Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1914-01-24

telling the captain / wanted some
exercise. ! went az tease six miles
before he caught nae. 10 the morn
ing tho temperature Was about zen
below, aud IL ranged from that TO
about twelve above All day. The
trails were positively splendid. and
after the team caught me. all OF us.
Eurson ON his sled, and the captain
and myself on ours, rode an day, be-
cause the trails were go good, and
the dogs went SO fast that we could
NOT keep up running behind Late
in the afternoon 4 pillow handled the
sled FOR several miles The trip
We made wac twenty-five miles In
e straight line. but We had t. 10
about thirty-three miles or more.
because wc struck some open water
about = few miles from Julius aud
had 20 go around u from the north
east, The bay ~ n0i frozen straight
across from Julius nor south of that
this winter. II b. my opinion. from
views ! got of u from the mountain
tops later ON, that Norton sound and
the Bering Sea does not freeze over
liza the winter 20 any extent. much
statement 70 the contrary notwith-
standing / do not believe Il ever
freezes clear across from ~. Mi
chners TO Nome. and II is my belief
thta Boring Sea, save for large sec
lions Of floating ice here and there.
~ open every winter south 10 the
Priboloff Islands and Unimak Pass,
and that IL only freezes out 20 just
beyond the horizon from Nome.
From information received at
Nome since ! have lived there. all
the wonder / had In childhood as to
how the Esklmos got from North
America 10 siberia has faded away.
Probably twice In ten years. Boring
strait. between Siberia and Alaska.
freezes -comBieielys over as Il ala
last winter. for Instance. t9i0-fg1t
and the natives pass % and fro with
out restriction over the fifty miles
of ice Hut even without that. the
natives cross In the summer In their
skin bonts every year I saw q ma
tive and his family start fran Mare
aud start west for Siberia, az point
where he would be forced 20 cross
three hundred miles 81 sea, IN ono
OF these boats. We arrived ut the
Bonanza road house carly IN the af-
ternoon and had 10 stay over night
owing Ia the distance Of the next
place. The road house II kept by
n Swede, who also runs n store In
connection With a. lie ~ married
to a handsome. educated squaw She
attended 10 the household. which
had many rooms and was little In
evidence She had baby. not moro
than six months old. which she
packed AROUND on ncr back, al.
though she was iithc and Young her
self and stood as straight as q sol
dier for she was tan She wore n
semi civilized dress and mOcCaslus,
but carried hor ohicld IN the usual
suck IN her parlSa. bought ptar-
migan from some natives here and
donated them 90 the dogs IL ms own
expense. The dogs had been SMELL
ing them all along the line, but did
not get taste oi them, until
bought them bird apiece. The
captain had quantity OF seal biub-
her here. which he purchased from
the natives aud also fed some of
that 90 them, So the dogs mad
feast, and the kennels were streWn
with foalherH Swanson. the road
house man. II a morose sort of a fci-
low. ana does not appear 10 be do
ing much OF husness, Eurson
left as az this point 10 So four or
five miles up In the hills 10 hls part
nera ! was sorry tl lose him. for
he was a jolly. genlal fellow
gave him n lot OF ruinlnR advice
from day 10 day while we were to-
gether and he promised, II any new
strikes were found Zee locate myself
and some Of my Washington friends
into pieces Of ground. wherever ~
could be done. without interforlns
with any other persons title. Dur
Ina the cay We encountered flocks
Of ptarmiRan miles from the shore
crossing the bnv