby cried and they told us they
could not figure 10 ont save that she
kept eternal watch. ana the three
year old child would call her atten-
tion Go the matter when the Infant
was restless. The missionaries ~
Aiaakn have certainty done good
work ln tunes past because all the
"SiWuahcs' which is the colloquinl-
Ism for an Indians Ia Alaska, all
sneak more or less English. and the
boys and girls IN the towns speak
good English and are not MUCH dN-
fcrcat from other Door children else
whore. Nearly every Euupw we met
and talked to--and Wu ran across
mnny az them cut snow anucinE
along the wastes coming or going
TO the traps or on hunting trips or
nnurlnp trips Tor rabbits or ptarmi-
gam. spoke English fairiy we'll and
payc us such names aH Martin Mac"
beth or Sarah Jones or some Frcnch
Canadian nuuO which she did not
pronounce very well herself, bat In
Gicntlng ln every instance that she
was the wife OF "a sQuaw man, ana
probably getting mcut Tor the fam
liy aud the lazy husband. PtHrmiRan
| b. the Alaska name FOR "a species of
tuffod grouse. uf which there are
myrinds this year In Alaska; they
/ chyuge colo. with gho seasons and
I ore as white ns the snow in the
winter We saw tens Of thoufands
81 them ON the trip. The spruc,
hen o. another species az grouse moi
So plentiful. Of which we saw few
ia does not change color. hut iook'
Just like New England partridge
an winter. Rabbits are legion II
Alaska ihis season there are fes
lions where Cor miles Ia tho bushe
nnd Ia the acruh timber The SNOW q
virtually completely tramped fiat h'
them n WAS difficult for us In tn
evenings after dark, 20 keep vn'
dogs "a the road ThcS "erc 50
crazy after tho rabbits that wrr'
darling IN and out ~ al directions
IN places tho snow was dccn mi
lthe sunkcn trnil iu Il was good, an
the dogs having learned by sad eN